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COTTAGE GROVE PUBLIC SERVICES
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May 19, 2025
CLASSROOM A&B - 7:00 PM
A. Call to Order
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Roll Call
D. Approval of the Agenda
E. Approval of Minutes
A March 17, 2025
F. Open Forum
G. Presentations
A Construction Update
B 2024 Fire Department Year in Review
H. Business Items
I. Commission Comments
J. Staff Reports and Materials
K. Council Comments
A Council Agendas
L. Adjournment
MINUTES
COTTAGE GROVE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION March 17, 2025
City Council Chambers
12800 Ravine Parkway South, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, 55016
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Ron Kath called the Public Service Commission meeting to order at 7:00 p.m., explained Chair Lisa Kons was fighting a
cold, so he’s helping her out.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Vice Chair Kath asked everyone to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. ROLL CALL
Vice Chair Kath was advised that Roll Call had been taken. Absent: Commissioner Jenny Olson, Commissioner Lise Rediske,
Commissioner Kelsey Moyer
4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Commissioner Tracy Jenson made a motion to approve the agenda; Commissioner Nate Lotts seconded. Motion carried: 4-0.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 27, 2025 MEETING
Motion by Chair Kons to approve the January 27, 2025 meeting minutes; Commissioner Lotts seconded.
Motion carried: 4-0.
6. OPEN FORUM
Vice Chair Kath said open forum is a process for anyone in the audience who wishes to speak to the commission may do so at
this time. No one spoke. Vice Chair Kath closed the open forum.
7. PRESENTATIONS
A. GIRL SCOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PRESENTATION
Ryan Burfeind, Public Works Director, said Girl Scout Troop 57482 is here to talk about pedestrian safety in Cottage Grove. They
have a short presentation, which I believe they also gave recently to the School Board. He invited them to come up to give their
presentation.
Girl Scout Kinsley Chase introduced herself and her fellow Girl Scouts, Natalie Long, Julia Schwalm, and Nyx Talbot, all with Troop
57482; she said unfortunately, one of our members, Genevieve Vang, couldn’t make it tonight. We have a take action project
that we are going to be talking about.
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Natalie spoke about Our Goals:
•Create safer walking paths for pedestrians
•Make it easier for the kids who don’t have rides
•Inform and address the community of hazardous walking patterns among walkers
•A project that helps us with the Silver Award
•A problem we have noticed within the community
•Our take action project is focused on kids who walk to and from school and is meant to improve safety for children and
pedestrians
•Adding shortcut trails, which will benefit walkers who are looking to cut their time while traveling to school
•We want to inform the community and drivers of unsafe walking patterns to and from school, so they can be aware that
kids may be crossing at unsafe intersections
•Enforcing a lower speed limit in school zones to decrease the chance of injury in pedestrians and walkers
•Adding crosswalks and flashing crosswalk signs where students walk:
Nicks spoke about their researched Stop Sign Info:
•Put 2 stop signs around Oltman Middle School
•1 crosswalk around Oltman Middle School
•6 to 9 stop signs around Cottage Grove Middle School
•3 crosswalks around Cottage Grove Middle School
Nicks gave Reasons Why this is Important:
•We need a plan that keeps the students in mind, not where we want them to be.
•For around half of the school year in Minnesota, weather and accessibility is harder for students:
•Because of the seasons, it’s a lot darker in the morning, and kids need to cross; it’s harder for cars and other vehicles to
see them, which can increase the risk of crashes and injuries.
•Walkers in our Troop have experienced people that we know getting into crashes when they are trying to get to school.
•Grades K-6 More than 1 mile
•Grades 6-8 More than 1.5 miles
•Grades 9-12 More than 2 miles
•At Oltman Middle School, one of the places we would like to put a sign or better visible areas for people to cross is
because there is a hill over there and it is a lot harder to see them, especially when you’re coming up on that hill. I know
I have encountered a few close calls trying to make sure that drivers could see me when I was trying to make my way
to school.
