This transcript has been formatted with speaker names based on the context provided and the phonetic cues in the text. *Note: Phonetic errors in the original transcript (e.g., "Councilmember Kata/Kabat" for Clausen, "Councilmember MTI/thei" for Thiede, and "Ryan berine" for Burfeind) have been corrected to match the official names provided in your list.* *** **[00:00:00] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right. All right, good evening. This is the April 17, 2024, Cottage Grove City Council meeting, which I'm calling to order. The first order of business is the Pledge of Allegiance, so please rise. **[00:00:15] Everyone:** I 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. **[00:00:30] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right. Will the Clerk please do the roll? **[00:00:33] Tammy Anderson (City Clerk):** Councilmember Clausen? **[00:00:34] Councilmember David Clausen:** Here. **[00:00:35] Tammy Anderson (City Clerk):** Councilmember Olsen? **[00:00:36] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Here. **[00:00:37] Tammy Anderson (City Clerk):** Councilmember Thiede? **[00:00:38] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Here. **[00:00:39] Tammy Anderson (City Clerk):** Councilmember Garza? **[00:00:40] Councilmember Monique Garza:** Here. **[00:00:41] Tammy Anderson (City Clerk):** Mayor Bailey? **[00:00:42] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Here. Next on our agenda this evening is Open Forum. This is the opportunity for anybody who wants to speak on something that's not on tonight's agenda—technically this one is, but this will be fine—with regards to taking up to three minutes. And we did have a signup sheet out in the entryway and we did have one individual sign up, which is Bonnie Matter. So Bonnie, if you'd like to go up, and it's about Arbor Day, I believe. **[00:01:05] Bonnie Matter:** Hello everyone. Hello Mayor and Councilmembers, nice to see you. Yes, I have a short little—let's see—it would kind of be like educational. Old growth forests provide numerous important benefits. They are highly effective carbon sinks, with the oldest and largest trees storing the most carbon. As the leaves and other organic matter from these forests decompose, much of the stored carbon is sequestered in the soil rather than released into the atmosphere. Old growth forests support high levels of biodiversity, providing unique habitats and resources for a wide range of plant and animal species that cannot thrive in younger, more disturbed forests. The complex structure of old growth forests, with large trees, fallen logs, and multi-layered canopies, creates diverse microclimates and niches. These forests play crucial roles in regulating local hydrology, improving soil quality and drainage, and breaking down air pollutants. Their ecological services provide significant economic value to nearby communities through tourism, recreational and natural resource provisioning. Many indigenous cultures have deep spiritual and cultural connection to old growth forests, relying on them for traditional practices and sustainable use of resources. However, old growth forests are increasingly rare globally due to natural disturbances and human activities. Protecting the remaining old growth forest is crucial for conserving biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and preserving important cultural and ecological values. During the city of Cottage Grove Arbor Day ceremony, please take the time to remember the 2,536 trees that were destroyed as part of the Mississippi Dunes development. The city is going to replace 106 boulevard trees at $47,571, or 449 bucks a piece. As part of the September 6, 2023, preliminary development agreement between the City Council and Rachel Development, the city eliminated the tree preservation requirement as a PUD exception. 2,536 trees were cut down or ripped out of the ground. What the city so willingly offered for destruction was priceless. Thank you. **[00:03:30] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Okay. All right. Nobody else had signed up out there. Is there anybody else in the audience that would like to speak on something that's not on tonight's agenda? All right, seeing none, I will go ahead and close the Open Forum portion and I'll move to number five, which is the adoption of the agenda. **[00:03:45] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Move the agenda. **[00:03:46] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Second. **[00:03:47] Mayor Myron Bailey:** We have a motion by Councilmember Olsen, second by Councilmember Thiede. All those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:03:52] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:03:53] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. Next on our agenda is presentations, which we do have one this evening. 6A is the 2024 Arbor Day Proclamation, and I believe Ryan Burfeind, our Public Works Director, is going to walk us through this one. **[00:04:05] Ryan Burfeind (Public Works Director):** Thank you, Mayor, members of the Council. So, like we do each year, we do proclaim and celebrate Arbor Day. It's kind of like a welcoming to spring. Right now, we didn't have much of a winter last year, but it's always something we have, and we have different events that we have for the public, and I'll talk through those. And at the end, we'll have the proclamation itself. So, Arbor Day is internationally recognized, and it's really all about forestation and bringing new trees in and having our trees that we have throughout the community. The first thing that we do, thinking about planting new trees—we do this every year, and this is really a Parks Department initiative, but I always talk about it as we talk about Arbor Day—is the volunteer tree planting event. So this year it's going to be at Sunny Hill Park, kind of on the north edge of town and the Pine development. It's going to