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Council Information Memorandum 11-17-2000
Dummy NOVEMBER 17, 2000 1. COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE. NOTE: Ward I Councilmember Tim Bildsoe is available to meet with residents and receive their comments in the Council Conference Room, beginning at 6:00 PM prior to Regular Council meetings TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 7: 00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 7: 00 PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 7: 00 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 5:30 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 7: 00 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 7: 00 PM 2. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 7: 00 PM 3. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23-24 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING, Council Chambers TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING RECONVENED (IF NEEDED), Council Chambers SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, Topic: Fire Department Task Force Report, Lunch Room SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, Board and Commission Interviews, Lunch Room REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, City Offices Closed (Public Works Division will be open Friday, November 24) CITY CO UNCIL INFORMATION MEMO NOVEMBER 17, 2000 4. A List of future Regular Council Meeting agenda items is attached. (M-4) S. November, December, and January Calendars are attached. (M -S) Page 2 1. NEWS ARTICLES, RELEASES, PUBLICATIONS, ETC. a) Star Tribune news story on metro area property taxes, and a ranking of 2000 property taxes in metro area communities. (I -1a) b) Star Tribune news story on metropolitan land use and availability (I -1b) c) Maxfield Research Study on the relationship between affordable family rental housing and home values in the metro area. (I -1c) d) Notice of placement on the November 28 Regular Council Meeting Agenda of the construction cooperative agreement for the County Road 101 Project. (I-1 d) e) Notice of the placement of Environmental Quality Committee members on Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission advisory panels. (I -1e) Notice of a November 30 Metropolitan Council public hearing on regional fair housing planning. (1-1j) 2. CORRESPONDENCE a) Thank -you Letter from the Minnetonka/Plymouth Rotary Club "Coats for Kids" Committee. The Plymouth Ice Arena was a drop-off spot for donations. (I -2a) b) Letter from AT&T Broadband responding to a letter from Mayor Tierney concerning the content of Cable Channel 7. Mayor Tierney's original letter is also attached. (I -2b) c) Thank -you letter praising the work of the Plymouth Senior Club, and in particular, Marty Guritz. (I -2c) d) Note from the Family of Ed Albro. (I -2d) e) Transcription of a telephone message from a resident expressing gratitude for the Plymouth Flyer service. (I -2e) 3. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS a) Association of Metropolitan Municipalities AMMFAX NEWS. (I -3a) M'_ 4 - Tentative Schedule for City Council Non -Consent Agenda Items November 28 • Gramercy Park • Street Lighting Policy • Public hearing on Bridgit Glen Street Lighting • Hilde Performance Center Agreement • Authorize preparation of plans for Millennium Garden • Shadow Hills Apartments, 45th and Nathan • County Road 101 Cooperative Agreement December 19 • Liquor Compliance Violation Hearings • Plymouth Blvd. Street Lighting • Adopt Budget and Tax Levy • TIF amendment for Olympic Steel District • Study of Elmhurst/Elmhurst Gateway neighborhoods. (Elmhurst is located between 23rd and 26th Avenues from West Medicine Lake Drive west to roughly Larch Lane. Elmhurst Gateway is located between the Chicago Northwest tracks and 18th Avenue from West Medicine Lake Drive west to Forestview Lane) January 9 • Study Area E OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS November 2000 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Oct 2000 Dec 2000 F S 7:00 PM 7:00 PM - 8:30 S M T W T F S S M T W T LEGISLATIVE PM, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 HEARING ON MET COUNCIL, VOLUNTEER 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Plymouth Creek RECOGNITION 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Center EVENT, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 7:00 PM Plymouth Creek Center 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PLANNING 31 COMMISSION, Council Chambers 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7:00 PM YOUTH GENERAL ELECTION - 7:00 PM EQC, Council 6:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO REVIEW AND CERTIFY THE LOCAL RESULTS VETERANS DAY ADVISORY Polls open 7 AM Chambers OF THE NOVEMBER ?ELECTION, Council COUNCIL, close 8 PM Chambers City Offices Medicine Lake Closed Room 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - Medicine Lake Room 7'00 PM PRAC, Council Chambers 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM HRA REGULAR PLANNING TOUR OF COUNCIL COMMISSION, HAMMER MEETING, Council RESIDENCES Council Chambers Chambers 7:00 PM HRA - Medicine Lake Room 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7:00 PM THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING YOUTH HOLIDAY - City HOLIDAY - City ADVISORY Center Offices Center Offices COUNCIL, Closed Closed Medicine Lake Room 26 27 28 29 30 7:30 AM LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL, Radisson Hotel 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers modified on 11/16/2000 OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS December 2000 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Jan 2001 1 2 Nov 2000 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 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 7:00 PM TRUTH IN TAXATION 7:00 PM CHARTER 7:00 PM PACT - Bass Lake Room 7:00 PM HUMAN HEARING, Council Chambers COMMISSION, Bass Lake Room 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers RIGHTS COMMISSION - Medicine Lake Room 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 7:00 PM TRUTH IN TAXATION HEARING (RECONVENED IF NEEDED), COunGI Chambers 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING TO REVIEW FIRE DEPT. TASK FORCE REPORT, Lunch Room 7:00 PM EQC, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PRAC, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PUBLIC 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCILMEETINGTO INTERVIEW BOARDICOMMISSION CANDIDATES, Lunch Room SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, Public Safety Library 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM HRA - REGULAR PLANNING Medicine Lake COUNCIL COMMISSION, Room MEETING, Council Hanukkah Council Chambers Chambers begins at sunset 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 CHRISTMAS7:30 AM LOCAL HOLIDAY - City BUSINESS Offices closed COUNCIL, Radisson Hotel 31 modified on 11/16/2000 ti'1-S OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS January 2001 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 NEW YEAR'S DAY - City Offices Closed 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - Chambers Medicine Lake Room 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL 7:00 PM EQC, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PRAC, Council Chambers COUNCIL, MEETING, Medicine Lake Council Room Chambers 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BIRTHDAY (Observed) - City Offices Closed 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 7:00 PM HRA - Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, Public Safety Library 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room 7:30 AM LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL,Radisson Hotel 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PACT - Bass Lake Room 28 29 30 31 Dec 2000 Feb 2001 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 31 modified on 11/16/2000 T., I a Among 33 cities surveyed in outstate Minnesota, Bemidji had the highest taxes on an $85,000 home. In the metro area, where rankings were based on a $130,000 home, Minneapolis was sixth, up from 11th last year, and St. Paul was 16th, down from 13th. Chanhassen's distinction was due largely to the Chaska School District, which encompasses much of the city. The district won voter approval of a $42.5 million bond issue last November and ranked highest among 64 metro school districts for propertytaxes. Additionally, Chanhassen is in Carver County, which ranked third- highest among 20 counties A homeowner's property -tax bill is the combination of taxes levied by the city, county, school district and other, smaller taxing entities. "We have to take care of at least 300 new students per year," said David Peterson, the Chaska district's finance director. The district's bond issue, approved by 68 percent of voters, raised money to build an elementary school and a middle school and set