Rachelle Johnson

Voted to advance stronger tree-planting, inspection and parking-lot landscaping rules, 5–0.

May 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to require rain sensors for automatic sprinklers and penalties for violating water restrictions, 5–0.

December 16, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to prohibit public cannabis use and smoking or vaping on park property, 5–0.

August 7, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Moved to create tree-replacement vouchers for residents whose boulevard trees were removed because of emerald ash borer. It passed 5–0.

May 1, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to move property-value appeals to county staff for 2026–2028, 5–0. Residents could appeal in person or online without appearing before the council.

October 20, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted for 2026 city housing budgets, 5–0. They budgeted 5% rent increases for scattered-site homes and 3% at Woodland Mounds. The increases were budgeted for property maintenance.

December 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to adopt the $55,874,800 general-fund budget for 2026. The 5–0 vote also set a $49,998,600 property-tax levy.

December 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Maple Grove Transit’s $5.7 million 2026 budget, 5–0. It permanently eliminated four already-suspended routes and Route 781’s A branch.

December 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for $10,435,000 in street bonds and $14,210,000 for Community Center Phase One ice-arena work. Both borrowing measures passed 5–0.

July 21, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Moved to commit city funding for a shared animal-impound facility expansion. It passed 4–1, with Maple Grove’s estimated share at $1,153,056.

June 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to end the Arbor Lakes Building 4 subsidy after a planned tenant use violated the agreement, 5–0.

July 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to approve a pay agreement with the newly organized police support-staff union, 5–0.

July 15, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to end the Promed development subsidy after the project missed its construction deadline, 5–0.

July 15, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for development subsidies for a BAE Systems factory and research facility, 5–0.

March 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a $6.4 million development subsidy for Project Black Bear, 4–0. The agreement required at least 256 jobs.

June 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to create tree-replacement vouchers for residents whose boulevard trees were removed because of emerald ash borer. It passed 5–0.

May 1, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for $2.427 million in development subsidies for Arbor Lakes Business Park buildings 5–7, 5–0.

March 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to prohibit exhibition driving, street takeovers and street racing, 5–0.

April 17, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for an agreement to embed a county social worker in the Maple Grove Police Department, 5–0.

January 3, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for rental rules requiring professional managers for owners of two or more rental properties, 5–0. Background-check denials required individual review. Calls for assistance during mental-health or other health crises were exempted from disorderly-conduct rules.

April 21, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted to revise the Gravel Mining tax-increment plan to retain money for affordable housing, 5–0.

May 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Moved to advance a land-use change for 90 affordable senior homes at Fernbrook, 5–0.

May 18, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted for 2026 city housing budgets, 5–0. They budgeted 5% rent increases for scattered-site homes and 3% at Woodland Mounds. The increases were budgeted for property maintenance.

December 15, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

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Moved to advance a 24-home phase of Bella Woods, 5–0.

October 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to extend a $450,000 housing loan and affordability requirements through 2055, 5–0.

September 15, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to preserve affordability requirements for 19 Lakeshore Townhomes units through 2035. It passed 3–1, with one abstention.

July 21, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to revise the Gravel Mining tax-increment plan to retain money for affordable housing, 5–0.

May 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Moved to advance a land-use change for 90 affordable senior homes at Fernbrook, 5–0.

May 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to make MY RIDE free for disabled military veterans with a service-connected identification card, 5–0.

May 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to extend a $450,000 housing loan and affordability requirements through 2055, 5–0.

September 15, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Moved to let qualifying military reservists on active duty defer road-improvement charges, 5–0. Income had to be below half the area median.

August 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to preserve affordability requirements for 19 Lakeshore Townhomes units through 2035. It passed 3–1, with one abstention.

July 21, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to update city workplace protections and break rules for pregnant and lactating employees, 5–0.

July 17, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for Community Center Phase Two plans covering aquatics and activity space, 5–0. The updated cost estimate was $70.1 million.

May 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to make MY RIDE free for disabled military veterans with a service-connected identification card, 5–0.

May 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to expand MY RIDE service throughout Plymouth, 5–0.

