HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 07-28-1989V
CITY OF
PLYMOUThF
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
Uuly 28, 1989
RECYCLING CASH DRAWING
July 26/27: No Winner
Next Week: $900 Cash Award
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.....
I. COUNCIL STUDY SESSIONS -- Monday, duly 31, Council Conference Room.
Council Study Sessions on Comprehensive Plan Amendments beginning at
1:00 P.M. Dinner will be provided at 5:00 p.m. The Council will
meet with the Planning Commission from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
2. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING -- Monday, August 7, Regular City Council
meeting.
3. MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION (MLC) REGIONAL BREAKFAST - The MLC
is scheduling a regional breakfast for the Plymouth Place, on
Wednesday morning, August 16. This breakfast will bring together
the elected officials from Eden Prairie, Edina, Minnetonka,
Plymouth, Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove, along with the appropriate
legislators. This meeting will be held shortly after the Governor
presents his proposed 1989 tax bill to the Legislature, but prior to
legislative action on it. Councilmembers should let Laurie know if
they plan to attend this 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting.
4. AUGUST CALENDAR-- The meeting calendar August is attached. (M-4)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION ....
1. TRUTH IN TAXATION - ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION REQUESTED - The City
Attorney for New BrIghton has requested Attorney neral Humphrey to
issue an opinion as to whether or not the municipality will
"substantially comply" with the "Truth in Taxation" requirements if
It follows the dune 23 instructions from the Commissioner of
Revenue. It is not known when the Attorney General will render his
opinion. In the meantime, however, we are still confronted with the
August 15 deadline for the certification of the final proposed levy
as required by the 1988 tax law. If we do not have an indication
from the Attorney General's office about this matter prior to the
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 2
August 7 meeting, I will ask the City Council to adopt the "final
proposed levy" in accordance with the 1988 statute. That levy would
be our best estimate of the maximum allowed under levy limits based
upon the 1988 tax law. It remains highly probable that a special
session of the Legislature will be called and that we will be
required to go through much the same process all over again, most
likely in late September or October.
2. SEVEN MEMBER CITY COUNCIL - Last week I informed the Council on
various changes in state laws. One dealt with the authorization on
the part of the Legislature to permit cities to increase the size of
the council from five to seven members. The statute provides that
the city council would adopt an ordinance at least 60 days prior to
the next city election which would submit to the voters a question
as to whether or not the council should be increased from five to
seven. The ordinance would also include a schedule of the election
In terms of office and would be voted upon at the next election.
3. SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIDENCE - The final closing on the acquisition of
the superintendent's residence at the Workhouse property has now
been completed. As previously authorized, the residence will be
demolished commencing on or about August 3.
4. MOONEY LAKE WATER SURFACE USE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE - The City
Council has directed that the staff pursue a revision in the current
city code with respect to Mooney Lake surface use regulations.
Because Mooney Lake is abutted by more than one city (Plymouth,
Orono and Medina), the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has
approval of authority on any water surface use ordinances proposed.
I have supplied the DNR with a proposed ordinance which is
essentially the City's current ordinance with the revision that only
electrical motors of less than 5 horsepower may be used on Mooney
Lake.
The DNR has responded that as proposed, the ordinance does not meet
their rules in the following areas:
I. The ordinance may limit watercraft to electrical motors, but
it may not limit the electrical motor's horsepower.
2. The hours of watercraft operation must be in conformance
with DNR guidelines. Therefore, rather than an 8 p.m. to
8 a.m. prohibition, the prohibition must be 6 p.m. to 9
a.m.
3. The DNR surface use regulations do not address the issue of
individuals placing trash or debris in a lake. Therefore,
it may not be contained in the City's ordinance.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 3
4. The DNR has recommended four additional paragraphs for
inclusion in the ordinance relating to enforcement, signage,
exceptions to the regulations and penalties. Once the City
revises its proposed ordinance, the DNR will review it once
again. In addition, the DNR requires that an applicant for
water surface use ordinance provide a completed
questionnaire (attached). The final requirement for
adoption of the new regulations is that the other cities
adjacent to Mooney Lake adopt identical ordinance
revisions. We have not yet contacted the cities of Orono or
Medina to determine whether or not they would be willing to
adopt an identical ordinance.
Despite the substantial number of steps involved in this process, we
will proceed according to the original direction unless the Council
otherwise advises. (I-4)
5. HENNEPIN COUNTY SOLID WASTE RECOMMENDATIONS - Attached is a letter
from Mark Andrew, Hennepin County Commissioner, informing us of the
County's Ways and Means Committee hearing on the recommendations
from the task force. Jerry Sisk and Dick Pouliot have served on
that task force and helped shape its recommendations. The primary
thrust of the recommendations is to ensure the same level of funding
and support for recycling programs as have existed heretofore. The
City will have representatives at the public hearing. (I-5)
6. URBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY CBDG DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT PROPOSALS - Milt
Dale and Blair Tremere recently made a presentation to the Urban
Hennepin County Citizen's Advisory Committee regarding our proposal
to use a portion of the County's current Discretionary Account.
Numerous other cities also made the request. The Council may recall
that we were seeking to develop a program which would provide for
the raising of the Beacon Heights School and the redevelopment of
the property into moderate cost, single-family detached housing.
The Citizen's Advisory Committee reviewed 13 proposals requesting
funding in the amount of $1,500,000. Less than $300,000 is avail-
able in the Discretionary Account. Plymouth's program has not been
recommended for funding and it is likely that the County Board, when
considering the committee's recommendation, will not deviate from
that recommendation.
7. BARRELS IN MEDICINE LAKE - Friday morning we had a meeting with
representatives from Hennepin County Park District, Pollution
Control Agency and Hennepin County Environmental staff to discuss
the "barrel" issue. The PCA representative, Bob Cross, indicates
that the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have
their emergency response team here in Plymouth next Monday morning.
The EPA will use a remote control underwater camera, metal detection
device, and water sampler in order to seek to ascertain the contents
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 4
and hazards presented by the barrels. The water samples will be
tested and the results known by Wednesday. Thereafter, it is the
intent of the EPA to have the barrels removed and disposed of in an
appropriate fashion, depending on their contents. The emergency
response team is expected to use the City's west beach as their base
of operations and we anticipate closing the beach in order that
there will be no conflicts with their operational needs. We also
anticipate that various news media may be on hand to observe the
event. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Department will be restricting
boat access around the area where the emergency response team will
be working. I should have additional information to report on this
subject Monday evening.
