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Chaska council awards Outlot C contracts for municipal service building; staff to seek revocation of Oakridge temporary permit
Summary
The Chaska City Council voted to award contracts for Outlot C of the municipal service building and discussed enforcement steps for the Oakridge property, where staff said developer milestones and communications have lapsed; staff will return with a recommendation to revoke temporary permits if compliance is not demonstrated.
City staff asked the Chaska City Council on April 20 to approve separate contract awards for site work and utilities tied to the new municipal service building. Elise (city staff) described bids and recommended contracting the earthwork and paving work to Vite and awarding utilities work to Kusky as separate line items for Outlot C (the roadway extension and trunk utilities south of Creek Road).
A council motion to award the contracts was made and seconded during the meeting; council members present voiced their support and the motion carried. The contracts were described by staff as part of the coordinated municipal service building program and the work will extend Creek Boulevard South and associated utilities toward the Big Woods business park.
Separately, during consent-agenda discussion the council pressed staff on transient-accommodations licensing and the status of a property known in the meeting as Oakridge. Staff briefed the council that a group led by Whitney Kaine had pursued a hotel license and temporary occupancy permit but had not met required milestones and that communication had largely stopped. "We have not seen them take the actions that they said they were going to ... communication has really fallen off a lot," the staff presenter said. Staff told the council they intend to return to the next meeting recommending revocation of the temporary certificate of occupancy and hotel license unless the owner or an authorized group can demonstrate compliance with the milestones.
Council members discussed potential enforcement levers including charging back the costs of recurring emergency responses, boarding and securing the property if it remains open to trespass, and pursuing hazardous-building remedies if safety conditions warrant. Staff noted that collecting costs against the owner can be challenging, but that statutes allow securing open structures at owner expense in some circumstances.
The EDA (Chaska Economic Development Authority) separately adopted resolution 2026-30, a procedural declaration of intent to reimburse certain pre-bond-sale project expenses for the municipal service building and related City Hall plaza work from future bond proceeds; staff explained that declaring reimbursement intent is necessary before incurring pre-sale expenditures the authority intends to reimburse.
No substantive changes to transient-accommodations code were made at the meeting; staff said they would monitor license levels and return with specific permit actions and options on Oakridge at the next council meeting.
