All right. >> All right. Here we go. >> Good evening. It's now 6:30 and I call the regular meeting of the Victoria City Council to order. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> The first item on our agenda this evening is announcements. The city
council will host a surface water management workshop on Monday, December 8th at 6 p.m. Our truth and taxation budget hearing has been scheduled to take place Monday, December 8th at 6:30 p.m. during our regularly scheduled council meeting. We'll be taking formal
public input on our proposed 2026 budget and levy. We also invite community members to submit comments about our budget and levy by emailing assistant city manager and finance director Trisha Pollock at tp pollic victorin.gov.
All meetings of the city council are open to the public and held in council chambers at city hall unless otherwise noted. We encourage anyone who wants to attend our council meetings or workshops in person to contact our city clerk in advance. In other announcements, in
observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, city offices will be closed Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th. Regular business operations will resume on Monday, December 1st from 8 to 4:30. We wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Small Business Saturday is November 29th. We invite everyone to celebrate the heart of our community by shopping, dining, and exploring right here in Victoria. all our businesses that make our community special. We would also like to invite our entire
community to our annual winter lighting event on Thursday, December 4th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Bayfront Plaza to help us welcome the holiday season and light up Victoria. We hope to see you there. That concludes our announcements this evening and I do have a proclamation that I will read from the
DAS. A proclamation to recognize November 29th, 2025 as small business Saturday. Whereas on July 30th, 1953, the Small Business Administration was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower with the signing of the Small
Business Act. And whereas Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to celebrating small businesses and recognizing the vital contributions they make in strengthening our community. And whereas when consumers choose to shop at small local businesses, they help
sustain and strengthen Victoria's economy by supporting growth, entrepreneurship, and long-term prosperity. Whereas, as a city, we are committed to supporting local businesses that create jobs, spark innovation, boost our
economy, and provide opportunities for individuals to achieve financial success and independence. And whereas this holiday season, the city of Victoria encourages residents to shop locally and support the small businesses that make our community shine, not just today, but all year
long. Now therefore, be it resolved, I, Mayor Deborah McMillan, along with the city council of the city of Victoria, do hereby proclaim November 29th, 2025 as Small Business Saturday, and urge all residents to support small businesses
and merchants, not only on this day, but throughout the year as they continue to make Victoria a vibrant place to live, work, and visit. Our next order of business is to adopt the final agenda. Council, can I get a motion to adopt the final agenda?
>> Motion to adopt the final agenda. >> We have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item on our agenda this evening is our open forum. This is the opportunity for anyone to address the council on an item
that is not on the agenda and not application form that will be coming to the council at a future date. No one has registered to speak in advance has registered in advance to speak this evening. So, if there's anyone in the audience that would like to address the council, please come forward.
Seeing no one, uh we'll now move on to the next item on our agenda, which is the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda are routine administrative, do not require deliberation, or are housekeeping items that are required by law. They're approved with one vote unless someone
con uh requests an item to be considered separately. Miss Hardy, does staff wish to pull any consent agenda items for separate discussion and vote this evening? >> None from staff, madame mayor. >> Any on the council? >> Or anyone in the audience that wishes to
pull an item from the consent agenda for separate discussion and vote? Seeing none, I will now entertain a motion to um Oh, we already did the consent agenda. So, we're going to move on to our
regular agenda. Uh the first item on our regular agenda is 6.1. Oh, did we not do a vote? >> I'm sorry. Uh please, I will entertain a motion for the consent agenda. >> Motion to adopt the consent agenda. >> Thank you. Uh we have a motion. Can I get a second?
>> Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Um, now on to our regular agenda. First item on the regular agenda, item 6.1 is to consider a final plat and PUD resoning for West Creek Village first edition. And
presenting on that item this evening is our city planning Brian McCann. Mr. McCann, welcome. >> Thank you, mayor and council members. Tonight we are looking at the final plat and PUD resoning for the West Creek Village development, specifically the first edition. Uh you're all aware of
our major subdivision platting process. During the final plat, we look at the final details of the development. You'll see a development agreement coming forward soon. Uh so this is really the last step of the land use entitlement process for the developer.
