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Mr. Mayor, it's always um fun, I guess, is a good word, but certainly enjoyable to have these proclamations and presentations and graduations. So, this is a nice evening and it is really I guess I want to throw out a a compliment to Rick Etcho cuz he brought the Citizens Academy here to Eden Prairie. I think you had it in that other town nearby, maybe Hopkins. But anyway, I give him a lot of credit and I know you all and you can nod right now or smile but really thought it was a pretty cool program. See all the nods and smiles and to just to have in the end hundreds of people out there that really understand our city and government and actually can be ambassadors and advocates for us. So, thank all of you and I'll do that later, too, but thank you, Rick, for all the work you've done with the academy and I'll turn it over to you.

I too drove a snow plow. If the city's insurer knew that I drove a snow plow, you'd never get it insured again. Thank you very much. Great program.

I just want to say I I was very impressed by this series of seminars. Very well presented and I'm very impressed with the way the city is run. Thank you very much and I urge anyone who hasn't done this to do it.

I happen to be the mayor for the council meeting. >> [laughter] >> I just want to let you know I'm not going to be running for election, so. >> [laughter] >> Okay. Thank you.

Who knew there was so much to be excited about over water treatment, but everyone everyone was absolutely enthused about where they work, what they're doing, and for whom they do it for, and uh it was really refreshing. It was really enjoyable, and uh really had a good time, and uh proud to be an Eden Prairie resident. Thank you.

One of the things though I want to criticize this um session for is I don't see any homework, any tests, any skill development. So, I'm not sure this is really a graduation, Rick. But, that aside, I really do appreciate everything you guys did. The thing I was most impressed by was the people. And I know that starts at the top with Ron and the and the city council hiring Rick, who hires all the other people, and everybody was professional and highly skilled and highly experienced and really nice people. So, I really appreciate that and uh was a fantastic experience. Thanks very much.

but a close runner-up was wearing all of the fire equipment head to toe. I put my head down, and I didn't think I was going to be able to get it back up, so. [laughter] I have a lot of respect for them, but thank you so much. This was a great opportunity.

I'll move to approve the agenda.

I'll move to approve the following city council minutes, city council workshop held Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, and the city council meeting held Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.

Move to approve. Move to approve item A through X on consent calendar.

My name is Josh Metzer with Lennar Minnesota. We're at 16355 327 North in Plymouth. Do do have a clicker for the All right, [clears throat] this was not working at planning commission, so let's give it a go. Um, I also want to thank uh city staff for uh I'll say putting us through the ringer. Um, we first applied back in I think it was October. Um, so we've been at this one for a while, but uh we believe that we definitely have ended up with a a better project than we started with. So, thank you city staff for that. Um, so we're uh excited to be here with a unique opportunity here in Eden Prairie.

Uh existing on the site is the C.H. Robinson uh one of the C.H. Robinson office buildings right at the northwest corner of Flying Cloud Drive and Charleston Road. Uh the the building that we're uh proposing to build on is uh currently vacant. So, there is a proposal to demo that building. And then the northwest part of the the site here is a a vacant site also owned by C.H. Robinson. Was previously proposed for office building use. Uh that did not move forward. The uh C.H. Robinson building to the north uh northeast of us there will be remaining. Uh also the C.H. Robinson across Charleston is to remain. We have uh the airport to the north of us. We have Hennepin Village to the west and Flying Cloud Drive uh the Prairie Bluff uh conservation area and the river valley to the south. What you're seeing in yellow, that's our proposed townhome uh product. And in the burgundy, maroonish, that's our villa product. You can kind of see here, it might be a little tough, but uh you you got the uh landscaping and we got [clears throat] quite a bit of buffering uh along Charleston, both sections of Charleston, along Leatrice. Uh we do have quite a bit of buffering between the existing to remain CH Robinson building uh and our townhomes. And then kind of on the uh just along Charleston um on the southeast corner, you can see some existing trees that will be remaining. Um it's we're we're happy we're going to be able to preserve those, give a nice buffer from the the intersection there. And then also on the west there's quite a bit of uh existing ponding and a lot of trees uh in kind of a ravine area that we're going to be able to maintain as a a nice existing buffer. Um so that is a look at our plan. Um given our proximity to the airport, we will have uh the window window glazing to provide noise attenuation um to uh I forget what the exact decibel level is required by code, but our windows will be designed for that.

Uh the bottom four photos are the Villa product. Uh these are just examples of what uh we we have various various uh different elevations and and color packages. Uh these are depending on the layout uh two or three-bedroom and we're going to start those at about uh the upper fives and they'll they'll go up from there again. These These will have basements. Um but they they have the option to finish or not and finish the basement or not. So, the price could go up from 575 um depending on the finishes. The The villas are intended to be age targeted. So, um that's part of our plan here. The entire community will be HOA maintained. It's all owner occupied, but it's HOA maintained. So, snow removal um landscaping all covered by the HOA. >> Including the villas? Including the villas? >> Correct. Yep. Uh each All the villas and townhomes will be have EV ready garage for electric vehicles. Um the villas will be solar ready. So, they'll be set up if people want to add solar panels to the rooftop, they can. Uh we're not going to be able to do that for the townhomes for a few reasons. One of them is we don't have enough space on each rooftop um which are only 25 Each unit is only 25 ft wide. Um and then you have various vents coming through the rooftop. So, there's not the required I think it's 150 sq ft. Um don't quote me on that number, but I know that we don't have that square footage available. Also, because these are um owner occupied, but also maintained by the HOA um the exterior of the buildings are maintained by the HOA. So, if there were come a time to have to re-roof or do any improvements on the rooftops, you're going to run into a situation where some units might have solar panels and some won't. That'll be an issue for um the HOA. And also, we believe that the putting any you know, penetrating that roof with any sort of improvements for solar paneling would void the warranty on the roof for those owners. So, those are just some reasons why we're not able to do solar on the townhomes.

Uh the darker green are kind of common active uh open space areas. Uh starting on the south, uh you've got kind of a smaller uh open space area that's going to be a serve as an overlook of the river valley for our residents. Uh it's going to have a gazebo and some benches planned there. Uh also a trail connection to the uh trail that runs through the conservation area there. Working north, if you follow