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•At Cottage Grove Middle School, near Park High School there is a big hill surrounding the area, and it’s a lot harder for
kids to get to school when they have to deal with those hills.
Pictures:
•On the next slide, we have a few pictures of the Oltman intersection; the second picture is the hill coming up to the
place where students want to walk.
•On the last picture is where we want to put a crosswalk for students to cross. We do need to keep in mind that kids have
to walk more than a mile to school, following the roads and other paths, instead of just the mile radius of the school
walking zone.
Sources: These are the sources where we found the Stop Sign information; it showed maps were from Google Maps.
Vice Chair Kath asked the girls to please stay up there, as we might have a question or two for you. As we get started, first of all,
I just want to thank you girls for coming forward, I thought you did a really nice job. I loved the PowerPoint that you put together,
too. So, it gives us an opportunity to have a discussion now and talk about your proposal, and then if we feel that we need to,
we’ll give staff some guidance at that point. Vice Chair Kath asked the commissioners if they any questions for the Troop.
Commissioner Jenson thanked the Troop for being here and being involved in making the community safer, we really
appreciate your presentation. I just wanted to understand, can you talk a little bit about how you picked the locations? Did you
observe situations, or?
Nyx replied we picked the locations based on places we know it’s unsafe for walkers who do need to cross and places that
students most often cross in order to get to school on time.
Commissioner Lotts said I don’t have any questions, but thank you so much, nice job, nice presentation. Fantastic mime, by
the way, with the frozen one.
Nyx stated I would also like to mention one other thing. On 65th Street, the speed limit is around like 50 MPH, and they don’t
consider that area a school zone, but kids still have to pass through there.
Vice Chair Kath replied well, actually, being a school bus driver, I drive that road a lot, so you guys have picked some really good
intersections to have us at least deliberate and talk about. So, I commend you that you put a lot of time and effort in this, even
researching the cost of the signs, where we could actually put some signage, at least to identify some safer zones. Because I think
the other thing that maybe I thought about, too, when you talk about safety, especially during the school year, it’s a lot darker,
too. We don’t have a lot of daylight once it kind of gets late in fall, and in winter, our kids are walking at that time, and you were
totally correct on the walking distances. For a mile for a kindergartner is too far, and even for the Middle School, it is 1.5 miles
right now. You probably learned at the School Board, too, they have the different types of roads where if it’s a certain speed
limit, then we don’t want the kids crossing and they will be bused at that point. So, I know at least the School District has put
those type of guardrails out there to help, and from a safety perspective, as one who actually used to serve on the School Board,
it was always our concern of our walkers out there at that point.
So, I guess what I’d like to do is maybe open it up a little bit to Ryan and see if staff has taken any type of a look at this and
seen what, because some of them seem realistic and I don't know why we couldn’t put a sign up. Especially the Oltman one, right
away, coming up 65th, you’ve got the walking path that comes out of the park; there’s kind of that walking path, you come out
of the subdivision and there’s a path, you go across 65th and then we’re on the sidewalk. So, to me, I see a lot of people crossing
there, not only kids going to school, but even people out walking in the afternoon, just going for a walk.
Director Burfeind said certainly there was a lot of good information here, and I want to thank the Girl Scout Troop as well for
being here tonight and giving a great presentation. It’s definitely something that we will look at, and there could be a few different
things; there could be ones that are maybe more obvious kind of things that we could implement and don’t really need a lot of
study. Something like 65th Street is always a little harder because it is a County Road, and obviously, the County is just as
concerned about pedestrian safety; one of the challenges, because the speed limit was mentioned, that is a 50 MPH road. When
you’re talking about those kind of speed limits, if it’s something like a crosswalk at an intersection, it’s always a legal place to
cross, but most studies show that just adding a sign or crosswalk bars can actually increase accidents because it can maybe give
a little false sense of security. So, those are things we want to look really closely at and work with the County on to make sure
what we’re doing is really the safest approach.
