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CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 9, 2008
Mayor Furlong called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. The meeting was opened with the
Pledge to the Flag.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Furlong, Councilman Litsey, Councilwoman
Ernst, Councilwoman Tjornhom, and Councilman McDonald
STAFF PRESENT:
Todd Gerhardt, Laurie Hokkanen, Kate Aanenson, Paul Oehme, and Todd
Hoffman
PUBLIC PRESENT:
Albert L. Dorweiler 1565 Bluff Creek Drive
Karen Jackson 10104 Indigo Drive
David Hansen 10104 Indigo Drive
Joe Smith Steiner Development, Wayzata
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mayor Furlong: Very good, thank you and welcome to everybody here joining us here in the
council chambers, as well as those watching at home. I’m glad that you took time to join us this
evening. At this time I would ask members of the council if there are any modifications or
adjustments to the agenda. Otherwise we’ll proceed with the agenda as published. Without
objection.
CONSENT AGENDA:
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Todd Gerhardt: Mayor we’ve got one change on 1(b). We had a typo where it said June 5 and
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6 and it should have read July 5 and 6.
Mayor Furlong: Thank you. That’s for the softball tournament out at Lake Ann being sponsored
by the Lion’s. Should be a lot of fun that weekend. Any questions on that? If not, we’ll just go
ahead and include that as an amendment to the staff’s recommendation. Any other items? If not,
is there a motion to adopt item 1(a) through (g)?
Councilwoman Ernst moved, Councilman McDonald seconded to approve the following
consent agenda items pursuant to the City Manager’s recommendations:
a. Approval of Minutes:
-City Council Work Session Minutes dated May 27, 2008
-City Council Verbatim and Summary Minutes dated May 27, 2008
Receive Commission Minutes:
-Planning Commission Verbatim and Summary Minutes dated May 20, 2008.
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b. Approval of On-Sale Temporary Liquor License for Softball Tournament at Lake Ann,
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July 5 and 6, Chanhassen Lion’s Club.
c. Accept $500 Donation to the Senior Center from the Family of Dale & Mary Geving.
d. Lyman Boulevard Project 06-03: Approve Agreement for a Portion of the Holasek
Property.
f. 2008 Street Reconstruction Project No. 08-01: Authorize Change Order to IPO for
Design and Inspection Services of Stormwater Improvements in Kerber Pond Park.
g. Adoption of Amendment to City Code, Chapter 13 Concerning Nuisances.
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
VISITOR PRESENTATIONS:
Albert Dorweiler: My name is Albert Dorweiler. D-o-r-w-e-i-l-e-r. I live at 1565 Bluff Creek
Drive. The reason why I’m here is a safety issue. I’ve got a hidden driveway and I brought it up
to the city engineer. He says MnDot problem you know. So then he, nothing was resolved.
Then he sends me, he has a superintendent of streets to say it’s a city problem. So they give me
the run around back and forth. I feel it’s unsafe and I want a sign. A hidden driveway like I
have. That road hasn’t improved as far as my driveway for a hidden sign because there’s a hill.
It kind of goes up and down and the sheriff department patrols the road regularly but I still need
that sign to make people aware you know that hey, there is a responsibility there that somebody
could be coming out of that driveway. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. I don’t know if it’s a
MnDot problem or a city problem.
Mayor Furlong: But it’s your problem.
Albert Dorweiler: Right, right. It’s my problem, right.
Mayor Furlong: Mr. Gerhardt, Mr. Oehme, any thoughts or is that something that we can
certainly look into I assume.
Todd Gerhardt: Definitely.
Mayor Furlong: Are you familiar with the situation?
