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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 03-16-1995MARCH 16, 1995 UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS .... 1. CITY MEETING SCHEDULE FOR MARCH: MARCH 21 6:00 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Council Conference Room Topic: Review of 1995 Citizen Survey 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING City Council Chambers 2. YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 5:00 P.M., Council Conference Room. 3. PLANNING COMMISSION -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 7:00 P.M., Council Chambers. 4. BOARD OF ZONING -- THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 7:00 P.M., Council Chambers. 5. SENSIBLE LAND USE COALITION - Growth Management Series -- Wednesday, March 29, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at the Radisson Hotel in Bloomington, beginning at 7:00 p.m. (M-5) 6. ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES - Twin Cities Urban Summit -- The Association of Metropolitan Municipalities will host a "summit" on urban revitalization on Thursday, March 30 at the AMM office, 3490 Lexington Avenue, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Tierney was invited along with other Metro area mayors. Information from the AMM is attached. The AMM Report on Urban Revitalization referenced in the letter is on file in Administration. (M-6) 7. METRO MEETINGS ---- The weekly calendar of meetings for the Metropolitan Council and its advisory commissions is attached. (M-7) CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMO MARCH 16, 1995 Page 2 8. MEETING CALENDARS - The March and April meeting calendars are attached. (M-8) 1. DEPARTMENT REPORTS a. Weekly Building Permit Report for Commercial/Industrial/Public and Use Types. (I-1) 2. NEWS ARTICLES. RELEASES, PUBLICATIONS. ETC. a. City news release on April 8 Police Auction. (I -2a) b. Reprint of March 12 article from Saint Paul Pioneer Press on affordable housing. (I - 2b) c. Reprint of March 11 article from Star Tribune regarding the Orfield tax base sharing proposal. (I -2c) 3. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS POLICY - CORRESPONDENCE a. A status report on all correspondence and inquiries is attached. 4. MEMOS & CORRESPONDENCE: a. Memo from Fred Moore regarding speed limit determination by the Minnesota Department of Transportation for City roadways completed in 1994. (I -4a) b. Notice of neighborhood meeting to discuss the City's study for South Shore Drive traffic improvements. (Provided by Councilmember Granath) (I -4b) c. Notice of Metropolitan Council public hearing on an amendment to the Metro Council's Recreation Open Space Development Guide/Policy Plan. (I -4c) d. Letter from Steven Chase, 11901 23rd Avenue North, thanking Eric Blank for his communications on the status of West Medicine Lake Park. (I -4d) e. Memo from John Sweeney giving an update on 1995 "Opt -Out" transit legislation. (I -4e) Dwight Johnson City Manager M-6 Second in a monthly series of programs focusing on growth 0 Wednesday, March 29, 1995-8:3( Radisson Hotel South and Plaza Tower ■ I-494 and I Ir�d Sponsored by: Sensible Land Use Coalition, Metropolitan Council, Minnesota Chapter American Planning As FOCUS Growth management and development issues affect nearly every aspect of our lives, from where we will live and work to how our public resources are ultimately distributed. Indeed, the very quality of our lives will depend, to a large degree, upon how we manage future growth in our region and how we balance competing needs, expectations and desires. In the late 1960s, with the formation of the Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities region adopted regional planning as a mans for balancing those needs. This pro- gram will revisit the times and conditions that brought about this governmental novelty and assess its effectiveness in meeting its original goals. Attendees will be given a unique opportunity to examine growth management efforts in the Twin Cities and compare its effeaiveness to other regions. Speakers familiar with growth management efforts in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington—two areas which share many characteristics with the Twin Cities—have been invited to talk about the growth management experiences in their regions. MORNING SESSIONS The Twin CitieslMinnesota Experience (8:30 - 9:45) Before we look at growth management programs in other parts of the country, this session begins with a review of the conditions that existed and key issues that were debated when the Metropolitan Land Planning Act was enacted. Basic strategies for managing the spread of urban growth will be presented, including the identifi- cation of the four major "Metropolitan Systems"—sewers, transportation, parks and open space, and airports—as well as the roles and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Council, counties, school district, cities and townships. Lading the session will be noted land use attorney, Robert Hoffman, who was a member of the Metropolitan Council and one of the principal authors of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. He will offer a critical assessment of the effec- tiveness of the original strategies that he helped to establish. The session will continue with Curtis Johnson, recently appointed Metropolitan Council Chair, who will provide a brief summary of the evolution of the Council during the past two decades and conclude with a discussion on the status of the recently adopted Regional Blueprint and its expected role in future growth management and devel- opment efforts. The Portland/Oregon Experience (10:00 -11:00) Like Minnesota, Oregon is a state dominated by one large metropolitan region. Similar to the Twin Cities, the Portland area employs an urban growth boundary as a mans to contain urban sprawl, promote the efficient use of infrastructure and preserve resources. Oregon's growth management and land planning system is often touted as model for others to follow; some in the Twin Cities suggest that more be done here to implement major pieces of the Oregon system. Mike Burton, the newly elected Metro chair, and Jon Chandler, chief lobbyist for the Portland Metro Builders Association, will offer their perspectives on the effectiveness of growth management efforts in Oregon and Portland through a discussion of issues such as urban growth boundaries, overall quality of life, agricultural preservation, the environment, economic development, land prices and affordable housing. Aj ement issues and pa'4ectives _ -a.M. 0 4:30 p. r _1 Oway 100 ■ Bloomin_gtgll F nation,. Builders Association. of Nlinnerota The SeattlelMrshington Experience (11:00 - 12:00) Like Minnesota and Oregon, Washington is a state dominated by one large metro- politan region. Like the Twin Cities, the Seattle area employs an urban growth boundary to help contain sprawl, promote the efficient use of infrastructure and preserve resources. The state's approach to growth management, adopted in 1992, seeks to better manage heavy growth pressures in some sections of the state while fostering growth and economic development in other sections. James Street Chair of the Growth Management Policies Board for the Puget Sound Regional Council and the current Seattle City Council President, and Keith Dearborn, an attorney with Bogle & Gates in Seattle, will offer their per- spectives'on the effectiveness of the Washington State Growth Management Act. Issues to be discussed include designated urban growth areas, overall quality of life, .agricultural preservation, the environment, economic development, land prices. and affordable housi ing. AFTERNOON SESSIONS Economic Impacts of Growth d' Development (12:45 -1:45) One of the frequent arguments by those opposed to growth management is that regulations violate landowners' fundamental rights. "What I do on my land is my business and it doesn't affect you" is a sentiment expressed by those whose devel- opment plans are either limited or stopped by growth management regulations. At a time when government at all levels is faced with limited resources, this session explores the fiscal and economic realities associated with urban expansion. Paul Tuchler, principal ofTischler & Associates Consulting, will discuss the eco- nomic and fiscal impacts of growth and development. Tischler has advised many cities around the country on fiscal and economic consequences of growth, eco- nomic investments and infrastructure decisions. His remarks will summarize the findings from those analyses and offer timely advice to the Twin Cities community. State and Local Approaches (2:00 - 3:00) What exactly is growth management? What is its potential? What are the pros and cons? Does it world Where? Under what conditions? What are other states and cities doing? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed by Douglas Porta; president of the Growth Management Institute. Potter will present various growth management strategies and approaches employed by states and localities from around the country. Porter draws on his many years of research on growth and development issues. The -Future of Growth Management (3:15 - 4.