HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 05-09-2019CITY OF PLYMOUTH
COUNCIL INFO MEMO
May 9, 2019
EVENTS / MEETINGS
Planning Commission Agenda for May 15 ......................................................... Page 2
Official City Meeting Calendars .................................................................... Page 3
Tentative List of Agenda Items ..................................................................... Page 6
CORRESPONDENCE
City Offers Rebates for WaterSense Irrigation Controllers, Sprinklers ....................... Page 9
Plant and Pull Day Set for May 18 ............................................................... Page 10
Plymouth Sings Seeks Best Vocalists to Compete at State Level ............................ Page 11
City 2040 Comprehensive Plan ................................................................... Page 12
REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Plymouth Couple Raise $1 Million for Animal Humane Society, Star Tribune .............. Page 13
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2019
WHERE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed on the consent agenda are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission
and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless
a Commissioner, citizen or petitioner so requests, in which event the item will be removed
from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on the agenda.
1.CALL TO ORDER – 7:00 P.M.
2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.PUBLIC FORUM
4.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5.CONSENT AGENDA
A.Approve the May 1, 2019 Planning Commission meeting minutes.
6.PUBLIC HEARINGS
7.NEW BUSINESS
A.Roers Companies. Pre-application sketch review for a senior apartment building and
villa homes on property located at 3735 and 3855 County Road 101. (2019024)
8.ADJOURNMENT
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7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room
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5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Economic Development Discussion (Part 2) Medicine Lake Room
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Discuss BRT option for Highway 55 Medicine Lake Room
7:00 PM REGULAR COUCIL MEETING
Council Chambers
5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Fire Station Space Needs Assessment & Design Recommendations Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers
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3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447
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Council Chambers
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Plymouth Creek Center
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3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
CITY OFFICES CLOSED
7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room
5:30 PM - 10:30 PM Music in Plymouth Hilde Performance Center
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Tentative Schedule for
City Council Agenda Items
May 21, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
•Economic development discussion (Part 2)
May 28, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
•Fire Station space needs assessment and design recommendations
May 28, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
•Update from the League of Minnesota Cities and Insurance Trust
June 11, Special, 5:00 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
•Preliminary Budget Discussion
June 11, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
•Announce Music in Plymouth and 5k run
•Accept musical instrument donation from the Plymouth Rotary Club for the Zachary
Playground renovation
June 25, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
•Snow/ice removal policy
June 25, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
(CANCELLED)July 9, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
July 23, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
August 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
August 20, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
•Budget/CIP
August 27, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
•Budget/CIP
August 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
September 3, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
•Budget/CIP (if needed)
September 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
•2020 proposed budget, preliminary general property tax levy, HRA levy and setting budget
public hearing date
September 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
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October 8, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
October 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
November 12, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
•Budget/CIP (if needed)
November 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
•Adopt polling locations for 2020 elections
November 26, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
December 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers
•Recognize Police Citizen Academy graduates
•Approve 2020 Target and Trap Shooting License Renewal
•Approve 2020 Amusement License renewals
•Approve 2020 Tobacco License renewals
•Public hearing on 2020 budget, general property tax levy, HRA levy, and Capital Improvement
Plan
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BUDGET PROCESS
Budget Calendar
2020-2021 Biennial Budget Preparation & 10-yr Capital Improvement Plan
Date Category Description
April 22, 2019 Budget Departments receive budget instruction
April – June 2019 Budget Departments prepare budgets
May 13, 2019 Budget Personnel changes submitted to HR
June 10, 2019 Budget Budgets submitted to Finance
June 11, 2019 Budget Council Study Session – Budget Goals
July 8 – July 17, 2019 Budget Department meetings
August 9, 2019 Budget Council receives budget materials for upcoming meeting
August 20, 2019 Budget & CIP Council study session (Budget & CIP meeting #1)
August 27, 2019 Budget & CIP Council Study Session (Budget & CIP meeting #2)
Council Regular Session (Financial Overview & Utility Study)
September 3, 2019 Budget & CIP Council Study Session (Budget meeting #3) (if needed)
September 10, 2019 Budget Council adopts preliminary levies & budget (Budget meeting #4)
October 2, 2019 CIP Planning Commission public hearing
November 12, 2019 Budget Council Study Session (Budget meeting #5) (If needed)
December 10, 2019 Budget & CIP Budget Public Hearing, CIP, Budget & Levy Adoption
December 27, 2019 Budget Levy is certified with Hennepin County
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 2, 2019
Contact: Ben Scharenbroich
Senior Engineering Technician
City of Plymouth
763-509-5527
bscharenbroich@plymouthmn.gov
City offers rebates for WaterSense irrigation controllers, sprinklers
Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth offers rebates to residential and commercial property owners
who complete water efficiency improvement projects. Residents must apply for the rebates, which will
be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
The program was established to encourage water conservation in Plymouth and reduce the demand on
the municipal water supply.
