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CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1987
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.....
1. BOARD OF ZONING -- Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 p.m. The Board of
Zoning ATjustments and Appeals will meet in the City Council
Chambers. Agenda attached. (M-1)
2. PLANNING COMMISSION -- Wednesday, August 12. The Planning
Commission Forum w17I begin at 6:45 P.M., with the regular Planning
Commission meeting following at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council
Chambers. Agenda attached. (M-2)
3. HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY -- Thursday, August 13, 6:30 p.m.
The Housing and edeve opment uthority will meet in the City
Council conference room.
4. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING -- Monday, August 17. Plymouth Forum at 7:00
p.m., Regular Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.
5. AUGUST CALENDAR -- The August meeting calendar is attached. (M-5)
6. 1988/89 BUDGET CALENDAR -- The following is the schedule which I
have outlined for budget consideration and adoption by the Council.
August 31 Budget Study Session No. 1 - 7:30 p.m.
September 1 Budget Study Session No. 2 - 7:30 p.m.
September 14 Public Hearing on 1988/89 Budget and Capital
Improvement Program
September 21 Budget Study Session No. 3 - 6:00 p.m.
October 5 Adoption of 1988/89 City Budget
I recognize this is a long series of meetings, some of which will be
devoted solely to budget study. As we move past the public hearing
on September 14, it may be desirable to the Council to consider the
timing of the third budget study meeting. In any event, however,
the budget should be adopted not later than Monday, October 5th, in
order that it may be certified to Hennepin County before the close
of business on Friday, October 9.
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1987
Page two
FOR YOUR INFORMATION....
1. PLYMOUTH METROLINK - JULY REPORT -- Shown below is a table display-
ing our average daily ridership for the commuter/reverse commuter,
internal circulator and total system for each week of duly. The
second table displays the year to date averages in each service area
compared with the target which we must achieve in order to have a
successful project.
MONTHLY
PLYMOUTH METROLINK
DAILY RIDERSHIP AVERAGES BY WEEK BY SERVICE TYPE
DULY 1987
Total
System
SERVICE TYPE
Commuter/
Internal
Total
TARGET
370
Reverse Commuter
Circulator
System
WEEK OF:
- 12%
- 2%
7/1 - 7/2
320
53
373
7/6 - 7/10
336
58
394
7/13 - 7/17
358
46
404
7/20 - 7/24
340
44
384
7/27 - 7/31
372
59
431
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MONTH LONG
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AVERAGE
345
52
397
YEAR TO DATE
Item
Commuter/
Reverse Commuter
Internal
Circulator
Total
System
YEAR TO DATE
RIDERSHIP AVERAGE
377
49
425
TARGET
370
56
432
% OVER/(UNDER)
TARGET
+ 1.9%
- 12%
- 2%
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1987
Page three
A number of observations are in order:
1. Internal circulator average ridership dropped in July with an
average daily ridership of 52 passengers per day, as compared to
the 54 passengers per day averaged last month. In July, 1986 we
had an average daily ridership of 62.
2. Ridership for the commuter/reverse commuter portion of the
service also declined in July, from an June average of 358
to 345 passengers per day. However, this is still above the 328
average posted in July, 1986.
3. In terms of our system -wide ridership target of 432 passengers
per day, we are below our goal by seven at 425 passengers per
day.
2. THE GYM - SANITARY SEWER BACKUPS -- Attached is a report from Fred Moore
documenting the sanitary sewer backups which took place at the Gym, 2855
Glacier Lane, since the heavy rainfall of July 23. (I-2)
DAILY
RIDERSHIP
AVERAGES
BY MONTH
FOR
CALENDAR
YEARS 1984
- 1987
SERVICE TYPE
Commuter/
Internal
Total
Reverse
Commuter
Circulator
System
MONTH:
1984
1985
1986
1987
1984
1985 1986
1987
1984
1985
1986
1987
January
330
307
351
429
21
51
40
47
351
358
391
476
February
310
292
350
394
25
50
47
49
335
342
394
442
March
307
311
338
397
25
56
64
53
332
367
402
450
April
301
295
354
365
27
55
44
49
331
350
398
414
May
295
298
332
350
27
36
35
36
322
334
367
386
June
276
314
349
358
41
53
64
54
317
367
413
412
July
277
297
328
345
42
52
62
52
319
349
390
397
August
266
292
328
47
57
73
313
349
401
September
275
322
354
32
42
33
307
364
387
October
276
312
384
36
55
40
312
367
424
November
271
311
396
35
57
50
306
368
446
December
-----------
265
320
412
39
52
56
304
372
468
YEAR LONG
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AVERAGE
287
306
356
377
36
51
51
49
321
357
407
425
2. THE GYM - SANITARY SEWER BACKUPS -- Attached is a report from Fred Moore
documenting the sanitary sewer backups which took place at the Gym, 2855
Glacier Lane, since the heavy rainfall of July 23. (I-2)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION& MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1987
Page four
3. ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES (AMM) MEETING - Wednesday
morning, Councilmembers Vasiliou, Zitur and I attended a local meeting
of the AMM at the Holiday Inn. Elected and appointed persons from
northwestern municipalities were invited to this regional get-together.
Discussion revolved around questions dealing with fiscal matters, e.g.,
fiscal disparities, levy limits, homestead credits and changes in the
property tax system in 1989. The AMM President, Neil Peterson, Council -
member of Bloomington, noted that we should all be doing a better Job of
contacting our legislators and keeping their "feet to the fire" on
matters which are of particular interest to us. It was suggested that
the AMM and perhaps, the League of Cities, should develop a score card
on how our legislators vote on issues of interest to us. Councilmember
Vasiliou indicated that she felt this would be a means of trying to keep
our legislators accountable and also measure the effectiveness of the
organization. It appears that the AMM Board will be considering this
matter shortly.
4. DETOUR ON COUNTY ROAD 24 - The Minnesota Department of Transportation is
reconstructing a portion of Highway 55 in Medina. As part of that
project, traffic on Highway 55 will be detoured to County Road 24
through Medina and intersecting on County Road 24 and Highway 55 in
Plymouth. It is estimated that the detour will last approximately one
week. We have not yet been informed of the date when the detour will be
established; however, I am sure that it will be within the next tWo
weeks.
5.
NSP NEWS - FOCUS ON GERRY NEILS - Attached is a copy of an article which
appears in the July issue o NSP's news. The article is focused
on
Gerry Neils and his wide ranging community interests here in Plymouth.
I thought members of the Council would be interested, not only in
the
article for its content, but also for the author's insight into
the
"real" Gerry Neils. (I-5)
6.
NEW COUNTY ROAD 9 ' - SPEED LIMIT -- The County has received authoriza-
tion from the Commissioner of ransportation for the speed limit on
New
County Road 9 from Nathan Lane to I-494. When open to traffic,
the
speed limit will be 45 mph.
7.
ROSTER - BOARD OF ZONING -- Attached is a new roster for the Board
of
Zoning Adjustments and Appeals. Appointment of a Chairperson for
the
Board is still required. (I-7)
8.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS -- The Fire Department monthly activity report
for
July is attached. (I-8)
9. NW HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL & WEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES
PEANNING BOARD-- ttached are funding requests from the Northwest
Hennepin Human Services Council and the West Hennepin Human Services
Planning Board. For 1988, the NW Council is requesting a financial
contribution of $3,300, as compared to $3,000 appropriated for 1987.
The West Hennepin Board is requesting $3,162 as compared to $3,000
appropriated this year. (I-9)
10. "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOUR GARBAGE" -- Bob Zitur provided the attach-
ed article from the Wall Str—e—e—t-To—urnal on the State of New Jersey's
recycling/garbage policies. -
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
August 7, 1987
Page five
11. "REASONABLENESS" OF DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS -- The attached article
discussing the Middlemist Plymouth case was taken from the August 3
issue of the Minnesota Real Estate Journal. (I-11)
12. COUNCIL CORRESPONDENCE:
a. CSO report on the early morning patrol for dogs running at large
in the areas of Schmidt Lake Park and the East and West Beaches of
Medicine Lake . (I -12a)
b. August 4 memorandum to City Manager from Councilmember Zitur on
inquiries he received from Plymouth residents. (I -12b)
13. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. Letter to Mohamed Kandiel and Jan Blume, reaffirming the Council's
intent requiring the property at 5140 Zachary Lane to be cleaned of
debris by August 10. (I -13a)
b. Letter from Mr. James Schmid, Charles H. Preston Company, 10800
County Road 15, to Public Safety Director, concerning the City's
alarm permit fee system and advising of the discontinuance of his
Company's alarm system. The Public Safety Director's response to
Mr. Schmid is also attached. (I -13b)
c. Letter to Dwaine Johnson, from Mayor Schneider, in response to Mr.
Johnson's letter of July 25th, regarding the City's processing of
his application for variance and lot division. (I -13c)
d. Letter to Lynne Taylor, President, Cimarron Ponds HOA, from City
Manager, in response to Mr. Taylor's August 1 letter on efforts to
control the geese population in the Cimarron Ponds area. (I -13d)
e. Letter from Dan Scherer, Scherer Sanitation, to the Mayor and
Council, commenting on the July 20 public hearing on organized
collection and source separation. (I -13e)
f. Letter of appreciation from the Association of Medicine lake Area
Citizens to the City Council for recent action on the 10th Avenue
extension. (I -13f)
g. Letter of appreciation from Todd Mosenthal, Board of Zoning appli-
cant, to Mayor and City Council. (I -13g)
h. Letter from Steward Stender, Trammell Crow Company, commenting on
the Mayor's letter to developers/builders on erosion control
procedures. (I -13h)
I. Letter from Margaret Rod, 17325 - 13th Avenue No., declining the
City's invitation to participate on the Recycling Task Force.
(I -13i)
James G. Willis
City Manager
AGENDA
Board of Zoning Adjustments and Appeals
Tuesday, August 11, 1987
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. NEW BUSINESS
\—\
WHERE: Plymouth City Center
Council Chambers
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, Minnesota
7:30 P.M.
June 9, 1987
A. City of Plymouth. Variance from the Shoreland Management setback for property
located at 15205 County Road No 6. (08-11-87).
5. OLD BUSINESS
6. OTHER BUSINESS
7. ADJOURNMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1957
WHERE: Plymouth City Center
3400 Plvmoutn Boulevard
Plymouth, 1111 55447
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the Planning
Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a Commissioner, citizen or petitioner so requests, in which event
the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on
the agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 7:00 P.M.
2.* APPROVAL OF MINUTES Planning Commission Minutes, July 22, 1987
3. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Community -Based Residential Facilities Study
B. Future Meetings
4. OPEN FORUM 7:15 P.M.
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS 7:30 P.M.
