HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 08-10-2023 CITY OF PLYMOUTH
COUNCIL INFO MEMO
August 10, 2023
EVENTS / MEETINGS
Planning Commission Agenda for August 16 ...................................................... Page 2
Official City Meeting Calendars .................................................................... Page 4
Tentative List of Agenda Items ..................................................................... Page 7
CORRESPONDENCE
Senator Ann Rest is Selected as the League of Minnesota Cites
Legislator of Distinction for 2023 ............................................................... Page 9
Fabulous Armadillos Headline Plymouth’s Free Outdoor Concert Aug. 25 ................. Page 11
REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Plymouth Office-Warehouse Trades for $21.6M, Finance & Commerce .................... Page 12
Review: 'Barbie' Resurgence Adds to Indigo Girls Love-Fest Vibe
at the Hilde in Plymouth, Star Tribune ....................................................... Page 14
Prudential Campus Redevelopment Groundbreaking
Could Happen in 2024, Finance & Commerce ............................................... Page 17
Plymouth’s Beaches, Bands & Brews Set for Aug. 11, Sun Sailor ........................... Page 20
Planning Commission 1 of 2 August 16, 2023
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
AGENDA
Regular Planning Commission
August 16, 2023, 7:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. PUBLIC FORUM—Individuals may address the Commission about any item not contained on the
regular agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allotted for the Forum. If the full 15 minutes are not needed
for the Forum, the Commission will continue with the agenda. The Commission will take no official
action on items discussed at the Forum, with the exception of referral to staff for future reports.
3. APPROVE AGENDA —Planning Commission members may add items to the agenda for discussion
purposes or staff direction only. The Commission will not normally take official action on items added to
the agenda.
4. CONSENT AGENDA —These items are considered to be routine and enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commission member or citizen so requests, in which
event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed elsewhere on the agenda.
4.1 Variance request to the bluff setback requirement for a deck addition for the property
located at 2105 Xanthus Lane (Chris Monroe and Dale Kivimaki - 2023048)
Planning Commission Report
Location Map
Aerial
Notification Area Map
Variance Standards
Applicant's Narrative
Survey, Site Plan, and Deck Plans
Draft Resolution
4.2 Adopt proposed June 21, 2023 Planning Commission minutes.
Draft Minutes.pdf
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
5.1 Review comprehensive plan text amendments, rezoning, and zoning text amendment
for City Center (City of Plymouth - 2023045).
Planning Commission Report
Resolution Comp Plan Text Amendment
Notification Map
Ordinance Rezoning
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Planning Commission 2 of 2 August 16, 2023
Resolution Findings of Fact
Ordinance - Zoning Code
City Center Design Standards
6. NEW BUSINESS
7. ADJOURNMENT
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5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Budget discussion Medicine Lake Room
7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers
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5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Plymouth Ice Center 4th sheet of ice discussion/Boards and Commissions Council involvement Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers
6:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers
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7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room
5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Budget discussion Medicine Lake Room
7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers
7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers
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7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers
5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Budget discussion Medicine Lake Room
7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers
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Tentative Schedule for
City Council Agenda Items
August 22, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• 2024/2025 Budget – Levy impacted funds and related CIP
August 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Recognize Senator Ann Rest for receiving 2023 League of Minnesota Cities Legislator of
Distinction
• Designate engineer for the Plymouth Blvd Rehabilitation Project (ST240001)
• Designate engineer for Station 73 Transit and Eagle Lake Regional Trail Improvement Project
Final Design and Bidding (ST230003)
• Approve payment No. 3 and final the Bass Lake Estates 2nd Addition Stream Restoration
Project (WR220001)
• Approve purchase of fire engine
• Adopt ordinance amending chapter XXI of the city code, regarding accessory dwelling units,
resolution approving summary publication and resolution approving findings of fact
• Public Hearing on Wine and On-Sale 3.2 Percent Malt Liquor License Application of Asian Duck
LLC d/b/a Asian Duck, 16605 County Road 24, Suite 205
• Preliminary discussion on local cannabis regulation
• Authorize final design for Vicksburg 4-3 Lane Striping Project
• Approval of a joint powers agreement providing potable water service to the City of Medicine
Lake
September 12, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• 2024/2025 Budget – Levy impacted funds and related CIP
September 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Swearing in of Career and PT/OC Firefighters (Deputy City Clerk Amy Gottschalk)
September 26, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• Plymouth Ice Center 4th sheet of ice discussion
• Board and Commission involvement with Council discussion
September 26, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Presentation from Wayzata Public Schools Superintendent Chace Anderson
October 10, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• Council policies review – including Special Assessment Policy, Charitable Gambling Funds,
Vendor RFP, etc.
