CompletedLakeville City Council Work Session 1-27-25

Lakeville City Council Work Session 1-27-25

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PMActual: Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM

00:00 Start 00:25 3a. 2025 Legislative Priorities 43:57 3b. Proposals for Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville 1:33:55 3c. Lakeville Fire Relief Association Pension Amendment 1:52:00 3d. Discussion of Zoning Ordinances Related to Missing Middle Housing 2:45:44 3e. 2025A Bond Issuance - Street Reconstruction & CIP Project

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"address Council um typically we reserve this for if it's an issue that's not on the okay um we'll move on to item three our 2025 legislative priorities um so first of all thank all of you guys for coming here today really appreciate it um just for everybody that's here I'm G to have Ally started we just want to go around introduce yourselves and then uh Al and Mr Ken will kind of tee up some of the changes from our priorties from a year ago we'll have just kind of a discussion and any of your thoughts about session or what's having been a council and kind of from a county perspective and then we'll keep the conversation going so we'll start here hi everyone my name is Ally Alison gray I am the senior Outreach representative with representative and Mary Liz Holberg Dakota County most of Lakeville uh good evening Zack Duckworth I'm the state senator from this area Bill Dy Dakota County Commissioner District 4 with the S that Mary Les claims I would have kept it good evening uh Jeff Woody State Rep for 57b D alter Lakeville city council John Burl Lakeville City Council luk mayor Joshua Lee Council Council Justin City administrator Alan Canon assistant administrator Taylor Snider assistant to the city administrator very good well I'll I let you see up um some of the primary things there and we'll have you know feel free to interrupt ask us questions so there's a couple bigger picture state things that we added in this year um and then I don't remember if we had anything on the federal side thanks um yeah I'm going to go quickly through this you'll all have a copy of it uh paper or electronically and so I'm just going to highlight the the changes we did this year so the one primary so let me back up so as you all know we do these legislative priorities every year to have a focus on what lake World want to see at the legislature and so we've broken the primaries up in two sections one is the the primary legislative priorities and then we have additional uh priorities if those items come up throughout the legislative session we'd like actually have on a list at least so that our legislators know that it's also on our Radar Radar to look at so um so one primary legislative change that has changed from last year is um as a request for downtown Lille social District this would be similar to what Anoka has done um leville is looking to try same thing uh in Lakeville um and then we have the perennial on there the state mandates on local Authority this is something that um we've always had here and that we're very serious about that there always impacts strings attached and we're very concerned about those impacts on local cost on municipalities and then the other primary one is also one of the mayor's favorites is the post office improvements and services there so that's continuing to be an issue for us and also the county Ro 50 uh five interchange improvements with I35 project for us we getting some attention on that so so we'd like to continue to have foc…

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Topics Discussed (21)

2025 Legislative Priorities Review

State Mandates and Unfunded Costs

Post Office Improvements and Services

County Road 50 / I-35 Interchange Improvements

Cannabis Social Host Penalties

Housing Policy and Development

Changes to Tax Forfeiture Law

Met Council Imagine 2050 Plan and Density

County Budget and State Funding Shifts

Organics Waste Collection Mandate (2032)

Federal Legislative Priorities (Congresswoman Craig's Office)

Local Noise Ordinance and State Buffer Law Enforcement

Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

Fire Department Relief Association Vesting Schedule and Compensation

Future Transition to Defined Contribution Plan (Fire Department)

Housing Ordinance Amendments (Input Session)

Attached Garages Requirements

Residential Buffer Yards Requirements

Single-Family Lot Requirements

Base Lot Setbacks

Exterior Materials Mandates

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Discussion/Informational Item Only
Discussion/Input Gathering; further conversation with stakeholders planned
Discussion/Informational Item; City Council approval for trustee compensation to be placed on a future agenda.
Discussion/Input Gathering; Staff to further refine proposals based on Council feedback.

we do these legislative priorities every year to have a focus on what lake World want to see at the legislature

Assistant Administrator Canon [0-0-28]2025 Legislative Priorities Discussion

pay leave is the biggest one right... that's looming over us significantly

Council Member Burl [0-2-33]2025 Legislative Priorities Discussion

most of your requests are for money and... we're not going to fix this by continuing to spend

Senator Duckworth [0-22-26]2025 Legislative Priorities Discussion

Angie Craig has has a made herself a little little niche of... let's hold the post office accountable

Ally Gray [0-24-21]2025 Legislative Priorities Discussion

we are here today seeking some input on two proposals that we received in very close proximity for similar events... both to be held in downtown leville

Joe [0-35-51]Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

community events and festivals like this have a different look than they than they used to... it's a little bit more resource our intensive to maintain safety

Chief [0-37-3]Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

bringing bringing people downtown I mean I've been a supporter for downtown for for a long time

Dan T [0-38-34]Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

our vision is similar to what his original one was which is still our vision which is Main Street... we really want to showcase and Center that

Jess (Food Truck Organizer) [0-48-23]Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

we feel that it would not benefit the city to have two at all. We think it would be confusing in a lot of ways for a lot of people whether it's the general public the city or even the vendors

Jess (Food Truck Organizer) [0-58-40]Proposed Food Truck Festivals in Downtown Lakeville

one of the ways that we were able to work with our partner CLI Larson Isen to run the numbers and make sure that this proposal is fiscally sound... which it is and that's highlighted in the appendix

Dan Quam [1-8-36]Fire Department Relief Association Proposals

it has been an increasingly... more time consuming as these you know meteor issues have become righte

Dan Quam [1-12-16]Fire Department Relief Association Proposals

it takes that fund that the city is currently on the hook for and it distributes that to the active members and then going forward is State Fire Aid money that is being distributed to the active payon call Members so no longer does the city have this $14 million fund that they're backing

Cam Washington [1-17-48]Fire Department Relief Association Proposals

this all started with a meeting that the mayor requested and convened on August 26 with several of our local Builders just talk about some of what is getting put into the different legislation

Tina [1-20-41]Housing Ordinance Amendments Work Session

the homes that we're working on in Ritter basically the base cost of the home is down in the low twos basically up to 300

Paul [1-37-33]Housing Ordinance Amendments Work Session

our single family zoning districts have zero exterior material requirements zero but our detach town homes have that whole slew requirements

Tina [1-44-30]Housing Ordinance Amendments Work Session

I'm spoiled I have a you know huge backyard... but I realize that that's all something that the buyer has to consider just you know and I realize that you're that you know that they're going to be able to buy a less expensive house because they're in a jam-packed neighborhood

Council Member Burl [1-31-40]Housing Ordinance Amendments Work Session

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