A. St. Barnabas Lutheran Church. Conditional Use Permit for Montessori School of
Wayzata Bay at 15600 County Road 9. (87055)
B. Hennepin County Park Reserve District. Site Plan and Conditional Use Permit
for Phase II development of Clifton E. French Regional Park south of County
Road 9, north of Medicine Lake and east of (Vest Medicine Lake Road. (87073)
C. Mark 0. Senn, Marcus Development Corporation. Land Use Guide Plan Amendment
for development of approximately 16.32 acres in the northeast quadrant of the
intersection of Highway 55 and West Medicine Lake Road. (87066)
D. Mortenson Development Corporation for Edina Realty. Revised Site Plan and
Conditional Use Permit for the construction of a 20,310 sq. ft. office
building on property northwest of County Road 9 and County Road 16. (87067)
E. Kenneth Streeter, Streeter Investment. Revised PUD Preliminary Plat and Site
Plan to replat three lots and the construction of a 21,500 sq. ft. shopping
facility on property at the southwest corner of 34th Avenue and Plymouth
Blvd. (87068)
F. Richard Neslund. Preliminary Plat to create one lot for multi -family
residential housing and one lot for an industrial building on property north
of 10th Avenue North and east of South Shore Drive. (87069)
G. RNWNL Partnership, I.T.T. Center. Conditional Use Permit to operate tenant
fitness center, one stall carwash rack, gift shop and Class I restaurant from
building at 505 County Road 18. (67078)
SEE NEXT PAGE
Paqe two
Planning Commission Meeting Agenda
August 12, 1957
H. Pat Ryan, Ryan Construction Company. Land Use Guide Plan Amendment, Planned
Unit Development Concept Plan, and PUD Amendment for the development of 23
acres in the northwest quadrant of State Highway 55 and County Road 18; A/K/A
"DeVac" site located between the frontage road and Bassett's Creek at the
Quaker Lane and State Highway 55 intersection into the Groves/I.T.T. MPUD.
(87027)
6. NEN' BUSINESS:
A. Twin City Optical. Site Plan Amendment and Variances for the expansion of the
parking lot at their facility at 725 County Road 18. (87050)
B. William and Jean Pucel. Variance to put an accessory building on a lot
without a principal building on an island in Bass Lake. (87076)
C. Welsh Companies, Inc. Sign Variance in order to have more than one wall sign
on the building at 9750 County Road 9. (87050)
D. Johnson and Schroeder Partnership. Variances from Policy Resolution No.
75-664 and from platting and frontage requirements of the Subdivision Code for
property northeast of the intersection of Vicksburq Lane and Schmidt Lake Road
(5230 Vicksburg Lane). (87077)
7. ADJOURNMENT 10:30 P.M.
Page two
Planning Commission Meeting Agenda
August 12, 1987
H. Pat Ryan, Ryan Construction Company. Land Use Guide Plan Amendment, Planned
Unit Development Concept Plan, and PUD Amendment for the development of 23
acres in the northwest quadrant of State Highway 55 and County Road 18; A/K/A
"DeVac" site located between the frontage road and Bassett's Creek at the
Quaker Lane and State Highway 55 intersection into the Groves/I.T.T. MPUD.
(87027)
6. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Twin City Optical. Site Plan Amendment and Variances for the expansion of the
parking lot at their facility at 725 County Road 18. (87050)
B. William and dean Pucel. Variance to put an accessory building on a lot
without a principal building on an island in Bass Lake. (87076)
C. Welsh Companies, Inc. Sign Variance in order to have more than one wall sign
on the building at 9750 County Road 9. (87080)
D. Johnson and Schroeder Partnership. Variances from Policy Resolution No.
75-664 and from platting and frontage requirements of the Subdivision Code for
property northeast of the intersection of Vicksburg Lane and Schmidt Lake Road
(5230 Vicksburg Lane). (87077)
7. ADJOURNMENT 10:30 P.M.
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTHBLONE (61
VDOUTH-28 MINNESOTA 55447
MEMO
DATE: August 6, 1987
TO: File
FROM: Fred Moore, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: The Gym Sanitary Sewer Backup
2855 Glacier Lane
This memo is for the purpose of documenting my knowledge of the
sanitary sewer backups which took place at the Gym and other problems
in the City due to the heavy rains. In order to prepare this memo I
have consulted with Sherm Goldberg, Jim Kolstad, Greg Cook and other
employees in the Sewer and Water Division of the Public Works
Department.
On Thursday evening and early Friday morning July 23 and 24 we received
a heavy rainfall within the City of Plymouth. Depending on the
location within the City the rainfall was 8 to 12 inches. This
rainfall covered a large part of the Metropolitian Area and also there
were tornados within Champlin and Maple Grove. There was severe street
flooding in large portions of the Metro Area as a result of this
rainfall. In some areas some of the roadways were closed for over a
week. There was flooding along some of the major creeks within the
Metro Area and there were two deaths from drownings.
Within Plymouth there were several streets flooded and also I am aware
of one area where three houses had water on the walkout level because
of the high water level of the adjacent pond. These three houses
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were on the cul-de-sac in the 4300 block of Jonquil Lane. This area is
immediately east of Larch Lane and North of New County Road 9. In
talking with various people there were alot of houses in Plymouth which
had water on the lowest level but it appears that most of this came
from ground water seepage. It was not related to any storm sewer or
sanitary sewer backups.
With regard to sanitary sewer overloading and backups, there were
problems in some parts of the City. There was some backup as a result
of the Metropolitian Lift Station at Highway 55 and County Road 18
being overloaded. This backup occurred along Quaker Lane, South Shore
Dr., W. Med. Lk. Drive and 11th Avenue. This facility is operated by
MWCC and is not the responsibility of the City of Plymouth.
Within our system there was some reported backup at 39th Avenue and
Pilgrim Lane as a result of the Lancaster Lift Station being
overloaded. For most of Thursday night, as a result of the heavy
rains, all of Lancaster Lane at 39th Avenue was under two feet of
water.
There was also backup in a few of the homes immediately adjacent to the
Amber Woods Lift Station. In addition to the heavy rain there was
power failures within the western part of Plymouth during the storm.
These power failures occurred at the Amber Woods Lift Station and the
Imperial Hills Lift Station. We did put a temporary pump in
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the Amber Woods Lift Station to lower the water level. This power
outage lasted for only a few hours although the power outage at the
Imperial Hills Lift Station lasted for over 16 hours. There was no
sanitary sewer backup reported in the area served by the Imperial Hills
Lift Station.
We also received a telephone call from Mrs. Novie on Dunkirk Lane on
Friday, July 24th stating her sanitary sewer was backing up. This was
the only incident along Dunkirk Lane which we received.
The Gym on 28th Place also received sanitary sewer backup as a result
of the heavy rains on July 23 and 24. They had 12 to 18 inches of
water within the lower level which caused damage to the carpets,
equipment and the walls.
On Monday, August 3 at approximately 1:00 P.M. the Public Works
Maintenance Division received a telephone call from Jim Younger of the
Gym stating that he was again getting sanitary sewer backup. Upon
receiving this call employees checked our sanitary sewer system which
serves this property. They checked the system along Glacier Lane, 27th
Avenue, Fernbrook Lane, 26th Avenue East of I-494 and the trunk sewer
along Highway 55. All of this sanitary sewer, which flows easterly
from the Gym, was surcharged or overloaded at all manholes which were
checked. Mr. Younger had contacted Roto Rooter and hired them to pump
at the City sanitary sewer manhole adjacent to his building. I believe
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Roto Rooter was using three trucks to pump. At approximately 5:15
p.m., Jim Younger and his attorney Don Willeke, came to the Police
Department at the City Center Building (Don Willeke, Attorney At Law,
Suite 330, 1201 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Mn., 55403; Phone:
333-7100). The Police Department called me in my office and I went
downstairs to talk to Jim Younger and Don Willeke.
I discussed the sanitary sewer backup which was occurring and the fact
that the City had checked the sewer line and they were all overloaded.
They informed me that they had Roto Rooter pumping the manhole and was
costing $300.00 per hour. They asked that I come to the building and
make suggestions on what should be done. I suggested that since Roto
Rooter was hauling all the way to the Metro Lift Station to dumped that
I could find a closer place to discharge the trucks into our sanitary
sewer system which could eliminate one truck or the cost of $100.00 per
hour. I told Don Welleke and Jim Younger I would meet them at the
building in ten to fifteen minutes.
Before going to the Gym I drove to Fernbrook Lane and 35th Avenue to
locate a suitable manhole at which the trucks could unload at a much
closer location. This area is served by a different trunk sanitary
sewer system than the one that serves the Gym. I then went to the Gym
and arrived there at approximately 5:50. Jim Younger, Don Welleke, and
employees of Roto Rooter were at the sanitary sewer manhole outside the
building. At this time the level of the sewage within the manhole had
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receded two to three feet. It was no longer backing into the building.
During the next five or ten minutes when we were discussing the overall
situation the sewage level continued to fall. I suggested to Jim
Younger that it was no longer necessary for Roto Rooter to continue to
pump. Mr. Younger told the people from Roto Rooter they could stop
pumping at approximately 6:00 p.m.
At approximately 2:00 P.M. I had talked to Jim Kolstad and Greg Cook on
what they were finding when they checked the sanitary sewer system.
They informed me they were unable to determine any apparent cause of"
the overloading because all of the manholes were surcharged. I
instructed Greg Cook to have employees of the Sewer and Water Division
come in at 5:00 A.M. in order to check the sanitary sewer system to
see if they could locate the problem.
Between 6:00 and 6:15 P.M., when I was at the Gym, I informed Jim
Younger that we would place a plug in his sanitary sewer service at the
City manhole. I stated that I would have the Sewer and Water employees
do this when they came in at 5:00 A.M. to check the sewer system. I
called Steve Herwick at his home at approximately 7:00 P.M. that
evening to inform him to place a plug in the sewer line when they
started first thing in the morning.
Mike McDonald and Steve Herwick began checking these sewer lines at
5:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 4. The first thing they did was to place the
plug in the sewer line at the Gym. The plug was the inflatable type
C
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and they did not think it would hold. They went back to the shop to
find a different type of plug and returned back to the Gym at
approximately 5:30 A.M. At this time the manhole at the Gym was
already surcharged and they could not see the plug or sewer line. They
then checked the sanitary sewer manholes and the manholes were
surcharged.
At approximately 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, August 4 the Public Works
Department received a call from the Gym that they were again getting
sanitary sewer backup. They had called Roto Rooter to have them again
pump at the sanitary sewer manhole. I was out of the office andF
learned of the new backup on my return at approximately 11:10. I went
over to the Gym and an employee of Roto Rooter was at the manhole and
they were pumping with one of their trucks. He stated that when they
opened the manhole the plug which we had placed in the sewer line was
floating in the manhole. I informed the employee of Roto Rooter that I
would get a City pump installed in our sewer system at some location
which would lower the surcharging. I also went into the building and
talked with Jim Younger and informed him of what we would be doing. I
noticed that the sanitary sewer had backed up onto the tile floor
within the restrooms and there was a slight area where the carpet was
wet where you enter the large equipment room. At this point there was
no backup occurring in the building since Roto Rooter was pumping at
the manhole. I also informed Jim Younger that we would be installing a
pump to lower the water level.
