Shakopee BOAA Meeting July 10, 2026: Conditional Use Permit for Water Booster Station Approved
Shakopee Board of Adjustment and Appeals Regular Meeting – July 10, 2026
Note: The agenda originally listed the meeting as July 9, 2026, but the transcript and instruction confirm the meeting occurred on July 10, 2026.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM with roll call. Commissioners Forsyth, Sandu, Redding, Cheras, Vanderbeen, and Robbins were present (Commissioner Weiler was absent). The agenda was approved unanimously upon a motion by Commissioner Robbins, seconded by Commissioner Vanderbeen.
Consent Calendar
- The consent agenda comprised approval of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals meeting minutes for June 4, 2026. Commissioner Forsyth noted typographical errors (missing letters in a commissioner’s name and in “Minnesota”). The minutes were approved with those corrections, motion by Commissioner Forsyth, seconded by Commissioner Robbins, carried unanimously.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public spoke during the recognition period or during the public hearing.
Discussion Items
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Public Hearing – Conditional Use Permit for a Water Booster Station at 2704 Blue Spruce Drive (Arbor Bluff 3rd Addition)
Staff planner Mr. Kersky presented the proposal: Shakopee Public Utilities (SPU) requested a conditional use permit (CUP) for a municipal utility structure—a water booster station—on Lot 11, Block 5. The site is at the southwest corner of Blue Spruce Drive and Wood Duck Lane. The booster station is required to serve properties in the second HES water pressure zone, including the yet-undeveloped Arbor Bluff 3rd Addition. The building is designed with a cottage-inspired, craftsman-style residential appearance to match neighboring homes. The station will include pumps and a generator with a sound wall. Access is from the street; staff will visit roughly once a week for checks, and the generator will be tested monthly for about 15 minutes. The station will also feed Tank 9 (under construction at Woodduck Trail) and support future development in the west end of Shakopee.Commissioners asked questions about construction timeline (60% design; bid fall 2026; construction spring 2027; completion August/September 2027), frequency of site visits, noise and neighborhood complaints (none from existing similar stations), drainage/overflow (handled by the development’s stormwater plan; no chemical storage; floor drain to a French drain), and capacity (the station will serve the entire second pressure zone and enable future water treatment). Ryan Halverson from SPU answered all questions, confirming that the station will be essential for both the current subdivision and long-term system expansion. No opposition was expressed.
Key Outcomes
- Motion to Close the Public Hearing: Made by Commissioner Robbins, seconded by Commissioner Sandu; carried unanimously.
- Motion to Approve Resolution PC 2026-018: Made by Commissioner Forsyth, seconded by Commissioner Robbins. The board approved the conditional use permit by a roll-call vote of 6–0 (Commissioners Forsyth, Sandu, Redding, Cheras, Vanderbeen, and Robbins voting aye; Commissioner Weiler absent).
- The meeting adjourned at 7:17 PM, with the next meeting set for August 6, 2026.
Meeting Transcript
We will start with the roll call. Commissioner Forsyth. Here. Commissioner Weiler. Commissioner Sandu? Here. Commissioner Redding. Here. Commissioner Cheras. Here. Commissioner Vanderbeen. Here. Commissioner Robins. Here. Oh, it's me, isn't it? Okay. How do you pull up the meeting here? Where is it? Do you want to see it here? Yeah. I got it. No, that's planning. Perfect. Okay, I'll use yours. Okay. Sounds good. All right. Second item on the agenda is approval of the agenda. Does anybody have any changes they would like to make to tonight's agenda? Any changes? Okay. So I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So I'll move. Okay. Second. All right. So Commissioner Robins has made a motion to approve the agenda, and Commissioner Vanderbeen has seconded. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed. Third item is recognition to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals for Interested Citizen for an item not on the agenda. Would anybody like to speak to an item not on the agenda? Okay. Our fourth item is the consent agenda. And on the consent consent agenda, we have approval of the Board of Adjustment meeting minutes for June 4th, 2012. Can I suggest in a if the typo added in there? So it's a what? A typo addder. So my name dispel H is missing in the minutes and Minnesota missing to I think A in the last or T something like that.
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