Paul Oehme: Thank you Mayor, City Council members. I did talk to Al several times about this
sign and I did talk to MnDot as well and from their perspective, and from what their drawings
indicate, there was no blind intersection or blind driveway sign out there prior to the 212/312
project. Al’s property is, I think it’s the last property on Bluff Creek Drive that was impacted or
this street was realigned in front of his house there so we did take a look at that. That issue. I
did talk to MnDot. MnDot was not willing to put up a sign at that location. Did not meet their
standards. Their warrants for driveway access impairments. I did have our, I did take a look at
his driveway as well and I did have our street superintendent who typically handles most of these
issues observe and drive this street and look at the warrants for a sign at that location. He did not
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indicate to me that a sign was warranted at his driveway. I can take a look, another look at it and
see if we can come to some resolution in terms of any additional signage out there but from our
standpoint I guess it wasn’t warranted, or is not warranted with the realignment of Bluff Creek.
Mayor Furlong: On the initial.
Paul Oehme: Yeah, initial, yep.
Mayor Furlong: Okay. I think it would certainly make sense Mr. Oehme if you could relook at
that and double check that and work with this gentleman so that we can try to come up with
some reasonable solution. Okay? Alright. Very good, thank you.
Albert Dorweiler: Thank you.
Mayor Furlong: Anyone else from visitor presentations this evening? If not, I’ve invited Carver
County Commissioner, Tom Workman and Carver County Director of Parks and Recreation,
Marty Walsh to come forward this evening and to come to our council meeting. I guess it was a
week ago Saturday we had the ribbon cutting or the bone breaking out at the off leash dog park
that was put together in cooperation with the city and cities of Shorewood, Chanhassen and
Carver County so gentlemen, if you’d like to come forward this evening and just kind of address
the council on some of the things that we talked about last Saturday.
Marty Walsh: Thank you Mayor. Marty Walsh, Parks Director for Carver County and just
briefly here. The project involved an 18 acre site out at Lake Minnewashta Regional Park and
that particular area has now been dedicated for the sole use of off leash dog activities. The area
is comprised of the 18 acres, along with about a mile of trail. It goes through wooded as well as
open areas. It’s a very scenic portion of our park. We’re quite pleased with the way things have
turned out. As the mayor had mentioned, it was very much a collaborative project where we
looked at resources, combined resources from a number of governmental units and park
foundations so they included Chanhassen and the City of Shorewood. The Shorewood Park
Foundation, and Carver County. So we got outside of our boxes here if you will a little bit and
did a project that wasn’t a go it alone project but one that combined again the efforts of funding
from Chanhassen, from Shorewood, City of Shorewood and Shorewood Parks Foundation.
Labor and resources in terms of materials from our county department to create the off leash dog
area. So with that we have a plaque which Commissioner Workman here would just love to
present to the City of Chanhassen, and I’ll turn it over to Tom.
Tom Workman: Well I know thanks for having us, mayor and council. We, Marty has said it all
well. Marty and I grew up playing Little League together. I’ll say it again, and now here we are
dedicating parks and other things and having fun but what, how did you say, was it 19 or 23
acres?
Marty Walsh: It’s 19 acres in size.
Tom Workman: Okay, well I thought it was 23 but I figured $300,000 an acre, that’s a lot of
Carver County land for a great little park. That’s kind of our commitment with all the other
things but by what the City of Chanhassen and even more rare opportunity with a community
outside of our county, Shorewood. The good people up there. Just a really neat project and I
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know most of you were up there a week or so ago and it was just a fabulous day and there we
were under those trees and who had the Great Dane, and Councilwoman Tjornhom of course had
about 3 ounces of her dog there so. But as an old dog lover who always wanted to be able to
walk my dog in a park and let him run free, this is going to be a really, really neat thing. I have
not been back up there with my old, 11 year old dog but I will. But it does really speak about
what a great cooperation, and as I said that Saturday, lately it seems like every time I turn around
I’m either at ground breaking or cooperating with all our friends at the city of Chanhassen.
Whether it’s a license center for the county or this or vets memorials and everything else and so,
a lot of good, fun things going on and so I’m here to thank you and provide you with a plaque
which says, presented to the City of Chanhassen in recognition of the collaborative pursuit and
financial contributions towards the creation of the off leash dog area at Lake Minnewashta
Regional Park. So thank you very much.
