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Council adopts multiple routine and project items; traffic report, Highway 100 tree-removal purchase, wellhead protection plan, planning referral and other vote
Summary
The Edina City Council adopted the agenda and a series of consent and project items on March 4, 2025, including the Traffic Safety Report, authorization for Highway 100 interchange tree removals, adoption of a multi-community wellhead protection-plan resolution, and referral of a Planning Commission parking advisory to staff.
The Edina City Council recorded a series of formal actions on March 4, 2025. Items below summarize the major votes taken during the meeting and the next actions staff will take.
Votes at a glance
- Adoption of meeting agenda: Member Jackson moved and Member Agnew seconded; council voted aye and carried the motion to adopt the agenda as published.
- Consent agenda: Council approved the consent agenda except items 6.8, 6.15 and 6.16 which were removed for separate consideration.
- Traffic Safety Report (01/28/2025): Member Pierce moved and Member Jackson seconded the adoption of the traffic safety report; council voted aye and adopted the report.
- Request for purchase — Highway 100 interchange project tree removals (Consent item 6.15): Member Risser moved and Member Pierce seconded approval of the purchase request for tree removals related to the Highway 100 interchange project. Council adopted the motion; staff said the project is funded from multiple sources and the city will hold contracts and invoice partner agencies as construction proceeds.
- Resolution 2025-19 — West Metro Multi-Community Wellhead Project Protection Plan Part 1: Member Jackson moved and Member Pierce seconded; council voted aye and adopted resolution 2025-19, enabling the Minnesota Department of Health to proceed with phase 2 of the pilot wellhead protection plan.
- Planning Commission advisory communication on parking: Member Egnor moved and Member Pierce seconded acceptance of the advisory communication and referral to staff; council voted aye and referred the report to staff for future work-plan incorporation.
- Resolution accepting donations (Resolution 2025-20-2): Council adopted a resolution accepting an $800 in-kind donation from Kowalski Companies to the Edina Arts Center (Clerk Allison’s name noted for correction on the resolution form).
- 2025 board and commission appointments (Item 8.3): Council voted to approve the slate of board and commission appointments; new appointees begin terms March 1 and will attend orientation the following evening.
- Ordinance 2025-01 (second reading) was tabled to March 18, 2025 on motion and second.
For several items the vote was recorded as voice votes with council saying “aye” and no roll-call tally in the transcript. Where a mover and seconder were recorded, those names are noted above. Staff will prepare agenda materials and follow-up items for the March 18 meeting as noted in individual agenda-item presentations.
Ending: Staff will place follow-up items (7200 France landscape remediation, any refined ordinance language for the pet-sale matter, and other reports) on the March 18, 2025 agenda as discussed during the meeting.