•30) The political and legal landscapes surrounding growth management are changing. In recent years the United States Supreme Court issued several historic rulings affecting the ways states and cities plan and their ability to control growth and development. There have also been major shifts in the roles and responsibilities of both the federal and state governments with respect to financing of regional infrastructure. How will these and other changes affect future growth manage- ment initiatives? Most importantly, what does all this mean for the Twin Cities? A panel of local and national speakers will offer thoughts on the future prospects of growth management and react to questions and remarks from the audience. A lively debate is promised! Reservation for: GROWTH MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE • MARCH 29 ❑ 4egetmra t Meal firfarred Name: Company/Agency: Phone. T?e; iommadrand ❑ Member/$50 Nonrefundable reservations due by noon: Mond. March 27 rear bonortd will be IIbiUrd unleu canctUatiansElNonmember/$75 are rrcrivtd 36houm in Mail to: Sensible Land Use Coalition advance. $5.00charge PO Boz 284, Excelsior, MN 55331-9998 1 forinwtnd ❑ *Membership Fee_ For more information call Valerie Williams at: (612) 474-3302 = TOTAL ENCLOSED Fax reservations to: (612) 470-6640 (I will: _send check or _bring to door) PROGRAM SCHEDULE 8:00 - 8:30 REGISTRATION 8:30 - 8:35 WELCOME Speaker. Dean johtuon, President, Sensible Land Use Coalition 8:35-9:45 THE TWIN CITIES/MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE Introduction: David Long, Program Coordinator and Director, Sensible Land Use Coalition Speaker: Robert Hoffman, Attorney, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. Speaker: Curtis Johnson, Chair, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council 9:34 - 10:00 BREAK 10:00 - 11:00 THE PORTLAND/OREGON EXPERIENCE Introduction: Mark Koeg/er, Director and Past President, Sensible Land Use Coalition Speaker: Mike Burton, Executive Officer, Metro, Portland, Oregon Speaker: Jon Chandler. Chief Lobbyist, Portland Metro Builders Association 11:00 - 12:00 THE SEATTLE(WASHINGTON EXPERIENCE Introduction: Blair Tremere, Principal, Public Affairs Consulting Speaker: James Street, Chair of Growth Management Policies Board, Puget Sound Regional Council and City Council President, Seattle, Washington Speaker: Keith Dearborn, Attorney, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Washington 12:00 - 12:45 LUNCHEON 12:45 - 1:45 FISCAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT . Introduction: Michael Wazniak, President, Minnesota Chapter, American Planning Association Speaker: Paul Ttschler, Principal, Tischer and Associates Consulting, Bethesda, Maryland 1:45 - 2:00. BREAK 2:00 - 3:00 GROWTH MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW, Introduction: Anne Hurlburg Via President, Sensible Land Use Coalition Speaker. Douglas Porter, President, Growth Management Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 3:00 - 3:15 BREAK 3:15 - 4:30 THE FUTURE OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT Moderator.. John Shardlow, Director, Sensible Land Use Coalition Panelists: Joan Archer, Executive Vice President, Builders Association of Minnesota James Solent, Regional Administrator, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council Several speakers from the day's previous sessions will also be featured here. 4:30 - 5:30 RECEPTION KEY SPEAKERS Do you belong to. (please check) Sensible land Use Coaliti, _Metropolitan Council _MN Chaptcr, MA , _Builders Association of K "(/f you would Like to beror a member of the Sensible Ln UJr Coalition, join now art. rave $25 on your wnferen, registration. GtU 474-33( for a membership appficatio Mike Burton, Metro, Portland, Oregon Newly elected Executive Officer of Metro, the regional government serving the tri -county metropolitan Portland area. Involved in regional government for more than 15 years and served as Represen- tative for the 17th District in the Oregon House for five terms wher he held seats on the Housing, Energy and Environment Committee. Jon Chandler, Portland Metro Builders Association, Oregon As staff attorney and lobbyist, represents builder/developer interests in the Portland aril. Active in state and local politics and has spoke and written extensively on land use and environmental issues for state and national legal and professional organizations. Keith Dearborn, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Washington Attorney and planner with more than 20 years of experience in land use and environmental law. Played a lead role in creating the University of Washington's Institute for Environmental Studies. Won the American Planning Association Outstanding Merit Award two times for work on a number of regional land use issues. Robert Hoffman, Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Mpls. Extensively involved in land use and development for over 25 years as both a policy maker and attorney. Former seven-year member o: the Metropolitan Council. Also 14 -year member of the Blooming- ton Ciry Council, land use law instmaor at Hamlin University, at member of the Urban Land Institute Dev. Policies and Reg. Count: Douglas Porter, Growth Management Institute, Bethesda, MD One of the nation's leading authorities on growth management approaches. Research published in 25 books and dozens of articles Formerly directed the public policy research program at the Urban Land Institute -where he focused on growth management, special zoning techniques and land use/transportation relationships. James StreeA Puget Sound Regional Council, Seattle, Washingto: Served as Chair of the Seattle City Council's Land Use Committee for six years and is the current Council President. Chair of the Growth Management Policies Board for the Puget Sound Regional Council and a member of regional committees responsible for dew oiling King County's growth management and rapid transit pohcit Paul Tuchler, Tuchler &Associates Consulting, Bethesda, MD Over 23 years of experience in conducting fiscal, economic and ill. ning studies throughout the country. Specialized in fiscal analyse of growth alternatives; impact fee modeling and revenue strategies capital improvement plans and growth management studies; and market and economic feasibility studies. The Sensible land Use Coalition is a communiry of land ■n planning, development and regulatory proles- . aionak from the publk and private 'Mors. on, miu(on is to promote communication, enhance education and provide information that will -wag, dw developmnu of pWk policy and foster a balanced approach oumd (tura ajrecdng lard we, development and the environ- ment in Ho—so a. with jpeckl Jocw on the 7ivin Cut" metro arta y A,Tre/.Y rr�.4lNM .;rh i wtrnNivmr.L� �« peravm...r JOY TIERNEY CITY OF PLYMOUTH 3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD PLYMOUTH MN 55447-1448 ' 33ASs;07 qn"r P BOARD OF DIRECTORS �A PRESIDENT Craig Rapp Brooklyn Park VICE PRESIDENT asociation of Joan Campbell metro ol ita n Minneapolis P municipalities_ PAST PRESIDENT David M. Childs Minnetonka March 10, 1995 DIRECTORS ~ Bin Barnhart Dear Mayor Tierney: Minneapolis Jack Denzer Would you agree that those living in the Twin Cities should have the Cottage Grove opportunity to be self sufficient and to live and work in safe, viable and diverse Tom Egan communities? Should individuals have choices in affordable housing and job Eagan opportunities? Should there be incentives to reduce concentrations of poverty Ray Faricy in the metro area? St Paul Marie Grimm Over the last three years, metro area cities have wrestled with these increasingly St Paul prevalent issues of urban decay. Unfortunately, the quest for solutions has been Joan Lynch largely focused on parochial approaches, which has caused much divisiveness Susan Hoyt Falcon Heights among metro cities. The Minnesota Legislature has also been unsuccessful in Gerald Otten solving urban problems, drafting proposals which create penalties, tax base Ann Langton ski Bloomington shifts and potentially jeopardize the future of important programs such as LGA, P Y J P P P� Jim Prosser HACA and TIF. If this process continues without unification and realistic Jerry Linke solutions, all cities in the metro area could experience significant losses. Mounds View region for those solutions. Joan Lynch We need your help and input. We invite you to attend the Twin Cities Urban Shakopee Summit at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 30 at the AMM office (3490 Lexington Gerald Otten Ave. N). This meeting of key Twin Cities municipal leaders has a dual purpose. New Hope First, to establish a process that will enable metro area cities to work together Jim Prosser as one unified voice. Second, to find common solutions to the problems of Richfield urban decay and develop broad-based support among cities throughout the Kirk Schnitker region for those solutions. Champlin help identify areas of agreement, and an Executive Summary highlighting the Beverly Shultz We believe the AMM has the broad-based, diverse membership to be the Bayport unifying vehicle to bolster a successful solution process. Roger Williams, Charlotte Shover director of the state Office of Dispute Resolution, has agreed to facilitate this Burnsville initial meeting. Sen. Ted Mondale, D -St. Louis Park, whose recent Star William Thompson Tribune guest editorial is enclosed, will also speak about the need to find Coon Rapids common ground and move forward together. Also enclosed is the AMM Elwyn Tinklenberg Report on Urban Revitalization, which can serve as a resource document to Blaine help identify areas of agreement, and an Executive Summary highlighting the major conclusions and recommendations of the report. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Vern Peterson 3490 lexington avenue north, st. paul, minnesota 55126 (612) 490-3301 We hope you realize how important it is for city leaders like yourself to collaboratively seek solutions to the Twin Cities' urban problems. We thank you in advance for your efforts and hope you can attend this critical meeting. Please return the enclosed postcard by Monday, March 27 and check whether you are able to attend or not. If you have any questions, please contact AMM Executive Director Vern Peterson at 490-3301. Respectfully, Craig R. Rapp Joan Campbell Dave M. Childs AMM president AMM vice president AMM past president M, C For metro solutions we must pull together By Ted Mondale Over the past three years the issues of urban decay, affordable housing and metropolitan sprawl have seen much deserved attention, but little actual progress. If we are to find real solutions to metropolitan issues, solu- tions that maintain and improve our quality of life and build and strengthen economic opportunities in all our communities, we must start from common ground. Sadly, much of the debate has focused more on our differences than our shared interests. In fact, the political rhetoric threatens ideo- logical war, pitting cities against suburbs, public interests against private, DFLers against Independent -Republicans at a time when civic leaders are searching for ways to pull our communities together. In the last election; urban voters heard that city problems are exacerbated by wealthy, callous suburbanites who couldn't care less about anybody else. The truth fared no better in the suburbs, where voters heard that the real goal of metropolitan reform is to move urban problems into their neigh- borhoods. This kind of rhetoric distorts the real issues and precludes any real progress. Let's challenge some of the assumptions be- hind this rhetoric. We need to acknowledge that middle-class people who leave the city seeking a better quality of life are not.mor- ally impaired. Let's admit that the urban core is burdened with older housing stock, some of it well past its prime and expensive to maintain. Inner-city land in industrial areas has long been used and often misused. These are expensive problems to solve. Let's admit that one of the biggest challenges facing low-income, undertrained people liv- ing in urban areas is the shortage of jobs that pay a living wage. Let's challenge the assumption that city taxpayers are "subsi- dizing" suburban growth while getting noth- ing in return. For example, the so-called "fertile crescent" keeps the city of St. Paul from certain bankruptcy by transferring over $20 million a year in tax revenues through the fiscal disparities tax sharing program. None of us is well served when the rhetoric of metropolitan reform ob- scures our interlocking interests. Solutions to our metropolitan problems should be built on common ground: ■ Recognition of common interests. We are all one metropolitan region, and we rely on one another for our quality of life and economic futures. Every study shows that regions with strong core cities enjoy signifi- cantly higher rates of economic growth than those with distressed inner cities. ■ Pursuit of approaches that work. A puni- tive approach to controlling suburban growth won't work. It will cause develop- ment to "leap -frog" outside the seven -coun- ty metropolitan area, making matters worse. Likewise, the dream of pouring almost un- limited resources into existing core commu- nity government agencies will not solve our problems. It makes more sense to encourage sensible redevelopment in core communi- ties and enhance the ability of developing communities to build neighborhoods with life -cycle housing. ■ Development of new market incentives. Middle-class flight from urban areas cannot be contained by new laws and regulations. The solution is to change market incentives. In developed cities we must encourage ur- ban redevelopment, job creation and expan- sion, and investment in strengthening exist- ing communities. In developing areas, where estimates are that more than 300,000 new housing units will be built by the year 2025, real incentives should be created to include a range of housing options within development plans. ■ Examination of infrastructure invest- ments. Major decisions like airport expan- sion, Interstate Hwy. 35 expansion and new bridges into Wisconsin will have a greater impact on urban sprawl, economic opportu- nity and quality of life in all our communi- ties than any given law or regulation, For real progress in solving metropolitan issues, we need to get beyond our disagreements and recognize that core cities, suburbs and rural areas have resources that must be developed for the benefit of the whole com- munity. We also need to recognize that public and development interests can work together to everyone's benefit. An example is the new law that expedites cleanup of polluted land; it created a process for the government, developers and landowners to negotiate pol- lution cleanup and encourage urban rede- velopment. In fact, this legislation has won a national award for its innovative solution to a nagging problem which has stymied urban redevelopment. We need more prac- tical solutions like this. Our metropolitan area is one of the best places in the world to live. If we focus on our common resources and get beyond ouc regional bickering, we can make progress toward ensuring that our grandchildren car make the same claim, whether they live, ir. Eden Prairie, Hopkins or St. Paul. Ted Mondale, DFL -St. Louis Park, is t member oftheMinnesota Senate. Report on Urban Revitalization Executive Summary Draft 1-25-95 The Association of Metropolitan Municipalities formed an Urban Strategies Task Force in 1993 to help cities better understand the causes of urban blight and to develop strategies to address the problem. The task force included representatives from 24 cities, including the core cities, first ring suburbs, fully developed suburbs and developing suburbs. The task force reviewed work already completed by others, conducted research and developed findings and recommendations. The task force identified that a concentration of low income residents living in deteriorating housing in central city anssuburban neighborhoods with increasing crime rates and decreasing public and private investment is a significant problem in the metropolitan area. The Causes of Urban Blight The causes of urban decay are complex and no single solution -exists for solving the problem. The social, economic and physical aspects of the problem are interrelated. Contributing to the problem of urban blight are: Families that are young, poor and lacking job training or education; • Human and social service delivery systems that are uncoordinated; - Lack of government action to prevent or reduce barriers to affordable housing; - A concentration of low income housing and neighborhood deterioration; - public policy favoring new structures and facilities over redevelopment of existing structures and facilities; • Tax policies and financing mechanisms that subsidize home ownership while not giving rental property similar treatment; • A significant demand for low income housing being met by using older, market -obsolete housing in the central cities and inner -.Ting suburbs; and, - Public policy not providing incentives or resources to remove or replace not housing. The study began from the premise that it is the responsibility of government at all levels to be involved in providing solutions. At the same time it was also assumed that individuals, families, churches, businesses, associations and groups of all kinds have responsibilities to work cooperatively with government. The report focuses on the roles in urban revitalization that must be played by the state government, regional government including the Metropolitan Council and counties, and local communities/cities. •:I -IJ VVIIIIIIUfllG0.L Ion I! I..J J.7a . . V 1 Recommendations to .Achieve Urban Revitalization The strategy recommended in this report involves addressing needs in four areas: social needs, housing and neighborhood needs, physical needs and funding needs. The report makes recommendations in each of these areas, further breaking down the four larger categories into subgroups. Finally the report makes ten recommendations to the Minnesota Legislature. The following summary highlights key recommendations in the four groups and nine subgroups.. In addition, it lists all ten legislative recommendations. 