Todd Gerhardt: Mayor, it’s kind of like dog day here. We’ve got our first dog park and Dave
Hansen’s here. He was a resident of Chanhassen. Opening up Superdog Country Club so it was
a perfect time to get this dedication.
Mayor Furlong: No, I agree and as, just to repeat a couple things that I said a couple Saturdays
ago, or week ago Saturday. What I really enjoyed about that event and why I thought it was
important to let more people aware. First of all it’s a great amenity that we have here now and
Minnewashta Regional Park is a great facility that we enjoy having here in Chanhassen and this
is just one more reason that people should get out there and enjoy that venue. But this was also
something that I know our park commission and council had always been looking at you know
how can we provide more types of recreational activities. A dog park, off leash dog park was
brought up time and again. We really just didn’t have a place or a facility for it. As I found out
on Saturday, the City of Shorewood was in the exact same position. It was something that they
wanted but didn’t have the space and here Carver County had the space but didn’t have some of
the resources to get it done now from a timing standpoint so by the three of us working together,
we were able to get something done that individually none of the three of us could have done so I
mean I think it’s just, not only is it a great amenity. Great results but it’s just you know it’s
putting words into action I think is Marty as you said at one point you know, and it’s good to see
so. Thank you very much gentlemen for coming this evening and appreciate all your work.
Anyone else for visitor presentations this evening? If not then let’s move on to our regular items
of business.
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SUPERDOG COUNTRY CLUB, 2910 WEST 82 STREET, APPLICANT: KAREN
JACKSON/CHASKA GATEWAY PARTNERS, LLP: REQUEST FOR A PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) AMENDMENT TO PERMIT A VETERINARY
CLINIC/KENNEL; AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A 21,000 SQUARE FOOT ONE-
STORY VETERINARY CLINIC AND KENNEL ON LOT 2, BLOCK 1, ARBORETUM
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BUSINESS PARK 3 ADDITION.
Kate Aanenson: Thank you Mayor, members of the council. Again there’s two actions that
we’re looking for tonight. The first action would be an amendment to the PUD which would
allow the proposed use. And the second one is to approve the site plan for the use. So with that,
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this application did go to the Planning Commission on May 20 to review it. The Planning
Commission vote 5 for in favor of the PUD amendment and the site plan but the Planning
Commission did have some concerns regarding the use itself and wanted to make sure that the
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noise and that it was a good neighbor and there was some issues regarding the other facility.
Some of the complaints we had on the other so I’ll explain kind of how we believe this works
and the additional work that we did on the application itself. So with that, the project itself is
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located right off of 82 Street and Highway 41. When we put the PUD in the background, we
included the history of this. This PUD actually goes back, and that would be the Arboretum
Business Park, back to 1987. When we put the PUD together it was intended to be an industrial
park with some support commercial, so certain sites were identified for commercial use. For
example the gas station. And then also we had next to the Holiday Inn, we provided for a
restaurant site so we believed, integral to some of the business, there might be some ancillary
uses that made sense so attached in the back of the staff report is the PUD itself. But within that
PUD there’s a specific list, kind of a short list of what seemed to be appropriates uses. So in that
a kennel was never contemplated. We originally approached to put it on, right on Highway 41.
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Staff didn’t feel like that was as good a site but we did feel that the site as proposed on 82
Street makes some sense based on the topography. There’s a change in grade of 30 feet. If you
look at the site itself, it is actually a 30 feet, over 30 feet change in grade between the water
tower. Dropping down so it’s kind of built into the hill and stuff. You have the gas station on
the one side so there’s a bit of a buffer there and how the operation itself is being run seems to
lend itself to a better location than directly onto 41. Again the first step is actually the
amendment itself. As I just mentioned we would change the commercial zoning district itself to
allow this specific use and that’s the beauty of the PUD. It doesn’t open it up city wide. There
may be appropriate locations that this type of use would fit so this is appropriate, or parochial
just to this site. So this PUD, or this amendment would only happen on this site and I, for the
reasons stated so it would allow for the kennel. Also provide for the veterinary clinic and then
there’d be some outdoor activities with that too so we’ve indicated on there that we would
change the zoning to allow pet kennel and/or veterinary clinic on that specific lot. So then the
second component would be the architecture itself. There’s two access points in the parking and
the landscaping. We believe the site layout, they’ll meet all the conditions of the staff report.