aside money to buy land for future school sites. Making matters more complicated for taxpayers, the school district's high taxes affected cities within the same school district differently. Chanhassen obtained its top ranking in part because it has less commercial and industrial property that can absorb the tax impact and lessen the burden on homes. Chaska, which is in the same school district but has more commercial and industrial property, ranked 13th in the survey. Same value, different tax The survey also highlighted the differences that owners of similarly valued homes can face. In Minnetonka, the owner of a $130,000 home paid $1,839 in propertytaxes this year. But in Eden Prairie, which adjoins Minnetonka, the owner of the same -priced home paid $2,111 in taxes. While the two homeowners paid the same amount of county taxes -- Minnetonka and Eden Prairie are in Hennepin County -- the difference in their overall tax bills reflect the impact of living in a suburb that is largely developed versus one that is in the middle of a building boom. Eden Prairie, which has been one of the metro area's fastest-growing suburbs, features a school district that ranked fifth this year among the 64 metro districts in propertytaxes, while Minnetonka's district ranked 25th. Page 1 � r MUR0 16100 Published Friday, November 10, 2000 A Even as values rise, many see property taxes drop Mike Kaszuba / Star Tribune startribune.com Metro Propertytaxes for average homeowners went down this year in slightly more than half of the cities in the metro area even though home values across the region continued to rise, a Citizens League survey reports. Mobil iems The citizen group's 34th annual survey, released today, nonetheless showed that a variety of factors can cause Truth -in -Taxation two homeowners in adjoining communities to have dramatically different tax bills even if their homes are of mailings begin today identical value. ( Where we rank: 2000 property taxes While the overall news was good for homeowners in South St. Paul, where propertytaxes on a $130,000 home fell 17 percent from a year ago, it was not so good for those in Chanhassen: The $2,332 tax bill on a $130,000 home there was the highest among the 109 metro cities surveyed. Among 33 cities surveyed in outstate Minnesota, Bemidji had the highest taxes on an $85,000 home. In the metro area, where rankings were based on a $130,000 home, Minneapolis was sixth, up from 11th last year, and St. Paul was 16th, down from 13th. Chanhassen's distinction was due largely to the Chaska School District, which encompasses much of the city. The district won voter approval of a $42.5 million bond issue last November and ranked highest among 64 metro school districts for propertytaxes. Additionally, Chanhassen is in Carver County, which ranked third- highest among 20 counties A homeowner's property -tax bill is the combination of taxes levied by the city, county, school district and other, smaller taxing entities. "We have to take care of at least 300 new students per year," said David Peterson, the Chaska district's finance director. The district's bond issue, approved by 68 percent of voters, raised money to build an elementary school and a middle school and set aside money to buy land for future school sites. Making matters more complicated for taxpayers, the school district's high taxes affected cities within the same school district differently. Chanhassen obtained its top ranking in part because it has less commercial and industrial property that can absorb the tax impact and lessen the burden on homes. Chaska, which is in the same school district but has more commercial and industrial property, ranked 13th in the survey. Same value, different tax The survey also highlighted the differences that owners of similarly valued homes can face. In Minnetonka, the owner of a $130,000 home paid $1,839 in propertytaxes this year. But in Eden Prairie, which adjoins Minnetonka, the owner of the same -priced home paid $2,111 in taxes. While the two homeowners paid the same amount of county taxes -- Minnetonka and Eden Prairie are in Hennepin County -- the difference in their overall tax bills reflect the impact of living in a suburb that is largely developed versus one that is in the middle of a building boom. Eden Prairie, which has been one of the metro area's fastest-growing suburbs, features a school district that ranked fifth this year among the 64 metro districts in propertytaxes, while Minnetonka's district ranked 25th. Page 1 Related Items Truth -in -Taxation mailings begin today 6 Where we rank: 2000 property taxes startribune.co n Metro Page 2 "We're probably adding some things that Minnetonka doesn't have to do," said Don Uram, Eden Prairie's finance director. "There's a difference in the school budget, primarily, because we're still adding kids." Citizens League officials said those are the kinds of differences that the survey is meant to highlight, and the kind over which taxpayers should question local officials. "Why are taxes on a $130,000 home in Eden Prairie $270 more than taxes on a $130,000 home in Minnetonka? What added value are residents of Eden Prairie receiving for their money?" said Lyle Wray, the Citizens League's executive director, in a commentary that accompanied the survey. On a broader level, Wray said, two key legislative changes helped to lower property -tax increases in many communities despite increases in home values across the metro area. Increased values typically lead to higher taxes. One legislative change, which Wray said had a "shallow, broad impact," involved a slight adjustment in the formula for calculating a home's taxable value. The other, he said, was an increase in the education homestead credit. On a $130,000 home in the metro area, according to the Citizens League, the average credit was raised from $320 last year to $390 this year. Said Wray: "It's a big impact." Impact on image Imagewise, being ranked first in the survey can have negative results. City officials in Lauderdale, a small Ramsey County city that was ranked first last year, said they spent much of their time explaining the intricacies of the property -tax system to confused, and sometimes angry, taxpayers. City officials largely blamed the Roseville School District, which covers Lauderdale, for the ranking because the district itself was first among all metro school districts in propertytaxes. This year, Lauderdale fell to fourth in the survey. "Was there a fallout in the city? Yeah," said Rick Getschow, Lauderdale's city administrator, speaking of last year's ranking. "I think it's a negative publicity thing ... There's not a lot of positive." Mike Kaszuba can be contacted at mkaszubakstartribune.com © Copyright 2000 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. RIETRU �: EGfO(l startr.com P*tro Page I Published Friday, November 10, 2000 Where we rank: 2000 property taxes $130,000 HOME+ I AVERAGE VALUE HOME I1999 Community (School district in parentheses) 2000 tax Rank % chng. in tax 199- '00** % Average chng. assessed in tax market 2000 199- value tax Rank '00*** 1999 Average Assessed Market Value* % chng. in average value'99 -100 ANOKA COUNT COUNTY a❑aa000 E:11:1 Andover (11) $1,542 95 -2.5% $140,664 $1,745 601F 2.0%$132,871 F 5.90/. Anoka (11) $1,683 78 -3.6% $103,877 $1,204=F7.00/.].F $97,600 6.4% Blaine (11) JF$1,6161F 85 -3.2% $108,181 $1,219 96 3.50/. $100,925 7.2% Burns Twp. (11) $1,366 107 -1.9% $147,612 $1,669 65 5.2% $136,802 7.9% Centerville (12)# $2,096 12 n/a $116,686 $1,768 59 Circle Pines (12) F-521 -12.0%$106,419 $1,315 90 -7.90/o $101,506 4.8% (13)Columbia HeightsColum $1,885 36 -5.6% $89,241 $1,072 107 16.2% $83,506 6.9% (831) bus Twp. $1,751 63 -0.3% $138,581 $1,933 46 1.2% $133,800 3.6% Coon Rapids (11) $1,579 89 -1.5% $104,733 $1,140 104 7.3% $99,268 5.5% East Bethel (I5) $1,645 83 -2.0% $116,736 $1,378 86 6.4% $109,229 6.9% Fridley (14) $1,589 87 -12.7% $104,980 $1,125 106 -4.3% $98,715 6.3% Ham Lake (11) $1,461 102 -2.2% $141,452 $1,670 64 4.6% $131,513 7.6% Lino Lakes (12) $1,862 42 -8.7% $150,749 $2,326 31 -4.4% $142,342 5.9% (831) Linwood Twp.:1 $1,687 76 9.9% $120,874 $1,499 79 18.5% $112,272 7.7% Oak Grove (15) $1724=1 -1.3% $134,337 $1,814 56 7.6% $125,140 7.3% Ramsey (11) $1,579 88 -0.5% $131,737 $1,613 70 4.8% $123,965 6.3% St. Francis (15) $1,691 75 -9.4% $105,854 $1,202 99 -6.2% $101,996 3.8% ( p6rjng Lake Park $1,915 32 -0.3% $99,552 $1,287 92 15.1% $94,480 5.4% ICOUNTYCARVER ❑��a❑��� Chanhassen (112) $2,332 9.4% $187,504 $3,872 10 7.5% $182,401 2.8% Chaska (112) $2,085 13 11.5% $142,436 $2,388 28 16.1% $133,837 6.4% Norwood Young❑������ lAmerica(108) $1,890 34 8.2% $95,831 $1,164 102 ❑ Victoria (112) $2,272 �2 10.2% $210,947 $4,396 ® 10.7% $202,983 3.9% Waconia (I 10) $2,122 ❑ -3.3% $126,220 $2,028 41 -5.0% $121,855 3.6% Watertown (1 11) $2,031 19 4.9% $104,793 $1,432 82 17.5% $96,883 8.2% ICOUNTYDAKOTA ❑���❑��� (196) Valley $1 648 81 -3.4% $140,745 $1,862 51 -3.2% $134,038 5.0% Page 