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I then went to the Garage to talk with Jim Kolstad and Greg Cook about
installing a pump. The pump was in use by the Parks Department and
therefore Jim Kolstad had the employees of the Parks Department bring
it back to the Shop. After reviewing our sanitary sewer system it
appeared that the best location for the pump would be at the
intersection of 21st Avenue and Fernbrook Lane. At this point it is
impossible to pump from one trunk sewer system to another trunk sewer
system since there are two manholes approximately 200 feet apart. Greg
Cook and I then went to the intersection of 21st Avenue and Fernbrook
Lane to look at a location for the pump.
The elevation of the sewer at 21st and Fernbrook Lane is approxin a ely
939.0, the elevation of the floor in the Gym was indicated on the plans
to be 952.5. This means the Gym is approximately 13 feet higher than
the sewer at this location and therefore we expected this manhole to be
surcharged. When we looked in the manhole it was not surcharged and
had very little flow. Greg and I then followed the sewer system
downstream and determined that the surcharging began on 23rd Avenue
between Fernbrook Lane and I-494. At this location there is not a
manhole in which the pump could be installed.
We then checked the manhole north of 25th Avenue immediately adjacent
to the west side of the freeway. This is the location where the sewer
line coming from the Gym and the sewer line coming from the south,
which we had previously checked, intersect. Both of the sewers then go
in an easterly direction under I-494. This manhole was not surcharged
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but the level was at the approximate top of the pipe.
We then checked a manhole at the southwest corner of the Acron
property. This manhole was surcharged by several feet and I determined
this would be a location at which the pump could be installed. Greg
and I then went back to the Shop to talk over the pump location with
Jim Kolstad. Jim instructed the employees on where the pump was to be
installed.
I then worked with Greg Cook and Jim Kolstad on determining elevation
of the entire sanitary sewer system within this area in order to see if
we could more closely locate a problem. After determining the
elevations, and looking at some of the surcharge manholes, it was my
opinion that the problem was because of some type of blockage between
Glacier Lane and I-494 or heavy discharges to the sewer and the sewer
was not capable of handling the flow. It could also be a combination
of both of the previous reasons.
I then went back over to the location where the pump was being
installed. They were in the process of starting the pump and the pump
went into operation at approximately 2:00 P.M.
At this time I went into Acron to talk with their Manager about their
flows from the building. The person I needed to talk with, Bob
Marquette, was in a meeting but the Receptionist stated that he would
be available in approximately five minutes. I waited and discussed our
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sanitary sewer problem and asked questions concerning Acron's operation
with Mr. Marquette. At the present time Acron is operating 10 hours a
day, they begin at 5:00 A.M. and end at 3:00 P.M. Their flow to the
sanitary sewer system is approximately 280 gallons per minute. I
looked with Mr. Marquette at their overflow point from their settling
tanks to the sanitary sewer system. At this time because of their
heavy flow to the system the pipe was completely submerged and you
could only see the vortex from the discharge. I requested permission
to come back when they began operation the next morning to look at the
discharge pipe without any flow. We determined that I would need to
come at approximately 5:00 A.M. Mr. Marquette gave me permission to
come into the building and talk to the Foreman at that time.
I then went back to the Gym to see what the water level was in the
manhole. This was approximately 2:45 P.M. At this time the water
level in the manhole had lowered approximately 4 ft. I went into the
building to talk to Jim Younger and there was no longer any backup
occurring within the building. In fact the level in the sewer line was
low enough that the plumber, Voss Plumbing, was installing a inflatable
ball within the main sewer line. They put this in the clean-out as the
sewer line leaves the building. They were just finishing the
installation of the ball and the sewer to the building was sealed off
from the City sanitary sewer system at approximately 3:00 P.M. I
informed Mr. Younger that since his plumber had installed the ball and
the City had a pump in operation which was lowering the water level
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there would be no need to continue the pumping by Roto Rooter. He
informed Roto Rooter that they could stop pumping at approximately 3:00
P.M.
Sometime during the afternoon I had talked with Jim Kolstad and Greg
Cook about working at night during periods of anticipated low flow, to
determine what the problem was in the sanitary sewer system. They had
established that Mike McDonald and Steve Herwick would begin work at
12:00 midnight. I informed them that I would work with these two
employees.
At midnight August 5th I met Mike and Steve at the Shop. They were
prepared to inspect the sewer lines and the first thing we wanted to do
was to install an additional plug in the sewer line at the manhole by
the Gym. We then went to that manhole and they installed the plug.
The previous day when the other plug was installed and again at this
time it was noted that there was a great deal of infiltration coming
into the manhole around the sewer service installed from the Gym. When
the plumber installed this sewer line it was necessary to break a hole
in the manhole. They had not done an adequate job of sealing between
the sewer pipe and the manhole when they completed the work. This leak
is contributing substantial inflow to our sewer system. When I had
talked to the plumber from Voss Plumbing the previous day I had
informed him of this fact and that it would require correction as soon
as possible.
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While Mike and Steve were installing the plug I looked at two or three
manholes on 27th Avenue from Fernbrook Lane to Niagara Lane. All of
the flow was within the pipe although there was a clear -water flow of
between 1/4 and 1/3 pipe coming from the west. At the manhole at 27th
and Glacier there was also sand and rock in the flow line of the
manhole.
We then began to check manholes proceeding from the Gym going
downstream. The manhole on Fernbrook Lane south of 27th Avenue, where"
the sanitary sewer turns easterly was not surcharged but debris was
noticed in the flow line. Steve took out a liquor bottle from the
sewer.
We then looked at the manhole at the southwest corner of Acron.
Although the water elevation was substantially lower than the previous
day the flow line of the pipe was not visible. I would estimate that
there was two to three feet of water in the bottom of the manhole. We
then proceeded to the manhole immediately, adjacent to the west side of
494.
At this manhole, although both incoming pipes were flowing full and the
outlet pipe was flowing full, none of the sewers were surcharged. The
top of all three pipes were visible.
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We then proceeded to check the manholes on the east side of I-494. The
manhole by the Radisson, at Xenium Lane and Highway 55, at the Chrysler
Building and the two manholes on the north side of Highway 55 were
checked. The sewer was not surcharged at any of these manholes and the
pipe was flowing anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 full.
Because of what was observed, it confirmed my previous opinion that
there maybe a problem between Fernbrook Lane and 494. Mike and Steve
then went to get the sewer jet and sewer vacuum. Because of the debris
which had been observed in the sewer line at Glacier Lane and 27th
Avenue it was decided that they would start cleaning the sewer at this
point and move downstream.
The sewer line was cleaned from the first manhole on Glacier Lane north
of 27th Avenue southerly and easterly to the manhole on Fernbrook Lane.
The cleaning was done in the section of line between four different
manholes. During the cleaning operation a large amount of sand and
rock was removed from the sewer line. This was done by using the jet
to bring it to the manhole and then removing the material with the
sewer vacuum. It was now approximately 2:00 P.M. and they had used one
load of water and needed to refill. They were then going to clean the
sewer line going southerly on Fernbrook Lane from 27th Avenue.
While they were filling with water I checked some of the manholes on
Medina Rd. and 28th Avenue west of Niagara Lane. It appeared that the
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clear -water flow did not lessen between Niagara Lane and Ranchview
Lane. I also went to the City Offices to check distances between the
various manholes in the segment of sewer between Fernbrook Lane and
I-494. While I was at the office Mike called me on the radio and
stated they were back at the manhole on Fernbrook Lane ready to begin
cleaning the next segment of line.
When they opened this manhole the sewer on Fernbrook Lane was already
surcharged and they could not see the pipe, for this reason they would
not be able to clean this line. I informed them to go around to the
manhole adjacent to the interstate to see if it was surcharged and if
it was not to begin cleaning at that manhole.
When I arrived at their location adjacent to the interstate,
approximately 15 minutes later they were set up over the manhole and
were cleaning the line. Because of the location of the manhole, the
sewer jet and the vacuum could not both be set adjacent to the manhole
at the same time. This manhole is located within the marsh area
adjacent to the interstate. It was necessary to clean the line with
the jet bringing debris including sand and rocks back to the manhole.
The jet then had to be pulled out of the area and the vacuum backed in
to clean the material. This line was cleaned three times and a large
amount of debris was removed. They were able to clean the entire
segment of sewer going west from 494 to the manhole where it turns
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north towards the Acron property. This is a length of 528 feet.
After this line was cleared, all three pipes, the two incoming and the
one outlet were only flowing approximately half full. The next sewer
line to be cleaned was that under 494. It was necessary to refil the
truck with water. It was now approximately 4:30 and I went to the
Acron Building.
When I arrived at the Acron Building one employee was there so I went
inside. He had just started a blower and there was only a slight
outflow from the building. I could observe the overflow pipe from the
settling tanks. He informed me that he would be starting the pump
which would increase the flow to our sewer system in a few minutes.
I then went to check the flow from Acron into the manhole by the corner
of their property. Previously when we checked this manhole no flow
could be heard coming from the sewer line which serves Acron. Since
this is a drop connection at this manhole the sound of flow is audible.
At this time there was a great deal of flow coming in from Acron since
they had started their plant operation. Also, since I had previously
looked into this manhole it was now surcharged by at least an
additional 12 to 15 feet. I thought that the flow from Acron could not
possibly cause all this surcharging and there must be an obstruction
immediately downstream.
I then wandered around in the brush, weeds and marsh and located the
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next downstream manhole within the next five minutes. I opened this
manhole and both the incoming and outlet pipe were visible. This was
the manhole at which the cleaning had ended coming westerly from 494.
I also observed that there was very little or no flow coming into the
manhole from the sewer which was surcharged by Acron. I then contacted
Mike on the radio to tell him we would have to clean this sewer line
immediately. This was going to be difficult since the jet could not
get immediately adjacent to the manhole.
Mike was able to get the jet within approximately 60 feet of the
manhole and the hose was then laid overground and into the manhole. By
this time the flow coming from the northerly manhole had increased a
little more and the water elevation was at approxiamtely the top of the
pipe. Although they were able to clean this sewer pipe it was not
possible to get the vacuum into this lcoation to remove the material.
This line was cleaned twice and during the cleaning the flow increased
greatly and this manhole surcharged several feet. After this line had
been cleaned we then again looked at the manhole by Acron. It was now
approximately 5:30 and the water in this manhole had already dropped 5
or 6 feet. Because of the flows which we were now incurring it would
not be possible to clean any additional sewer lines.
We then went back over to look at the manhole by the Gym. At this time
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it was approximately 5:45 and there was no surcharging in this manhole.
Because of debris in the bottom of the manhole which had not been there
at midnight, this manhole had been surcharged when the obstruction was
in the line immediately south of Acron. Since there were two plugs in
the sewer line going into the Gym, it would not have been possible for
any of the surcharge to go into the building.
It was now approximately 6:10 and since no further work could be done
we went to Perkins for breakfast. At approximately 6:50 we returned to
the manhole adjacent to Acron. We observed that within the last hour
the water level had dropped approximately two additional feet.