We also want to look at this holistically; I think there’s a lot of good information here for both Middle Schools. Like I said, we’ll
probably look at all of it first, see if there’s easier things to implement. Certainly, by Cottage Grove Middle School, you’re talking
lower-speed roads with Indian Boulevard, where it can be very appropriate to have additional crosswalk signage, crosswalk
markings, things like that.
The only thing I want to mention is the City was successful in getting what’s called an SS4A Grant, Safe Streets and Roads for
All; it was a Federal Grant of $352,000 that we got, and then we got a matching State Grant for the remaining 20%, to get us up
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to $440,000, to kind of look at pedestrian safety holistically in our City. The only unfortunate thing is with some of the Federal
funding freezes right now, we’ve been told to pause all work on that and not move ahead, but we’re confident that will get
worked out and we’ll be able to implement that grant.
8. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. GRANADA PARK PARKING UPDATE
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there was a request from the public to look at a No Parking Zone on the west side of Granada Avenue. A lot of good discussion
at that time with some direction to kind of go back and maybe revisit some other parking enhancement ideas. It also went back
to the Parks Commission as well to look at this, so they had a lot of good discussion at our previous meeting. If you recall, I think
the direction wasn’t necessarily to do the parking restriction right away, only because it’s not necessarily solving the issue, right?
There’s a lot of extra parking with all the pickleball use, it was just kind of moving the issue, it was just moving it outside of the
parking restriction. There was discussion about like a dedicated parking lot; however, that was going to take up a lot of that open
green space, which is really nice to have at Granada Park.
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Director Burfeind said and another nice thing, I think when you have this dedicated perpendicular parking, people are more
inclined to use it. I think when you’re parking on a street anyway, depending on the direction they come from, they’re going to
park on that side of the street. So, even if it’s not busy, they might have still parked against those residents’ driveways, but now
that you have dedicated parking, I think the idea is people will be more inclined to use that first before they’re parking on the
roadway.
9. COMMISSION COMMENTS - None.
10. STAFF REPORTS AND MATERIALS
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20 years ago, and there is only one way in and out for those business areas; and there is no way to build that roundabout without
at least closing one side, so it really was just not a feasible solution to do a roundabout, but the signal was always planned and
it’ll work well.
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Vice Chair Kath said and then one last one, is there any pressure we can put on the State with the roundabout there to get the
lines painted when Spring gets here? Because I know they did a little bit of work, but it seemed like they didn’t finish the job. Is
there any way we can put pressure on the State?
pipe; and with our soils with all the big boulders, that actually can be challenging to directionally drill in
Cottage Grove, but we will drill it under that single-family property. It’s not under the home, it’s right on the edge of their yard,
and then under Pine Tree Valley Park, so we’re not impacting the park as well.
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Detective Sergeant Justin Henseler said thank you, commission, I’ve been to a couple meetings now, so your faces look familiar.
He introduced himself, said he’s been with the Cottage Grove Police Department for about 11 years now. I’m currently assigned
to the Investigative Unit, but I wanted to cover a couple of things on the Police side:
11. COUNCIL COMMENTS
A. Council Agendas
12. ADJOURNMENT
Vice Chair Kath adjourned the meeting at 7:41 p.m.
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Cottage Grove Fire Department
2024 Year in Review
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May 2025
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2024 Fire Department Overview
•Accomplishments
•Response review
•Training hours
•Community Risk Reduction Activities (fire prevention)
•EMS Patient experience
•Looking ahead
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Accomplishments
•Five Year Strategic Plan
•4930 Calls despite staffing crisis
•Firefighter/EMT to Paramedic program
•Hiring, Training, mentoring and moving forward
•Equipment and PPE updates (turn-out gear, hose, etc.)
•Added Deputy Chief position
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2025 Incident Review
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2024 Total calls for service
•4930 calls for service
•7.1% increase from 2023!