2 Burnsville (191) I $I 1, j 7411 7.3/°I$lI Eagan (196) $1,548 94$142,683 31,17011$1,716 Iu1 5.5/°I$1� 25,24011 4'7/°1 $1,789 57 0.6% $134,844 5.8% Farmington (192) $1,731 69$119,220 Hastings (200) $1,734 68 Inver Grove❑���❑��� Heights (199) $1,569 91 Lakeville (194) $1,498 99 h751,4721 $1,472 100 $1,504 77 -16.6% $113,905 $1,396 85 4.4/0 $131,495 $1,597 72 7.6/0 $119,449 -11.5% $152,290 $1,912 48 -11.1% $144,714 0.1% $194,692 $2,640 20(19 1.9% $185,154 10.1 /o 5.2% 5.2% Rosemount (196) $1,878 39 -2.3% $135,906 $2,010 43 South St. Paul (6) West St. Paul NEPIN COUNTY COU Bloomington Brooklyn Center (279)lyn Park Champlin (11) $1,530 $1,549 �����❑��� $1,787 1;AEA $2 072 $1,835 98 93 53 14 49 -17.2% $95,175 0.4% $111,403 6.8% $137,973 5.7% $87,484 1.7% $107,891 -2.9% $121,575 $956 $1,199 $1,957 $1,216 $],542 $1,650 109 100 45 97 74 67 23 4.5% $131,118 1.1% $81,920 5.1% $112,833 1.9% $156,461 5.2% 6.8% 7.7% 6.5% Corcoran (877) $1,747 64 -6.7% $166,618 $2,522 Crystal (281) ::][$1,877F--40] 4.1% $95,906 $1,193 $2,261 $6,056 101 36 F2 7.2% 3.4% 5.7% 3.5% 2.2% 1.3% 3.4/0 2.6% 15.8/0 1.1 /o $137,762 $290,545 $180,498 $200,145 $155,835 $134,853 $157,940 $110,285 $202,325 $134,381 8.5% 8.7% 5.7% 7.5% 7.3% 7.1% 6.0% 5.8% 9.1 /o❑���❑��� 7.2/0 Dayton (11) $1,835 48 -1.4% $149,423 Deephaven (276) $1,913 33 0.5% $315,944 Eden Prairie (272) $2,111 11 8.4% $190,872 $3,588 12 11 IS 35 25 62 9 34 Edina (273) $1,942 27 15.5% $215,218 $3,853 $2,956 $2,264 $2,465 $1,732 $4,394 $2,265 Excelsior (276T-] Golden 1Valley Hassan Twp. (728) Hopkins (270) Independence (879) Maple Grove❑���❑��� (279) $2,069 $1,935 $1,697 $2,050 $2,128 $1,946 15 29 73 ❑����� 17 8 26 -0.5% $167,179 3.9% $144,477 3.2/0 $167,425 -0.8% $I 16,736 7.1 /o $220,761 4.1 /o $143,990 Medina (278) $1,647 82 -10.6% $302,529 $5,160 F5 2.3% $276,760 9.3% Minneapolis (1) $2,169 © 1.2% $103,653 $1,519 75 4.1% $96,453 7.5% rMinnetonka (270) $1,839 45 -1.2% $179,732 $2,927 17 0.1% $171,519 4.8% Minnetrista (277) $1,770 58 -10.9% $283,981 $5,058 �6 -2.3% $261,581 8.6% Mound (277) $1,778 57 -10.1% $136,904 $1,926F 47 -2.1% $126,803 8.0% New Hope (281) $1,886 35 3.8% $113,319 $1,515 76 -1.8% $106,856 6.0% Orono (278) $1,717 72 -9.3% $328,601 $5,900 �4 0.2% $308,996 6.3% Osseo (279) $2,157 �7 14.5% $100,711 $1,464 80 10.5% $93,928 7.2% Plymouth (284) $1,752 62 5.0% $172,629 $2,637 21 Richfield (280) $1,800 51 -19.5% $106,396 $1,322 89 -10.3% $99,976 6.4% Robbinsdale (281) $1,882 37 5.9% $92,866 $1,148 103 -2.2% $87,283 6.4% Rogers (728)# $1,929 30 n/a $146,907 $2,315 32 n/a n/a n/a St. Anthony (282) $2,036 18 -2.2% $118,980 $1,774 58 2.0% $111,219 7.0% St. Louis Park UnUUUnUU� (283) $1,992 24 1.8/0 $119,590 $1,744 61 12.4/0 $112,384 6.4/0 Shorewood (276) $2,011 21 -0.4% $258,943 $5,011 �7 1.0% $242,377 6.8% Wayzata (284) $1,843 43 3.1% $327,166 $6,119 �1 1.6% $297,999 9.8% / r l ID 1nn00n000C RAMSEY COUNTY nnn�nnnn� Arden Hills (621) $1,755 61 1.7% $158,640 $2,356 30 -1.2% $150,618 5.3% Fa23o)n Heights $1,981 25 8.4% $140,803 $2,228 38 Lauderdale (623) $2,174 = 6.5% $90,650 $1,285 94 -3.1% $85,228 6.4% Little Canada :R;I::20 4.4% $113,287 $1,636 69 Maplewood (622) $1,922 31 -0.3% $117,975 $1,648 68Moun 2.6% $111,105 6.2% -][621) ds View $1 872 41 0.3% $106,824 $1,368 87 (6e21)Brighton $1,778 56 1.9% $133,647 $1,856 54 -1.3% $126,947 5.3% North Oaks (621) $1,569 92 1.6% $364,353 $6,045 0 0.6% $339,499 7.3% (622) St. Paul $1,842 44 -1.2% $104,858 $1,287 93 -2.1% $99,881 5.0% Roseville (623T-]$1,996= 6.4% $124,001 $1,858 53 -4.8% $117,014 6.0% St. Paul (625) $2,059 16 -8.3% $93,162 $1,220 95 0.0% $87,196 6.8% Shoreview (621) $1,762 59 1.3% $142,091 $2,016 42 -2.9% $136,015 4.5% (6a24)ais Heights $1,779 55 1.8% $133,976 $1,864 50 0.1% $126,270 6.1% 624) White Bear LakeWhite $1,784 54 1.3% $116,784 $1,503 78 -1.4% $110,436 5.7% 624) Bear Twfl[;;dF 1 60 1.7% $141,334 $1,998 44 0.2% $132,867 6.4% SCOTT COUNTY =E1 ��� Belle Plaine (716) $1,939 28 0.5% $101,919 $1,297 91 -0.5% $98,447 3.5% Credit River Twp. 1(719) $1,388 105 2.8% $182,006 $2,286 33 Jordan (717) $1,737 67 -5.8% $98,917 $1,127 105 3.6% $90,221 9.6% Ne944)Market Twp. $1,538 97 -11.0% $189,307 $2,666 19 -9.7% $180,923 4.6% New Prague (721) $2,215 0 -2.4% $108,144 $1,652 66 1.2% $101,561 6.5% Prior Lake (71§71$1,997= 6.7% $152,499 $2,516 24 -2.5% $144,297 5.7% Savage (191) $1,838 46 -6.9% $143,518 $2,132 39 0.1% $132,424 8.4% Shakopee (720) $1,682 79 -6.1% $118,483 $1,458 81 -7.3% $112,044 5.7% (719)g Lake Twp. $1,466 101 1.4% $174,051 $2,260 37 -4.6% $165,290 5.3% WASHINGTON COUNTY ❑❑��❑❑��� Afton (834) $1,386 106 -3.1% $215,092 $2,863 18 -4.1% $200,938 7.0% Bayport (834) $1,835 50 -11.6% $131,409 $1,865 49 -12.5% $124,585 5.5% 83ttage Grove $1,878 38 3.7% $115,916 $1,568 73 -3.5% $108,558 6.8% Forest Lake (83Fores1) $1,687 77 -6.6% $114,374 $1,365 88 -1.0% $107,360 6.5% (831)t Lake Twp. $1,432 103 -5.5% $151,274 $1,816 55 -1.6% $143,583 5.4% Page 3 �vranttaiz)al ''7011 1VIf 1 '."old aZI+,+,100 13.),"`II I-, a«<,o4a�l Y./701 Hugo (624) $159386 2.2% $153,702$2,052 40 1.7% $142,7451F__7_.7_0_/o] Lake Elmo (834) $1,541 96 -4.4% $205,817 $2,975 14 -1.7% $188,038 9.5% Mahtomedi (832) $1,673 80 3.6% $175,820 $2,591 22 -0.7% $163,657 7.4% May Twp. (834) New 5831) Twp. (831) 1�1:� $1,194 109 -3.0% 4.5/0 $212,121 $166,833 $2,462 $2,373 26 29 -3.1% 2.7/0 $195,063 $155,119 8.7% 7.6/0 Newport(833) (834j ark Heights $2,113 $1,576 10 90 0.2% -1.8% $108,134 $121,505 $1,606 $1,412 71 84 -4.3% -5.8% $100,743 $115,632 7.3% 5.1% Oakdale (622) (833)u1Pazk $1,742 $1,730 65 70 -0.3% 5.1% $I 14,475 $93,406 $1,415 $1,072 83 108 5.2% -5.5% $106,290 $88,782 7.7% 5.2% Stillwater (834) West Lakeland:1aE�daoo❑000 Twp. (834) $1,740 , 66 -4.8% 3.1/0 $135,804 $238,505 $1,862 $2,944 52 16 -3.9% 4.5/0 $126,248 $222,182 7.6% 7.3/0 Woodbury (833) $1,837 47 8.8% $155,650 $2,390 27 -3.8% $147,508 5.5% *All communities in the seven -county metro area with populations of 2,500 or above, plus Excelsior. +A hypothetical home in each community with an assessor's market value of $130,000. **Assumes a home with the same $130,000 assessor's market value in both 1999 and 2000. ***Compares tax on 2000 average value home with tax on 1999 average value home. 1999 taxes were recalculated for the five communities that changed school district association in the survey this year. #New to the survey this year. srarrribtme.com Metro SOURCE: Minnesota Department of Revenue; calculations by the Citizens League. ® copyright 2000 star Tribune. All rights reserved. Page 4 • Al. 1 • - • I� , i 1 • • - seance Score Vikin s Tlckets Contest! \1inncsuta �- � 8 METRO/REGION / A Print this page Home builders say Met Council overestimated land supply * Find related David Peterson items Star Tribune Tuesday, November 14, 2000 The Twin Cities area has far less land available for development than the Metropolitan Council says it has, and that shortage is contributing to sticker shock for prospective buyers of new homes, the Builders Association of the Twin Cities says. The association is challenging numbers that the Met Council described as the most -accurate local land inventory ever when it released them last summer. The inventory showed that 97,000 acres of vacant and agricultural land await development in the next few years, enough to meet the area's needs. On Monday, after examining the data with the help of local officials, the association released an analysis indicating that much of that land is already developed, is being used for roadways or parks or is otherwise unavailable. In Woodbury, for example, the group said only 9.3 percent of the land that appears available really is. In a written statement, the Met Council said it is reviewing the builders' data and plans to work to reach a mutual assessment. If some areas shown as vacant on its maps are in fact now developed, the council said, it's probably because its analysis was based on 1997 aerial photography, which took a long time to process. Fast-growing fringes The builders' primary focus was on 23 rapidly growing communities on the fringe of the metro area. Within those communities, the Met Council classified 50,082 acres as being "vacant or agricultural" and within the 2000 Metropolitan Urban Services Area (MUSA), an area established by the council as appropriate for development. The council oversees sewer and other services in the seven -county area in an effort to guide development. But the builders determined that only 21,490 acres -- 42.9 percent of the Met Council's estimate -- are truly available for development, and that much of that land is "fragmented and scattered." John Shardlow, president of the Minneapolis planning consultant Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban, which carried out the study, said even that figure overstates the actual land available. "That includes such things as county roads, which in some cases show up in the council's data as vacant land," he said. The builders did enough checks to determine that roads were a more -than -negligible