Victoria City Council — Transcript
Monday, July 27, 2026
Strategic Plan Quarterly Update
West Creek Village PUD Amendment
Highway 5 and County Road 11 Project Budget Increase
Major Road Projects (AATP) Status Update
Votes (3)
Quarterly Update on 2025-2027 Strategic Plan
Dissent: None
Moved by N/A · Seconded by N/A
Assistant City Manager Alyssa Nelson provided an overview of progress on the city's strategic plan, noting 57 initiatives completed and 91 on track out of 198. Key achievements included the completion of the Highway 5 / County Road 11 roundabout, consistent production of high-transparency financial reports, and the success of the Victoria Academy program which graduated 15 participants. City Manager Miss Hardy provided additional context on the complexity and significance of the financial documents. Council members commended staff's high rate of progress and dedication.
Public Hearing Regarding West Creek Village PUD Amendment
Dissent: None
Moved by Councilman Roberts [25:55] · Seconded by Unknown Council Member [26:00]
City Planner Brian McCann presented an administrative amendment to the West Creek Village Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance. The amendment sought to formally incorporate a reduction in single-family side yard setbacks from 10 to 8 feet and an increase in townhome maximum impervious surface from 75% to 82.5%. These corrections were inadvertently omitted from the original ordinance but aligned with previous council discussions and the already granted preliminary and final plat approvals. Mayor Prom confirmed the administrative nature of the request, noting that denial would necessitate significant rework for the developer.
Highway 5 and County Road 11 Project Budget Update
Dissent: None
Moved by Councilman Yansky [42:15] · Seconded by Councilman Roberts [42:20]
City Engineer Cara Garin presented a request to increase the budget for the Highway 5 and County Road 11 project from $12.4 million to $13.3 million. The $900,000 increase is primarily due to significant unforeseen soil corrections on County Road 11 and Highway 5, as well as necessary modifications to utility systems to accommodate the adjacent 13 1/2-acre development. While the city is the lead agency, the bulk of the overage is expected to be covered by county and potential state (MDOT) funds, with the city's estimated additional share being around $150,000. Council discussion confirmed the strategic importance of the city leading the project due to its integration with the Downtown West development and resulting cost savings for related infrastructure.
Notable Quotes (8)
Completing each of these within the year is actually less than 1% of all cities within the United States. So we're really thrilled to be part of that 1% that completed the um this really shows the transparency in our city regarding our budget and our financial or our financial process.
What it does is if you think of like an executive summary to a white paper, it's the executive summary to our budget book. It at a very high level explains takes out all the technical details that are required through GFOA. those government finance accounting standards and boils it down into um everyday language that translates what is our budget doing to make your lives better to deliver those programs and services that you're relying on.
You only have 10 projects that are lagging. So that that's approximately 5% I [clears throat] think with what you've seen with everything with completed in progress. Just goes to reinforce the comments that I made earlier during our workshop that um there's just your your focus and dedication to being able to deliver to uh our residents is evident in our plan and just thank you for all that hard work and effort.
Staff missed two regulations that should have been included with their planned unit development based on prior uh review and discussion with the city council during their preliminary plat. So the two standards are that should be incorporated with the PUD include the single family sideyard setback reduction from 10 feet to 8 feet and then the increase of the town home maximum impervious from 75% to 82.5%.
Mayor proming council members, that's a great question. Um we've already granted final plat approval uh for these specific lots and those are 56 foot wide lots. their concepts have those 8 foot sideyards included in those concepts. So 40 foot wide home product, they'd either have to reduce the size of the home um which this is a national home builder. They may not be able to do that with their home models um or they might have to go back to the drawing board and ask for a plat amendment and the plat would be back in the city council's hands at that point.
We're anticipating that the total project costs are probably going to come in at about 13.3 million. Um, for the sake of the audience who probably doesn't remember my presentation from June of 2025, the city is the lead agency on this project, um, the city opted to lead this project because of the connectivity to the highway or the downtown west project, but the bulk of the funding is actually coming from outside sources.
The 150,000 is nothing compared to what it we had budgeted for if we would have had to build Stiger Lake Lane on our own as a standalone project outside of this project.
And then if I memory serves me correctly, there was an aged uh sewer system that served the housing that was over there that we were able to upgrade that at a at an untold amount of savings if we had to take that project on in itself. So I I think it's fair to say that while we had a diff it sounds like a very difficult time navigating this, it was in retrospect the right decision for us to take that that kind of uh project on.
Ordinances & Resolutions (9)
The city's adopted plan with 8 priorities and 198 strategic actions.
Annual financial document showcasing transparency, completed within 30 days of approval.
Detailed financial report aligning with government finance accounting standards.
An executive summary of the budget book, designed for clarity and public understanding.
Legal document being amended for the West Creek Village Planned Unit Development.
Earlier stage of development approval for West Creek Village, where discussions on setbacks occurred.
Final development approval for West Creek Village lots, granted prior to the PUD amendment.
Agreement governing the Highway 5 and 11 project, establishing the city as the lead agency.
Council action taken in June 2025 awarding the Highway 5 and 11 project to Minger Construction.