1. Social Needs �F A. Family Communities should emphasize helping families. In addition to providing for physical needs such as housing, government needs to partner with religious educational, non-profit institutions and community volunteers to help individuals participate fully in society. Welfare laws should be reformed to encourage families to stay together to raise their children and to allow those receiving public assistance to return to work without losing health or day care benefits. Government at all levels needs to gear human service delivery to families, streamlining delivery, identifying at -risk families and co -locating facilities. B. Community Building Cities need to empower their citizens and involve them in building a sense of community and devising solutions to community problems and challenges. Regional government should identify and promote model processes for community asset identification and community building. C. Diversity Communities need to strengthen their ability to support diversity in its many forms -- racial, cultural, age, ability, or economic. Communities need to recognize diversity and build awareness of it, developing and implementing a coordinated comprehensive plan for dealing with and supporting diversity. 11. Housing and Neighborhood Needs D. Housing State, regional and local government need to create a climate and provide the tools whereby a range of housing choices are made available to people throughout the region who have limited resources. All levels of government need to cooperate to provide affordable housing throughout the metropolitan area that has accessible transportation, jobs and social service delivery. .i rro �_ommur, i cat i oria a 1 JJJJL• 1 r ,m�,� E. Neighborhood Reitn,cstment/Revitalization Neighborhood reinvestment/revitalization needs to be addressed with a multi -faceted approach that considers the desires of neighborhood residents, neighborhood and surrounding land uses, size, density, transportation impacts and other relevant issues, Incentives should be provided for middle income families to invest in homes in neighborhoods with concentrations of poverty. Incentives and financing mechanisms should be provided to remove and replace market -obsolete, decaying housing. F. Education and Training Those providing technical skills training need to make that training relevant to the T5 job and labor markets. Efforts should be made to retain stridents in general education programs, motivating them to seek additional skills training and the education level necessary to earn a living wage. Education on the K-12 level needs to provide the necessary building blocks for employment. Communities should market training programs to low income personas and to businesses needing to improve the skills of their labor pools. Special attention should be paid to manufacturing and selected services businesses located or wanting to locate near pockets or poverty or provide jobs to such persons. G. Jobs Local and regional economic development efforts should be geared to generate employment that pays a living wage and that is located near affordable housing. Regional agencies should develop and coordinate efforts to make commercial and industrial sites in the central and inner ring suburbs more competitive with those offered as "greenfield" sites in the developing communities. 9 Transportation A coordinated, intermodal transportation system must be developed and funded so everyone in the metropolitan area will have reasonable access to diverse housing, jobs, educational opportunities, shopping, medical social services and other opportunities. The system should include an expanded bus system, van pooling, light rail transit, high speed bus, bicycle accommodations and reverse commuting. State and federal funding sources should be made available to build and operate a total transportation system including highway and various modes of transit, Cities and the private sector must also be involving in the planning process of a coordinated, intermodal system, IV. Funding Needs State government should create a Metropolitan Housing and Redevelopment Fund to rehabilitate housing in deteriorating areas and to facilitate the creation of low income housing opportunities in the developing regions. The fund should include a variety of programs such as metropolitan -wide rental assistance voucher programs, a loan guarantee fund to leverage private money for home purchase, a reinvestment/rehabilitation program for salvageable housing in deteriorating neighborhoods and a development fund to construct suburban housing for lower income persons. .r Ul o kr V 111111 U rl 1 G 0.L 1 V r 1;E- 1 1 .v _ L L G- . . 1-c A - W The Metropolitan Council should produce a housing plan which identifies af'f'ordable housing needs on an area -wide basis using the criteria of income levels, transportation, jobs, support services, current land use, etc. At this step, political boundaries should not be' considered. V. Legislative Recommendations Housing and Neighborhood Livability 1. The Legislature should repeal the state law that requires 1:1 replacement within the cities of the first class of low income housing that has been removed, 2. The Legislature should establish a Metropolitan Enterprise Fund at between $35-40 million per year. The fund would include a variety of programs such as housing rehabilitation and a rental assisted voucher program, construction of affordable suburban housing, contaminated soils clean-up, etc. 3. The state should reform welfare laws/rules so those receiving public assistance can return to employment without losing health or day care benefits. Polluted Sites Policy 4. The Legislature should establish a more effective overall program to deal with polluted soils clean-up and reuse. .Economic Development Policy 5. The Legislature should establish a state enterprise or manufacturing job opportunity zone incentive program for cities where manufacturing job base is eroding. This could be done in conjunction with an enhanced manufacturing TIF District program. 6. The Legislature should enact an updated version of the Urban Revitalization Program, (URAP) that could also be used in suburban.cities based on defined criteria and demographics. 7. The Legislature should establish a limited tax abatement program for rehabilitation of aging commercial properties similar in concept to the "This Old House" program. The Legislature should amend the TIF law to eliminate the LGA/HACA penalty for Redevelopment and Pollution Districts and to allow pooling for these districts. Transportation policy 9. The Association for Metropolitan Municipalities supports a regional transit system that is based on a combination of integrated traffic management systems whose components should include HOV lanes, express buses and Light Rail Transit (LRT) to connect residents to jobs, retail and commercial centers, JMS Communications 7157553331 14, The Association for Metropolitan Municipalities supports a combined strategy of gas tax incentives to keep pace with highway maintenance and construction needs and a dedicated. MVET or other tax source for transit funding expansion. P. 67 rq, / - 1r METRO MEETINGS m � A weekly calendar of meetings and agenda items for the Metropolitan Council, its advisory and standing committees, and three regional commissions: Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Meeting times and agendas are occasionally changed. Questions about meetings should be directed to the appropriate organization. Meeting information is also available on the Metro Information Line at 229-3780 and by computer modem, through the TMn Cities Computer Network at 337-5400. DATE: March 10, 1995 WEEK OF: March 13 -March 17, 1995 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Community Development Committee - Monday, March 13, noon, Room IA. The committee will consider: Lakeville comprehensive plan amendment ISD 194 MUSA land trade; request for proposals for revised section 8 project -based assistance program; McKinney Act applications for fiscal year 1995; application for Shelter Care Plus Program and contract for housing services for Mental Health Services, Inc.; selection of HomeChoice counseling provider; Minnetrista comprehensive plan,amendment for MUSA addition for Williams PUD; GIS update; and other business. Informal Information Session for Legislators and Legislative Staff on Proposed Region -wide Safety Radio System - Tuesday, March 14, 10 a.m., Room 400 South, State Office Building, St. PauL Metropolitan Council Wastewater Services Pre -Budget Meeting - Wednesday, March 15, 7:30 a.m., Holiday Inn Drover's, Hwy. 494 at Concord, South St. Paul. Chair's Informal Meeting with Council Members - Wednesday, March 15, Sheraton Park Place, Dover Restaurant, 1500 Park Pl. Blvd., St. Louis Park. Informal Information Session for Legislators and Legislative Staff on Proposed Region -v ride Public Safety Radio System: Wednesday, March 15, 2 p.m., Room 125, State Office Building, St. PauL Transportation Advisory Board - Wednesday, March 15, 2 p.m., Chambers. The board will consider: Mn/DOT letter regarding state plan comments; Aviation Guide public hearing report comments; committee comments on transportation funding; an update on Transportation Plan Amendment; Mn/DOT Metropolitan District Transportation System Plan; and other business. Environment Committee - Wednesday, March 15, 4 p.m., Chambers. The committee will consider: authorization to execute Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services MCWS on Blue Lake wastewater treatment plant solids processing improvements; CEC awards for Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant and joint interceptor projects; Minnesota River Basin Study; report on streamlining regulatory