**[00:00] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** ...pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, the first item of business is to approve the agenda. **[00:15] Council Member:** Mr. Mayor, I would like to pull item eight to come back at a later meeting. **[00:20] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** Okay, so there's a request to pull item eight from the consent agenda. Anything else? **[00:25] Council Member:** So move to approve the agenda subject to the change of removal of item eight. **[00:30] Council Member:** Second. **[00:32] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** All right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying Aye. (Council: Aye). **[00:35] Mike (YSB Representative):** We also provide Youth and Family education opportunities. It's like public speaking on certain topics, and our newest program that's actually been running for maybe nine years now is our military family support program—I still call it the newest because it is the newest. We have strong partnerships with the local schools and also with partners in law enforcement. Your financial support of Youth Service Bureau helps us keep our fees very affordable and to maintain a generous sliding fee scale so that no family is turned away based on their financial circumstances. We also provide interpreter services at no cost to a family who needs that type of service. In 2023, we served 799 unduplicated youth and we delivered just over 4,000 hours of direct service to those youth. In 2025, we're asking for $5,066 again in support of our services; that's the same dollar amount that was requested from 2024, so we're not increasing that. We appreciate your partnership as we work to improve the lives of youth and families. We have a website and anyone who's interested is invited to click on ysb.net and there's information there about what we do—more details—but I'm happy to answer any questions if there are any from the Council. **[01:50] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** Thank you for that information. Is anybody in Council having questions? **[01:55] Council Member Nick Kragness:** None. **[01:57] Council Member Jeff Holtz:** Just one quick question. So Mike, thanks so much for doing this. You know, I think I talked to you on the phone last year and what you guys do is phenomenal. I fully support the mission and everything. I am trying to understand the "donation" versus "partners" distinction here as a city. I guess how does that work? Because I guess that is an interesting piece of it to me. **[02:15] Mike (YSB Representative):** That's a really good question. So we receive support, which is funding support, from a variety of municipalities. Some of the cities or townships request a formal resolution... **[02:30] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** ...resolution 2024-096. I'll entertain a motion for the consent agenda. **[02:35] Council Member:** Move to approve consent agenda. **[02:37] Council Member:** Support. **[02:38] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** We have a motion and a second for the approval of the consent agenda. All those in favor please signify by saying Aye. (Council: Aye). Consent agenda is hereby approved. Next on the—the only item on our regular agenda this evening is Open Space Planned Unit Development Zoning Text Amendment Ordinance 2024-14, Resolution 2024-094 with Director Stoja presenting. All right, good evening. Do you see the presentation on your screen? **[03:10] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** We do not. Yep, now we do. **[03:15] Director Stoja:** All right, so starting back discussing the text amendment to Open Space Planned Unit Developments (PUD). So what is an Open Space Planned Unit Development? As we discussed in the past, it is a site with 20 acres that is zoned rural. It has 50% open space, there are buffers on the property lines, and the lots are larger—typically half-acre—which makes it very confusing when people come back in some of these neighborhoods that are already built out. You know, what standard do you apply? Do you rerun the numbers? So what we're looking for is a 30% [buffer]. I believe the applicant last week or a couple weeks ago was requesting 50%. And then the stormwater irrigation reuse ponds—you see this starting to be implemented in developments—we're recommending that they would be required. To go through the Comprehensive Plan, because this was mentioned at the Planning Commission meeting, the Comp Plan does promote Open Space Planned Unit Development. The principal characteristic of these neighborhoods is that homes are sited closely together—clustered—which allows for surrounding land to be preserved for open space, natural resources protection, recreational trail opportunities, and natural surface water drainage. We want to balance growth and protect natural areas through encouraging the use of the open space ordinance and continue to support open space development in rural residential areas that protect important natural resources and right connection to public parks, open spaces, and trails. To highlight what's to come: increased buffering. **[04:45] Council Member:** Would these numbers have to be reworked then with that change? **[04:50] Director Stoja:** No, those wouldn't have to be changed. No, it would not. We would still be able to fit those in. So what you see with the buffers typically, the most efficient way is to put one road in. Typically, with the road width and the depths of the lots and the 50% [open space], and you push those buffers to the edges, you're going to exceed even the 100-foot [buffer]. But there are developments that have different designs. With our developments, we require one in and one out, right? Two over 35 units, right. **[05:20] Council Member Nick Kragness:** So just one point of clarification, and I know we've been talking about this since I don't know, December, but one of the drivers to this—am I correct—is we've got a developer, the Highpoint development, that currently can't build on an open OP PUD and we're trying to make it possible? **[05:35] Director Stoja:** No, actually he was approved at the last meeting and received flexibilities beyond what we're proposing tonight. **[05:45] Council Member Jeff Holtz:** It's very disappointing to hear. Director Stoja, can you go over the slide again that had all of the developments that are currently OP? **[05:55] Nate Stanley (City Engineer):** And then different agencies will permit different levels of these communal systems. So you'll have County permitting up to a certain flow or household count, and then it'll go to the MPCA (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency). Will they have to abide by different levels of standards? I don't know that requiring a [communal] system is better or worse; it's really based on the lay of the land, soil—is there low-line areas in clay or is it sandy? And they're shooting for larger lots to begin with, which might be more perfect. **[06:20] Council Member:** That helps, thank you. **[06:25] Director Stoja:** The septic systems on individual lots—you have to have a big enough lot that you could have a replacement drain field in the future, and so that requires the lots to be larger than they might otherwise need to be with a communal system. **[06:40] Mayor Charles Cadenhead:** Any further questions for the Director? Not yet. All right, then we have several people that have requested to speak on this topic tonight. When I call your name, please approach the podium, state your name and address for the record. You'll have six minutes for your comments. If it's getting close to that six minutes—upon five minutes—I'll just give you a little notice that you're closing in on your time. And we'll start with Miss Joan Zimmerman. You can come to the podium, please. **[07:05] Joan Zimmerman:** Mayor and Council, thank you for the opportunity to speak.