be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23rd. So we always welcome folks in the neighborhood to come join in on that tree planting event that'll happen that day. Hoping for good weather. You can see a picture—I believe this is from last year down in Strawberry Fields Park—for that volunteer tree planting. We also do an Arbor Day tree giveaway. This is a very popular thing we do every year. This is open right now for folks to sign up for. It's a registration on the city website. We also had it on Facebook so people can find it through there. I think it was on the city newsletter with like a QR code so it brings you right to the registration. Folks just need to register by Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. to be entered in that drawing. We do a random drawing then of all the names for 100 bare-root trees, and they are pretty good sizable trees. The bare-root trees are kind of small, but these are good trees. I think as of today there were 500 people signed up. I think we typically get around a thousand people to sign up for that giveaway, so very popular. And then we'll deliver those on Arbor Day on Friday, April 26th, between 7:00 a.m. and noon. We also do Buckthorn pickup. I mean, this is a little different initiative, but really trying to make our forest more healthy. So we do go around, and if folks have Buckthorn that they're removing from their property, they just need to call us by this Friday, the 19th. And then we will put them on a schedule to come and do that pickup, and we'll pick it up next week, the week of April 22nd. We just ask that they put it out on their curb or in the boulevard area out of the street, and then we will pick that up. And it really is for Buckthorn—that is the goal of that. So if you have any on your property, big or small—we've had some larger properties where people do large cleanup projects—and we will take all the Buckthorn that you remove, no matter how much it is. And with that, I have the Arbor Day Proclamation. But if Council has any questions, I'm happy to answer them. **[00:07:05] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, any questions? I don't think so, but I did ask Councilmember Thiede to go ahead and read the Arbor Day Proclamation. So, Councilmember Thiede. **[00:07:15] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** All right, thank you. Whereas in 1872, the Nebraska Board of Agriculture established a special day to be set aside for the planting of trees; and whereas this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska; and whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world; and whereas trees can be a solution to combating climate change by reducing the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cutting heating and cooling costs, moderating the temperature, cleaning the air, producing lifegiving oxygen, and providing habitat for wildlife; and whereas trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products; and whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic viability of business areas, and beautify our community; and whereas trees wherever they are planted are a source of joy and spiritual renewal; and whereas the city of Cottage Grove will host a ceremonial tree planting and volunteer planting event at Sunny Hill Park on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024, and the tree giveaway to residents delivered on Friday, April 26th, 2024. And now, therefore, the City Council of the city of Cottage Grove, County of Washington, State of Minnesota, hereby proclaim April 26th, 2024, as Arbor Day in the city of Cottage Grove. Passed this 17th day of April 2024. **[00:08:45] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Fantastic, thank you. And before I look for a motion and a second to approve that, I thought I would just share—ironically, today I did receive in the mail that Cottage Grove was once again nominated as Tree City USA, which is kind of cool. And I thought one of the things that they talk about is a variety of different things that we do in our community to preserve trees and add trees and manage the canopy, which obviously our Public Works team does with our Forester. But one of the other things that says in here is: "If ever there was a time for trees, now is that time. Communities worldwide are facing issues with air quality, water resource, personal health and well-being, energy use, and extreme heat and flooding. Cottage Grove is doing its part to address these challenges for residents both now and in the future." So I just thought that would be a—that's kind of an interesting comment to be made. And there is a press release that I'll provide to the staff so that the press can see that we're being naturally recognized. So, I'll take a motion and a second for the Arbor Proclamation. **[00:09:40] Councilmember Monique Garza:** I'll make a motion. **[00:09:41] Councilmember David Clausen:** I'll second. **[00:09:42] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, so we have a motion by Councilmember Garza, second by Councilmember Clausen. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:09:50] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:09:51] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. Next on our agenda is the Consent Agenda. Is there anything that Council would like to pull on consent? **[00:09:58] Councilmember David Clausen:** I make a motion to move consent. **[00:10:00] Councilmember Monique Garza:** I'll second. **[00:10:01] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, seconded by Councilmember Garza. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:10:06] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:10:07] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. So if you are here for anything on tonight's consent calendar or watching from home, all of those items have been approved. Next is eight, which is approved disbursement. 