Lakeville Council Approves Dog Leash, Cannabis Ordinance Changes
The Lakeville City Council approved several ordinance amendments during its June 16 meeting, including stricter dog leash requirements and expanded social host liability for cannabis.
The council removed voice control as an acceptable alternative to leashing dogs in city parks. Under the previous ordinance, dogs could be off-leash if under voice command. The Parks Department will establish designated training areas in specific parks where off-leash work will be permitted, with implementation set for July 7.
Council members also expanded the city's social host ordinance to include cannabis alongside existing alcohol provisions. The change follows state legalization of cannabis and holds property owners liable for underage consumption on their premises.
Additionally, the council approved an ordinance allowing city staff to post no-fishing signs at certain storm water ponds following complaints about impacts to neighboring homeowners. The council also approved vacation of a drainage and utility easement at the Amelia Meadows development that was no longer needed after the final plat approval.
Paul Cause, representing the Paniprog Festival board, updated the council on the 58th annual festival running July 4-13. New events include disc golf at Living Waters and Touch a Truck on Holyoke Avenue, with several activities moved outside downtown to expand the festival footprint.
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▸Meeting Analysis
The June 16, 2025 Lakeville City Council meeting began with a moment of silence for victims of a recent incident affecting Senator Hoffman and the Hortman family. The main focus was an update on the 58th annual Paniprog festival and several ordinance amendments. The meeting also included a public hearing for an easement vacation at Amelia Meadows.
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[0:58] good evening and welcome to the June
[1:00] 16th city council meeting Before we uh
[1:04] get into our normal uh routine I just
[1:07] wanted to say
[1:09] um this weekend our community really
[1:12] faced some unspeakable acts of terror
[1:14] from a deranged individual And I wanted
[1:17] to express my gratitude first to our law
[1:19] enforcement who acted very quickly to
[1:21] ensure that our community and our
[1:23] representatives were safe and then
[1:25] assisted in others And as you join me in
[1:27] a moment of silence tonight to offer
[1:29] prayers to um Senator Hoffman and his
[1:31] wife Yevette and their recovery but also
[1:34] to the Hortman family um who lost their
[1:38] mother and father to this horrific
[1:40] incident So if you join me for a moment
[1:42] of silence and pledge of allegiance
[2:02] To the flag of the United States of
[2:05] America and to the republic for it
[2:07] stands one nation under God indivisible
[2:13] for all
[2:18] Okay Roll call please Michelle V
[2:22] Pelier here John Burmel Dan Walter
[2:25] Joshua Lee here Okay moving on to item
[2:29] three Uh citizens comments is an
[2:31] opportunity for anybody to address the
[2:33] council for a few minutes if you have a
[2:37] Okay moving on to item number four
[2:41] additional agenda information Mr Miller
[2:43] nothing tonight Mayor We'll now move on
[2:46] to item five and I'll turn over to Mr
[2:48] house on a update and debriefing for
[2:52] Paniprog Welcome One of our favorite
[2:54] meetings of the year
[2:57] Good evening Um Mr Mayor city council
[3:00] city staff and the community of
[3:02] Lakeville It's always my pleasure to
[3:04] come and share a little bit about
[3:06] Panorama Progress in our 58th year Um my
[3:10] name is Paul Cause and I represent our
[3:12] volunteer board but more importantly I
[3:14] represent all of our volunteers that put
[3:15] on this festival We are just 18 days
[3:18] away Yes July 4th we kick it off with
[3:21] the city with the fireworks and we go
[3:22] strong for 10 straight days through the
[3:25] 13th Over uh two full weekends 60 full
[3:30] events Um some new ones brought on by
[3:33] some new partners Disc golf down at
[3:34] Living Waters on their disc golf course
[3:37] We've got Touch a Truck down on Holy Oak
[3:39] Uh brought together by Lakeville Works a
[3:42] new team joining our our support Um and
[3:45] we'll put historic trucks down on on
[3:47] Holio on Thursday That's part of the
[3:49] increased safety as we shut down Holio
[3:51] from Thursday at 5 till Sunday at 5 Uh
[3:55] we've got some change in venues as well
[3:57] Our family funfest formerly known as
[3:59] Family Tailgate we're moving from the
[4:01] Lakeville Arts parking lot out to
[4:04] Caspersonson Gives us a little bit more
[4:06] room Uh it takes advantage of a
[4:08] beautiful park and uh takes some
[4:10] pressure off downtown And speaking of
[4:13] taking pressure off downtown we're
[4:14] moving parts of our street market out of
[4:16] the curling lot parking lot and
[4:18] partnering with the Lakeville Arenas at
[4:20] the new uh Alina Pavilion down at Hayy
[4:23] where we're going to do two days of uh
[4:26] arts and crafts with a uh shuttle back
[4:28] and forth Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 5
[4:30] So that should be a nice addition We're
[4:32] expanding our music again outside of
[4:34] downtown You'll get a theme here um
[4:38] moving our Lakeville Community Band
[4:40] which always does a great job with their
[4:41] patriotic music to a Sunday night and
[4:43] then partnering with our uh Live at the
[4:45] Lake and the Arts Center uh to put a
[4:47] tribute band a Tom Petty tribute band
[4:50] out on the on the Caspersonson stage on
[4:52] that Wednesday Um all of our traditional
[4:55] events are back Beer Bratz and Bingo on
[4:57] Thursday night cruise night will be
[4:59] Friday night chalk art will be on Sunday
[5:01] All good fun A highlight of course is