8. WAYZATA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS - ROOFTOP SCREENING - Councilmember
Vasiliou brought to our attention her observation that rooftop
screening had not been installed at the new Plymouth Creek and
Gleason Lake Elementary Schools. The plans approved for both
schools do require such screening pursuant to City ordinances. The
Building Official has been in touch with the appropriate officials
of the school district and contractor, reminding them of this
requirement. They have indicated their recognition of this
obligation and are taking steps to have the appropriate screening
devices bid and installed.
9. PLYMOUTH'S METROPOLITAN URBAN SERVICE AREA (MUSA) LINE - Blair
Tremere and Chuck Dillerud have now completed preparing and
submitting the material necessary to support our application to the
Metropolitan Council for the official amendment of our Staged Growth
Line to the 2000 MUSA Line. Blair has also scheduled a public
hearing before the Planning Commission on this change, as required
by law. We anticipate approval of the change should be obtained
through the Metopolitan Council prior to the end of August.
Attached is information which was generated by Barton-Aschman
Associates to substantiate our position with respect to this
matter. (I-9)
10. RESULTS OF GOOSE REMOVAL PROGRAM - Attached is a brief report along
with statistical data on the second year of our goose relocation
program. (I-10)
11. SCHMIDT LAKE ROAD PROJECT - Attached is an article which appears in
this week's issue of the Plymouth Post dealing with a suit initiated
by some Plymouth residents against the DNR with respect to the
issuance of the permit for the Schmidt Lake Road extension. I
received a call Tuesday afternoon from the City Attorney who
informed me that he had been advised by the DNR that such a suit had
been filed on July 21. It would appear likely that the City may
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 5
need to intervene in this litigation. As soon as the City Attorney
has had an opportunity to review the matter, I will ask him to
provide the Council with his recommendation as to the course of
action the City should pursue. (I-11)
12. MINNESOTA'S TRANSFER PAYMENT SYSTEM - Attached is a brief, but well
put together layman's analysis of how the state's transfer payment
system functions. This was put together by Bob Renner on behalf of
the MLC. It highlights the enormous sums of money which are shifted
from the metropolitan community, particularly the suburbs, to
outstate municipalities. It is information such as this which must
be better communicated to the public and certainly the metropolitan
area legislators, if substantive changes in the direction of
transfer payments is to occur. (I-12)
13. DEVELOPMENT SIGNAGE -- On Friday, July 28, five development signs
will be placed at the following locations:
1. Northeast corner of Interstate 494 and County Road 9. Ryan
Construction Company is proposing a rezoning, Planned Unit
Development Preliminary Plan, Preliminary Plat, and Conditional
Use Permit for the development of approximately 52 acres of
commercial property. The rezoning is from FRD (future
restricted development) to B-2 (shopping center business)
District. The Planned Unit Development Preliminary Plan and
Plat is for the creation of 11 lots and 2 outlots for
approximately 338,000 square feet of retail deelopment. (89014)
2. North and south of County Road 47, west of Interstate 494.
Harstad Companies is proposing a rezoning, revised Planned Unit
Development Preliminary Plan, Preliminary Plat, and Conditional
Use Permit for the undeveloped portion of Lake Camelot Estates.
The rezoning is from R-3 (medium density multi residence)
District. The Preliminary Plan and Plat is for 15 single family
detached lots, 42 townhomes, and 13 12 -unit multifamily
buildings totalling 156 multifamiy units. (89044)
3. South of Medina Road, 1/4 mile west of County Road 101. U.S.
Homes Corporation is proposing approval of a Sketch Plan for 248
single family homes on 116.5 acres. (89059)
4. Northwest corner of Highway 169 and County Road 10. OPUS
Corporation is requesting approval of a revised Planned Unit
Development Concept Plan for the Tennant property. The revised
Concept Plan is for a total of approximately 1.8 million square
feet of office, industrial, hotel, restaurants, etc. on
approximately 180 acres of the undeveloped Tennant PUD. (89061)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 6
5. Northeast corner of Interstate 494 and Highway 55. Sign
Consultants is requesting approval on behalf of Prudential
Insurance Company for an amendment to the Northwest Business
Campus Master Sign Program. (89046)
The Planning Commission will hear these requests at its August 9,
1989 meeting.
14. MINUTES
a. Planning Commission, July 11, 1989 (I -14a)
15. COUNTY ROAD 6 MEETING NOTICE -- At the July 18 meeting,
Councilmember Vasiliou made reference that residents within the
Chelsea Woods Addition did not receive notice of the public meetings
held by the City/County on the County Road 6 improvement project.
Attached is a copy of the portion of the mailing list used for the
public meeting. Please note that the Chelsea Woods Association was
notified of the meeting. (I-15)
16. 4300 FERNBROOK - BEGIN PROPERTY -- Attached is a report from
Building Official Joe Ryan on his investigation into the improper
filling and grading activities occurring on the Begin property. Joe
has issued a stop work order on the property because of Mr. Begin's
failure to obtain required permits to deposit fill material on the
site. In addition, a large number of vehicles were also found to be
stored on the property. Joe is working with the City Attorney's
office to have the property cleared. (I-16)
17. 1989 CITY ELECTION CALENDAR -- Laurie Rauenhorst has prepared the
attached timeline for the 1989 City Election. Filing for City
Council will open on August 29 and close September 12. Election day
is November 7. (I-17)
18. CONFERENCE/SEMINAR REPORT -- Attached is a conference/seminar report
prepared by Helen LaFave on a National Federal of Local Cable
Programmers Annual Conference she attended on July 13-15, 1989.
(I-18)
19. MEDIATION HEARING -- West Suburban Mediation Center has scheduled a
mediation hearing between Mary Schlender and Dave Johnson, Herb's
Service Center, for Thursday, July 27. A copy of the notice is
attached. (I-19)
20. TWIN WEST CHAMBER MEETING ON COMMUNITY CENTER -- Attached is the
Chamber's meeting notice on the August 10, 7 a.m. meeting at the
City Center to review the Community Center project. (I-20)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
July 28, 1989
Page 7
21. PROCLAMATION -- Attached is a City Proclamation declaring Saturday,
September 2, 1989 as MADD/Volkswagen DRIVE FOR LIFE day. (I-21)
22. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. Letter to Karen Fox, President, Chelsea Mews HOA, from Chuck
Dillerud, regarding the trail corridor south of Zanzibar Lane
adjacent to Chelsea Mews. (I -22a)
b. Letter from Avenue No., to
Frank Boyles, concerning the Plymouth East Group Home. (I -22b)
c. Letter responding to Mary Kay Fritts, 4545 Arrowood Lane No.,
from Dick Carlquist, concerning parking residential area as a
result of Zachary Park. (I -22c)
d. Letter from John & Mary Lou Kunnari, 3301 County Road 18, to
Dick Carlquist, regarding their request for barriers along the
trail near Alpine Tree Apartments. (I -22d)
e. Note and article from Michael Krause, to Mayor
Schneider, on the importance of the world's tree resources.