For the previous reviews, you may recall a sketch plat was evaluated back in summer of 2024 for a different proposal that included mostly town homes uh and a few single family homes. They since had a revised sketch plat uh earlier this
year for their current submitt twin home single family products uh and that went through the preliminary plat approval process this past June. So, as I mentioned, these are the two requests that we will be looking at
tonight. The final plat and the PUD reszoning for the location area consists of two parcels approximately 89 acres in size. They're located north of County Road 10, Angler Boulevard. They're west of the Marsh Hollow development and the
Hunters Brook Creekide development. They're also south of the Marsh Lake Hunt Club and a portion of the Twin Cities Western Railroad bisects the site here. The total development will consist of 50 single family homes, 18 twin
homes, and 56 town homes. But this first edition only consists of those 56 town homes and 13 of those 50 approved single family homes. the existing conditions. The area is generally flat vacant farmland with
wetlands throughout the site as shown on the screen in the colored areas. There's also a portion of West Chesca Creek that runs through the northern border and there are also some XL Energy transmission lines running through the south side of the property as well.
So, here is the final plat that is being presented this evening. you can see highlighted in red in this area adjacent to outlot C and D, these are the proposed 56 town homes. And then just a little bit further to the east here is
those 13 single family homes. They also have areas dedicated for future development for those remaining single family homes and twin homes that I mentioned earlier. And then all these areas in blue are
open space areas that are being dedicated with the plat uh for wetlands or storm water areas. And then lastly here, these are the public roads as well as a proposed public park and a proposed
public trail that will connect to the Marsh Hollow development to the east. in our comprehensive plan. Um, this was recently just approved for a comprehensive plan amendment that the city council authorized for some minor
adjustments to the low density residential area for a medium density that I'm highlighting with my cursor here as well as inclusion of the um conservation residential district on the north side of the extension and creekide
lane here. And then additionally a small change from a little bit of commercial area to open space. Looking at annexation reszoning. This property was approved for annexation by Lake Township and the state office of
administrative hearing. So it automatically gets that agricultural zoning. That's why we're looking at the resoning this evening. They are proposing a PUD with underlying R1 for the single family and R3 for the twin homes and town homes. I will note that
we're only looking at the patio setbacks for the town homes which I'll highlight in a slide here in a moment. But all of those require resonings which as you know are discretionary. So as part of the PUD process, we adopt
the ordinance at final plat and the purpose is to allow innovative, creative and flexible development. So looking at the deviations here uh highlighted in red, these are all of what was reviewed at the preliminary
plat phase and were approved by the city council uh for them to proceed with a resoning ordinance. Uh the ones that I'll note that are different here are the inclusion of those R3 town homes. They're requesting a reduced setback of
the rear from 10 feet to six feet and the side uh set back from 5 ft to 2 feet. That's pretty typical with a town home development. They have tighter lot lines because the units are right up next to each other. Um we've approved similar setbacks for some of our recent
developments like Victoria Ridge, you may recall. Uh, so that deviation isn't too far off from what we've recently approved as well. Then looking at lighting and signage, they have street lights proposed throughout the development that I've
circled in red throughout this first edition area, as well as a proposed monument sign that they have on the corner of Marshwood Trail and Creekide Lane. We'll take a closer look at that to make sure there aren't any interference with uh sight vision or
vision clearance triangles at that intersection when we get a building permit for it. Then for the parking, they meet our minimum requirements for the single family and the town home products. They are also adding an additional 31 guest
parking stalls with this development which I highlighted in the areas in red along that creek run court which would be a private street. Um so based on everything that they've provided to us, we believe they meet the parking minimum
requirements. Then looking at the pedestrian connections, they're showing two 8-ft trails, one being on the south side of Creekide Lane here and the other connecting to that Marsh Hollow neighborhood that I mentioned earlier.
They're also showing a portion of 6ft sidewalk uh connecting the public culde-sac street A to the private drive on outlot C here. and then also uh public sidewalks throughout the
culde-sac here and the remaining portions of streets D and E in the development. Then looking at landscaping, their spacing meets our 35 to 45 ft spacing requirement. They're placing them appropriately from intersections.
They're meeting the minimum planting requirements per our code as well as the open space requirements. And our town homes are required to have foundation plantings which are indicated on the plans as well.
