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Shorewood Fumbles Park Dedication Fees Proposal
Park Dedication Fees exist to ensure that new development contributes its fair share toward the park infrastructure needed to serve additional residents
At the October 26th Shorewood City Council meeting, Planning Director Griffiths proposed reducing “Park Dedication Fees” for new subdivisions which are assessed to developers.
Bad Advice, ½ Truths and Closed Doors
When city officials make a mistake, it can be easy to forgive and forget. However, when questionable advice, errors in judgment, and incomplete or misleading information become a pattern, the problem is no longer an isolated mistake. It is an accountability problem.
Good Governance: The Problem Isn't Mayor Fletcher
The mayors who govern the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department say their dispute with Greenwood Mayor Tom Fletcher is about transparency and good governance.
If good governance is really the concern, the public record suggests the committee should start with itself.
Oct. 26, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 6 Minute Read
Some items of interest from the very long Shorewood council meeting:
• 15 individuals spoke at matters from the floor
• Cannabis Retail Interim Use Permit Approval
• Park Dedication Fee Reduction Discussion
• Garage Variance Request Denial
SCA Doesn’t Sign Petitions. Period.
Recently, someone took the liberty of adding Shorewood Citizen Advocates’ name to a Change.org petition opposing cannabis sales, without our permission.
This raises concerns about misrepresentation, deceptive practices, and the unauthorized use of our identity.
Shorewood’s $1.1M Money Pit
After 12 years and $323,000 in taxpayer funded engineering expenses, Shorewood’s staff still needs to demonstrate why the Shorewood Ravine project is necessary, how urgently it must be done, and whether the proposed solution justifies the cost.
Is this a genuine problem demanding a solution?
Council Talks Community Center Future
Shorewood will take over senior programming at the SCEC Jan. 1, 2027.
On Oct. 12 the Council debated the center’s mission, membership fees, staffing and marketing. A spirited discussion ended without measurable goals, accountability and projected costs to taxpayers.
Oct. 12, 2026 Shorewood Council Meeting 3 Minute Recap
A very light agenda for this meeting.
There were several speakers during Matters From the Floor that are recapped here.
SCA Attacked!
Early in the morning on Thursday 10/15/2026, our website, ShorewoodCitizenAdvocates.com, was the victim of a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) that continues today.
The good news is that once we identified the issue affecting our website, we were able to counteract the attack.