Made some sense. There’s some proof of parking. If they need to put some parking in later,
they can make that work but it’s a well conceived. The issue that the Planning Commission
brought up regarding outdoor. These dogs, as was indicated to us, when they’re outdoors they’ll
be managed by somebody outside. The problem we had before was often let, the larger piece of
property kind of let to run so if there’s a problem they will be brought in there so somebody with
the pet at all times so it shouldn’t be the same situation. I do have the material samples on here.
I’m not going to pass those around but I’ll show the colors here on the slides itself. Again you
can see the grading. The change in grade. Kind of building into the hill should help with some
of that noise attenuation. Again the screening, that was some of the concern. We did talk, some
of the adjoining properties did call. We did review with them how we were addressing their
concerns so I think those are in that. Site elevation itself. Again it’s brick with kind of larger
block. Canvas on the windows. Very highly articulated building. So we’ve got all the, meets all
the requirements including the fenestration which is the window requirements so we again
believe it’s a well conceived building. Indoors, there’s a lot of activity. Or for the dogs
themselves, besides activity rooms and then the kennels themselves and the veterinary clinic.
There is some discussion regarding the landscaping requirements and the like. I’m not going to
go through those. They have agreed to meet all the conditions. There is a park fee extraction.
This lot was already created so there isn’t the same normal extractions for some of those that are
required except for the park fee. At that time when that plat was done we took some of those
fees later as today we would take them all the time of the plat. So with that, as stated, I think
that’s… So with that we are recommending approval as stated on the motions with the
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conditions approve of two motions. One to amend the PUD and then the second to approve the
site plan and I’d be happy to answer any questions that you have.
Mayor Furlong: Thank you. Any questions for staff? No? Very good. Is applicant here?
Would you like to come and address the council on any matters?
Karen Jackson: Good evening. My name is Karen Jackson and this is Dave Hansen.
Mayor Furlong: Good evening.
Dave Hansen: Good evening ladies and gentlemen.
Karen Jackson: We’re here to answer any of your questions.
Mayor Furlong: Questions for the applicant. This seems fairly straight forward. Have you had,
some of the issues that were raised at the Planning Commission and stuff like that. Have you
had any experience or similar issues at your Eden Prairie location?
Dave Hansen: Yes. They’re very remedial though. In fact I invited everyone from the Planning
Commission before we even started our procedures here and to pass it onto City Council, please
visit our Hound Dog Pet Hotel in Eden Prairie if you have any questions. It’s been a very, very
phenomenal success. We have not had one single complaint in 5 years of operation, and I would
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say it’s a much busier location than the one right out here on 82 Street as far as density. You
know Home Depot’s right across the street. We’ve got the grocery store and Rainbow and
everything right behind us and it’s worked out very, very well. Ms. Jackson is a super manager
and not only will these animals be taken very, very well cared of but someone’s with them all the
time. And we’ve had minimal problems, if any, with animals barking. Some dogs do like to
bark but we put those back inside you know and use an interior workout area for those and it’s
worked out very, very well. It’s going to be a very beautiful building and we actually get going
on it pretty quickly. I think Karen’s had over 30 calls already. I don’t know this leaks out but
we have people calling as far as Carver, out west Carver County. When’s that going up you
know so.
Councilman Litsey: They’re lining up huh?
Dave Hansen: Yeah.
Mayor Furlong: Great. Any other questions or thoughts? Councilman McDonald.
Councilman McDonald: I have a question. What are the noise complaints because you’re in an
industrial area right?
