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[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.

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