•Predicted 5.6% (goal)
Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: -5 to +5 percent of goal
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Call volume breakdown
•Fire: 60
•We put out the fire
•EMS: 3487
•Patient contact/care
•Hazardous Condition: 87
•Good intent: 1069
•Includes “canceled” prior to arrival, smoke scare
•Service calls: 75
•Smoke odor, assist police, mutual aid
•False calls: 143
•Fire alarms, no fire
•“Other”: 9
Fire, 60
EMS, 3487Haz.
Condition, 87
Service Call,
75
Good Intent,
1069
False Alarm,
143
Other, 9Other, 0
Fire EMS Haz.
Condition
Service Call Good
Intent
False Alarm Other
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Fire Department Call Volume
•Significant increasing call volume
since 2017
•61 percent increase since 2017
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
3070
3221
3442
3326
4135
4518
4603
4930
Fire Department Incident Volume, 2017-2024
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EMS Mutual Aid
•We provide ambulances to other communities when they do not have
one available
•They provide coverage for us when we do not have one available
•We have traditionally provided much more than we needed
•Large source of revenue for EMS historically
•We bill patient for service (we received funds to provide response)
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EMS Mutual Aid
Provided (we helped other communities)
2019: 263
2020: 217
2021: 282
2022: 254
2023: 217
2024: 313
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
263
217
282
254
217
313
EMS Mutual Aid Provided, 2019-2024
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EMS Mutual Aid Received
Another ambulance provided to
our community
2020: 71
2021: 150
2022: 183
2023: 226
2024: 429
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
47
71
150
183
226
429
EMS Mutual Aid Received, 2019-2024
Total Calls Lost
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EMS Mutual Aid Plus/Minus
Needed help more help than we
could provide
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0
50
100
150
200
250
-50
-100
-150
216
146 132
71
-9
-116
EMS Mutual Aid Plus/Minus
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EMS Mutual Aid
•Overall percentage of EMS calls that
require mutual aid
•Goal is less than one percent
•Goal < 1 Percent
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
1.5
2.7 4.5
5.2
6.7
12.3
Mutual Aid Percentage, 2019-2024
Goal <1 %Red: > 10 percent under
goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent
under goal
Green: -5 to +5 percent
of goal
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Response Times
•Response times are for “lights and sirens” calls only (“emergency
calls”) in Cottage Grove
•We evaluate EMS calls and fire calls separately (due to need to get
into fire gear when responding)
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EMS Response Times
•Average: 6:22
•Goal <6 minutes
•90th percentile: 9:40
•Goal <8 minutes
•Does not include mutual aid
response times (2-4 times increase)
•Factors: overlapping calls, more
response from hospitals, cross-
staffing*
Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: -5 to +5 percent of goal
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Fire Response Time
•Average: 6:37
•Goal <6 minutes
•90th percentile: 9:53
•Goal <8 minutes
•Factors: overlapping calls, cross-
staffing*, no “dedicated” fire
engine, competing priorities (on
fire inspections/public
education)
Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: -5 to +5 percent of goal
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Community Risk Reduction
•Established Community Paramedic Program with Case Management
Unit (co-responder)
•Trained hundreds in CPR and first aid
•Attended dozens of events throughout the year
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Safe Haven Visits
•180 Total Visits!
•210 Smoke Alarms
•127 CO Alarms
•266 Stove Top Fire Stops
•256 Surge protectors
•16 Firefighters helped with the visits
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Training Update
•Over 4101 hours of logged training in 2024
•The most highly qualified, trained and prepared
Firefighter/Paramedic/EMTs
•Promoting professional certification and licensure
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EMS Patient Experience Summary
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2024 EMS Patient Experience Summary
•Cornerstone to the Fire Department’s mission is to deliver exceptional
patient-centered EMS care
•Deliver great outcomes while providing respectful, caring and
professional care to our patients
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Strategic Plan Goal
•Strategic Goal: Deliver customer-centered EMS care
•Key Outcome: At least 90 percent of EMS customers (patients)
respond with agree or strongly agree that they received quality
services and were treated with respond through EMS experience
surveys.
