City Council

City of Blaine City Council August 3, 2026 | 7:00 PM Blaine City Hall 10801 Town Square Drive NE Blaine, MN 55449 AGENDA 1. Call to Order by the Mayor 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call 4. Awards - Presentations - Organizational Business 5. Open Forum Open Forum is an opportunity for the public to share comments, concerns, or input on other items. While Open Forum is not intended to provide responses or discussion during the meeting, city staff will contact the speaker(s) after the meeting if follow-up is needed. Each speaker is limited to three minutes, with a maximum of 15 minutes set aside for Open Forum. 6. Communications 7. Approval of Consent Agenda: All items listed under the "Consent Agenda" are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. 7.1. 2026-154 Schedule of Bills Paid Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 7.2. 2026-155 Approval of Minutes Sponsors: Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk 7.3. RES 26-141 Resolution Approving a Premise Permit for Lawful Gambling Activity for Blaine Youth Football at Bravos Tequila Bar, 11712 Ulysses Lane NE, Suite 200 Sponsors: Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk 7.4. RES 26-148 Resolution Granting Final Plat Approval to Subdivide 11.45 acres into 30 Single Family Lots to be Known As Quail Creek 14th Addition Located at  132nd Avenue NE/Bataan Court NE. QC Properties, LLC (Case File No. 26- 0038/SLK) Sponsors: Sheila Sellman, Community Development Director 8. 7:00 PM - Public Hearing and Items Published for a Certain Time 8.1. ORD 26-2610 Public Hearing and First Reading An Ordinance Implementing an Electric Service Franchise Fee on Connexus Energy, A Minnesota Cooperative, its Successors and Assigns, for Providing Electric Service Within the City Of Blaine Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 8.2. ORD 26-2611 Public Hearing and First Reading An Ordinance Implementing a Gas Service Franchise Fee on Circle Pines Public Utilities, D/B/A Centennial Utilities, a Minnesota Municipal Corporation, its Successors and Assigns, for Providing Gas Energy Service Within the City of Blaine Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 8.3. ORD 26-2612 Public Hearing and First Reading An Ordinance Implementing a Gas Service Franchise Fee on Centerpoint Energy Resources Corp., D/B/A Minnegasco, a Delaware Corporation, its Successors and Assigns, for Providing Gas Energy Service Within the City of Blaine Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 8.4. ORD 26-2613 Public Hearing and First Reading An Ordinance Implementing an Electric Service Franchise Fee on Northern States Power Company, D/B/A Xcel Energy, a Minnesota Corporation, its Successors and Assigns, for Providing Electric Service Within the City of Blaine Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 8.5. ORD 26-2614 Public Hearing and First Reading An Ordinance Implementing a Gas Service Franchise Fee on Northern States Power Company, D/B/A Xcel Energy, a Minnesota Corporation, its Successors and Assigns, for Providing Gas Energy Service Within the City of Blaine  Sponsors: Jason Zimmerman, Finance Director 9. Development Business 9.1. RES 26-144 Resolution Granting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment from High Density Residential/Planned Industrial/Planned Commercial and Planned Industrial/Planned Commercial to High Density Residential 2/Planned Commercial at 9436 and 9422 Ulysses Street NE. Viridian Sentinel (Sentinel Management Company) (Case File No. 26-0032/EES) Sponsors: Sheila Sellman, Community Development Director 9.2. RES 26-145 Resolution Granting Preliminary Plat Approval to Reconfigure Two Existing Lots Totaling Approximately 12 Acres into Three Lots to be Known as Cloverleaf Commons Third Addition at 9436 and 9422 Ulysses Street NE. Viridian Sentinel (Sentinel Management Company) (Case File No. 26- 0032/EES) Sponsors: Sheila Sellman, Community Development Director 9.3. RES 26-146 Resolution Granting a Conditional Use Permit to Allow an 84-Unit Apartment Building in a Planned Business District (PBD) Zoning District with Shared Parking and Shared Access at 9436 and 9422 Ulysses Street NE. Viridian Sentinel (Sentinel Management Company) (Case File No. 26-0032/EES) Sponsors: Sheila Sellman, Community Development Director 10. Administration 11. Other Business 12. Adjournment