[Music] heat Heat [Music] [Music] Good evening and welcome to the April 7th city council meeting If you join me for a moment of silence in the pledge of allegiance To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible and justice for all All right Mr Olowski Roll call please Michelle Vulk here
Here John Burmel here Dan Walter here Joshua Lee here Okay Moving on to item three citizens comments This is an opportunity for anybody uh citizens or business owners to comment up for three minutes about any issue that's not on the
agenda You want to come up just uh state your name and address Never done this before Am I doing problem all right My name is John Borup and I live at 20735 Hollands Avenue
West Go ahead Thank you Um uh as you may know uh we received notice of a level three sex offender in the community and obviously this person has a right to move on um from their crimes they've committed Um but kind of processing this
with neighbors um and community members business owners etc business um people And apparently this person's actually been living in Lakeville uh for probably at least a couple of years And this is in violation of um the sex predator
registry in the state Um uh he's been living apparently uh within a local business downtown um unreported And like I said we just got the report that it's happening now in April Um but apparently like I said uh there's very good
evidence that he's been living here all along which uh as a parent is uh wildly concerning Uh apparently where he's living is uh right across from where like the Pan Prague festivities are happening the rides it's by Lakeville Brewing in the playground it's by uh
Dairy Delight in the playground it's by the bike trail Um uh and so it appears that this person seems to be uh uh breaking the law uh in staying here And I don't know what powers you have in terms of zoning whether this guy's allowed to live in
this business Apparently he might be living out of a car Um uh like I said uh I guess that's what we're kind of looking for is is this being explored as parents of kids that walk to school use a bike path are in downtown Lakefall how
are we supposed to feel safe um sending them to uh having them walk to school walk the downtown um like I said we know that this guy has a right to serve his time and move on with his life but apparently he's in violation So um just
looking for help support um not looking for answers right now Uh yeah thanks for coming If you want to write down your name and contact information give it to our clerk We'll have our police department follow up with you All right Thank you You bet Absolutely Any other citizens comments
okay Moving on to item number four Any additional agenda information Mr Miller uh mayor and council at your desk is a a revised contract for item 6N 6N is a professional services agreement with CNH Architects The only change here was that um we changed the location of the
project Um it had a different project location in there We updated it to reflect the new location Okay Okay Moving on to presentations introductions Um I'll turn it over to our parks and recreation director Mr Macy Archand to give a presentation
about a donation Uh good evening Mr Mayor and Council Um I'm excited to be here this evening to welcome uh Crichub Sports Academy They're a new organization here in Lakeville and um are making a generous donation today towards the parks and recreation youth scholarship fund which
helps to provide access to programs Uh but we'll invite them up here to um tell you a little bit more about their organization Great Welcome Thank you mayor and thank you city council Thank you for this opportunity Um u so as we discussed a lot of times
like we have started the cricket cricket hub sports academy in the lake and um we are closely working with the lake area schools with elementary middle school and the high schools to bringing the cricket tournament and giving the cricket coaching to the lake area
schools and I just want to give the opportunity to pra to give more Good evening everyone Um so as Surya said we are starting this new cricket coaching academy Uh it's basically for the kids the boys and girls of all the ages That's what we are targeting for Um
just to share a little bit of history of cricket Uh cricket is really growing very fast in states Actually I don't know if you guys are aware but last year there was a cricket world cup T20 there are different formats in the cricket T20 World Cup was hosted in the United
States along with Caribbean island and USA team USA cricket team they did beat couple of good international cricket teams so that was a proud moment for us so it's really growing very fast and that's what uh we want to start this in the heart of Lakeville we want to
empower the future of cricket here very good well thank you both for coming here do we want to take a quick picture Joe okay Yeah we'll do Yeah You want to just Yeah just stay up We'll stand up right here Y Thank you Thank you very
Well thank you both for coming and from the support from your organization for the city We appreciate it As most people know we're excited to be able to cut the ribbon next summer on our cricut pitch right here in town on Cedar 185th So thank you both for coming today Um okay moving on to our 2025 Arbor Day
proclamation and I'll turn over to our city forester to give um a little history I believe on Arbor Day Good evening Welcome Hello Thank you Mr Mayor and Council Uh yeah just uh wanted to introduce the Arbor Day proclamation for 2025 uh with just a few
notes uh on this year's celebration as well as some of the things we've been working on uh in the background to support that effort So uh a couple things just to to start off with Uh this is the 32nd year that Lakefield was recognized as a Tree City USA Uh we just received our packet of information on
