Medtronic on the verge of Lafayette campus approval

LAFAYETTE — After more than a year of preparation and several iterations of its plans, Medtronic Inc. could be just days away from winning approval to begin construction on a new office campus in Lafayette.

The Lafayette City Council is poised to vote on a consent agenda Tuesday evening that includes the second reading of a measure to the medical-device maker’s final planned unit development plan. A consent agenda is a group of typically noncontroversial or housekeeping items that city councils can approve simultaneously.

Given that Medtronic’s plans have already won approval recommendation from Lafayette’s Planning Commission and praise from members…