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EMS Experience Surveys
•Patients are sent a survey after receiving EMS services
•Given to approximately 20 percent of patients (randomly to every 5th
patient)
•Sent to Cottage Grove residents only (no mutual aid)
•137 surveys returned for 2024 calls for service
•45 percent response rate!
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My ambulance team was professional
•Goal: ≥90% Strongly agree or
agree
•121 Strongly agree
•12 agree
•97% Strongly agree/agree
•133/136 surveys
Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: >-5 of goal
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My ambulance team was knowledgeable and competent
•Goal: ≥90% Strongly agree or
agree
•118 Strongly agree
•13 agree
•96% Strongly agree/agree
•131/136 surveys Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: >-5 of goal
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My ambulance team treated with respect and courtesy
•Goal: ≥90% Strongly agree or
agree
•122 Strongly agree
•10 agree
•97% Strongly agree/agree
•132/136 surveys Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: >-5 of goal
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My ambulance team showed concern for my family members
•Goal: ≥90% Strongly agree or
agree
•110 Strongly agree
•9 agree
•92% Strongly agree/agree
•119/129 surveys Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: >-5 of goal
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I was satisfied with the care I received from my fire and
ambulance team
•Goal: ≥90% Strongly agree or
agree
•119 Strongly agree
•13 agree
•97% Strongly agree/agree
•132/136 surveys Red: > 10 percent under goal
Yellow: 5-10 percent under goal
Green: >-5 of goal
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Comments
•Unfortunately, I have had to use ambulance service several times recently and am always so impressed with service and care. They are the best!
•I didn't need to be transported. The team called my family for input about my condition. Above and Beyond as far as I am concerned. Thank you!!
•The service provided (lift assists) was extremely helpful. The team(s) (I called twice) were attentive and caring.
•They were awesome! Kept me calm and relaxed as possible. I felt like they really cared.
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Looking Ahead - 2025
•Continue Strategic Plan Progress
•Peer Support Program
•Cadet Program
•Training, Training, Training
•Continue optimizing equipment with budget parameters
•Establish specialized operation programs
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Strategic Plan Scorecard
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Questions and Discussion
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12800 RAVINE PARKWAY SOUTH
COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA 55016
March 19, 2025
COUNCIL CHAMBER -7:00 PM
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Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Operi Forum
Adoption of Agenda
Presentations
A Introducing Riggs: Cottage Grove Public Safety's Therapy Dog
Staff Recommendation: Allow Case Management Detective Scott Shaver the opportunity to introduce
Cottage Grove Public Safety's Therapy Dog Riggs.
7 Consent Agenda
A Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Meeting Minutes (2025-02-10)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the February 10, 2025, Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Regular
Meeting Minutes.
B Public Services Commission Meeting Minutes (2025-01-27)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the January 27, 2025, Public Service Commission Regular Meeting Minutes.
C Approval of Rental Licenses
Staff Recommendation: Approve the issuance of rental licenses to the properties listed in the attached table.
·o Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation Community Partnerships Grant Award
Staff Recommendation: Accept the Grant Award in the amount of $2,500 from the Minnesota Chiefs of
Police Foundation Community Partnerships Grant Program.
E Public Safety Grants -Authorization to Apply
Staff Recommendation: Authorize the Public Safety Department-Police Division to apply for the COPS
Hiring, Law Enforcement Mental Health & Wellness, Pathway to Policing, Intensive Comprehensive Peace
Officer Education & Training, and the Driving While Impaired/Traffic Safety Officer grants in 2025.
F Intrastate Mutual Aid Cooperative Agreement
Staff Recommendation: 1.) Adopt Resolution 2025-031, approving the City of Cottage Grove's participation
in the Minnesota Incident Command System (MN/CS} Organization/Incident Management Team.