that So it's all official Uh we also received a growth award this year So we went above and beyond just those standard requirements uh by doing a few extra things to to demonstrate our commitment to forestry uh in the community forest A couple of those were just you switching over our inventory system so we can all work together in
the city across departments as well as continuing to support the Americanore program by hosting a member here in town uh with some job development So couple big things there that we're doing Um as far as Arbor Day celebration itself and Tree City USA there's two things that we're looking at uh to do uh to receive
that One is hosting an Arbor Day celebration which promotes you know tree planting and care across the city as well as then approving an Arbor Day proclamation that we can then submit to Arbor Day Foundation for that award Uh this year's events include our annual tree sale which uh wrapped up really
quickly again this year Uh so we had about 200 well we had 200 trees for sale uh 13 different species and they sold out with within uh two weeks So people are definitely looking for some tree cover around the city So nice to see that Uh maybe look at expanding that a
bit next year to to get some more people uh in on that Uh pickup event is going to be with our Earth celebration uh April 26th So folks are able to come in and grab those trees and and get them planted Uh the second thing that we're doing this year is again another volunteer planting event Uh this year
will be at Chadwick Park Uh where we're going to put 30 trees in the ground Uh that's going to be on Wednesday May 7th Uh we're hoping to build on last year's numbers We had about 25 people show up last year at Independence Park for that event A lot of neighbors came out uh mid grilling to join us So that was kind of
fun to see So hopefully we'll get a good turnout on that as well Uh and lastly I'll just point out we uh expanded our website to include an Arbor Day page just so we've got a place to share information on Arbor Day upcoming events uh past events so people can look and see you know hey I was at that event
Here's what I planted Uh as well as uh information on our tree sale for upcoming years So it'll be kind of a one-stop shop Uh we're also hosting uh two tree tracks on that website Um basically a self-guided walk around two of our parks where folks can look uh you
know online and match map images and information about the trees they're seeing So way to get people involved uh on their own time as well Uh so with that I thank you for your consideration of of this year's Arbor Day proclamation Very good I'll turn over Council Member Lee to read the proclamation Very
good City of Lakefield proclamation for Arbor Day Whereas established in 1872 Arbor Day provides an opportunity to celebrate the importance of trees and forests to our economy culture history and future of the community And whereas
for the 32nd year the National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Lakeville as a Tree City USA for promoting community forestry programs And whereas trees provide many benefits including clean air and water shade energy savings
wildlife habitat recreational opportunities wood pro products and jobs and increased property values while capturing and storing carbon from the atmosphere to offset greenhouse gas emissions And whereas thoughtfully selecting planting and caring for a
diverse mix of trees supports a resilient community into the future by minimizing the impacts of forest pests and diseases and other stressors such as climate change while pro providing long-term community and environmental benefits And whereas the city of
Lakeville will observe Arbor Day on Saturday April 26th at the Arbor Day tree sale pickup event and will continue to celebrate Arbor Month with a volunteer planting project at Chadwick Park on Wednesday May 7th Now therefore the city the the Lakeville City Council
does hereby proclaim that Saturday April 26 2025 shall be observed as Arbor Day in the city of Lakeville proclaimed the 7th day of April 2025 by Mayor Luke Helier Great Thank you Joshua Thank you
Thank you Okay moving on to item C our public works quarterly report and I'll turn over to our public works director Mr Omi Good evening Good evening mayor and city council members This is the first quarter report for 2025 for public works
So I'll kick it kick this off by just talking about some upcoming street projects um and other projects that are coming up for this year Um queued up to have another busy construction season this year The 185th Street project is
now underway Uh that's the reconstruction um and widening of 185th Street from Kenwood Trail to IPA Avenue Uh we're urbanizing the the roadway putting in curb and gutter uh constructing it four lanes putting in pedestrian trails on both sides of the
road turn lanes and then a bunch of storm sewer improvements as well Um the full construction is going to kick off in a couple weeks here in April uh 15th Uh there's going to be some major water main uh relocations that will take place first and uh we're going to shut uh shut
the road down here uh during that time period as well Um but we're hoping to have the the project uh completed and open to traffic by the end of August Moving on to Con Road 50 in Hamburg roundabout This is a county-led um project Uh that project is more or
less designed now We're just uh um going to be bidding that project out here uh in late in late spring and hope to have that con started construction this summer as well Um just a couple little highlights project little projects that are going