(I -22e)
f. Letter from Hennepin County Human Services Boards on the Head
Start Program in Suburban and Rural Hennepin County. (I -22f)
g. Letter from Brian Johnson, Leo's Plumbing, commending Don
Kilian, Plumbing Inspector. (I -22g)
h. Memo from Bob Zitur to City Manager, on yard improvements by
residents throughout the City. (I -22h)
I. Letter to Greta Fossum-Johnsen, Secretary - Tiburon Homeowners
Association, from Eric Blank responding to some of her
concerns. Her letter was submitted to the Council last week,
along with a partial response to those concerns from Fred
Moore. (I-221)
j. Letter to James Gaulrapp from Laurie Rauenhorst concerning
penalties for liquor law violation. (I -22j)
k. Memo from Fred Moore on 1988 sealcoating program problems.
(I -22k)
James G. Willis
City Manager
JGW:kec
attachments
r OD t0 N Of
n r N N
LL
r N CO
co CV)
N
S
Qf
f
ccto
w
N N
UJ
ca;
co
a)j O
10 QI t0
F W
�f N O1 tD
D
W
H
z
a r- ago io
O
N
f
N
z
N
N
a)
00
CD
r
Q W LO N m
N3 N N
O !h O^ N
f
D N Of C4
H
M-4
Q
n r N N
LL
co CV)
N
S
N
f
Oo
co
a)j O
10 QI t0
N
J
D
W
r N
O !h O^ N
f
D N Of C4
H
M-4
Q
p
Q
u'
N
(0
LO
r
r
N
p
LL
W
LO
r
Q
U)
W
cc
w
u,
D
►-
¢c
0
Qcn
r
a�
r _�
N
co
T—
p
Oa
�Oa
O
O
LU
..L}M
co CV)
Z
z
z ••
LU
z
z
z
CYi ¢ c6
N
� �aF
Nam
tO
Co
Z
O
Q
N
p
V%
U -:i
LLJ
O
~
acn
N
LO
00 m r-
r
N
N
r
J
J
U f
U i
Q
O�CDCa
O O
p
U O
O U O
M
¢Z
C'3 C'..7
r— Ci un C'3
W
I� L.LJf
r
NLL.=�
N
Q
p
Z
yf
M
0
t0
r
N
N
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
ORDINANCE NO. 89-
I- 4
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO REGULATION OF WATERCRAFT, AMENDING SUBSECTION 1335.03 OF THE
PLYMOUTH CITY CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH ORDAINS:
Section 1. Plymouth City Code, Subsection 1335.03, is amended to read:
1335.03 Lost Lake; Special Provisions. The following additional
regulations and limitations are hereby imposed upon watercraft operated, placed or
maintained in or upon Lost Lake;
Section 2. Plymouth City Code Section 1335 is amended by the addition of the
following:
1335.07 Mooney Lake; Special Provisions. The following additional regulations
and limitations are hereby imposed upon watercraft operated, placed or maintained
in or upon Mooney Lake:
(a) No person shall operate, place or maintain a watercraft which is
propelled by an internal combustion en ine
W e w 6 ---%
4. baa f, r�G ZG�r� c_c. yy`p Or
b) No person shall operate a watercraft between the hours of Q7 and 4�
CO See4+&m f. Enforcement. It shall be the primary
responsibility of the Hennepin County S ice to enforce
this ordinance. Any -licensed peace officer is also authorize -fo
enforce this ordinance
LA) risibility of the City of
Plymouth to post signs and make the public aware o is
ordinance
Cel All authorized resource management, emergency and
enforcement personnel--wTiiTe actino in the per ormance o eir
assigned duties, are exempt from the foregoing restrictions.
G) Se*44""—X-. Penalties. Any person who shall violate- am-of-
misaemeanor,
and your convicted thereof. shall be punished by a fine or not
more than seven hundred dollars 700 or by imprisonment of not
more an ninetyays or hash,
APPLICANTS FOR WATER SURFACE USE ORDINANCES ARE REQUIRED BY MINN. RULE
6110.3600 TO SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE WATER BODY TO
BE REGULATED. YOU MAY USE THIS FORM OR SEPARATE SHEETS TO PROVIDE THE
NECESSARY INFORMATION. (PLEASE NOTE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS NOT RELEVANT.)'
1. Physical Characteristics -
a. Size - normal surface acreage, if available, or the basin acreage listed in the
Division of Waters Bulletin No. 25, "An Inventory of Minnesota Lakes."
surface acres (or)
basin average
b. Crowding potential - expressed as a ratio of water surface area to length of
shoreline.
surface acres: miles of shoreline
c. Bottom topography and water depth (deepest & average) (available from DNR
regional or area fisheries headquarters)
d. Shore soils and bottom sediments (available from DNR regional or area fisheries
headquarters) .
e. Aquatic flora and fauna (available from DNR regional or area fisheries
headquarters).
f. Water circulation -
For Lakes: the existence and locations of strong currents, inlets, and large
water level fluctuations.
For Rivers and Streams: velocity and water level fluctuations.
-2-
z- y .
g. Natural and artificial obstructions or hazards to navigation, including but not
limited to points, bars, rocks, stumps, weed beds, docks, piers, dams, diving
platforms, and buoys.
h. Regional relationship - the locations and the level of recreational use of other
water bodies in the area.
2. Existing development.
a. Private - to include number, location, and occupancy characteristics of permanent
homes, seasonal homes, apartments, planned unit developments, resorts, marinas,
campgrounds, and other residential, commercial, and industrial uses.
b. Public - to include type, location, size, facilities, and parking capacity of parks,
beaches, and watercraft launching facilities.
-3- I- y
3. ownership of shoreland - to include the the location and managing governmental unit
of shoreline in federal, state, county, or city ownership as well as private,
semi-public, or corporate lands. (available from DNR Division of Waters - St. Paul
Office.)
4. Public regulations and management - to include federal, state or local regulations and
management plans and activities having direct effects on watercraft use of surface
waters.
5. History of accidents which have occurred on the surface waters (available from
sheriff's office) .
