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Regular Council Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 20, 2023
The Farmington City Council met in regular session on Monday, June 20, 2023, at
7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 430 3rd Street, Farmington, Minnesota.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Hoyt called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
3. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Mayor Joshua Hoyt
Councilmembers Holly Bernatz, Nick Lien,
Katie Porter, and Steve Wilson
Members Absent: None
Also Present: Lynn Gorski, City Administrator
Julie Flaten, Asst City Administrator/HR Director
Leah Koch, City Attorney
Deanna Kuennen, Community Development Director
Chris Regis, Finance Director
Justin Elvestad, Fire Chief
Kellee Omlid Parks & Recreation Director
Jared Johnson, Planning Coordinator
Tony Wippler, Planning Manager
Gary Rutherford, Police Chief
John Powell, Public Works Director
Shirley Buecksler, City Clerk
William Lauer, CPA, Malloy, Montague Karnowski,
Radosevich & Co., P.A. (MMKR)
4. APPROVE AGENDA
Motion was made by Councilmember Bernatz and seconded by Councilmember
Porter to approve the agenda, as presented.
Motion carried: 5 ayes / 0 nays.
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS / COMMENDATIONS
5.1 Parks and Recreation Month Proclamation
July 2023 was proclaimed as Parks and Recreation Month.
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6. CITIZENS COMMENTS / RESPONSES TO COMMENTS
No one appeared before Council to speak.
7. CONSENT AGENDA
7.1 City Council Work Session Minutes for June 5, 2023
7.2 Regular City Council Minutes for June 5, 2023
7.3 Temporary On Sale Liquor License, Farmington Municipal Liquors, September
14, 2023
7.4 Resolution No. R46-23 Allowing for a Third Extension for the Recording of the
Final Plat Vita Attiva at South Creek Third Addition, and granting a third time
extension to September 1, 2023, for recording with the Dakota County Recorder
7.5 Resolution No. R47-23, Approving the Assignment of Development Contract
from Ten Nineteen Development, LLC to Ten Nineteen — Farmington, LLC
7.6 Approve Bills
7.7 Fire Service Agreement with Dakota County Agricultural Society for $6,600 for
Fire Services during the 2023 Fair
7.8 Reclassification of the Building Official position
7.9 Staff Changes and Recommendations: Appointments of Joseph Furst, Marcos
Hernandez, Carter Hobbs, and Kaden Mucha as Paid-on-Call Firefighters, Kate
Johnson as a Skate School Instructor, and Michele Tyburg as a Temporary Front
Desk Employee, and approved the promotion of Jason Graham to the position of
Fire Lieutenant
7.10.Cradlepoint upgrade from Step CG LLC, in the amount of $63,305.65 using
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds
7.11 LOGIS Fiber Management Service Agreement in the amount of$13,935 for 2023
7.12 Resolution No. R43-23, Accepting Donations of$500 from the Farmington VFW
and $722 from the Veteran's Steak Fray Committee to the Rambling River Center
7.13 Purchase of Flagstaff Meadows Park shade structure and installation from
Flagship Recreation / Landscape Structures, in the amount of$33,369.27
7.14 Purchase of a VACTOR 2100i from MacQueen Equipment, in the amount of
$583,246.76
Motion was made by Councilmember Lien and seconded by Councilmember Wilson
to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented.
Motion carried: 5 ayes / 0 nays.
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
There were no public hearings.
9. AWARD OF CONTRACT
None.
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10.PETITIONS REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS_
10.1 Amendment to a Planned Unit Development — Trinity Care Center, 905 Elm
Street
Planning Manager Wippler presented. Farmington Health Services dba Trinity
Care Center is requesting a third amendment to the Planned Unit Development
site plan for the property located at 905 Elm Street. There have been two
previous amendments approved to the PUD site plan, one in 2016 and the
second in 2019.
The original PUD site plan was approved by City Council on November 19,
2012, and contained the following proposed site changes:
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residents.