around uh in town uh just but are really important Uh 170 street uh pedestrian crossing will be put in um this summer That's connecting the the Greenway Trail the North Creek Greenway Trail uh corridor Uh we're going to be putting in
those rapid flashing um beacons at that intersection and and narrowing the road way down uh just for for better um safety as pedestrians use that anticipate or produce that trail more often Now um the Market Street Plaza parking lot
is going to be reconstructed this summer Um there is some bunch of tripping hazards that are out there that we want to re um fix and then also improve the previous pavement uh effectiveness of that um previous pavers that are out there as well too So that'll that
project will take place late summer Moving on to the streets uh section Uh the streets is busy right now with street sweeping We're working six days a week on Sat and including Saturdays and try to wrap that uh program of operation up as as quickly as
we can We are done with Boulevard tree trimming and then we're still going um ongoing uh pad hole patching as well Um currently we're up to 22 snow events um that we were called out on for this
year Hopefully this is we're done with uh this this chart for this year but uh it's we're tracking pretty close to our operation and call outs were in 2023 and 2024 winter years Um so but we are way down from our historical average of
about 50 inches of snow uh in this area Um Bookshore Drive um park the lift station there that new new lift station is is um being constructed is underway now Uh the uh pit for the lift station is now dug and the intersection at
Jamaican 160 6th Street 61st Street intersection is now closed We're putting in u the force man at that intersection and um north to the uh the storm sewer or the sanitary sewer um system that we're we're connecting to over the next
couple weeks Um we're hoping to have this project completed um early June Uh we are rehabbing one well uh water well uh in the community this year It's a well number 17 in um Sema Park Uh we
removed the pump and the motor and now checking uh all that all that um that equipment and make sure it's uh in good operational shape Our sanitary uh lining project is well underway right now We're about 50%
done with that project We are lining about 2 7 milesi of clay pipe within the in the community This is to help eliminate the groundwater infiltration getting into the sewer system through via cracks and separated pipes And this
also helps reduce the risk of sewer backups Our lead and copper rules um project is uh is going well Uh we are really busy with uh still meeting with residents and talking to them and getting information on their uh services
within their house We are still needing to talk to about 900 residents um and look at their services near their meter Um and then we are down to about 2,000 unknown material um service lines within the community So we're hoping to have
all that wrapped up by the end of summer And then moving on from there we'll we'll start replacing some of the uh lead and galvanized lines that we have found in within our community And um the state of Minnesota did indicate that there will be some grant funds available to help support the replacement of those
service lines Um the utility division is uh currently flushing all the hydrants within the community and we just started that um today Actually the hydrants uh that we do flush um we need to do that
annually just to ensure that they're functioning properly and remove any sediments and uh stay taken water uh with unlooped mains that are in our community Moving on to the environmental services division Um last year the city
did receive over $650,000 for to support environmental uh stewardship and different projects within our communities They range from prairie restoration to evasive specy um mitigation like carp removal um aquatic
um inspection of boats and uh other lake um devices and then storm water improvements uh like storm water ponds and infiltration basins Um just in the in the spring uh we are working on several projects already Uh
the the channel um and Burm at Crossroads Basin uh is being um rearmor put um redoing that that that uh that basin um and putting uh w rip wrap in just to to armor it and make sure it's
it doesn't erode it anymore Uh North Creek channel uh maintenance We are removing sediment and armoring that channel as well And then Crystal Lake Golf Course uh storm sewer or yeah storm sewer catch basin and pond We are uh
removing sediment from that pond and making sure that the water quality um features of that pond are being met in Ritter Park or Ritter Yeah R Park Park Uh we are we have completed some prescribed burns this spring Um and
we're looking at removing some stumps and um replanting that those areas uh here in the spring as well Um Summers Creek um restoration project u took place this spring and is
currently underway Uh the developer conducted prescribed Burma late in March here Um and the developer is ready to plant and restore that that area with uh natural vegetation here in the spring as well And there are going to be working
on some creek channel um stabilization and restoration projects as well this summer as part of their development project Um environmental services has also been busy with outreach projects In January we did participate in some step
into future career exploration um with eighth graders here in the Lakeville area um to explore to expose them to different environmental services environmental um careers that are uh opportunities that are available And then in February um our staff did
participate in Lakeville North environmental uh science presentation and talk about what environmental service stewardship means to them and in our community as well We did uh host a biochar demonstration at Riddle Park um