8A is to pay the bills. **[00:10:20] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Move the bills. **[00:10:21] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Second. **[00:10:22] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Motion by Councilmember Olsen, do I have a second? Second by Councilmember Thiede. Any questions on the bills? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:10:30] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:10:31] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. Nine is Public Hearings, there is none this evening. 10 is Bid Awards. We do have one this evening which is the Jamaica Avenue Mill and Overlay project bid award, and Amanda Meyer, our City Engineer, is going to walk us through this. So welcome, Amanda. **[00:10:48] Amanda Meyer (City Engineer):** Good evening, Mayor, members of the Council. So, as mentioned, the Jamaica Mill and Overlay bid award. We did open bids on April 4th. Just as a reminder, this is the section of Jamaica Avenue between 80th Street and 90th Street. You can see our engineer's estimate was at 1.5 million. The low bidder, Northwest Asphalt Incorporated, at $1,446,878.71. We have good experience with them, and you can see with that engineer's estimate, we fell kind of right in the middle of those bids, which is good to see. So with that, I'll keep it short. There's a recommendation before you and I will stand for any questions. **[00:11:30] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, any questions for Amanda on the bids for Jamaica? No? All right, seeing none, then I guess thank you. I'll take a motion and a second, whoever wants to take it. **[00:11:40] Councilmember David Clausen:** I'll move that we adopt Resolution 2024-063, awarding the Jamaica Avenue Mill and Overlay project to Northwest Asphalt Incorporated in the total amount of $1,446,878.71. **[00:11:53] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** I'll second. **[00:11:54] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, motion by Councilmember Clausen, second by Councilmember Thiede. All those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:11:58] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:11:59] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. Number 11 is Land Use, and we have the Summer Valley Zoning Amendment and Preliminary Plat, and our Associate Planner, Connor Jakes, is going to walk us through this one. Welcome, Connor. **[00:12:12] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the Council. Great to be with you. Two applications before you this evening are a preliminary plat and zoning amendment for the proposed Summer Valley residential subdivision. Summergate Development is requesting approval of a zoning amendment and preliminary plat on 24.5 acres of land located south of the Woodbury border. The property is currently zoned AG2 Agriculture, and the applicant is proposing to rezone the subject site to R3 Single Family Residential in order to plat 71 single-family lots for homes. The proposed project does consist of 24.5 acres, again, adjacent to the Cottage Grove-Woodbury border on the northern edge of the city, surrounded by three existing residential developments. To the west is the existing Northwick Park development, to the south is the Parkview Point development, and then to the east is the currently under construction Rolling Meadows development. The site is currently a tilled field with no existing trees or structures on site. The applicant is requesting to rezone the subject property from AG2 to R3 Single Family Residential, which would be in accordance with the long-term growth plan for the parcel. The low-density residential does allow for two to four units per acre, and the applicant is proposing a density of 2.9 units per acre. The proposed plat does consist of 71 single-family lots for homes. The applicant has not requested flexibility in terms of PUD or Planned Unit Development and is intending to meet the standards of the R3 zoning district, which are on-screen on the table before you. And I just wanted to note an HOA is not proposed as part of the development, and the applicant has indicated they are still working with builders to determine who would be the builder within the development, so no specifics on that at this point. Access to the proposed development is provided through the three developments: to the west would be Jeffrey Avenue South through the Northwick Park development, to the south would be Jensen Avenue South, and then to the east would be 63rd Street South through Rolling Meadows. The applicant is proposing a five-foot-wide sidewalk that would connect the existing sidewalk stubs as shown in orange on the screen before you. There's a future roadway extension on the northwest corner of the property at the Woodbury border. That extension would then be extended at such time that the Woodbury parcel develops to the north; that road will continue to the north. The applicant is proposing two stormwater ponds on-site. One pond is proposed to be a dry pond and the larger one would be extended from the Rolling Meadows pond to the east, and that would be the wet pond to serve both of those developments. Also want to note there's a proposed trail in the northeast corner of the site that would tie into the Southern South Washington Watershed District's regional trail section plan. So that proposed trail is highlighted in the red circle on screen before you. I would note that the trail is proposed to extend north up to the Glacial Valley interpretive area that would be provided by the County, and then the existing trail that's currently constructed does flow to the Glacial Valley Park that was constructed recently within the city. The applicant did submit a detailed landscape plan. There's no tree mitigation required as there's no trees on site. There's 77 boulevard trees proposed, and the landscape plan does show four trees per lot with 10 shrubs per lot. I did want to note that the zoning code was updated in 2022, as you're