I will call the meeting to order at 7 pm. Please stand for the pledge of >> allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the standice for all. >> Any changes to the agenda? Okay. Anyone want to make a motion to approve the agenda as written? >> So moved. All right. Anyone want a second? >> A second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> All right. Um public comment. Um so public opportunity to comment on items not listed on the agenda. I don't think there's anybody else online. Okay. Um announcements. Looks like there are none. Okay. And then approval of the minutes. Um um so approval of the April 28th, 2026 meeting minutes. Anyone want to make a motion to approve those minutes? I thought they look okay. >> Anyone want to second? >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor? [clears throat] >> I >> I Okay. And then the May 26, 2026 meeting minutes. Um I thought they look good. I'll make a motion to approve them. Anyone want to second? >> I'll second. >> All right. All in favor? I right public hearings. Um, looks like there are none. On to general business. >> Boulder Heights South Concept Plan Review number two, KJW Walk Incorporated. >> All right. Um, I'll be handling the presentation on this item and I'm going to go ahead and share a PowerPoint presentation here. Um the planning commission did review a concept plan for Boulder Heights South at its February meeting and the planning commission uh following that review recommended support for annexing um property based on the concept plan submitted at that time. Uh there was a single family portion of the development um that was not affected by a potential roadway realignment. Um and the uh planning commission recommended that that area be allowed to develop immediately. And then there is a portion towards the uh southern portion of the property which could potentially be affected by the re realignment of Beard Avenue and the uh consensus was to um not allow development on that until um a decision had been made regarding Beard Avenue's realignment. Uh the planning commission had recommendation included 30 comments and conditions related to that concept plan and that initial development included 30 acres. The city council concurred with um everything that the planning commission had recommended. There were no changes and these were the two concept plans that had been uh submitted at that meeting. Um, following the planning commission and city council review, the property to the west that's shown on this slide here was listed for sale and KJ Walk, the developer applicant, now has a purchase agreement on that adjacent 10 acres. So, their concept plans have been revised to include that additional acreage. Um, they've submitted three concept plans, uh, each showing, uh, differing alignments for Beard Avenue, AB, and C. and KJ Walk would like uh to develop again the areas immediately uh develop the areas not affected by a potential road realignment. That area identified in each of the plans uh contains 72 single family lots. um the planning commission. I'm I'm going to kind of redo the entire presentation um partly because we have a new member on the commission and I want to make sure that everybody uh understands the the full um development. So um concept number one uh shows uh as submitted shows a slight uh realignment of beard contains 102 total single family lots and then an area on the south reserved for apartments or town homes. Um and I haven't done any calculations on this. This is just taking information provided by the developer that the area could potentially contain up to 96 units and that could be uh based on uh our density that would be allowed in that area. I'm not not exactly sure. Uh concept two uh shows the keeping the current alignment of beard just as it currently goes kind of straight south 105 single family residential lots and then area for apartments of up to 103 units or approximately 103 units. And then the third concept shows the greatest realignment um of Beard Avenue further to the west quite a bit further um to the west intersecting uh County Highway 86 showing uh this concept shows 99 single family lots in an area of for 88 townhouse or apartment units. So, just reviewing again some of the surrounding neighborhood conditions. To the north of the proposed development is the Boulder Heights development, which was also um developed by KJ Walk. Uh that development contains 125 single family detached lots and the development is almost entirely built out. I think there are two or three lots remaining unbuilt on Oops. Um to the south of the proposed development um the land it's basically agricultural and rural residential properties that are located in Webster Township of Rice County. Uh these properties to the south are located outside of the city limits and outside of the city's 2040 planned growth area but within the city's ultimate sewer service district or service area. Uh to the east of the proposed development is uh kind of one lot, one large 40 acre uh rural residential property um that is located in the city's 2040 uh growth area and guided to low and medium density residential. You can see there's also a a large wetland on the property to the east that's uh protected by the DNR. And then to the west of the development are kind of large lot rural residential properties again in the township uh but within the city's 2040 growth area and guided to low and medium density residential. [snorts] So development of the property for residential purposes is considered to be compatible with the adjacent land uses. Um the proposed use of the property for single family uh residential homes and town homes and apartments um does meet the intent of the comprehensive plan which guides the property to a mixture of medium and low density residential. Um the northern portion of the property does need to develop at a within a range of 2.5 to five units per acre and the southern portion must develop between a density of five and 10 units per acre based on the city's comprehensive plan. This uh lot this slide is just for um overview showing the city's 2040 growth boundary in turquoise and the city's ultimate sewer service area in tan. Um current zoning on the property, the