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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
JOINT PLANNING COMMISSION/CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES
April 6, 2017
Mayor Anderson convened the work session at 7:05 p.m.
Council Members Present: Mayor Doug Anderson, Bart Davis, Luke Hellier, Colleen LaBeau,
Brian Wheeler
Council Members Absent: None
Planning Commission Members Present: Chair Jason Swenson, Vice Chair Brooks Lillehei,
Karl Drotning, Scott Einck, Pat Kaluza, Jason Kelve, Paul Reuvers, Elizabeth Bakewicz
Planning Commission Members Absent: None
Staff Present: City Administrator Justin Miller, Assistant City Administrator Allyn Kuennen, and
Planning Director Daryl Morey
2018 Comprehensive Plan Update
Daryl Morey provided an update on the 2018 Comprehensive Plan process. He stated the first
round of public meetings have been set. These meetings are intended to obtain input from
residents and businesses in the seven distinct districts proposed with the 2018 Comprehensive
Plan. The district map and meeting schedule was handed out to City Council and Planning
Commission members. The district meetings will be announced via the City’s Facebook and
Twitter pages, on the City’s website and local cable channel, Focus on Lakeville in the Sun
Thisweek newspaper, and direct mailings to National Night Out neighborhood representatives,
and property owners in the Cedar Avenue corridor urban reserve area. Planning Department
staff will also inform the PTOs for the District 192, 194 and 196 schools located in Lakeville to
help get the word out. Mr. Morey stated he is in the process of scheduling 2018 Comprehensive
Plan presentations to various local organizations, including Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce,
the Heritage Center, and realty offices. In addition, he stated he will be filming an informational
segment to run on the local cable channel.
Mr. Morey identified the districts/areas within the city that may have the largest amount of
change as part of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan. Those areas include District 5 and the Cedar
Avenue BRT corridor, the westerly area of District 6 including the I-35/CSAH 70 interchange
and the CSAH 70 corridor, and the portions of District 7 along and south of 185th Street (CSAH
60) and in the northwest quadrant of I-35 and 205th Street (the former Sheily and River City
Asphalt mining areas).
Discussion points:
• Can CSAH 70 be designated as a Principal Arterial? Staff stated Dakota County is
currently preparing an updated E-W corridor study that will examine the designation and
ultimate design of this roadway.
Joint Planning Commission/City Council Work Session Minutes – April 6, 2017 Page 2
• City Council members would like the opportunity to attend the district meetings.
Scheduling will be coordinated through the Administration Department. Planning
Commission attendance at the district meetings will be coordinated through the Planning
Department.
• Council members questioned the Metropolitan Council’s Thrive 2040 affordable
(workforce) housing goals. It was pointed out that much of the City’s older housing stock
would likely fall under the Metropolitan Council’s affordable housing category.
• The Thrive 2040 density goal of 10 units/acre in the Cedar Avenue corridor was raised
as a concern. The City identified a goal of 7 units/acre in the Cedar Avenue corridor with
the 2008 Comprehensive Plan.
• Council members stressed the importance of considering the cost of providing the
necessary infrastructure to serve the land uses that will be proposed with the 2018
Comprehensive Plan. In addition, the infrastructure, especially sanitary sewer, must be
able to accommodate any proposed increases in residential density.
• Annexation of Airlake Airport was raised. Staff stated the Metropolitan Airports
Commission (MAC) is currently in the process of updating their long-range plan that may
include options for extending the length of the runway. In addition, the City recently
received a formal annexation request from a property owner in Eureka Township
adjacent to Airlake Airport.
• An examination of commuter patterns should be considered in order to assess the
percentage of Lakeville residents that work within the city, those that commute outside of
the city, and those that work from home.
• Development of, and a street connection through, the commercially zoned and triangular
shaped property located north of Timbercrest and east of I-35 was discussed. Staff
stated high density residential could be a possible use of this property.
• Input on the 2018 Comprehensive Plan from the EDC and Chamber of Commerce was
recommended.
The work session was adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Daryl Morey, Planning Director