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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA AUGUST 24, 2022 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 241h day of August, 2022 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Keis, Council Members Miller, McGraw and Fischer. Absent: Torkelson. ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Chris Heineman, Finance Director Sam Magureanu, Public Works Director Bill Dircks and City Clerk/HR Manager Heidi Heller. MINUTES McGraw introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2022-8-96 — APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE A UGUST 10, 2022 WORKSHOP AND A UGUST 101 2022 REGULAR MEETINGS AS SUBMITTED The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Fischer. Ayes (4). Nays (0). Resolution adopted. ANNOUNCEMENTS The City Administrator reported that the Villas of Gervais Lake had been potentially planned for the meeting tonight, but will not be back before the Council until potentially September 14, 2022. PUBLIC COMMENTS Jessica Turcotte, 2674 Schletty Drive, stated she is adjacent to the Villas of Gervais Lake development. She passed out photos of her rear yard to show the large retaining wall and row of trees along the top of the wall. She stated that her property will be adjacent to three of the new lots. She is formally making the following requests: • If the cul-de-sac design is accepted as currently proposed, she requests that on the side of the new street where the development touches the already existing Schletty Drive property, the rear yard setback variances should not be allowed, and instead, front yard setback variances should be considered. She stated that in her opinion, variances, when possible, should have the least amount of impact on the existing residences. She noted that the reduced front yard will only impact the new people who move into the cul-de-sac. • The new grading plan indicates that no original mature trees will likely remain on the property post -construction, and the regrading will create a retaining wall approximately 10 feet high on the edge of her property. She pointed out in the photos that she has a row of mature oak trees at the top of her retaining wall and has been advised by experts that if the new retaining wall is constructed at the lot line, many or all of the existing trees may not survive since the new construction will go well into the dripline of the trees. She stated that the new construction