well aware, and changed so any lot greater than 60 feet in width only requires three trees per lot. So the applicant will be working to revise that landscape plan, as the old code required four trees per lot. Planning staff would exercise final approval over a landscape plan, so working with the applicant to revise the landscape plan on that. The applicant did host a neighborhood meeting on March 12th of 2024. There were 26 residents in attendance. Three major concerns were brought up, which related to the development process, construction traffic, and project buildout. However, I would note the primary concern was construction traffic, as traffic is proposed to flow through the existing residential developments due to the limited access to the site. The residents at the neighborhood meeting did ask whether the applicant could work with the property owner to the north along the Woodbury border to utilize the existing driveway and farm field on site, which is in red on the screen there. The applicant did investigate this, but the property owners weren't interested due to concerns related to liability, tree removal, and other various factors. Thus, the only remaining access options are through the existing residential neighborhoods. At this point, staff is not intending to designate an official construction traffic route; however, I wanted to note that this scenario isn't uncommon within the city. There's currently nine residential developments where traffic has to flow through an existing residential development into the currently under construction development. A few examples would be Calarosa, where you're flowing from first edition, second, all the way to sixth edition; Settler's Bluff, flowing from first edition to second edition; or maybe a more prominent example would be flowing through Langdon Hills to Eastbrook Second and Third Edition. We have two different developments that are under construction there. And with that, I'll leave the recommendation on screen before you. Staff is available for any questions and the applicant is in attendance as well. **[00:17:35] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** I got a question. So I assume we talked to Woodbury and kind of coordinated with them a little bit on that road going north, and do they already have some different proposals in place that are all platted out or...? **[00:17:50] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** Mr. Mayor, members of the Council, Councilmember Thiede, at this point we haven't gotten any information that they have any proposals. At such time that they would, they would notify us and then we could provide comment at that time. But at this point, the only thing they commented was that the Hammerhead was sufficient and then to sign it for future road extension. **[00:18:10] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** So they're okay with that, though? They'll try to accommodate that as much as possible? **[00:18:13] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** Yep, that's correct. Yep. **[00:18:15] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Connor, thank you very much. I feel under-dressed today, you look fantastic, so a nice suit. I wanted to ask about your comments related to the traffic for the construction. As I'm sure you're keenly aware, that seems to be an area of heartburn for residents throughout the city when situations like this arise where they have construction traffic that comes through their residential neighborhood. So, what I'm curious about is what can we do from a communications perspective to ensure that folks in the neighborhood are keenly aware of the activity that's going to take place, the times in which the activity will take place, etc., so that we can hopefully put people's minds at ease to some degree? Because I think where the biggest challenge lies is the trucks start rolling and people look out their window and say, "What the heck's going on? I didn't know anything about it." And of course, we have the neighborhood meetings, we do all the things we're supposed to do, but people are busy and sometimes they don't even get the mail so they don't get the notice, or they don't have the ability to go to the meeting. So that's question number one: what sort of communication plan can we, partnering with the developer, put in place to help people recognize this is what's happening, this is when it's happening, this is how long it's going to happen, so that if nothing else they're well-informed? Question two is this: when we roll trucks like this through residential neighborhoods, we tend to see a little bit of wear and tear on some of those roads that aren't generally used for that purpose—they're not made for that purpose. Are we concerned at all about what this traffic through the neighborhood may do to the existing roadways? And/or have we thought that through and tried to figure out what can we do to mitigate that, whether it's a shorter-term mill and overlay, things of that nature? So I recognize both of those things maybe more Ryan-related or Amanda-related questions, but since you're the handsome gentleman standing there, I figured I better just throw them your way. So what do you think? Can we figure something out on the communication? **[00:20:15] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** Yeah, Councilmember Olsen. We have been in direct communication with all the residents that attended the neighborhood meeting. We gather their emails, phone numbers, etc., and continue to keep them informed as we move through this. It was clearly outlined at the neighborhood meeting and then through contact after, kind of the development schedule and talking through those concerns with the residents. One thing that did kind of help put the residents at ease as well was talking through that we're going to make clear with the contractors, subcontractors—that everybody traveling that's construction-related traffic has to be cognizant they're