Eligible Projects
Rebates will be given for replacing old, inefficient irrigation controllers. All property owners who are
customers of the municipal water supply could be eligible.
When selecting irrigation controllers, property owners should look for the WaterSense certification from
the Environmental Protection Agency.
•WaterSense Irrigation Controllers – Rebates will be awarded for the cost of the item, up to
$200 for residential customers and $500 for commercial and multi-family customers.
•WaterSense Sprinkler Heads – Rebates will be awarded for the cost of the items, up to $100 for
residential customers and $200 for commercial and multi-family customers – minimum of 10.
Water usage in Plymouth is twice as high during the summer than in the winter – largely because of
lawn watering. The program offers an incentive to property owners to install devices that more
efficiently use water and help reduce the demand during peak season.
For more information or to obtain an application, visit plymouthmn.gov/waterefficiencyrebate.
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 6, 2019
Contact: Jackie Maas
Volunteer Coordinator
City of Plymouth
763-509-5230
jmaas@plymouthmn.gov
Plant and Pull Day set for May 18
Plymouth, Minn. – Residents are asked to volunteer to help beautify Plymouth and benefit the
environment during the citywide Plant and Pull Day, set for Saturday, May 18.
Participants will plant flowering annuals near city parks and facilities during the event, as well as pull the
invasive garlic mustard plant in woodland areas.
To volunteer for Plant and Pull Day, call 763-509-5230 or email volunteer@plymouthmn.gov.
About Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard aggressively monopolizes light, moisture, nutrients, soil and space – and outcompetes
many native plants that provide food and habitat for pollinators like butterflies and bees.
When garlic mustard replaces native plants, many wildlife species are deprived of essential food sources
that provide foliage, pollen, nectar, fruits, seeds and roots.
Named for the odor of garlic the plant gives off when the leaves are crushed, garlic mustard is a biennial
herb with stalked, triangular to heart-shaped, coarsely toothed leaves. Flowering plants are 2 to 3 1/2
feet tall and produce clusters of small white flowers, each with four petals.
The plant’s entire root system must be removed to prevent new plants from sprouting.
Plymouth city staff ask residents to keep an eye out for the invasive garlic mustard plant – and help
remove it.
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 7, 2019
Contact: Alyssa Fram
Recreation Supervisor
City of Plymouth
763-509-5225
afram@plymouthmn.gov
Plymouth Sings seeks best vocalists to compete at state level
Plymouth, Minn. – Plymouth Sings seeks the best vocalists in town to represent the community on stage
at the state competition, Minnesota Sings.
To be eligible, singers must live, work or attend school in Plymouth. The competition features two age
groups – 15-25 years old, as well as ages 26 and older.
Minnesota Sings final contestants may be awarded cash prizes, studio recording time or music gear.
Sign Up for Auditions June 10-11
Plymouth will hold auditions 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 10 and Tuesday, June 11 at the Plymouth
Creeks Center’s Black Box Theater, 14800 34th Ave. N.
Audition space is limited. To reserve an audition spot, call 763-509-5200 – requests are taken on a first-
come, first-served basis. Judges decide who will advance to the Plymouth Sings Finals.
