HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 07/15/2025Approved Minutes
Eden Prairie City Council Meeting
7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, 2025
City Center Council Chambers
8080 Mitchell Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
ATTENDEES
City Council Members: Mayor Ron Case, Council Members Kathy Nelson, Mark Freiberg, PG
Narayanan, and Lisa Toomey
City Staff: City Manager Rick Getschow, Public Works Director Robert Ellis, Community
Development Director Julie Klima, Parks and Recreation Director Amy Markle, Police Chief
Matt Sackett, Fire Chief Scott Gerber, Administrative Services/HR Director Alecia Rose, and
City Attorney Maggie Neuville
MEETING AGENDA
I. Call the Meeting to Order
Mayor Case called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. All Council Members were present.
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Open Podium Invitation
IV. Proclamations and Presentations
A. American Red Cross lifeguard training award
Markle explained the award recognizes the City of Eden Prairie for being a top
aquatics safety training provider in the United States for the third year in a row.
Recreation Supervisor Nick Remmes provided more details on the City’s
partnership with the American Red Cross.
B. PeopleFest! Week Proclamation
Case read in full a proclamation declaring July 26 through August 3, 2025, as
PeopleFest Week. Case thanked Staff for their work to support Eden Prairie and its
various events.
V. Approval of Agenda and Other Items of Business
MOTION: Toomey moved, seconded by Narayanan, to approve the agenda as published.
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Motion carried 5-0.
VI. Minutes
MOTION: Narayanan moved, seconded by Toomey, to approve the minutes of the
Council workshop held Tuesday, June 17, 2025, and the City Council meeting held
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, as published. Motion carried 5-0.
VII. Consent Calendar
A. Clerk’s List
B. Approve second reading of Ordinance 12-2025 amending City Code Sections 2.26
and 10.05 relating to moving buildings and Section 9.10A relating to fire alarm
systems
C. Adopt Resolution 2025-062 requesting regional equipment garage funding from
State of Minnesota in 2026 bonding bill
D. Adopt Resolution 2025-063 approving Tax Increment Financing special legislation
E. Adopt Resolution 2025-064 supporting grant application for housing analysis
related to Comprehensive Plan update
F. Adopt Resolution 2025-065 approving plans and specifications and ordering
advertisement for bids for Dell Road Improvements
G. Approve construction contract for Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Utility repairs
with Precision Utilities, Inc.
H. Approve construction contract for Water, Sewer, and Stormwater Utility repairs
with Krueger Excavating, Inc.
I. Approve Agreement for Riley Creek Watershed Outlet Monitoring with Riley
Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District
J. Approve change order #1 for 2025 Pavement Rehabilitation Project with
Bituminous Roadways, Inc.
K. Approve the purchase of Freightliner 114SD Plus truck chassis from Transwest
Trucks Superior/Boyer Trucks and its dump-box system and related accessories
from Towmaster Truck Equipment
L. Approve State of Minnesota grant contract for Liquor Store #2 Solar on Public
Buildings award
M. Award contract for the I-494 and Crosstown entry monument project to New Look
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Contracting, Inc
N. Approve professional services agreement for design, bidding, and construction
administration services of the 2025 Lift Station Rehab Project (Red Oak) with AE2S
O. Approve contract for goods and services for camera upgrades to all three city
owned liquor stores with Paladin Technologies
P. Declare Fire Engine 41 as surplus property and authorize sale to Fire Safety USA,
approve the purchase agreement and bill of sale execution with Fire Safety USA
Q. Approve Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between Eden Prairie Police Department
and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) for Human Trafficking
Investigators Task Force
R. Approve change order #1 for Eden Prairie Police Department renovation project
additional helical pile work with Minnesota Utilities and Excavating, LLC
S. Approve contract for replacement of Eden Prairie Community Center Boiler #1
heat exchanger with Total Mechanical Services, Inc.