Dave Hansen: I don’t know if it’s just a commercial area down there, which is very similar to
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the area of this here on 82 Street. And I don’t think there’s any residents or any type of
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dwelling for quite some distance on 82 Street. We’re in a shopping area, very similar. I would
say that the locations are very similar as the type of use is concerned.
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Councilman McDonald: Yeah, I’m familiar with your site over in Eden Prairie. I’ve heard a lot
about it so, that’s why I was just curious about because I’ve never heard of anything over there.
Karen Jackson: We’re located right next to a Kindercare and they call us and just ask if we can
give tours to the children. I mean they love it so much. You know their kids are peeking
through the fence and I mean it’s such a great idea that you know our neighbors just want to
come and see the puppies and we haven’t had any complaints about the dogs barking. We keep
them very quiet and very entertained so you know the dogs are kept real busy so they’re not
barking.
Councilman McDonald: Okay.
Councilwoman Ernst: Just a quick question. How long have you had your business in Eden
Prairie?
Karen Jackson: It’s going into the sixth year now.
Dave Hansen: So again we extend an invitation to all of you any time. Come on over. Call our
managers. Come on over and get a visit through.
Karen Jackson: But more important, come to the new one. That’s the one we’re going to be
hyping about now. That’s the big one.
Dave Hansen: They’re very similar you know. It’ll be very similar. If you like the one in Eden
Prairie, you’re certainly going to like the one in Chanhassen.
Councilwoman Ernst: Okay.
Councilman Litsey: So the noise issue with dogs, if there is a dog that just.
Karen Jackson: We just bring them right inside. There’ll be facilities indoors as well as
outdoors to relieve the pups so that won’t be a problem.
Councilman Litsey: Okay. So you deal with it immediately pretty much?
Karen Jackson: Absolutely.
Mayor Furlong: After hours I noticed that there was not anticipated that there’d be staffing
overnight because of other means you have for security and such like that. If there is an issue,
how do you work with law enforcement if there is an after hours issue? Have you done anything
there?
Karen Jackson: Yes. Everything is hooked to the security and then.
Mayor Furlong: Contact information and such.
Karen Jackson: Right, and then we have managers that are on call and ourselves as well.
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Mayor Furlong: Alright. Any other questions? Very good. Thank you. Any other comments
for us this evening?
Dave Hansen: Oh, we’re going to have a phase II on the veterinary part of it if we can. We’re
going to have a small delay in that. We already talked to Bob Generous about that. He said to
mention it at this meeting here so we’re going to get a phase II on just the veterinary part of it.
Mayor Furlong: On the building?
Dave Hansen: Yes. Construction of the veterinary building.
Mayor Furlong: Okay. What’s your anticipated timing on that?
Karen Jackson: It’ll be about a year. The situation is that we’re unable to hire a veterinarians
and so it’s a little bit more difficult because of the structure of the building. It’s hard for us to
structurally build a building without the veterinarian being hired. State laws require that you
can’t hire. You have to have the person run the business. We can’t, we can only lease out and so
we need the person knowing how they want their project to be built so.
Dave Hansen: And this is kind of off the record too but we want very good veterinarians.
Mayor Furlong: You just spoke at a public meeting so…
Kate Aanenson: Just clarification. So if you’re approving it with the, that much square footage.
Even if they go 10% above that, so we would just, when they would come back through, just
permit that because you’re approving kind of that square footage right now so you’re just not
building it today. If they were to come back in, we’re approving that square footage today so
they would just come in and get a building permit. It would match the same architecture and we
would just streamline that.
Mayor Furlong: It’d just be a two stage in the construction process?
Kate Aanenson: Yep. Yes.
Dave Hansen: Nothing will change.
Mayor Furlong: But what we’re seeing here tonight and what went through the Planning
Commission includes the veterinarian portion?
Kate Aanenson: Correct. They’re just not going to build that portion. That’s correct.
Councilman Litsey: Does staff have any problems with doing it that way?
Kate Aanenson: No. Actually if they were going to do full disclosure, that’s what we prefer so
you know that that’s coming forward and if this can’t go today, then that’s, you know that we’re
providing for that in the future. That’s correct.