requirements on MPCA plan and specification approval process; environmental audit and legislation update; presentation on proposed approach to select equipment for centrifuge demonstration test; program management presentation; and other business. Polluted Sites Work Group - Wednesday, March 15, 4 p.m., Rooms 1B and 1C. rq Sewer Rate Cost Allocation Technical Advisory Committee - Thursday, March 16, 10 a.m., Rooms 1B & 1C. Providers Advisory Committee - Thursday, March 16, 10:30 a.m., 5th floor conference room. The committee will consider: legislative update and Friday report; Providers Advisory Committee bylaws; Transit Redesign project; capital funding request process; reporting process for regular route providers; and other business. March Brown Bag Lunch Meeting - Friday, March 17, 11:30 a.m., Room 2A. Discussion on the relationship between growth management and the MUSA line. Legislative Coordinating Committee (TENTATIVE) - Friday, March 17, noon, Room 1A. TENTATIVE MEETINGS THE WEEK OF MARCH 20 THROUGH MARCH 24, 1995 Transportation Committee - Monday, March 20, 4 p.m., Chambers. Sewer Rate Cost Allocation Task Force - Tuesday, March 21, 7:30 a.m., Room 2A. Housing and Redevelopment Authority Committee - Wednesday, March 22, 9:30 a.m., Room 2A. Executive Committee - Thursday, March 23, 8 a.m., Kelly Inn, Benjamin's Restaurant, I-94 at Marion, St. Paul. Metropolitan Council - Thursday, March 23, 4 p.m., Chambers. Committee of the Whole - Thursday, March 23, immediately following the Council meeting, Room 1A. Chair's Informal Meeting with Council Members - Friday, March 24, 8 a.m., Sheraton Minneapolis Metrodome, Anchorage Restaurant, 1300 Industrial Blvd. at 35W, Minneapolis. Legislative Coordinating Committee (TENTATIVE) - Friday, March 24, Noon, Room 1A. The Metropolitan Council is located at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul. Meeting times and agenda are subject to change. For more information or confirmation of meetings, call 291-6447, (TDD 291-0904). Call the Metro Information Line at 229-3780 for news of Council actions and coming meetings. METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION Intergovernmental Committee - Monday, March 13, 8 a.m., Sheraton Inn Midway, 400 N. Hamline, St. Paul. The committee will consider: legislative issues; change or for no. 1 1995 artificial turf replacement project; approve plans and specifications for the 1995 video equipment project; Met Center property; baseball strike assumptions; preliminary discussion of 1994 audit; and other business. Commission Meeting - Wednesday, March 15, 1:30 p.m., at the Commission office conference room. The committee will discuss the Intergovernmental Relations Committee report; the Capital Improvements Committee report; the Finance Committee report; and other business. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission office is located at 900 South 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415. All meetings are held in the Commission office conference room, unless noted otherwise. Meeting times and agendas occasionally may be changed. To verify meeting information, please call Jane Brenny, 335-3310. OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS March 1995 Sunday Monday Tuesday February April S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 to t l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 I8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 26 27 28 30 Wednesday Thursday 2 Friday Saturday - City Center Counter Open for Absentee Voting - 1 - 3 p.m. 1 3 7:30 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - Pub. Safety Training Room 5 6 City Center Counter Open to 7p. in. -Absentee footing 7 SPECIAL ELECTION _ HOUSE DIST. 33B 8 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION -Council Chambers 9 10 11 S4%!(I T. CO�iDTCIL IN' ' SCo ETAmt 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 6:15 PM WATER QUAL- ITY TASK FORCE - Council ConE Rm. 5:00 PM Open Space Com- mittee - Council Conf. Rm 7:00 PM PACT -Pub. Safety Library 7:00 PM PRAC - Council Conf. Room 8:30 AM HRA - Town Square b0 SPE UN"14" �1liEET� e�'Trng R,• 7:00 PM ENVIRONMEN- TAL COMMITTEE - Pub. Safety Trng Room 19 20 21 G Q0,PM SPEC T , cou ' `CIi,"MEE1" G Coon g a:CiX one 22 23 24 25 5:00 PM Youth Sports Committee - Council Cont: Rm. 7:00 PM BOARD OF ZONING - Council Chambers 7Ao �LII!i 111 „INGC�tl , , :<CIt71tn 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION - Council Chambers 26 27 28 29 30 31 3/15/95 OO ���^� OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS April 1995 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6:00 PM CHARTER CO- MMISSION -Public Safety Training Room 7 OQi COtJNCIi 4 ,� rC'ooiCII,G'hain bens. 7:30 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -Pub. Safety Training Room 9 10 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL S°f� raloin 11 _ _ 7:00M PENVIRONMEN- TAL COMMITTEE - Pub. Safety Trng Room 12 _ _ 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION - Councll Chambers _13_ _ _ 7:00 PM PRAC - Council Chambers 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 7 b0 COCIL MEE Ng #x 1 ry yd; 7:00 PM PACT - Pub. Safety Library 7:00 PM HRA - Council Chambers 23 24 �� 25 26 27 28 29 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION -Council Chambers 7:00 PM BOARD OF ZONING - Council Chambers 30 March May S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 14 15 16 17 .819 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 3/15/95 T 00 DATE: MARCH 16, 1995 TO: DWIGHT JOHNSON, CITY MANAGER FROM: CARLYS SCHANSBERG, DATA CONTROL/INSPECTION CLERK SUBJECT: BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/PUBLIC & CHURCH USE TYPES WEEK OF MARCH 9 THROUGH MARCH 15, 1995 There were no permits issued during this time period for the above mentioned types. For Immediate Release March 13, 1995 CIVA For More Information:, Barb Cox, 550-5165 Police Auction Slated for Saturday, April 8 If you are in the market for a bargain, plan on attending the annual police auction on Sat., April 8 at the Plymouth Maintenance Facility, 1.4900 - 23rd Ave. N. Viewing begins at 9 a.m. Bidding starts at 10 a.m. Items on the auction block typically include a wide array of bicycles, electronic equipment, jewelry, tools, office equipment and other unclaimed property recovered by Police. A complete list of items to be sold will be available after March 15. The auction will be held rain or shine. -30- We Listen • We Solve • We Care 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD • PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447 • TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS SUNDAY. MARCH 17 199S Affordable housing urgent, divisive issue" for Cities, suburbs p i ■ Mondale, Long look toward solution with Metro Livable Communities Act,; LYNDA McDONNELL STAFF WRITER The two-bedroom Richfield apartment Marjorie Frazier shares with her daugh- ters is a far cry from the townhome she'd like to own in Eden Prairie. She toured some once with a real-estate agent. "They were gorgeous, to the max, very, very lovely," she says. But after paying her $625 rent bill, there's not much left from the $660 she brings home from her bank teller's job each month to save toward a down payment. Even managing her current bills would be impossible if her 20 -year-old daughter didn't contribute from her job in a de- partment store and her younger daugh- ter, a high-school senior, didn't receive $500 a month in Social Security survivor HOUSING CONTINUED oN 6A ► LOOKING FOR HELP "It's the rent that really gets Me. l work too much to get pub- lic ublic assistance. I'm still waking to get on a wait- ing list for Sac - tion a.1 feel sti- fled and . _ stressed. I feel like there should . be something more the govern- ment can do and should do." — Marjorie Frazier HOUSING ♦ cDNnNuED FRom IA benefits. Even so, theyspend 35 percent of their net income on housing . "It's the rent that really gets me," says Frazier, a pleasant woman who wears a tiny gold cross in her lapel and performs gospel music in her free time. "I work too much to get public assistance. I'm still waiting to get on a waiting list for Section 8. 