Looking at parkland dedication, they need to provide 2.1 acres or just over 220,000 parkland dedication. Some of those deductions that are allowed include trails that are outside of wetlands and the proposed uh third acre
park about. So their remainder comes out to be just under an acre and a half or about 151,000 that they would have to provide in cash. Looking at grading and storm water management, they have to meet the Carver County WMO rules, including wetland
impact mitigation, and they have to include wetland buffers and plat them in outlots that are deeed to the city. They've met all those requirements. And then additionally, the storm water facilities that they're showing should have appropriate um pond access routes and they cannot encroach onto private
property. So the applicants meeting those as well. Looking at site utilities, they will be extended from Creekide Lane from the Marshall development to the east. Just a note, I'm sure council is all aware at this point, but well number six has been
completed and permitted for pumping by the DNR. uh which is an exciting advancement as we start looking at our south growth area. But just a note for everyone, we are still uh in need of a future site for an additional water treatment plant. We don't expect that to
come with this development, but it's an important note to keep in mind as we start looking westward further. Then uh with the planning commission meeting, a public hearing was properly advertised in the newspaper, the Wakonia Patriot. We also mailed to property
owners within 350 ft of the development. We posted it online and at city hall. We did receive a few complaints and comments from some of our residents in the Marsh Hollow neighborhood prior to the plan commission meeting regarding
ongoing noise and traffic. Uh they are doing some preliminary grading out there right now which was an agreement that was approved by council. So, uh, just some general comments there from the rental residents of Marsh Hollow and then also concerns that they were
improperly notified of the development process. So, the plan commission duly held that public hearing. We received one comment during that meeting regarding those concerns I just mentioned. The plane commission did end up recommending
approval uh unanimously 70 after discussion about those proposed PUD deviations I highlighted in red on a prior slide. They also uh discussed the potential of upgrading that red sidewalk that I noted on the pedestrian
connection slide up to a full trail. That's something that our public works is interested in maintaining if it were upgraded to a full 8ft trail. and then just general timing and curiosity of future phases to finish the rest of the buildout of this development.
So with that, I have some suggested conditions of approval that were recommended by this planning commission. Uh they're pretty boilerplate. Uh the only two that I'll note that are pretty important are that we need a copy of an
executed easement agreement with Excel Energy for those transmission lines and that any future tree removals on the custom graded private lots uh will need to be mitigated with future phases. So with that I have three motions for
you this evening. Staff can stand for any questions and uh representative the application is in the audience as well. >> Thank you Mr. Macan. Um, can we back up one slide? Is that um the easement agreement with XL Energy has been executed? We're just
awaiting a copy of Is that correct? >> Um, mayor and council members, they're in the process of it. It should be coming soon. We just haven't received it yet. >> Okay. And then I have a question about the changing the sidewalk into the street. Can I see or into a trail? Can you show me that picture again?
>> Yes. Uh, mayor and council members, this small portion in red between the public culde-sac and the private driveway is the area that we're talking about that our public works has interest in upgrading to a full 8ft trail instead of a sixft sidewalk.
>> Okay, that makes sense there. Okay, council questions, comments? Uh, I'll just have a comment that when this came to us back in June for
preliminary plat approval, we amended the approval so that there would be sidewalk all along street D. And I don't see that in this
uh this final approval. >> Are you saying on both sides of street? >> Yes. So at that time it would have been street D. >> And we we amended the resolution passed to have both sidewalks on the street.
So, I don't see the sidewalk condition that we had for approval of this in this final um this final approval. So, that was a condition that was needed
to get to this point and that's missing. So, we should have our conditions page amended to incorporate the resolution that we passed at the June 23rd meeting. I think it was
>> mayor. >> Yes. >> And um double checking um as council member Iansky has noted that and I do see that there was a motion to amend the resolution pass to add this additional sidewalk and that did pass four to zero. >> Okay. on June 23rd.
>> I recall that as >> Okay. So, we will make that adjustment. Thank you, Mr. McCann. Council member, anything else? >> No, that's it. >> Great. >> Uh, anything else from council? All right. >> I mean, it's a challenging property and
I know that LAR has done a good job of trying to come up with a way to fit these things in here. So, I think they've worked with us over the course of time and done a great job with it. >> Yeah, I know there's a we had to meet
some pretty aggressive density um requirements. All right, any other comments, seeing no more discussion, if you can give us the motions page. Mr. McCann, thank you. Please, I will entertain the first motion. Please
>> make a motion to adopt the resolution approving the final plat for West Creek Village First Edition. >> We have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries.