6. Watercraft use - to include information obtained in the morning, afternoon, and
evening on at least one weekday and one weekend day, concerning the number and
types of watercraft in each of the following categories.
a. Kept or used by riparians.
b. Rented by or gaining access through resorts or marinas.
-4-
c. Using each public watercraft launching facility.
d. In use on the waterbody.
I- y
7. Conflict perception and control preferences - to include opinions gained by surveys
or through public meetings or hearings of riparians, transients, local residents, and
the public at large.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, APPLICANTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE:
1. The information requested in Minn. Rule 6110.3600, portrayed on a map to the extent
reasonable.
2. A statement evaluating whether the information reveals significant conflicts and
explaining why the particular controls proposed were selected.
3. The proposed ordinance.
4. A description of public hearings held concerning the proposed controls, including an
account of the statement of each person testifying.
Name
Signature
Title of Person
Completing Report
Return Completed Form To:
MN Dept. of Natural Resources
Boat and Water Safety Section
Box 46 - 500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota
I-4
Plymouth City Code 1335.01
Section 1335 - Watercraft; Lakes and Waters
1335.01. Boat and Water Safety Act and Rules Adopted. Minnesota Statutes,
Chapter 361 and Chapter 13, NR 200-219 of the Rules of the Commissioner of Natural
Resources are adopted by reference and are as much a part of this Code as if fully
set forth herein. A violation of the statute or any rule herein adopted is a
violation of this Code.
1335.03. Mooney Lake and Lost Lake; Special Provisions. The following additional
regulations and limitations are hereby imposed upon water craft operated, placed
or maintained in or upon Mooney Lake or Lost Lake:
(a) No person shall operate, place or maintain a water craft which is
propelled by an internal combustion engine having a size and power
in excess of five horsepower.
(b) Each water craft shall be equipped so as to direct its motor
exhaust under water, or otherwise completely and effectively to muffle
and silence the sound of the explosions of such motor. No water craft
shall otherwise make arty unnecessary noise in its operation.
(c) No person shall operate a water craft between the hours of 8:00 p.m.
and 8:00 a.m.
(d) No person in charge of or occupying a water craft shall dump or throw
garbage, paper, bottles, cans, refuse or debris into the lakes.
35.05. Hadley Lake; Special Provisions. Subdivision 1. Motor Boats Prohibited.
is unlawful or arty person to opera e a motorized watercraft on Hadley Lake.
Subd. 2. Debris. It is unlawful for any person in charge of or occupying
)oat on Hadley Lake to dump or throw garbage, paper, bottles, cans, refuse or
)ris into Hadley Lake.
r -s
MARK ANDREW TIN c PHONE
COMMISSIONER 'stiff �G 348-3080
Q » \
BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
2400 GOVERNMENT CENTER
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55487
July 26, 1989
JUL
The Honorable Virgil Schneider
Mayor, City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mayor Schneider:
As you know, recycling and other solid waste issues have consumed a great deal of
time among staff and elected officials here in the metropolitan area during the
past year.
To sort through some of these issues, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
established a recycling task force, made up of 14 mayors and city council
members. The task force has made several recommendations, which I have attached.
I will be introducing these recommendations, in the form of three resolutions, to
the County Board's Ways and Means Committee on August 3. The hearing commences
at 10:00 a.m., and will take place in the Board Room on the 24th floor of the
Administration Tower.
The Ways and Means Committee will conduct a public hearing on these
recommendations, and I encourage you to notify your citizens so that they might
make public comment.
These recommendations are wide ranging and cover a number of exciting topics, and
include the expansion of the Minneapolis plastics ordinance county -wide and the
first collection of household batteries in the state.
I would appreciate it if you would communicate the details of the public hearing
to your citizens. If there are interested citizens, please have them call my
office (348-3080) to get on a list to testify. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Mark Andre
Hennepin County Commissioner
Enclosure
S- T
HENNEPIN COUNTY
RECYCLING TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS
Non Funding Policy Recommendations
1. The Recycling Task Force recommends that the County adopt the
Minneapolis Packaging Ordinance effective July 1, 1991, contingent
upon a member of the Recycling Task Force serving on the City of
Minneapolis Advisory Committee on Environmentally Acceptable
Packaging.
2. The Recycling Task Force recommends that the County request the
State to require final processors of recyclable materials
collected from commercial establishments to report tonnages and
material composition to the State or the Metropolitan Council
beginning in 1991.
3. The Recycling Task Force recommends that the County encourage food
service establishments and institutions using plastic,
single -service utensils and packaging items, and other industries
with a significant quantity of plastic waste to establish their
own collection system for reuse or recycling of these materials.
1989 Funding Recommendations
1. The Recycling Task Force recommends that the County establish a
work group of municipal recycling coordinators to develop
guidelines for evaluating the costs associated with a basic
curbside collection program, including reasonable municipal
administrative expenses. The guidelines will be used by County
staff in evaluating 1990 grant requests. The group will also
recommend a uniform method of calculating recycling participation
rates in conjunction with State requirements.
2. The County will continue to reimburse cities for the purchase of
household recycling containers. Recycling containers should
include at least 20% post -consumer plastic to be eligible for
County reimbursement. Cities should complete their initial
purchase of recycling containers by December 31, 1989.
3. The County will accept applications and reimburse municipalities
who pool together cooperatively to hire staff to coordinate their
recycling programs.
July 17, 1989
t
1990 Funding Recommendations
1. The County will maintain the current policy of reimbursing cities
for 50-80% of their recycling program costs for collection of, at
a minimum, newspapers, cans and glass, with reimbursement tied to
performance in removing these recyclables from the residential
waste stream.
2. Cities should submit their grant applications to the County by
April 1, 1990, for the 1990 program.
3. The County will require each city to submit a copy of its contract
for collection of recyclables by a private vendor. The contract
must separately identify the costs to collect and process
recyclables.
4. The County will work with municipalities to promote efforts to
provide recycling opportunities to residents of multi -family
dwelling units. Staff time spent on those efforts is eligible for
funding in 1989 and 1990. During 1989 and 1990, staff will
evaluate the cost of subsidizing collection services and
containers for multi -family dwelling units. By 1991, the County
should develop an ordinance requiring that recycling opportunities
be provided for multi -family residents.
5. The County will require the reporting of participation rates based
on a uniform method which will be recommended by the municipal
recycling coordinator work group in conjunction with State
requirements.
6. The County will encourage municipal curbside collection of
recyclable plastics by 1990 when the processing center is open.
The plastics to be collected will be determined by the County and
its processing center operator, in coordination with
municipalities. The municipal program costs for plastic
collection are eligible for County reimbursement.
