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CITY OF LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MINUTES DECEMBER 13, 2022 CALL TO ORDER Called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. PRESENT: Mayor Cadenhead, Councilmembers Katrina Beckstrom and Jeff Holtz. ABSENT: Councilmember Dale Dorschner. Staff present: City Administrator Handt, Public Works Director Powers, Fire Chief Kalis, Planning Director Just, City Planner Hetzel, City Engineer Griffin and City Clerk Johnson. No Parking in Fields of St. Croix City Engineer Griffin reviewed the no parking guidelines, minimum widths on residential streets. Engineer Griffin also discussed challenges experienced with narrow street widths and reviewed parking restriction guidance policy. Council consensus to accept the recommendations. Landscaping Ordinance Updates Planning Director Just presented draft language to address landscaping issues between new development and existing uses when one use is more intense than the other. Director Just reviewed proposed updates to the City Code Article VIII Environmental standards and answered questions regarding tree planting and maintenance. Lengthy discussion held concerning top soil. Council indicated the language regarding screening is acceptable but more work on language related to top soil and water is needed. PUD Objectives/Requirements City Planner Hetzel presented proposed updates to the PUD amenity table based on input from the December 6, 2022 City Council meeting. PUD objectives, minimum PUD requirements and objectives from other cities were also presented. Hetzel noted proposed additions the Lake Elmo code. Discussion was held and consensus reached to amend language related to senior and affordable housing, remove current objective #6 relating to historic buildings, structures and landscape and to add language regarding preserving ground water. Items for Future Agenda Administrator Handt noted that the next workshop would be a joint session with the Parks Commission.