planning

City administrator to fill planning role while city seeks a news planning director

Aug 7, 2024

The vacancy created by the departure of Lake City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith is being filled temporarily by her predecessor in the role. On Monday the city council unanimously included additional compensation of roughly $1,500 every two-week pay period for City...

Goodhue County seeks input as it updates comprehensive plan

May 8, 2024

Goodhue County has begun the process of updating the 2016 Comprehensive Plan, according to a news release. The county is requesting input from County stakeholders (property owners, business owners, and residents) to identify issues of importance to them. The comprehensive plan focuses on providing...

City Council 2021 work plan

Feb 17, 2021

The Lake City City Council approved its 2021 work plan at the Feb. 8 regular council meeting. Items that have the support of at least four of the seven city council members “will guide staff’s time and resources,” according to the agenda. Seven council members: • Create and implement a simple city...

Planning report strikes optimistic note

Jan 20, 2021

“2020 was a good year for the city” as far as planning was concerned, Lake City Planning and Community Development Director Megan Smith wrote in the Jan. 11 city council agenda introducing her department’s annual report. “Planning and Community Development Department again saw increases in permit...

Corps wants input on river master plan

Apr 17, 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is revising its Upper Mississippi River Master Plan and is seeking the public’s input. The master plan is a guiding document that governs how the Corps’ federal lands are managed for recreation and environmental stewardship. The strategic land...

Interest high in Hok-Si-La plans

Jan 24, 2019

About 60 people, some reportedly from as far as the Twin Cities, attended an open house meeting Jan. 17 on the master plan being developed for Hok-Si-La Park. The master plan is one of the requirements to receive regional park designation, which would allow the city to seek state funding for park...

North lakefront gets top billing in council prioritization meeting

Aug 3, 2017

City councilmembers had the opportunity July 26 to express their preferences for areas the city should invest following the delivery of a downtown and waterfront master plan commissioned by the council. The plan, prepared by Stantec, divides the cities waterfront and downtown into seven distinct...

Planning has begun for next winter at MnDOT

Jun 21, 2017

Sweltering summertime temperatures signal it’s time for road salt deliveries as the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) prepares for winter.Semi tractor-trailers have been delivering thousands of tons of road salt this week to MnDOT’s 22 truck stations across the 11 counties in...

Tourism stakeholders ponder 'What is there to do in this town?'

Mar 29, 2017

“What is there to do in this town?” Tourism Bureau members and others on the front lines for our visitors admit that they get this question often, and sometimes find it hard to answer. While everyone has their own favorite things to do, it can be hard to read a visitor’s mind – Do they want to do...

Smith named city planner

Feb 23, 2017

With the unanimous approval of the Lake City City Council on Feb. 13, Megan Smith became the leader of a leaner city planning and community development department. Smith has served as the city’s interim director of planning and community development since her predecessor, Rob Keehn, left the city...