property is currently um in New Market Town Township and therefore zoned by Scott County. It's currently zoned urban expansion reserve. Um once annexed into the city, the property would automatically be zoned urban reserve and then could be reszoned to zoning districts consistent with the comprehensive plan. Um future do zoning designation based on the developers submitt is that the area to the on the north would be zoned R2, area on the south would be zoned R3. Um the proposed lot sizes for the single family lots are shown at um a 65 foot lot width, minimum lot area of 8,125 square ft. And then within that R3 zoning designation, um there are different lot standards. Uh single family homes are allowed, two family homes or um you apartments and town houses up to eight attached units are also allowed in that zoning district and there are different standards for each uh housing type. Uh, regarding landscaping, um, lots that back up to major collector street, which in this case is Beard Avenue, do require additional lot depth for lands a landscaping buffer. So, all lots that either back up to or have a side lot line abuing Beard Avenue would require a landscaping buffer. Um, extra lot depth should be planned uh for those lots. 145 ft is recommended there. um those ease easement uh landscape buffers should be designated easement area and then this isn't a developer requirement but a builder requirement that two trees are required in each yard at the time of building permit. Um attached housing uh at least to 30% of the total site area shall be landscaped. Um and inground irrigation is currently required by the city code for attached housing. um at the time of plat submit a landscaping plan will be required. Um the city does have a tree preservation requirement. So a tree inventory will need to be conducted and significant trees um should be preserved up to 40 at least 40% of the significant trees should be preserved um otherwise there is a replacement requirements in the subdivision ordinance. Um the property is primarily agricultural uh but there are some trees along uh some property lines or occupation lines and then on this additional 10acre parcel there's some additional trees that have been planted by that property owner. In terms of sanitary sewer, um the this slide depicts the city's sanitary sewer plan contained in our comprehensive plan with the majority of the property falling into sewer service district uh 1 S6. uh the city engineer or the assistant city engineer has conducted a downstream analysis of any limiting factors in the sanitary sewer system and has determined that there is capacity in the downstream system to handle the flow from this proposed development. Uh this slide shows the existing sanitary sewer system. A little bit hard to see, but the green lines in the development to the north uh depict where sewer is currently located. Um it is available on the north side of the property in Oxford Lane. Um it will flow then into the Boulder Heights development uh which is served by a sewer lift station um which uh lifts it through a series of pipes and other lift stations. Uh the developer will be required to stub sewer to any adjacent undeveloped properties. Uh this slide depicts the city the water plan contained in the city's comprehensive plan and um really on the east side of the property that purple line depicts uh the city's plan for a 12-in trunk water mane running along the east side of the property um somehow. So that will need to be incorporated in the development. Um this slide depicts the city's uh storm water or the watershed districts. Um a portion the main portion of the property lies within the Scott watershed management organization but the west threequarters of the property and then there's a small portion of the property on the east that flows into the Canon River watershed. So the three plans have been submitted. There are a couple of storm water ponds that are currently um shown on the concept plan. All in the same location really. Two storm water ponding areas for the single family portion of the development are shown here. And um then there's one ponding area shown for the apartment or attached housing area to the south. Storm water ponds um under city code should be dedicated to the city in an outlot. Um, so the city will maintain them going forward. A 10- foot uh vegetative buffer is required from the high water level of those ponds. And there's also a 35- ft building setback requirement from stormwater ponds. Um, a wetland delineation has not yet been completed, but will be um required uh with any future plat applications. Um if there are any wetlands identified on the site, buffers are also required and the width depending depends on the quality of the wetland. Um wetlands also must be contained in outlets and conveyed to the city upon filing of the plot. There are no FEMA flood planes on the property. There are no DNR protected waters on the property. um the city's uh transportation plan. Um just reviewing some transportation issues. The property currently abuts three existing streets. That's um Oxford Lane on the north, which is an existing city street, a local road um stubbed to the north side of the property. That street is 28 feet in width and within a 60 foot rightway. And that is proposed to be extended into the development. Um, County Highway 86 on the south side is a two-lane uh rural highway that lies on the border of Scot and Le uh Rice County. Um, the most recent traffic volumes indicate traffic uh just under 2,000 vehicles per day. Um, Rice County's most recent transportation plan shows the future functional classification of um, 86 as a minor arterial roadway, while Scott County's uh, transportation plan shows the future functional class as a principal arterial roadway. So, there's a conflict uh, currently on how those um, that road is being planned. Uh the city's currently working jointly with the two counties to uh rectify that and um kind of solidify the future the the plan for county highway 86. So determining that appropriate future functional classification is important also in determining the rightway that would be recommended as part of the plat. um using the most conservative approach would be