in February and then in March uh Lakeville North school uh student did shadow um environmental staff here at uh at city hall and that they they showed interest in uh in becoming more involved with environmental stewardship And then
uh in April uh staff did present to the road cub about all the environmental projects that are taking place uh within our community Moving on to forestry division Um 2025 our ash tree removals are shown here 125
uh trees that were removed in parks and uh in our rightways and on growing uh removals within our natural areas will take place um this spring as well And uh we the city is still programmed to uh inject ash trees that we want to save Uh
we're anticipating injecting about 815 trees this this summer which is a reduction of 12% from our last cycle though And the city still uh offers private treatments um partnership with residents within our community at a
reduced rate with uh rem remote tree care if they wanted to um treat their ash trees on their property as well So they can contact the city if they're interested in that program And then our shade tree um private ash
survey uh is was completed this year as well and we've had 604 properties that were identified for you that were that uh identified with infested ash trees on them Um we did have good participation with the property owners and lots of
inspections that took place and a lot of the almost half of the trees uh that were identified as being infected are have been removed now So that's that program has been going well Um and just an update on the the um
DNR um tree replacement program the uh EAB grant Um this is the second year of that program We are anticipating um removing about 55 trees from our parks and replacing with about 110 trees um in
those parks as well to replace those ash trees that have been re uh removed And then also we're planting about 60 trees in um um Aronson Park as well associated with this program And then looking forward um
upcoming public engagement events um as uh the forestry had indicated and uh we are uh planning on our Earth Day celebration program on September or at April 26th at the central maintenance
facility Um there will be um a puppet show available and many vendors and uh different exhibits showing um environmental stewardship and you can still sign up online for the watershed cleanup day Um that takes place on
between uh April 26th and May I think 3rd So there's still opportunities to to help clean up um city of Lakeville And then also the Qual Valley Recycling will be present at this event Um they will be
offering uh tool swaps um garden tool swaps If you're interested bring your old rakes and those you can exchange it for a new rake And then also some other public engagements Uh we do have there is a um free o there's an opportunity for
landscaping um course introduction to landscaping um it's online provided by the Dakota County um on May 6th and also a uh in-person um course available in Farmington Library on June 2nd And if you go to those courses there is an
opportunity to u to apply for grants for your landscaping work um if you are participating in the landscaping grant or in landscaping uh course and then there's also a master's course we call it here in Lakeville that will take place on May 19th and the 21st if you're
interested um and um in that course as well and learn a little bit more about landscaping and then if you missed our March paper shredding event here in Lakeville uh in March uh there are still three uh paper shredding events held in
Dakota County in Egan Apple Valley and Burnsville uh in May in April May and June as well So still a lot of opportunities there to get rid of your old paper And then with that I stand for any questions Okay Very good Any questions council member Lee Thank you
Mayor Um Mr Show me just a question about um I was listening to a presentation from your environmental resources team recently and regarding the grant removing um invasive carp and goldfish from East Lake I'm wondering if
folks are fishing that lake and catch one of those Is there I'm guessing we don't want that back in the lake So is there is there a a process or a tub i used to live in another city that had a a place to put them So what is our
process if if we're not looking to have those fish in East Lake well we've we we have to follow the DNR rules So uh if you're a licensed fisher person um you're if you're not going to harvest that fish for for use in any way um
you're technically required to put that fish back in even if it's a rough fish or a carp So unfortunately that's that's the process that we have to follow Now if you use it for some other purpose um you know the the spoils of the of the
fish you can still recycle those or use or put that in your compost or sure garden or something like that too So that's that's basically the process we have to follow So we don't want any uh carp just on the
the shoreline of East Lake Yeah Because I have seen some of those there too Okay Yeah I mean if they're they're a nuisance we can have you know somebody pick them up but uh we don't we don't we don't encourage property owners to remove the fish and leave them on the shoreline All right Thank you Okay Any
other questions so one quick question about Hamburg Y is was there plans for any elevation change or they're just going to do the roundabout at Yep 50 yep Good question Mayor Um so there is no elevation change that that uh is currently in the plan We don't
want to lower section anymore um just due to the fact that there's water man in the way and then if we lower it anymore it's really big impacts on the residents that that bought um the rightway at that intersection Okay good to know Thank you Thank you Okay with