traveling through a residential area and just be aware that there's homes in there, there's children, of all the factors that play into that, and just reduce their speed as much as possible. And one way that we would do that would be to work with Public Safety and put maybe a speed trailer out there and just be in constant communication with them, is where we're at currently. And then I would defer the road question to our City Engineer, Amanda Meyer. **[00:21:20] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** On your communication response, I would encourage that we have regular dialogue with the contractor and their subs because I can speak from experience, and I'm sure Ryan would agree with this—you can have that conversation doggone near every day and still have a sub that doesn't pick up what you're laying down. So we've got to be really clear about this is what the expectations are related to speed, time of day, all those sorts of things. Because, you know, those folks have a job to do and that's their focus, right? They're not really thinking about all the other things that we have to think about related to our residents. And you know, there'll be a few of us out knocking on doors this summer, and I'm sure we'll hear about it if it's not done properly. So with that, maybe turn over to Amanda or Ryan. **[00:22:05] Jennifer Levitt (City Administrator):** Mayor, members of the Council, if I may on the communication piece. Some of the things that we've done with public projects are project websites where you can sign up for weekly updates, or maybe there's mailers. So I think there's probably an opportunity we could work with the developer on if there's some sort of platform that they have where maybe they want to set something up; otherwise, we are able to work with them on specific mailers. At this point, we are at preliminary plat, so we're still a little ways away from having any sort of contractor on board with a specific schedule. So we've got some time to work through that, but I think there's a lot of options that we can work through with the developer to come up with a good communication plan. **[00:22:45] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Yeah, thank you. And the further out we are, the better time it is to start planning, I think. **[00:22:50] Jennifer Levitt (City Administrator):** Yes, absolutely. **[00:22:51] Amanda Meyer (City Engineer):** In regard to our streets and the conditions, this is actually a really good area for an example, as when Rolling Meadows was constructed, they did move through that Parkview Point development, and we just recently completed the final streets project in that neighborhood. And I will say we didn't see a lot of, you know, early degradation in that roadway when we came through with that final streets project. The Northwick Park—I believe that's Jeffrey Avenue—that still has that bit wedge, if you will, so we haven't completed the final streets. But we're very confident in how our roads are built, how we maintain our roadways; we don't have concerns with early degradation of our pavement. And I think the other piece, as we think about construction phasing: the first phase is grading, right? So that equipment gets dropped off and there's a couple of workers who show up at the beginning of the day and they leave at the end of the day. So that construction traffic early on in development is a lot less than when we start seeing that home construction with all the trades. So it'll help us kind of ease into better figuring out what's the best communication plan, how are we seeing traffic routing through the neighborhoods? If we're seeing any concerns with the roadways, we have some time to kind of work through that as we get more into that construction. **[00:24:05] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Thank you. Excellent answers from both of you. I can see that you've given it a lot of thought and, you know, we continue to learn as we continue to develop and ways in which we can maybe improve our service level to the residents. It sounds like you guys have had those conversations already, so I very much appreciate that. Thank you. **[00:24:25] Mayor Myron Bailey:** I don't know—well, first of all, any other Council comments at this point? I had one. Just—are you able to, or Connor can you flip back to the... yeah, that one. Go back one more. There we go. So I'm just curious from a staff standpoint, just for my knowledge: I see what's going to be up above going into Woodbury with the Glacial Park, correct? Over to the east of that, which I assume is still Cottage Grove, just to the north there in Woodbury is... what's the church? Why am I drawing a blank? **[00:24:55] Councilmember Monique Garza:** Crossroads. **[00:24:56] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Crossroads, thank you. Whatever. There's a parcel there—is that a buildable parcel or is that... I just was curious. (If you want to take that later and you see where I'm talking about, though, correct? Just to the east—it'd be south of the church.) **[00:25:10] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** I think that's part of the watershed. **[00:25:12] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Is it, though? Because it's not—oh no, 3M has some property. That's 3M on that side of the highway too. Okay. And then my other real quick question is: I know you mentioned about Woodbury—do we know in their long-term guide or their plan—they may not have anything specific just to the north of us where this development is going—do you know if they are guiding that for a single family like R-2.5 or such? Is that the plan? **[00:25:40] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** Yes, that is my understanding, Mayor, members of the Council. And I'll just add in our conversations with Woodbury, we've also been communicating as it relates to the trail and access to ensure that there is an access just north of our border