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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Information Memorandum 09-02-2011CITY OF PLYMOUTH COUNCIL INFO MEMO rp) September 2, 2011 UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS Grand Opening Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners September 8, 20114:30-6:30 p.rn . ........ Page 2 Planning Commission Meeting Agenda September 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m . ............................................... Page 3 Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission Meeting Agenda September 8, 2011, 7:00 p.m .............Page 4 Amendment to September 6, 2011 Study Session Agenda ....................................................... ........... Page 5 September, October, November, 2011 Official City Meeting Calendars ..............................................Page 6 Tentative List of Agenda Items for Future City Council Meetings ...................................................... Page 9 INFORMATION News Articles, Releases, Publications, Etc... Jettisoned Tax Break Sets Off Feud, Stat•Tribime............................................................................... Page 11 CORRESPONDENCE City of Shorewood regarding Aquatic Invasive Species Resolution ................................................. Page 13 Page 1 cl W Z W Q } PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA WEDNESDAY, September 7, 2011 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 August 17, 2011 Planning Commission meeting minutes. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. CrossFit SISU, Jason Massie. Conditional use permit for a sports and fitness club within an existing industrial building at 2060 East Center Circle. (2011061) 7. NEW BUSINESS 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 3 rp) City of Plymouth Adding Quality to Life PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA DATE: Et TIME: I Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: I PLYMOUTH CITY HALL 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 3. OPEN FORUM: 4. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS (NON -ACTION ITEMS): 4a Staff Presentation: Cindy Anderson 4b. Staff Presentation: Alyssa Krumholz 5. NEW BUSINESS (ACTION ITEMS): 5a. Three Rivers Park District -Bassett Creek Trail Presentation 5b. 2012-2016 CIP Draft - (informational; approval at October meeting) 5c. Gold Medal Video Submission 5d. 5e. 6. COMMISSIONER/STAFF UPDATE ■ Plymouth Dog Park ■ Playfield Lighting ■ Zachary Hockey Rink ■ Plymouth Creek Skate Park ■ Upcoming Communityf Special Events 7. ADJOURNMENT __[NEXT REGULAR MEETING - October 13, 2011 - Plymouth Ice Center Page 4 August 31, 2011 I hereby add an am-iouncement from Councilmember Kathleen Murdock to the September 6, 2011 Special Council Meeting agenda. Mayor Kelli Slavik Page 5 r0 City of 9) Plymouth Adding Quality to Life September 2011 Modified on 09102111 Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 jjj� 6 7 8 9 10 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL PLANNING PARK 8 REC MEETING COMMISSION ADVISORY LABOR DAY Budget Study Session MEETING COMMISSION Medicine Lake Room Council Chambers (PRAC) MEETING CITY OFFICES Council Chambers CLOSED 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7:00 PM 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING QUALITY Council Chambers COMMITTEE (EQC) MEETING Parkers lake Room 18 19 20 21 7:00 PM 22 23 24 9:00 AM 6:00-9:00 PM PLYMOUTH PLANNING OPEN HOUSE FIREFIGHTERS 5K COMMISSION FOUR SEASONS Fire Station k2 MEETING MALL STUDY Medicine Lake Roam Plymouth Creek Center 11:30 AM PLYMOUTH ON 7:00 PM PARADE HRA MEETING CELEBRATION Parkers Lake Room City Center Area 25 26 27 5:30 PM 28 29 30 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING` Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Medicine Lake Room Rosh HoShanah 'Joint meeting with PAC to discuss operations Begins at Sane[ Modified on 09102111 Page 6 r� Plymouth Adding Quality to Life October 2011 Modified on 09102111 Center Page 7 1 2 3 4 6:30 PM 5 7:0o PM 6 7 8 VOLUNTEER PLANNING RECOGNITION COMMISSION EVENT MEETING Plymouth Creek Medicine Lake Room Center Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL PARK Et REC 12:00-3:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL QUALITY ADVISORY FIRE DEPT. COLUMBUS DAY MEETING COMMITTEE COMMISSION OPEN HOUSE Observed Medicine Lake Room (EQC) MEETING (PRAC) MEETING Fire Station III Parkers Lake Room Plymouth Ice Cente PLYMOUTH PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION CLOSED 16 17 18 19 7:00 PM 20 21 22 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Medicine Lake Room 23 24 2 5 26 27 28 29 7:00 PM 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL HRA MEETING MEETING Parkers Lake Roam Medicine Lake Room P VHalloween o ek 30 ree Modified on 09102111 Center Page 7 City of Plymouth rt— Adding Quality to Life November 2011 Modified on 09/02111 Page 8 1 2 7:00 PM 3 7:00 PM 4 5 PLANNING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEETING MEETING Medicine Lake Room Parkers Lake Room 6 7 8 7:00 PM 9 7:00 PM 10 11 110 12 REGULAR ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL MEETING QUALITY VETERANS DAY Medicine Lake Room COMMITTEE Observed (EQC) MEETING CITY OFFICES Parkers Lake Room CLOSED 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 7:00 PM 7:00 PM PLANNING HRA MEETING COMMISSION Parkers Lake Room MEETING Medicine Lake Room 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCI MEETING Medicine Lake Room THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY HOLIDAY CITY OFFICES CITY OFFICES CLOSED