T. Award the contract to seal Fire Station 4 apparatus bay floor 4 to Surface Pros
MOTION: Nelson moved, seconded by Freiberg, to approve Items A-T on the
Consent Calendar. Motion carried 5-0.
VIII. Public Hearings and Meetings
A. Veridian by Civil Site Group. First reading of Ordinance for Planned Unit
Development district review with waivers on 0.77 acres, adopt Resolution 2025-
066 for Planned Unit Development concept review on 0.77 acres
Getschow explained the applicant is requesting approval to redevelop the
former Mister Car Wash site at 8280 Flying Cloud Drive with a credit union. The
0.77-acre site is located at the corner of Flying Cloud Drive and Middleset Road.
The proposed credit union is a new 2,889 square foot building with a drive-thru
on the north side of the building. The property is located in a commercial area.
Getschow pointed out the site is zoned C Regional Service, which is consistent
with the guiding of the property. The project site is a corner lot with frontage on
Flying Cloud Drive and Middleset Road. The existing car wash will be demolished,
and a new 2,889 square foot credit union with a drive-thru will be constructed
on the lot. Access is provided by a shared access drive along the northwest
property line. The proposed building is situated close to Flying Cloud Drive, with
parking on the southwest and northwest sides of the building. The drive-thru
facilities are located on the northeast side of the building, with the drive lane
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between the building and Flying Cloud Drive. There are two drive-thru teller
windows and an ATM.
David Knaeble, Civil Site Group, and Nathan Zywicki, Redmond Company,
introduced themselves as representatives of Veridian Credit Union.
Mr. Zywicki explained the history of the Credit Union. They hope to maintain
their current location while adding the Eden Prairie location. Mr. Zywicki noted
the hours of operation and traffic impacts.
Mr. Knaeble showed the site plan and landscape plan and highlighted various
details. Mr. Zywicki noted highlights of the proposed project, including design
components, and showed renderings of the project.
Case asked if the proposed plan will reuse any of the water-capturing machinery
leftover from the carwash. Mr. Knaeble confirmed the previous equipment will
be removed.
Nelson asked if the renderings reflect the proposed landscaping. Klima stated
the landscaping plans include purple hydrangeas, coneflowers, and other
flowering plants.
Naryanan asked how large the monument sign will be. Mr. Zywicki stated it will
be around 15 feet tall.
Klima explained the site plans depict the location of the sign, but the size of the
signs require a separate approval, which will ensure City regulations are
followed. Getschow pointed out the site plan and renderings reflect a ten-foot-
tall monument sign.
No one wished to address the Council for the public hearing.
MOTION: Freiberg moved, seconded by Nelson, to close the public hearing,
adopt Resolution 2025-066 for a PUD Concept Review on 0.77 acres, approve the
first reading of an Ordinance for a PUD District Review with waivers on 0.77
acres, direct Staff to prepare a Development Agreement incorporating Staff and
Commission recommendations and Council conditions, and authorize the
issuance of an early Land Alteration Permit for Veridian Credit Union at the
request of the developer subject to the conditions outlines in the permit.
Motion carried 5-0.
B. Adopt Resolution 2025-067 granting Conditional Use Permit for Dorenkemper
House
Getschow explained the City Council and the Heritage Preservation Commission
have been discussing ideas for increasing awareness of and access to the
Dorenkemper House, its history, and possible adaptive reuse. A City resident
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expressed an interest in leasing the house for a small independent bookstore. City
staff have been working on the improvements required for the adaptive reuse of
the house and a lease.
Getschow stated that the Dorenkemper House is a designated Heritage
Preservation Site, Section 11.38 of City Code requires a Conditional Use Permit
for the adaptive reuse. This process allows the City to verify that a proposed
reuse of a Heritage Preservation site is appropriate, while maintaining the
historic character of the building and site.
Getschow added at its June 16, 2025, meeting, the HPC held a public hearing for
the CUP. No comments for or against the proposal have been received to date.
