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Blaine City Council — Feb 18, 2026: Development approvals, transportation projects, budget actions, and police life-saving recognitions

BlaineFeb 18, 20263 min read

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Council held a regular meeting where it recognized citizen life-saving actions, approved consent agenda items (with one item tabled), renewed and granted land-use permits, approved rezoning and platting for the 32-lot Flowerfield subdivision, awarded a crack-sealing contract, and authorized easement acquisitions to support a 105th Avenue roundabout and related redevelopment work.

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Presented Police Department Life Saving Awards to community members (citizen recognitions).
Approved the Consent Agenda including schedule of bills, minutes, engineering budget amendment to hire a part-time engineering intern, commitment to the Trunk Highway 65 Segment #2 draft initial financial plan, 2025 fund balance designation and 2025–2026 budget amendments, and payment to Core & Main for Sensus Analytics and RNI SAAS annual license renewal.
Tabled Consent Agenda Item 7.7 (interfund transfers and budget amendments for a new Public Works sign shop printer) to the March 2, 2026 meeting.
Adopted Resolution granting an Interim Use Permit renewal to operate a contractors' yard for concrete crushing at 10101 Naples Street NE.
Adopted Resolution granting a Conditional Use Permit to allow a fitness center in an I-2 zoning district at 1630 101st Avenue NE #100 (Elevate Strength & Nutrition).
Adopted Second Reading of Ordinance No. 26-2598 to rezone the NE corner of Lexington Ave and Flowerfield Rd NE from Single Family Residential (R-1) to Development Flex (DF).
Granted Preliminary Plat approval to subdivide 31.92 acres into 32 single-family lots and 4 outlots (Flowerfield).
Granted a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of 32 single-family homes in the DF zoning district (Flowerfield).
Accepted a bid from SealPros in the amount of $236,957.50 for the 2026 Crack Sealing Project, Improvement Project No. T2602 (26-02).
Adopted Resolution authorizing acquisition of permanent and temporary easements on 105th Avenue to construct a roundabout and associated right-of-way improvements as part of the 105th Avenue Redevelopment Project.

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City Council Meeting

Feb 18, 2026, 7:00 PMBlaine City Hall - Council Chambers, 10801 Town Square Drive NE, Blaine MN 55449completed

Agenda

1. Call to Order by the Mayor
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Awards - Presentations - Organizational Business
1. Police Department Citizen Award Recognitions
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Decision: 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 for response or discussion opportunities, if follow-up is needed, city staff will work to contact the speaker(s) outside of the meeting to arrange for that follow-up. Each speaker will be limited to 3 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.
1. Schedule of Bills Paid
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
2. Approval of Minutes
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
3. Resolution Approving an Amendment to the 2026 Engineering Budget to Provide for Hiring a Part-Time Engineering Intern
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
4. Resolution to Commit to the Trunk Highway 65 Segment #2 Draft Initial Financial Plan
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
5. Resolution Approving 2025 Fund Balance Designation and 2025-2026 Budget Amendments
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
6. Motion to Approve Payment to Core & Main for Sensus Analytics and RNI SAAS Annual License Renewal
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
7. Resolution Authorizing Interfund Transfers and Associated Budget Amendments related to the Purchase of a New Printer to be Located Within the Sign Shop at Public Works
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Decision: Approval of Consent Agenda:
8. 7:00 PM - Public Hearing and Items Published for a Certain Time
1. Resolution Granting an Interim Use Permit to Operate a Contractors' Yard for Concrete Crushing in the I-2 (Heavy Industrial) Zoning District at 10101 Naples Street NE. Park Construction Company (Carlson Group LLC) (Case File No. 26-0002/EES)
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Decision: 7:00 PM - Public Hearing and Items Published for a Certain Time
2. Resolution Granting a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Fitness Center in a Heavy Industrial (I-2) Zoning District at 1630 101st Avenue NE #100. Elevate Strength & Nutrition (Case File No. 26-0005/ACK)
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Decision: 7:00 PM - Public Hearing and Items Published for a Certain Time
9. Development Business
1. Second Reading Ordinance Approving a Rezoning from Single Family Residential (R-1) to Development Flex (DF) on the NE Corner of Lexington Avenue and Flowerfield Road NE. Fenway Land Company (Flowerfield) (Case File No. 25-0052/SLK)
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Decision: Development Business
2. Resolution Granting Preliminary Plat Approval to Subdivide 31.92 Acres into 32 Single Family Lots and 4 Outlots to be Known as Flowerfield on the NE Corner of Lexington Avenue and Flowerfield Road NE. Fenway Land Company (Case File No. 25-0052/SLK)
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Decision: Development Business
3. Resolution Granting a Conditional Use Permit to Allow the Construction of 32 Single-Family Homes in a Development Flex (DF) Zoning District on the NE Corner of Lexington Avenue and Flowerfield Road NE. Fenway Land Company (Flowerfield) (Case File No. 25-0052/SLK)
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Decision: Development Business
10. Administration
1. Resolution Accepting a Bid from SealPros in the Amount of $236,957.50 for the 2026 Crack Sealing Project, Improvement Project No. T2602 (26-02)
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Decision: Administration
2. Resolution Authorizing Permanent and Temporary Easement Acquisitions on 105th Avenue, City of Blaine, Minnesota
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Decision: Administration
11. Other Business
12. Adjournment