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The project redesigns roughly 112,000 square feet of the city center, relocates city offices to a consolidated main-floor footprint, and substantially expands police operational space. The package calls for a secure indoor garage for 53 squad vehicles (20 stalls EV-ready), new secure interview and evidence-processing spaces, a dedicated police entrance, a tornado/storm shelter and public meeting-room upgrades. Council accepted the contractor recommendations and authorized award of contracts; the motion passed unanimously among the four council members present.

Michael Healy, architect with BKV Group, described the design goals as protecting the police department\u0000s 20-year operational needs, providing indoor parking for squads, improving wayfinding and public access, and enhancing staff wellness and recruitment. \"The lower level is the indoor garage space for keeping the expensive squads and all the sensitive equipment,\" Healy explained in his presentation.

Dan Kellberg, the project manager from Kraus-Anderson who led the bid process, said bids were opened Dec. 18; 108 bids across 26 work scopes were received and the combined construction bid package \"came in a little over $21,000,000.\" Kellberg said the recommended award list includes 25 bidders and noted the team is carrying a 7% construction contingency. He described a tentative construction start at the end of March or early April 2025 and a substantial completion date in May 2026, with police fit-out and move-in targeted for mid-2026.

The police chief summarized operational benefits the department expects from the remodel, emphasizing space and functional improvements. \"It is very exciting because we are quite literally busting at the seams,\" the chief said, noting the department has outgrown its current footprint and lacks adequate locker and storage space. The chief and architects also highlighted climate control and secure storage for technology, a dedicated forensic/\"Faraday\" room option, and indoor vehicle storage that will reduce weather-related wear and improve emergency response readiness.

The council motion accepted staff and construction-manager recommendations to award contracts and authorized the city to proceed with contracting. The project team said the budget includes the construction bids, general conditions and construction management plus owner soft costs and anticipates $26.5 million in bonding and an estimated $250,000 state sales-tax refund for a total funding package of $26.75 million. The recommended next steps are contract execution, material procurement and permitting.

What happens next

City staff and the construction manager will finalize and execute contracts, begin procurement and secure permits. Construction work is slated to start in spring 2025 and conclude in May 2026, with staged moves to limit operational disruption; the council authorized award of the contracts at the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting - Jan. 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The council accepted construction bids for a multi-phase remodel of city hall and a major expansion of police facilities, including an indoor garage for squad cars, upgrades for forensic work and a dedicated police entrance; construction is scheduled to start spring 2025 and complete in mid-2026.","taxTitle","Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota","taxId",4131,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6378066,"Eden Prairie council approves Marshall Gardens development, clearing way for 100-unit condo-style buildings and 15 single-family lots",2287,539000,2826000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2138426-a5f9e1016607353db6c7ada5c02c10b7&start=539&end=2826","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2138426-a5f9e1016607353db6c7ada5c02c10b7/thumbnail_539000.jpg","/articles/6378066/Eden-Prairie/Hennepin-County/Minnesota/Eden-Prairie-council-approves-Marshall-Gardens-development-clearing-way-for-100-unit-condo-style-buildings-and-15-single-family-lots","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6378066-761e73e1b67568e3c27c2d9df55af526/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763164&Signature=SCoIyvwdetVWOhD8HHHj5ExwP9uE0yfYwgG5eZxG8I9K0KHTz5cvlLv9As7BO~Ij78sdW~prYHTf5GCygRmby3qqBF0IdVgCLRsvNaqgXYfcH7wRP3IPS~bSktKJJkj9rYLYhDYze6p1tVA5jtjn6OOLqMoctUI4TGJfRUZs1Qp27ZBizo9emX9H-kSunqPfoqpYxmiEyNlkMRBd~iWSwGm0e5MneZtVpFYysuo58N66tf4EZUZ0XtcukcZnVSwEzp9aXKDJx1za7SDauPRExBYevhHyqTgoGfJ3loy7ndxrZKj91OTDpW6GzUHBbBfyxLe6VO~xB8X2UKrqB7YkVA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Eden Prairie City Council on Jan. 21 approved a multi-part application to redevelop a roughly 32-acre site at 9905 Dell Road into 15 single-family homes and a 100-unit multifamily project, providing for a community garden, stormwater ponds and about 13 acres of permanently preserved bluff and open space.