1 feel stifled and stressed. I feel like there should be something more the government can do and should do." H Frazier could talk to state legisla- tors, she'd tell them the Twin Cities needs more affordable housing — costing no more than 30 percent of a person's income. Most lawmakers would agree. Some 125,000 households in the Twin Cit- ies — about 15 percent — pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing. But for two years, legislators have dis- agreed adamantly on how to make that happen. Since the central cities and aging suburbs have the lion's share of cheaper housing and poor people, urban DFLers have pressured prosp-rous suburbs to build more inexpew s , housing. This would relieve the preswre of rising pov- erty and social problems at the core, they argue, and bring low-income city people to higher -wage jobs in outer -ring suburbs. Suburban Independent -Republicans have told them, in effect to keep their problems at home. Gov. Arne Carlson sided with the suburbanites by twice ve- toing housing bills he considered too pu- nitive. He's taken a drubbing from edito- rial writers and church groups for it. And affordable housing, with its under- tones of racial and class conflict, has become one of the ugliest, most divisive metropolitan issues. "The problem is, the politics of the issue have become the roadblock to dealing with the Issue," says Sen. Ted Mondale, a St. Louis Park DFLer. Frazier, who is black, believes the lack of affordable housing in newer suburbs stems from white Minnesotans' fears about race and poverty. "They feel if we move into their territory, the value of the houses willgo down, crime will come on the scene. They figure the farther out they are, the better." This year, with Carlson's encourage- ment, a small band of DFLers and subur- ban IRs has tried, but so far failed, to craft a modest compromise that will stimulate reclamation of land in the cen- tral cities and construction of low-income housing in prosperous suburbs. By so do- ing, they hope to lower the rhetorical heat and make a first, small step toward filling the need for affordable housing and narrowing the gap — measured in miles as well as money — between the Prosperous and the poor in the Twin Cit- ies. On Thursday, Mondale and Rep. Dee Long, a Minneapolis DFLer, introduced the Metropolitan LWable Community Act. The bill would tap money from the Mosquito Control District, a surcharge imposed to fund expansion of roads serv- ing the megamall, a :right-of-way access fund and a small portion of tax base growth in communities that fail to con- struct affordable housing. . From those sources, the bill would pro- duce an estimated $14 million annually that a Metro Council advisory group could dispense for Projects that create middle-income jobs in the central cities, build affordable housing in developing suburbs, rehabilitate existing affordable housing and encourage greater density in new development It's a modest sum, but Mondale be- lieves it could spur efforts to counter the economic and social forces that are caus- ing urban sprawl and social division. Mondale's bill is the byproduct of in- formal conversations held since last sum- mer to search for middle ground. Partici- pants *include Mondale, IR Reps. Todd Van Dellen and Tim Pawlenty of Plym- outh and Eagan, and Curt Johnson, chair of the Metropolitan Council. City officials from Minneapolis, Maple Grove �d Plymouth and policy wonks like Lyle Wray of 'the Citizens league and Bill Morrish of the Design Center for Ameri- can Urban Landscape are also regulars. Notable by his absence.is DFL Rggpp Myron Orfield, chief author of the vetoed housing bills of 1993 and 1994. The MyI- neapolis legislator is a tireless, wW smart publicist for the growing poveaty of the central cities and inner -ring sub- urbs. He is also a tenacious, often nettle- some advocate of massive tax -base shar- ing, development controls and penalties . for communities that maintain barriers to low -cast housing., I But a man whose name Is poison to many suburbanites is a liability in the search for compromise. "He's not been•a part of the process," Mondale says crisp. y. What does Orfield think of Mondale's bill? "I like it," he says. 1 - Johnson's continuing involvement in the discussions reflects the governor's de- sire for a compromise. "The governor's made it clear that he thinks we need to work on these problems," says Johnson, who was Carlson's chief of staff before taking charge of the Metro Council:in January. r "He's not comfortable with the mit- match of workers and jobs. That mis- match is costing us productivity at the end where the jobs are and rising social costs at the end where the people are. Anybody ought to want to fix that. Fixing that problem is a place where liberal and conservative thought come together.'.'.. - But Carlson is unlikely to sign a'bill that doesn't garner support from subur- ban IRs. To nudge them, he invited sev- eral suburban IR legislators to lunch at his mansion a week ago and encouraged them to find a compromise. So far, how- ever, they aren't biting on Mondale's plan. Pawlenty asserts that the state's cur- rent system for sharing a portion of the commercial and industrial tax base among metropolitan communities "is not targeted well or being used efficiently" He's reluctant to see it extended evemra smidgen by Mondale's bill. •'ii He objects to a part of the bill that would allow the Metro Council to deter- mine whether a city has met its afford able -housing goal. H it has not, the com- munity could keep all the growth in property tax base from expensive new homes if it used a portion of that growth to build affordable housing. Otherwise,.O percent of the tax base growth would revert to the council fund. Pawlenty and Van Dellen plan this week to introduce an alternative propos- al that would rely heavily on tax incen- tives to businesses and developers and may seek to tap local government aid now directed at outstate cities. One strat- egy, Pawlenty says, is to exempt from sales taxes the building materials used by suburban housing authorities in af- fordable -housing projects. "That's 6.5 percent right off the top." Another idea is giving newer, more prosperous suburbs a chunk of the federal low -income -housing tax credits now used largely in central cities and older suburbs. Use of mosquito control funds also will be controversial. Taking $7.5 million from the Mosquito Control District, mon- ey Mondale asserts does little to elimi- nate the pests, would leave $2.5 million to fight mosquito -borne diseases. But he anticipates a fight. "From the phone calls I've gotten, they've got a little net- work out there," Mondale said. Desppite the philosophical differences with DFLers, Pawlenty insists that IRs want to compromise. "The sentiment in my caucus has changed. There's a will- ingness to help distressed areas to rede- velop. We've got to find the right way." Since legislative deadlines require that policy bills pass through major policy committees by March 31, however, it's questionable whether a compromise can be reached in time. For now, Marjorie Frazier nurtures disparate dreams that could help her buy a nice home in Eden Prairie: A lucrative recording contract for her MUSIC or a Section 8 housing voucher. frm the Star Tribune, Saturday, March 11, W Suburbsc over ®rfie 1995 North. pitted ag to get piece of r Staff W e Writer f4ow come' Eden Prairie spends $456 &r person on government services and'Blaine spends just $239 annual - IP And, why can Edina of to have 42 more city workers than Coon Japids,,even though it has fewer resi- ents? Good questions — and they're being :&kW in an often snippy,. take;-no- Hsonep debate in the Legislature as 'ties'. less -affluent north e,TwiTi,;Ci Jb region'sFs ..am squaring off against ' more -affluent southern western; b 'And rn, su urbs. The issue, on -'tlie surfice-ii.,:tax bate sharing, M'in- lashina.. dr®p pPoral ains*t south in fight ich tax base:',-,; neapolis DFLer Myron elds lit, attempt 0 d� est legislative divert more of the affluent suburbs' resources to . help address the urban problems. of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and some of their inner -ring subuft... But the real phow J is howthe:iouth6rn and western ='bwhich' :feature.. - some of the &. lfibst.lash.: iofiable locales,* are 4eactin g to being' seen as privileged, . .bloated. iiWeven arrogant by their -no-r-thern -neighbors. The last thing we wanted -to see was a north versus SOU . th,,'..',.Co6n Rapids. 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DeMatthew Civic CenteriIce Arena 12130194 113195 1113195 114195 2 Gerdes Darren A. DeMatthew Pub. Safety Concerns 12130194 113195 1113195 1112195 3 Moore Darren A. DeMatthew Transportation 12130194 113195 1113195 114195 4 Blank Gordon Hanson Community garden plots 113195 113195 1117195 114195 5 Moore Dr. Robert May 19th Avenue - Traffic speed 119195 119195 1123195 1123195 6 Blank Vivian Starr Bike path - Lk Camelot/ NW Blvd 119195 119195 1123195 1117195 7 Hurlburt Mark Denis/DennisHolmquist Wetlands Ord111115 0. Rockfd Road 1117195 1119195 211195 211195 8 Moore Randy Meyer Fleet vehicles - petro product./service 1119195 1119195 211195 211195 8-B Moore Randy Meyer Additional issues - fleet vehicles 2127195 2127195 3120195 (r) 10 Hurlburt Nancy Cree Wetlands Ord/NW Plymouth 216195 218195 2115195 219195 11 Johnson Larry Dowell, TwinWest Chamber LMC referendum levies 219195 219195 2116195 2113195 12 City Attorney Brian Knox Access to Gleason Lake 2121195 (PF) 2121195 317195 317195 13 Moore Steven Chase Alley Abandonment 311195 311195 3115195 14 Hurlburt Jon Elam, City of Maple Grove Multi -city housing program 313195 319195 3122195 Page 1 DATE: March 14, 1995 TO: Dwight D. Johnson, City Manager FROM: Fred G. Moore ector of Public Works SUBJECT: SPEED L 41T DETEPbHNATION Last fall the City requested the Minnesota Department of Transportation to establish the appropriate speed limits on several roadways which were completed during 1994. Attached is a letter from MnDOT on the appropriate speed limits they have established. After we receive the official order from the Commissioner of Transportation, we will have the speed limits posted. Please let me know if there are any questions. attachment *,\NNESOT,q o � F tirOF March 6, 1995 Minnesota Department of Transportation Metropolitan Division Golden Valley Office 2055 North Lilac Drive Golden Valley, Minnesota 55422 Mr. Daniel L. Faulkner, City Engineer