Scott County's um approach for a principal arterial roadway which would um have a recommendation for 100 ft of right away from the center line of the road. Um it is worth noting that there has long been speculation that at some point in the future there could be an interchange at County Highway 86 and I35. Um it could never happen. it could be 50 or 100 years from now, but that's the reason for potential um rightaway preservation. So, we're currently waiting feedback from Scott County um regarding the dedication of rightway. And then the third road is Beard Avenue, which is currently a gravel road that is under the jurisdiction of New Market Township. Improvement of the road is recommended in connection with the proposed plat. Um the city collected traffic volumes on Beard Avenue in 2019. Um haven't haven't collected any recently, but at that point there were 300 80 the ADT was 363 cars per day and the city's transportation plan identifies Beard as a major collector street within the city. Um we don't allow private access on major collector streets. any uh connections should be made by public street connections. And the city's uh transportation plan also states that that first connection north of County Highway 86 should be at least an eighth mile north um of 86, [clears throat] which is 660 ft approximately. Um, the city's currently adopted street section for a major collector is 100 feet of rightway, 32 foot wide road, uh, two 16ft travel lanes, and a batuminous trail on one side, 5t on the other. Um, so some concerns regarding the realignment. Um beard uh city staff and engineers have had concerns regarding the intersection at Beard Avenue and County Road 86. Um questions regarding uh there's just been questions regarding if that's the appropriate long-term location, if there's any safety issues at that intersection, um and if it should the road should be realigned as the city grows. Um, again, staff are working with Scott and Rice County to conduct a study of County Highway 86 uh and and the core a larger corridor to ensure that intersecting roadways um are set up to accommodate future growth and at appropriate and safe locations. Um, so a study of the corridor between Pillsbury, which is east of 35, and [clears throat] uh, Texas Avenue 27, is currently underway to look at the entire corridor, but they're kind of starting with concentrating on this immediate area. Um, again, the related to this plat, the developer is initially seeking approval of the lots that would not be impacted by a potential realignment. and um staff supports that uh thought and proposal. Uh we would be opposed to recommending approval of any part of the plat um the southern portion of the plat until the transportation study is complete and agreed to by the counties. Um, in the, uh, meantime, uh, staff, um, recommends that the northern portion of Beard Avenue, which is currently gravel, uh, be improved um, with the first phase of the development and open to traffic. Um, just going to back up a little bit. the the existing Boulder Heights development um to the north that contains 125 lots, although there's two platted streets into the development. One is Oxford and one is Lydia Lane. So Oxford uh is the north south street, Lydia Lane is the east west street, but [snorts] only Oxford Lane is currently open to traffic and Lydia Lane is currently barricaded at Beard Avenue and that arrangement is a result of negotiations with New Market Township at the time of that development. Um, Beard Avenue is barricaded uh because that street is gravel and the township at the time or the town board at the time uh preferred that the developer pave 275th Street from the development all the way to county highway 91 in lie of paving beard adjacent to the the original plat. So again >> [clears throat] >> uh for this new development staff is uh recommending as a condition of the plat uh appro uh approval of the first phase of the plat that beard be improved from 275th to Lydia Lane and Lydia Lane be opened. Uh at that point there would then be two ways in and out of the development. Um the recommendation for these existing township roads has been um that the road section can remain rural and that just means uh a road with ditches rather than curb and gutter that it can be uh remain rural but it be uh paved. And um then for the sections south of 275th that that be improved with incrementally with future phases of the development. And if uh re alignment of beard is required then uh within the new area the road should be transitioned to an urban section of curbon gutter. Um there are a number of local roads that are planned within the development. Um, not much to say. The local road standard is curb and gutter. Uh, 28 foot wide street within a 60 foot ride right away. Sidewalks on the one side of all street. Um, I to uh to understand the projected traffic volumes from the proposed development. Uh we projected traffic or trip generation for all three of the concept plans. Uh using the IT trip gener generation manual was used to determine the um amount of daily trips as well as peak hour trips. There's AM peak hour, PM peak hour, and then total daily trips which are shown um on the slides here. So, they're generally in the area of uh 1,600 to 1,700 cars per day. Um, typically the city's transportation plan would require the developer prepare a traffic impact study. Um, in this case, working with um on the greater transportation study with Bolton and M of the Beard Avenue alignment, we'll have them model some of those numbers. uh are some of the traffic out of this development. Uh based on city code, uh sidewalks would be uh as mentioned earlier, five foot sidewalks would be required on a local streets and then a 10- foot wide trail would be required on the west side of Beard Avenue. um related to park dedication. Uh city subdivision ordinance requires that 8% of the land be dedicated for parks, playgrounds or public space or the developer could make should make a cash contribution equivalent to the land value to the city's park fund. [clears throat] So to uh as a basis, one of the first things we do is we look at our comprehensive plan. the parks chapter of the comprehensive plan doesn't have any park search