Areas of Interest
- Long-delayed Wayzata senior living project, One Wayzata, seeks another extension amidst council concerns over progress and communication, with a unique ownership model at its core.
- Wayzata's outgoing and incoming school superintendents underscore the importance of city-school partnerships as a leadership transition takes place.
- New business model for senior living in Wayzata: developer proposes 'country club style' facility where residents own units, a concept not seen before in the market.
- Developer cites COVID-19 and new Minnesota building codes as major hurdles causing delays and increased costs for senior living projects, including One Wayzata.
- City Council discusses the retail environment in downtown Wayzata and the city's potential role in promoting local businesses.
- Public comments regarding site cleanup at the One Wayzata project location highlight neighbor concerns about fallen and dead trees.
20 Topics in This Document
Call to order
Public attendance and remote viewing information
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Workshop discussion: Retail environment in Wayzata
Approval of Agenda
Public Forum
Introduction of Wayzata School Superintendents
Outgoing Superintendent's farewell address
Incoming Superintendent's introduction and commitment to partnerships
New Agenda Items discussion
Consent Agenda approval
Public Hearing (none scheduled)
Old Business: Extension of zoning approvals for One Wayzata project
Applicant presentation on One Wayzata business model change
Council deliberation on zoning approval extension request
Site cleanup for One Wayzata property
Senior living ownership model vs. lease model
Impact of COVID-19 on senior living development
Minnesota building code changes for assisted living facilities
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- Long-delayed Wayzata senior living project, One Wayzata, seeks another extension amidst council concerns over progress and communication, with a unique ownership model at its core.
- Wayzata's outgoing and incoming school superintendents underscore the importance of city-school partnerships as a leadership transition takes place.
- New business model for senior living in Wayzata: developer proposes 'country club style' facility where residents own units, a concept not seen before in the market.
- Developer cites COVID-19 and new Minnesota building codes as major hurdles causing delays and increased costs for senior living projects, including One Wayzata.
- City Council discusses the retail environment in downtown Wayzata and the city's potential role in promoting local businesses.
- Public comments regarding site cleanup at the One Wayzata project location highlight neighbor concerns about fallen and dead trees.
“My new title is the outgoing superintendent of Wayzata Public Schools after serving 18 years in this role and 25 years prior to that in various educational positions. After 43 years, I'm retiring in about 2 weeks from tonight.”
“We so much appreciate the collaboration and the work that we've done together over the years on a number of projects and just really appreciate hopefully from your perspectives as well being mutual strategic partners.”
“On July 1st, I'll be officially joining the community as the Wayzata schools' next superintendent.”
“I know that great communities are built on those partnerships, and they when our leadership teams work together, all of our residents, our students, our families, everybody, our businesses, everybody benefits from that.”
“A big part of what attracted me to Wayzata... is just how well cared for it is and just the the grounded approach of the school district that has a commitment to just everyday sustained excellence.”
“We're one of the smaller cities contributing to to the ecosystem, but we're the namesake, you know, and the the originating city.”
“We don't know of any. We We don't know of any.”
“It's a great question because it hasn't been done.”
“COVID disrupted the senior living space quite significantly. And if you looked at the market today, many senior living communities are trading or selling at extremely high premiums. And the reason for that was is from 2020 till about 2025, nothing was getting built.”
“In addition, the state of Minnesota changed the building code standards in 2023. Assisted livings could be built like an apartment in the past and they can't anymore. So, I-2 construction is the requirement. It requires significantly more um construction costs associated with it.”
“I I think this is a nice use. I supported the the initial appeared here and I think this is still something that our community needs. It has been a little disappointing that it has taken so long, but I understand the rationale.”
“I got to tell you though, I lack some confidence in this development. I think it's been taken a long time and um uh I know we've got some rationale about why, but it's taken an an unusually long time.”