• The demolition of the remaining hospital building and construction of a
utilities addition to the existing skilled nursing center.
• The construction of two (2) senior living apartment buildings on the west
side of the property.
The 2016 PUD site plan amendment made several modifications to the original
plan, including:
• Removing the two (2) senior living apartment buildings from the plan.
• Adds a twenty-nine (29) unit nursing home addition near the north end of
the site.
• Provides for a reduced front yard setback for the nursing home addition.
The setback is reduced from twenty-five (25) feet to eighteen and one-
' half(18 1/2') feet.
• Adds 5,997 square foot addition onto the north side of the existing nursing
home for office, storage and delivery space.
• Shows a north/south access road that connects from 213th Street W
south to the entry drive off of Elm Street. This also shows cross access
to the Pellicci Hardware site both at the north and south end of the Pellicci
site.
The second amendment to the PUD site plan approved in 2019 included the
following revisions:
• The removal of the north/south access road, as it was determined that
this access is not needed for fire protection services.
• Cross access to the Pellicci Hardware site (3560 213th Street West) was
maintained with the second amendment as a proposed access drive was
shown that extends from the southern boundary of the Pellicci Hardware
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site southeast to the Trinity entry drive. Additionally, cross access was
provided on the north end of the Trinity site off of 213th Street West to
the parking lot on the north end of the Pellicci Hardware site. Necessary
easements were required to be provided for cross access at the two
locations to ensure those areas are available for construction of those
accesses by the adjacent property owner.
The third amendment, which is currently being proposed, consists of the
following improvements:
• The removal/demolition of approximately 7,700 square feet of the
existing nursing home portion of the facility.
• The construction of a 21,127 square foot addition onto the east side of
the nursing home facility. This addition will largely consist of additional
storage and a additional twenty (20) nursing home units. This addition
will also connect into the existing apartment building located in the
northeast portion of the site as well as the group home memory care unit
on the southeast portion of the site.
Current building coverage is approximately 20.3%. With the proposed sitework
the building coverage will increase to approximately 22.7%. The City's
multi-family zone (R-4) allows for a maximum building coverage of 30 percent.
Setbacks are not an issue with the proposed expansion. The addition is situated
towards the center of the parcel. The required setbacks are as follows: Front
yard: 25 feet, Side and Rear yard: 10 feet. The proposed addition well exceeds
these requirements.
A total of 183 off-street parking stalls are provided on site. This well exceeds the
requirements under city code for a senior care facility.
Planning Commission Review
The Planning Commission held a public hearing regarding this application at its
June 13, 2023, regular meeting. The Commission voted 4-0 to recommend
approval of the proposed PUD amendment and to forward that recommendation
on to the City Council.
Motion was made b Councilmember Porter and seconded b Councilme mber
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Wilson to adopt Resolution No. R44-23 Approving a Third Amendment to the
St. Francis Health Services of Morris, Inc. Planned Unit Development Plan.
Motion carried: 5 ayes/ 0 nays.
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10.2 Amendment to a Planned Unit Development—Vita Attiva at South Creek, 5140
216th Street West
Planning Coordinator Johnson presented. Applicant Paul Whiteman has applied
for an amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Agreement for Vita
Attiva at South Creek to allow for a monument sign to be located near the Vita
Attiva amenities building at 5140 216th Street West.
Background
The City first entered into a PUD Agreement for the Vita Attiva at South Creek
development in August of 2021. The PUD Agreement outlined approved
deviations from zoning requirements in City Code such as reduced setbacks
and lot sizes. The PUD Agreement was then amended in July of 2022 to add a
deviation to increase the allowed building coverage.
PUD Amendment
A second amendment to the PUD Agreement is being requested to add an
additional deviation to allow for a monument sign that exceeds size
requirements in City Code. Per City Code Section 10-6-3(B)2b, Single-Family
Subdivisions and Multi-Family Complexes are allowed one monument sign per
street frontage and cannot exceed 50 square feet in area and 5 feet in height.