October 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
October 24, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• 2024/2025 Budget – Enterprise funds with utility study and related CIP
October 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
November 14, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• 2024/2025 Budget – Internal service funds and related CIP
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November 14, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
November 28, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• 2024/2025 Budget – final review if needed
• Review Board and Commission applications
November 28, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Approve 2024 regular City Council meeting schedule
• Review 2024 legislative priorities
December 5, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
• Interview Board and Commission applicants
December 12, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room
December 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
• Adopt final levies and budget
• Approve 2024 tobacco licenses
• Approve 2024 refuse hauler licenses
• Approve 2024 target and trap shoot license
• Accept park and recreation donations for 2023
• Adopt polling locations for 2024 elections (if needed)
• Approve final closeout for Hidden Lake and Beacon Heights 2nd Street Reconstruction Project
(ST229001)
• Approve final closeout for 2022 Vicksburg Lane Improvements (ST229005)
• Approve final closeout for 2020 Street Reconstruction Project (ST209001)
• Approve final closeout for Ridgemount Avenue Rehabilitation Project (ST210002)
Date to be determined:
• Closed Session – Labor Negotiations
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LMCLAGUE or
MINNESOTA
CITIES
August 2, 2023
Mayor Jeffry Wosje
3400 Plymouth Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55447-1482
Senator Ann Rest, who represents your city at the state legislature, has been selected as a League
of Minnesota Cities Legislator of Distinction for 2023. The League's Board of Directors recognized
a total of 35 legislators this year, including 20 House members and 15 Senate members, for their
actions and leadership on a wide variety of legislative issues of importance to cities across our
state. The enclosed letter describes the specific reasons your legislator was chosen for this
recognition. A copy of this letter, and printed certificate, has been sent to your legislator as well.
Please share this recognition with your city council and the public at your next council meeting.
We also encourage you to share this information with your local newspaper. Publicly
acknowledging legislators for their support of city-friendly legislation helps to continue
strengthening the partnership between state and local government officials in Minnesota.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ted Bengtson, IGR Coordinator at the
League of Minnesota Cities at tbengtson@lmc.org, (651) 281-1242. To read the complete list of
all 35 legislators who received this designation, see the Cities Bulletin article online at
www.lmc.org/lod.
Thank you, in advance, for your consideration and your support of the League's Legislators of
Distinction recognition program.
Enclosure
145 University Avenue West
651) 281-1200 651) 281-1299St. Paul, Minnesota 55103
800)925-1122 www.lmc.org
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LMCLAGUE of
MINNESOTA
CITIES
July 27, 2023
The Honorable Ann H. Rest
328 Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Dear Senator Rest,
On behalf otouf838 member cities, I want to thank you for your efforts this past legislative
session and to recognize you as a League of Minnesota Cities 2023 Legislator of Distinction.
League staff and member city officials appreciate your accessibility and your consultation with us
on legislation impacting cities. Specifically, as chair of the Senate Tax Committee you were a
strong advocate for local control. You included all local sales tax proposals that were introduced in
the senate, with each receiving approval in the final bill. You also played a key part in ensuring the
Public Safety Aid proposal was fully funded at $210 million for cities in the final tax bill. The
League appreciates your awareness of city needs and looks forward to working with you in the
future on issues impacting local units of government.
Our members know that in order to be successful in serving our common constituents, state and
city officials must work together as partners to reach solutions that meet the unique needs of rural,
suburban, and urban communities all across Minnesota. City leaders also understand that without
the support of legislative leaders like you, this state-local partnership would not be possible.