[5:04] our big parade As the parade director I
[5:06] already have 105 entries in already but
[5:09] let me give you the tip Charlotte Baker
[5:12] is a 23 graduate of Lakeville South She
[5:15] is the University of Minnesota Golden
[5:18] Gopher
[5:19] um drum major That is the highest
[5:22] student position that you can hold in a
[5:25] university band And she is bringing her
[5:27] band the summer marching band to
[5:29] Panaprog So be there We've got Minnesota
[5:33] Gophers coming to our parade Should be a
[5:35] awesome time Um let me close with
[5:38] appreciation First of all none of this
[5:39] happens without volunteers Hundreds of
[5:41] volunteers both working with Panda
[5:43] Prague plus with all of our partners to
[5:46] our local partners city uh police parks
[5:48] art center streets fire
[5:53] sport ongoing uh feedback and uh a true
[5:56] partnership And what can I say about our
[5:59] business community Uh unbelievably
[6:01] generous and supportive We have over a
[6:02] hundred sponsors large and small that
[6:06] help us uh deliver our continued
[6:09] panorama of progress to Lakeville So uh
[6:12] before I hand out
[6:14] the traditional button 58th annual Ali
[6:18] will stand for any questions or comments
[6:20] Okay Very good Council
[6:23] I'll just say I'm excited about the new
[6:25] events and also the the moving of the
[6:26] two events I think it was great use of
[6:28] expanding the footprint outside of
[6:30] downtown So I'm very excited about that
[6:32] So can't wait 18 days Awesome Thank you
[6:40] Very much
[6:45] Thank you sir
[7:02] All right moving on to uh item number
[7:05] six our consent agenda These are uh
[7:07] routine items in front of the council Mr
[7:09] Miller anything you wanted to highlight
[7:11] Thank you Mayor A handful of items
[7:12] tonight Item 6C is a donation from the
[7:15] Lakeville Public Safety Foundation This
[7:17] is a utility vehicle that is being
[7:19] donated to the police department valued
[7:20] at over $38,000 So we're very
[7:22] appreciative of that donation There's a
[7:25] couple ordinance amendments here that
[7:26] have been discussed at work sessions but
[7:28] I just wanted to highlight them tonight
[7:29] Item 6D is an ordinance amending our
[7:33] control of dogs So our previous
[7:34] ordinance required a leash but also
[7:36] allowed voice control Uh per the
[7:39] discussion of the council we are
[7:40] removing the allowance to for dog to be
[7:43] under the command of your voice Um so it
[7:46] will be required to have a leash but the
[7:48] parks department will be establishing
[7:49] some dog training areas in specific
[7:52] parks that will be allowed for off leash
[7:54] um work Great Item 6E is related to the
[7:58] furnishing of cannabis um under our
[8:00] social host ordinance We have had a
[8:02] social host ordinance where um that's
[8:05] pertain to alcohol but with the
[8:06] legalization of cannabis by the state
[8:08] legislature The council discussed adding
[8:10] cannabis to that ordinance And so that
[8:11] is 6E And then item 6G is an ordinance
[8:15] that allows staff in the city to post
[8:18] certain uh city-owned storm water ponds
[8:21] as no fishing We have had some um
[8:23] complaints about fishing and impacts to
[8:25] some neighboring homeowners and this
[8:27] will allow us to do that um where it's
[8:29] appropriate Okay Very good
[8:31] Uh thank you for that council Anything
[8:33] you want to pull for further discussion
[8:35] or
[8:37] if not I'll take a motion to approve the
[8:39] consent agenda
[8:41] I move to approve the consent Is there a
[8:43] second Second Okay Very good Any
[8:45] discussion about the consent agenda Okay
[8:48] Seeing none all those in favor say I I
[8:50] Opposed Consent agenda passes We'll now
[8:54] move on to item seven It's a public
[8:57] hearing for vacation of roadway drainage
[8:59] and utility easement at Amelia Meadows
[9:02] and our community development director
[9:04] Miss Goodroad will offer a presentation
[9:07] Thank you This is just a real quick item
[9:10] Um the final plat for Amelia Meadows has
[9:12] already been approved but there was um
[9:14] we caught um an existing um drainage um
[9:19] or existing easement um that needs to be
[9:22] removed It's no longer needed because of
[9:25] the new plat but for the recording of
[9:27] the plat purposes we need to um have
[9:30] this resolution approved public hearing
[9:32] and this resolution approved to take
[9:33] care of that Um we should have done
[9:36] caught this when we did the final plot
[9:38] but it was something that we caught
[9:39] after all of that review I stand for any
[9:42] questions and we do need a public
[9:44] hearing Okay any questions council Okay
[9:47] this is a public hearing I'll open the
[9:48] public hearing Are there any comments
[9:50] from the public about this
[9:53] Okay Move to close the public hearing Is
[9:56] there a second Second All those in favor
[9:58] say I I I Okay Public hearing is now
[10:01] closed Council any questions comments or
[10:05] a motion
[10:08] Council member Walter Um I move to
[10:10] approve a resolution vacating a public
[10:12] roadway drainage and utility easement Is
[10:14] there a second
[10:17] Second Any further discussion
[10:20] Okay Okay seeing on roll call please
[10:22] Burmal I I Lee Hi Vulk I Helier I Okay
[10:30] Now moving on to item 89 Unfinish and
[10:32] new business
[10:35] And seeing none uh announcements Our
[10:37] next work session is June 23rd here at
[10:40] the conference room and our next council
[10:42] meeting is July 7th Wow After fireworks
[10:47] Uh and with that I will take a motion to
[10:50] adjurnn
[10:52] Is there a second Second All those in
[10:54] favor say I I Post We're adjourned Look
[10:58] at that 10 minutes Good job everybody
[11:02] The scouts are happy
[11:04] [Music]
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