[0:03] [Music] [0:44] [Music] [0:58] Good evening and welcome to the October [1:00] 20th city council meeting. You'll be [1:02] joining for a moment of silence and [1:03] pledge of allegiance. [1:18] To the flag of the United States of [1:21] America and to the republic for it [1:24] stands one nation under God indivisible [1:28] and justice for all. [1:32] Roll call please. [1:35] Michelle Vulk [1:36] here. [1:37] Luke Kelly [1:38] here. [1:38] John Burmel [1:39] here. Dan Walter [1:40] here. [1:41] We'll move on to item three, citizens [1:43] comments. Opportunity for anybody here [1:45] to address council for up to three [1:48] minutes. [1:49] Come up. State your name and address for [1:51] the record. Good evening, Mr. Ericson. [1:54] How are you? [1:55] Good evening, mayor, members of the city [1:57] council. I'm Bob Ericson, 19081 Indale [2:01] Drive. Recently, I received several [2:03] calls from residents who participated in [2:05] the original public hearing for the uh [2:09] Ritter Meadows development, specifically [2:11] the Meadow Ritter Meadows town homes. [2:15] And at the original public hearing at [2:18] the planning commission, the 127 [2:21] attached town homes were represented for [2:23] sale. And that's what how the project [2:26] was uh ultimately approved. Uh now Twin [2:30] Cities Land Development, also known as [2:32] Tradition Development, has given [2:33] approval for 135 rental town homes. [2:38] And uh just within approximately one [2:41] square mile from the Ritter Meadows uh [2:45] rental town homes uh is a athentics 252 [2:50] affordable rental town homes, tax [2:53] subsidized units with no park or public [2:56] green space. Dakota County Community [2:58] Development Agency, Keystone Crossing, [3:00] 36 units subsidized housing. It's [3:03] interesting that that project represents [3:06] the city of Lakeville's past policy and [3:08] that policy required scattered sites for [3:12] uh [3:13] rental and um mixed uh mixed housing and [3:19] that was to avoid a concentration of [3:21] mixed housing in a specific area. [3:25] A large portion of the remaining [3:27] property adjoining Ritter Meadows, the [3:30] Dale property, former Dale property [3:32] adjoining Ritter Meadows, Ritter Meadows [3:36] rental town homes is zoned RH2 and that [3:39] will allow for upwards uh or could [3:45] experience a permitted use of 300 plus [3:49] apartment units, which was part of the [3:51] comprehensive plan and well known and [3:53] agreed to by all parties. Um, recently [3:57] the adjoining property west of Ritter [3:59] Meadows was purchased by a national home [4:00] builder and their proposed plan included [4:03] single family and town home units for [4:06] sale. The question is, the rhetorical [4:09] question is, will the newly established [4:10] rental town homes um [4:14] modify those plans? And I'm also [4:18] concerned that the uh new town homes [4:20] aren't following the plan that was [4:22] approved, which would have not given [4:25] them the right to the new exterior [4:27] finishes which was approved by the [4:29] planning commission and city council. In [4:32] other words, was the PL was the uh [4:35] Ritter Meadows town homes um required to [4:39] do the original exterior finishes as [4:42] opposed to what they're doing now, which [4:44] is exclusively uh sighting. So, we're [4:48] talking seven over 700 [4:51] rental units um within one square mile [4:54] of each other. And it kind of [4:58] to me looks like or feels like um the um [5:04] Cedar Avenue uh corridor plan which I [5:08] think we all had agreed to and made [5:10] sense and was changing the urban reserve [5:14] to developable parcels and that's been [5:17] followed closely and now we have another [5:20] similar quite similar um scenario [5:24] happening in an area that was never [5:26] planned for that uh for this type of [5:30] mixed [5:31] primarily rental. [5:35] Thanks. Any other public comment? [5:40] Okay. Seeing none, [5:47] moving on to uh item number four, [5:50] additional agenda information. Mr. [5:52] Miller. [5:53] Okay, skipping over presentations. Uh [5:55] item six, consent agenda. These are [5:58] items for more routine for the council. [6:00] Uh Mr. Miller want to highlight. [6:02] Thank you, mayor. Two items of note. [6:04] Item 6F is a resolution setting dates [6:06] for the 2026 city council meetings. Just [6:09] to note, the resolution does say that [6:11] the meetings will start at 6:00. That's [6:13] the correct time. The staff the most [6:14] said 6:30, but the resolution which [6:16] you're approved tonight says 6 o'clock, [6:17] which is correct. And then item 6 is an [6:20] accepting a donation from State Farm [6:23] Insurance uh to the fire department in [6:25] amount of $217. We appreciate that [6:27] donation. [6:28] Okay. Very good. Council, any items [6:30] you'd like to discuss further? [6:34] Um, Mr. Mayor, like to pull item 6M [6:38] as I need to abstain from that because [6:40] the contract my my employer is a party [6:42] to that contract. [6:43] Okay. Any other items for further [6:46] discussion? I'll take a motion to [6:47] approve the consent agenda except for [6:50] item M. I'll make a motion to approve [6:53] agenda [6:55] minus I [6:57] second. [6:58] Okay. Is there any further discussion? [7:01] See none. All those in favor say I. I. [7:03] I. [7:03] Opposed. Consent agenda passes except [7:06] for M. No. Take up item M which is [7:12] development contract for spirit of [7:14] branch farm commercial 7th edition. [7:20] Uh our approval [7:24] conversation anything motion for [7:29] I I'd like to make a motion. Uh I move [7:31] to approve the development contract for [7:33] Spirit of Branch and Farm Commercial [7:36] 750. [7:37] Okay. [7:38] Second. [7:38] Okay. Any further discussion? [7:42] See none. Roll call, please. [7:45] Permel [7:46] I. [7:47] Walter. [7:48] Abstain. Bulk [7:50] I hel [7:51] I [7:53] and that passes. Moving on to [8:00] I can pull up my agenda here. [8:04] New and un uh any unfinished or new [8:08] business. [8:10] Okay, seeing none announcements. Next [8:11] work session is Monday, October 27th. [8:14] Next city council meeting is Monday, [8:15] November 3rd. And with that, I'll take a [8:17] motion to adjourn. So move [8:19] second. [8:21] And all those in favor say I. [8:23] I. I. [8:24] Opposed. We're journed. [8:32] [Music] [8:42] Heat. Heat. [8:45] [Music]