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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Information Memorandum 11-09-2023 CITY OF PLYMOUTH COUNCIL INFO MEMO November 9, 2023 EVENTS / MEETINGS Planning Commission Agenda for November 15 .................................................. Page 2 Official City Meeting Calendars .................................................................... Page 4 Tentative List of Agenda Items ..................................................................... Page 7 CORRESPONDENCE Pumpkin Drop Available Nov. 1-20 ................................................................. Page 9 REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST In Mounds View, a Stir Over How Much the 1.5% Proposed Sales Tax on the Ballot Would Cost Residents, Star Tribune .......................................... Page 10 Planning Commission 1 of 2 November 15, 2023 CITY OF PLYMOUTH AGENDA Regular Planning Commission November 15, 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 Recommend approval of variances for a 6 foot fence and paved sport court at 4700 Juneau Ln (Brad Winger - 2023076) Planning Report Proposed Design Fence and Court Location Notification Map Resolution 4.2 Adopt October 18, 2023 minutes Draft Minutes 4.3 2024-2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) 2024 (Amended 2023) CIP by Department 2024 (Amended 2023) CIP by Funding Source 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS 5.1 Rezoning, preliminary plat, site plan, and conditional use permit for Eagle Brook Church to allow construction of a church on property located at 17910 Chankahda Trail (2023-065) Planning Commission Report Information Location Map Page 2 Planning Commission 2 of 2 November 15, 2023 Aerial Map Aerial Map (zoomed in) Hennepin County Locate & Notify Map LA-2 Text from Comprehensive Plan Applicant's Narrative David Weekley Homes Sketch (2022) Perspective Views Traffic Study Site Graphics Correspondence Received -- Through 11-6-2023 Correspondence Received -- 11-7 and 11-8-2023 Ordinance Resolution - Findings of Fact for Rezoning Resolution - Prelim Plat, Site Plan & Conditional Use Permit 6. NEW BUSINESS 7. ADJOURNMENT Page 3 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 November 2023 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR 763-509-5080plymouthmn.gov THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Budget discussion/ Review Board and Commission applications Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON THUR FRI SAT THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED CITY OFFICES CLOSED VETERANS DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers WED 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 Page 4 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 December 2023 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR 763-509-5080plymouthmn.gov 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT 31 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM CHARTER COMMISSION ANNUAL MEETING Medicine Lake Room CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Council Chambers CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Interview Board and Commission applicants Medicine Lake Room Page 5 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 2024 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR 763-509-5080plymouthmn.gov 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT CHANGES ARE NOTED IN RED NEW YEAR’S DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Committee and Commission Recognition Event Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Penalty grid for license violations Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 6:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Council Chambers Page 6 Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items November 28, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room •2024/2025 Budget – final review if needed •Review Board and Commission applications •Review 2024 legislative priorities November 28, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers •Approve 2024 regular City Council meeting schedule •Approve final closeout for County Road 47 Reconstruction Project - Phase 1 (ST220001) •Adopt ordinance amending Section 905 of the City Code and resolution authorizing summary publication •Approve conveyance of property and quit claim deed for properties located 17800, Chankahda Trail •Approve acquisition of easements for the Plymouth Boulevard Rehabilitation Project (ST240001) •Designate engineer for the Chankahda Trail Reconstruction - Phase 3 Project (ST240002) •Public Hearing on wine and on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license applications of M & W INC d/b/a Kyuramen, 4345 Nathan Lane North, Suite O •Public Hearing on wine and on-sale 3.2 percent malt liquor license applications of L & P Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Lucky Street Thai Street Food And Sushi, 1400 County Road 101, Unit I 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 •Swearing in PT/OC Firefighters (City Clerk Jodi Gallup) •Recognize Police Citizen Academy graduates (Public Safety Director Erik Fadden) •Rezoning, preliminary plat, conditional use permit, and site plan by Eagle Brook Church to allow construction of a church for property located at 17910 Chankahda Trail (2023-065) •Approve payment No. 3 and final for the Bass Lake Estates 2nd Addition Stream Restoration Project (WR220001) •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 •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) •Approve payment No. 3 and final for the Bass Lake Estates 2nd Addition Stream Restoration Project (WR220001) •Adopt ordinance amending City Code section 600 concerning garbage and rubbish disposal •Approve plans and specifications and order advertisement for bids for Chelsea Woods Drainage Improvement Project (WR150004) Page 7 January 9, Special 5:00 p.m., Medicine Lake Room • Penalty grid for license violations January 9, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers January 23, Special, 5:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Annual Board/Commission Recognition Event January 23, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers February 6, Special, 5:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Closed Session: City Manager evaluation February 6, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Appoint election judges for the March 5 Presidential Nomination Primary Election February 20, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers March 26, Special, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Council Workshop Date to be determined: • Closed Session – Labor