portion of the inventory, he said, but not enough to adjust the total figure downward. Once the builders started peering closely at the Met Council's data, he said, it became evident that the information was far less reliable than the council had said. For example, he said, the inventory includes 587 acres of Eden Prairie park land. An acre is slightly smaller than the size of a football field. When it released its information, the Met Council said local officials had been asked to verify its validity. But Shardlow said researchers discovered that some cities had done a much more painstaking job than others. Even some of the land that is technically available, Shardlow said, would either be hard to develop -- because it's on steep slopes or deep peat bogs, for example -- or would be hard to sell because it's near "highly undesirable and unsightly land uses." A case in point, he said: The Koch Refinery has acquired 2,672 acres in Rosemount as a buffer zone. Yet that land is classed as available for development. Said Shardlow: "A lot of this land has been skipped over, and there's a reason it has been skipped over, which is not to say that some of it shouldn't or couldn't be developed." Enough land? Land availability has been a cause for builders for some time, but the issue has grown more intense recently with contentions that development restrictions are a key contributor to rising prices. "Last year in a matter of months the price of an acre of land in this community went from $22,000 to $35,000," said Andover Mayor Jack McKelvey. "Once one developer pays that much, everyone else wants to get it, too." Calculations of overall housing affordability by the National Association of Home Builders indicate that the Twin Cities area has slipped from third place to 10th among U.S. metro areas with populations of 1 million or more over the last year. In its statement, the Met Council pointed out that "most local units of government [are saying] that they have enough land to accommodate growth forecasts." Shardlow conceded that even if the council were to loosen the boundaries that now restrict development in the Twin Cities area, sentiment against growth in many outer suburbs is now so strong that it isn't certain more growth would occur there. Woodbury, for instance, is indicating that it wants to cut the number of annual building permits from 1,600 to 600 units. "OK, now that we've stopped sprawl, where are the other 1,000 units going to go?" Shardlow said. "The answer in many cases is going to be western Wisconsin." The council's statement indicated that it is taking the Builders Association's research seriously and will use it in decision- making. "We need greater consensus on land availability," council Chairman Ted Mondale was quoted as saying. The statement indicated that the council is: . Awaiting the findings and recommendations of an advisory committee it appointed to review housing and land -use issues. That group will hear a full report on the builders' findings soon. • Completing a review of communities' growth plans, which identify land that cities expect to be used. David Peterson can be contacted at david a peterson(&slartribune.com Return to top ©Copyri right 2000 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. MEMO CITY OF PLYMOUTH 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MN 55447 DATE: November 15, 2000 TO: Dwight Johnson, City Manager FROM: Nancy Bye, City Assessor ';0 SUBJECT: Maxfield Research Study The attached is a summary of findings -A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities. I thought this was an interesting study and may be of interest to the City Council and others. Cc: Dale Hahn, Finance Director Laurie Ahrens, Assistant City Manager Ed Goldsmith, Housing Supervisor Assessing Staff eld Research Inc. November 2, 2000 Dear Colleague, We are pleased to present the accompanying summary of findings—A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities—showing that the construction of tax -credit affordable housing has little or no effect on the property values of surrounding single-family homes. The study was commissioned by the Family Housing Fund and conducted by Maxfield Research, Inc., a real estate research firm located in Minneapolis. The research project examined 12 suburban neighbor- hoods in the Twin Cities to determine if property values declined after tax -credit affordable housing construction. Maxfield tracked the sale of over 600 single-family homes and townhomes in the 1990s, comparing housing market performance before and after construction of affordable rental housing. The study also compared home sales in areas around affordable housing developments to more than 1,800 home sales in areas without a comparable tax -credit development. Overall, single family homes surrounding a tax - credit affordable housing development performed at or above market levels in sales price per square foot, and in sales price to list price—two major indicators of home value. As more and more workers move to the Twin Cities to take advantage of the area's strong job growth, the need for affordable housing will continue to grow throughout the region. All communities will need to do more to help meet the needs of its low- and moderate- income families. Many communities have tradi- tionally resisted affordable housing development in part due to a fear that it will adversely affect the property values of single family homes. This study shows that this is not the case. The Family Housing Fund, together with Maxfield Research, publishes these findings to give our public and private partners a tool in support of their efforts to meet the affordable housing needs in their com- munities. Please help spread the results of this study to elected officials, community and business leaders, and the general public. The report is available on the Family Housing Fund's Web Site at www.fhfund.org. For more informa- tion or to order additional copies of the summary of findings or the full report, please contact the Family Housing Fund at (612) 375-9644 or e-mail shawnan@fhfund.org. Sincerely yours, Thomas P. Fulton MG ujo yd'/ Thomas G. O'Neil President President President Family Housing Fund Maxfield Research, Inc. Market Research Partners, Inc 612.338.0012 (fax) 612.338.5288 510 Marquette Avenue, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55402 A Study of the Relationship Inc. Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities Summary of Findings Prepared for: Family Housing Fund Minneapolis, Minnesota September 2000 Purpose of Research and Methodology • Maxfield Research' conducted this research to determine whether there is evidence to support the claim that tax -credit rental developments for families erode property values in the areas surrounding them. The Family Housing Fund, a Minneapolis-based non-profit agency that supports the development of affordable housing throughout the Twin Cities, funded the research. • We examined 12 neighborhoods in the Twin Cities in which a tax -credit rental housing development for families (built between 1993 and mid year 1997) was located within a dense district of owner -occupied homes, termed a "subject area." The subject areas generally contained between 150 and 300 owner housing units within one to three blocks. We presumed that negative impact by a tax -credit development could be determined by analyzing three measures of market performance among homes sold in the subject area: sales prices per square foot; the percentages of sales to asking (list) price and; time on the market. Comparing homes sold in each subject area before and after construction of a tax -credit development (a "pre/post" analysis), as well as comparing homes sold in each subject area to homes sold in areas without a similar tax -credit development (a "subject/contror analysis), would reveal the presence of negative impact. In the pre- and post -construction analysis, we compared market performance in the three years before and after construction start of the tax -credit developments under study. We focused on homes sales that were part of a continuous data set, representing.a homogeneous submarket of properties that sold in all or most of the six years under study. In this manner, we analyzed roughly 600 records across 16 submarkets in 11 subject areas. • In the pre- and post -construction analysis, we also addressed the claim that the overall Twin Cities housing market was becoming stronger, and that the subject areas around tax -credit housing simply did not increase in strength as much as they should have. • In the subject versus control analysis, we compared subject area sales in the post - construction years to sales of similar homes (age and size) from the same community and school district, located in areas where there were no tax -credit developments for families built between 1993-1997. We completed 68 subject -control comparisons in this manner, involving roughly 470 subject area