that we'll turn item six our consent agenda These are some routine items for the council Mr Miller anything you want to highlight thank you Two items tonight Mayor Uh 6R is a temporary on sale license to the Dakota County or the Dakota Curling Club They're having their Cinco de Mayo bonds downtown and so
that's always a fun event that or they do great events and so that should be a good one Then item 6T is a resolution appointing Christy Harms to the Lakeville Area Arts Center Advisory Board Her name was inadvertently left off the resolution when you approved that the last time Okay very good Thank you Council any items you'd like to
remove for further discussion if not I will take a motion Member Walter I'll move approval of the consent agenda Second Second Further discussion Say I I opposed Consent Agenda passes
We'll now move on to 7A Public hearing and award of contract for the 2025 street reconstruction rehab improvement project 25-02 And are we having Mr Omi again or Okay Thank you M Um Mr Mayor Uh I'll kick
this off and then I'll hand it over to the consultant for additional information as well too So um this is uh the annual street reconstruction project and assessment hearing Project number 252 So this
year's project uh includes about 1.3 miles of streets um that we are looking at reconstructing They include Hayes Avenue Harbor Court and then 170 Street This is shows the project background
schedule that we've had We've had three neighborhood meetings The uh latest one was on March 27th Um we did have a public hearing Um as you may recall back on November 18th as well And tonight we're like to hold the assessment hearing and award of consider award of a
contract for this project So just a brief background on the project This is a street reconstruction project So um as typical per our reconstruction um methodology we are planning to reclaim the pavement grind it up um and reuse
that for the the base aggregate dig out any soft spots with uh in the street that we come across replacing some of the curb and gutter not all of it on spot areas just the damaged curb Um and then around catch basins and some other utilities as well We are looking at um
putting in some enhanced storm sewer improvements in the in the project area as well We did hear for some of the residents that we they have had some storm sewer concerns and some backups Uh so we want to try to address some of those issues And then um there's some
spot sanitary infiltration barriers on some of the uh structures that we will also put on in in this project here as well to help with the infiltration of the water not getting into our sanitary sewer system Um one of the concerns that we
heard from the residents was was traffic along um 170th Street and Hayes Uh we did do have complete a traffic study um within this inter within this corridor Uh there's two stop conditions along the uh the roadway Um and we did take
traffic counts and then um also uh we're we're out there observing the traffic and we did some um crash data uh look back at some of our records as well too So based upon the uh the information that we we saw actually have it shown
here some of the information but we did find there are minimum crashes along this corridor Um there were two accidents at at the intersections on Hazen on 72nd Street Um the speeds are
um are are typical of what we see for uh residential streets um on collector roads and this size of of roadway So 71% of the of the cars on Haze are going at
or below uh 30 miles an hour So with the data that we gathered um based upon our traffic study we are looking at making some improvements um out on this quarter Uh we are looking at painting the um wider um shoulder lines
or the the fog lines the white lines on each side of the roadway um a little wider than they are currently today We're looking at painting about six six inches wide and then having stop bars at each of the intersections We hope that the stop bars would encourage um better
adherence to those stopping conditions along the corridor And then the again the the painted wide the painted wider edge striping would u help with identifying where the roadway is and then narrowing down the the drive lanes
uh from say uh 12 to 13 inch feet down to 11 ft uh that would encourage um um a uh more calming of the traffic uh along this corridor with in the narrower drive lanes as well So but in the future um uh
with those improvements we'll still be monitoring this quarter and then we we have some maybe in some enhanced signage that would go up or some temporary radar traffic signage that we we put up along the quarter to help um calm the traffic as well
Um water man Uh we do have an extensive water man improvement plan for this uh for this area The water man on 170th street We're looking at lining that that water man It's a 12 in um water mane
um trunk line that uh we have had numerous water mane breaks instead of replacing it uh and digging the whole road up um we are looking at lining it which is less intrusive to the residents and it gives a same quality of uh of
water man and then along Hayes Avenue we're looking at replacing a lot of the bolts at uh the gate valves and hydrants and those type of things just to make sure that those are are in good condition as well And then also one of the bid alternates in the project was to replace um the water man in Foxboro Park
for looping um to the development to the north So that's in included in the uh the project cost as well And with that maybe I'll just turn it over at this time to Rachel Shai with the WSB to go over the uh the results
from our bids Great Welcome Great I'm a little shorter than Paul Uh thank you uh Mr Mayor and council members and Paul for introducing me Uh my name is Rachel Shai and I am a project engineer at WSB and I was part of the design team for this project Um