areas in this vicinity. And then secondly, we look at the location of other uh parks that would serve potentially serve this development. Um it's the city's goal to have a park within a half mile of all residential neighborhoods that would be walkable and not um separated by a major highway or [clears throat] major road corridor. In this case, there is a a newer park in the Boulder Heights development to the north and the uh image to the right shows the one half mile radius of that park and also shows that this entire pro uh proposed development would be within that 1 half mile radius of uh Boulder Heights Park. So, it was staff's recommendations that uh that cash in lie of land be dedicated for this development. and the parks commission uh concurred with that recommendation at their last meeting. Uh to develop the property, annexation is required. Uh the property owner or KJWalk has submitted a petition to annex the first the initial 30 acres. um the or the petition was submitted before the purchase agreement on the the second uh or the 40 acres or the additional 10 acres. Um the city will work with the township regarding the joint resolution for orderly annexation. So that that's an agreement between the city and the town regarding the terms of the annexation. Uh I am going to be attending the town board meeting uh next week to talk about uh this annexation as well as a few other things. Um a pre-development agreement between the city and the developer will also be required and that agreement will just document um the city's expectations regarding the development uh should the uh development or development proceed. Um, we've s comments on the concept plan from a number of folks shown on the slide here. Uh, the New York New York Township officials have been aware of this. I've talked more uh in more specifically with the city engineer on this development. We have had a zoom meeting to review uh the concept plan and we'll review um this more again next week at the town board meeting. One thing that we typically require is a ghost plat which is just a concept plan for adjacent properties. Um a ghost plat is additional requirement laid out in the city code really for the purpose of um ensuring that proper road and utility connections are being made to adjacent properties. Um there's one property to the west of the proposed plat uh which I've outlined here on the aerial photograph in red. Um this property is guided to medium density residential and the developer has uh shown that this um area would be served by a road extension that would end in a culde-sac. The property is a little unique because probably only a third of it is developable and then there's some very steep grades that go down to a wetland. Um, so it is a very isolated area and staff agree that it could be served by a road extension that would terminate in a culde-sac. And then there's one additional property kind of to the north and west of the plat which also touches it. We wanted to ensure that there shouldn't be any road connections from this plat to this property to the northwest. It's outlined in red on the area photo here on the left. Um similarly that property has a lot of grade and there's kind of limited developable area. [snorts] Um it is uh KJ Walks submitted a concept plan uh Ghost Plat showing that Lydia Lane could be extended to the west to serve um that property to the west and and staff also concur that there is no need to require a connection from the proposed Boulder Heights South plat um to that property to the northwest. that likely will also just terminate in a culde-sac um with Lydia Lane extending west. [clears throat] So that concludes um my presentation. The planning commission is being asked to provide any feedback um regarding the concept plans and whether annexation of the property would be recommended based on the concept plan submitted. Any questions, >> comments? >> Excuse me. >> And could everybody make sure that their microphones are on? >> Thank you. >> What's driving the beard realignment? Is it a safety thing? [clears throat] >> I'll let answer that. >> Yeah. And you'll you might have seen on a couple of maps, it's kind of intersecting right at a horizontal curve, but it's not only the horizontal curve, there's also a vertical curve that kind of crests just west of that. So, it's coming uphill. So, it's it's really a thing of sight lines as well and just making sure we're putting that in a proper spot that we have proper sight lines from both directions. Um, and that's what that analysis is doing right now is trying to find that sweet spot of where does it make sense to have that actually intersect the highway. >> We've been involved with that feasibility study or that transportation study since the beginning here. Y >> and one of the reasons for that is to move that intersection of beard and 86. Concept two on there doesn't really do that. What's the what's the rationale for concept two? It's not moving beard at all. >> Right. Well, we didn't we didn't go into it um under the assumption that it needed to be moved. Um we wanted to evaluate all alternatives really. So that current study's looking at is it adequate where it's at? We we don't know. That's what we're trying to verify. And so I would say more than likely a shift is probably preferable, but but we haven't concluded that per se at this point. >> Um I would have to get back to you on when we have the actual I think the first phase when we're looking at this beard, we're very close on getting that. We're going to be coordinating with the the counties and making sure that we're getting their buy in on that. So I think we'd have clarity on that within the next month or two. So the the concepts were just ideas of different where it might land, but there's no confirmation of where that that sweet spot is right now. >> I've got a couple of comments. >> Um I was interested to see that we require irrigation for connected housing and then also this last legislative cycle um there were some changes to the HOA and CIC. um with regards to that and that cities can't require them. I guess my maybe it is a question are we not implicitly requiring an HOA or a CIC uh if we're going to require irrigation because that