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A Lions Club representative said one unit is already installed and operational at the Lion Shack near Broadway and the railroad tracks and the second will be located at Heritage Park. The club described the donation as part of Lions Club International’s humanitarian work to “improve health and well‑being” and encouraged the city to notify the club of additional community needs.

Craig Dowdle of Teddy’s Heart Foundation described the foundation’s origin after his family’s loss and its mission to place AEDs in public parks and train community members in hands‑only CPR and AED use. “If there was an AED, we may not be standing right here talking about it,” Dowdle said, describing the loss of his son to sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball. He and his wife, Emily, told council their group has placed 24 AEDs across Cottage Grove, Woodbury, St. Paul Park and Stillwater and plans to continue placements.

Council members thanked the Lions Club and the foundation for the donation and acknowledged the units as a community safety improvement. The presenters noted cooperative training with local fire departments to teach bystanders how to use AEDs and perform hands‑only CPR.

Why it matters: Publicly accessible AEDs and bystander training increase the chance of survival from out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest when devices and trained responders are available on scene. The new units add two permanent, publicly accessible AED locations in St. Paul Park.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","St. Paul Park City Council Meeting 6-16-25","oneSentenceSummary","The Lions Club Saint Paul Park chapter and Teddy's Heart Foundation presented two AED safe‑station units to the City of St. Paul Park on June 16, to be installed at the Lion Shack and Heritage Park; presenters said the units will be accompanied by community training and noted the foundation has placed two dozen units in neighboring communities.","taxTitle","City of St. Paul Park, Washington County, Minnesota","taxId",71444,"location","Minnesota","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6195063,"St. Paul Park council approves preliminary plat for 61‑lot Geneva Meadows subdivision",527,2285000,2812000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3862893-c2f63d047fb40da2595c26d537ea629a&start=2285&end=2812","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3862893-c2f63d047fb40da2595c26d537ea629a/thumbnail_2285000.jpg","/articles/6195063/Minnesota/St-Paul-Park-council-approves-preliminary-plat-for-61lot-Geneva-Meadows-subdivision","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6195063-8df067c8188dad759d4a146d6653437d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771106040&Signature=VUZMYKo8V8NDMK9Q-OCZGkwt0YXp858FKqpi3T-aw9YmY8hnK5owi0BXQnqa4IGJJ8rOJU4YZxHvukIsZcRgglwNql3bR4BbxIo13aRK2E4C2vqoURIANLLk0KF4NAuaNziVNMM5lFRqG7Bt-MGtIgcnJz-U9zF3i~d9o7vlDuC14goWVcubacukb5UIkY2qsntyr5icvOxWyTcF~HkYE67j5TIVqh8E8hJQ42gGSGmJsKg5paUwdkCeCEVv360qjj4I~vs276dDyZHatBTrxXLcvvnmQTnNMsiBaio-FwBWtKV~51VHXLwJ1OQSOH7r1UAOuFZzCPRfhaHMtSjyUA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of St. Paul Park council on June 16 approved by a 5‑0 vote a preliminary plat for Geneva Meadows, a proposed 61‑lot single‑family subdivision in the city’s southeastern corner.

Nate, a city planning staff member, told council that the project—proposed by developer Lennar and owned by Gordon Nesvig—would extend Lincoln and Ashland into the site, create a collector alignment with pedestrian accommodations and place 61 single‑family lots consistent with the city’s low‑density residential designation and R‑1 zoning.

Nate said the design meets zoning standards in concept but that several engineering and design comments must be resolved before a final plat can be approved. The staff report lists issues that will need to be addressed at the final‑plat stage, including grading, drainage, utility routing, a proposed lift station, trail connections, and pipeline easement constraints that make the property complex to develop.

One notable outstanding issue is a half‑width right‑of‑way for Geneva that lies adjacent to the site and currently functions as a private roadway; staff said the city is negotiating a draft joint powers agreement with the adjacent City of Cottage Grove to govern the roadway if it is dedicated as public right‑of‑way. Nate said that development securities and a development agreement will be required at final plat; those documents will hold the developer responsible for the infrastructure.

Councilmember Spence moved approval of the preliminary plat; the motion passed 5‑0. Staff said they expect further design adjustments to satisfy the city engineer’s comments and that they will return with the development agreement and final plat for council consideration when those conditions are met.

