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COUNCIL INFO MEMO
February 24, 2012
EVENTS/MEETINGS
Tentative PACT Agenda 02/29/2012.................................................................................................... Page 1
February, March, April 2012 Official City Meeting Calendars........................................................... Page 2
Tentative List of Agenda Items for Future City Council Meetings ..................................................... Page 5
CORRESPONDENCE
Alliant's Plymouth Site to help Develop Army Warhead, Star Tribune .............................................. Page 6
Metro -area tax -sharing plan's pluses, minuses, StarTribune.............................................................. Page 7
News Release — Plymouth Police to Host Internet Safety Workshop for Parents ................................ Page 9
News Release — City Tree Sale Offers Great Selection at Low Prices ............................................... Page 10
Peony Lane/Lawndale Lane Extension Draft Project Schedule......................................................... Page 12
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PLYMOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRANSIT TENTATIVEAGENDA
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Medicine Lake Room, City Hall
1. 7:00 Call regular meeting to order
2. 7:01 Approve regular meeting agenda
3. 7:05 Introductions
4. 7:15 Approve minutes (attached)
5. 7:18 Review Public Works Department 2011 Transit Annual Report
6. 7:35 Discuss upcoming events and promotions
7. 7:40 Discussion of coach bus demonstration continued from January meeting
8. 7:50 Discussion of adherence to schedules and route deviation continued from November
9. 8:00 Review Performance measurements (attached)
10. 8:08 Review Customer Service Log (attached)
11. 8:12 Identify areas of concern and recommendations
12. 8:15 Other business
13. 8:20 Adjourn regular meeting and begin working session
Attachments:
• Plymouth Metrolink Transit Performance Measurements: January, 2012 (System
Ridership Graph; January, 2012 Fixed Route Ridership Graph; January, 2012 Dial -A -
Ride Ridership Graph; January, 2012 Riders per Day Chart)
• Plymouth Metrolink Customer Service Log, Jan — Feb, 2012
Regular Quarterly PACT meetings: May 23, August 22, and November 28.
PACT Working Sessions: March 21, April 25, June 27, July 25, September 26, October 24,
and December 26.
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Tentative Schedule for
City Council Agenda Items
March 13, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• Fire Study
March 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Announce Environmental Quality Fair on March 22 at Kimberly Lane Elementary School
• Community Development's Annual Report
March 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Approve 2012 Hauler License Renewals
April 10, Board of Equalization, 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers
April 10, Regular, Immediately following Board of Equalization, Council Chambers
• Project and Assessment hearing on 2012 Street Reconstruction, Circle Park (12001)
April 24, Board of Equalization (if necessary), 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers
April 24, Regular, Immediately following Board of Equalization, Council Chambers
May 8, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
May 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
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Alliant's Plymouth site to help develop Army warhead
SUNNY THAO, Star Tribune, 2/21/12
Aerospace and defense company Alliant Techsystems Inc. announced Monday that its Plymouth
operations will support development of a new warhead for a U.S. Army rocket system.
The Army selected Alliant to develop an alternative warhead for its "Guided Multiple Launch
Rocket System," an all-weather, precision -strike artillery rocket system. The warhead is designed
to replace the "Dual -Purpose Improved Conventional Munition" warhead now in use.
"This new warhead offers the advantage of uncompromised performance without leaving
unexploded submunitions on the battlefield," Dave Wise, vice president and general manager of
Alliant Defense Components, said in a statement.
Submunitions are groups of smaller weapons, such as grenades, that are carried by missiles and
then released in the air and scattered over the target area.
Alliant said it plans to design the warhead so it's easier to manufacture. Production will occur in
West Virginia, and Alliant's Plymouth facilities will provide engineering and program support.
Alliant will be a subcontractor to prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
As defense budgets are cut, defense contractors like Alliant must find ways to remain
competitive.
Alliant stock closed Friday at $59.77, well below its 52-week high of $75.97 on May 12.
Revenue has been relatively flat. The company reported revenue of $4.84 billion in fiscal 2011
ending March 31, up 2.81 percent from 2010. For the first three quarters of fiscal 2012, Alliant
reported sales of $3.3 billion, down from $3.5 billion in the year-ago period.
Most of Alliant's revenue comes from its armament systems and aerospace systems. The
termination of NASA's space shuttle program has hurt aerospace sales.
Formerly based in Eden Prairie, Alliant moved its headquarters to the Washington suburb of
Arlington, Va., last September, but retains about 2,700 employees in Minnesota.
Sunny Thao is a University of Minnesota student on assignment for the Star Tribune.
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Metro -area tax -sharing plan's pluses, minuses
• Article by: LAURIE BLAKE, Star Tribune
• Updated: February 15, 2012 - 11:21 PM
Metro -area program spreads out the take among cities with lots of commercial
development and those with little.
Although cities may enjoy the convenience, excitement and cachet that shops and stores bring to
their communities, they pay the price for the extra roads and police needed to serve shoppers.
That's one of the findings of a new state report on the metro area's unique tax -base -sharing
program, which redistributes some of the benefits of business development from cities with lots of
commercial property to those with less.
The report also outlined how taxes in the biggest recipient cities, including St. Paul, are being kept
down by the tax base of the "donor" cities such as Bloomington and Eden Prairie, which end up with
higher taxes.
A summary of the report was presented Wednesday to the House Taxes Committee, where the retail
finding was underscored by suburban legislators who represent cities with major shopping districts.