also requires then the community um a homeowners association of management company. Um, so I'm kind of curious what you thought thought about that. And then, um, I agree about the Beard Avenue realignment. It's a safety thing. I don't think we get there with concept two as being close to long-term. I'd be more um I'd like to see either one or three. >> With that consideration, whe the Does it make sense? >> Good questions. >> Yeah, I like vision three, I guess. But, you know, that keeps all the apartments, town homes kind of together instead of separated by beard, I guess. So >> yeah, I like the third concept as well. >> You know, instead of separating >> agree comments or questions. >> No. Okay. >> Mine won't be productive. >> Oh, that's fine. >> I'm not a fan of the town homes or the apartments being down there. >> Sure. >> But yeah, >> that's personal. Yeah, it's okay. >> But absolutely have to relocate beard. That's that's a bad spot. >> But with also with three though, I think that street coming out on the corner is not the best approach, I'm guessing. I don't know. Maybe there's a distance, but >> I would say that middle street and curve that one and put the middle street on there as the exit street to that. >> Oh yeah. >> Is there a reason for that or >> um Well, Luke might be able to >> I don't know if I followed the question there. >> U for concept number three and I don't I'm apologize on this particular drawing. it'd be the southern or the the lowest drawing. >> Yep. >> Um he's saying the the entrance into the development at the interior curve there. Um he he's suggesting that the entrance be moved to the west. >> One one block or whatever >> to the you know one block to the west. Um so it would be >> yeah we would we would look at sight lines with that. I guess it some of it might be part of that spacing that Renee mentioned that you have to have that 660 foot spacing from the highway where your first >> intersecting local road has to be that far from the arterial intersection. >> Yeah, if it is if it does allow that although I'll mention that to Warren is here on we have the developer we could take a look at that. >> So >> doesn't So, doesn't Oxford, if you brought that all the way south, could you not just curve beard into Oxford at some point? >> Well, what we didn't want to do is um so so Oxford in in the development to the north is really just designed as a local road. It's only 28 feet wide and a 60 foot rideway and has a lot of driveways on it. And if we brought beard basically all the way down to 86 or down into that road, we thought it might act more like a major collector street. So that's what we were trying to do. >> People as soon as it's Yeah. connected to the highway, they're going to use that as the thoroughfair to get to 275th. And you want to avoid >> Yeah. I don't want that. >> Yep. >> So it was trying to basically break that break up that connection. Okay. So, go ahead. >> I was so just so I understand. So, Lydia, >> if Beard is paved, >> Yep. >> then Lydia can open up. >> If Beard Avenue from Lydia to 275th >> is paved, >> we would it would be it would open up. >> Nice. >> And then I didn't understand. So that bottom part of beard would be curbed and guttered with the development later on if it got realigned or whatever. >> Yeah. Once it gets off its existing gravel road alignment, it if it was realigned, then it would transition to curb and gutter. >> But the realign >> anything on in the existing portion of the road would remain rural. >> The ditches are already in place. >> Allows for some storm water management and some drainage in those ditches. just I was just kind of confused by the earlier statement about that. So, >> okay, >> maybe not related, but the house that has been bought that old is the house, >> the old school house >> or the one or the 10acre lot, >> the the house that's on that 10acre lot. How old do you know how old that is? >> Um, [clears throat] I did a sec. >> I think it was built uh like 1987 or something like that. But I have looked at it and the exterior clearly has been resided more fairly recently and actually it's >> 1994. >> What was it? >> The year built was 1994. >> 94. >> Yep. >> But the exterior is is really in in good shape and so it's got newer siding and it's actually has decent curb appeal. So, it's going to fit well into the neighborhood, but we are going to add it's only a two-car garage and and it's it's a side entry now. We're going to change it so it's a front entry like all the others and add a third stall >> southwest then. >> Yeah. So, it'll it'll fit in the neighborhood just fine. It's actually a pretty big garage, too. So, it's going to be actually pretty nice garage. >> So, just to clarify, you're planning on keeping it? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that makes more sense. tear it down. It's actually a pretty nice property. >> Yeah, it's it's a decent house. I've been inside and >> needs some new carpet and maybe some paint, but it's definitely worth keeping. >> And I think if you show it on the the plan, you can see where it fits pretty well on one of the lots. >> That's the odd looking one there in the not a square >> right there. Yeah, you can you can see the existing house there >> on Google. >> Fits pretty well on >> see it pretty well. >> Yeah. >> So, just um really quick, I'm going to address Melissa's question. So, the requiring um irrigation for apartment sites and townhouse sites. Um that is kind of also it's kind of a value question. Is the city want to continue to require that? I figured that that would be something we'd be revisiting in the future regardless. Um I'm not sure what the intent of KJ Walk is. I know that uh Luke at one point had not Luke Wheeler, >> we got two LS we're dealing with. >> That um >> uh they may build apartments to rent and then they would it would all be it wouldn't be an association. They would just own um all of the underlying land. So then the irrigation wouldn't require an HOA if they're going to own own the properties. But if they were going to sell units for instance and build town houses and sell units, you are absolutely right. That's probably something we couldn't require. Um, and maybe you want to regardless