I then went to the Shop, approximately 7:00 A.M., to meet with Greg
Cook and Jim Kolstad. I discussed with them that we would need to
operate the sewer jet on a night schedule to clean the trunk sanitary
sewer from Highway 55 and Industrial Park Blvd. westerly to the
intersection of Fernbrook Lane and 27th Avenue. Also the trunk sewer
which goes southerly along the westerly side of 494 to 23rd Avenue
would need to be cleaned. This night schedule was to begin Wednesday
evening August 5th. Although the length of time required cannot be
determined I would anticipate two to four days of work.
Also, because of the heavy clear -water flow coming on 27th Avenue at
Glacier Lane the sewer crew will clean this line after the work on the
other trunk sewer is completed. It is not necessary to do this during
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the evenings and we will go back to the day time schedule. After this
work is done we will have the sewer line on 27th Avenue, Niagara Lane
and Medina Rd./28th Avenue televised. Depending on what is found when
the sewers are cleaned between Fernbrook Lane and 494 we may also
televise this sewer line. Until the sewer line is cleaned on both
sides of the manhole behind Acron it cannot be determined if there is a
break in the sewer line or if the high flow levels were caused by high
flows and/or debris in the sewer line.
Additional information will be provided as the work continues.
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTHBONE LVD(MO2UTH, MINNESOTA 55447
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MEMO
DATE: August 7, 1987
TO: File
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FROM: Fred Moore Director of Public Works
SUBJECT • The Gym Sanitary Sewer Backup
2855 Glacier Lane
This memo provides additional information on the work accomplished on
the sewer backup problem at the Gym on August 6 and August 7.
Mike McDonald and Steve Herwick began work at midnight on Thursday,
August 6. They began cleaning the sewer line on Fernbrook Lane from
27th Avenue south to the next manhole where it turns east. They then
cleaned the section of the sanitary sewer running east/west between
Fernbrook Lane and the manhole by Acron. During this cleaning process
they removed a large amount of debris, including sand, gravel and
rocks. Some of the rocks in the manhole by Acron had to be removed
manually since they could not be lifted with the vacuum. In order to
remove all of the material from the east/west portion of the line it
was necessary to clean it seven or eight times. The cleaning of these
three sections of sewer line occupied their entire eight hour shift.
They were able to completely clean the manhole by Acron by using the
vacuum.They had the bottom of the manhole completely exposed. There is
not any breaks or holes in the manhole or in the manhole bottom which
are allowing infiltration into the manhole. The concrete bottom of the
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manhole has eroded away and it is presently approximately two inches
below the inlet and outlet sewer lines. It is very rough and is
causing extreme turbulence in sewer flow. Also, materials such as rags
will have a tendency to catch in this rough area.
At approximately 7:00 A.M. on August 6 I looked in the manhole by the
Gym, there was no surcharging in this manhole at this time. I then
went to the shop to discuss with Jim Kolstad, Mike McDonald and Steve
Herwick the work that was accomplished during the night. They will
again work on cleaning the sanitary sewers beginning at midnight August
7th.
At 1:40 P.M. on Thursday, August 6th we received a telephone call from
Jim Younger of the Gym. He stated that they had their valve installed
in the building and the City could take out the plug which we had
installed. Greg Cook had the plug removed at approximately 2:30 P.M.
I was present when the plug was removed and there was not surcharging
of the manhole by the Gym at this time. Also I went into the Gym to
talk to Jim Younger to let him know that the plug was removed. The Gym
was open for business and was in operation at this time. Also at this
time Greg Cook and I looked at the manhole by Acron. Although this
manhole was surcharged, it was much lower than it had been on the
previous days.
At midnight, Friday, August 7th Mike McDonald, Steve Herwick and Gil
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Knepp again began cleaning the sewer lines. It was going to require
three workers this evening since some of the manholes were not
accessible by the jet and the hose would had to be laid over ground.
During this work shift they were able to clean the portion of the
sanitary sewer going southerly and easterly from the manhole over by
Acron over to I-494. Also, they were able to make two passes in the
sewer line under I-494. Since the flow increased at about 4:30 A.M.
when Acron started work they were not able to finish the cleaning of
this line.
Mike and Steve will continue cleaning sewer lines until approximately
noon today. They will begin at the southerly end of the trunk system .w
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Northern States Power Company
414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis 55401
People
Nancy Kluver
Although Gerry Neils, NSP general manager—
headquarters nuclear group, hasn't been a council-
man on the Plymouth, Minn., city council since 1981,
he "still can't resist going out and kicking a few tires"
When a person gets involved in city government, "you
start to regard the place as your town," he says.
The thriving Minneapolis suburb of about 42,000 peo-
ple has been Neils' town since 1967, when it had only
about 10,000 citizens, no public water system and a
minimal number of city streets. Neils decided to partici-
pate in Plymouth government in 1971 because he felt
he had a debt to pay.
"When most people get to the point where they don't
have to scramble to survive, they feel a responsibility to
put something back in the pot;" Neils says. "You feel
like it's your turn to do something" He served first on
the planning commission and then for 10 years on the
city council. In 1981, "instead of retiring gracefully," he
was beaten in a three-way race for two council seats.
Patricia Hoyt, another incumbent, was one of the win-
ners. She's now married to Neils and a member of the
Robbinsdale school board.
"When I was on the council, I had the attitude that as
long as folks elected me, I was going to do my very best
as far as what I think is best;" Neils says. When a coun-
cil member works with the good of the city foremost in
mind, "you don't take any ego -bruising if you're not
re-elected"
People/to page 19
24 / NSP News / July 1987
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People/from page 24
Neils was far from idle after losing his council seat.
He'd been a member of the Electric Power Research
Institute (EPRI) Nuclear Division Committee and chair-
man of the EPRI Engineering and Operations Task
Force since 1979. Since that time, he's been NSP's
representative on the Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)
Mark I Containment Owner's Group, the BWR (Three
Mile Island) Owners Group Executive Committee, as
well as chairman of the Management Committee for
the BWR EPRI/Owners Group Program for BWR Pipe
Corrosion Research. At present, he's chairman of the
Nuclear Utility Steering Committee on Nuclear Plant
Life Extension. It's a way to put something back in the
industry pot—and Neils believes NSP is good at that.
"NSP is more in the forefront than many other utilities
for trying new things (and sharing the information)," he
says. "But we do our homework. The technical support
is there. We're not afraid to try something just because
nobody's done it"
And that's been the case almost as far back as Path-
finder, NSP's first nuclear plant, where Neils and a
number of other present NSP employees first got into
the nuclear business.
"It was a good circumstance that a lot of us started at
Pathfinder," Neils says. "We were out on an island rela-
tive to a company called NSP. The rest of the company
didn't know what to do with us. That environment
generated a fiercely independent attitude. If we had
any problems, we had to solve them. No one else
would:' It taught the employees, too, how to work to-
gether.
"We've all worked with each other for so many years,
we know who to rely on for what," Neils says. "We al-
most know what the others are thinking.
"At Pathfinder, we discovered among ourselves that we
had so much work to do, we couldn't tolerate internal
politics," he says. "But we still fight like cats and dogs
to decide what is the best way to do something"
NSP's nuclear group also discovered early on that
"nuclear plants are too complicated to run from the
general office," Neils says. The group in 1971 decided
to put more engineers at the plant where the work was,
instead of building a big corporate staff. "We work hard
to push as much decision-making authority to as low a
knowledgeable level as possible. Employees can fol-
low a problem from beginning to end, so they can get
satisfaction from the result.
"From a corporate management standpoint, you can't
dictate that things go well at the plant;" Neils says.
"But if we take care of the people there, they'll take
care of the machinery."
Times have changed since the days when "neighbors
used to brag that they lived near a nuclear plant per-
son," Neils says. "Then we went through a phase
where we were beat up so much on the front page, we
didn't talk about what we did. Now we say, 'To heck
with the critics; we're proud of what we do."
The NRC has ranked NSP's Monticello and Prairie
Island plants as two of the best nuclear plants in the
nation. The commission has reduced its number of in-
spections at the plants.
Neils is proud of the record, but says, "Of course it's
like having a AAA bond rating. There's nowhere to go
but down.
"We have to be pretty good at what we do," he says.
''But we also have to be lucky. And it's important to
keep working on the things that make luck in the long
run" He believes it's admirable that NSP can run two
nuclear plants with about 800 people and still manage
to be an industry leader.
"We run a tight ship;" Neils says, "and yet manage to
keep track of what's going on out in the world. That's
because we find it necessary to keep doing the right
things at home"
One of the goals of the nuclear plant life extension
committee that Neils chairs is to "get people to think
more long-term instead of merely to the next refueling
outage" Depending on public opinion and the environ-
mental climate, Neils believes utilities will be ordering
new nuclear plants by the mid-1990s. With a constant
sharing of information, those new plants can have a
straightforward design and avoid mistakes utilities
have made in the past in constructing nuclear plants.
In 1986, EPRI awarded Neils its Utility Industry Tech-
nology Transfer Award for his work in gaining industry
and regulatory acceptance of EPRI methods of BWR
recirculation piping inspection, evaluation and replace-
ment. EPRI commended Neils for his part in replacing
recirculation piping at the Monticello plant.
Neils was probably right when he used to tell young en-
gineers that they'd find working in NSP's nuclear area
"sometimes very frustrating, but never boring" He
looks back on a good 28 years of interesting days.
"I've been fully employed in nuclear operations at NSP
since February 1959;" Neils says. "And there have
been very few days when I've hated to come to
work.
NSP News /July 1987/19
Helping the customer is nothing
new to NSP employees, but
until recently company representa-
tives haven't been quite so obvious
about their availability. Employees
in both the electric and gas utilities
have been wearing "I Can Help"
buttons that have generated many
customer requests for exactly that.
The buttons reinforce a paid com-
munications advertising campaign
"We Can Help" that includes a tele-
vision commercial featuring NSP
employees helping customers use
energy wisely. Noticing the buttons,
customers are asking for help as,_
never before. Laura Zahn Pohl, in a
story on page 4, tells of several
satisfactory encounters. For a side-
bar story, Lyle Frost collected some
comments customers made about
employees during an informal sur-
vey. They also indicate that NSP
employees are there to help.
Editor's note
In a related article, we give you the
results of a recent public opin-
ion/corporate credibility survey that
Reichman Research conducted for
NSP in April. NSP's corporate
credibility rating has risen since the
last study in August 1986, and 98
percent of customers rate electric
and gas service positive. That story
is on page 10.
Our People feature this month is
about Gerry Neils, NSP general
manager—headquarters nuclear
group. Everyone seems to have a
Gerry Neils story, some of them
printable, about: stacks of reports
on his desk, hiding him from view;
his schematic diagrams of nuclear
components on napkins or chalk
boards; his frankness; or his com-
munity service.
Dennis Gilberts, senior vice
president—power supply, says, "I
think of Gerry as one of the grand
old men of the commercial nuclear
industry. He's set the tone and
agenda for nuclear operations over
the years. And not only at NSP. He's
recognized as an expert throughout
the industry.
