Winter 2022-23 Hometown Messenger

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

‘What’s going there?’ City Council paves way for improvements, new construction The past several months have been bustling with construction projects popping up all around Shakopee Naturally, we all want an answer to the burning question, “What’s going there?” Here’s a rundown of some of the latest projects to receive City Council approval:

LIONS PARK PICKLEBALL COURT On Aug 3, City Council approved plans for the Lions Park Pickleball Court renovation at Lions Park, 1103 Adams St As part of a larger, future redesign of SandVenture Aquatic Park, a reconfiguration of Lions Park was approved based on public comments received through surveys and meetings with user groups The existing tennis court will be converted to pickleball courts, expanded and improved to provide a year-round experience for amultitude of users After receiving five competitive bids in August, City Council awarded a contract in the amount of $307,605 to BKJ Excavating with con struction anticipated to begin in spring 2023 and be completed by early summer 2023

RIVER VALLEY BUSINESS PARK On Aug 3, City Council approved the preliminary and final plat of River Valley Business Park, which includes a rezoning request for 56 acres of recently annexed property from Jackson Township as part of the Orderly Annexation Agreement Since the annexation, the property owner has worked with a devel oper to split the residential homestead zone off and rezone the five acre parcel as Rural Residential while the remainder of the property will be zoned as Business Park The remaining property will be com prised of two lots, several outlots, and a public right-of-way; the two lots will be created for the construction of a 150,000 and 300,000 square foot office/industrial building Scott County is requiring construction of a roundabout at the new road on County Highway 69, along with construction of a new access for Colburn Drive to the frontage road

AMPHITHEATER AT CANTERBURY AND CANTERBURY HORSE BARN REPLACEMENT On Aug 16, City Council approved a preliminary and final plat, along with a Planned Unit Development, for the much-anticipated Canter bury Amphitheater

The amphitheater project by Swervo Development includes a 19,000 seat amphitheater that is anticipated to host as many as 40 to 60 events a year, with 10 to 12 of these reaching full capacity Amenities include a roof over the seating area, outdoor lawn area, and support facilities, such as restrooms and food and beverage services The facil ity will have a large enclosed plaza for smaller public events like radio station pre-event parties and other potential opportunities for holi day events with displays and markets The construction of the Canter bury Amphitheater and the Canterbury Barn Redevelopment project will occur simultaneously On Oct 4, City Council approved an application submitted by Can terbury Park for a Planned Unit Development to redevelop its house barn area Nine of the barns will be demolished this winter to allow for the construction of infrastructure for the Amphitheater, and more NEXT STEPS LEARNING CENTER On Aug 16, City Council approved an amendment to the Canterbury Southwest Planned Unit Development (PUD) for the development of the Next Steps Learning Center, a childcare facility at 2750 Winner’s Circle Drive Greystone Construction intends to construct a 16,000 square foot building to house Next Steps Learning Center, which operates existing centers in Chaska and Chanhassen Next Steps is the most recent addition to the Canterbury Southwest PUD, which also includes Greystone Construction’s corporate office, the Omry 55+ Luxury Apartments and the relocation of Badger Hill Brewing and Bravis Modern Street Food As part of the draft shared parking agreement, Badger Hill and Bravis will have access to the parking spaces at the daycare after 6 p m on weekdays and all day on weekends

barns will be demolished at a later date to build additional public streets, infrastructure, parking and further development The project includes four new fabric barns, supporting facility build ings, new dorms, remodel of existing barns and dorms, renovations to the Stable Gate and Quarantine Barns, and a reconfiguration of the practice track

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