--- ## title: Tagged PDF date: D:20260521190549+00'00' --- ## CITY OF SHOREWOOD ## CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ## MAY 28, 2026 ## 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD ## LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM ## 5:00 PM ## AGENDA ## 1. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION ## A. Pledge of Allegiance ## B. ## Roll Call ## Mayor Labadie _____ ## Councilmember Maddy _____ ## Councilmember Sanschagrin _____ ## Councilmember Gorham _____ ## Councilmember DiGruttolo _____ ## C. Review and Adopt Agenda ## 2. CLOSED SESSION WATTEN PONDS 2ND ADDITION Shorewood City Council will hold a special meeting to discuss newly threatened litigation by Gravity Investment LLC arising from the City Council’s February 23, 2026, decision to approve a petition an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for Watten Ponds 2nd Addition, including the Unrelated Properties identified in the April 17, 2026 litigation threat letter from Gravity Investment LLC and to discuss the litigation matter, "In re Petition for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for Watten Ponds 2nd Addition Subdivision", Minnesota Court of Appeals Case No. A26-0498. This meeting may be closed pursuant to Minn. Stat. 13D.05, subd. 3(b) for a confidential, attorney-client privileged discussion related to the above subject matter. ## A. Newly Threatened Litigation by Gravity Investment, LLC ## 3. ADJOURN Page 1 of 6 City Council Work Session Item 2.A. ## Title/Subject: Newly Threatened Litigation by Gravity Investment, LLC ## Meeting Date: May 28, 2026 ## Prepared By: Jake Griffiths, Planning Director ## Attachments ## 1. Gravity Inv. Letter 04.17.2026 ## Background ## N/A ## Strategic Alignment ## N/A ## Discussion Requested The City Council is requested to discuss newly threatened litigation by Gravity Investment, LLC. Page 2 of 6 April 17, 2026 Justin L. Templin, Esq. ## HOFF BARRY, P.A. ## 100 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 200 ## Eden Prairie, MN 55344 ## Via Email jtemplin@hoffbarry.com Re: In re Petition for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Watten Ponds 2 nd ## Addition Subdivision ## Court of Appeals Case No. A26-0498 ## Dear Mr. Templin: As the City is aware, Gravity Investment LLC (“Gravity”) owns an unaddressed parcel of real property in the City of Shorewood (Property Identification No. 2911723440029) (the “Property”). Gravity applied for a preliminary and final plat to subdivide the Property into two single family residential lots known as Watten Ponds 2 nd Addition (the “Project”). Below is a map of the Property on which the entirety of the Project will take place: On February 6, 2026, the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board received a petition requesting that an EAW be prepared for the Project (the “EAW Petition”). The EAW Petition specifically stated that “[t]his petition is being submitted to request the preparation of an EAW for the Watten Ponds 2 nd ## Add. Project.” While the Watten Ponds 2 nd Addition only includes the Property, the EAW Petition claimed that the Project was “part of a large…