"He's the most analytical thinker I
know. He's got a nose for trouble
down the road that's been invalua-
ble to us. He's one of our great natu-
ral resources. And one other thing
about Gerry. If you ask him what
time it is, he'll give you a short
course on building a watch. And
when he's done you'll not only know
what time it is, you'll believe it. He's
very convincing"
Steve London, manager of cor-
porate information, remembers,
"Gerry taught me more than I ever
wanted to know about feedwater
pumps, steam generators, pres-
surizers, rupture disks, containment
sumps, PORVs and MSIVs as
reporters called March 29, 1979,
asking whether the Three Mile
Island accident could happen here.
I can still visualize the diagram he
drew on a napkin—the pressurizer
was in the upper left hand corner,
just below the drop of coffee"
news
July
July / 1987 Volume 291 Number 7
Editor/Nancy Kluver
Editorial assistants
Amy Hylden
Patty Kaldun
Gwenn Solseth
Contributing writers
Lyle Frost
Al Lohman
Laura Zahn Pohl
Photographs Artwork
Patty Kaldun Roger Kline
Al Lohman
Jerry Miller
Laura Zahn Pohl
Cathy Nelson Urdahl
Cover: Northwest division meter reader Bruce Tvedt. Photography by Laura Zahn Pohl
The NSP News is published monthly for all active and retired employees of Northern States Power Company. Send all requests for reprints and other inquiries to
Nancy Kluver, editor, communications department. 414 Nicollel Mall. Minneapolis, Minn. 55401. Phone (612) 330-6381. Member of [tie Northstar Chapter,
International Association of Business Communicators, (copyright) 1987 Northern States Power Cornpany.
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BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS - CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Name Telephone No. Term Expires
Kenneth W. Quass, Jr., Vice Chair
R.
559-0578
1/31/89
12725 - 30th Avenue No.
0.
593-0696
Plymouth 55441
Michael A. Porzio
R.
473-3644
1/31/88
17620 - 25th Avenue No.
0.
540-2735
Plymouth, MN 55447
Olene Bigelow
R.
559-3106
1/31/88
11600 37th Place N.
0.
333-6655
Plymouth 55441
Kenneth Anderson
R.
546-2048
1/31/88
15100 38th Avenue No.
0.
333-9177
Plymouth, MN 55446
Jay Naftzger
R.
559-8954
1/31/89
3335 Niagara Lane
0.
292-8110
Plymouth, MN 55441
Sandy Patterson
R.
553-0278
1/31/89
12915 - 46th Avenue No.
0.
546-5588
Plymouth, MN 55442
Larry Marofsky *
R.
544-9685
1/31/89
2835 Medicine Ridge Road
0.
566-4570
Plymouth 55441
Al Cottingham, Associate Planner
Joe Ryan, Building Official
Jerry Sisk, Council Coordinating Representative
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the City Center
Council Chambers. Members are appointed for two-year terms expiring on January
31st of that year. One member is a member of the Planning Commission and shall be
appointed for a term coinciding with his/her term on the Planning Commission.*
The Chairperson shall be appointed by the Mayor from among the members of the
Commission.
PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
TYPE nF REPORTED INCIDENTS BY TIME OF DAY
MONTH JULY 1987
NUMBER OF
0001 0401 0801 1201 1601 2001 CONFIRMED FALSE PERMITS ESTIMATED
PRIVATE DWELLINGS 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2
4 1 8 1 -- I S43.000
APARTMENTS I 1 ] 4 1 3 1 5 I 7 1 5 1 1 1 24 1 25 1
(HOTELS AND MOTELS I I I 2 I ] I I 0 1 2 1 2 1 -- ] --
]ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL I I I l i I I I 0 1 1 1 1 1 -- --]
(PUBLIC ASSEMBLY I I 0 0 O I -- --
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES l I 2 I 1 2 3 I -- 4001
HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 __ 5 1 3 1 - -
PENAL INSTITUTIONS 0 0 0
STORES AND OFFICES l I 2 I l i 0 4 4
(INDUSTRY, MFG. -L 2 2 2 1 5 6 -- 1,0001
ISTORAGE IN STRUCTURES 1 0 0 O I -- -- I
SPECIAL STRUCTURES I I I I I I 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 I - -
IFIRES OUTSIDE OF STRUCTURES I I I I 0 i 0 O I -- I -- I
IFIRES IN HIGHWAY VEHICLES I 1 I I 4 I I I 1 I 5 I 1 I 6 I -- 1 8501
FIRES IN OTHER VEHICLES I I I I 1 0 I 0 I O
IFIRES IN BRUSH, GRASS I I 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 6
IFIRES IN RUBBISH_DUMPSTERS 1 I I I 1 1 I 1 0
LALL OTHER FIRES ] I I I I I I 0 I 0 ( 0
]MEDICAL AID RESPONSES 1 2 ' 4 0 4
IMALICIOUS FALSE ALARMS*
I I I I I 0
0
I O
IMUTUAL AID OR ASSISTANCE
I I I I 1 1 1 1 1 2
I 0
I 2
]ALL OTHER RESPONSES
I I 1 4 1 1 2 I 1 2
I 4
1 6
TOTALS
3 7 19 I 15 1 20 15 I 26
1 53
I 79 I 3 I $45,250
*INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARMS TOTALS
JULY 1986
CONFIRMED CALLS 29
FALSE ALARMS
40
TOTAL CALLS
69
ESTIMATED LOSS
$13,100
PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
TYPE OF REPORTED INCIDENTS BY TIME OF DAY
MONTHLY
0001 0401 0801 1201 1601 2001 CONFIRMED FALSE
0400 1 0800 1 1200 1 1600 1 2000 1 2400 I CALLS I ALARMS
-7--g
JANUARY - JULY 1987
W13MBER OF
PERMITS ESTIMATED
TOTAL I ISSUED I LOSS
1PRIVATE DWELLINGS
1 5 I
1 I
11
1 15
20 1
9 I
35
I 26
1 61 I
-- $190,9501
(APARTMENTS
1 10 1
12 1
20__L__30
I
33 i
23 I
16
_ 112
1 128
- - i 5,2001
1HOTELS AND MOTELS
1 2 1
2 1
2
1 1 1
3 I
1 1
4
1 7
1 11 1
-- 1 130,0001
TALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL
1 1
1
1
1 1
1
1
0
I O
I 0 I ''
I - -1
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
I I
1 I
I l
I 3 I
I
2 I
4
I 2
I 6 I
-- 1001
(SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
1 2 1
1 I
1
I I
4 I
1 1
2
I 7
i 9 I
-- I 4001
`HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
1
L 8 1
6
1 7 1
5
1_ 3 I
3
1 26
1 29 1
5 1 251
(PENAL INSTITUTIONS
1 .1 1
1
2
1 1 1
2
1 I
2
1 4
I 6 I
-- I 201
STORES AND OFFICES
1 1 1
I
1
1 5 1
2
I 3 1
4
1 9
i 13 1
-- I - -I
`INDUSTRY, MFG
1 7 1
7
I 7
1 17 1
12
1 7 1
10
1 47
1 57 1
5 1 26,0001
ISTORAGE IN STRUCTURES
I
I I
I l
I I
1 7
I 1 1
1
I_ 2
I 3 1
-- 1 1001
ISPECIAL STRUCTURES I
1 1
1
1
I
1
1 1
2
I O I
2 I
- 1 1,000
IFIRES OUTSIDE OF STRUCTURES I
I
i
I
l i
I
1
1
I 0 I
1 I --
1 5001
IFIRES IN HIGHWAY VEHICLES 1
3 1
8 1
9 1
5
1 10 1
4 1
31
1 8
1 39 1 --
1 58,3251
IFIRES IN OTHER VEHICLES 1
1
I
i
I
1 I
0
I O
I 0 I ''
I - -1
IJFTRES IN BRUSH, GRASS 1
7 1
1 I
7 I
29
1 27
1 16 1
77
i 12
1 89 1 --
1 2001
IFIRES IN RUBBISH, DUMPSTERS I
1
1 1
1 1
2
1 2
1 3 1
9
1 0
1 9 I --
1 2,5001
TALL OTHER FIRES I
I
I
I
I 2
I I
2
I 0
I 2 I --
I 2001
IMEDICAL AID RESPONSES I
I
1
1 1
6
1 3
1 1 1
10
1 1
i 11
(MALICIOUS FALSE ALARMS- I
l I
I
I
I 1 I
1 I
1
1 2
1 3
IMUTUAL AID OR ASSISTANCE 1
1 1
I
1 I
3
1 3
I 1 1
9
1 0
I 9
TALL OTHER RESPONSES I
2 I
1 1
8 1
11
1 7
I 6 I
26
1 9
I 35 1 --
I 1001
TOTALS 1 43 1 43 1 81 1 136 1 136 1 85 1 249 1 275 1 524 1 10 1 $415,6201
+INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARM TOTALS
JANUARY - JULY 1986
CONFIRMED CALLS 163
FALSE ALARMS 193
TOTAL CALLS 356
ESTIMATED LOSS $216,710
I
NORTHWEST HENNEPIN
HUMAN SERVI
JUL 311987
cijj pumwlh
July x5, 1987
Dear Mayor Virgil Schneider;
The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council is requesting a
financial contribution from your community for the 1988 program
year. This request was calculated at the rate of *0.15.1/2 per
capita based upon 1986 Metropolitan Council population estimates:'
This rate was approved by the, Executive Hoard of the Northwest
Hennepin Human Services Council on July 8, 1987. Please -note 'that
this is the same per capita rate: as was charged in 1987:
municipal contribution chart._showing contributions from 1986''and'
1987 and the 1988#request thas, been nclosed for your information..
We look forward to the continuing support of the Human Services
Council by. your community: Your contribution will enable the
3s ., .�,
Council to conduct abroad array of�activities that wil1'focus on
human` service planning, needs assessment, networking, and*b�y �I
communication among, municiparilies,,;,providers and cons6mers:
you have any questions oro,,.concernstregard i ng this request , ,� or-- wou l d
like additional -information - about the Human Services Council;
..
contact- Mares ay 'unci <,-�Di^.rQector, bat 536-0327.
.y. .;.. ...i. `.Y;: bF:•64'�.ti`.ye -... <i�„' _ �-i:.. :: , Q�yii',je';tr,h:< 'y"`I .ts,
Thank you for,your favorable consideration of this'request.
f* F
Sincerely
mm+
t
YP . ♦ . x-:MfP TdF / la
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tq
Daniel Donahuetz.-.
;cc ames Willis 01* M.
>� iChairperson, NWHI-ISC
Bob Zitur4x7x-5.=37_.
BROOKLYN CENTER _ ' CO
BROOKLYN PARK CR'
CKAMPLIN DA
7323 ; 58th Avenue N CryiWl
(612) 536 0327
4* 7Y
"$ r
::f>. MAPLE GROVE PLYMOUTH .�`<;
NEW HOPE ROBBINSDALE r
y
OSSEO ROGERS ,
MN 55428
NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL
I N V O I C E
TO: City of Plymouth "
FROM: `Northwest He Human Services Council
1 ..� .
