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[0:38] I call to order the February 20th 2025

[0:41] Planning Commission meeting please join

[0:43] me for the flag pledge

[1:04] Miss Erikson will you please do a roll

[1:07] call of members zuzek here Tinsley here

[1:11] kza here morovic here Zimmer here here

[1:17] swensson

[1:19] here um agenda item number three

[1:23] approval of minutes the February 6 2025

[1:26] Planning Commission meeting minutes and

[1:28] the February 6 20 25 joint working

[1:31] session minutes fellow Commissioners any

[1:34] changes and the minutes will

[1:38] stand Jensen any

[1:41] announcements thank you chair Mar roich

[1:43] uh yes you have two handouts for you

[1:45] tonight one is a revised engineering

[1:47] report for our agenda item this evening

[1:49] the air Lake DEA second edition um there

[1:52] was some uh revised language regarding

[1:55] the future construction of 222nd Street

[1:58] uh that was added to the report

[2:00] and then you also have a preliminary

[2:01] plat for airlake DEA second edition uh

[2:04] we grabbed the wrong preliminary plat

[2:06] when we posted it to the uh the council

[2:09] or the city website so we just included

[2:12] the correct preliminary plat there that

[2:14] we were referring to um and then if

[2:17] tonight's item isn't tabled it should

[2:19] move forward to the March 3rd city

[2:20] council meeting that's it for

[2:25] announcements next agenda item is a

[2:27] public hearing so anyone wishing to

[2:29] speak

[2:30] um for the public hearing they can print

[2:32] their name on the

[2:34] back um sheet so agenda item number five

[2:38] this is a public hearing for airlake DEA

[2:40] second edition it's a public hearing to

[2:42] consider the application of Dakota

[2:44] Electric Association for a preliminary

[2:46] plot for one lot one outlot subdivision

[2:49] to be known as airlake DEA second

[2:51] edition located east of Cedar Avenue and

[2:53] north of 225th

[2:56] Street and here to give a brief overview

[2:59] is is Jeff sh

[3:06] shoner uh good evening Madam chair

[3:10] Commissioners um my name is Jeff shener

[3:13] I'm the vice president of utility

[3:14] services at dakot Electric Association

[3:17] this project represents the development

[3:19] of a future headquarters for Dakota

[3:20] Electric um our hope is that as this

[3:23] goes through the process that we could

[3:25] start construction yet uh late spring

[3:27] summer and then it's a 2-year build and

[3:30] so by summer of 2027 that we would be

[3:32] moving into a new headquarters facility

[3:35] uh we've been working with uh Lakeville

[3:37] staff we're really excited about the

[3:38] move and kind of working through the

[3:40] details of the project but with that I

[3:42] would stand for any questions you'd have

[3:43] about the project thank you

[4:02] good evening chair commission members

[4:04] I'm Heather Boton the senior planner

[4:06] with the

[4:07] city as mentioned tonight what is in

[4:09] front of you is the preliminary plat for

[4:12] an airlake DEA second edition the land

[4:16] and area is located east of Cedar Avenue

[4:19] North of 225th Street and South of the

[4:22] future um roadway of 222nd Street or the

[4:26] dedication of that RightWay the property

[4:29] is Zone and guided

[4:31] industrial and the plat that is in front

[4:34] of you

[4:36] tonight is this area south of the 222nd

[4:39] Street RightWay there's one lot and one

[4:42] out lot to be known as at airlake DEA

[4:45] second edition so the Lots proposed meet

[4:48] and exceed the minimum requirements for

[4:52] the I2 General industrial

[4:55] district as Jeff mentioned um Dakota

[4:58] Electric has submitted plans to

[4:59] construct their headquarters on lot one

[5:02] out lot a to the east would be vacant

[5:05] for now um and then plan for future

[5:08] expansion from DEA so the proposed uh

[5:12] building is about

[5:14] 176,50 square feet in size it is a

[5:17] multi-use building for with their office

[5:19] warehouse and storage um other site

[5:22] improvements include parking lot uh

[5:24] outdoor storage and then the storm water

[5:26] improvements

[5:30] there are no significant trees on the

[5:32] site or wet lenss within the proposed

[5:35] plat uh staff has met and corresponded

[5:38] with the Township Board regarding the

[5:39] proposed project and the future

[5:41] construction of 222nd Street um employee

[5:45] and guest access would be from 225th to

[5:49] the South and then construction and

[5:51] fleet vehicles would access the site

[5:53] from the north on 222nd Street uh the

[5:56] initial proposal just shows a little

[5:58] bump that kind of crosses the the

[6:01] Westerly property line with a called

[6:03] temporary caac at this time so the

[6:06] proposed DEA site complies with setback

[6:09] requirements for the parking lot and

[6:11] building um Landscaping on the site

[6:14] shows Foundation plantings around the

[6:16] building and then parking lot

[6:18] landscaping and screening storm water

[6:20] runoff will be collected on the North in

