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Lino Lakes revisits golf carts on city streets BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
The Lino Lakes City Council, city staff and the Lino Lakes Police Department are revisiting the idea of permitting golf carts on city streets. Chief of Police Curt Boehme previously presented the idea to the council and staff during a work session (see “Lino Lakes City Council, staff discuss golf cart use within city limits,” Quad Community Press, Nov. 11, 2025). Now, after conducting additional research, Boehme has returned to the council to discuss the possibility of amending existing City Code Chapter 807, which regulates the operation of ATVs and snowmobiles within the city. Also up for discussion is the option to establish a $15 fee for the required three-year permit, which will necessitate an update to the city’s fee schedule. Currently, city code does not address golf cart use. Therefore, since their use is not explicitly permitted, it is prohibited by default. Boehme pointed out that state statute 169.045 authorizes
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Rooted in nature: Celebrate the Earth at Wargo Anoka County Parks will host its annual Earth Day Cleanup and Earth Day Celebration in partnership with Lino Lakes and Anoka County Libraries at Wargo Nature Center on Saturday, April 18. The cleanup is scheduled for 10 a.m.-noon, while the celebration will occur from 1-3:30 p.m. The cleanup will include various projects such as removal of invasive species and trash cleanup. The celebration features activities for all ages. Visit anokacountyparks.com for more information or to register for the cleanup. See Earth Day coloring contest on page 12.
SEE GOLF CARTS, PAGE 6
Lyngblomsten requests 4th round of amendments to preliminary plat BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
LINO LAKES — Lyngblomsten at Lino Lakes is looking to make changes to its planned unit development (PUD) preliminary plan to construct a four-story mixed-use building at the southeast corner of the site. The original PUD preliminary plan was approved in April 2019. It included townhomes on the north end, a senior campus centrally located and a commercial development on the south end. According to City Planner Katie Larsen, the commercial development consisted of a restaurant and a retail building. Now, Lyngblomsten is proposing to
change the three-story restaurant and commercial development into a fourstory mixed-use building. According to Larsen, the first floor would be for commercial use, and the other three floors would include 59 market-rate independent living units for residents 55 and older. In addition to five retail bays located on the first floor of the building, there would be a restaurant, a day care and a resident amenity center. The amenity center would include a fitness center, indoor pickleball court, community room and additional gathering spaces. “The second through fourth floors are the 59 market-rate independent living units, very similar to what’s existing in the current campus
building,” Larsen said. “There is a combination of 15 one-bedroom units, 21 one-bedrooms and a den, 18 twobedroom units and five units that have two-bedrooms plus a den.” The entire Lyngblomsten campus is guided Signature Gateway. This land use allows residential development at a density of eight to 10 units per acre with 15 units per acre allowed if the project meets the city’s housing goals. According to Larsen, goal No. 2 of the comprehensive plan’s housing chapter is to enhance opportunities for senior housing. The proposed 55+ independent living units and life cycle meet this goal. The original PUD contained 151 SEE AMENDMENTS, PAGE 5
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A rendering of what the proposed mixed-use building would look like at Lyngblomsten at Lino Lakes.
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