To acknowledge your contributions last session, mayors of each city in your legislative district will
receive notification of your recognition. A press release will also be issued to media in your area.
City officials and League staff look forward to continuing to work with you in the future.
Sincerely,
Jenny Max
City Administrator,Nisswa
President, League of Minnesota Cities
145 University Avenue West PH: (651) 281-1200 651) 281-1299
St. Paul, Minnesota 55103 TF: (800)925-1122 www.lmc.org
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
August 4, 2023
Contact: Alyssa Fram
Recreation Supervisor
City of Plymouth
763-509-5225
afram@plymouthmn.gov
Fabulous Armadillos headline Plymouth’s free outdoor concert Aug.25
Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth is set to host an evening of free outdoor music featuring the
Fabulous Armadillos 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at the Hilde Performance Center, 3500 Plymouth Blvd.
The concert begins with special guest Tim Haussner, followed by the Fabulous Armadillos, which
performs hit song re-creations spanning a variety of genres.
Food trucks will be on site, and beer and wine will be sold by the Plymouth Civic League in support of
Music in Plymouth – learn more at musicinplymouth.org. Non-alcoholic drinks will be available from
Sobar.
The event is free and open for the public – no tickets or registration are required. Attendees should
bring blankets or lawn chairs, as well as cash/credit for beverages and food truck purchases.
From the Fabulous Armadillos: “The Fabulous Armadillos came out of their shell in 2006 and have since
established a large and loyal following in Minnesota and beyond with their spot on recreations of songs
from many genres of music from Country to Motown to Heavy Metal to 70's Soft Rock and play them
just like you remember. Close your eyes and you are listening to all those vinyl records again or your
AM/FM radio … COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL and see what everybody has been talking about!”
Cutline: The Fabulous Armadillos will headline a free outdoor concert Friday, Aug. 25 at the Hilde
Performance Center in Plymouth.
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Founders Properties has purchased the office-warehouse building at 2400 Xenium Lane in Plymouth. (Photo: CBRE)
Plymouth office-warehouse trades for $21.6M
Brian Johnson // August 4, 2023
The one-time Plymouth headquarters of Christopher & Banks, a women’s clothing store
that filed for bankruptcy in 2021, has traded for $21.6 million, roughly $8 million more
than the property fetched five years ago.
St. Louis Park-based The Excelsior Group sold the 221,330-square-foot asset at 2400
Xenium Lane to Founders Properties LLC of Minnetonka, according to a certificate of
real estate value made public Friday. The sale included a $9.72 million down payment.
The price works out to $97.59 per square foot for the 51-year-old property, which is in
the southeast quadrant of Highway 55 and Interstate 494.
Finance & Commerce reached out to The Excelsior Group and Founders Properties for
comment. In the last 25 years, Founders Properties has been involved in “raising and
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managing 14 private commercial real estate funds with a purchase value of over $3.6
million and covering 42 million square feet,” according to its website.
The Excelsior Group paid $13.65 million for the property in a 2018 sale-leaseback deal,
as Finance & Commerce reported at the time. A broker on that deal told Finance &
Commerce in 2018 that Christopher & Banks fielded about a dozen offers for the
building, which attracted attention for its proximity to major roads and for its status as a
corporate headquarters and national distribution hub. In 2021, Christopher & Banks filed
for bankruptcy, laid off more than 300 workers, and shuttered its Plymouth
headquarters.
For tax purposes, the building has an estimated market value of $16.4 million, according
to Hennepin County property records.
Located in the southeast quadrant of Highway 55 and Interstate 494, the building was
constructed in 1972. A recent marketing brochure notes that the property was
renovated to create a new front entry, sprinkler system, parking lot improvements and
other upgrades. The building has a 21-foot clear height and 293 parking stalls on a 12-
acre site.
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MUSIC 600295213
Review: 'Barbie' resurgence
adds to Indigo Girls love-fest
vibe at the Hilde in Plymouth
The enduring folk duo of "Closer to Fine" fame welcomed newcomers to
Saturday's sold-out outdoor gig.