records. ' Market Research Partners completed the report under contract with Maxfield Research. MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 1 Specific Findings The homes that were sold in the subject areas around the 12 tax -credit developments in our study, in general, displayed similar or stronger market performance in the period after the tax -credit properties were built, as well as similar or stronger performance to comparable homes sales from a control group. We identified generally upward price trends, declining market times and stable or improving sales -to -list price percentages in most submarkets, over the six-year study period. Some subject areas displayed poorer market performance after construction of the tax - credit development in question as compared to before it, or poorer performance as compared to a comparable control group. However, such poorer performance was almost always limited to one year, or isolated among one group of homes in a subject area; there was little to suggest that there was a sustained, negative, post -construction trend in any given neighborhood surrounding a tax -credit development in this study. • As a group, the subject areas had far higher average annual per -square -foot price appreciation after the tax -credit developments were built than before: 5.9% versus .9%. Housing style did not make a difference, as significantly superior growth in the post - construction period occurred among both townhomes and single-family homes in the subject areas, collectively. (Figure 1) • The ability for sellers to gain the prices they asked for was not impeded in the years after the construction of the tax -credit developments under study, as sales -to -list price percentages among homes sold in the subject areas were generally higher in the post - construction period than in the pre -construction period. (Figure 2) Market times for homes sold in the collective subject areas were shorter in the post - construction years than in the pre -construction years, with the exception of single-family homes in period post -2, which showed a 24 -day jump over the previous year. In this case, the jump in market time did not exceed the low point from the pre -construction period. This suggests that the market, in terms of selling time, varied in similar fashion before and after tax -credit housing construction. (Figure 3) We found that the subject areas, as a group, exhibited slower average sales price growth in the pre -construction years than the Twin Cities Metro Area overall (2.95% versus 4.23%). However, after construction, the gap in performance between the subject areas and the Twin Cities narrowed by a half percentage point. This indicates that, rather than weakening after construction, the markets surrounding the tax -credit developments became stronger as a group, relative to the Twin Cities overall. • The subject areas performed similar to their respective control markets, as revealed in the subject -control comparison. Of the roughly 1,400 market -performance measurements we completed in the subject areas in the post -construction years, 96010fell within the range of values of similar age and size control group peers from the respective larger market. Just MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 2 -1 r 4% of subject area values (55 in number) fell below the range of values exhibited for comparable control sales. In the subject -control comparison, poor performance in the subject areas exhibited itself most often in the form of longer market times than control counterparts (28 outlying values) and lower sales -to -list price percentages (18 outlying values). In only 12 cases did an outlying subject area value take the form of a lower price per square foot, as compared to a set of control peers. The 12 cases of lower prices relative to control peers represented just 2.6% of the price values that we measured in the subject areas. The subject area around Arlington Ridge Apartments in Shakopee merits further research. Seven existing townhomes around Arlington Ridge took significantly longer to sell than their control area peers in the second and third years after construction of the development. However, this submarket was just one among 68 that we analyzed. This indicates that negative impact by the 12 tax -credit developments in our study, at worst, was limited to relatively longer market times for one submarket of units, in one subject area, over two years. Conclusions We conclude from our research that there is little or no evidence to support the claim that the tax -credit family rental developments in our study eroded surrounding home values. The information from this research suggests that the various housing submarkets examined in our study performed normally in the years after construction of the tax -credit properties in question, varying in similar fashion to the pre -construction years, and responding to supply and demand forces in a similar manner as the larger market. MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 3 Figure 1 Sales Price Per Finished Square Foot Among Homes Sold 13 Housing Submarkets Surrounding Tax -Credit Properties (Combined) 3 Years Before and After Construction $80.00 — �—Single-Family Only --*—Single Family & T.H. Combined o $76.00 — 0 u- m `m $72.00 Q $68.00 L N LL $64.00 $60.00 m p° $56.00 $52.00 0 N 0 N d A in - - -A, - -Townhome Only $62.82 $73.20 $67.89 $67.95 $68.04 A $65.52 $64.10 $60.26 $61.39 .�'---. ... - A---------- A $56.16' e rd� rre-3 rre-[ rre-1 runt ��- Figure 2 Sales Price to List Price Percentage Among Homes Sold 13 Housing Submarkets Surrounding Tax -Credit Properties (Combined) 3 Years Before and After Construction '*--Sing le -Family Only 100.0% — — n:__i_ r_ -a.. o *r u 99.5% 99.0% 98.5% 98.0% 97.5% 97.0% 96.5% Pre -3 Pre -2 Pre -1 Post -1 Post -2 Post -3 MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 4 Figure 3 Number of Days on the Market for Homes Sold 13 Housing Submarkets Surrounding Tax -Credit Properties (Combined) 3 Years Before and After Construction ---Single-Family Only 75 "'♦Single Family 8 T.H. Combined 65 - - -A- - -Townhome Only i, 55 �o 45 E Z 35 25 15 Pre -3 Pre -2 Pre -1 Post -1 Post -2 Post -3 MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 5 Reconstruction of Co. Rd. 101 Hennepin County & City of Plymouth Plymouth City Council Study Meeting, Tuesday, November 28 City Council Chambers City Hall 3400 Plymouth Boulevard 7:00 p.m. At the regular City Council meeting on November 28, the City Council will be requested to approve the "Construction Cooperative Agreement" with Hennepin County for the County Road 101 Improvement Project. The last public meeting for which a notice was sent to the area residents was on July 24. After receiving input from residents, County staff, and City staff, the City Council made minor changes to the plans and gave approval to the Construction Plans on September 26. The "Construction Cooperative Agreement" is the final approval step by the Plymouth City Council before Hennepin County receives bids for the construction of the improvements. You can review the final plans at the Plymouth Engineering Department on the lower level of the City Hall during regular office hours, or contact either Fred Moore, Director of public Works, (763-509-5501), or Dan Faulkner, City Engineer, (763-509-5520) concerning the project. Iti- I e - s November 15, 2000 CITY OF PLYMOUTR Lee Gustafson, Chairperson Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission c/o Barr Engineering Company 4700 West 77`" Street Minneapolis, MN 55435 SUBJECT: BASSETT CREEK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMMISSION SECOND GENERATION PLAN Dear Lee: At the regular City Council on November 14, 2000, the City Council adopted a motion endorsing the appointment of Karen Haht to the Citizens' Advisory Group, and Connie Fortin to the Technical Advisory Group of the Bassett Creek Second Generation Surface Water Management Plan Committees. Both of these applicants are also members of the City's Environmental Quality Committee (EQC), and they will also be able to provide input from other members of our EQC. The Plymouth City Council requests that you consider their endorsement by the City Council when you make appointments to your committees. Sincerely, Fred G. Moore, P.E. Director of Public Works cc: Mayor and City Council PLYMOUTH A Beau ii\flipytr"W5WLTRS\MED\2000\G.ta6on-11.15.doc 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD • PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447-1482 • TELEPHONE (612) 509-5000 ® >o. www.d.plymouth.mn.us Metropolitan Council Working for the Region, Planning for the Future The Metropolitan Council invites you to a P"liciMg�fing' to discuss the regional fair housing planning project currently underway. The Council, in cooperation with the Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Counties of ' Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, and Scott and Carver