Battery Recommendations
1. Button batteries and small rechargeable appliances should be
collected by the County beginning in the fall of 1989. The
components of the program should include:
a. Appropriation of $50,000 for implementation and operation of
mercury "button" battery collection.
b. Identification of companies using thermal metal or other
recovery methods and development of a working arrangement for
payment of shipping and processing costs. All companies
should be investigated prior to entering into any formal
agreement.
July 17, 1989
1-r
1-5
C. Design and production of a collection carton which can be
used in retail stores and mail -in boxes for collection sites.
d. Design and preparation of promotional materials for the
collection program.
e. Identification of retail stores selling merchandise which use
"button" batteries as their power source and require their
participation as collection sites.
f. Quarterly monitoring of financial statements for reporting
amounts of batteries removed from the system.
g. Collection of small appliances containing nickel -cadmium
batteries at drop-off centers after an electronics scrap
dealer or other scrap metal dealer has been identified to
salvage the nickel -cadmium batteries.
h. Appropriation of $100,000 for the nickel -cadmium battery
collection program.
2. Following the opening of the Recyclables Processing Center by
early 1990 cities would be able (but would not be required) to do
the following:
a. Include household batteries (including alkaline batteries) in
their curbside programs. The County would accept all
batteries collected by such municipalities and would
reimburse expenses per the County funding formula.
b. Enact ordinances which prohibit disposal of batteries in
solid waste and require retail shelf labeling.
1991 Budget Recommendations
The following two items were laid over until the next Recycling Task
Force meeting September 11, 1989.
1. Cities will be required to establish incentives for each resident
to participate in recycling programs by establishing a variable
fee or some other mechanism for crediting participation in
recycling programs by January 1, 1991.
2. Beginning in 1991, the County will enter into contracts with each
city applying for a recycling grant. Under the terms of the
contract, the County will subsidize 50-80% of the collection costs
of source separated residential recyclable materials and the city
will deliver the recyclable materials to the County processing
center. Revenues from the sale of the materials will be shared by
the operator of the processing center and the County. The
County's share of the revenues would become a source of revenue
for the municipal grant program, thereby lessening the dependence
on the solid waste tip fee.
July 17, 1989
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
111 Third Avenue South, Suite 350
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
USA
MEMORANDUM TO: City of Plymouth
Metropolitan Council
FROM: Barton-Asdman Associates, Inc.
DATE: July 19, 1989
I-9
Phone: (612) 332-0421
Fax: (612) 332-6180
SUBJECT: Developable Land Analysis within the City of Plymouth's
Current Urban Service Area
.y —VV 43„IDI,+ QUICA&Va
On June 29, 1989, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. initiated a land use
analysis on behalf of the City of Plymouth. The focus of the study was to
determine the net land that is eligible for develcpnent within the current
City of Plymouth's Urban Service Area.
The City of Plymouth's current Urban Service Area boundary definition is
depicted in Figure 1. land uses were classified into four types consistent
with the classification of the City of Plymouth assessor:
1. Commercial - includes office, retail, business centers of various sizes
and densities.
2. Industrial - includes all manufacturing and warehousing.
3. Residential - includes single-family (detached and attached dwellings),
apartments, and manufactured (mobile) homes.
4. Public - includes park land (owned by the city and other public
bodies); dedicated common areas in residential developments; ponding
areas deeded to the city; churches; schools; and other city -owned
properties.
The term, "net available acres" is defined as those vacant acres that remain
after constrained areas have been deducted. "Constrained areas" are those
that are Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) protected wetland
and/or flood plain that is consistent with the ENR and city maps.
D
Z-9
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
The source data used in the land analysis was:
1. The property listing by class code from the City of Plymouth assessor's
Computer database, dated January 2, 1989
2. Aerial photographs dated May 2, 1989
3. The DNR protected wetland map
4. The City of Plymouth's zoning map (including the floodplain zoning
overlay)
5. The City of Plymouth's Staged Development Plan map
6. The City of Plymouth's Iand Use Guide Plan map
7. Conversations with city planning staff for clarification of land use
definitions when the need arose
Parcels designated by the city assessor as not having a structure as of
January 2, 1989, were plotted on half -section maps arra color coded to the
above land uses.
Further refinement to the plotted half -section maps was made following
meetings on June 30 and July 6 with city planning staff. These refinements
were in the form of answering questions where the land use type was not
clear and clarification of public land and cammon area land uses.
After all land uses were plotted, the area that each land use enocupassed
was calculated using a digital planimeter. Each plotted land use was
calculated twice and the mean average of the two readings was used to arrive
at acres. The formula used to arrive at the number of acres was:
Average Planimeter reading X 40,000/43,560 = acres.
The 40,000 figure is feet2/inches2 for the 1" = 200' half -section 'map. The
43,560 figure is feet 2/acre.
The numbers of acres for public, commercial, industrial and residential land
uses were tallied per half -section arra transferred to a spread sheet that
can be seen in Table 1. Also, the portions of the land uses that were
constrained as defined above were calculated and transferred to the spread
sheet.
2
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.
The total acres available for developTkent in the City of Plymouth's current
Urban Service Area is found to be as follows:
Gross Constrained Net
Commercial 602.53 19.97 582.56
Industrial 324.13 10.19 313.94
Residential 1,381.68 149.05 1,232.63
Total 2,308.34 179.21 2,129.13
The total undeveloped area within the city's current Urban Service Area is
5,027.44 acres. Public land ccmprises 2,719.1 acres or 54 percent of total
undeveloped land.
Using the above methodology and land use definitions it is concluded that
the City of Plymouth has 2,129.13 acres of developable land within the
city's current Urban Service Area, of which 43 percent is non-residential.
There are several residential developanents for which plats have been filed
since January, 1989, and for which building permits are being issued. City
staff has identified those developments, including acres and densities, in a
separate memorandLun. Those areas were counted as undeveloped in this
analysis.