CLOSED 27 28 29 30 7:00 PM PLYMOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRANSIT (PACT) MEETING Medicine Lake Room Modified on 09/02111 Page 8 Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items September 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Approve 201212013 proposed budgets, preliminary tax levies and budget hearing date • Approve Tobacco License for Thu T Nguyen, d/b/a Wandering Spirits, 3435 Highway 169 North • Public Hearing for an Off -Sale Liquor License application for Thu T Nguyen, d/b/a Wandering Spirits, 3435 Highway 169 North • Approve a home occupation license for a window washing business at 15620 9"' Avenue. David Felt. (2011039) • Approve a conditional use permit for a fitness training facility at 2060 E. Center Circle. Crossf t SISU. (2011061) • Approve Grant Agreement with Hennepin County Receiving Waste Abatement Incentive Grant Funds for Multi -Family Recycling and Waste Reduction • Accept Crime Prevention Grant from Target Corporation for Night to Unite and other programs and initiatives • Authorize reimbursement of funds to the Plymouth Crime and Fire Prevention Fund • Accept donation of fitness equipment for the Police Department • Approve Plans and Specifications and Order Advertisement for Bids for Ranchview Medina Water Quality Project (9126) • Approve Plans and Specifications and Order Advertisement for Bids for Bass Lake Wetland Drainage Improvement Project (9127) • Declare Costs and Set Assessment Hearing for Annapolis Lane Street Reconstruction Project (11002) • Approve Final Payment for 2011 Mill and Overlay Project (Peony Lane - 11007) • Declare Costs to be Assessed and Set Assessment Hearing for 2011 Mill and Overlay Project (Peony Lane - 11007) • Revise Assessment Resolution for Edge Mill and Overlay Project (110 12) • Approve encroachment agreement for shed and planter boxes at 505 Jonquil Lane • Public hearing on vacation of a portion of street right-of-way as platted within Frick's Garden Tracts • Public hearing on vacation of a portion of a platted ponding, drainage and utility easement within Lot 2, Block 1, DeVrics 3M Addition September 27, Special, 5:30 p.m., Medicine Lake Room • Joint meeting with Plymouth Advisory Committee on Transit to discuss operations September 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room • Set public hearing to consider acting as the Host City for a Private Activity Bond Issuance (Hazelden) October 11, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room • Public hearing to approve Host City for a Private Activity Bond Issuance (Hazelden) October 25, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room November 8, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers Note: Special Meeting topics have been set by Council; all other topics are tentative. Page 9 November 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers December 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Adopt the 2012 Budgets and Tax Levies and 2017-2016 Capital Improvement Program • Recognize Police Citizen Academy Graduates Page 10 R StarTribune MINNEAPOLIS • ST. PAUL Jettisoned tax break sets off feud innesota homeowners will lose a popular tax break this year, a change quietly lumped into the hurried budget deal that ended the 20 -day goverrunent shutdown last month. Elimination of the Market Value Homestead Cre- dit will save the state $365 million in lost revenue, but cost some homeowners and businesses several hundred dollars a year in higher property taxes. The change is just coming to the attention of many voters, but it has already triggered a bitter exchange between DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the Republican chairman of the House Tax Committee over blame for its demise. The tax credit, which was originally designed to help low- and middle-income homeowners, was elimina- ted as part of the budget deal to wipe out a projected $5 billion deficit. The program gave homeowners a property tax break of as much as $304 a year de- pending on the value of their property. Under the new system, qualifying homeowners can get some of the value of their home excluded from their tax assessments, but that could force higher taxes for the remaining property owners in the county. «That's going to cause some real wrangling for these cities and counties as they deal with the changes,)) Minnesota Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans said Monday. «It's a ripple that really flows through the entire system.* The change is getting new scrutiny now that legis- lators are back in their home districts and Minne- sotans have time to digest the budget. 30!08;2011 16:04 Early last week, Rep. Greg Davids, who heads the House tax committee, visited Willmar to discuss the effect of the new tax bill. When talk turned to the end of the market -value credit, Davids said the governor proposed eliminating the tax break and that he supported the decision. Dayton, however, says Republicans carne up with the idea and pushed it in the final days before the budget agreement. Davids' contention rattled Dayton, who unsuccess- fully fought for six months to raise taxes on high earners -- in part to avoid property tax hikes for 'middle-class Minnesotans. The governor sent a stern letter to Davids on Thur- sday telling him his account is ((completely and ab- solutely untrue.)) In his letter, the governor said Republicans who control the Legislature inserted the provision in their first budget proposal, «which I vetoed.