Lake City Planning Department

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...

Waterfront, downtown planning open house is Feb. 1

Jan 25, 2017

Feb. 1 will be a big day for the long-range downtown and waterfront planning approved by the City Council in November. Stantec, the firm contracted to develop the plan, will conduct workshops and focus groups during the day. A 6:30 p.m. open house will follow at City Hall. “It’s essentially the...

2016 a year of transition at City Hall

Dec 29, 2016

The City of Lake City started 2016 with a new city administrator. It will start 2017 with a new mayor. Those are just two of several changes in key positions in local government that took place in 2016. In addition, two changes were made on the City Council and three major staff positions were...

City moves on lakefront study

Nov 17, 2016

The City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to spend $39,000 on planning work from the city’s waterfront and downtown area. A St. Paul company, Stantec, will do the work. The company was selected by the Planning Commission after reviewing three applications. The company has carried out waterfront...

Rotary club learns about city planning projects

Nov 17, 2016

Rotary Club President Tom Dwelle presents a pen to Megan Smith. Smith, the interim planning and community development director for the City of Lake City, was the guest speaker at the Lake City Rotary Club’s Nov. 14 meeting. She provided an update on current city planning projects, including a...

Keehn to leave city planner post

Sep 22, 2016

Rob Keehn, Lake City’s planning and community development director, will leave that post on Oct. 31. He will take a position with WSB Associates, a general consulting firm based in Minneapolis with offices elsewhere including Rochester. Keehn said he will commute to work at the Rochester office...

Building bump gives rise to optimism

Dec 30, 2015

A small burst of home building in 2015 may be a sign of things to come, according to the Lake City Planning Department. Construction started on 11 new home units, seven single family homes and two town homes, in the year that ends today. Though not a boom, it is a drastic improvement. There were...