Why it matters: Approval of the preliminary plat advances a 61‑home development through the city’s land‑use process, but final approvals will require engineering sign‑offs and intergovernmental agreements to resolve right‑of‑way and infrastructure responsibilities.","The City of St. Paul Park council voted 5‑0 on June 16 to approve the preliminary plat for a 61‑unit single‑family subdivision (Geneva Meadows) proposed by Lennar on property owned by Gordon Nesvig, subject to engineering comments and a future joint powers agreement with Cottage Grove on a shared right‑of‑way.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6195068,"Cottage Grove asks St. Paul Park for $62,339 subsidy as EMS reimbursements fall short",1395,755000,2150000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3862893-c2f63d047fb40da2595c26d537ea629a&start=755&end=2150","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3862893-c2f63d047fb40da2595c26d537ea629a/thumbnail_755000.jpg","/articles/6195068/Minnesota/Cottage-Grove-asks-St-Paul-Park-for-62339-subsidy-as-EMS-reimbursements-fall-short","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6195068-78f04fd724f72cc6c3ba85bf6036305a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771106040&Signature=NV224JzB9WBmhFZPsKDT0gi5SW4wq9uB5sAUNEeoOLRzvm67hMJ9QxoQBcz--ljwBrPBGW58c8ar3Uj4bH1eaNlhyBcFcMoBua0lCbKEkx3BSVHZiIfEsXKHTf300Q~g3TD0F0e12wKP6A2cYj-J2WSLhN2APrTIPPAmGq~XBgIDAPxcQShAK6e1ff-Z-Sctrj~AfK7EDwc~A2VCosiVLcCGSuMWKrKLxcwMilszaY~p~UmNH4atg9dBJnyNSzP0iL9ux-ySzJKwwbm~dkj-zCCqcQG-0C1xu75hWw437VGU7lkVnnOEctoq6Locm4xPqGy9rqOetgmw1-S6tIAIcg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Cottage Grove officials told the City of St. Paul Park council on June 16 that the cost of providing ambulance service has outpaced reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid, leaving Cottage Grove’s EMS enterprise fund in deficit and prompting a request for a local subsidy.

At a council meeting, John Pritchard, fire and EMS chief for the city of Cottage Grove, and Jennifer Levitt, Cottage Grove city administrator, outlined service levels, costs and a proposed subsidy. Cottage Grove asked St. Paul Park to consider a $62,339 payment to help cover the gap between typical billed transport rates and the lower Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement the ambulance service receives, with a proposed contract escalation of 9% annually for 2026 and 2027.

The request matters because Cottage Grove holds the public service area (PSA) and provides ambulance transport for St. Paul Park, Newport and Grey Cloud Island. Pritchard said Cottage Grove sends a paramedic on every response, and noted the department’s response performance to St. Paul Park in 2024 averaged about 6 minutes 46 seconds (median ~6 minutes) and reached the scene within about 8½ minutes 90% of the time—faster than statewide averages presented by Cottage Grove.

Cottage Grove staff provided numbers to explain the shortfall: in 2024 the city said St. Paul Park required $817,000 of EMS services but Cottage Grove received $207,000 in reimbursement for those runs, leaving roughly $610,000 that Cottage Grove taxpayers effectively subsidized. Levitt said about 71% of transports from St. Paul Park are billed to Medicare or Medicaid, which reimburse a fraction of billed charges in many cases; Cottage Grove illustrated that a basic life-support transport billed at roughly $2,200 might be reimbursed at about $452, while an advanced life-support transport billed at roughly $2,800 might be reimbursed at about $537 under current rules.

Pritchard and Levitt described rising equipment and personnel costs: monitors/defibrillators can exceed $60,000 each, ambulance chassis and upfits have surged (they cited recent purchase pricing and long lead times), and a fully loaded paramedic position can exceed $120,000 annually with benefits. Cottage Grove said it recently experienced a 77% increase in ambulance procurement costs and long delivery lead times of more than three years for new units.

Cottage Grove officials said they are evaluating options beyond a subsidy, including a standards-of-cover study and the possibility of subleasing parts of their PSA to another provider if revenues do not improve. Pritchard explained that subleasing portions of a PSA could mean a different ambulance provider—potentially farther away—responds in some areas, lengthening response times. He said mutual-aid responses already occur when Cottage Grove units are committed elsewhere.

Council members asked about which calls are billed, who pays when patients decline transport, and how often mutual-aid units serve St. Paul Park. Cottage Grove staff said they have begun charging a baseline fee when responders make patient contact; private insurers sometimes pay those charges, while Medicare/Medicaid often do not. Cottage Grove characterized its current position as a multi-year operating deficit for the EMS enterprise fund and said it is seeking shared subsidy commitments from the communities it serves.

Cottage Grove presented the $62,339 figure as a “place to start,” calculated by multiplying the per-run difference between what Cottage Grove would bill a resident and what it currently receives from St. Paul Park transports by the 327 runs made to St. Paul Park in the referenced period. Officials said they would return with more details if St. Paul Park councilors requested them. No formal action or vote on funding was taken by the St. Paul Park council at the meeting.

Why it matters: St. Paul Park relies on Cottage Grove for advanced life‑support ambulance transport. A sustained funding gap could force Cottage Grove to alter coverage or seek third-party providers, which officials warned could extend response times or change the crew composition sent on 911 calls.","Cottage Grove officials told the St. Paul Park City Council on June 16 that rising ambulance costs and low Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements have driven their EMS enterprise fund into a multi-year deficit and requested a $62,339 subsidy and a contract with annual 9% increases as a starting point.","actionData","errors"]

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Lions Club and Teddy’s Heart Foundation donate two public AED stations to St. Paul Park

St. Paul Park council approves preliminary plat for 61‑lot Geneva Meadows subdivision

Cottage Grove asks St. Paul Park for $62,339 subsidy as EMS reimbursements fall short