DATE Jul y 15 , 1987
f
$3,300.00
z„ TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NWHHSCt1988 OPERATING BUDGET,:. ..#....,.1
4!P 4UV22 AM
4 X
(,Yours communit s<.contr. ibution in 1987 was $ 3,000.00
Y>
WA, Oil! 09
a
3a.$gs" r• Y".w� ai r.. i'N t �w� °hr �' .,'.$�S'�`R•s>"" k �$ty
s. $JisF��'+.,.d�,. ,t t., i• 5"r.. yp, ,� ,...Yt`i`�-'.'��T ^f � .s "�.4 s
�'i`y der 4' t
#moi
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�'.'i, 8^� 1
.�¢'°
?. CORCORAN < 'GOLDEN VALLEY MAPLE GROVE` PLYMOUTH, y
a�,
CRYSTAL14 HANOVER NEW HOPE ROBBINSDALE
DAYTON A HASSANOSSEO ROGERS
7323 - 58th Avenue N. • Crystal, MN 55428
(612) 536-0327
MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NWHHSC
TOTAL 1434,210.50 1$35,244.00 1251,100
257,547
$36,829
* Used for 1986 and 1987 municipal contribution requests.
** Used for 1988 municipal contribution requests.
*** The City of Plymouth contributes funding to both the NWHHSC and the
West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board and distributes its total
contribution between the two organizations. Plymouth decided to allocate
the funds in this manner since both organizations serve residents of the
city.
1986
1987
*1985
**1986 1988
1987
Contri-
Contri-
Pop. Ct.
Pop. Ct. Contri-
& 1988
bution
bution
bution
Per
requests
Capita
City
Costs
Bk. Ctr.
$4,600
$4,748
30,630
30,267 $4,691
.15 1/2
Bk. Pk
$7,576
$7,829
50,510
51,424 $7,970
.15 1/2
Champ.
$1,625
$1,679
10,830
11,642 $1,805
.15 1/2
Cry.
$3,704
$3,827
24,690
249628 $3,817
.15 1/2
Day.
-0-
-0-
-0-
4,176 $ 647
.15 1/2
G.V.
*3,312
$3`;422
22,080
21,541 $3x338
.15 1/2
Hass
$ 273
$ 282
1,820
1,910 $ 296
.15 1/2
M.G.
$4,168.50
$4,307
27,790
309969 $4,800
.15 1/2
N.H.
$3,417
$3,531
22,780
221.770 $3,529
.15 1/2
Osseo
$ 426
$ 440
2,840
2,801 $ 434
.15 1/2
Plym
$3,000
$3,000
38,940
411,207 $3,300
.OE3***
Robb
$2,109
$2,179
14,060
14,212 $2,202
.15 1/2
TOTAL 1434,210.50 1$35,244.00 1251,100
257,547
$36,829
* Used for 1986 and 1987 municipal contribution requests.
** Used for 1988 municipal contribution requests.
*** The City of Plymouth contributes funding to both the NWHHSC and the
West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board and distributes its total
contribution between the two organizations. Plymouth decided to allocate
the funds in this manner since both organizations serve residents of the
city.
9
Wait hennapin human iarvicci planning board
C"
4100 varnon avanua south, it. lour park, minnai v#51
W Q't \1
hannapIn
human 920-5333
larvica�
1988 FUNDING REQUEST TO
The City of Plymouth
The West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board is requesting funding
support from the City of Plymouth for its 1988 operating budget. Our
request is for $3,162.00 at the rate of 20G per capita based on the
1980 census figures.
This is the same level that we requested and that you funded in 1987
and that other West Hennepin member municipalities have been funding
US. We are not requesting additional funds because of the substantial
increase in 1987.
West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board acts mainly as a planning
and coordinating agency through which citizens are a part of the
decisionmaking process in delivering needed health and social services
for the 160 square mile West Hennepin area. It provides education,
consultation, and technical assistance on issues pertaining to human
services delivery systems. It provides linkages between governmental
units, consumers and services providers; increases awareness of
available human services resources; identifies and advocates for
needed services and improvements of the existing services system; and
assists others in the development of human services programs. West
Hennepin Human Services Planning Board also coordinates the delivery of
services when there is no other agency to do it. Our work in the
Emergency Services Program, the House Doctor Program, and the Energy
Assistant Program are examples of this. We are working to promote
programs such as the House Doctor that tie the needs of municipal
efforts with those of human services.
West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board is the only agency
providing these planning and coordinating services to the West Hennepin
area. We rely heavily on the involvement of volunteers to maximize
cost effectiveness and increase citizen involvement. This past year,
we had 6,000 volunteer hours by our Board of Directors; 900 volunteer
hours in our Energy Assistance Program; and 2639 volunteer hours (493
people) in our citizen participation process.
We view ourselves as an advocate for the residents of our member
cities. We work to make services more accessible on a decentralized
basis and get a fair share of human services tax dollars back into our
communities. This effort is critical for suburban residents to have
equal opportunity and access to services as do their urban counter-
parts. We also work for the establishment of new or expanded services
Ct
1988 Funding Request
Page Two
when a need is documented through our research and needs assessment
process. Examples of specific program development resulting from
efforts of West Hennepin Human Services include: Community Action for
Suburban Hennepin which has brought in 1/4 million dollars of federal
and state anti -poverty funds; West Hennepin Community Center for
Mentally Handicapped Citizens, Domestic Abuse Intervention projects in
several West Hennepin Cities; The MEED State Jobs Program; The
Suburban House Doctor Program; four suburban residential treatment
programs for chronically mentally ill people; a food co-op in St.
Louis Park; County and Federal funding for Emergency Service Program;
the suburban federally funded energy assistance program; senior health
screening programs; West Metro Coordinated Transportation Project;
parenting education programs in a number of school districts; parents
anonymous group; suburban detox programs; and decentralized county
programs such as the Ridgedale Service Center.
Funding for West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board in 1987 came
from Hennepin County, the member municipalities, the State of
Minnesota, Federal Energy Assistance Program funds, and private sector
funds. It is the Board's feeling that primary responsibility for human
services, not provided by private agencies, lies with the County.
However, municipalities should be willing to share in the cost of those
services that are used by their citizens, or which act as a catalyst to
ensure the delivery of services to their citizens through planning,
coordination and funding.
Enclosed is a copy of our most recent annual report and a 1987 update
on our activities.
We appreciate the ongoing support of Plymouth and your consideration
of this funding request.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please
contact me at 920-5533.
Sin
rely,
MS/ar
Enclosure
Big Brother Is Watching Your Garbage,.--
By JotrATHm Kwrzm moved: "What's the,state's capital letters won't take the. Village ,Voice" because he
In the unending search of governments and Italics, like they mean business.) says it's a magazine ,« arid: the garbage
for ways to harass the population, the ad Does this mean that after I dump a jar company won't take it elther because their
ministration of New Jersey Gov. Thomas:_ of mushrooms into the stew I have to put arbiter says its a newspaper? Do I have to
�l ian must have'seu. some. sort of new ., the in the dishwasher. and run it full-cy- keep it forever? -'� =„t-,,
cle before taking it to the car and chauf How much will garbs -c
standard with the recent announcement in ge ollection rates
MY mailbox.:_ _v ", v,„ feuring it to the Conservation. Center?.Will � if my;carter has to pick:arough my
I'need,two, dishwashers nowr along�.with g'
"The New Jersey'_ Department of Envi garbage cans -scouting for -contraband.
Y three garbage pails and a newspaper pile= .' The` new law could, ,,of course,,. provide
ronmdntal Protection has. ordered all resi- one. dishwasher, for thedishes: the other '`work -for the homeless;=who-are: the ones
dents to recycle effective August 1," 1987, -for: empty mushroom jars, beer: bottles' :'most'skilled at this task: But how' long will
ft began. Reasonable enough. so far: racy soup, can and the like' �p � -p- ;fix. the lines_ be at -the Conservation Center?..,
cling sounds liken a<worthy.r ecological of How do I know.whaC,a particular can is,. e..guys: who,. Check `you at airports at;
fort, and; as the notice said, landfill space x made of. anyway, Is the -'state going to ,least have mechanical metal detectors to
is dwindling` ....« , : ,:1� , . �; ;hire a metallurgist to guard the gate of the 'n hal them. I5 there a machine et, that can
Then dents must eparate from theie -4�,hint4of r househo d � fp Conervation Cente�r� Will'I have to'hire `i spot `an ,oid,:PlaybiO !i teeiisoup` can
one`for the'kitChen. Or will metallurgical through a full, 20 gallon hefty bag?;Long
garbage and recycle glass=all colors, alu Services maybe spring up, and stop by ev.' searches seem inevitable' Y'
minum cans. -unsoiled newspapers . :. ,� eryliody's house once a day to =tell you :
This is going to mean replacing one, waste uwhrch pail to, :;put .which„can ins,And how high my newspaperk pries will
basket with three' at. several statios and ' '�:get! The, -notice' says. Ah rhaterial ac
ilio u newspapers somewhere Weil I M s Next rule No magazines --- ''cepted at Conservation ° Center T. days a
P g P The' arba a ;;dollectors will not -take
thought, OK.: , _ ' .± �- rw # g g week except . newspapers n:lstand 3rd
g rr newspapers and'the Conservation Center „�
Then came really bad news: Residents will not take,,`magazmes So I'll need two Saturdays. ONLY Considering that our
- r -house getswtwo mases phis he.:Journal,
must take aluminum cans; glass and news ....:reading -matter piles now, along with three,. 8•-. e .
papers to the Conservation Center until garbage bins ;and two' dishwashers: Buf Post, Newsday and what else I might bring
further notice.” So the guys who have what is: sayyThe,New York,Times Maga- home, plus the"local' weeklies if I'm out of
come around faithful) to collect my gar- town justs'one 1st'or..3rd,Saturday, there
Y zine. The Times'rs' a newspaper; but the
bage: all of it, come rain, come snow, for, could be. a .real fire hazard.:
magazine says ",Magazine What' abouts And.what about the traditional use. of
years, are now forbidden by law from so the Times 13ookReviewtheTpullout tali` t +,�
facilitating my life no matter what I offer ' folds The, Wall Street�Journal`;issues peri- newspapers for wrapping garbage An edi
'to -pay them. "Your garbage collector can-' odically.or the newsletters from all the do-' for here. once kept tacked over his desk the
not pick up your garbage if it contains any good organizations' I send =5'Ao? perfectly sincere ,letter, from •a ,reader. ex -
aluminum cans, glass or newspapers, un- Is the Mate 'going to;.have -a reading plaining at length that the Journal masked
der order and threat of fines by the New matter arbiter at the Conservation Center fish odors, much better,than the,Times did
Jersey Department of Environmental Pro- gate, next to the guy who decides whether (after, reading of course). Butyou: can't
tection; the notice .said.,. my ginger -ale canis acceptable? And what Put_the fish bones and�ihe�newspaper in the'
The .law. tells me that in addition to 4appens It the Conservation Center arbiter same.place;anymore'- it -'right or even
`working.long hours.:raising two kids and possible_to.wrap macker`ahremains in an
trying to -maintain a social life I also have-,
Atlantic--Monthly?'oill-.,*ple„,have, to
to pile my own glass and cans and newspa painstakingly dismantle an; en tire: issue of4
pens Into my -car and drive them to the, National Geographic, to give the pnppy,a
r a tulle away or hav place to wee'
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# g;np the kitchen., Not aIwthought"themarlbox notice;might be!
void was. d about the elderly or injured ai'h&k3until I t irned o my`all;n ra
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bott[esw°111.hw Varied this..law.
