Lakeville City Council — Transcript

Tuesday, March 4, 2025Analysis complete

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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No formal vote; council committed to follow-up
No formal vote; informational report with council questions answered
5-0 Approved (all in favor)
5-0 Approved (Dan Walter - Yes, Joshua Lee - Yes, Michelle Vulich - Yes, Luke Kellier - Yes, John Burmel - Yes)
5-0 Approved (Joshua Lee - Yes, Luke Kellier - Yes, John Burmel - Yes, Dan Walter - Yes, Michelle Vulich - Yes)

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

Jeff Caral [Citizen Comment]Citizens Comments - North Creek Development Wetland and Eagle Habitat Concerns

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

Jeff Caral [Citizen Comment]Citizens Comments - North Creek Development Wetland and Eagle Habitat Concerns

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

Jeff Caral [Citizen Comment]Citizens Comments - North Creek Development Wetland and Eagle Habitat Concerns

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

Macy Archin, Parks Director [Item 5]Parks and Recreation Quarterly Report (December - February)

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

Macy Archin, Parks Director [Item 5]Parks and Recreation Quarterly Report (December - February)

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

Macy Archin, Parks Director [Item 5]Parks and Recreation Quarterly Report (December - February)

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

Macy Archin, Parks Director [Item 5]Parks and Recreation Quarterly Report (December - February)

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

City Manager Miller [Item 6]Consent Agenda - Multiple Items (6A-6U, excluding 6R)

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

Council Member Joshua Lee [Item 6R]Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Private Dock

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

Council Member Joshua Lee [Item 6R]Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Private Dock

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

Council Member Vulich [Item 6R]Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Private Dock

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

Director Goodroad [Item 6R]Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Private Dock

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

Council Member Joshua Lee [Item 6R]Orchard Trail Encroachment Agreement - Lake Maran Private Dock

the applicant proposes to split out LW B of air Lakes DEA first edition into two lots lot one and out lot a

Conor McCoy, Kimley Horn [Item 7A]Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat

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

Director Goodroad [Item 7A]Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat

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

Director Goodroad [Item 7A]Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat

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

Council Member Joshua Lee [Item 7A]Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat

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

Mayor [Item 7A]Airlake DEA Second Edition Preliminary Plat