“On behalf of the men and women of the Edina Police Department we are honored and deeply grateful to accept the proclamation for National Police Week.”

“This week is a time of reflection and remembrance. We pause to honor the dedication commitment and sacrifice of law enforcement officers across the country especially those who have given their lives in the line of duty like Deputy Perez.”

“It is through our partnership with the community that we are able to build trust solve problems and create a safer and stronger place to live.”

“We're considering it because we have a goal from the council in this budget cycle to reduce our general fund tax levy. Right now we are using some of that tax levy to pay for special assessment street reconstruction project costs. By replacing that by generating more money in franchise fees we can replace some of that property tax generated money and we can reduce the property tax levy for our property taxpayers.”

“There is not a cap. There's not a state imposed cap. The only cap would be at the local level.”

“PAX funds are used primarily for construction and maintenance of sidewalks bikeways trails crosswalks associated signage and pavement markings as well as staffing and operational costs to maintain that system.”

“Our goal right now as we've looked at this site moving rezoning it is to really focus on our current buildings on the site. We really want to look at preserving and enhancing the existing buildings specifically the 6700 and the 6750 buildings.”

“We're going to have a new entry at the 6750 building. It's tucked a little bit behind Tavern on France. We're going to have a new entry at the 6700. And then this whole area will have new parking.”

“We really wanted to work with the kind of the mid-century modern architecture and create a statement for these buildings so that people could actually have great visibility.”

“We didn't know what was going to happen. Thank you for the information you gave tonight because now we have an idea of what's going to happen.”

“The trees you know we do love those trees. They are a perfect buffer for that entire neighborhood. Can something be added to that ordinance that says there shall be no touching of the trees along Valley View Road?”

“I think those assurances are helpful because everybody that's familiar with the site loves that oak savannah stand and wants to see it remain as part of nature in an otherwise pretty urban environment.”

“I want to say my appreciation for taking the comments from the site plan and from the planning commission making the movement around by foot and bicycle and you took that to heart and you incorporated it. I want to say thank you. That meant a lot.”

“I really appreciate that's one of the things I look for and hope for in new development. So it's a nicely done and welcome to Edina.”

“I think leadership at OPUS as well as the architects involved and the responsiveness to the suggested changes that were made... We're all excited to have you here.”

“We close on the land tomorrow. We are working to get our demolition underway hopefully by July or August. So we're going to hit the ground running here pretty quick. And then it's about 16 months of construction so it would be complete end of 26.”

“This was a lot of work. I want to say thank you to everybody who was involved in this. It was a lot of work. Staff and the task force members and the consultants. I really appreciate it was very thoughtfully done.”

“I want to acknowledge that in the course of having this conversation there were people who said 'We don't want anything to change.' And I respect that and I acknowledge it. Sometimes we can't help but things will change. Time takes its toll. And so now we have a very good blueprint for what change can look like that's neighborhood informed.”

“I do think that this should be used as a template for how we do some of these area plans. In particular going through and surveying those who were part of the process at the end do you feel like this output is in alignment with the input that was provided throughout.”

“I do think that this is how the process is supposed to work. Everybody wants to be heard and I think we did that in this case. The hard part is when people want to be heard and they want you to agree with them.”

“Change is good you go first. And so that you know that kind of hangs with all of us that do public service.”

“We got introduced to this project about 60 to 75 days ago and really they've been on kind of a conquest to get as much feedback as possible from all the interested stakeholders both directly adjacent to the site in the broader neighborhood to really kind of hear what where the consternation's been on the prior site plans.”

“What we came away with is trying to really solve for what creates the lowest amount of traffic is a rather quiet use and probably frankly has a lower visitor count when residents are at home within the neighborhood.”

“The majority about 95% of our traffic flow at this site happens between Monday through Friday between 8 and 8 a.m and 700 p.m. So kind of a reverse peak of occupancy versus what you would see in a residential neighborhood while the majority of folks are at work.”

“We'd be designing this building with memory care. Typically the building is completely secured at all times. So you're not going to want your elderly mother or grandmother wandering out into the exterior during January with no coat. They may not recognize why they're there but you want for their safety for them to be secured within the building.”

“When you should you come back the massing like I granted that is just a placeholder essentially but it's a horrible placeholder so should you come back I would like for us to be able to see the rendering of what you're thinking in the context of the neighborhood as well as the condo units.”

“I am really concerned about the security of the site and even with that example in Chakapei or Bloomington I on Old Chaki road the there's a median so there's like a dry a frontage road and then there's a boulevard and then there's that busier street whereas based off of this graphic it feels closer.”

“I know sometimes like people aren't as excited about the yellow building that's there today but I do feel there is a loss in a unique property and a property with some history and some of the previous proposals that we had found ways to leverage that existing site which I liked both from a sustainability perspective but also finding new ways to leverage existing building for kind of innovative ways.”

“As an aging community with as many people over 65 as under 18, you know we're I think all of the memory care places in are full and there are waiting lists. So it's an interesting possibility here.”

“The questions we have before you tonight is does the council want to provide parking to the Edina High School we want to use our property to supply parking to the high school and if so then the second question is do you want to maintain that parking lot in the winter that would be a cost to the city.”

“As the year goes on more sophomores get their license typically and they're already booked out of parking permits. They're fully sold out on the site and at the three churches that we'll show you. So the cars start to squirt out into the neighborhoods in all directions.”

“I think we'd leave the signs up on the street regardless. I don't I wouldn't want to touch that. I think we've solved it and I haven't got anybody saying 'Oh gosh I have a bridge party and nobody can park.'”

“I really think this came up because a kid got a ticket for parking in a public parking lot. And that was one issue. The other was when there's cars on both sides of the street it's dangerous for folks to be walking for kids to be walking on that street.”

“I think if they have been using the lot before all this and we weren't maintaining it then we should let them use the lot and we shouldn't maintain it.”

“I think we should consider permitting out whether it's 40 or all 45 of the stalls that are within that parking lot. I'm open on whether or not we maintain it. I feel like if they're going to pay us $180 per year we probably should maintain it that would hopefully cover the costs.”