04-29-2024 City Council Work Session MinutesCHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL WORK SESSION
MINUTES
April 29, 2024
Mayor Ryan called the work session to order at 5:30 p.m.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ryan, Councilman McDonald, Councilwoman
Schubert, and Councilman Kimber, Councilman von Oven
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Laurie Hokkanen, City Manager; Charlie Howley, Public Works
Director/City Engineer; Kelly Grinnell, Finance Director; Jerry Ruegemer, Parks Director; Eric
Maass, Planning Director
PUBLIC PRESENT: Trace Jacques (BKV), Mike Phillips (KA), Dan Kjellberg (KA) Bryan
Harjes (HKGi), Michael Healy (BKV)
Civic Campus Bids Update
Bryan Harjes, HKGI, gave an overview of those items that would and wouldn’t be included in the
current plan for the Civic Campus.
In the current plan there are concrete seat walls that are not in budget. A monument sign would
need funding. Discussion was had by the Council that the concrete seat walls were a nice to have
but they could live without them. There was a request to have power run to where the monument
sign could be located in the future.
Chanhassen Bluffs Sport Complex Discussion
Trace Jacques, BKV, gave an overview of what the Chanhassen Bluffs Sport Complex could look
like and how it could be built. The overview showed different aspects of the inside and outside of
the complex along. Kelly Grinnell, Finance Director, discussed the costs of land and the cost of
the complex itself and how the city could pay for the facility. Educating the public about the project
would be important to the council. Overall, the council would like to put the question on the ballot
to see if residents would like the Local Option Sale Tax to be put in place to help fund the project.
Mayor Ryan adjourned the work session at 7:32 p.m.
Submitted by Laurie Hokkanen
City Manager
Prepared by Jenny Potter
City Clerk