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Mounds View City Council April 27, 2026 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 staff s recommendation that the City charge for the garden plots so there is some ownership of the 2 garden space. He commented on how it would be beneficial for the City to have a community 3 member overseeing the plots to keep the City out of this. 4 5 Mayor Lindstrom asked what size plot the residents were looking for. Mr. Wood explained the 6 plots in St. Cloud were 12' x 12'. Public Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson indicated 7 the smaller plots he was proposing were 10' x 15'. 8 9 Mayor Lindstrom explained he would be willing to take an active role in the community garden 10 because he wanted to see this being successful and equitable for everyone involved. 11 12 City Administrator Zikmund reported the City could look at renting a tiller for the first year. He 13 noted the property had utilities onsite which would assist with providing water to the garden plots. 14 He anticipated this would be a program with great interest and the City would have to assign the 15 garden plots through a lottery system. He suggested the plots be 10' x 10' in size for the first year. 16 17 Council Member Clark recommended this lot not be marketed for sale in 2026 and that this land 18 be designed as a community garden in 2027 if the program was successful. She indicated she 19 supported the City moving forward with a community garden. 20 21 Council Member Smith suggested staff reach out to the schools to see if a small garden shed could 22 be built for the community garden to allow for the storage of gardening tools. 23 24 Mr. Meyer stated he could speak with Dave,the owner of Central Rental,noting he may be willing 25 to provide a tiller to the City free of charge. He explained if he was provided with a blueprint he 26 could work with the school to have a garden shed built. 27 28 Ms. Higgin reported the school community garden has a lot of gardening tools that have already 29 been donated from the buy nothing group. 30 31 Mayor Lindstrom closed the meeting for public comment. 32 33 Mayor Lindstrom recommended staff be directed to draft a list of rules for the garden plots. Public 34 Works/Parks and Recreation Director Peterson explained he could work on this but asked the 35 Council to provide direction on what the fee should be for the garden plots. 36 37 Council Member Gunn suggested the City charge $25 per plot. 38 39 Mayor Lindstrom suggested the garden plot fee be $50. 40 41 Council Member Smith reported Roseville charges $24 for a 15' x 20' plot and $39 for a 15' x 40 42 plot. 43 44 The Council consensus was to charge $25 per garden plot and it was recommended the plots be 45 reserved for Mounds View residents with 75% of the plots being reserved for multi-family 46 residents.