counties represented by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency has contracted with the Legal Services Advocacy Project (LSAP) to conduct a metro -wide analysis of barriers to fair housing and issues of discrimination in housing. This fair housing planning is required of communities that receive certain funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. To assist in this effort, LSAP has partnered with the Urban Coalition, the Institute on Race and Poverty, and the Wilder Research Center to assist with the data collection and analysis, focus groups and research. The final report will identify specific barriers to fair housing and propose recommendations and time frames for addressing these issues. The Council invites you to a public meeting on November 30, 2000 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM in Room 1A at the Offices of the Metropolitan Council, 230 E. 5' Street in St. Paul to comment on a preliminary draft of the barriers identified and proposed recommendations. As an individual or organization concerned about the issue of housing discrimination, your input is important to us. The agenda for the meeting will include: 9:45 - Coffee and Registration 10: 00 - Welcome: Elizabeth Ryan, Director of Housing and Livable Communities for the Metropolitan Council FollowedBy: - Overview of the Fair Housing Planning Project - Fair Housing Implications of Housing, Population, Employment and Transportation Trends in the Metro Area - Review of Identified Impediments to Fair Housing and Proposed Recommendations Presented by: Regina Wagner and Nancy Mischel, LSAP; Moira Gaidzanwa of the Urban Coalition and Gavin Kearney of the Institute on Race and Poverty - Discussion and Feedback Please RSVP by November 27`h to Colette Bergeron at the Legal Services Advocacy Project at 651-222-3749, ex 101 or by e-mail at cbergern@mnlsap.org. Please indicate any disability related accommodations or translation/interpreter services you may require. 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1626 (651) 602-1000 Fax 602-1550 TDD/TIY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 602-1888 An Equal Opportunity Employer 4000 Black Oaks Lane N Plymouth, MN 55446 Minnetonka/Plymouth Rotary "Coats for Kids" 2000 Susan Henderson Bruce Nystrom October 27, 2000 Eric Blank City of Plymouth - Plymouth Ice Arena 3400 Plymouth Blvd. Plymouth, MN 55442 Dear Eric: FV I a4'1 Nm�er- Phone 763/509-0524 Fax 763/509-0526 During this year's District 5950 "Coats for Kids" drive, we are proud to have collected 258 winter clothing items (coats, snowpants, caps/hats, gloves, scarves and winter boots) and $110 in cash donations. The items were delivered to Interfaith Outreach Community Partners and Prism, two charitable organizations serving those in our community. The cash donations were sent to the District to be added to other donations and used to purchase new winter clothing items. A major contributor to the success of this project was your willingness to open your business as a public donation site. Thank you for your contribution and for participating in this worthy event. We look forward to working on this District project again next year. Sincerely, Susan L. Henderson & Bruce Nystrom Minnetonka/Plymouth Rotary Club "Coats for Kids" Committee November 13, 2000 r ` Mayor Joy Tierney 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447-1482 Re: TV Guide Channel Dear Ms. Tierney: ATT AT&T Broadband 10 River Park Plaza St Paul, MN 55107-1219 Thank you for your letter dated October 24, 2000. 1 appreciate the concern you expressed regarding the contents of certain advertising being aired on channel 7, the TV Guide Channel, as reported by one of our customers. Unfortunately, AT&T Broadband does not control the programming decisions made.by cable channel programmers, we merely provide a service we have purchased from a particular provider. It would be helpful if we had more information regarding exactly what advertising was deemed to be inappropriate. I would suggest that the complainant contact the TV Guide Channel direct, stating exactly what the advertising consisted of and the objection to the content. TV Guide Chaninel may be contacted by mail at 7140 S. Lewis'Avenue; Tulsa; OK 74136, by phone at i 800=447 7388 or by Internet at www.prevuenet.com/'. AT&T Broadband is committed to continually improving -the products and service we offer at an-- - - affordable price. We are proud of our local service, the on-time guarantees and our commitment to . communities through programs such as Cable in the Classroom: None of this could be possible however, without the support of our subscribers and communities. such as the City of Plymouth. -. Very Tru ours, -" A Jim Commers Vi President of Minnesota &T Broadband 10 River Park Plaza - Suite 400 Saint Paul, MN 55107-1219 C: TV Guide Channel Greg Moore, Administrator, NW Suburbs Cable Comrriunicatib is commission �(� Recycled Paper October 24, 2000 James Commers Vice President - Minnesota AT&T Broadband 10 River Park Plaza St. Paul, MN 55107-1219 Subject: Channel 7 — TV Guide Channel Dear Mr. Commers: CITY OF PLYMOUTH - I am writing to you on behalf of the Plymouth City Council to express our concern about some of the advertising that has been included on channel 7, TV Guide Channel. The City recently received a complaint from a cable television subscriber in Plymouth who felt that some of the advertising that she and her family saw on the TV Guide Channel was inappropriate for family viewing. This subscriber was referred to the channel by AT&T customer service when she called to inquire about the new channel location for the Disney Channel. The customer service representative recommended that the viewer tune into channel 7 to learn the new channel location. When the viewer and her family tuned to channel 7, they were disturbed to see advertising that was inappropriate for her six-year-old child to view. While the Plymouth City Council recognizes that it does not have authority to determine what AT&T chooses to offer its customers, we do feel it is appropriate for us to share this specific concern. If AT&T routinely recommends that its subscribers tune to channel 7 to learn about channel location and upcoming programs, then channel 7 should feature only advertisements appropriate for viewing by all ages. We understand that AT&T does not sell any of the ad time on the TV Guide channel. Still, we recognize that you choose to purchase this particular service. We encourage AT&T to do what it can as a responsible company to urge the TV Guide Channel to screen its commercials with an eye toward family viewing or to purchase an alternative service that does so. If such a service is not available, perhaps AT&T could develop its own channel listing/program guide that is free of paid advertisements altogether. Thank you for sharing this concern with the appropriate staff people at AT&T, and for considering feedback from our community. - Sincerely, Joy Tierney Mayor cc: TV Guide Channel, 7140 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74136 Northwest Suburban Cable Commission PLYMOUTH A Beautiful Place To Live 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD • PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447-1482 • TELEPHONE (612) 509-5000 ®�a.,••�. www.d.plymouth.mn.us November 13, 2000 Mayor,Joy Tierney Plymouth City Center 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mayor Tierney, l 1 (fV 1 I am writing you to commend the Plymouth Senior Club and especially Marty Gurtiz. During the last three months the Care and Share Transportation group has generously donated their time to drive my mother to and from doctor and therapy appointments. Marty has spent much time to coordinate rides for my Mom. She and the many volunteers have been cheerful, caring, timely and always willing to listen. These wonderful individuals have helped myself and my brothers and sister by being available during the day when our schedules are full. I am proud to live in a community where people care so much about each other. Thank you and especially the Care and Share Transportation group. Sincerely, jann Atkins Daughter of Bernadine Spooner Cc: George Bentley Plymouth Metro Link ZChank peu f r Tour bind sTmpathh anal tribute to the memerp ( 19-1- 2000 Wednesday, November 15, 2000 at 12:25 p.m. Hello, my name is Gerald Klaus and my phone number is� I've been privileged to be a rider on the Plymouth Flyer for the last two years and I just wanted to state, near to the holidays and Thanksgiving, things to be thankful for. I just wanted to share with the City how much I appreciate the use of the Plymouth Flyer. I use it four days a week for round trips to the Courage Center. It means a lot to me and my employment, so thank you to the City of Plymouth for offering me this service. Thank you and happy holidays. D: \TEMPTlyer_CourageCtr_V M.doc Nov 14 Z888 13:Z8:35 Via Fax -> AMM FAX NEWS November 13-17, 2000 61Z+589+5868 