so getting into the bid summary Um we held the bid opening on March 4th at 10:30 a.m We had five contractors bid on this um with our lowest bidder um being McNamera Contracting Um here we have a cost comparison of the
total project cost This does include both the indirects and contingency on top of the construction totals Um and that's comparing from feasibility to what we received as our bid results Um and our cost went down by a little over
4% And here's kind of a breakdown of the funding split Um all of our areas went down from feasibility through design um where we got to bids um except the storm storm sewer infrastructure fund Um that
went up by almost 50% Um that was just due to kind of an enhanced analysis through design that involved adding additional structures or replacing existing structures than we had anticipated during feasibility Here are proposed special assessments Um
again from feasibility to bidding these went down by almost 5% And we do have both single family units and duplex units on the project The special assessment policy follows the Minnesota state statute
chapter 429 for public improvements Um with the street reconstruction the city of Lakeville assesses 40% of the parcels in the project area for street and storm sewer improvements Properties benefiting from
the improvements will be assessed and any water main and sanitary sewer improvements are not assessed to residents All parcels are assessed on a perunit basis for single family use The duplex and town homes are at a half single family unit rate Any commercial
exempt or public use properties are calculated as a front foot assessment rate which I do want to note that we do not have any on this project area Any corner lots within the project area are assessed at one unit um for either the side or front This is
determined based off the driveway location house orientation or past assessments So assessments will be considered at the public hearing this evening Assessments can be paid based off the following They can be partially paid to the city
without interest by November 15th They can be paid in full to the city by December 15th with the daily interest acred and paid in full to the county by the end of December with daily interest acred Um then they will be put on
property taxes um with 10-year and 15-year assessment periods and the assessment interest rate is 3.88% For senior citizens disabled persons and active military duty there is a deferral option This deferment ends
upon death sale of the property transfer or subdivision of property loss of homestead status on the property determination by the council that no hardship would occur if payment were required and failure to file a renewal application on
time This uh these deferral applications must be submitted by July 7th of 2025 just 90 days after the adoption of assessment And then assessments will be certified to the county in December of 2025 And if any residents would like to
appeal the assessment they need a written intent to be presented either prior or at the hearing And our kind of look ahead project schedule the assessment hearing is tonight The applications for deferment will be due 90 days from now
on July 7th and completion of the construction project will be in November and prepayment deadline to the city for the assessments is November 15th and then certifying of the assessments in December
So next steps will be to conduct the public hearing and consider a resolution for adopting the assessments for the 2025 street reconstruction project street reconstruction project city project number 25502 And we will now open the floor to
questions should there be any Council any questions okay Thank you This is a public hearing So if there's anybody that has comment on this project either in the room or online Okay See now I'll take a motion to close the public hearing Council member Burma I move to close the public
hearing Is there a second second Any further discussion okay Roll call please Burmill Hi Walter Hi Lee Hi Bulk Hi Helier Hi Okay Any further discussion about
street recon if not I'll take a motion There's four of them actually Lee move to approve one a contract with McNamera Contracting Incorporated for the 2025 street reconstruction
rehabilitation project city project 25-02 And two resolution adopting assessments for city improvement project 252 And three resolution authorizing funding and 2025 budget amendments and fund transfers And four proposal with
Brun Intertech for professional services Okay Is there a second second Any further discussion please I Lee I Bulk I Helier I Burmill I Okay
Thank you very much Thank you both Move on to item B Public hearing for vacation of drainage and utility easements and spirit of branch and farm 25th edition preliminary plat and pud amendment and I don't know if Mr Rossi is presenting
Good evening council members Pat Rossi with Tradition Development of Lakeville Minnesota Happy to be here tonight to uh introduce what will be the final phase of Spirit of Branch and Farm Um 25th phase and we're
proposing to build seven of our revival type homes uh in this section of the development These are essentially the same product that we built in the 21st and 23rd edition northern section of the development And I I believe one of those
um maybe the 23rd may have been previously assumed to be the last edition but uh we're changing up things a little bit with our plans for the Farmstead Preservation Area and our office location And um rather
than you know we don't build uh commercial or retail developments We're a single family home builder And we thought that rather than selling off this last portion of of the project area to a third-party developer we would be better better served in the community