"Now it's clear that retail doesn't pay for itself," said Rep. Ann Lenczewski, a DFLer from
Bloomington, which is the home of the Mall of America. "Southdale does not pay for itself; the
citizens of Edina pay for Southdale so everybody else can go there."
Because the information shows that cities pay an "overburden" for stores and malls, Lenczewski and
Rep. Jennifer Loon, R -Eden Prairie, said they will propose legislation to remove retail development
from the program.
Started in 1971 to promote orderly growth and even out the property tax burden, the "fiscal
disparities" program requires cities that attract new retail, commercial and industrial development to
donate 40 percent of the new tax value to a metro -wide pool, and the money is then redistributed.
This year, that pool will amount to about $500 million.
Cities that receive the tax base endorse the program but some of the contributors, most of them in
Hennepin County, have begun to question whether it's working as intended.
It was that question that prompted legislators to commission the first study of the program in 40
years, an effort in which Loon and Lenczewski were instrumental.
Tishler Bise, a consulting firm from Maryland, was paid $100,000 to do the study, and it presented a
summary to legislators.
The report is technical and contains no recommendations that legislators could sink their teeth into.
Loon said that disappointed her. "This is kind of our first look at the program in 40 years and it would
have been great to have some recommendations."
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What is plain from the analysis is that taxes would be higher for most cities without the fiscal
disparities program. For that reason, no one expects legislators to discontinue it.
In Andover, for example, the combination of city, county and school district taxes in 2011 would have
been nearly 16 percent higher without the tax -base boost from fiscal disparities.
South St. Paul would have seen a 19 percent increase. And in the city of St. Paul -- the city that
receives the most tax base from the pool -- taxes would have been 12 percent higher without the
sharing program.
In contrast, in Eden Prairie, one of the cities that shares its property tax wealth, taxes would have
been more than 7 percent lower in 2011 if it did not pay into the property tax pool. Taxes in
Bloomington, the biggest contributor, would have been 11 percent lower.
Removing retail development from the tax -base pool would keep all the taxes shops and stores pay
in the communities where they are located, Lenczewski said. That would give cities more revenue to
put toward the extra police and transportation needs of retail centers.
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City of Plymouth
News Release
Plymouth Police Department
For Immediate Release
February 22, 2012
Sara Lynn Cwayna
763-509-5198
Plymouth Police will host an Internet safety workshop for parents on
April 18, 6:30 — 8:15 p.m., in the Plymouth Creek Center, in the Black Box Theater
Plymouth Police Officer Amy Goodwin, member of the Plymouth Special Investigations
Unit and regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), will provide an Internet
Safety Workshop for parents on Wed., April 18, 6:30 — 8:15 p.m., in the Black Box Theater of the
Plymouth Creek Center, 14800 34th Ave. N., Plymouth.
The class will include information on sexting, social networking sites, pornography,
cyber -bullying and online enticement. Goodwin will address the signs that a child might be at
risk of being a victim of Internet crimes, as well as provide prevention and safety information. A
portion of the class will be dedicated to questions and answers.
Registration is being taken through the Park and Recreation online registration system
at www.plymouthmn.gov. The course number is 39869. There is a $5 workshop fee.
The ICAC Task Force Program was created in 1998 to help state and local law
enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet,
online communication systems or other computer technology to sexually exploit children. The
program is currently composed of 61 regional Task Force agencies and is funded by the United
States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. ICAC
represents over 2,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
February 22, 2012 Lara Newberger,
763-509-5945
City tree sale offers great selection at low prices
Add curb appeal to your home and enhance your community's urban forest with low-cost trees
from Plymouth's annual tree and shrub sale. Orders are being accepted now through April 16 for 23
different varieties of trees and shrubs.
Orders will be available for pick-up from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., April 28 at the Maintenance
Facility, 14900 23rd Ave. N. Quantities are limited so orders will be filled on a "first come" basis.
Use Plymouth's online recreation registration system to order and pay for your selections. A
participation number and family pin are required. If you do not have one, you can easily sign up by
calling 763-509-5200 during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Online payment is accepted, using Visa,
MasterCard or Discover credit cards.
Orders can also be placed by mail to City of Plymouth, 14900 23rd Ave. N., Plymouth, MN 55447
— attention, Lara Newberger — or delivered in person to the Maintenance Facility during regular business
hours, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Payment is due when the order is placed.
The wide variety of trees offered will make it easy to add diversity to any yard. This diversity will
help guard against losses of large portions of the city's trees to a single disease or pest, like Dutch elm
disease or the emerald ash borer. Selections that make good replacements for buckthorn are also
available.
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Except for the conifers, which come in pots, the trees and shrubs are bare -root. That means they
do not come with soil on the roots. It also means that they cost less, have up to 200 percent more roots
and are easier to transport and plant than the traditional balled and burlapped plants.
The conifers are three to four feet tall, the deciduous trees are four to six feet tall and the
shrubs are 18 to 20 inches tall. Tree prices start as low as $12 and shrubs are all priced at $6.
Get Help Choosing the Right Tree: Stop by the tree sale booth at the Yard & Garden Expo to visit with a
tree care advisor. Information sheets on each variety are available on the city's website. Go to
plymouthmn.gov/greenup for a link to the Tree & Shrub Sale page.
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Peony Lane / Lawndale Lane Extension
DRAFT PROJECT SCHEDULE
February 22, 2012
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