3
TABLE 1
LAND WITHIN
THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH'S CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA
BY HALF -SECTIONS,
CLASSIFICATIONS, AND ELIGIBILITY
FOR DEVELOPMENT
(All Data in
Acres)
/ PUBLIC
/
C O M M
E R C I A
L
/ I N D U
S T R I
A L /
R E S I D
E N T I
A L
/
Section/
LAND
/Gross
Acres
Con- Net Acres/Gross Acres
Con-
Net Acres/
Gross Acres
Con-
Net Acres/ TOTAL NET
Number
/
/ Eligible
straints Eligible
/ Eligible straints
Eligible /
Eligible straints
Eligible
/ACRES
ELIGIBLE
N
01
/ 69.8
/
204.2
9.2
195
/ 0
0
0 /
0
0
0
/
195
S -
01
/ 36.19
/
26.72
0.5
26.22
/ 21.27
0
21.27 /
139.05
24.14
114.91
/
162.4
N -
02
/ 78.91
/
24.33
0
24.33
/ 0
0
0 /
26.57
1.07
25.5
/
49.83
S -
02
/ 66.1
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
4.94
0
4.94
/
4.94
N -
03
/ 13.03
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
118.08
0
118.08
/
118.08
S -
03
/ 23.33
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
77.31
0
77.31
/
77.31
N-
09
/ 0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
S-
09
/ 52.25
/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
69.83
0
69.83
J
69.83
N-
10/
0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0.63
0
0.63/
0.63
S
10
/ 12.06
/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
N -
it
/ 37.25
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
14.56
0.23
14.33
/
14.33
S -
11
/ 60.62
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
13.23
0.94
12.29
/
12.29
N -
12
/ 26.39
/
0
0
0
/ 58.04
6.89
51.15 /
92.84
30.09
62.75
/
113.9
S -
12
/ 44.34
/
22.19
0
22.19
/ 0
0
0 /
19.66
1.66
18
/
40.19
N -
13
/ 55.51
/
26.38
6.31
20.07
/ 0
0
0 /
10.47
0
10.47
/
30.54
S -
13
/ 44.17
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
3.87
0
3.87
/
3.87
N -
14
/ 92.67
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
45.23
0
45.23
/
45.23
S -
14
/ 151.68
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /,
27.34
0
27.34
/
27.34
N -
15
/ 0.7
/
27.4
0
27.4
/ 0
0
0 /
1.05
0
1.05
/
28.45
S -
15
/ 40.93
/
1
0
1
/ 0
0
0 /
10.61
0
10.61
/
11.61
N -
16
/ 82.56
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
41.95
0
41.95
/
41.95
S -
16
/ 127.22
/
28.55
0
28.55
/ 0
0
0 /
27.45
0
27.45
/
56
N -
17
/ 20.2
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
4.67
1.09
3.58
/
3.58
S-
17
/ 0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
18.53
0
18.53
/
18.53
N -
19
/ 19.62
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
5.28
0
5.28
/
5.28
S -
19
/ 31.62
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
7.66
0
7.66
/
7.66
N -
20
/ 58.2
/
6.93
0
6.93
/ 0
0
0 /
32.83
0
32.83
/
39.76
S -
20
/ 45.79
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
1.89
0
1.89
/
1.89
N -
21
/ 74.86
/
37.06
0
37.06
/ 0
0
0 /
0
0
0
/
37.06
S -
21
/ 0
/
5.07
0
5.07
/ 9.17
0.45
8.72 /
6.47
0
6.47
/
20.26
N
- 22
/ 33.3
/
26.1
0
26.1
/ 0
0
0 /
58.18
6.2
51.98
/
78.08
S -
22
/ 1.3S
/
37.54
0
37.54
/ 50.99
2.85
48.14 /
2.6
1
1.6
/
87.28
N-
23/212.93/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
S -
23
/ 3.33
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
9.47
0
9.47
/
9.47
N
- 24
/ 137.17
/
0.87
0
0.87
/ 0
0
0 /
18.88
0
18.88
/
19.75
S -
24
/ 22.05
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
12.17
2.18
9.99
/
9.99
N
- 25
/ 4.72
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
3.71
0
3.71
/
3.71
S -
25
/ 30.98
/
0
0
0
/ 6.16
0
6.16 /
6.24
0
6.24
/
12.4
N
- 26
/ 70.63
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
5.32
0
5.32
/
5.32
S
- 26
/ 45.89
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
26.58
13.33
13.25
/
13.25
N
- 27
/ 10.8
/
0
0
0
/ 16.36
0
16.36 /
0
0
0
/
16.36
S
- 27
/ 48.41
/
0
0
0
/ 30.95
0
30.95 /
0
0
0
/
30.95
N
- 28
/ 68.02
/
0
0
0
/ 72.23
0
72.23 /
72.2
0
72.2
/
144.4:
S
- 28
/ 80.56
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
28.71
0
28.71
/
28.71
N
- 29
/ 34.08
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
70.77
6.1
64.67
/
64.67
S
- 29
/ 102.72
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
1.31
0
1.31
/
1.31
N
- 30
/ 5.65
/
0
0
0
/ 0
0
0 /
1.34
0
1.34
/
1.34
TABLE 1
LAND WITHIN THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH'S CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA
BY HALF -SECTIONS, CLASSIFICATIONS. AND ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT
(All Data in Acres)
I-9
/ PUBLIC
/ C O M M
E R C I
A L
/ I N D
U S T R I
A L
/ R E S I
D E N T I
A L
/
Section/
LAND
/Gross Acres
Con-
Net Acres/Gross Acres
Con-
Net Acres/
Gross Acres
Con-
Net Acres/ TOTAL NET
Number
/
/ Eligible
straints
Eligible
/ Eligible
straints
Eligible
/ Eligible
straints
Eligible
/ACRES
ELIGIBLE
S - 30
/ 11.7
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 14.02
0
14.02
/
14.02
N - 31
/ 20.3
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 9.28
3.2
6.08
/
6.08
S - 31
/ 29.04
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 3.97
0.2
3.77
/
3.77
N - 32
/ 53.45
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 1.21
0
1.21
/
1.21
S- 32/
95.32/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
0
0/
0
N - 33
/ 60.9
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 17.54
0.54
17
/
17
S - 33
/ 20.65
/ 19.8
0
19.8
/ 0
0
0
/ 0.73
0
0.73
/
20.53
N - 34
/ 31.13
/ 0
0
0
/ 13
0
13
/ 13.25
2.55
10.7
/
23.7
S - 34
/ 31.2
/ 0
0
0
/ 40.64
0
40.64
/ 25.66
0.25
25.41
/
66.05
N - 35
/ 3.17
/ 22.83
3.96
18.87
/ 0
0
0
/ 27.75
16.68
11.07
/
29.94
S - 35
/ 61.07
/ 0
0
0
/ 0
0
0
/ 31.9
6.2
25.7
/
25.7
N - 36
/ 10.13
/ 77.46
0
77.46
/ 5.32
0
5.32
/ 59.59
29.3
30.29
/
113.07
S - 36
/ 12.45
/ 8.1
0
8.1
/ 0
0
0
/ 37.3
2.1
35.2
/
43.3
TOTALS
/ 2719.1
/ 602.53
19.97
582.56
/ 324.13
10.19
313.94
/ 1381.68
149.05
1232.63
/
2129.13
T.-10
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: July 27. 1989
TO: James G. Willis, City Manager
FROM: Richard J. Carlquist. Public Safety Director
q�
SUBJECT RESULTS OF GOOSE REMOVAL PROGRAM
There is good news and bad news! The good news is that 318 birds were captured and
removed from the City of Plymouth. The bad news is geese from surrounding areas are
finding the Plymouth sites attractive and are filling in the newly created vacant
territories.