>> Can can I just inquire of staff? So, to the extent the the sidewalk issue that was just raised is brought up, is that is that covered by the reference in the resolution to the staff report, etc., Or is that should should we be explicitly including that in the resolution here?
>> I think we should add it. >> Yeah, sorry I was too slow on the uptake there, Mayor. Maybe could we reconsider the the approval of that to add that as a because I don't think it's expressed in the resolution currently. >> All right. Um let's let's make a friendly Do we want to do a friendly amendment? >> Sure, that's fair. Yeah, that's fine.
Okay, we'll do a friendly amendment to that resolution to ensure that that sidewalk is added onto the staff report. >> So, should we should we >> want me to do it again? >> So, should we just make a motion to add
the resolution that was passed the June 23rd uh council meeting to the conditions one through nine >> looking at attorney votes for his professional? >> Yeah, mayor and council. So I think the mayor was alluding to the maker of the motion saying yeah let's add that and the seconder saying yes and then I think
if everyone consents to that you will have added that to the resolution. So that's the intent of the maker of the motion and the seconder and every you may want to take the vote again after you confirm that with the maker and the seconder. We can take the vote again to make sure we're all on the same page.
>> Okay. Great. Did you start that council member? >> Yeah. So >> let's start let's start let's start a fresh shall we? I I will I will take the mantle on making a motion to include the resolution from the June 23rd regular
council meeting to ensure sidewalks are added on the uh what would have been street D the entire length of the the subdivision to be included in the conditions for approval of the um final
plat. >> Very good. Thank you. We have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any oppos? >> Was council member Roberts. Yes. >> Thank you. >> And and just to say it out loud, so the the subsequent motion is going to
replace the first one just so we >> That is correct. >> Said it out loud so we all agree with that. >> Yes. Good. >> That is correct. >> Yep. >> Thank you. This is why we pay you the big bucks attorney. >> That's right. I'm too I'm too slow though, mayor. I'll be quicker on the Is there anything we should add to number two right away? >> Okay. Wait a second. Did we Did we get
Did we vote for that? All in favor signify by saying I. >> We already did. >> Okay. All right. All right. I will entertain the second motion. >> Motion to adopt ordinance 485Z approving a PUD reszoning for West Creek Village. >> Thank you, Council Member Roberts. We
have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries. I will entertain our third motion. Motion to adopt the resolution approving summary publication
of ordinance 485 ZC. >> Thank you very much, Council Member Refe. We have a motion. Can I get a second? >> I'll second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> Um on to our next item, which is item
6.2, two considering a preliminary plat conditional use permit site plan and building materials review and early grading request for downtown west third edition. Presenting on that this evening is again city planner Brian McCann. Mr. McCann, back to you.
>> Thank you, mayor and council members. Yeah, we got quite a few applications with this one tonight. Um, back to that major subdivision process. As you know, the preliminary plaza is the most important part. uh that's where the major entitlements are granted and the majority of the land use applications
that we receive such as any PUDS, CUPs or variances. Uh so we will move forward with that. for the development team. This has been a large group of individuals that have been working on this development over the last several
months, including City of Victoria staff and city council members, uh, Monarch Development, SW Group, Saunter Architects, Confluence, DJR, Civil Sight Group, Excelsier Bay Partners, and the Music Camp Group. So, just a little bit of background on
why you're seeing third edition and not second edition. second edition tonight. As you may recall, the Downtown West first edition was the Olivine Apartments building and third edition is what we are reviewing tonight. Downtown West second edition is anticipated to be
coming to a council meeting uh before the end of the year here. Um looking at a lot line readjustment for outlots A and B from the downtown west first edition plat. The intent of that is to align it with the tiff district. This
won't result in any new buildings or any new lots. It's uh just to clean things up as we start moving forward with downtown west third edition. As part of that, plane commission will not review it. It will be going directly to the city council.
