City Council
Agenda — 5 items
- Motion to Approve First Addendums to Site Lease Agreements with Goodhue County for Space on Charlson Crest Water Tower and Sand Hill Water Tower.<br>Staff is requesting City Council approval of the First Lease Addendums to the existing Site Lease Agreement between Goodhue County (“Lessee”) and the City of Red Wing (“Lessor”) for telecommunications equipment space located on the Charlson Crest Water Tower and Sand Hill Water Tower.
- Motion to Approve School Resource Officer Contract with the Goodhue County Education District, River Bluff Education Center. <br>The contract will be for the 2026-2027, 2027-2028, and the 2028-2029 school years.
- Consider Motion to Approve Amendment to Goodhue County Historic Society Lease Waiving League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT) Premiums.
- Consider Motion to Adopt * Resolution No. 8169, Conditional Use Permit Amendment Request by Northern States Power/Xcel Energy for its Ash Disposal Facility Operation Adjacent to Bench Street<strong>. </strong><br>Northern States Power (DBA Xcel Energy), 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, has submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) amendment to its Ash Disposal Facility operation adjacent to Bench Street. The applicant is proposing to expand the use of the existing facility to process municipal solid waste combined combustor ash generated at Xcel Energy’s Red Wing Generating Plat to remove metals prior to permanent deposit in the ash landfill. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and reviewed the proposal at its April 21, 2026, meeting and is recommending approval with a single condition of approval.
- Consider Motion to Introduce Ordinance No. 234, Fourth Series, An Ordinance Amending Chapter 11 of the City Code, Approving Definition Revisions and District Allowances Related to Emergency Housing, Supportive Transitional Housing, Community Center, Community Services, and Small-Scale Food Production.The Planning Commission is proposing zoning text amendments to clarify and modernize land use definitions related to community services and community centers, emergency sheltering, transitional housing, and small-scale food production, while maintaining consistency with the City’s broader zoning framework and land use goals. Specifically, the amendments are intended to: clearly distinguish emergency housing from residential uses and transitional housing, update and refine the definition of halfway house to reflect contemporary transitional housing models, maintain the integrity of community services as a non-residential use category while avoiding unintended land use interpretations in residential zoning districts, reduce ambiguity in use classification, and improve administrative consistency when reviewing shelter- and housing-related proposals, and to create a land use that addresses small-scale food production in commercial districts. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and reviewed the proposal at its April 21, 2026, meeting and is recommending approval.
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