By Chris Riemenschneider Star Tribune AUGUST 6, 2023 — 10:09AM
AMY HARRIS, INVISION/AP
Amy Ray, left, and Emily Saliers performed in 2019 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
They saved it for the last song of the night and acknowledged that many attendees were hearing
it live for the first time.
"If this is your first time seeing us, then welcome," Emily Saliers said to a crowd twice the size of
what she and bandmate Amy Ray normally draw in the Twin Cities.
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After a few familiar acoustic guitar chords, audience members joined in right on cue for the
opening line: "I'm trying to tell you something about my life. …" And for the next four minutes,
4,000 people helped turn a warm summer night in Minnesota into an ultra-warm campfire
singalong.
That typical big moment in an Indigo Girls concert was made all the bigger Saturday night at the
Hilde Performance Center, when the enduring Atlanta folk duo played Plymouth's grassy
outdoor amphitheater riding a resurgence of sorts from a seemingly unlikely source.
Their harmonious 1989 anthem "Closer to Fine" — saved for the closing number Saturday — is
suddenly a hit again thanks to the new "Barbie" movie. Not only is it prominently and repeatedly
featured in the film, it's used in a way that poignantly speaks to the film's powerful message of
finding self-love and your own strong identity. If it wasn't already an iconic song before 2023, it
certainly is now.
With that movie breaking box-office records, it's no surprise Saliers and Ray are also seeing a
boost in their own ticket sales.
Granted, a majority of Saturday's crowd was still made up of diehards who turn out to see the
Indigo Girls year after year. You could tell how many were there when they also sang along
loudly to the lesser-known opening songs "Fill It Up Again" and "Yield." But there were clearly
some newcomers, too.
For instance: the person who took up Saliers' offer to ask a question while Ray tuned her guitar a
few songs deeper into the 100-minute set.
"Are we sisters?" Saliers good-naturedly repeated the query, sparking laughter.
The singer then asked back with a sweet smile, "Did you find us through the 'Barbie' movie?"
Only sisters in the sense that they grew up together — "seeing each other's evolution over the
years," is how Ray put it — the longtime bandmates' uncanny musical bond was on bright display
underneath the Hilde's impressive four-story band shell.
They performed as a stripped-down trio with only ace violinist Lyris Hung for extra musical
accompaniment. Hung's valuable contributions ranged from a light and beautiful coating in the
pure-folk ditty "Share the Moon" to dark, stormy layering for the rockier mid-set standout
"[Expletive] Kickin'."
With lines about riding horses and dirt-bikes as a kid but becoming "a little bit left of the salt of
the earth," the latter song was one of a handful selected off the richly lyrical Indigo Girls album
issued near the start of COVID lockdown, titled "Look Long." Another new gem, "When We
Were Writers," found Saliers reminiscing about pulling all-nighters and having "smoked a joint
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with Jackson Browne." Neither song would've fit the "Barbie" movie but were highlights
Saturday.
Other fan favorites popped up intermittently throughout the show, including (in order) "Get Out
the Map," "Shame on You" and "Least Complicated" before the pre-encore finale "Galileo." They
dug up "Kid Fears" by request to start the encore. Then opening act Kevn Kinney of the Georgia
band Drivn' n' Cryin' — who lovingly covered the Replacements' "Here Comes a Regular" with
Hung during his set — came back out to help sing "Closer to Fine." As if an extra singing voice
was even needed.
Perhaps as much as the "Barbie" scenes, credit for the Girls' bump in attendance this time
around can probably also go to the gig's scenic location. It was good to have the Music in the Zoo
regulars performing outdoors again, and to have kinks from previous concerts at the Hilde (i.e.,
long concession lines) worked out. Consider it further proof that if you build Minnesota music
lovers a decent, working amphitheater, they will come.
Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for
Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the
book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin
American-Statesman in Texas.
chrisr@startribune.com 612-673-4658 ChrisRstrib
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Roers Cos. and Scannell Properties hope to break ground next spring on a redevelopment of the Prudential Campus in Plymouth. (File photo)
Prudential campus redevelopment
groundbreaking could happen in 2024
Brian Johnson//August 9, 2023
A year after purchasing the 76-acre Prudential campus in Plymouth, Roers Cos. and
Scannell Properties are on track with plans to start pushing dirt next year on up to $300
million worth of new development on the site.
A comprehensive plan amendment for the campus site at Interstate 494 and Bass Lake
Road will likely go before the City Council in September, said Chloe McGuire, Plymouth’s
planning and development manager. It’s the next step in the developers’ efforts to bring
a mix of residential, retail and other uses to the high-profile location.
Dan Salzer, director of development for Scannell Properties, said in an email Wednesday
that plans are moving along.
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“We are proceeding with our next steps in the planning and entitlement process. The
project is progressing well, and we look forward to continued collaboration with the city
and other stakeholders as we work toward a spring 2024 groundbreaking,” Salzer said.
Prudential will remain in the existing building through the end of this year, he added.
SPRC Land Ventures Plymouth LLC, an entity related to Indianapolis-related Scannell,
paid $20.4 million for the property last year, according to Minnesota Department of
Revenue records. New Jersey-based Prudential Insurance Company of America was the
seller.
Roers and Scannell unveiled plans in August 2022 for a $250 million to $350 million
redevelopment featuring five retail buildings, a medical office building, between 500 and
1,000 multifamily housing units and a 450,000-square-foot office park, as Finance &
Commerce reported.
Plans call for demolition of an existing 500,000-square-foot office building to redevelop
the site, Finance & Commerce reported.
A site plan shows multifamily homes on the south and east; restaurant, retail and
grocery-commercial uses on the north; and a med-tech business park on the west.
Trees, wetlands and trails are sprinkled throughout the site.
The campus is framed by Bass Lake Road on the north, I-494 on the west, Northwest
Boulevard/County Road 61 on the east and Chankahda Trail on the south.
A project milestone happened this week when the city released a planning document
known as an Alternative Urban Areawide Review, or AUAR, for the site. The AUAR spells
out maximum densities based on development-related impacts to utilities, traffic,
stormwater and more.
The document describes two “development scenarios,” including one with up to 700,000
square feet of business park/retail, and as many as 1,320 “apartment-style” uses. The
other includes 780,500 square feet of “business campus” space along with the existing
office building. The second scenario describes what would be allowed under the city’s
existing comprehensive plan, McGuire said.
McGuire said the city has finalized the AUAR, which is a required environmental review
based on the project’s estimated size.
This week, the developers submitted an application for the comprehensive plan
amendment, which would re-guide the site to mixed-use residential and allow for up to
35 housing units per acre, McGuire added.
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“That’s where we are in the process. … They worked with our City Council throughout the
last year, did a site tour with them, and a couple of different work sessions to come up
with a vision for the site versus a specific, concrete sketch plan,” she added.
Proposed development within the AUAR study area “will be constructed over multiple
phases over the next six to eight years, depending on the market,” according to the
AUAR.
“We don’t get [a site] this big to redevelop very often, so it’s super exciting,” McGuire
said.
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Plymouth’s Beaches, Bands & Brews set
for Aug. 11
August 10, 2023
The City of Plymouth is set to wrap up its free Summer Beach Series with the Beaches, Bands &
Brews event 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at East Medicine Lake Park, 1740 East Medicine Lake Blvd.
Attendees may spend an evening at the beach, play yard games and enjoy live music from
Sawyer’s Dream, a Minneapolis-based all-original vocal harmony Americana band with a 70’s
style.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the event. Beer and seltzers will be sold by
a local brewery. Attendees should bring blankets or lawn chairs.
Parking at East Medicine Lake Park is limited. Attendees may also park at nearby West Medicin e
Lake Park, 1920 West Medicine Lake Drive. The parks are connected by a two-mile path and
signage will be posted to guide attendees to the event.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Plymouth Parks and
Recreation Department at 763-509-5200. To check for cancellations in the event of inclement
weather, call the weather hotline at 763-509-5205.
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