So, moving on, looking at the location area, there are two city-owned parcels that outlaw A and B that I just mentioned totaling about 12 1/2 acres. It's located north of Highway 5 and Stiger Lake Lane, south of the Carver Park Preserve, west of the Downtown West
First Edition, the Olivine Apartments building, and east of County Road 11 and some existing uh businesses there, the dairy queen and the daycare. So this first phase of the proposed development, what they are looking at
doing is uh proposed uses for four commercial buildings, two condo town home buildings, a mixeduse building, and an activated public plaza. For the site conditions, currently it's vacant land with rolling hills and some areas of tree coverage, which you can
see on the aerial in the image on the right. Utilities are available from Stiger Lake Lane uh and some adjacent businesses uh but they will be primarily coming from that extension of Stiger Lake Lane that's currently under construction. This area is also entirely
within our shoreland overlay district because it's within 1,000 ft of Stiger Lake and Lake Auburn. So this property has a lot of history. You may recall back during the sketch plat discussion. The city has owned it since the early 2000s. It's always been
envisioned for this type of future downtown west expansion. Um, as part of that, a downtown master plan was adopted in 2016 during the last comp plan cycle and downtown west first edition or that alline apartment building was really the
first step of this back in 2022. Uh, an RFP did go out late last year and Victoria DW LLC was selected and as I mentioned a sketch plat was presented to the planning commission and the city council uh back in September on this
proposed development. So here is the phasing plan for this development. The areas primarily in green are that phase one that I mentioned. Those are the areas that we will be looking at this evening. That's what's being considered for preliminary
plat approval. Any future phases, phase two here with additional residential or three or four here, those will all have to receive preliminary plat approvals at a later date. We're really focusing on the area in green tonight.
So, here is a copy of the overall plat that was submitted and included with your case. Starting with the first area in red, these are this is the lot proposed for the two town home condo buildings uh for a total of 40 units
within those two buildings. Then moving on central to the site is that mixeduse building and then our public open space areas. Outlot F is that activated plaza and outlot A is some additional public open
space area adjacent to those town home condo buildings. And then the four uh commercial buildings right off of that main street area highlighted in yellow on the four corners here. And then two public parking lots, one
being in outlot E right off of Highway 5 and the other being within that central green area adjacent to the Olivine apartment building. And then here is the street and uh public parking lot network. I neglected
to add outlaw H into that, so my apologies for that. But this is all the public rightway that you can expect within this development. And then lastly, those future phases that I mentioned, two, three, and four here.
So, looking at our comprehensive plan, it's guided for downtown mixed use, which allows between 24 and 75 units per acre. Uh it envisions this type of development that's being proposed. Mixed use offices, retail, restaurants, all
those things that the city council has been looking for with future development in this area for this phase. We are looking specifically at those town home condo units and the mixeduse units when we calculate density. So we're right in
that 24 to 75 unit range with about 27.8 units per acre. when we start looking at future phases, we'll have to get uh guidance again from our Metropolitan Council representative just to make sure we're in alignment with our
comprehensive plan. Um as we want to make sure we get sewer permits for this development. So for the zoning, it's currently zoned central business district which allows mixeduse buildings and various commercial uses with conditional use
permits. uh re I'll note that retail and restaurants are permitted uses. So we don't expect any conditional use permits to come forward for those if they are planned for this area. And then also we don't have any bulk standards in our CBD except for a maximum height of 50 ft.
All the buildings within this phase are compliant except for that mixeduse building they're proposing at 55 ft uh necessitating a cup for that item. So, when we're looking at conditional uses, we want to make sure that they
meet our general requirements listed in our zoning code for the comprehensive plan, health and safety, compliance with all our other standards, that they have adequate public infrastructure, they're appropriately screening and landscaping the area, providing the correct
architectural requirements, that they meet the zoning, and they're not generating too much traffic. In this case, they're meeting all their requirements for these uh general cups. And just a note that additional cups may come forward depending on what type of
men of amenities for the residential uses or what types of commercial uses may be coming within these spaces. So for the streets, they have multiple access points and green along Stiger
Lake Lane for this development as well as a single access entry from Highway 5 and a right in right out proposed here from Highway 5. As we look at pedestrian connections, they are showing sidewalks throughout
the area. As you can see in blue, they're everywhere. So connection shouldn't be a problem down here. Looking at a regional trail extension as well from the Highway 5 corridor in front of two of the commercial buildings that would connect to another trail on