2.) Approve the Intrastate Mutual Aid Cooperative Agreement between the Minnesota Department of Public
Safety, Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the City of Cottage Grove.
G School Resource Officer Services Agreement
Staff Recommendation: Approve the School Resource Officer Services Agreement between the City of
Cottage Grove and Independent School District No. 833.
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12800 RAVINE PARKWAY SOUTH
COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA 55016
April 2, 2025
COUNCIL CHAMBER -7:00 PM
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Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Open Forum
Adoption of Agenda
Presentations
A World Autism Month Proclamation
Staff Recommendation: Proclaim April 2025 as World Autism Month.
B National Volunteer Month Proclamation
Staff Recommendation: Proclaim April 2025 as National Volunteer Month.
7 Consent Agenda
A City Council Special Meeting Minutes (2025-03-05)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the March 5, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes.
B City Council Regular Meeting Minutes (2025-03-05)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the March 5, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes.
C City Council Special Meeting Minutes (2025-03-19)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the March 19, 2025, Special Meeting Minutes.
D City Council Regular Meeting Minutes (2025-03-19)
Staff Recommendation: Approve the March 19, 2025, Regular Meeting Minutes.
E Planning Commission Meeting Minutes (2025-02-24)
Staff Recommendation: Accept and place on file the minutes from the February 24, 2025, Planning
Commission meeting.
F Temporary Liquor License -Cottage Grove Lions Club
Staff Recommendation: Authorize issuance of a temporary intoxicating liquor license to Kaitlyn Mary
Tobritzhofer on behalf of the Cottage Grove Lions Club for Strawberry Fest on June 19 -21, 2025.
G Temporary Liquor License -St. Paul Park Lions Club
Staff Recommendation: Authorize issuance of a temporary intoxicating liquor license to Zac Dockter on
behalf of the St. Paul Park Lions Club for Strawberry Fest on June 20th and June 21st, 2025.
H Single Occasion Gambling Permit - Phoenix Residence
Staff Recommendation: Authorize issuance of a single-occassion gambling permit to Corrie Lynn Kopischke
and Jacqueline Marie Larson on behalf of the Phoenix Residence to conduct a raffle at River Oaks Golf Course
(11099 South Highway 61, Cottage Grove, MN 55016} on June 9, 2025, from 12:30pm to 6:00pm.
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U Professional Services for Crisis Communications Plan Agreement
Staff Recommendation: Approve Agreement for Professional Services with Eckberg Lammers to create a
crisis communications plan for the City of Cottage Grove.
V Marathon Community Investment Programs Grant
Staff Recommendation: Accept the Marathon Community Investment Programs grant in the amount of
$8,900.
W Hotel Leakage Study and Property Purchase Updates
Staff Recommendation: Approve the Hotel Leakage Study by HVC, LLC in an amount not to exceed $13,300,
plus approved expenses. Funding is approved and will come from the economic development budget.
8 Approve Disbursements
A Approve Disbursements
Staff Recommendation: Approve disbursements from 03-28-25 through 04-10-25 in the amount of
$2,067,537.18.
9 Public Hearings
10 Bid Awards
A 2025 Denzer Park Project -Reject All Bids
Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 2025-063 rejecting all bids submitted for the 2025 Denzer Park
Project.
B Public Works Shop Remodel
Staff Recommendation: Adopt resolution 2025-054 awarding the Public Works Facility Mechanics Shop
Remodel to Rochon Construction for the base bid amount plus the alternate for a total of $298,915.
11 Regular Agenda
A Leafline Labs -Conditional Use Permit
Staff Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 2025-061 rescinding prior conditional use permit and site plan
resolutions and approving the Conditional Use Permit for a Medical Cannabis Combination Business at 8235
97th Street South.
12 Council Comments and Requests
13 Workshops -Open to Public
A 2026 Budget Workshop
Staff Recommendation: Receive information regarding the 2026 Budget Workshop and provide feedback to
staff.
14 Workshops -Closed to Public
15 Adjournment
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