The HPC recommended that the City Council approve the Conditional Use
Permit. There have been some revisions to the CUP since the HPC meeting, but
the revisions are consistent with the conversation at the HPC meeting.
Case pointed out that Eden Prairie owns a number of historic buildings. The City
aims to obtain funds by renting out the buildings to offset the ongoing
maintenance.
No one wished to address the Council for the public hearing.
MOTION: Nelson moved, seconded by Narayanan, to close the public hearing
and adopt Resolution 2025-067 approving Conditional Use Permit. Motion
carried 5-0.
IX. Payment of Claims
MOTION: Toomey moved, seconded by Narayanan, to approve the payment of claims
as submitted. Motion was approved on a roll call vote, with Freiberg, Narayanan,
Nelson, Toomey, and Case voting “aye.”
X. Ordinances and Resolutions
A. Approve first reading of an ordinance amending Section 5.81 relating to cannabis
retail businesses
Klima explained when the City adopted its recent ordinance regarding cannabis
businesses, it included a 1000-foot buffer from schools and 200 feet from other
cannabis retail sites for cannabis retail businesses. There were several
presentations shared with the Council that outlined metrics, such as the location
of properties that would be impacted by applying a buffer and the number of
properties that would remain available, outside of the buffers, for cannabis retail
businesses. All of these maps and property counts were based on
measurements from the property line of school properties.
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Klima noted the guidance provided by the Office of Cannabis Management
(OCM) included that cities should use a measuring system consistent with the
rest of their ordinances for any buffers. Eden Prairie utilizes buffers for liquor
licenses and sexually oriented businesses (SOB). Buffers for liquor licenses are
measured from door to door, and SOB buffers are measured from property line
to property line. Taking guidance from OCM, when preparing the ordinance for
cannabis, staff included language to measure buffers from door to door
consistent with liquor licenses, primarily because that measurement is utilized
with the most frequency.
Klima pointed out the City Staff has become aware of examples of properties
that are beyond the 1000-foot buffer when measured from the door of a school
to the door of a potential retail business, but that share a common property line
with a school property. The measurement from door to door inadvertently
added 31 additional buildings eligible for cannabis retail; six zoned commercial
and 25 zoned industrial, including two that share a property line with Central
Middle School.
Klima stated the situation seems to be inconsistent with the direction expressed
by the Council in its discussion on buffers and schools. As a result, staff has
prepared a code amendment that would revise the measurement of buffers to
be measured from property line to property line, consistent with the information
shared with the Council through its discussions on potential use of buffers and
consistent with buffer measurement for SOBs. The City has not received any
registration requests for cannabis retail businesses on properties impacted by
the proposed change.
Case asked if Neuville has seen other cities implementing a similar approach.
Neuville noted the registration scheme is comparable, though some cities are
treating the use as a CUP.
MOTION: Narayanan moved, seconded by Nelson, to approve the first reading of
an Ordinance amending City Code Chapter 5 by defining the measurement of
distances for cannabis retail business buffers. Motion carried 5-0.
XI. Petitions, Requests, and Communications
XII. Appointments
XIII. Reports
A. Reports of Council Members
B. Report of City Manager
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1. Recent Sustainability Recognitions
Getschow pointed out Eden Prairie was recognized by Minnesota
GreenStep Cities for attaining the program’s highest level of recognition.
Eden Prairie also received the Best of Buildings, Benchmarks, and Beyond
by the State of Minnesota. Additionally, Eden Prairie is one of the first
cities in Minnesota to obtain a solar panel grant for City buildings.
C. Report of Community Development Director
D. Report of Parks and Recreation Director
E. Report of Public Works Director
F. Report of Police Chief
G. Report of Fire Chief
H. Report of City Attorney
XIV. Other Business
XV. Adjournment
MOTION: Narayanan moved, seconded by Toomey, to adjourn the meeting. Motion
carried 5-0. Mayor Case adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Sara Potter, Administrative Support Specialist