the south side of Stiger Lake Lane here, which will actually extend down and have a connection to the Lake Minnotonka Regional Trail as well. Now looking at parking uh with this plan they are showing 204 publicly available parking stalls
throughout this development. Based on the retail and commercial mixed use all the commercial uses that we evaluated they would need 210 parking stalls. Now it's um our downtown utilizes that
shared parking as you all know. So it's expected that one user it's park once and they walk to several areas. It's not park and go. So that was the intent with this design. And then just an additional note that all the residential buildings will have parking underneath for their
residents as well. So there's additional parking that's not being seen here. Excuse me. Looking at landscaping and tree preservation. They're meeting our minimum requirements for spacing of boulevard trees and tree types. They've also placed foundation plantings where
practical within our CBD. Uh, also of note, our CBD is exempt from open space and minimum planting requirements. So, those weren't taken into account here, but they have provided over 250 trees and hundreds of shrubs incorporated
within this development as shown on the screen. And then just of note, our tree preservation standard. As I mentioned, there's some pockets of current trees on the site out here. With a downtown urban development like this, we anticipate
that all those trees are going to be taken out. So nearly 100% removal, if not 100%. Um, but the replacement requirement is going to be significantly less because of the area that they're developing in. So they are planting as
many trees and shrubs as possible to make up for those tree preservation standards. Uh just so that the council is aware. Then looking at our shoreland overlay district, it is entirely within that shoreland district within 1,000 ft of Stiger Lake and Lake Auburn, both of
which are recreational development lakes. All the buildings are meeting the minimum 150 foot ordinary high water line setback and the entire development is coming at at about 71% impervious
which meets the maximum 80% requirement. And then any residential unit or building in shoreland that has four or more units is required to go through a tier analysis. We do have an exemption built into code if they meet three requirements which are that they're not
providing riparian access that's consistent with the density and the comp plan and that they meet all the other requirements of the shoreland district. So all of these standards are being met. So we anticipate all of these are going to meet that exemption. So they will not have to go through that process and our
DNR area hydraologist has confirmed that. looking at signage, lighting, and architecture. As I mentioned in the last presentation, we really look at signage at um building permits when they're submitted for individual buildings. So,
we'll take a closer look when those come in. Uh they do not have any proposed total development signage uh in the renderings that were shown. And then they are providing our standard downtown light poles throughout this development
meeting the height and illumination requirements. And all the buildings that they have submitted have been great. They meet all our building variations, altered roof designs, all the enhanced architecture that's required in our central business district.
So, here are some renderings of the mixeduse building that were included in your report, as well as renderings for those commercial spaces, including a portion of that Victoria Community Center, which was previously discussed
at the sketch plat. As we look at park dedication, their requirement is just over an acre or about 116,000. and um dedications for that that we anticipate to be deducted are for the
public active plaza that outlot F that I highlighted earlier as well as the community center I just highlighted in the last slide. So with both of those reduced there from their amount it comes down to just under a half acre or about 50,000.
looking at grading and storm water management. It has to meet the Minihaha Creek wershed district rules. Uh there is one wetland present here um where they are showing that regional area. So we're working with the MCWD right now um
to get the approvals for that. We anticipate those should be coming shortly and the applicant has been working closely with them as well. But that one area is just one of three areas of note for a proposed new regional storm water for this entire development
that the staff has been working with uh the MCWD as well. Then for site utilities as I mentioned earlier they're proposed to come from the extension stagger lake lane uh connect to all the buildings as well as some of our existing businesses on the
west side as well. So, we held a public hearing with the planning commission at their meeting on November 18th. It was properly advertised and sent to property owners that are adjacent to the site. We did not receive any comments at that meeting
or prior to that meeting. and the plane commission did recommend approval unanimously 70 uh discussing the additional parking that was incorporated from sketchplat as well as any hint at potential users for the commercial spaces. There was also some questions
about the highway 5 access and possible future development areas. So, with that, I have some suggested conditions of approval that were recommended by the planning commission. Uh, similar to the last item, a lot of these are pretty boilerplate. A few of
them at the bottom are worth noting, such as if they want to do the early grading that's included with the report this evening. they would uh need to receive approvals from you tonight that Mandot has to approve that access from Highway 5 and that any changes in
commercial uses in the future have to meet our minimum parking requirements. Aside from that, um I have two sample motions for you this evening. Staff can stand for questions and we have multiple representatives of the application in the audience.