To view Plymouth Sings contest rules and guidelines, visit plymouthmn.gov.
Public Invited to Plymouth Sings Finals June 13
Final competition for Plymouth Sings is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at the Hilde Performance
Center, 3500 Plymouth Blvd. The public is welcome to view the final competition at no cost.
Plymouth Sings Finals event also helps kick off the city’s annual Entertainment in the Parks series. The
June 13 event includes a performance by a capella group Six Appeal.
Winners Advance to State Competition
The winners and runners-up from the finals will represent Plymouth at the Minnesota Sings Statewide
Competition Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29 in Woodbury.
Prizes at the state finals total $20,000. Visit minnesotasings.com for more information.
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WEST METRO 509616452 Plymouth couple raise $1 million
for Animal Humane Society
Nils and Jan Anderson top $1 million for Animal Humane
Society the old-school way.
By Shannon Prather Star Tribune MAY 8, 2019 — 5:11AM
DAVID JOLES • STAR TRIBUNE Nils and Jan Anderson went door-to-door for the Animal Humane Society — as they have for 45 years —
in a Golden Valley neighborhood last week.
Nils and Jan Anderson adopted a young dog from what is now the Animal Humane Society nearly a half-
century ago. They were so smitten with their new pup, Molly, that they knocked on neighbors’ doors in the
spring of 1974 and raised just shy of $200 for the nonprofit that brought them together.
The Plymouth couple turned it into an annual ritual, raising money each year for the Humane Society’s
“Walk for Animals.” This year, they collected more than $78,000 — enough to push them over their $1
million lifetime fundraising goal after 45 years of door knocking, phone calls and letter writing.
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“We just felt we had to give back,” said Jan Anderson, 81.
“It’s evolved. Each year, we walk a little farther and a little bit farther,” said her husband Nils, 77.
The Andersons are the humane society’s most successful volunteer fundraisers ever, said Molly Tlas, the
organization’s major gifts officer. The couple enjoyed a bit of the royal treatment Saturday at the Walk for
Animals, being chauffeured in a golf cart during the event.
“Jan and Nils have just stuck with it for 45 years. That’s really unheard of. It’s absolutely amazing,” Tlas
said. “Their passion for animals has been their life’s work.”
DAVID JOLES - STAR TRIBUNE Jan Anderson, 81, worked a Golden Valley neighborhood for the Animal Humane Society on Thursday.
The Animal Humane Society finds new homes for 23,000 orphaned and surrendered animals each year. In
addition, it offers veterinary care and animal training, and conducts investigations into animal cruelty and
neglect.
The organization dates back to 1878 but officially became the metrowide Animal Humane Society in 2007
when three similar nonprofits merged.
The Andersons, originally from the East Coast, moved to Minnesota in the early 1970s so Nils could take a
job in food ingredient sales. They both grew up with animals, so they stopped at the humane society and
found Molly. They’ve also adopted dozens of cats in the years since.
The couple have no children, so their pets — and their fundraising on behalf of animals — have been their
passion.
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“We just believe in what we are doing,” Nils said, pointing out that the Animal Humane Society is a local
nonprofit that relies solely on donations and nominal fees for adoptions and services.
Jan said she’s always touched when she meets others who share their love for animals. She recalls ringing
a doorbell once and finding a mom who called to her children, “Animal Humane Society!”
“All the kids ran down with their piggy banks and money,” Jan said.
The couple has kept track of donors who have come to expect their calls and visits each spring. They’ve set
up a fundraising website and a Facebook page to keep up with the times.
But in the end they believe their success and longevity are tied to the personal connections they’ve made
with donors.
“The personal touch is still the best,” Nils Anderson said.
Shannon Prather covers Ramsey County for the Star Tribune. Previously, she covered
philanthropy and nonprofits. Prather has two decades of experience reporting for newspapers in
Minnesota, California, Idaho, Wisconsin and North Dakota. She has covered a variety of topics including
the legal system, law enforcement, education, municipal government and slice-of-life community news.
Shannon.Prather@startribune.com 612-673-4804 ShannonMPrather
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