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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 6, 1996 D. Direction to PZ on site selection for Public Works Facility The Council and Planning Commission held two workshops to determine a site selection for a Public Works Facility. Based on the input of the public, information submitted, and criteria evaluation of all the sites, the Council consensus was to direct the PZ to continue the public hearing on the Berschen site and to come back with a recommendation. The Council received a memo from Rita Conlin, February 5,1996, requesting the record to show that she is in favor of dropping the Berschen site and pursuing a purchase agreement for the Richert property because of public opposition delaying the developing of the facility and forcing the City to spend substantial funds for screening and other site development and design that in the end will still not satisfy the surrounding neighbors. M/S/P Hunt/John - that the City Council ask the Planning Commission to continue the public hearing on the maintenance site rezoning and make a recommendation to the City Council. (Motion passed 4-0). E. Recommendation from the Solid Waste Advisory Committee Administrator Kueffner reported the Solid Waste Advisory Committee met on Monday, February 5, which Sig Scheurle, Office of Environmental Asst. attended to answer questions from the public. At this meeting, the SWA recommended to keep the composting program on -going. Toddle Carlson will work with Washington County to see if there is a site within the Lake Elmo Park Preserve where we could co-operate. Kueffner will be meeting with Rob Bueberl to discuss a proposal that the City could offer through his new facility across from the Stillwater Area High School. Council member Johnston added that the SWA's recommendation was not to have a compost site in any particular place, but to apply the siting guidelines to locate a suitable site within the City for continuing the composting operation. Councilman Hunt made it clear the Council has de coupled the compost site from the maintenance facility location. Mayor John added that any maintenance site they would be looking at would be a minimum of 10 acres with potential of increasing in size. The SWA recommended that the City look again at organized collection. `If you have organized collection and a contract, you can designate where your waste goes which assures us that our waste from Lake Elmo will not go to a landfill. Because of the large agenda, this item will be discussed at the next council meeting. F. COPS FAST PROGRAM Mayor John provided a copy of the The Eagle, LECC Newsletter, indicating the COPS program, which is already a success, is in serious danger. As of now, well into the second quarter of the fiscal year, COPS has no 1996 budget. The City may have to face the fact it may have to fund the additional law enforcement officer completely out of the City budget. 5. CONSENT AGENDA:None 6. PLANNING/LAND USE & ZONING: A. North Shore Lake Elmo Land Use Overview Planner Terwedo provided a report on the North Shore Lake Elmo Land Use overview and recommendation for Shoreland Ordinance Amendment. The St.Croix Riverway regulations which are the Bluff and/Shoreland regulations for the St. Croix River deal with the issue of nonconformities through a specific section on nonconformities. Tenaedo prepared a possible amendment to our Shoreland ordinance similar to this regulation. It would allow the City to be flexible with areas such as the north shore of Lake Elmo while at the same time meeting the goal of protecting the shoreland areas. M/S/P Hunt/Johnston - to direct the Planning Commission to review the amendment to shoreland ordinance Section 308.070 B. Additions/Expansions to non -conforming structures and to investigate an overlay district for the Old Village area and come back with a recommendation to the City Council. (Motion passed 4-0).