>> Very good. Thank you, Mr. McCann. Um, council, I'll now open the floor for discussion. Any questions, comments? >> I mean, I don't really have anything to say. I mean, just we've talked about this a lot. We've had a lot of workshops
on this. And I mean, I think this has met our vision of what we're looking for, right? A community space where people can use. And I think, you know, the look, the feel of it has, you know, been knocked out of the park and I think it's exactly what we've been looking for. So >> great. >> I don't know if there's much more to say
than that for me. >> Good. I do if you want to back up to that. I'm I'm curious about the access to the site, the Highway 5 situation. Um way back right there. So this purple area is a right in right out, but we are
hoping to get that to be a full access possibly. >> Mayor and council members, I'll defer to Mr. Runk here. >> Welcome. >> Hi. Good to see you. >> Good to see you. Access, as we've shared, is really important for the future success of the
restaurants and retail we're working with on this site. So, staff is working directly with mind and working towards that solution. And I believe it's a condition of final plat approval that gets done is what we're looking forward to.
>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. McCann. So, the is any of this a full access at this point? Um it would be ideal if the mindot access could be full. That's what we're going into the conversations with that we would like it to be full. Um but it
there's a very real possibility it could just be right in right out. So >> so at this point there's not like a roundabout >> correct >> planned for this area. >> Correct. >> Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Um questions. How could it be full
with Isn't that proposed to be a divided highway up to that point >> or is am I have I lost my mind on that? >> No. How you would I mean taking a left out of there is going to be a nightmare. >> Um council member and mayor um based on
the plans here I believe what's being shown here is a median. I'm not sure if that's still up for discussion with Highway 5. It's something we're working through with our discussions with Mandot though. So, do we anticipate that would be signaled? >> No.
>> No, not signaled, but full access >> potentially. >> It's like, as I mentioned, it's likely going to be a right in right out, but we're starting the conversation asking for the most. >> Okay. And and that single entry, that red access, tell me a little bit about
that. Is that just a again a right in right out >> access or is it just an in like a >> mayor and council members? That's basically an off-ramp from Highway 5. It's only going to be taking traffic from Highway 5. No one will be able to turn down it.
>> Uh once they do get to this point along street A, they would be able to go left or right. >> Okay. So, they can't go back onto Highway 5 on that red road. >> Correct. >> They have to go around to County Road 11 at this point or else that purple >> correct spot. Okay. Really >> clean. Got it.
>> Very good. All right. Council, other questions, comments? >> Mayor. >> Yes, >> I have a question if that's >> Yes, please. >> Brian, another slow on the draw. I should have cut you before the meeting. Um, one of the two cups, one of the cups is for uh development in the shoreland
area. The other is for a building to exceed 50 ft, I believe. What where is the constraint on that building height going to be expressed? Is that going to be just by incorporation of the plans? And and what is the building height that's proposed? >> Correct. Um, so it will just be
incorporated as you mentioned into the conditional use permit. I built it into the resolution this area in green. Our standard is 50 ft. They're proposing 55 heat um 55 ft, excuse me. And you can exceed that with
a conditional use permit per our central business district section of code. >> Good. Thanks, >> Mr. Vos. Any other concerns about that? >> Very good. No, that's good. >> All right. Thank you. All right. Council, last thoughts, comments, questions.
All right. All right. Seeing no more discussion, I am looking for a couple of separate motions here. Um, and I will entertain the first >> motion to adopt the resolution approving a preliminary plat conditional use permits and site plan and building materials requests for Downtown West,
third edition. >> Very good. Thank you. I have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. I will entertain a second motion. >> Like to make a motion to approve the early grading agreement for Downtown
West, third edition. >> We have a motion. Can I get a second? Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Um, we have no more items to come before the body this evening, so we'll move on to reports and emerging issues. Attorney
Vos, you're up first. >> Mayor, council, I do not have anything to report. Thank you. >> All right, Miss Hardy, anything from staff this evening? >> Nothing from staff, madame mayor. >> And uh, any members of the council have anything to share this evening? >> Everybody have a happy Thanksgiving.
>> Very good. Thank you very much. Um, let's wrap it up then. There are no more items to come before the body. So, I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> We have a motion. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying
>> second to my own motion. >> Second. >> Okay. Let's give the second to council member Robert. We are having so much struggle this evening with our Robert's rules. Um, okay. The second uh a motion by council member Ivansky, seconded by
council member Roberts. All in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. We stand adjourned.