Lakeville City Council — Transcript
12 Topics in This Document
North Creek Development - Wetland and Eagle Habitat Concerns
Grand Prairie Park Construction Progress
Spyglass Park Phase 2 Development
Parks and Recreation Strategic Planning
Parks and Recreation Website Redesign
Park Maintenance Operations and Staffing
Recreation Facility Reservations and Events
Art Center and Performing Arts Programming
Active Adults Programming and Heritage Center
Consent Agenda Items - Multiple Approvals
Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Dock
Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat
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“I had gotten a survey from the uh um Midwest natural resources of uh of the Wetland that was uh developed that we're developing a wetland and it was considered to be all Wetland before and now since they've been working on it there's only a small section that's considered Wetland”
“I forwarded that on to the EPA to find out if that's true or not and also to the company that did the or the The Firm that did the uh study and just to make sure that that's what it actually is supposed to be because I don't believe you can develop on Wetland I just don't want anybody to get in trouble over it”
“there was Eagles on that development and they can't unless they have a a eagle nest permit or they have a um specific or a general uh permit they can't take down within 600 ft of an eagle's nest which I think is pretty normal um but I have neighbors who have pictures of eagles and I just don't want the city of Lakeville or anybody to get in trouble for it”
“construction continues at the uh the park uh this winter we've completed uh now framing for the field support building that's the building closest to the pickle ball courts uh the structural steel has been installed on the the main building and they'll actually be working on framing that in later this week we'll start weather pending”
“we're anticipating at this point to complete construction on the facility of the field support building and the main building uh by miday um our goal is still to be able to open uh the pickle ball courts playground splash pad and challenge course yet this summer our goal would really be July I think is what we're looking at but it's all going to be weather dependent”
“the warming houses were open for 49 days and during that time uh staff counted over 14,000 users of those rinks that's counted every hour so there is some duplication in there to keep in mind but still a really impressive use this year”
“we've got a notable retirement from our Parks maintenance crew uh it's actually 19 years of service uh from Mark desan he retired today um we actually had three retirements from Park maintenance all within similar time frames of service um and three new staff that have uh already been uh brought on”
“item 6E is a resolution awarding construction uh contracts for the 185th Street Expansion Project so that'll be 185th between iava and County Road 50 uh they're round about there so we're looking forward to that”
“the item is encroachment agreement with the less now property uh for a private Improvement on public property um it's my understanding that uh encroachment Agreements are fairly limited on un like Marian right now um this one stood out to me because of how significant this dock is from the property owner all the way across the public property which is still considered Basset Park granted it is wetland at the moment um but it it goes from one side of the parcel to the other”
“I think creates a barrier of access to the rest of the the parcel if we needed or anyone wanted to use it so that's what stood out to me and I just thought uh it might be worth more discussion before approving”
“it was my understanding from the um um agreement that maybe I'm wrong but I thought if the city was going to do something with that park or whatever then they'd have to remove their dock okay so I guess I I agree with you I looked at that for a long time trying to figure out wow okay but then when I read the agreement I thought okay so if we decide to do something with that Park we don't want everybody using the dock right I mean the private dock so then it could be removed”
“the property owner had provided some information that showed that the city in the past and the DNR has determined there is uh it does just barely touch Shoreland in one I think it's the North West Corner”
“I'm comfortable with the agreement knowing that if we do end up needing to use the property then you know we would we would go through that”
“the applicant proposes to split out LW B of air Lakes DEA first edition into two lots lot one and out lot a”
“the goal with moving um this facility to Lakeville is so that they can enclose all of their vehicles as well as um materials and so forth and fleet vehicles there is definitely some yard space for them to have some equipment outside um there's a couple of different kinds of of asphalt depending on what they're storing in those locations um but for the most part um um most all of the vehicles will be closed um inside”
“we shared the plan um when the initial application came in we shared the plan and then we met with DEA staff to go through the plat basically to share with them the alignment for 222nd Street eventually you can see right here that road will dip they're just called to sacking it initially and this is Township property so we wanted the township to be aware of the alignment for 222nd Street as it would extend into their site and touch Flag Staff”
“at the Planning Commission meeting you mentioned how you had just had some conversations with the township about the access road the dirt road could you expand on any developments since then”
“we're very excited to have dakot electric come to Lakeville sorry to our friends in Farmington but uh we do appreciate you moving to Lakeville”