--- ## title: August 17, 2026 City Council Meeting Agenda ## author: Ashley Mitchell date: D:20250513143000Z --- 1 ## City Council ## Regular Meeting Monday, August 17, 2026, 6:30 PM ## 106 Center Street Members of the public may attend the City Council meeting either in person or by joining via Zoom either online or by telephone at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86346794494 Meeting ID: 863 4679 4494 --- One tap mobile ## +13092053325,,86346794494# US +13126266799,,86346794494# US (Chicago) ## AGENDA 1. Call to Order ## 2. Roll Call ## 3. Meeting Agenda Approval 4. Approval of Minutes ## a) August 3, 2026 Work Session Minutes ## b) August 3, 2026 City Council Minutes ## 5. Open Forum This is the time for the public to speak. Open Forum will be limited to one-half hour. No person may speak more than 5 minutes or more than once. Each subject will have a limit of 10 minutes. Council members may ask questions of the speaker. With the agreement of the Council, such matters taken up during the “Open Forum” may be scheduled on the current or a future Agenda. Members of the public interested in speaking on an agenda item may direct a request to be recognized to the Mayor. ## 6. City Council Communications, Questions, and Reports ## a) Council Work Group Updates ## b) Construction Updates ## c) Ice Cream Social at The Commons: September 15th, 5-7 PM ## d) Tree Grant/Canopy Grant 2 ## 7. Meet Excelsior ## 8. Consent Agenda a) Review Verified Claims under $20,000 and Approve Verified Claims over $20,000 b) Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance 697 Amending Appendix E, Article 15, Nonconforming Uses, Structures, Lots, and Signs to Clarify the meaning of "Expansion" c) Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance 698 Amending Appendix E, Article 21, ## Fencing to Remove CUP Requirements for Swimming Pools d) Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance 699 Amending Appendix E, Articles 2 and 42 to Clarify Definitions of Porch and Pergola and Exemptions from Residential Review ## Permit Ordinance e) Second Reading and Approval of Ordinance 700 Amending the Excelsior Code of ## Ordinances by Adding Chapter 34, Article 2 Sewer Service ## f) 2027 South Lake Minnetonka Police Department Budget g) Third and Center Street SUIP - Approve Pay Voucher No. 2 ## h) Planning Commissioner Recommendation Approval i) Division Street Watermain Lining Project - Approve Pay Voucher No. 2 ## 9. Public Hearings a) Public Hearing and Consideration of Assessment Roll for 2022-2023 Street and Utility ## Improvements Project - 7:15 PM b) 88 First Street Application for Variance from Lot Coverage for Driveway Construction - ## 7:30 PM ## 10. Petitions, Requests, and Communications ## a) Mini Master Park Plan - 8:00 PM 11. Ordinances and Resolutions ## 12. Reports of Officers, Boards, and Committees ## 13. Unfinished Business a) 26 Water Street Request to Appeal HPC Decision to Deny Site Alteration Permit for Partial ## Demolition of Tonka Theater Building - 9:00 PM ## 14. New Business ## a) Rotary Contract Work Group - 9:15 PM 15. Adjournment