onto that trail, since you saw that there isn't any direct access through this neighborhood. **[00:26:00] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Absolutely, and that's why I knew that's why you were doing it there. So I just was curious, for the... because half of this development is going to back up onto the Glacial Valley Park in Woodbury, but then the rest of it I just was curious if it was single family. So, okay, that helps. Thank you. **[00:26:15] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Follow on with what you were saying—I mean, is it possible to come in on a... from the Crossroads Church? I mean, that land is not too level, we'd—I imagine we'd... because eventually that'll probably be an road extension possibly, I don't know, across to come in from the east to the property right along the top border there? And you know, part of it's watershed, you know, and if it gets repaired or whatever, I don't know. I can't see necessarily the terrain from here. **[00:26:45] Connor Jakes (Associate Planner):** I think I can answer that because I actually was out there when they did the area and then we walked that—that is a very steep... the intent is for water to flow in the event. But yeah, so I don't see that being a feasible option. **[00:27:00] Jennifer Levitt (City Administrator):** And if I may add, Mayor, members of the Council, much of that area is also in a conservation easement where there wouldn't be pavement allowed, which is part of why we have sort of an odd jog in the trail—we had to get around that conservation easement with the paved trail. **[00:27:15] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Okay. All right, thanks. **[00:27:18] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Does the developer have anything you want to add or are you all good? No questions, Council? Any questions for the developer? This one looks fairly straightforward other than I know we just want to make sure communication going through existing neighborhoods is clear. But this is almost like a—to me is kind of like an infill, if you will—fits right into what's being built right around it. Council, there's two motions before us. Who would like to take the first one? **[00:27:45] Councilmember David Clausen:** I'd like to move to adopt Ordinance number 1080, approving the Zoning Amendment to change the zoning of property generally located south of the Woodbury border, east of the Northwick Park development, west of the Rolling Meadows development, and north of the Parkview Point development from AG2 Agricultural to R3 Single Family Residential. **[00:28:05] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Seconded. **[00:28:06] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, so we have a motion by Councilmember Clausen, seconded by Councilmember Thiede. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:28:12] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:28:13] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. And then who would like number two? **[00:28:17] Councilmember Monique Garza:** I can take it. I would like to adopt Resolution 2024-064, approving the preliminary plat for subdivision to be called Summer Valley, which would consist of 71 lots for single-family homes. **[00:28:28] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** Second that motion. **[00:28:29] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, so we have a motion by Councilmember Garza, second by Councilmember Olsen. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. **[00:28:35] Councilmembers:** Aye. **[00:28:36] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Opposed? Motion carries. There you go, good luck. All right, we'll move on to number 12, which is Council comments/requests. I'll start with Councilmember Clausen. **[00:28:45] Councilmember David Clausen:** Thank you, Mayor Bailey. I just want to remind everyone as it gets warmer to use our parks. I was out this last weekend with my kids and I noticed some people aren't paying very close attention, so everyone be safe out there and go enjoy our parks. **[00:29:00] Mayor Myron Bailey:** All right, sounds good. Councilmember Olsen? **[00:29:02] Councilmember Justin Olsen:** I'll yield my time. **[00:29:03] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Councilmember Thiede? **[00:29:04] Councilmember Dave Thiede:** Yeah, I don't have anything right at this moment. **[00:29:06] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Councilmember Garza? **[00:29:07] Councilmember Monique Garza:** Nothing other than to say that River Oaks and their new menu is going to be amazing, so I hope that everyone gets out there and enjoys it. **[00:29:15] Mayor Myron Bailey:** Yes, we had a chance to sample a few things tonight and see the menu, so it's going to be a very nice event place down there, so pretty cool. The only other one thing I'll mention before we have our next Council meeting—and this is always fairly popular in our community—and that is just a reminder that Saturday, April 27th, is the Chamber Community Showcase, which is at the Park High School Fieldhouse. It starts at 10:00 a.m. and I believe it goes to about 2:00 to 3:00. And so I just encourage everybody to stop in there and patronize your local businesses and check out maybe some of the people or some of the businesses you didn't know that were in Cottage Grove. I just thought I would throw that out there. That being said, Workshop open to the public—we do not have one this evening. We do have a Workshop closed to the public and it is a kind of our performance evaluation for our City Administrator. So I'll just mention it on camera here that we will be—or I will be recommending that we close the meeting pursuant to Minnesota statute 13D.05 subsection 3A to conduct a performance evaluation of City Administrator Jennifer Levitt. So with that, Council, we'll move to the conference room and we'll adjourn when we get in there. Thank you, everybody.