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Todd Gerhardt: Most of our buildings in the industrial park have an addition you know that they
can put on later on so we treat this the same way.
Mayor Furlong: Very good. Anything else? Thank you.
Dave Hansen: You’re very welcome.
Mayor Furlong: Thoughts and comments from the council. After we open the dog park, now
we’ve got a place for them to stay overnight.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: You know that the standing joke here tonight should be the city’s
going to the dogs. And I wasn’t going to do it but I had to. No, just as I think just another great
example of a need in our community that’s being filled. I know that you know to find a good,
quality kennel you had to go to Eden Prairie or you know someplace like that so I know our
residents are really going to benefit from this. And it’s just a good use in our community so I’m
excited that you’re here and I think these dogs are probably taken care of better than the children
next door to the daycare so, welcome and I wish you all the success.
Mayor Furlong: Any other thoughts?
Councilman Litsey: I couldn’t have said it better, including that line.
Councilman McDonald: I guess the only thing I would add is yeah, I would extend my welcome
to the community also so good luck.
Councilwoman Ernst: And obviously if you’ve had 30 calls already and you haven’t even
advertised, there’s a special need in this community for this type of business and I’m looking
forward to the veterinarian clinic as well. Great addition to the community so welcome.
Mayor Furlong: Very good. From a site plan standpoint I think it’s a good looking building and
business I think that will be a good market for you so looking forward to having it move forward.
If there are no other thoughts or comments, there’s a motion before us this evening. Would
somebody like to make a motion? Found on the first page of the staff report.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: I will go ahead and do that. I make a motion that the Chanhassen
City Council approve the amendment to the Planned Unit Development design standards for
Arboretum Business Park, amending section b. Permitted Uses, subsection Commercial Uses, to
permit pet kennels and/or veterinary clinics on Lot 2, Block 1. And the Chanhassen City Council
approve the Site Plan for Planning Case #08-11, for a 21,020 square-foot, one-story kennel and
veterinary clinic, plans dated April 18, 2008, subject to the following conditions 1 through 29 of
the staff report dated May 20, 2008 and the approval of the attached facts and findings
recommendation.
Mayor Furlong: Is there a second?
Councilman Litsey: Second.
Mayor Furlong: It’s been seconded. Thank you. Any discussion on the motion?
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Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman Litsey seconded that the Chanhassen City
Council approve the amendment to the Planned Unit Development design standards for
Arboretum Business Park, amending section b. Permitted Uses, subsection Commercial
Uses, to permit pet kennels and/or veterinary clinics on Lot 2, Block 1.” All voted in favor
and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
Councilwoman Tjornhom moved, Councilman Litsey seconded that the Chanhassen City
Council approve the Site Plan for Planning Case #08-11, for a 21,020 square-foot, one-story
kennel and veterinary clinic, plans prepared by Adsit Architects and Planning and James
R. Hill, Inc., dated April 18, 2008, subject to the following conditions and approval of the
attached Findings of Fact and Recommendations:
1.The applicant shall enter into a site plan agreement with the City and provide the necessary
security to guarantee erosion control, site restoration and landscaping.
2.The developer shall provide a bike rack and look at incorporating a gathering
space/employee break area on the site including benches and/or tables.
3.A lighting plan shall be provided to the City for review and approval.
4.The buildings are required to have automatic fire extinguishing systems.
5.Building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed in the State of
Minnesota.
6.Retaining walls over four feet high must be designed by a professional engineer and a permit
must be obtained prior to construction.
7.A minimum of two handicap accessible parking spaces are required; one of the two must be
“van-accessible”.
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8.Lot 2, Block 1, Arboretum Business Park 3 Addition is subject to a park dedication fee of
$20,790. The fee is due and payable at the time of building permit issuance.
9.Increase plantings for parking lot trees and buffer yard areas in order to meet ordinance
requirements.
