Brooklyn Center City Council — Transcript
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Story
Council unanimously approves senior living campus subdivision plan
Future Comprehensive Plan (2050 Plan) Development
Votes (1)
Planning Case 2604 plat CIC, 8000 Bass Lake Road, Woodlake at New Hope
Dissent: No notable dissent.
Moved by Unknown [10:14] · Seconded by Unknown [10:29]
Jeff Alger, Community Development Specialist, presented the preliminary and final plat for the creation of two distinct lots at the Woodlake senior living campus. The proposal uses a CIC plat to legally separate the existing nursing facility (Woodlake Health Care and Rehabilitation Center) from the independent/assisted living apartments (Woodlake Residences) for financing purposes, with no physical changes. The property has R-5 zoning for senior housing, with existing legally nonconforming conditions. Key discussion points included the requirement for the abstract portion of the property to be registered as Torrens, verification of a code-compliant firewall between the buildings, and the role of the CIC declaration. Applicant Reuben Noble clarified that the separation is for financial stability and future renovations, not operational changes, and confirmed the management structure would remain under their declarant board. During the public hearing, an email regarding operational issues (not the plat itself) was acknowledged and forwarded to management.
Notable Quotes (3)
This will always remain at the clearance board. We on both. Sides of it.
The only thing we got a bunch of questions that did come in, and some of them seem to be about at this point, nothing is changing operationally at all about the buildings. It's purely just a tax distinction that the purpose of it will allow us to. The nursing home is more stable, and we're going to we're going to put a HUD financed mortgage on that. And then the assisted living needs capital. We've already started some capital work, and it allows us to free up the ability to finance it separately with the bank that will that will work on helping us renovate the property over the next number of years.
I would concur that after reading that email correspondence that it was purely operational questions regarding how the the business can operate from this time forward, rather than specific questions related to the CIC plan. So I agree. I agree that it should be acknowledged today because of part of the public hearing, but also that it really has no bearing over your decision tonight.
Ordinances & Resolutions (7)
Identifier for the specific platting application.
Type of plat being reviewed, Common Interest Community plat.
City's overarching development plan, which supports senior living improvements.
City code section requiring City Council approval for CIC plats.
A legal document establishing shared property rules, required for the plat.
Standard referenced for verifying firewall compliance.
The city's future Comprehensive Plan currently under development.