better served by us uh developing a kind of a transitional home product type between the adjacent single family areas and our office complex uh within the farmstead preservation area So uh excited to hear the staff presentation
and we'll stick around for questions Very good Thank you Meeting Miss Good Road Good evening mayor members of the council Um as he mentioned um Tradition Development is requesting approval of um Spirit of Branch and Farm 25th edition preliminary plat Um the property is just
north of 170th Street and east of Draft Horse Boulevard Um and this is the master plan that um he referred to and it's the area down here in Brown that has been under that farmstead preservation area um kind of guided You
could see a little bit more on the open space here and then I've got an aerial up here where you can see a little bit better Um there's the farm building where they hold events the office Um the homes will be located in this open area as well as in the community garden area
So under that original PUD the farmstead preservation area did have some specific uses that were allowed in the master PUD So a PUD amendment is required to allow the detached town homes So that is the reason for that portion of the request
And then the preliminary plat will lay out um the location of the seven detached town homes Um it'll be accessible to from a private drive from the private east west ranch and farm drive um to the north again 170th to the
south Um so these are rear loaded town homes So the front door will face Draft Horse Boulevard and they'll have a twocar or two driveway space driveway um rear loaded garage Um and then again the private street with on street parking to
accommodate any guest parking In addition to that this open field space that is used for parking and for events will be paved and will be striped so it'll be used far more efficiently About 50 spaces will be created here with an additional 26 available for the future
And then other events that take place within this building There's parking up in this corner and then you can see this available public parking as well So we believe ample parking will still remain with this change Um there is an easement vacation Um there's some easements over
the property Let me show you that slide in a second Forgot we had the landscaping Um but they are adding ample landscaping um both along um the two streets that are budding it as well as along the private drive Um and then landscaping at the front of the homes
and the rear of the homes And this is a picture of what some of the styles might look like depending on the buyer's choices And then there are um public drainage and utility easements over this property that needs to be vacated through a public hearing this evening
These will all be replaced with the final plat and we anticipate submitt of that final platoon The planning commission did hold their public hearing um on the PUD and the preliminary plat on March 20th There was no public comment and the planning commission unanimously recommended
approval and I would stand for any questions Okay very good Council any questions council member Lee I do have a question for the developer uh regarding parking
Um and it's more so for special events I mean it it is a to me a little odd that folks are accessing their driveway through two parking lots Um but I think I can get beyond that more of it's about in times that I've been here for either
retirement parties or a food truck uh festival these spots are pretty full And so is there an idea of how you might manage that in the future with what looks like fewer overall parking spots
well uh Council Member Lee I would I would say as as uh Tina pointed out that we're going to more better define these parking spots Now we have a portion of our employees that use that rear undeveloped gravel parking lot And it
works out pretty well for a few weeks after our main corporate uh event with the Hope kids there when we when we stripe that parking lot and people are able to park very precisely Um but after a few weeks it it
washes off the paint and you've got a big open field there So we're going to define uh 50 50 spots there We're going to encourage our employees to use that back parking lot rather than the on street parking lot and the HOA parking lot of
which we are a member uh to the north So we think it'll be improved over what's there right now and um hopefully shouldn't be any problems But we also did include um I guess a ghost plan if
you will on that green space area directly south of our two existing buildings where we could develop another I think uh 26 or 28 spots there if it becomes a problem Sure Thank you
Um with that this is a public hearing Does anybody who's in here online have any public comment about this project okay seeing none I will take a motion to close the public hearing I'll make a motion to close the public
hearing Okay Is there a second second Any further discussion uh roll call please Bulk Hi Helier Hi Burmal Hi Walter Hi Lee Hi Okay Any further discussion about the
project if not I will take a motion Council member Burmal I move to approve a resolution approving the Spirit of Branch and Farm 25th edition preliminary plaid and PUD development stage plan an amendment to the Spirit of Branch and
Farm planned unit development and adopt the findings of fact and a resolution vacating public drainage and utility easements Is there a second second Okay Um roll
call please Lee hi Bulk Hi Helier Hi Burmal Hi Walter Hi Okay Very good Looking forward to it Um now we'll move on to item C public hearing and resolution adopting assessment for unpaid special charges And I'll turn it over to our finance director Miss Stall