[6:23] a private system uh it's a private

[6:25] infiltration Basin located along the

[6:28] 222nd Street right of

[6:32] the proposed

[6:33] building is a mixture of building

[6:36] materials and the building height at the

[6:39] tallest point is 40t and both of those

[6:42] meet and comply with our our zoning code

[6:45] requirements and on the site you may

[6:47] have noticed that there was fuel storage

[6:49] tanks located along the Westerly

[6:51] boundary those tanks would be approved

[6:53] with an administrative permit done and

[6:56] reviewed by Fire and Building once that

[6:58] permit is um

[7:01] submitted so staff believes that the

[7:03] proposed plans and Subdivision plat are

[7:07] consistent with the goals and policies

[7:08] of the comprehensive plan and the plans

[7:11] will conform with the performance

[7:12] standard of the city code so staff is

[7:14] recommending approval of the preliminary

[7:16] plat that's in front of you tonight for

[7:17] air like dea second edition with the

[7:20] stipulations listed in this uh

[7:22] engineering and planning report so any

[7:25] questions thank

[7:27] you and this is a public hearing so

[7:29] anyone wishing to speak on this agenda

[7:31] item could speak

[7:38] now

[7:40] yes seeing no one come forward uh I

[7:43] would make a motion to close public

[7:47] hearing second I have a motion and

[7:49] second to close a public hearing um all

[7:51] those in favor please signify by saying

[7:53] I I I'll oppose all right the public

[7:56] hearing is now closed um fellow

[7:59] commissioner there's any

[8:01] questions on the agenda

[8:04] item Madam chair yes I'm just a little

[8:08] curious with the orientation of the site

[8:10] um taking the employee and um visitor

[8:14] access I'm coming off 225th with that

[8:17] being a gravel road just kind of curious

[8:19] why the direction to bring people in

[8:22] that way

[8:29] Madam chair Commissioners our Our

[8:31] intention was to use 222nd as a truck

[8:34] entrance and then 225th to be deliveries

[8:38] and um members and uh employees of

[8:41] Dakota Electric now with what's to

[8:44] what's going to happen potentially at

[8:45] the air Lake Airport site we're hesitant

[8:48] to make any road improvements till we

[8:49] know what's going to happen there

[8:50] because there could be some shared cost

[8:52] opportunities for us but I think our

[8:54] long-term intention is to actually

[8:56] improve 225th Street as well um through

[8:59] that

[9:00] parcel and my understanding is you've

[9:03] been at least meeting with the township

[9:05] to talk a little bit about that future

[9:06] of that roadways I correct we haven't

[9:09] had any I'm

[9:12] sorry thank you chair members of the

[9:15] commission Yes actually this morning we

[9:17] met with um a couple of board members

[9:20] and the Township Clerk um we did share

[9:22] the plans we had previously provided the

[9:25] plans and then we shared with them the

[9:27] alignment for the rideway medication and

[9:30] how that's um going to um potentially

[9:34] impact their adjacent parcel to the East

[9:37] and we also talked about um that

[9:40] southern roadway um it's not currently

[9:43] in their CIP to update it I think it's

[9:45] within the next couple of years um we

[9:48] also have a joint Powers agreement for

[9:50] maintenance of that road and when this

[9:52] property was annexed back in

[9:54] 2021 that joint Powers agreement was

[9:57] extended to include this property so um

[10:00] through City Township possibly Dakota

[10:04] Electric um there this will get paved at

[10:07] some point in the future we don't we

[10:09] just don't have a definitive timeline

[10:11] right

[10:13] now thank you for that explanation I

[10:16] just as I was looking at this and kind

[10:18] of considering this proposal that was

[10:19] something that was kind of sticking out

[10:20] of my mind in terms of being good

[10:22] neighbors with her Township um and and

[10:24] that type of thing so I'm glad to hear

[10:25] that those conversations are happening

[10:27] ongoing and that there's agreements in

[10:29] place Etc to further that so thankk

[10:33] you any additional

[10:36] questions Madam chair I'd like to say I

[10:39] think it's a great project and uh happy

[10:41] to have you guys moving here to

[10:45] Lakeville I think we're ready for a

[10:47] motion Madam chair yes I move to

[10:50] recommend approval of the airlake DEA

[10:52] second edition preliminary plat subject

[10:55] to the 10 stipulations listed in the

[10:57] February 11th 2025 planning reform

[11:00] second

[11:01] second um we have a motion in a second

[11:03] Miss Erikson will you please take a roll

[11:05] call

[11:06] vote Tinsley i kza i rovic i Zimmer I I

[11:14] swansson

[11:18] hi and then miss Jensen when will this

[11:21] go in front of city

[11:24] council March 3rd city council all

[11:28] right all right well thank you and best

[11:30] of luck on your

[11:31] project um and with that uh this meeting

[11:34] is adjourned

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