} Dayton said that none of his budget proposals in- cluded a reduction or cut of the homestead tax cre- dit. The governor said he agreed to the elimination as part of the compromise with legislators to end the shutdown, but said he didn't agree with the idea, adding: «I ask you describe accurately who proposed and insisted upon those actions.,> Davids said he sticks by his account. He doesn't dis- pute the governor's letter, but said they are talking about two different things. lit tp:;;wvr"v.startribune.coni,poEticsistaterocall129641813.him i 2t, Page 11 -zitaffrinune MINNEAPOLIS • ST. PAUL Jettisoned tax break sets off feud Republicans first proposed the idea, Davids said, but Dayton included the provision in his first offer during final budget negotiations. «So we are both right,), said Davids, from Preston. Delinquent taxpayer The idea behind the credit was that counties would grant the tax, break to homeowners, and then be reimbursed by the state. The problem came as state revenue sank over the last decade and the state of- ten didn't fully reimburse counties most years. As a result, taxpayers got the full break, but counties had the uncertainty of crafting budgets without any idea how much money they'd get back — if any at all. Over the years, (4the state became counties' largest delinquent taxpayer, by far,)) Davids said. He said the new program provides more certainty for local governments and says the state is better off without the credit. Davids said the governor should take responsibility for the budget he signed, ai find it interesting that he signed it into law, but he doesn't take responsibility because he doesn't like it,,, Davids said. +There are things in there I don't like, but I voted for it.)) Davids, who has been in the Legislature 20 years, said the first -term governor is still learning how things work around the Capitol. «He's new here,» Davids said. «He will get over it.,) Dayton spokesman Bob Hume said that Dayton has served in state government for 11 legislative ses- sions, beginning more than 10 years before Davids won his seat. L 30/08/201116:04 «We know the difference between fact and fiction and are very familiar with Republican attempts to shift the blame for their policies which, when enac- ted, prove to be unpopularo> Hume said. The dust-up over the taxbreakis expected to be the first of many as Minnesotans feel the full effect of the new budget and elected leaders seek political cover — and begin fermenting their arguments for the next election. «This is just the first round,), said Senate Minority Leader Tom Bak -k, DFL -Cook. Baird Helgeson • 651-222-1288 ttttp;!i%+i4zv.startribune.coin,pabtics statetocaLe128641813.iittnl ",t' - , Page 12 CITE' OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD • SH'OREWOOD, MINNESOTA 55331-8927 (952) 960-7900 FAX (952) 474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityhall@ci.shorewood.mn.us August 25, 2011 j ALIO 2 6 2011 Laurie Ahrens, Manager City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Blvd Plymouth, MN 65447 Dear Ms. Ahrens, The City of Shorewood City Council discussed the issue of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) and the entity best suited to provide leadership and management in the control and prevention of AIS on the water bodies in our communities. The Council recognized there are many different groups, from lake associations to the Army Corps of Engineers, discussing and working on ways to manage, control, and prevent the spread of AIS. The Shorewood Council believes a single entity covering a more regional area is best suited to take on this task. To that end, the Shorewood Council believes the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) is positioned to lead the management AIS activities.. The MCWD represents a larger area of impact, possesses the staff resources to address AIS on a broader scale, and can leverage greater financial resources and partnerships that will be necessary in dealing with AIS. The Shorewood City Council respectfully requests your city to consider adopting a Resolution, similar to the one enclosed, and forwarding it on to the MCWD. Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me at 952-960-7905. i iAdmiini 2rator City of Shorewood Enclosure 0% t.r PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Page 13 CITY OF SHOREWOOD RESOLUTION NO. 11 -048 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE IMINNEHAHA CREED WATERSHED DISTRICT (MCWD) TO MANAGE THE AQUATIC INVASIX"E SPECIES (AIS) EFFORTS IN THE REGION WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood recognizes aquatic invasive species (AIS) in lakes pose real. tangible, and negative impacts. and WHEREAS, potential new AIS, yet to infest our lakes, pose substantial threats to water quality and ecosystems; and WHEREAS, existing AIS management and prevention efforts are inadequate due to the many agencies at the state. regional. and local level, and WHEREAS, to be effective, AIS must be addressed and managed on a regional, if not statewide bassist and WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood recognizes the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) has the staffing capability, scientific expertise and financial capacity to manage AIS on a regional basis. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Shorewood that it hereby recommends and supports empowering the MCWD to manage AIS in the reaion. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Shorewood endorses and supports the MCWD take on the leadership in coordinating and implementing a comprehensive AIS program throughout the watershed as a model for metro or statewide implernentation. ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this 22nd day= of August, 2011. ATTEST. Administrator/Clerk l Christine Lizee, Mayor Page 14