Statistics concerning the translocation program in the Twin Cities area. as well as
particular sites in the City of Plymouth are enclosed. In Plymouth, the following
results were obtained:
Location
Bass Lake
Cimmeron Ponds
Gleason Lake
Medicine Lake
Parkers Lake
Saaamore
TOTAL
RJC:Ik
Enclosures
Total Captured
91
22
37
123
24
21
318
---------------------------------
-UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-
---------------------------------
Department of Fisheries and St. Paul
Wildlife, College of Natural Minnesota 55108
Resources 612-624-1223
Thursday, July 20, 1989
Mr. Dick Carlquist
Public Safety Director
City of Plymouth -
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Dick:
Attached is a summary of Canada goose removal for the Twin Cities in
1989. We captured and removed 318 birds from six Plymouth sites.
Detailed capture information for each site is also included.
The young geese were shipped to Minnesota sites with a few going to
South Dakota; adults went to Oklahoma, Kentucky, or Mississippi.
Based on the results of our research on Canada goose control, the
populations at these sites should have dropped 50% in 1989. The
decrease was 34%. Apparently birds from surrounding areas are
finding the Plymouth sites attractive and are filling in vacant
territories. I project that the population should be about 200 birds
or about 60% below in the 1988 levels by next summer.
Sincerely yours,
James A. Cooper
Associate Professor, Wildlife
attachments
M
O
T
H
O
CO
W
z
z
W
H
U
z_
Z
O
0
J
z
Q
H
W
O
O
0
Q
Q
z
Q
U
LL
O
}
Q
n N tD n d M d M d LA N d M r r r t0 O Ll) M N t0 M O M O M 00 O CO tD CO r
N t0 n d M N r n r d n M M r N N T n M d N M O N M M r n N W O
N r r
O d M t0 d O to tD M O� N d r n 1n N Ln t0 d an O n N M aD o0 M an O N M t0 LO
T T c T T M M T N N N T r N r r T n r r M
T
n M N T 0 0 0 n r M 0 0 N d 0 O r d r M N O T n O N LO M O d M O M
T d co M N 00 M r N Ln N N N r r d r N N r n r N d r LA LO
T
r N N r r N r N N N N N N N N N N N r N N N r N N N N N N N N
T r T T T r T T r r r T
to M to O r r (p M N M N r M T N O n r r 0 O M M N 0 r 0 0 W O M r n
N O N N N N N N N O N N N N N N \ N N N M O N r N O N M O M O r N
co n co c0 co co co co co n c0 co co m ca co c0 co c0 co n co n m n c0 co n ca n n co
¢ ¢ ¢ _ LLJ_ `2 F-
z
a a a > a s =
8�
J J z z z z z z z z z z o zz z z i
mw���
w w
LLJ
�R z
5 00� W
z ,�, a w
w w w
z 0 Luo a c-'7 c-'7 o I Z2 cwi
TE
} Q a � °�a3 z a
g a CC 0l } Z w w= JO z z i z �" Q
O
U 2 Z �agY WAA zzw
N z
U z t0 5 J� i� 7� m 1
J
888
m m m
8
CC CC LU
zzQz Qz
Y Y Y
0 0 0 a
w w w
Z z z w
w W W fn
5 5 5
0 0 w w N Tqlt N m 0 W O
T r r r T CA
N
0 T M t- T et O 'at T m m T w m w C) qt T O m
C) T T T T M N T 'Rt Cl) -it T T N m Co
T T N
T
M M w to W M T"t O M T 0 0 0 W T O
Cp W N N
CD
T
N T N N N r N T N N N N N N r N r N N N N
r T T T r T T T T r
`Q
f
O CA CA O CA O O Cn CA O O� Cn O CA O O CA O Q1 O O �
O O CO CO CA d0 CA O O CA O O to CO CO O O O t0 O CA ~
N N N N N N N N N N N O N N N N N O N
w w w w w co co co w co co n co co co co W n W
►a- > zQ
w LU
3::
c
Zpp y y �c y y yZ
Q Q J Q Q m Q Q m Q "t
a a a a a a
x x F- F S 9 a n. IL a a a a
w w ct)z S IDTODOW
LL LL m
}
>--
>7 U U 1Ft QQQ
e e Q Q N N (-/): 0) t -o) U)
CO
w
g w p OC
D
tH w w Q LL
¢ p w w O
4 p w Q
CLLLLLt Z w � W
Q (J D w w
w 5 g w r z
LU cc Q c
z ui � o U ¢ Ir CC Lu ED 3 m
LU w LLJ L) U w �t1 w f= a z z o
Y Y Zd p Q g g zO O w Q Q n
gg� z?zd`'griiwwwYpUc�c�
LLI Z cc w �LLJ
J z z z g a Y a a a Q
o `" w w w x g Cl)gw w w w
W= Y Y QY �J Q� z Z z_
2 U to N U J to Q m Y�� m
I-10
SITE BASS LAKE ZACHARY LANE
CITY PLYMOUTH
LOCATION
(INTERSECTION OF BASS LAKE RD AND ZACHARY LANE
REMOVALORBANDING REMOVAL88
CONTACT PERSONS (DICK CARLQUIST-CITY OF PLYMOUTH (559-2800)
ESTIMATED -YOUNG I 4
ESTIMATED BREEDERS 1
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS 291
rl
TOTAL BIRDS 8
DATE -PLANNED 16/ 2 7/ 8 9 _� DRIVE NUMBER
DATE -DRIVE 16/27/891 CREW NUMBER 1 -2
YOUNG MALES CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES -CAUGHT
ADULT MALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -FEMALES -CAUGHT
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES
NONBREEDING MALES
NONBREEDING FEMALES 5
TOTAL -YOUNG -CAUGHT 5
TOTAL ADULTS 3
TOTAL CAPTURED 91
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE I 0l
SITE
PONDS
CITY PLYMOUTH AND WAYZATA
LOCATION
REMOVALORBANDING IREMOVAL88