of the HOA issue, maybe that's something that you want to talk about whether you that should be a requirement. >> Irrigation will be put in regardless. [laughter] For sure. >> Okay. Um and then to to Casey's comment regarding um apartments and town homes along uh not supporting that the city's comprehensive plan just uh basically along major road corridors >> transitions more density along the major road corridors. So the comprehensive plan currently allows or current requires uh higher densities in that area. I think that was I don't think there are any questions. >> Any other questions? >> So you're looking for recommendation on basically all these >> um well the really the questions are I mean um the questions right now just to this last slide are um does the planning commission uh provide feedback on the concepts? I I I heard uh specifically from Brad look at maybe shifting that connection to beard to the west on if option three is kind of the preferred. >> I agree. Um, and then do you support annexation of the property for development of the property as it's been provided on these concept plans and would you support development of the northerly portion of the property in the immediate future? >> Sure. >> And then there were 30 comments and conditions um or recommendations included in the staff report. They have been provided to the developer. They have had an opportunity to review them. They're actually almost exactly the same as the first time around. Um, and uh, so I would like those included in any recommendation. >> Yeah, they're on page 29 and 30 of the package. >> Okay. >> I'll make a motion. I'm good with it, but >> Yeah. Um, I'm good with it, too. Any So We're okay with the annexation of or making proposal to annex it >> 40 acres >> the the full 40 acres >> um >> and start developing the northern yes >> portion and completing the beard and >> and then >> and opening the street and >> with the 30 >> conditions. Yes, >> we'll get there. There's so many things. [laughter] >> There's so many points. along with the comments regarding the >> on the corner. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Proposal three. Yep. >> Okay. >> So, there you go. There you have it. I think that's all you need to know, right? >> That's your recommendation. >> Yeah. I have a motion by Brad. >> I'll second. >> All right. >> I >> All right. Approved. >> All right. 5 Z and uh Warren. So, that's a recommendation for approval from the planning commission and we're going to try to get this on the city council agenda for July 9th. >> Okay. >> Um, >> we'll know by tomorrow if we'll be able to do that. Okay, >> that'd be great. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you everybody. >> Is there a timeline on Beard Avenue? sounds like the study going on and >> um well it's going to be dictated by the when the study gets finished and when they start their development. So the developer >> All right. General business B. Review property acquisition for conformance with comprehensive plan B and enterprises property. I will be handling the presentation on this item as well. Um, so the uh BN Enterprises LLC owns 16 acres surrounding city hall um to the east and to the north of the current city hall site. Uh the property is vacant and they um purchased this property uh as an investment, the current owners uh Brian and Nick as an investment in 2024. they were uh they purchased it to flip it basically and they have been marketing the property for development. Um the city council has uh expressed an interest in acquiring this property for the ultimate city campus and has directed staff to negotiate a purchase agreement on just four acres of the property that would be directly north of city hall and agreement has been reached. Um Minnesota statute requires that a m municipality uh may not acquire real property until after the planning agency has reviewed the proposed acquisition and reported in writing to the governing body which is the city council its findings as to compliance of the proposed acquisition with the city's comprehensive plan. um pres uh you are the planning authority or the planning agency as defined by state statute and the city council has not uh some cities have delegated that authority to the city council for purposes of property acquisition but we haven't done that. So you still hold that uh recommending authority. Um the public purpose that has been identified by the city council uh is to preserve the land for the ultimate city campus or to allow city hall to grow on uh police and fire and also a portion um of the land would be potentially needed for a roadway connection which will be described later uh in this presentation. Um so here on this slide you can see the city hall. Um on the lower left uh along with a salt shed or storage shed to the north um to the east is property that we purchased I believe in 2021. Uh it used to have a single family home and um a pole barn on it. The single family home has since been removed. That acquisition uh we refer to as the Kman property uh was also made so that we could expand the municipal campus. We could expand the fire department police department when we outgrow the current facility. The area shaded in yellow is the portion of uh BN Enterprises property that we are uh working to acquire the city council um has directed us to acquire. Uh quick map that just shows um the location of utilities. Uh the next property to the north is the Parkway Meadows development which was constructed recently. There are sewer and water and road connections on the north side um of the property proposed for acquisition. Um those sewer and water mains are stubbed to the southern property line. Um so a little bit about the mun municipal campus plan. Um in 2008, so it's been quite some time ago, a public facilities master plan was completed. Um this plan uh evaluated future space needs for a city hall, fire, police, public works, and library. You know, just to note that public works is not ever planned to be at this campus, but um space me the space needs uh for those facilities at le in the study were tied to a population a city population of approximately 20,000 people and considered five locations for a future municipal