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rinsed thoroughly. Gla$s beverage and w.A }
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3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: duly 28, 1987
TO: dames G. Willis, City Manager
FROM: Bob Zitur, CounciImember G�
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City that I check with. Example, before the meeting last night I was on
the phone with a woman in the Shiloh area about the cats. Hope you
survived the meeting last night and are thinking about enhancing our
lobby at the City hall!
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: August 4, 1987
TO: James G. Willis, City Manager
FROM: Bob Zitur, Councilmember
SUBJECT
Connie Lillibridge called and inquired about the EAW. I told her to
call Fred and get a copy sent out and to get her name placed on the list
for mailings. Connie told me that at Rolling Hills park there is an
area that has old tires, concrete pieces, etc. Will this be removed
soon? Please have someone check the whole park out for debris.
Mel McGree, 559-1108. I have heard from Mel and Jan before on the mess
in their backyard. This involves the Reynolds property at 5930 and 5940
Norwood Lane and one on 59th Ave. There are broken windows in the empty
houses, weeds, and a pit which Mel claims is full of mosquitos. Joe
Ryan did a good Job in working out a solution to the problem some time
ago. What do we do now? Mel also reported on a number of neighbors
comments on these properties and another two. I told him to tell those
people to write letters to the Manager, the Mayor and the Council.
As we discussed briefly yesterday, the inspectors, my concern is how
they will use their new power in handing out tags. Is the new inspector
on board? As our chief executive officer, I feel that you will report.
I personally want to be appraised of the number of tags and what the
problems are from you.
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Mohamed I. Kandiel
aka Jeff Soun Howard, 4142348
Minnesota -Correctional Facility
Box 55
Stillwater, MN 55082
Jan Blume
3223 Flag Court
New Hope, MN 55427
Dear Sir and Madam:
Enclosed, please find a copy of a report which was reviewed by the Plymouth
City Council Monday evening, dealing with the cleanup at your property
located at 5140 Zachary Lane.
The City Council has previously established a date of August 10 for the
property to be completely cleaned of debris as you have previously been
informed. At the Council meeting of July 27, Ms. Blume indicated that she
had been making progress at having the property cleaned up and was confident
that such work would be completed by August 10. The City Council requested
that a Community Service Officer visit the property on August 3 and report
the status of the work as of that date. The aforementioned document
contains the Community Service Officer's report. The progress made in
cleaning up the site, to date, would indicate that substantially more effort
must be committed if the work is to be accomplished by the 10th.
The City Council reaffirms its intent to hire one or more private
contractors to have this work completed if it is not fully completed by the
10th of August. All costs associated with such work will be assessed to
this property. It is our continuing hope that it will not be necessary for
us to take this action, however, the Council believes that the previously
identified problems must be eliminated without further delay.
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
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Mohamed I. Kandiel aka teff Soun Howard
Jan Blume
August 4, 1987
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We solicit your cooperation in ensuring that the necessary work is completed
by August 10. If you have any questions with respect to this letter, please
contact Sergeant Tom Saba, or Frank Boyles at the Plymouth City Offices.
Yours truly,
Imes G. Willis
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cc: Mayor and City Council
Frank Boyles
Richard Carlquist
Tom Saba
Posted 5140 Zachary Lane
'LYMOUTH POLICE DEPT.
rE'JSE OR INCIDENT
'UBLIC NUISANCE
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SUPPLEMENTARY/CONTINUATION. REPORT
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ONGOING
PREC NO
'HE FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION REGARDING NUISANCE
iBATEMENT ON THE JEFF HOWARD PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5140 ZACHARY LANE.
)n 7/26/87 at 1530 hours I inspected the above mentioned property and
.temized several existing nuisance conditions on the property. The items
.hat I previously noted can be found on supplementary report dated 7/26/87.
)n 8/3/87 I returned to 5140 Zachary Lane for a follow up inspection. This
1ccurred at 1108 hours_ During the course of this inspection I observed the
.ollowing public nuisance conditions existing on the property:
Maroon Monza, license EMT475, previously in the back yard; however, has
now been moved to the front yard.
:) Red Farmall, previously in the backyard, now moved to the front yard.
Green and white pickup truck, previously in the backyard now moved to
the front yard.
Three pickup/bed trailers, previously in the backyard, now in the front
yard.
Northwest of the residence, there remains a pile containing 12 tires and
a 4'x 11' cage.
One 5'x12' white box trailer, located in the front of the residence.
One yellow F250 Ford wrecker, no plates.
Throughout the property can be found miscellaneous farm implements and
equipment and engine parts and transmission parts can be found on the
south side of the rear deck.
One large walk in refrigerator with a snowmobile on top remains on the
northeast side of the residence.
0) On the south side of the garage, can be found one 10'x30' kennel which
is fully engulfed with weeds.
1) In the field north of the residence can be found two pickup truck beds,
previously used for live stock feed and two live stock watering tanks.
2) Throughout the property, the following rubbish and materials can be
found: tires, parts of animal cages, miscellaneous lumber,
miscellaneous aluminum siding, aluminum poles, oil barrels, one washing
machine, tires scattered throughout, and in addition, remnants of hay
bales can be found east of the residence and four inches of scattered
hay remain north of the residence.
'LYMUU I H PULIUL UtH 1.
F .ENSE OH INCIDENT -
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SUPPLEMENTARY/CONTINUATION REPORT
DATE d TIME OCCURRED
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It should be noted that some of the debris listed above is the direct result
)f farm out buildings and other structures being demolished. However, it
appears to me that several large projects were started simultaneously in the
:lean up effort,but never completely followed through with. Thus, leaving
:he above mentioned rubbish and debris.
Wring the course of my inspection, I noted the following improvements:
Only a few bales remain of the large hay pile which was previously
located east of the residence.
:) The small garage located directly east of the residence has been torn
down; however, miscellaneous boards and rubbish remain.
Of the six small sheds and farm out buildings, only one remains which is
located directly north of the residence and has attached to it a large
goat cage.
The blue sports c4r, license RHJ191, has been removed.
Most of the animal cages previously existing have been demolished.
However, many cage parts and posts still remain on the property.
great effort has been made by those involved to move the junk/abandoned
ehicles from the rear of the residence to the front drive area. It is not
nown at this time what plans have been made for further removal and
ransport of these junk vehicles and trailers. At the time of my
nspection, no one was available at the residence for comment and no crews
-ere working.
t this time there is no further information available.
nd of report.
PHILLIPS #762
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CHIEF CARLQUIST
TOM SABA
CSO'S
August 4. 1987
Mr. James R. Schmid. LPA
Charles H. Preston Company.
Accountants and Auditors
10800 County Road 15
Plymouth. Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Schmid:
CITY OF
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I have received your letter concerning your alarm system. Specifically, you gave
notice that your alarm system would not be used anymore.
Last year our police officers responded to 1.162 false alarms. Less than half of
1% of all of the alarm calls that we respond to are factual. This statistic is
the norm nationwide. When we did our study prior to the City Council enacting an
ordinance. we found an overwhelming number of false alarms were related to
employee errors. Since responding to erroneous calls. i.e. false alarms. takes
the officers away from other forms of prevention and enforcement. the Council
believed that a permit process would be a good idea to reduce the incidence of
false alarms. I believe that this assumption has been proven true. Neverthe-
less. as Plymouth grows and adds more alarm systems. we are inevitably responding
to more electronic responses for service.
If our entire community were alarmed. then I would estimate that it would take
approximately 11 personnel on an annual basis just to respond to false alarms.
This has become a problem nationwide! Plymouth is not unioue. Most cities and
suburbs in our area. as well as across the country. have ordinances with related
fee costs associated with false alarms. I am sorry that you feel "chastised". or
perhaps even singled out. But the bottom line is simply the answering of false
alarms has become a service problem for us. In order to recoup some of the costs
involved. as well as draw attention from the alarm users, a permit fee system was
adopted.
Sincerely.
Richard J. arlouis
Public Safety Director
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cc: James G. Willis - City Manager
Charles H. Preston Co., P. A.
ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS
10800 COUNTY ROAD 15 • MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA 55441
TELEPHONE: (612) 545-5333
July 30, 1987
Richard J. Carlquist
Director of Public Safety
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN. 55447
Mr. Carlquist,
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LYLE S. PLANTING, C P.A
ROGER A. RYDBERG. L P.A
RICHARD J. VLACH, C P A.
MICHAEL H SCHIK. L.P A
MICHAEL A GLOEGE. C P.A
We have received your -form letter relating to permit fees
together with another form or citation dated July 28, 1987
in the same envelope.
You could not possibly know how sorry we are that the alarm
system in our building malfunctioned at approximately 4:19 p.m.
on Sunday, July 26, 1987. It was not planned that way. It
wasn't suppose to happen. It was not due to neligence,or
"uneducated persons using our alarm system" as alleged in
your form letter.
Instead, it was probably due to weather conditions. At this
time of the year, we allow our central air conditioning system
to run -- even on the week -ends. The humidity outdoors has
been extremely high lately, as you know. Because the outside
doors on this building are not 100% air tight, it is possible
for the outside and inside air to meet at the top of the door
frame and form moisture. And that is exactly where the sensor
mechanism is located on the outside doors for our alarm system.
We believed that we were making a sound, prudent investment when
we installed our burglar alarm system. We had no idea that
our local police department would chastise us in the event
of a malfunction. It is ironic that the officer that received
the call was parked in our parking lot doing "paper work" at
the time of the occurrence.
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CHARLES H. PRESTON CO., P.A.
We have instructed our people not to use the alarm system anymore.
It seems a shame after spending $2,000 to learn that there is
a City Ordinance that discourages such devices. We sincerly
regret that the Plymouth City Council, in its infinite
wisdom, saw fit to adopt such a ridiculous ordinance on
April 15, 1982.
Yours truly,
CHARLES H. PRESTON CO., P.A.
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To Whom it May Concern:
Effective April 15, 1982 the Plymouth City Council adopted a City Ordinance
limiting the number of false alarms and establishing alarm permit fe0s for those
businesses or residents that exceed the ordinance threshold. The ordinance pro-
vides for alarm user permit fees in cases where there are more than three (3)
false police alarms or more than one (1) false fire alarm. The permit fees are
$50.00 for police alarms and $150.00 for fire alarms. The permits expire at the
end of the normal calendar year. A permit is required for each and every false
alarm beyond the aforementioned limit within the calendar year.
