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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
February 24, 2025 - 6:00 PM
Lakeville City Hall, Marion Conference Room
Members of the public can participate in person at Lakeville City Hall, Marion Conference Room. Members of the public may join
the meeting via Teams Meeting, Meeting ID: 276 485 596 886 or by calling Toll Number 1-323-433-2142; Conference ID: 432
130 403#. The mayor will allow for public comments and questions at the appropriate time.
The City Council is provided background information for agenda items in advance by staff and appointed commissions,
committees, and boards. Decisions are based on this information, as well as City policy, practices, input from constituents, and a
council member’s personal judgment.
1. Call to order, moment of silence and flag pledge
2. Citizen Comments
3. Discussion Items
40 Minutes a. Commission Interviews Taylor Snider
30 minutes b. OP/Commercial Sites Zoning Review Tina Goodroad
4. Items for Future Discussion
5. Committee/ City Administrator Updates
6. Adjourn
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Date: 2/24/2025
Commission Interviews
Proposed Action
Council will hold interviews for individuals who cannot attend on March 8th. Bryan Baker at
6:00 p.m. will interview for the Lakeville Area Arts Center Advisory Board. Mark Traffas will
be interviewed via phone at 6:10 p.m. for the Planning Commission. Dave Olson will interview
via phone at 6:20 p.m. for the Lakeville Area Arts Center Advisory Board. Jim Enneking will
interview via phone at 6:30 p.m. for the Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources Committee.
Overview
Supporting Information
None
Financial Impact: $ Budgeted: No Source:
Envision Lakeville Community Values: Good Value for Public Service
Report Completed by: Taylor Snider
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Date: 2/24/2025
OP/Commercial Sites Zoning Review
Proposed Action
Provide input to staff on alternative zoning on two development sites.
Overview
Staff have been assessing the zoning and land use on two sites for potential development
opportunities with a change in land use and zoning. This exploration has been further aided by
working with a development consultant, Josh McKinney of Measure, whose role is to assist in
site selection and positioning sites for development.
The first location is the 210th Street W site that is zoned and guided for OP, Office Park. This
site is located south of 210th Street W, north of CR 70 and west of Trinity Church and the vacant
land surrounding their property. This site is challenging for Office/Light Industrial uses in which
its zoned due to the following:
Topography
• Industrial buildings generally want to be developed on large flat sites to avoid prohibitive
development costs. Retaining walls and/or significant site grading efforts are difficult for
industrial proformas to support. The cost of a retaining wall or the loss of leasable square
footage significantly impact project feasibility. This site has over 50 feet of grade change
on it.
Wetland(s)
• This site has a fairly large area of suspected wetland on it.
• The location of this wetland prohibits the full utilization of this site and impacts the
industrial product type more so than development typologies that are more flexible to
grade change and avoiding wetland impacts.
Market
• There are numerous tracts of land further to the south that are also planned for office
industrial uses, many of which do not face the same constraints identified above.
Proposed Project (see concept plan)
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The proposed housing project utilizes the main senior apartment building (market rate) as a
retaining wall, pushing into the hill to reduce the overall appearance of height from adjacent
homes. In fact, it’s estimated that the roof elevation to be 1120 with a pitched roof, and 1100 or
so without a pitched roof.
The wooded hill located on the adjacent church property would largely screen the apartment
building from view. The elevation of the top of that hill is approximately 1084, with mature
trees exceeding 40 feet in height for a visual barrier elevation of approximately 1024. The main
building would contain the bulk of the amenities for the project and create multiple living
opportunities for different abilities for residents to age in place.
The remainder of the site is planned as a senior townhome use. This use would allow the most
flexibility in avoiding the wetland and utilizing the natural topography.
A senior housing developer is interested in this site. A rezoning/land use change would be
required to High Density to accommodate this potential development plan.
The second location is the 25-acre site owned by the George Warweg Trust located south of
Kenwood Trail, east of Ipava Avenue. George Warweg passed away recently, and the trust is
selling properties, three in total. Two of the three are zoned for, and can develop easily as
residential. The 25-acre piece is partially zoned for OP, Office Park on the west portion with the
remaining zoned C-3, General Commercial. Due to the location of this site, future development
as commercial is challenging. Staff asked Mr. McKinney to evaluate the highest and best use of
this site, and he provided a sketch with the following thoughts to consider:
Visibility
• This site will fail to attract large national retailers due to a lack of guaranteed visibility
due to the abutting rail line and the train car storage that often occurs in this area.
Access/ Traffic
• The access at Ipava and County Road 50 is signalized, which is positive, but the distance
from that access point to the majority of the site is a significant barrier, particularly to
retail uses.
• The site lacks feasible secondary access to County Road 50, prevented both by the
railroad and access spacing guidelines for Dakota County. This type of access is found
across County Road 50 at Icenic Way and facilitates traffic flow.
• Commercial & Retail sites are one of the highest trip generation uses typical to suburban
sites. The amount of commercial square footage which would be necessary to justify
development costs would likely present traffic concerns, given the restrictions discussed
above.
Market
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• The retail market has been in decline for over a decade, only hastened by COVID-19 and
ease of access to online retailers and same day shipping.
• There are numerous more desirable retail and commercial corridors within the City of
Lakeville that see higher traffic counts and have enough scale to generate national
tenants. In general, retailers want to be next to other retailers.
Mr. McKinney has shared with staff that, for the reasons stated above, he believes the highest
and best use for this site is a horizontal-mixed use of some service-oriented commercial space
(daycare, service station, medical office, etc.) along with housing.
The City of Lakeville has invested significant funds to renovate Antlers Park. Additional
residents within walking distance can benefit from the park amenities.
The concept plan shows a townhome use as a transition in intensity to a more traditional
multifamily building. A clubhouse would serve the townhomes with amenities such as a gym,
swimming pool, pickleball courts, etc. The main apartment building could have walkout units
facing the park, allowing direct access for residents.
A rezoning/land use change would be required to High Density to accommodate this potential
development plan.
Supporting Information
1. Lakeville Senior Concept Plan-210th Street
2. OP property zoning
3. Warweg Site Concept
4. Warweg property zoning
Financial Impact: $0 Budgeted: No Source:
Envision Lakeville Community Values: A Home for All Ages and Stages of Life
Report Completed by: Tina Goodroad, Community Development Director
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DRAWING KEY
ENTRANCE MONUMENT
LAND USE SUMMARY
SITE NET ACRES : 18.39 AC
TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 252
PROPOSED DENSITY: 13.70 UNITS/ ACRE
COMMUNITY RECREATION AREA
STORMWATER BASIN
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TOWNHOMES- 87 UNITS
SENIOR/ACTIVE ADULT HOUSING - 165 UNITS
SENIOR & ACTIVE
ADULT COMMUNITY
CONCEPTUAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
LAKEVILLE, MN
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DRAWING KEY
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LAND USE SUMMARY
COMMUNITY RECREATION AREA
STORMWATER BASIN
SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION
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COMMERCIAL ACREAGE : 2.8 AC
RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE : 23.1 AC
SITE NET ACRES : 25.90 AC
TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 365
PROPOSED DENSITY: 15.80 UNITS/ AC
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