10.The proposed fence shall be located outside of any drainage and utility easements and any
required bufferyard plantings shall be located on the exterior of the fence.
11.The applicant shall include more than one species of overstory tree to meet the landscaping
requirements.
12.A 10-foot buffer where no grading can take place is required around the sanitary sewer on the
west side of the property.
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13.Keep a minimum of 2 percent slope in the grass areas, 1 percent in the pavement areas, and
.5 percent along the curb lines.
14.If importing or exporting material for development of the site is necessary, the applicant will
be required to supply the City with detailed haul routes.
15.Building permits are required for all retaining walls four feet tall or higher and must be
designed by a Structural Engineer registered in the State of Minnesota. A fence must be
placed at the top of the wall for safety.
16.Sewer and water shall be connected to the existing sanitary sewer and water stubs provided
by the City of Chaska. Storm sewer shall be connected to the City of Chanhassen storm line.
Stormwater fees will be collected by the City of Chanhassen, whereas sanitary sewer and
water fees shall be paid to the City of Chaska. Approval is needed from the City of Chaska
for the sanitary sewer and water connections.
17.The sanitary sewer along the west property line, storm sewer along the east property line, and
storm sewer along the south property line shall be publicly owned and maintained. All other
utilities within the property boundary will be privately owned and maintained.
18.Details must be provided for all proposed storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and watermain
crossings. Actual elevations of existing utilities shall be verified for accuracy. A minimum
vertical separation of 18 inches is required at all storm, sanitary, and watermain crossings.
Contact Gordy Stauff at 952-227-1166 with the City of Chanhassen Engineering Department
48 hours prior to connecting to the storm and sanitary sewer.
19.Each new lot is subject to the sanitary sewer and water hookup charges. Sanitary sewer and
watermain hookup fees are unknown at this time, but will be paid to the City of Chaska.
Sanitary sewer and watermain hookup fees may be specially assessed against the parcel at
the time of building permit issuance. All of these charges are based on the number of SAC
units assigned by the Met Council and are due at the time of building permit issuance.
20.All of the utility improvements are required to be constructed in accordance with the City's
latest edition of Standard Specifications and Detail Plates. The applicant is also required to
provide the City with the necessary financial security in the form of a letter of credit or cash
escrow in the amount of $15,400.00 to guarantee the installation of the storm sewer, erosion
control, and seeding. The applicant must also notify the City after installation of the erosion
control and 48 hours prior to the commencement of grading. Permits from the appropriate
regulatory agencies will be required, including the MPCA and the Department of Health.
21.Easements will need to be adjusted. The southern easement line shall be revised to be 10 feet
north of the existing storm line. The easement on the east side of the site should be shifted
west 5 feet due to the depth of the storm sewer. Also, an easement is needed 10 feet
southwest of the storm sewer in the northeast corner of the site. Revisions to the easement
will require the old easements to be vacated and new easements to be dedicated.
22.Revise the Peavey Road access grades to allow access to fire trucks.
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23.Change the note on the plan which states the City will be building the trail to “the trail will
be constructed by others”. Shift the location of the trail north so that it is near the property
line. Cooperation between Superdog and the developer of the property is needed to properly
locate and construct the trail.
24.The fence within the drainage and utility easements must be built with removable panels, be
above the ground to allow drainage, and have an 8-foot gate where it crosses the utility lines.
25.Encroachment agreements will be needed for the fence and the parking lot in the drainage
and utility easements.
26.Upon completion of the public street, the applicant shall submit a set of “as-built” plans
signed by a professional engineer.
27.Erosion control blanket shall be installed on all slopes greater than or equal to 3:1.
28.Silt fence shall be installed down gradient of all exposed soils.
29.The applicant shall apply for and obtain permits from the appropriate regulatory agencies (e.g.,
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District, Army Corps of Engineers, MPCA) and
comply with their conditions of approval.”
All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0.
COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS:
Councilwoman Tjornhom: You know I was just going to talk Mayor about the dog park.
Mayor Furlong: Oh, okay.