Negotiations Page 8 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release Oct. 27, 2023 Contact: Paul Buck City Forester City of Plymouth 763-509-5944 pbuck@plymouthmn.gov Pumpkin Drop available Nov. 1-20 Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth will accept discarded pumpkins, gourds and apples Nov. 1-20 at the Plymouth Maintenance Facility parking lot, 14900 23rd Ave. N. The Pumpkin Drop offers the community an opportunity to turn old holiday decorations into food for farm animals. Participants should look for a dumpster with a Pumpkin Drop sign on the west side of the Maintenance Facility. Participants are asked to remove candles from pumpkins to protect the animals. Painted pumpkins will be accepted. -30- Page 9 WEST METRO 600264518 In Mounds View, a stir over how much the 1.5% proposed sales tax on the ballot would cost residents On the eve of the election, residents have raised concerns that estimates for how much Mounds View — and other cities — might generate with new taxes have omitted a critical variable: online purchases. By: Greta Kaul and Josie Albertson-Grove, Star Tribune NOVEMBER 6, 2023 — 2:31PM A rendering of the possible Mounds View community center. CITY OF MOUNDS VIE W A proposed sales tax on the ballot Tuesday in Mounds View may have a bigger impact on residents' wallets than advertised. The Ramsey County city is one of several in the metro where voters will decide whether or not to approve a proposed local sales tax. But on the eve of the election, some residents have raised concerns that estimates for how much Mounds View — and other cities — might generate with new taxes have omitted a critical variable: online purchases. Page 10 In Mounds View, the 1.5% tax would raise $16.5 million to help expand the community center to include an indoor walking track, new gyms, an expanded fitness area, community space, a kids' play area, renovated locker rooms and more. Literature from the city, including a recent mailer and a post on social media last month, estimates the tax would cost the average Mounds View resident $3 a month, a figure based on a University of Minnesota Extension Center for Community Vitality study. But residents and city officials say they have learned that the $3 monthly estimate doesn't include purchases and services, like online shopping and utility bills, that would generate sales tax but come from businesses outside of Mounds View. Eric King, a community economics educator with the University of Minnesota Extension, has compiled analyses for many Minnesota cities, including Mounds View, that estimate how much money a local sales tax could raise, and what proportion of that revenue would come from residents vs. nonresidents. Other cities relying on those same studies, including Bloomington and Golden Valley, may also not be accounting for sales tax from online purchases. Sales taxes are also on the ballot in Edina and St. Paul, but because both cities have local sales taxes in place, King said state data used in the studies captures online sales. King said his studies use data from the Minnesota Department of Revenue that include taxes reported from businesses within city limits. They do not include data from sales based outside city limits because, without a local option sales tax, the data is not available. The amount of spending online varies from city to city, he said, but he said a rough estimate is that 15% of all spending is now done online — up from about 10% before the pandemic. "Some [cities] will probably be lower than estimate and some will be higher than estimate," he said. Mounds View resident Valerie Amundsen said she and other residents received the mailer last week. She said the proposed 1.5% sales tax could have a substantial impact on some residents' budgets. "We're not a really wealthy city to begin with," she said. She did some math and concluded that the sales tax would likely include things that didn't seem to be considered in the study, then contacted city leaders. "I thought: 'Goodness, that doesn't seem feasible,' " Amundsen said. "Just my Xcel bill alone was going to be more of an impact than that." Zach Lindstrom, a City Council member who is running for mayor, said he learned about residents' concerns on Thursday. He said he contacted the Department of Revenue and King and learned that the study's estimate did not account for sales generated outside city limits. Page 11 "There is a uncaptured portion that every city deals with, because until you have an assigned sales tax, you don't know what's being sold or delivered into your city," Lindstrom said. Lindstrom, who supports the sales tax proposal, said he wishes the Extension study included some estimate of online sales. He stressed that how much residents would pay depends on their spending, including online. "The question has always been the same question," Lindstrom said. "What does this sales tax, this 1.5 percent increase, mean to you and mean to your budget?" The city released a statement following discussion of the tax study at a council work session Monday night. "The University of Minnesota provides the most reliable analysis about the average impact of a local sales tax in the state," it reads. "The University estimated that the proposed sales tax would average about $3 a month per Mounds View resident. Depending on how you spend your money, you may pay more or less than that estimate. The same holds true for total collections from the tax, which could be higher or lower than projections for any number of reasons." City Administrator Nyle Zikmund also emphasized that the estimate is an average, and residents who spend more will pay more. He said people debating the number on social media are entitled to their opinion. "We used the same source as every other city that's done this," he said, referring to the Extension study. In many Twin Cities suburbs, the studies estimate nonresidents will pay a majority of the sales taxes — a key selling point for sales tax proponents. Other cities, including Bloomington and Golden Valley, used the studies to estimate what proportion of the sales tax would be paid by residents and nonresidents. The studies estimated nonresidents would pay 65% of the sales tax in Bloomington, and that 61.6% of the tax in Golden Valley and 59% of the tax in Mounds View would be paid by people from outside those cities. None of those figures included what residents will pay in sales tax on goods and services they buy online but will be subject to local sales tax — including online purchases, utility bills and television streaming services. greta.kaul@startribune.com Josie Albertson-Grove covers the western Twin Cities suburbs for the Star Tribune. josie.grove@startribune.com Page 12