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MINUTES APPROVED: July 2, 2002 LAKE ELMO SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 11, 2002 Vice -Mayor Dunn called the special meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. in the Council chambers. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the City's response to the Metropolitan Council's staff review of Lake Elmo's 2000 Comprehensive Plan and to discuss internal planning with Sand Creek. PRESENT: City Council: Siedow, Dunn, Hunt (arrived 5:30 p.m.), DeLapp, City Administrator Kueffner and City Planner Dillerud. ABSENT: Council member Armstrong Planning Commission: Julie Bunn, Mark Deziel, Todd Ptacek. Old Village —_ Commission: Wyn John. Environmental Commission: Dean Johnston. Met Council Representative: Marc Hugunin`9 Planner Chuck Dillerud: On February 8, the 2000 Comprehensive Plan was complete. There was a 60 day review by Met Council staff and Board. An extension of 60 days was taken by the Met Council as State Statute permits -to about June 8. The Met Council requested and the City Council agreed to an additional 60+ day extension to mid -August. At the request of Mayor Hunt, the Regional Administrator took the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan off the June 12 Met Council agenda and agreed to instead consider at the June 26 Met Council meeting. A city staff memo was provided with excerpts of the Metro Digest (a METC publication of actions the Board has recently taken); and, a second one from State Statutes. The city attorney was asked to check case law regarding METC actions against local governments responsive to both of the sections of State Statutes, and he found there is no case law either on an appeal or of any city being taken to District Court for the purpose of changing a City comprehensive plan to conform with the regional systems supported by the Metropolitan Council. The purpose of the workshop is to determine in what manner to respond to the Met. Council staff review comments attributed to the Comp Plan. The Planner stated that the State Statutes permit the Met Council to compare Comprehensive Plans to the four Regional Systems: transportation, wastewater, parks and aviation. The Met Council Staff has attempted to make a case that by non -development; the City is impacting the regional systems. Highways: They write because Lake Elmo is not developing at the pace Oakdale and Woodbury, we are not using the capacity I-94 and Hwy 36 is being built to accommodate. Wastewater: Lake Elmo's Comprehensive Plan does not show any MUSA line extension which would utilize the Council's budgeted $10,000.000, for what our City has just learned is called the new Lake Elmo Interceptor. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 11, 2002