Councilwoman Tjornhom: And what a fun morning that was. There was lots of people on 2 legs
and 4 legs running around and it was a great community event and it’s really going to be one of
those spots again that brings our town together. And even residents from Edina were there so
obviously it’s a real draw from all over the community and just another positive thing happening
in our town this summer.
Mayor Furlong: Great, thank you. Anything else from council presentations?
Councilman Litsey: I was just going to commend staff, like we have I guess we already on the
mock tornado drill and how well that went, including with law enforcement and fire and council
as well. I thought it was a great exercise and gave us confidence that hopefully it will never
happen but if it does, that we can handle the situation so thanks to all that got together.
Todd Gerhardt: You’re welcome.
Mayor Furlong: I think very well said.
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Todd Gerhardt: I think it turned out very well. Appreciate your support and input during the
process and declaring it an emergency. You guys did a great job and the mayor did his press
release and Forrest did a great job of being from the Washington Post so. Which I still think was
a lateral move.
Mayor Furlong: Great, very good. No, I think it was a good event and I think everybody learned
something. It was also, this kind of slides in a little bit to our correspondence packet. The email
received from Carver County was very nice to see. There were some points in there of things to
consider going forward and at the same time I think they were very complimentary as observers.
The emergency management team from Carver County as observers for what staff did so
appreciate everybody’s involvement and their ability to jump without notice, which can always
be interesting but part of what’s going to happen in this situation as well so, good. Any other
thoughts or comments for council presentations?
ADMINISTRATIVE PRESENTATIONS:
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Todd Gerhardt: Well you may have received your program for the 4 of July activities. The
parade. The map parade is in the program and the 2008 schedule of events. This is the first year
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that we put the program together recognizing it being our 25 anniversary so I don’t know if you
saw this. We mailed some out. Also put some in the Chanhassen Villager so pass that around
for you to take a look at and if you’d like to get some additional copies, we can get those over to
you but Todd and his staff and the Villager did a great job of putting that together. Talking about
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the history of the 4 of July. Some great pictures and quotes from people. The Mayor put a nice
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letter in there inviting everybody to the 4 and so we’re pretty excited. Todd and his staff have
been working on it for months so it’s just right around the corner, a couple weeks away. And
another item is we’ve got our Twilight Tunes this coming Thursday. We’ve got the Jonathan
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Pemberton Quartet on June 12. That’s this Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 in City Center Park.
Thanks to Klein Banks who are sponsors for this summer’s Lunchtime Lyrics and Twilight
Tunes so this is the first one for this summer. Summer’s here so it’ll be exciting to see
everybody gather at City Center Park so look forward to anybody that can attend. Come on out
and have a good time.
Mayor Furlong: If residents are interested, where can they see the schedule of future concerts as
well and which ones are at noon and which ones are in the evening?
Todd Gerhardt: You can go to our web site and we also have it on the public access channel.
Should be a schedule or a slide on there. If not, there will be. Laurie’s pretty good about
updating those. She probably already has one or is working on one.
Todd Hoffman: …Klein Bank has done a tremendous job. They sponsored this at a $2,500 level
but they’re also pouring in many, many hundred dollars worth of advertising for the program so
we thank them for that.
Mayor Furlong: Well these are fun concerts. If anybody’s been there, they don’t need to be told
how much fun it’s going to be and if you haven’t been there, I encourage you to try it some
night. It’s a great way to spend an evening in town. Good. Any questions for Mr. Gerhardt?
Okay.
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CORRESPONDENCE PACKET.
None.
Mayor Furlong: There will be an EDA meeting immediately following our regular council
meeting. That will take place here in the council chambers, but will not be recorded. Or will be
recorded. Will not be broadcast is typical so at this point, is there anything else to come before
the council this evening? If not, is there a motion to adjourn?
Councilwoman Ernst moved, Councilman McDonald seconded to adjourn the meeting. All
voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously with a vote of 5 to 0. The City Council
meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
Submitted by Todd Gerhardt
City Manager
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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