“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.”

“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?”

“we know that this guy has a right to serve his time and move on with his life, but apparently he's in violation.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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%.”

“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.”

“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.”

“we had about 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

“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... 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.”

“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 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.”

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“we are 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.”

“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.”