Dwight Johnson Page 881 Of 881 Metropolitan Council Sets Budget, Adopts Draft for Public Hearing Tlie Metropolitan Council at its November 8, 2000 meeting adopted a draft budget proposal for the public hearing scheduled for December 13, 2000. The budget draft differs from the initial proposal released in late August. The differences are as follows'. • The latest draft proposes to expend $x93.9 million or approximately $1.0 million less than the August budget. The Metro transit budget is reduced by $984,697 from the August budget Budget authority is transferred between divisions and departments to support the regional constitu- ency effort, which is part of the Regional Administrator's budget. The regional constituency effort an initiative to have Metropolitan Council members and staff work closely with their citizens and local governments. Resources are also transferred to support the Human Resources information system. There are no net changes in expendi- tures, revenues or use of fund bal- ances. The transit -operating revenue gap as a result of the changes is $14.5 million or $1.0 million below the August amount. City of Minneapolis Housing Meeting Outlines Potential Legislative Housing Agenda qty Council Member Kathy Thurber chaired a discussion that could lead to a legislative housing agenda In addition to Ms Thurber and several of her city council colleagues, participants in the discussion included housing advocates, representatives from the Minneapolis Community Development Agency, the Office of the Mayor, the City of Minnetonka, AMM and the League of Minnesota Cities The group agreed to examine five major areas — inclusionary housing, barriers to producing housing and access to rental units, financial re- sources, business involvement in A:11.1f NewT Fax is faxed to all AMM city man- agers and administrators, legislative contacts and Board members. Please Short thisfax with your mayors, councilmembers and staff to keep them abreast of important metro city issues. 145 University Avenue West St. Paul, :11N 55103-2044 Phone: (651) 215-4000 Far: (651) 281-1299 E-mail: amm?riomml45.orp housing and tax policy. Small working groups will examine the topics and report to the full group in early Decem- ber. It is envisioned that any recom- mendation could be incorporated into the Minneapolis legislative program There was also agreement that there needs to be more federal involvement in resolving the housing crisis and a public education program regarding the need for housing 010" Association of Metropolitan Municipalities AMM and Metropolitan Counties to review the proposed TAB criteria The AMM and the Metropolitan Counties will meet on December 1 to review the proposed housing performance evaluation criteria (100 points). The criteria as proposed would not only apply to TAB pro- grams but also to other competitive funding programs. The working group's comments will be the bass for AMM's statement to the Metro- politan Council. If you have any comments regarding the criteria or need additional information please contact Gene Ranieri (651-215-4001) Metropolitan Council Approves Six Smart Growth Twin Cities Opportunity Sites The Metropolitan Council at its November8 meeting approved grants for six mixed use redevelopment or development sites. The grants will be used primarily for planning and design assistance. The projects receiving the grants are located in Brooklyn Center, Chaska, Ramsey, St Paul, Maplewood and St. Anthony Village AMM Seeks TAB and TAC Nominations in Dakota and Ramsey County Cities MANAGERS/ADMINISTRATORS PLEASE PASS THIS ON AS APPROPRIATE he Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) has a vacancy for a city elected official to be nominated by the AMM in both Dakota and Ramsey counties Also, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has a vacancy for a city non -elected official to be nominated by the AMM in both Dakota and Ramsey counties TAB meets at 1 30 p m on the third (3rd) Wednesday of each month TAC city members must be department heads with engineering, planning or public works background Please send brief resume to the AMM attention Gene For more infor- mation, please contact Roger at 651-215-4002 HOU 16 Z000 1.6:BB:ZB Via Fax -> AMM FAX NEWS November 13-17. 2000 (no. 2) 61Z+589+5060 Laurie Ahrens Page 001 Of 001 Membership Approves Legislative Policies The AMM membership at the Nov 9 policy adoption meeting approved the policies as proposed by the policy committees In addition to several questions regarding individual policies, the membership debated a motion to support an elected Metropolitan Council After a spirited discussion the motion was not supported The board will adopt priorities based on recommendations by the commit- tees and members The priorities should be identified by the beginning of the legislative session A future AMM FAX NEWS will include the priorities Metropolitan Land Supply Issues Subject of News Media Report KARE 11 has produced two special news reports regarding the impact of the Metropolitan Urban Services Area (MUSA) on the cost of housing. The reports have aired on the Sunday and Tuesday 10 00 p m news The reports assert that government actions are driving up the cost of housing. The two news reports have indicated that the Metropolitan Council's estimate of available land for development is to high and that the real supply of available land within the MUSA is much less The report includes interviews with developers and Metropolitan Council officials A,M1fif News Fox is foxed to all AMM crty managers and odministrotors, legislative contacts and Board members. Please share this fax with your mayors, councilmembers and staff to keep them obreast of impor- tant metro city issues. 145 University Avenue West St. Foul, AfN 55103-1044 Phone: (651) 215-4000 Far: (651) 281-1199 E-mail; omm9omm145.org The report also indicates that the Builders and the Metropolitan Council are attempting to resolve the issue This Friday, Nov 17 installment of the report could examine the role of local government procedures and policies in contributing to housing costs. The exact content of the Friday report is not known but possible topics include the amount of fees charged for development and building, zoning policies and the growing sentiment to no growth". If you have any reaction to the report please contact Gene at AMM early next week Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Governor Discusses Budget Priorities at St. Cloud Meeting 0nMonday, Nov 13, the Governor and several commis- sioners met with local government officials to discuss budget priorities and the Big Plan While there were no specific proposals, the Governor and the commissioners stated that the proposed biennial budget increase will not exceed the inflation rate The Governor also noted that the details of tax, education and development propos- als should be available within the next six weeks As part of the meeting local officials were asked to respond to a series of questions regarding policy preferences The results of the survey that was conducted elec- tronically will be available on the State Planning web site within the next week Mayors Housing Task Force to present its report to the Metropolitan Council The Mayors Task Force has com- pleted its report and will present it to the Metropolitan Council on Wednes- day, Nov 29 The report will be distrib- uted to cities, non -profits and other interested parties for review and com- ment. The report could be the basis for a region meeting to discuss strategies to develop and maintain affordable housing The report includes several findings and recommendations on such topics as leadership, zoning and planning, funding, regulations, technical assistance and social services An AMM FAX NEWS scheduled for the last week of Novemberwill provide a sum- mary of the findings and recommenda- tions Plymouth Police Department Minnesota Safety Council's Crosswalk Safety Grant, 2000: A Project Review Plymouth Police Department, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard , Plymouth, MN 55447 (763) 509-5198 www.ci.plymouth.mn.us Minnesota Safety Council Pedestrian Safety Grant Final Report Grantee Name Plymouth Police Department Grantee Address 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Project end date October 14th City, State ZIP Plymouth, MN 55447 Name of person completing report Sara Lynn Cwayna Title Public Safety Education Specialist Amount of grant $1,450 Project start date August 17th Project end date October 14th Community population 62,000 Number of people reached Estimated 850 drivers, 1500 resident Through Public Educaton outreach. Newspaper Brief project description: readership exceeds 62,000. This information is provided in a project summary, a copy of this summary is attached. Stated goal(s) and objectives: Our project goals were to (1) assess driver compliance rate with the crosswalk law at four high risk intersections. (2) develop, implement, review public