City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 Re: Speed Zoning - City of Plymouth Four City Streets Dear Mr. Faulkner: Speed zoning studies have been completed for Medina Road, Dunkirk Lane, Fernbrook Lane, and Schmidt Lake Road as requested by the Plymouth City Council last November 21. Based on the investigation results and as Ed Brown discussed with you, we have recommended authorization of the following speed limits: Medina Road 40 mph - between the intersection with CSAH 24 and the intersection with Dunkirk Lane Dunkirk Lane 40 mph - between the intersection with County State Aid Highway 9 (Rockford Road) and the future intersection with New County State Aid Highway 9 Fernbrook Lane 40 mph - between the intersection with County State Aid Highway 9 (Rockford Road) and the intersection with Schmidt Lake Road An Equal Opportunity EmploYer Mr. Daniel L. Faulkner March 6, 1995 Page 2 Schmidt Lake Road 45 mph - between the intersection with Fernbrook Lane and the intersection with Northwest Boulevard (CSAH 61) 40 mph - between the intersection with Northwest Boulevard and the intersection with Larch Lane The proposed speed limits are being reviewed by our Office of Traffic Engineering in Roseville, which will make the final speed limit determination. As soon as the review has been completed, you will be notified of their decision. Before posting any authorized speed limits we suggest that a routine review be made of each road to assure that all needed signing is in place, visible, in good condition and in conformance with the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. When making the review, special attention should be given to warning and advisory speed signing for any locations where the posted speed limits cannot be safely maintained. An example of such a location would be the curve connecting Medina Road to Dunkirk Lane. We would also suggest that Plymouth monitor speeds on these streets and request a new study if authorized speed limits are not consistent with prevailing speed patterns. For example, the proposed speed limit on Fernbrook Lane is five miles per hour lower than would normally be recommended, given current speed patterns. It is anticipated that development now occurring will lower prevailing speeds to a level consistent with a 40 mph speed lirnit within approximately the next year. If that reduction does not occur, a new study should be requested. Traffic volumes (and possibly speeds) can also be expected to change on Dunkirk Lane and on Schmidt Lake Road west of CSAH 61. These changes will be primarily due to planned road construction. Mr. Daniel L. Fualkner March 6, 1995 Page 3 Copies of radar speed samples obtained during the studies are enclosed for your information. If you have questions concerning either the data or our recommendations please contact Ed Brown (797-3129) at this office. Sincerely, Michael T. Schadegg Traffic Studies Supervisor MS:pl:EB 03/14/95 11:58 OSSEO SENIOR HIGH 4 9459567 kc'- \ � yR lVei5,k bor h 000L -.���7oti� iC��ose . Leah. Soma s HOMO. /D/ Jr. so, skoeepr* Weds,-,, Aae&A, zt,.igqr 44 30 ?0*4" Pu.►�o.nse T"o cto"'s-CAASS consldenx- I Freol Moveti P"411"C'. WorkS,. .....has jusr __�onl�otGt�a an ih-{�oc�se _...._.._..-_......_SW�kai►i�A eer ravi$'toW o�se-V4tmj a.. peopostA ttld COLD .-ke 1,71 frra&c .,�F- .__ . Resp danS -W; I I be-nof;fied Iy weeks. _ _... P March a 2, "cL;;fo ,rc%w _-C. ;+Y. doc.��ercl-s 5 See To%& Aew 8eo3a/Jones L%mufiet�z a 8Q9 At?63l4odell Dyne. 5oize,►I«. NOTICE OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ` ✓.', Regional Recreation Open Space Policy Plan Amendment Regarding EC�' Regional Recreation Open Space Capital Improvement Program (CIP)` ' for Calendar Years 1996-2005. The Metropolitan Council's Community Development Committee will conduct a public hearing on an amendment to the Council's Recreation Open Space Development Guide/Policy Plan regarding its regional recreation open space capital improvement program (CIP) for Calendar Years 1996- 2005. (March, 1995 Publication No. 78-95-022) The hearing document is available from the Council's Data CentCr at 291 -U"1T or 71-^0 2^' ^V9"014 (TTY). The hearing document is also available at public libraries in the seven -county Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The CIP may affect the standards for determining projects of metropolitan significance in the Metropolitan Significance Rules. PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION When and Where: Monday, April 24, 1995, at 12 Noon as part of the Metropolitan Council's Community Development Committee meeting Conference Room 1A, Mears Park Centre 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota Who is Being Notified: County, city and township key contact people Selected state and federal organizations Regional recreation system implementing agencies Interested citizens and community organizations How to Participate: 1. You may attend the meeting and offer oral or written . comments. You may register to testify in advance of the hearing by calling Ellie Porter at 291-6312 or 291-0904 (TTY). Upon request, the Council will provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities. 2. You may submit your written comments which must be received by 4:30 p.m. May 8, 1995 to: Arne Stefferud Metropolitan Council Mears Park Centre 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Questions: Call the following Council staff: Arne Stefferud, 291-6360 or Ellie Porter, 291-6312 or 291-0904 (TTY) OVERVIEW The Metropolitan Council has revised its regional recreation open space capital improvement program (CIP) for Calendar Years 1996-2005. This document contains an analysis of the regional park capital improvement projects against Metropolitan Council funding priorities as well as the priorities of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. Based on that analysis, projects are prioritized under separate categories so that similar projects are compared against each other. For the 1996-97 period, projects are proposed to be funded with anticipated revenues from the Minnesota Environmental Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR.) If that revenue source is not appropriated, the Metropolitan Council would request bonds be issued by the State of Minnesota in 1996. This state revenue (Environmental Trust Fund or State bonds) will be matched on a 60/40 basis with bonds issued by the Metropolitan Council in 1996 and 1997. Another proposed revenue source is federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) grants for trail projects. The 1996-97 portion of the CIP proposes $35,199,800 for park capital improvements from the following revenue sources: $20,271,300 of Environmental Trust Fund and 1996 State bonds $12,998,300 of bonds proposed to be issued by the Metropolitan Council as a 40% match to state funding. $1,931,200 of ISTEA grants which are proposed to be matched with State funds on a 80/20 basis. The funds would be used as follows: $4.55 million Env. Trust Fund money, $2.388 million of 1996-97 Metropolitan Council bonds and $1.931 million of ISTEA grants for park acquisition/development projects that were not funded from 1994 state bonding and 1994-95 Metropolitan Council bonding (pages 1 to 4). $2.67 million of 1996 state bonds and $1.78 million of 1996-97 Council bonds for land acquisition (pages 5 to 8). $4.722 million of 1996 state bonds and $3.148 million of 1996-97 Council bonds for park redevelopment projects (pages 9 to 10). $7.923 million of 1996 state bonds and $5.282 million of 1996-97 Council bonds for park and trail development projects (pages 11 to 13). An additional $400,000 from the State and Metropolitan Council respectively is proposed to repair the Lake Byllesby dam in Lake Byllesby Regional Park (page 14). For the 1996 Legislative Session, the Metropolitan Council will request funds from the State of Minnesota by project category --acquisition, redevelopment and development. And, if necessary, system -wide projects if no funds are appropriated for that category in the 1995 Legislative Session. If less funds are provided by the State of Minnesota in 1996 for a project category, a reduction will be made only in that category by fully funding projects in priority order until all funds are allocated. Unfunded or partially funded projects would be the basis for requests for Minnesota Environmental Trust Fund appropriations for the 1997 Legislative session. February 25, 1995 Eric J. Blank, Director Parks and Recreation 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mr. Blank: First we wish to apologize in the delay of writing this letter. Due to family reasons we have been out of town quite frequently. Thank you for taking the time to write us regarding the status of West Medicine Lake Park, especially the tennis courts. We appreciate you listening to our concerns and updating us on the plans. We as residents living adjacent to West Medicine Lake Park have always had as our number one goal the preservation of our natural resources. We feel positive the park plans can proceed with this goal in mind and also benefit the people using these natural resources. Thank you again for communicating with us. Sincerely, Steven H. Chase et al 11901 23rd Avenue North Plymouth, MN 55441 557-7019 15, , k Q_�, DATE: March 8, 1995 TO: Dwight D. Johnson, City Manager FROM: John R. Sweeney, Assistant City Engineer/Transit Administrator' SUBJECT: 1995 "OPT -OUT" TRANSIT LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Attached is a legislative update for "Opt -Out" Transit prepared by George C. Bentley, Legislative Liaison for Plymouth Metrolink. The following issues are addressed in detail in the legislative update: • Regional Transit Bonding • Transit Funding • "Opt -Out" Transit Initiatives If you would like any additional information or wish to meet with George Bentley personally to discuss these issues in more detail, please let me know and I will set up a meeting as soon as possible. attachment cc: Fred G. Moore Daniel L. Faulkner 6C BENTLEY ASSOC TEL NO.612-937-3504 ' Mar 06 95 18:29 P . 