Good evening Thank you Mr Mayor Members of the council we are um doing our spring certification this evening Um the public hearing for these This is um a means that the city can minimize our losses that are maybe due to bankruptcies that could be happening Um
these are for nuisance properties false alarm charges unpaid utility bills and tree removal charges The utility bills are just the final utility bills the inactive accounts so it's been sold Um so it's it's much smaller certification
list for the utilities than we would be doing in the fall Um public notice of the hearing was mailed to all the customers and posted on the city website and published in the newspaper In um as far as our numbers this year we have 45 delinquent utility
bills uh totaling $9,57 Uh four nuisance abatements for $1,00056 $1,56 uh seven false alarms that totaled $967 and one tree removal for
$1,550 So the total assessments um in this packet is $12,630 Um owners um of these assessment charges can they have 30 days from tonight to pay these um without incurring the interest charges and um
but they would be responsible for the $50 administration fee that the city charges So uh with that I'll open it up for any questions from councel and then ask for the public hearing to be open Questions i see none This is a public
hearing There's any comment about assessments Okay Now I'll take a motion to close the public hearing So moved Is there a second second Okay Uh roll call please Burmill I Walter Hi Lee Hi Full Hi
Helier Hi And I believe do we have a motion let's see here Yes Take a unless there's any further discussion I'll take a motion on the assessments Walter I move to approve a resolution adopting assessments for the
unpaid special charges Is there a second second Okay Any further discussion okay Uh roll call please Walter hi Lee Hi Fulk Hi Helier Hi Vermill Hi Very good We'll now move on
to item D Lord of life town home preliminary plat variance and easement vacation And I'll turn over to our community community development director Miss Goodro Welcome back Yep Thank you Mayor and Council for having us here tonight And I'm Matt
Frisbee based out of River Falls Wisconsin uh representing Frisbee Companies and Frisbee Properties that's doing the project We've been working on this now for a couple years Pastor Jamie Thompson's here too with Lord of Life We worked with them back in 2004 and five on the initial church and this is uh kind of another phase we've talked about
over the years and the church is not financially involved in the project We've uh acquired the land from them and we're moving ahead uh hopefully through the process here and this is one more step So I'll follow up with any questions Very good Thank you Welcome All right mayor members of the council
Um the property as you know um is the Lord of Life Church um property or the open area to the south which is south of Dodd Boulevard um just along Dod Road or or Dodd Lane to the east Um you approved a comprehensive plan amendment debt back
in um September 24 um 2024 for a regiduiding to low medium density residential and the zoning is RST2 and so the plumeary plat action and variance um and um vacation of easements
um are requested of you tonight The vacation hearing was conducted at the public um at the planning commission meeting Um as you can see from the site plan they are proposing 24 twin home lots Total acreage is 5.74 um acres
Um not a whole lot to share It's pretty similar to what you've seen when we went through the comprehensive plan amendment Um the top picture does show the landscaping Um they are providing a lot of additional landscaping along the north side of those properties So the rear of those homes when they're abuing
the church parking lot to provide a nice buffer They do have some amenities for the neighborhood The variance is in related to the length of the culde-sac The subdivision ordinance requires or has a limit of 600 feet Um because of just the the layout and the the existing
land and lot area they are requesting a small variance to that up to 638 ft And this is an example of some of the homes that will be proposed Um they have submitted plans for final plat Um so they are very eager to get going on this
project The planning commission did hold a public hearing at their March 20th meeting and there was no public comment and the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and I would stand for any questions Okay council any questions comments Okay I'll take a motion then
Yep Council member Lee Um this is not a public hearing though correct it is not Great It's the first one I was going to say I was start getting into the uh repetition here Um I'll move to approve one a resolution approving the preliminary plat of Lord
of Life Town Homes two a variance for culde-sac length and adoption of the findings of fact and three resolution vacating drainage and utility easements Is there a second second Okay Any further discussion
i'll just say um I I know when this was first proposed there was a lot of concern and questions by the neighbors So I just want to thank both the church and the developer for taking your time and meeting with neighbors and going through and and answering a lot of that So I appreciate it because clearly with no one here tonight you did a very good
job at that So um thank you And with that roll call please Lee I bulk Hi Helier Hi Burmill Hi Walter Hi Very good Congratulations Thank you Um okay Moving on to items 8 and nine
unfinished and new business Okay seeing none uh our next council meeting is Monday April 21st and our next work session is Monday April 28th And with that I'll take a motion to adjurnn
There's a second Second All in favor say I I I Oppos We're adjourned Going to meet you Yeah Get in there [Music]