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Business/ Inquiry
To: Honorable Mayor Bailey and EDA Members
From: Christine Costello, Economic Development Director
Matt Wolf, Economic Development Coordinator
Date: January 9, 2020
Activites that have taken place in the community that may have a potential impact on economic
development activity:
Discussion Staff Action
Shoppes at Cottage View City Administrator Levitt, Acting Community and Economic
Elevation Discussion, Development Director Costello, and Economic Development
December 12, 2019 Specialist Wolf met with Bolton & Menk to discuss elevations
as they relate to development at the Shoppes at Cottage
View.
Meeting with Roers Assistant City Engineer Amanda Meyer, Senior Planner
Companies, December 19, Emily Schmitz, and Economic Development Specialist Wolf
2019 met with Roers Companies to discuss multifamily
development opportunities in the Harkness Area.
Washington County Economic Development Specialist Wolf gave a presentation
Transportation Consortium, on the Cottage Grove Bus Loop to the Washington County
December 19, 2019 Transportation Consortium.
Growth in the Grove Management Assistant Chris Hetland sent out the quarterly
Newsletter, January 7, 2020 Cottage Grove Economic Development newsletter.
Strategic Initiatives for Economic Development Director Costello and Economic
Economic Development Development Coordinator Wolf met to discuss strategic
Meeting, January 8, 2020 initiatives for economic development over the next three
years.
TO: Economic Development Authority
FROM: Christine Costello, Economic Development Director
DATE: January 8, 2020
RE: Development Update
Building Permits
Building Permit Statistics:
Between December 1 and December 31, 2019, there were 249 building permits issued with a total
valuation of $5,752,602, including 8 new single-family homes valued at $2,530,436. In 2019, the
Building Division issued a total of 3,628 building permits with a total valuation of $165,237,970, which
includes 284 new homes valued at $77,321,900 (246 single-family $70,852,267 and 38 townhome
units $6,469,633) and 364 commercial permits with a valuation of $73,331,113, and miscellaneous
residential permits valued at $14,587,957.
Commercial Permit Valuation Comparison
By Month
2018-2019
30,000,000
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2019 Valuation2018 Valuation
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Commercial/Industrial Construction Activity
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20000000
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Residential Permits -New construction
1996 to 2019
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1995200020052010201520202025
Current Project Updates
Building Construction Projects
Up North Plastics: This project consists of a 428,358 square foot production, office and warehouse.
The contractors are currently completing steel erections and have begun roofing.
Renewal by Anderson: This is a 358,650 square foot production, office, and warehouse. Roofing is
being installed. The interior underground service was completed. The exterior link and interior framing,
plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fire suppression are being installed. (Photos are on the last
page.)
Las Margaritas: The heating and plumbing final inspections have been completed and the certificate
of occupancy should be requested shortly.
Menards: The exterior accessory storage building is complete with the fencing and guard shack being
installed. The exterior enclosure of the existing storage area is substantially complete. The interior
mezzanine footings have been inspected and approved, and the structural steel and elevator are
being installed.
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Airgas: Continuing to pour massive concrete footings and piers in preparation of supporting equipment
and structures.
Planning Division
Planning Commission Meeting December 16, 2019
The Planning Commission met on December 16, 2019, and reviewed the following application:
Woodward Ponds (Donnay Homes & M/I Homes) Preliminary Plat: The Planning Commission held
a public hearing for a proposed 164-lot multi-family attached unit development. This proposed devel-
opment would consist of row townhome units as well as tri-plex and four-plex buildings. The project
site is located just north of Military Road and west of Keats Avenue and abuts Ravine Parkway to the
north and the Knutson Tree Farm and Stoneybrook Villas to the east.
Location Map
Preliminary Plat
A neighborhood meeting was held on November 5, 2019. Donnay Homes (developer) and M/I Homes
(builder) met with multiple residents to answer questions and hear concerns. The biggest concerns
that were raised as a part of the proposed development included:
Increase in traffic.
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Request for additional stop signs to be provided at intersections.
Request for additional screening along the Historic Military Trail Corridor.
Historic Military Trail Corridor pedestrian crossings.
Trail and sidewalk connections would require extensions from the south (Eastridge Woods) and from
the north connecting to Ravine Parkway. Future road extensions would be planned for as develop-
ment moves towards the east as well. The proposal meets the minimum required parking, landscape,
and tree mitigation requirements. The developer is proposing to maintain as much of the existing
buffer between Military Road and the Eastridge Woods development. Military Road will be removed
as a part of this project and a trail installed in its place from Joliet Avenue to Keats Avenue.
The proposed products include row townhomes located towards the west and southwest of the de-
velopment, and tri-plex and four-plex products located on the northerly portion of the site abutting
Ravine Parkway.
Row Townhome Front Elevation
Tri-Plex Front Elevation
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Tri-Plex Rear Elevation
Four-Plex Front Elevation
Four-Plex Rear Elevation
The Planning Commission unanimously (6-to-0 vote) recommended approval of the zoning amend-
ment and preliminary plat for Woodward Ponds. This request will be on the agenda for the January
15, 2020, City Council meeting.
January 27, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting
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The following applications were received for the January 27, 2020, Planning Commission meeting:
Cub Garden Center: Cub Foods has applied for an interim conditional use permit to allow a temporary
outdoor garden center in the parking lot of their property at 8690 East Point Douglas Road South.
Summers Landing EAW: Summergate Development has filed an application for an Environmental
Assessment Worksheet (EAW) amendment for the proposed Summers Landing 4th Addition develop-
ment, generally located north of 93rd Street and west of Mississippi Dunes Boulevard.
Leafline Labs Expansion: APPRO Development, Inc., on behalf of Leafline Labs, has applied for an
amendment to their existing conditional use permit allow construction of a 133,726 square foot
addition to the existing 43,7000 square foot facility at 8235 97th Street South, which would consist of
a greenhouse and a link to the existing facility, as well as a new access road encircling the
greenhouse.
High Pointe: D.R. Horton, Inc. Minnesota has applied for a zoning amendment to change the zoning
of 14.4 acres of vacant land located on the southeast corner of 65th Street South and Century
Avenue/Geneva Avenue from AG-2, Agricultural, to R-5, Medium Density Residential; and a
preliminary plat for 82 lots and associated outlots for the creation of an attached housing multi-family
townhome development.
Water Treatment Facility: The City of Cottage Grove has applied for an interim conditional use permit
to allow construction of an interim water treatment facility at 8540 81st Street South to treat either Well
#7 or Well #8 until a permanent water treatment solution is determined.
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Renewal By Andersen