Summary of Shorewood City Council Meeting – March 24, 2025

To increase transparency and resident education, below is a quick summary of the Shorewood City Council meeting of Mar. 24, 2025. Links to the meeting video are included with each item.

Council members present: DiGruttolo, Gorham, Labadie, Sanschagrin
Council member absent: Maddy
Staff present: Administrator Nevinski, City Clerk Thone, Engineer Budde, Finance Dir. Schmuck, City Planner Griffiths, Parks Czech
Staff absent: City Clerk Thone, PW Director Morreim, City Attorney

2. Consent Agenda 

(Actions approved with a single motion, they have been reviewed and there will be no further discussion or public comment.)

1. 1. City Council Work Session Minutes of March 10, 2025 Minutes
   2. City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2025 Minutes
   3. Verified Claims List Claims List (Bills paid)
   4. Legal Services Agreement for 24560 Smithtown Rd, City Planner Memo
   5. Planning Commission Work Plan, City Planner Memo
   6. Professional Services Agreement Long-Term Financial Plan, Finance Director Memo
   7. Planning Director Appointment’ City Clerk/HR Director Memo, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Page 2
   8. Planner Position Recruitment City Clerk/HR Director Memo
   9. Moved to 8C. See below
   10. Hennepin County Cost Participation Request City Engineer Memo, Resolution
       25-029
   11. Landscape Maintenance Agreement Public Works Director Memo
   12. Building Permit Escrow Agreement for 25405 Park LN, City Planner Memo
   13. Services Agreement for Christmas Lake AIS Program City Planner Memo
   14. Moved to 8D. See below
   15. Surplus Items, Public Works Director Memo
   16. Moved to 8F. See below
   17. MSA Street Designation City Engineer Memo Resolution 25-031

APPROVED: 4-0

3. Matters from the Floor: (Public opportunity to make a 3-minute comment without council action.)  Duane Laurila of Eureka Road North asked the council confirm rumors that residents would be forced to hook-up to city water. He was told there would be many discussions before the decision is made.

4. Reports & Presentations:

5. Parks: None

6. Planning: Report by Planning Director Griffiths on recent planning commission activities

7. Engineering/Public Works: None

8. General New Business:

1. 1. Turn back of Minnetonka Boulevard to Hennepin County for management
   2. Resolution Opposing State Preemption of local zoning codes – Missing Middle
      Resolution Approved 4-0
   3. Hennepin County Opportunity Grant for Smithtown Ravine improvements – Engineer Budde (formerly 2I on Consent Agenda)
      Resolution Approved 4-0
   4. Development Agreement & Storm water Management, Shorewood Meadow, City Planner Memo (formerly 2N on Consent Agenda) Resolution Approved 4-0
   5. Planning Commission 2025 Work Plan, Planning Director Griffiths
   6. IT Equipment Updates, Report on upgrading on-site and cloud servers, City Administrator (formerly 2P on Consent Agenda) Resolution Approved 4-0

9. Staff & Council Reports and Discussion

A. Staff

• • • Parks-Czech:
      • Report on Lucky Pots of Gold in the parks
      • Shalo Lee Band scheduled for July 17, with opening kids band
      • Movie in the Park scheduled for August 22
    • Public Works-Morreim: None.
    • Engineering-Budde: None
    • Finance-Schmuck:
      • Finance preparing for the annual audit, long-term financial management plan has started to build the working document
      • Preparing for 2026 budget calendar
    • Planning-Griffith:
      • Planning commission is working on public hearing for subdivision ordinances
      • Building season is kicking off with an increasing number of permits pulled
    • City Clerk/HR: None
    • City Attorney: None
    • City Administrator-Nevinski:
      • Welcome Jake Griffiths as planning director
      • Recruitment for a new planner is beginning.
      • Hwy 7 transit management organizational study group has accepted three proposals and they have been shared in the selection committee.
      • SLMPD is doing road restriction enforcement and there may be additional cost to the city for the “above and beyond” service.
      • Doing right-of-way enforcement including resident deposits of landscaping materials on city roads, public works will remove it.
      • Similarly hockey nets and basketball hoops are being addressed to keep right of ways clear.
      • Water main on Mill Street will be discussed at the next work session.
      • Street sweeping will start next week.
      • Agenda software has been ordered, it will be several months until training and implementation.

B. Mayor and City Council

• • • DiGrutollo: 3-4 residents have asked about the Hwy 7 orange monitoring device and suggested an informational piece in the newsletter
    • Gorham: Appreciated being part of the planning director interviews.
    • Sanschagrin: LMCC is having difficulty with plans to sell the facility.
    • Labadie: State of the city address and Mayors forum has been filmed by the LMCC. Also attended a district-wide meeting with Minnetonka School Superintendent Law.

10. ADJOURN

Additional Resources

View the meeting anytime at LMCC-TV.org
Watch all meetings live on Zoom
Read the packet (the public background materials provided to the council)