02 iy- 44? 5.7. Lr. BENTLEY ASSOC INC. 7525 Mitchell Rd., Ste. 216 Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (612) 937.3502 March 7, 1995 Mi :MO TO: John Sweeney, Plymouth Metrolink FROM: George Bentley SUBJECT: Legislative Update '1'he Legislature is beginning to pick up its pace as the first committee deadline approaches. By March 31 bills must be out of the policy committees in at least one house, and either be passed to the floor or to a finance or tax committee. The second committee deadline is April 7. By that time all bills must have passed out of policy committees in both houses. REGIONAL TRANSIT ]BONDING The Metropolitan Reorganization Act corrections bill, SF 281 (Flynn), passed the Senate floor last week by a unanimous vote. This bill contains a reauthorization of $32 million in metropolitan transit bonds, representing bond authority the RTI3 failed to exercise last year prior to the time frame for issuing the bonds reached its expiration date in state statute. The surprising aspect of this passage is that Senate members weru apparently not aware of the bonding authority contained in the bill. The House Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs Committee will take up this bili f'or its first hearing on Tuesday, March 7. The House author, Rep. Myron Orficld (I)FL - Mpls.) can either take up the House file (HF 585) or he can take up the Senate file since the bill passed the Senate floor. It is expected to move out of committee tomorrow and go to the House floor. This bill represents part of the $82 million metro transit bonding package requested from the Legislature this session. Another bill has been introduced, SF 835 (Pappas) and HF 1037 (Simoneau), that currently requests $82 million in metro transit bonding authorization. If SF 281 (or its companion, HF 585) is approved by the full House, then SF 835 and HF 1037 will be reduced to $50 million in bonding authorization when first heard in committee. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS - LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS • CONSULTING GC BENTLEY RSSOC TEL NO.612-937-3504 Mar 06 95 18:30 P.03 Legislative Update - Page 2 Opt -out transit has a stake in this bonding authorization, since these bills contain the only metro transit bonding authority likely to be heard this year. Among the $82 million in new bonding authority, opt -out transit is identified in the Metropolitan Council's Capital Improvement Plan (C;111) for funding of vehicles, vehicle capital, transit hubs and park and ride lots, it appears that the $32 million reauthorization will fly through the Legislature, but the additional $50 million in new authority is not being "warmly" received by legislators and may face an uphill battle to receive approval. SF 835 and HFA 1073 have been referred to the 3'ransportation and Transit Committees in each House, but have not yet been scheduled for hearings. 'FRAANSFF FUNDING The transit funding picture remains clouded, with no real momentum being generated in either the House or the Senate. Senate and House leadership have indicated they are not willing to move forward with any transportation funding requests until the Governor takes an advocacy position, something which is unlikely. The Governor has left transportation out of his "no new taxes" pledge, but that is not seen as strong enough by legislative leaders The Metropolitan Council is requesting $93.3 million for the biennium to maintain existing services, up from an inadequate $69 million during the current biennium. The Governor's budget recommends $89 million for metro transit, a number that is not adequate but in the current environment would cause rejoicing at the Met Council if it was approved. The logjam is over a proposed and necessary increase in the gasoline tax. Highway advocates indicate the need for at least a five cent per gallon increase in the fuel tax, and are opposing any significant increases in transit funding above current levels unless fuel taxes are increased. Other members of the Legislature are opposed to a fuel tax inereasc but support increased funding for transit. Three new transit funding bills have been introduced in the past week. The first bill, SF 794 (Ranum) and HF 931 (Wagenius), proposes an amendment to the Constitution that would undedicate the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund (funded by the Ebel tax and GC BENTLEY ASSOC TEL NO.612-937-3504 Mar 06,95 18:30 P.04 LcAislative Update - Page 3 license fees), allowing; this fund to also be used for public transit and bicycle and pedestrian paths. This bill also requires that not less than 45% of the fund be spent in the metro area and not less than 45% be spent in Greater Minnesota. This concept has been proposed in the past, and even if it could get past the powerful highway supporters in the Legislature (which is not likely) it would face a very difficult public vote in 1996. The second proposal, SF 837 (Pappas), would impose a .1% payroll tax in the metro area to fund transit, generating about $42 million per year. This payroll tax would be imposed only on employers, as is the unemployment tax, and would be imposed as an expected .3% decrease in the unemployment tax takes place. The bill also calls on the Metropolitan Council to involve local communities in the transit system's route and schedule planning, to conduct a coordination study of all metro transit services, to monitor development of electric vehicle technology, and to issue free one-month bus passes to students in grades 5 through 8 who complete a transit curriculum study. This bill is expected to be opposed by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and would be a candidate for a veto by the Governor, if it ever gut that far. The third proposal, SF 832 (Flynn), is the bill from the State Council on Major Transportation projects. It proposes a metro -wide sales tax of up to .5% to fiord metro transit services, eliminates the metro transit property tax, removes limits on Metropolitan Council transit bonding aut'oority, increases the fuel tax by 5 cents, indexes the fuel tax, requires a continued study of road pricing for the funding of major transportation projects, an requires a study of highway jurisdictional transfers. This bill has not been received warmly by the Legislature and would also be a candidate for a Governor's veto. Other funding bills may be proposed as the session moves forward, but unless the log jam over highway and transit funding; is broken there may be some draconian cuts in metro transit services by the end of this year. Some cuts under consideration would include the elimination of al weekend service, the removal of service after 6 or 7 in the'evening, and the elimination of a number of regular routes around the region. If these cuts took place opt -out transit fiinding would likely be cut back dramatically by the Metropolitan Council and would face significant cuts of its own. There is a letter writing and phone calling campaign to legislators being organized by the Minnesota Public Transit Association (MPTA). Suggested letters and strategies will be made available this week, and we will put the letter into form for use by Plymouth Metrolink once it is available. GC BENTLEY ASSOC TEL NO.612-937-3504 Mar 06,95 18:31 P.05 Legislative Update - Page 4 OPT -OUT TRANSIT INITIATIVES At a meeting last week, the legislative agenda for Minnesota. Valley Transit Authority and the Southwest Metro Transit Commission was disclosed to a niceling of opt -out legislators, opt -out representatives, and some county officials. These initiatives include: - Change language in the opt -out statute regarding funding, requiring that the Met Council "shall" provide 900/9 of the local transit property tax instead of the current "may". - Allow the operating levy to be used for the purchase of capital equipment. - Allow opt -out systems to retain all of the unused portion of the 9011/a. - Request an appropriation of $25,000 to be used as a planning grant "for obtaining up to $25 million for a metro -wide reweise commute program. Obtain a fair and equitable portion of the Met Council's bonding authority. You and I will be meeting soon to review this legislative agenda, to determine the impacts on Plymouth Metrolink, and to decide whether Plymouth Metrolink will be supporting this agenda. Later this week I will provide you with an updated list of transportation and transit -related bills including their current status. If you have any questions, would like additional information, or would like copies of any bills please let me know.