May 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for Maple Grove Transit’s $5.7 million 2026 budget, 5–0. It permanently eliminated four already-suspended routes and Route 781’s A branch.

December 15, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted for $10,435,000 in street bonds and $14,210,000 for Community Center Phase One ice-arena work. Both borrowing measures passed 5–0.

July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to add 16 daily service hours to MY RIDE and extend weekday service until 6:30 p.m., 5–0.

April 15, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Served as a community member on Osseo schools’ 2021–22 Enrollment and Capacity Management Advisory Committee.

October 29, 2026

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Worked in IT systems analysis, project management and finance. She also taught as a substitute for eight years and mentored high-school girls.

August 25, 2026

Source: reflect-ccx.cablecast.tv

Voted to update e-bike and scooter park rules, 5–0. The changes preserved city authority to restrict those devices in designated park areas.

August 17, 2026

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Approved required city consent for a $575,000 county loan to replace Arbor Lakes Commons windows, 5–0. It committed no city funds.

July 20, 2026

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted to advance $1 million in city funds toward Experience Maple Grove’s Community Center contribution, 5–0. The reimbursement schedule was $100,000 annually for ten years.

January 20, 2026

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Voted to add a city policy for employees requesting Minnesota paid family and medical leave, 5–0.

November 17, 2025

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Voted to remove the MY RIDE 10-ride discount, 5–0.

November 3, 2025

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Chaired a city work session as acting mayor during final interviews for deputy police chief.

June 24, 2025

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Voted for a new park-fee formula, 5–0. The residential charge changed from a fixed $4,092 to a $6,500 maximum per new home.

April 21, 2025

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Voted to require neighborhood meetings before hearings on certain planned developments, 5–0. Applicants had to invite residential properties receiving hearing notices. Staff retained waiver authority.

March 17, 2025

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Opposed using development fees reserved for parks for the Lions pavilion. She then backed revised funding, 5–0. The plan used project funds and donations for the pavilion, and those fees for restrooms.

January 21, 2025

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Was appointed vice president and assistant treasurer of Maple Grove’s Economic Development Authority for 2025.

January 6, 2025

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Moved to advance $253,000 for an off-ice hockey training room, 5–0. The association’s repayment term was twenty years, with no interest.

December 16, 2024

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Voted to prohibit retail sales of dogs and cats, 5–0.

November 4, 2024

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Endorsed Jon McCullough for Maple Grove City Council in the 2024 election.

September 25, 2024

Source: jonformaplegrove.com

Endorsed Mike Ostaffe for Maple Grove City Council in the 2024 election.

September 18, 2024

Source: mikeostaffe.com

Voted to replace individual haulers’ organics-service duties with the city’s organized collection program, 5–0.

September 3, 2024

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted for separate licensing rules for short-term home rentals, 5–0. The policy included suspension after a second disorderly-conduct offense.

July 15, 2024

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Voted to reject a Popeyes drive-through plan at Dunkirk Square over traffic concerns, 4–1.

July 15, 2024

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Voted to establish local registration and regulation of cannabis retailers, 5–0.

May 20, 2024

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Voted for rules requiring council approval of city funding agreements with nonprofits, 5–0. In-kind city support for events on public land also needed council approval.

April 15, 2024

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Voted to advance $4,181,854 for the hockey association’s third ice rink contribution, 5–0. Repayment terms allowed twenty years, no interest and credits.

April 15, 2024

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Voted to allocate public-safety funds for body cameras, officer wellness, recruitment and a fire-engine funding gap, 5–0.

December 18, 2023

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted for a biological water-treatment pilot and a water-softening feasibility study, 4–0.

June 5, 2023

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Voted to allow electric-assist bicycles on city trails and park trails, 5–0.

May 1, 2023

Source: maplegrovemn.gov

Voted against the Bella Woods housing concept plan. It passed 3–2.

March 6, 2023

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Served on Osseo schools’ 2021–22 District Planning Advisory Council and its Student Services Subcommittee.

May 19, 2022

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Was appointed to Maple Grove’s Community Center Working Group.

February 7, 2022

Source: maplegrovemn.gov