The decision came after staff presentations, developer remarks and a public hearing that drew several neighbors who raised concerns about traffic, density and wildfire risk. The council voted to adopt guide-plan and zoning changes, approve a PUD concept and preliminary plat, and direct staff to prepare a development agreement; the motion passed unanimously by the four council members present, with one member absent.

City staff said the current plan divides the site with a public street extension, Crestwood Terrace, containing 15 single-family lots on the north side and four stacked \"condo flat\" buildings on the south side totaling 100 ownership units. Julie Robert, Community Development Director, and Robert, the city\u0000Public Works Director, summarized design changes made after Planning Commission review intended to increase buffering and reduce impacts on adjacent homes.

\"Those most notable changes are those single family homes on the north side shifting more to the west,\" Robert said, describing added outlots, landscaping and a reduction in lot-area waivers that the commission had flagged. He added that the community garden was reduced substantially and reconfigured as private to the development to avoid additional outside traffic and parking demands.

Lake West Development representatives said they shifted the villa lots to increase separation from existing homes, reduced the community garden from about 2.5 acres to under one acre and would deed roughly 13 acres of bluffs to the city. Kelsey Thompson, Lake West Development, told the council, \"It's just been such a breath of fresh air working with this staff.\" Cody Dietrich, also with Lake West, described design features including solar panels, EV-ready garage stalls and a mix of one-story villas and \"condo flats.\" Dietrich estimated the rooftop solar would \"supply probably about half of the common areas,\" though he called the figure preliminary.

Public commenters pressed the council on traffic and density. \"This project nationally is called the tsunami building project,\" said resident Catherine Ellenbecker, who expressed concern that clustered development increases fire risk and that she believed local emergency staffing and equipment are insufficient. Other neighbors asked the developer to adjust vehicle access and to preserve the area's character.

Robert, the Public Works Director, presented the traffic analysis, saying the new development would generate \"just under 900 trips in and out of the site over the course of a 24 hour period.\" He described how those trips would distribute across Dell Road, Crestwood Terrace and nearby streets and concluded that, under a 2027 build scenario that accounts for normal growth and planned Dell Road improvements, intersection levels of service would remain at \"B or better\" with modest increases in queue lengths.

Council members acknowledged neighbors' concerns about speed, traffic routing and emergency response while stressing the trade-offs that informed the city\u0000staff and council reviews: the project consolidates a portion of density to preserve the bluff, adds green space for the public and includes design changes requested by residents and the Planning Commission. Council members and staff noted the city will continue to monitor traffic and consider mitigation tools such as dynamic speed-display signs and stop-control evaluations after the road improvements and occupancy.

The council\u0000motion approved the following elements: a guide-plan change for roughly 9.78 acres to medium-density residential and 12.78 acres to parks and open space; a planned-unit development (PUD) concept review and first reading of the PUD ordinance on 8.03 acres; zoning changes from rural to R1-9.5 (8.03 acres), rural to RM-2.5 (9.78 acres) and rural to parks and open space (12.78 acres); a preliminary plat dividing one parcel into 16 lots and five outlots on 32.11 acres; and support for park-dedication fees. The council also directed staff to prepare a development agreement incorporating staff and commission recommendations. The motion passed with four affirmative votes and one absence.

What happens next

Staff will draft the development agreement incorporating the conditions the council and Planning Commission recommended. The developer said, if approvals proceed smoothly, construction could begin in summer 2025. The city will continue traffic counts and coordinate Dell Road improvements tied to right-of-way work associated with the project.

The council\u0000approval does not finalize building permits, infrastructure sequencing or private sales; those remain subject to the terms of the forthcoming development agreement, final engineering, permitting and private-market decisions.","After months of review and neighborhood meetings, the Eden Prairie City Council approved a plan to develop roughly 32 acres off Dell Road into 100 condominium-style units, 15 single-family lots and approximately 13 acres of preserved bluff and open space; the decision drew neighbors\u0000concerns about traffic, density and wildfire risk.","actionData","errors"]

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