municipal campus. One was here. There were other areas along Highway 2. Um but at the end uh an area surrounded surrounding the existing city hall was se selected as the preferred location and the campus plan uh as identified by the consultant adopted by the city in 2020 2008 um contains approximately 20 acres. So just backing up a little bit, there's uh you know this is just a high level concept. It doesn't mean it's going to develop exactly this way, but it did account for um in addition to city hall, police, fire, uh library, some open space. And uh one of the reasons it was selected was to provide um potential open space and park facilities for that development to the northwest. It's a little under that development is actually underserved by parks. Um so at the time the study was done in 2008 uh the city owned just the area in green shown on this particular slide. And then in 2021, we acquired the Kman property, which is the additional L-shaped piece on the slide. And then in 2025, we acquired two additional pieces. One to the west of City Hall and uh one to the north of City Hall and the one to the north was park dedication for Parkway Meadows. So you can see the four acres lies squarely in the middle. So the yellow area is what we're looking to acquire. That would complete the campus plan. We wouldn't have be looking for any additional property. Um and uh coincidentally, it totals approximately 20 acres. So it's not an exact square um but it is pretty close. And this is the same um property overlaid on a current aerial photograph. Um the current zoning is urban reserve which is just a preservation district. Um it could be reszoned to a zoning district consistent with the comp plan. The comp plan has the property uh guided to town center which allows commercial institutional multifamily or mixed use. So there's a broad variety of uses that could um go in that four acres. Also, the city's transportation plan does currently identify a north south road. Uh we call that Riley Road as a future minor collector street. I've circled it here on our our transportation plan map. And here it is on an aerial photograph. Um you can see in the new development to the north, Riley Road was extended to the south and we'll but it uh dead ends at this property. Um if we want to extend that road to the south, we would need a portion of um the proposed acquisition. Um Riley Road could also uh help future access into municipal campus. Uh this was a concept that the former city engineer had developed. Again, showing uh the red circle shows where Riley Road would intersect the property that's proposed for acquisition. So, um, we are asking the planning commission to determine if the property is, uh, consistent with the city's comprehensive plan and if you agree, uh, adopt resolution 26-01. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any questions, comments? >> Makes sense. >> Yeah. did grab it in 24 when it was up for sale. >> Um they were selling the entire 16 acres as one piece. >> Oh, they didn't want to subdivide. >> Yeah, they didn't want to subdivide. Um the owners had passed away [clears throat] >> and uh the heirs wanted to sell it and they wanted to sell the the whole thing. >> Gotcha. >> In fact, Brian uh BN Enterprises would also like to sell the city the whole thing. But um you know [clears throat] we could and then try to resell it but we really don't have a purpose for that other portion right now. >> Okay. I think it makes sense as well. Um so you just need a recommendation to adopt the >> Yeah, I need a motion to adopt resolution 26-01. So >> moved. I'll second. All in favor? I >> I Okay. All right, on to miscellaneous um citywide sweep recap. >> Sure. So, I'll just share the I didn't put a PowerPoint together. I'll just share the memo that we had in your packets. [snorts] So, um, yeah, the city began doing this citywide sweep in 2020. Essentially, we go around the whole city, look at every single house, and see if they have any common code violations. Um, so we did not do it last year due to Jake's departure happening at right at that time and just being strapped for time. So, this year, I recruited the chief of police to come with me for funsies and we went around and did that. And that's why you kind of see in here like um just a different variation of violation letters. So surprisingly I'm not as keen of an eye as he is. So you know we're going around and there's a lot of inoperable vehicle violations on here because according to him if it can't someone can't get in the car right now and drive on the street legally it's inoperable. So there's some people he's been warning for a long time. I'm paraphrasing but um that have had expired tabs for a couple years or whatever. So, those were some of them. And and yeah, then we just drove around, looked for boats in people's yards, looked for campers in people's yards, looked for junk in the yard. So, um, we gave out 60 letters. Most of them were resolved. Um, but unfortunately, I believe it was eight or nine of them going to citations. So, um, I say unfortunately because obviously the goal is not to bully people. It's to have them comply with the rules and regulations. So, it's unfortunate we get to that point, but sometimes, um, you know, a letter only does so much. So, um, but yeah, I think overall it was good. And I also wanted to add that, um, you know, I put this in the newsletter and on Facebook beforehand to try to give people warning. And I feel like we gave extra warning this year and I think that had a lot to do with the number being down from 2024 because people obviously just don't want to deal with the hassle. So, they clean up before we get out there, >> which is the goal. Yeah. >> We did it like late May >> or yeah mid May maybe it was last month >> I thought so I was just wondering >> yeah yeah yeah it's >> it was actually it was now that you say that it was like early miday because I was given a little bit of lax for people with longer grass if it was getting if it was close I was like all right it's all right I'll give you it some time but there was some you just can't that I crazy so um yeah it was good it was successful I I think and hopefully we're going to do it again next year and hopefully the numbers keep going down and down every year and more more compliance within the city. So, if you guys have any questions, I'll field them. But yeah, >> so to confirm, you can have a boat in your yard or a camper. >> Correct. Not in the grass. Yeah, >> not in the grass. >> What if you have like a side >> parking? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, you can have a parking pad. Yep. Then then it's fine. And that's, you know, people the first question they ask is, "Well, what what do I have to do?" when I say it either install a parking pad or install pavers. So, a lot of people go pavers because it's cheaper, but um yeah. So, tech they're technically in their rules there, but just not on the grass. Okay. >> Um and then community community development updates. >> I don't have any updates. >> Okay. Do you have any questions? had one earlier, but now I forget what it was. >> I'll think about it. [laughter] >> All right. >> Did have good conversation. >> Oh, I know. [laughter] >> Has the city ever thought of a site for grass and tree trimming, disposal, recycling? >> I've been asking for that for a long time. >> You [laughter] keep bringing it up. It keeps getting denied. Now that we have all this land that's not being used, why don't we use it? >> Yeah. >> Um to be honest, I don't think a site necessarily around city hall is would be appropriate. But um yeah, we've talked about it at the uh public works facility. Uh but right now the entrance is just is a driveway. At some point, if there's a if that driveway is converted to a road, which is a PL the plan, um then we would likely put one there >> after somebody sells their house next door maybe. >> Yeah. The property to the south would need to develop. So, >> isn't that north or is it south? >> South. >> Yeah. So, that driveway, the city owns a 33 foot strip of land that goes back to our municipal uh campus, our public works campus. And then if the property when the property to the south develops, which runs all along 91, um we get another 33 30 foot strip of land or additional rightway and then would be converted to a road instead of a driveway that would be open to the public. Um, that's what we've talked about, but until then, >> was Marty's land sold or No, >> I'm not certain. >> Not because that was a concept at one time. >> Yeah. Yeah. MI Homes had submitted a concept uh on that and we met with them in a DRT meeting uh a couple of times and um I don't believe that they're involved with the property any longer. I have a random question. >> Um, so within the city, just looking at it, we don't really have many like community garbage cans or garbage garbage sites. Is that ever going to be a possibility? >> I can pass on the public works. >> You get what I'm saying? >> Yeah, I do. >> There's not. >> So, do you are you thinking more in the downtown or just to itself or even by the parks. I know there's a dumpster at the park, but like there's a few of them, I think, but >> city trails. >> Sure. >> How about a temporary dog park? >> We're just going to keep going. >> Yeah, >> we have land though. >> I mean, people pretty much use Big Windows Park as a dog park as it stands. Big Windows. There's the Frisbee golf down there. >> Oh, speaking of that, Great segue one with >> so collectively I have some neighbors in my development that are archers and they would love for work to get an archery range think they would help volunteer their services to construct it. >> I I think there was temporary archery at that park at one point within the last >> big winter us. >> Yeah. within like the last couple years. >> You guys can advertise [clears throat] it on Facebook. [laughter] >> I mean, I remember hearing about it once when I was pretty new and I guess it kind of fell through the cracks, but that is a thing that >> Yeah. >> So, let me uh >> Yep. But you got to pay for that. >> Yeah. >> So, like, yeah, we're very open to it. I think it was I think it was a thing for quite a few years. And >> you get bored. Go over to Lndale and look at theirs. I highly recommend. >> Where is it? South side of town kind of behind the lumber yard. >> Okay. Yeah. >> North I'll look into that case. >> I wouldn't trust my dogs. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, I'll pass on those comments to the city council that >> appreciate it. a compost facility. Um there is a lack of garbage cans along uh city parks and trails >> and on main street just amount of trash. >> Archery range starts with an ace but at the top [laughter] >> recommended temporary location for a dog park. Yeah, >> don't quote me on this, Nicole, but I was talking to Derek from public works recently and >> I think his guys are like sick of all the doggy stations, so they're gonna I think they're talking about tr conforming all of them or making them all garbage cans instead essentially. So like >> maybe that's already in the works, but I'll not probably as many as we need, but some. >> So can I ask a question to that? They're t they're frustrated with the bags getting like thrown on the ground or >> I didn't ask. Okay. >> I didn't ask for detail. I just I kind of heard it in passing. I said, >> "Okay, >> so we have stations that just is like a >> they're dog dog bag station, dog waste stations and there's a lot of them and >> yeah, >> they're like inefficient and they have to go around very often to switch them out where if it was a garbage can. >> Yeah. >> They don't have to do it as often. >> Little boxes probably is what he's >> Yeah. So I think that their frequency of cleaning those and emptying them is too often for their liking. So >> Okay. >> All right. Anything else? >> Love to throw stuff. >> How's the search for your next you? >> Um we interviewed somebody last week. We're going to be conducting a second interview. move moved that individual on to a second interview in late July. Um >> yeah, >> we had moved somebody on to uh you know further into the process but >> uh it just didn't quite work out. Yeah. So, no no news to report there. Yeah. >> All right. Anyone want to make a motion to adjurnn? I'll make a second. >> All right. All in favor? I I >> All right. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m. Thanks, everyone.