FW_ Christ Lutheran Church (Daycare Approval Letter for 10 children)From:Mike Schultz
To:hasches@msn.com
Cc:Joe Hartmann
Subject:FW: Christ Lutheran Church
Date:Friday, October 11, 2024 8:24:10 AM
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Ginger – I am Joe’s supervisor, he was attempting to provide a response to you yesterday
before he was out the next few days. However, he and I were unable to finalize our
original discussion regarding your proposal to restart the daycare at Christ Lutheran
Church before the start of this vacation.
What I informed Joe was that I was willing to allow the daycare to restart with the
understanding the number of children will not exceed the 15-20 children the City
Council granted “temporary” approval of in 1983. The 10 you note is clearly below the
threshold that Council accepted at that time. So at this time the City will not require you
to seek a new Conditional Use Permit to restart daycare operations.
However, if that number exceeds the 15 to 20 children staff would ask you submit a
CUP. Since that 1983 approval the City has included “day care” as a conditional use
within the Public Facility zoning district (which almost all churches are zoned PF) and
staff has consistently required churches seeking new daycares or expanded daycare
(increase in number of children), to gain CUP approval. Staff is unsure why Council
granted only “temporary” approval, as indicated in the Council minutes, but obviously
the daycare has been allowed to remain in operation for ~37 years. The benefit of
seeking a CUP would formally recognize the day care use and remove the “temporary”
approval granted in 1983 (Joe can forward you a copy of the minutes).
You will not need to seek a CUP to restart your daycare for the10 children you note.
However, staff encourages you to seek CUP approval if you expand the number of
children under your license or if you want to remove the “temporary” language Council
attached to the daycare at the church.
Let me know if you have any questions; Joe can send a more formal letter when he
returns next week.
Thank you,
Mike Schultz
Mike SchultzCity Planner3830 Pilot Knob Rd | Eagan, MN 55122Office: 651-675-5650Email: Mike.Schultz@eaganmn.govhttps://www.cityofeagan.com
From: D G Hasche <hasches@msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 1:44 PM
To: Joe Hartmann <joe.hartmann@eaganmn.gov>
Cc: preschool.clc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Christ Lutheran Church
Hi Joe,
Our preschool plan is to operate a small morning only, 4 day a week, program
with 10 children. We will operate only during the school year, with no school in
the summer.
Ginger
From: Joe Hartmann <joe.hartmann@eaganmn.gov>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 1:03 PM
To: D G Hasche <hasches@msn.com>
Cc: preschool.clc@gmail.com <preschool.clc@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Christ Lutheran Church
We’ve discussed the request as a staff and we we’d like to know more about how the
preschool is going to operate upon re-opening, and in particular, how many children will be
enrolled in this program when it re-opens?
Thanks
Joe HartmannSign & Event Permit Coordinator3830 Pilot Knob Rd | Eagan, MN 55122Office: 651-675-5690https://www.cityofeagan.com
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From: Joe Hartmann
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 7:51 AM
To: D G Hasche <hasches@msn.com>
Cc: preschool.clc@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Christ Lutheran Church
Thank you for the email. I happen to have a meeting with Julie this morning, so I’ll touch base
with her and the rest of our planning staff.
I wanted to share with you the minutes I found from a 1983 City Council session regarding the
CLC preschool.
The minutes note that the Public Facility Zoning District where the church is located does not
permit nursery schools, but that the City Council granted the church permission to operate a
school on a temporary basis. The meeting minutes don’t define what ‘temporary’ means, but
given the church suspended operations in 2021, City staff interpret that to mean the deal from
1983 between the Church and the City for the original preschool has expired.
Having a CUP on record would clearly define the terms with which you’re allowed to operate a
preschool. A CUP is a property right that “runs with the land” and under state statute (Minn.
Stat. § 462.3595, subd. 3) a CUP remains in effect on the property as long as the conditions
agreed upon are observed.
Thanks again
Joe HartmannSign & Event Permit Coordinator3830 Pilot Knob Rd | Eagan, MN 55122Office: 651-675-5690https://www.cityofeagan.com
From: D G Hasche <hasches@msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 8:21 PM
To: Joe Hartmann <joe.hartmann@eaganmn.gov>
Subject: Christ Lutheran Church
Hi Joe,
To follow up on our phone conversation today...
Wendy Ashbridge, our preschool director, spoke with Julie at the City of Eagan
in September asking if there were any zoning requirements for us and was told
nothing was needed from us. After receiving that information by phone,
Wendy emailed the DHS Licensing center the email below:
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From: Christ Lutheran Preschool <preschool.clc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Zoning permit
To: Licensing Child Care Support, . (DHS) <dhs.licensingccsupport@state.mn.us>
Good Morning Kelly,
I just talked with the City of Eagan and they said we do not need to get a permit
and they do not need anything from us. If you would like to talk to the City of
Eagan, Julie is your contact and her number is 651-675-5686
Christ Lutheran Preschool, Eagan
651-454-4091
preschool.clc@gmail.com
Please recall that our preschool was forced to temporarily suspend operations
in January 2021 due to Covid. We are simply intending to reopen our
preschool. Based on the information received from Julie, we have continued
moving forward with our reopening preparations. I am hoping the approval
you said we received back in 1983 still holds true today, as you said that once
approved, it is good forever.
Ginger Hasche
Preschool Board Chair
Christ Lutheran Church