It is our sincere desire that you take whatever corrective measures are necessary
to prevent future false alarms. Plymouth Public Safety Officers will continue
to respond to alarms at your residence or place of business. However, if an
alarm permit is required, you may be charged with a misdemeanor for failure to
obtain a permit.
Data on your present alarm status is included with this letter. Please educate
persons using your alarm system on the importance of eliminating false alarms.
Sincerely
chd J Carlgo st
Director of Public Safety
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To Whom It May Concern:
Our records indicate that Plymouth Publj�,$ � e y Personnel responded to a f jse
alarm at our residence or business on __ ll/ at �/%
hours. This alarm did not appear to be caused as the result o nal activity
or fire.
Your present status is:
Security alarms) Fire alarm(s)
17 No permit required at this time.
Permit is required.
$50.00 Security alarm permit fee.
$150.00 Fire alarm permit fee.
Permits can be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, Plymouth Center, 3400
Plymouth Blvd., Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
You have until to purchase a permit to lawfully
operate your alarm system.
Sincerely,
Richard J. arlquist�. i
Direct r o Public afety,,/
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10800 CTY RD 15
PLYMOUTH, MN 55441
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CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
Mr. Dwaine Johnson
5110 Vicksburg Lane
Plymouth, MN 55446
Dear Mr. Johnson:
I am responding to your letter of duly 25th, which was addressed to
Councilmembers Crain and Vasiliou and copied to myself, as well as others.
I regret that the letter your received from Mr. Ray Anderson was
misinterpreted or gave rise to undue concern. The process of seeking a
variance does require that certain administrative steps be taken by the
party requesting that particular action. The information requested of you
with respect to your specific application is no different than we require of
ourselves when we develop facilities in the community. We try to ensure
that all parties are treated equally in terms of not only their
consideration by the Council and the Planning Commission, but also in terms
of their being required to adhere to the requirements of the zoning code in
the processsing of such requests.
As you may be aware, not all members of the City staff, certainly most, if
not all, planning commissioners are totally unaware of many of the
difficulties which you have previously experienced with regard to your
property. While some of us are keenly familiar with many of those details,
and the efforts that many parties have undertaken to try to resolve those
problems, the fact remains that the Planning Commission and public,
generally, do not have that background. The City Code, itself, is neutral
as to many of the problems you have experienced. The code does, however,
contemplate that all persons requesting certain forms of consideration,
e.g., subdivisions of property, etc., should meet certain basic requirements
in the submission of information in support of their request. That is a
standard City policy and to the best of my knowledge, is carried out
uniformally.
As you are aware from Mr. Anderson's recent correspondence, your application
is currently scheduled to be presented to the Planning Commission on
August 12. Your cooperation in submitting the information needed will
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
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Dwaine Johnson
August 4, 1987
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certainly be appreciated. I hope that the Planning Commission will be able
to review the request and make a recommendation which can be promptly
reviewed by the City Council.
Yours truly,
I
Virgil Schneider
Mayor
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cc: City Council
James G. Willis, City Manager
Fred Moore, Director of Public Works
Blair Tremere, Director of Planning & Community Development
August 4, 1987
Lynne R. Taylor
President PLYMOUTH+
President
Cimmeron Ponds Homeowners Association
954 Zanzabar Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Ms. Taylor:
Thank you- for your letter of August 1 regarding your association's concern
with the increasing population of geese.
The Plymouth Council has discussed the problem of geese several times this
season. There have been numerous calls from various areas of the community
which have experienced problems identical to yours. We do not have an
answer to the problem as yet. The program outlined by Dr. dames Cooper
certainly bears further investigation. It appears clear, however, that the
long term control of the Canada goose population in the Twin City
Metropolitan Area will require a reduction in the goose population. Whether
this is done by capture and translocation, the destruction of eggs, or the
harvesting of the adult birds remains to be seen.
Mr. Richard Carlquist, our Public Safety Director, has previously made
inquiries regarding the control of geese. He was made aware of Dr. Cooper's
program. He did not, however, request an appropriation of $3,000 in his
1988 budget request as your letter indicates. The proposed budget I am
preparing for the City Council, likewise, has no request for funding. Given
the problem the geese are creating in the community, I believe the first
priority for any public funding will be for public property, such as parks,
and not private areas.
The Mayor and Council are aware that you and some of your neighbors will be
attending the Plymouth forum on August 17th to express your interest in this
potential program.
Yours truly,
mes G. Willis
C ty Manger
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cc: Mayor and City Council
Dick Carlquist
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
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Lynne R. Taylor
President PLYMOUTH+
President
Cimmeron Ponds Homeowners Association
954 Zanzabar Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Ms. Taylor:
Thank you- for your letter of August 1 regarding your association's concern
with the increasing population of geese.
The Plymouth Council has discussed the problem of geese several times this
season. There have been numerous calls from various areas of the community
which have experienced problems identical to yours. We do not have an
answer to the problem as yet. The program outlined by Dr. dames Cooper
certainly bears further investigation. It appears clear, however, that the
long term control of the Canada goose population in the Twin City
Metropolitan Area will require a reduction in the goose population. Whether
this is done by capture and translocation, the destruction of eggs, or the
harvesting of the adult birds remains to be seen.
Mr. Richard Carlquist, our Public Safety Director, has previously made
inquiries regarding the control of geese. He was made aware of Dr. Cooper's
program. He did not, however, request an appropriation of $3,000 in his
1988 budget request as your letter indicates. The proposed budget I am
preparing for the City Council, likewise, has no request for funding. Given
the problem the geese are creating in the community, I believe the first
priority for any public funding will be for public property, such as parks,
and not private areas.
The Mayor and Council are aware that you and some of your neighbors will be
attending the Plymouth forum on August 17th to express your interest in this
potential program.
Yours truly,
mes G. Willis
C ty Manger
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cc: Mayor and City Council
Dick Carlquist
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
Scherer Sanitation
P.O. Box 272
Delano, Mn. 55•.+LB
Tel: 479-43-3
July 28, 1987
City of Plymouth
c/o.Mayor 4< Councilmembers
3400 Plymouth_ Blvd.
Plymouth,.Mn. •55447
RE: MEETING OF JULY 20, 1987, OPINIONS AND COMMENTS
Dear Mayor e< Coucilmembers,
Since I am an advocate for organized collection, I must taE::e a
stand against those who are not. Rueter and Waste Technology
are the same corporate company and are against source
separation. I must admit he coached his hand picked people at
the meeting very well.
His argument about tipping floor pricing was misleading at
best. His price *280.00 per load and Woodlake Landfill at
approximately $127.00 plus tax is only $147.00.
His argument about 90% recycling is misleading at best. R D F
is burned not recycled much like a mass burn. (With souce
separation quality in a mass burn will give us quality out in
form of benign smoke.)....
I feel' he"clearly does not use'apples'for apples when comparing
90% •toX16%r:recycl ng. What percentage is burned not recycled?
x }:
P. Some whati<f Yrs?r What `i f organized collection is adopted and
BF4,or_.Waste'�Management_.buy out small hauler's and the City is
stuck, negoti; ing with -only .them? In defense I can only say
the, ,City could stiA1 go to a bid. But more importantly MRI has
a n been 'ser.vi ng- -62:, 000 house's i n Mi nneapol i s f or 17 years and has
not cumb-to them
sucYQuito honestly I believe that is why they
oppose our: -philosophy.=. Your neighbor to the west, Medina, went
bid putting several -small -.haulers out of work with virtually no
opposition frO*etBFI'or Waste Management.
What i"f Super Cycle after being awarded several contracts in
several City's i`s bought by BFI or Waste Management?
What if I could show the City that organized collection can
save the tax payers a minimum of $30, 000 per month (:x._160, 000 -
$400,000 per year) plus less heavy traffic, road safety noise,
air pollution and a no nonsense recycling plan done for the
City at cost.
One of my concerns is the value of my service. With recycling
and compostables put on a bid, the value of my service is
deminished. I believe we must offer the City a plan to handle
the entire solid waste problem responsibly keeping large and
small haulers working. I hope the City can see the advantages
of keeping small haulers involved in the process.
ti. _
Ms. Vasiliou and Chelsy Woods promoted a form of organized
collection and how happy they are with price and service.
If I can help the City of Plymouth in anyway, please do not
hesitate to give me a call.
Sincerely,
Dan Scherer
cc Virgil Schneider
Dave Crain
Hobert Zitur
Marie Vasiliou
Jerry Sisk
Dick Pouliot
Plymouth Recycling Advisory Committee
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Association of Medicine Lake Area Citizens
Honorable Mayor and
Honorable Members of the
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers:
Just a note of appreciation from the Association of Medicine
Lake Area citizens to the City Council thanking you for your
recent action with respect to the 10th Avenue extension.
The members of the Association feel that this action on your
behalf will be of substantial benefit to many of the people in
our area.
Yours truly,
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Secretary
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Xenium Office Building
13550 26th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Todd M. Mosenthal D.C. (612) 557-0101
August 5, 1987
Mayor Virgil Schneider
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN. 55447
Dear Mayor Schneider and City Council Members:
I wanted to thank -you all for the opportunity
to meet you and to discuss the zoning committee
position. If ever I can be of service to the
city of Plymouth, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely,
Todd M. Mosenthal, D.C.
P. S. If you know of any "pains in the neck"
please send them in and we'll get them straight-
ened out!
�,
August 5, 1987
Mayor Virgil Schneider
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Virgil:
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Commercial
Normandale Lake Office Park
8400 Normandale Lake Boulevard
Suite 375
Bloomington, Minnesota 55437
612/921-2000
I recently received your July 28th letter regarding erosion and
sediment control procedures in the City of Plymouth. While I
sympathize with the problem you have been having with certain
developers, I do not feel you should penalize all of us based on
the actions of a few.
Your third paragraph says that your building inspectors will be
instructed not to make inspections and no further building
permits will be issued until corrective measures are taken.
This is reasonable only if the developer/owner has been
notified of the problem. Without this notice, and a certain
amount of cooperation from the City of Plymouth, I fear this new
policy will only detract from the City's image with developers
and cause additional confusion on the construction site.
As always, we will continue to do everything we can to cooperate
with your City's erosion and sediment control practices.
Sincerely yours,
TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY
-Stewart R. Stender
Partner
fk 08-10
3 August 187
City of Plymouth
Att: Helen LaFave
3400 Plymouth Blvd
Plymouth Minnesota
Helen LaFave:
7
Thank you so much for contacting me regarding the problem
of garbage disposal. I was proud that you asked me to take
part but sad that I have to decline. I recently had my second
heart attack and don't dare do any more than I have to just
to take care of our household.
Again - thank you so much for responding to my letter. It's
nice that our village administration doesn't ignore those of
us who care what is going on.
Sincerely,
MARGARET ,
17325 - 13th ARE• 08TOoD H DD
PLYMOUTH, MINN 55447