education strategies to increase driver awareness and compliance with the law. (3) identify long-term strategies that will promote continued compliance with the crosswalk law. If project involved community partners, please list: Plymouth Police Department Crosswalk Safety Grant: A Program Review Introduction: In January of 2000, the Mayor, City Council, and the Plymouth Public Safety Advisory Committee identified pedestrian and crosswalk safety as a top priority for the City. In response to concern, a coalition of community organizations partnered to work on this issue. The Coalition includes members from the Plymouth City Council, Public Safety Department, Community Policing Committee, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Youth Advisory Board and the Plymouth Crime and Fire Prevention Fund. In early June, the Police Department made application to the Minnesota Safety Council's Crosswalk Safety Grant. The Department was awarded this grant in late June. Officer Paul Johnson, members of the Plymouth Public Safety Advisory Committee, Sara Cwayna and Helen La Fave partnered to implement the grant in August. The project was concluded in September. The Traffic Unit identified four crosswalk locations to be targeted by the grant: 50`h and Schmidt Lake Road, Vicksburg Lane and the Luce Line Trail, 39`h Avenue North and Zachary, and Fernbrook and Dallas Lane North. These crosswalks were selected based upon vehicle and pedestrian traffic volume and their close proximity to schools and park and recreations areas. Four members of the Public Safety Advisory Committee volunteered to staff the project with Officer Johnson: Dan Freese, Cathy Kaufman, Hal Nelson and Jim Holmes. Each of these volunteers were assigned one crosswalk and carried out a detail that involved four, two-hour surveillances at the crosswalk. These volunteers contributed over 30 hours of service. Each volunteer monitored their intersection during a consistent time frame: Vicksburg and the Luce Line Trail was monitored between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.; 50`h and Schmidt Lake Road was monitored between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Fernbrook and Dallas was monitored between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; and 39`h and Zachary was monitored between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. A synopsis of the duties carried out at each phase is as follows. Phase One: Volunteers monitored their intersection for two hours to determine the base -line compliance rate. A civilian was stationed in the crosswalk and a volunteer recorded the data. Helen La Fave and Sara Lynn Cwayna produced a public information campaign to inform the community of the pending project. This information campaign was targeted to reach the community when phase two of the project became underway. Phase Two: Crosswalk Safety Grant receives coverage in the Plymouth Sun Sailor, the Plymouth City Newsletter, on Channel 37, and on Northwest Cities. Volunteers returned to their intersections to monitor traffic during the same two-hour period. This time they displayed large crosswalk awareness signs, wore crosswalk t -shirts, and monitored the compliance rate by again stationing a civilian in the crosswalk. Phase Three: Officer Paul Johnson, patrol officers and volunteers monitored the intersection for a third time. Crosswalk awareness signs were displayed, crosswalk T-shirts were worn by volunteers, a civilian was stationed in the crosswalk, and officers pulled vehicles over to issue warnings, citations, or to congratulate drivers who complied with the law. Driver's who had abided by the crosswalk law were awarded a crosswalk T-shirt. Literature on the crosswalk law was provided to the community. Phase Four: Volunteers returned to their intersection to monitor the post -compliance rate. No signs were displayed or T-shirts worn. A civilian was stationed in the crosswalk and a volunteer recorded the data. In our grant proposal we had intended to take down the license plate numbers of those drivers that complied and did not comply with the crosswalk law during phases two and three. In turn, we would mail a letter to the registered owner of the vehicle to compliment the driver for complying with the crosswalk law and award them with a crosswalk t -shirt. For those that did not comply with the crosswalk law, they would receive a friendly letter that explained the crosswalk law and asked for their future compliance with it. The volunteers quickly found out that they were not able to obtain the license plate numbers of the vehicles passing by. Traffic moved too quickly making the plate numbers difficult to read. Because we could not guarantee the accuracy of plate information, we decided to eliminate this strategy out and add two new components to our campaign: (1) At Plymouth's annual parade, Officer Dave Thompson set up the project's crosswalk awareness signs at the end of the parade route and spoke with parade goers about law. He created a crosswalk quiz and challenged residents to take it. (2) The crosswalk campaign was also featured at the Plymouth Fire Department's Annual Open House. DARE Officers Gottwald and Streachek staffed a booth that was bounded by the crosswalk signs. Attendees visited the booth, spoke with the officers, and took the crosswalk safety quiz. Those who passed the quiz were awarded a crosswalk safety t -shirt. Throughout the grant and during the public education events, the Department found that neighbors and residents were very thankful that the Department was addressing this issue. Residents made special stops at the monitored locations to thank the teams for making the City a safer place to live in and enjoy the outdoors. During the course of the project a total of 819 vehicles were monitored. Considering all four intersections and all four phases, fifty-two percent of the drivers complied with the crosswalk law. Phase one was found to have the lowest compliance rate of all phases. Only 31% of the drivers complied with the crosswalk law. During phase two and three, when crosswalk signs were displayed and officers were present (phase three) the compliance rate increased to an average of 63%. The compliance rate dropped to 52% in phase four, where no signs or officers were present. This final rate equaled the project's overall average compliance rate. Officers issued 30 citations and 5 warnings to drivers failing to stop for the crosswalk during phase three. These citations and warnings were equally distributed between the four crosswalk locations. Volunteers recorded the direction that vehicles were traveling and compared it to the compliance rate. There was only a negligible variation in the compliance rate based upon the direction of travel. All phase visits at all crosswalks happened to take place on clear, sunny days, so the project did not deal with weather as a variable. The overall compliance rate was the highest at Vicksburg Lane and the Luce Line Trail (86%). This intersection was monitored between 9:30-11:30 a.m. Fiftieth Avenue North and Schmidt Lake Road had the second highest overall compliance rate (72%). It was monitored between 5:30-7:30 p.m. The third highest overall compliance rate occurred at Fernbrook and Dallas Lane North (649/6), and the only location not to have an average compliance rate exceed their failure to stop rate was 39h Avenue North and Zachary (42% compliance rate, 58% non-compliance rate). The Department feels that it has achieved our initial goal -to educate pedestrians and drivers about the crosswalk law- and believes that positive reinforcement, the public information campaign, the display of crosswalk signs and heightened traffic enforcement were useful tools in achieving this goal. We do however understand that our involvement with this issue must be ongoing if we are to make a lasting impact. We look forward to implementing our second grant, which has already been awarded by the Minnesota Safety Council. The Traffic Unit and volunteers will meet to redesign our efforts, building upon what was successful from this first campaign and modifying our strategy from that which was not successful. The second crosswalk safety grant will be implemented in summer of 2001. Crosswalk Safety Grant Actual Budget Allocation Crosswalk Safety Signs and Display Barricades 4 $ 755.08 Crosswalk Safety T-shirts 125 $625.00 Total $ 1,380.08 In Kind Contributions: ■ Police Staffing ■ Minnesota Safety Council's Literature on the Crosswalk Law ■ 30 Hours of Volunteer Service ■ 1.5 Hours of City of Plymouth's Communications Supervisor's Assistance ■ Press Coverage by Plymouth Sun Sailor, Wayzata WeeklNews and Plymouth Newsletter .n._. N rn El �• O y 509 O O•' rr N O p cot 45 P "O fD �••� CD p-• 0 a. p, fD vyi CD �i E P CD C CD tD w 0 fD H C CD � w � • � P+ y Y�1'f `I •fs• L'J-,, O w CDy w n y CD .Y 0. O ry��n '5i p I•'� p �' -i.'1 • Ln O �. N • 03 �• y O � � y 0 �. 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