The applicant initially requested approval of a monument sign that was 165
square feet in area and 5.5 feet in height but, after consideration from the
Planning Commission, the request has changed to a monument sign that is 135
square feet in area and 4.5 feet in height.
PUD's allow for flexibility in zoning standards, including sign requirements. The
proposed amendment to the PUD Agreement would allow the proposed sign to
deviate from the above-mentioned sign area requirement.
Planninq Commission
The Planning Commission held a public hearing for the proposed amendment
to the PUD Agreement at their June 13th meeting. As mentioned earlier, the
initial request was for the monument sign to be 165 square feet in area and 5.5
feet tall. Duringthe public hearing, the Planning Commission and several
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residents of Vita Attiva expressed their concern with the size of the sign as it
would be over three times the square footage allowed per code. At the request
of the Planning Commission, the applicant agreed to reduce the height of the
sign by one foot. The proposed monument sign would now be 135 square feet
in area and 4.5 feet tall. The PUD amendment would only apply to the sign area.
The height of the sign would meet the code requirement.
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The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the amendment to
the PUD Agreement with the condition that the height of the sign is reduced by
one foot.
Monument Sign
The proposed monument sign is to be located at grade in between the amenities
building and the stormwater pond. The sign would span 30 feet and be centered
with the amenities building in the background. The sign spells"Vita Attiva" using
letters that will be up-lit from the ground. The letters would be attached to a
stone base consisting of light brown tones. The sign would be anchored into the
ground.
Motion was made by Councilmember Wilson and seconded by Councilmember
Lien to adopt Resolution No. R45-23 Approving a Second Amendment to the
Vita Attiva at South Creek Planned Unit Development Agreement as it Pertains
to a Monument Sign, to allow for a 135 square foot monument sign to be located
at 5140 216th Street West.
Motion carried: 5 ayes/ 0 nays.
11.UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
12.NEW BUSINESS
12.1 2022 Annual Financial Report and Management Report
The 2022 Annual Financial Report and Management Report was presented by
Director Chris Regis and William Lauer, CPA - Malloy, Montague, Karnowski
Radosevich & Co. (MMKR).
Motion was made by Councilmember Bernatz and seconded by
Councilmember Porter to accept the auditor's reports.
Motion carried: 5 ayes / 0 nays.
13.CITY COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE
Council mentioned Dew Days, thanked the organizers, and reminded everyone to
watch for kids and pedestrians. Suggestion for a Turkey Trot marathon this fall.
Volunteers are still needed for Dew Days activities — please consider helping, even if
you only have an hour to volunteer. We appreciate your help.
Staff discussed:
• Board and Commission openings with the Minnesota Secretary of State's
Office —visit them online for more information.
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• The Council meeting and work session scheduled for July 3rd have been
cancelled. The next meetings are scheduled for Monday, July 17tn
• Hiring of additional Staff members to the Farmington Fire Department. This is
a big accomplishment. They will start July 10tn
• Encourage the public to participate in the community vision during Dew Days.
Stop by the City's booth.
• Construction and roadwork updates.
• Cardboard recycling bins removed; some items showed up in organics — the
Police Department is following up.
• Tree trimming has been done along the parade route.
• Open Door event June 27, July 18, August 15, and September 19.
• Music in the Park event June 28.
• Departmental budget meetings have started.
• Fire Department 150tn Celebration is a month away. Raffle tickets are available.
Water ball on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
• Be cognizant of extra foot traffic during Dew Days.
Mayor Hoyt said the Dew Days Committee put together a phenomenal event last year,
and this year's event is going to be even bigger with something for everyone. We are
still in need of volunteers in several areas and appreciate any amount of time you can
give. A belated Father's Day, and Happy Independence Day to everyone.
14.ADJOURNMENT
Motion was made by Councilmember Porter and seconded by Councilmember Wilson
to adjourn the meeting at 5:38 p.m.
Motion carried: 5 s.ayes / 0 nays.
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Respectfully submitted,
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City Cler