CONTACT PERSONS IDICK CARLQUIST-CITY OF PLYMOUTH (559 -2800) --DON
CARLSON 155 GLEASON LAKE ROAD --LYNNE TAYLOR
73-8084
ESTIMATED YOUNG
ESTIMATED -BREEDERS
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS
TOTAL -BIRDS I I
DATE -PLANNED 16/27/89
1DRIVE-NUMBER
DATE 6/27/89
-DRIVE
CREW NUMBER
YOUNG -MALES
-CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES
-CAUGHT
ADULT -MALES
-CAUGHT 4
ADULT -FEMALES
-CAUGHT ==3
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES
3
NONBREEDING MALES 0
NONBREEDING
FEMALES 0
TOTAL -YOUNG -CAUGHT 1
TOTAL -ADULTS 7
TOTAL CAPTURED 2
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE 0
SITE [GLEASON LAKE
CITY PLYMOUTH AND WAYZATA
LOCATION
REMOVALORBANDING IREMOVAL88
CONTACT PERSONS DICK CARLQUIST-CITY OF PLYMOUTH (559 -2800) --DON
CARLSON 155 GLEASON LAKE ROAD --LYNNE TAYLOR
73-8084
ESTIMATED YOUNG 1 2
ESTIMATED BREEDERS 1 1
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS 6
TOTAL BIRDS 1 4
DATE -PLANNED 6/ 2 7/ 8 9 DRIVE NUMBER
DATE -DRIVE 6/27/89 CREW NUMBER 1 -2
YOUNG -MALES -CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -MALES -CAUGHT 5
ADULT -FEMALES -CAUGHT
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES
NONBREEDING-MALES
NONBREEDING FEMALES
TOTAL YOUNG CAUGHT ��-2
TOTAL ADULTS 11
TOTAL CAPTURED 3
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE I0
SITE IMEDICINE LAKE -FRENCH REGIONAL PARK
CITY IPLYMOUTH
LOCATION
SOUTH OF BASS LAKE ROAD
REMOVALORBANDING IREMOVAL89
CONTACT PERSONS LARRY GILLETTE HENNEPIN PARKS (476 -4463) -DICK
CARLQUIST-CITY OF PLYMOUTH (559-2800) 36
BREEDERS 81 GOSLINGS 7 NONBREEDERS
ESTIMATED YOUNG 81
ESTIMATED BREEDERS 36
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS 7
TOTAL BIRDS 12
DATE -PLANNED 6/27/89 AM DRIVE -NUMBER
DATE -DRIVE I 6/2 7/ 8 9 CREW NUMBER 1- 2
YOUNG -MALES -CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -MALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -FEMALES -CAUGHT
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES
NONBREEDING_MALES
NONBREEDING FEMALES
TOTAL -YOUNG -CAUGHT 8
TOTAL ADULTS 3
TOTAL CAPTURED 123
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE 4
1.10
COMMENTS 14 FLYERS ESCAPED
SITE IPARKERS LAKE
CITY PLYMOUTH
LOCATION
,COUNTY HIGHWAY 6 AND NIAGARA LANE
REMOVALORBANDING IREMOVA188
CONTACT PERSONS (DICK CARLQUIST-CITY OF PLYMOUTH (559-2800)
ESTIMATED YOUNG
ESTIMATED BREEDERS 81
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS 2
TOTAL -BIRDS I 2
DATE PLANNED 16/ 2 7/ 8 9 1 DRIVE NUMBER
DATE -DRIVE 16/27/891 CREW NUMBER
YOUNG -MALES -CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -MALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -FEMALES -CAUGHT
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES
NONBREEDING MALES
NONBREEDING FEMALES 0
TOTAL_YOUNG_CAUGHT 1
TOTAL -ADULTS 11
TOTAL CAPTURED 2
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE 1 11
:c- I O
COMMENTS 11 FLYER ESCAPED
=-io
SITE
CITY
SAGAMORE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION -LOST LAKE
PLYMOUTH
LOCATION
!10700 ROCKFORD ROAD
F
REMOVALORBANDING IREMOVAL89
CONTACT PERSONS IRICHARD KELSO 559-1430 DICK CARLQUIST PLYMOUTH
PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR 559-2800
ESTIMATED YOUNG
ESTIMATED BREEDERS
ESTIMATED NONBREEDERS
TOTAL BIRDS 1 2
DATE -PLANNED 16/27/89 1 DRIVE -NUMBER
DATE -DRIVE I 6/27/89
CREW NUMBER 1-2
YOUNG -MALES -CAUGHT
YOUNG -FEMALES -CAUGHT
ADULT -MALES -CAUGHT 6
ADULT -FEMALES -CAUGHT 7
BROOD -PATCH -FEMALES 6
NONBREEDING MALES 0
NONBREEDING FEMALES 1
----------------
TOTAL YOUNG_CAUGHT 8
TOTAL ADULTS 13
TOTAL CAPTURED 21
ESTIMATED -BIRDS -NOT CAPTURE 1 0
=-10
COMMENTS JBIRDS MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SAGAMORE AND LOST
LAKE
O
LM
CL
O
O
400
..
4? C=a" O O�� t C �
..+ �
c0
O w.0+.yty
C y 0 0 w 4.0 V O C 6l
to N 3 bN°
O Nw O N C°
ya? N N y NO e0•.+�
3 ¢. a; LL. V
^,•, >> y .y. Cy~j rte.+ N N 'b W c0
c0 c0 Q. O C O "C: � "C O
c0�" y N r.+ ° O cC0 � cC0 � C r. 3
° ... CO
Z.5 ca 3 �d�En
cl
cc om
5: ccCD
y H 3 a o E cs,c
c0O
cd � bD N Ul % - 0
cii1; 0
..zLpv=^� M .
A Q.-- r- 0
ate' o a C — ch
O C G (L) = Z.* 0 a N
to O to C: V
C13s3 00
H
v.. -
++ C
> N c0
0 0 4J
R O
y.V] C ^
a C 3
�CO COpCO
G >>
—2 ...
co `+
O y d >UO
CO
Ld CO
No
OCua''d
c0
C Q cots O CO G. X
'
C O d N
r0 -i G
y 0� - O =, (y� W V
N
..O
c�U00-0OONQ.0
p,
cD O O CO
401,
E'LS
X.C. C yp^ Ocu
ErO.E7.:+LNOC-
h
3
i6'
V o CTy.•OC+ O
ea
.�.+
.>' CO L.
CL
O
O
400
..
4? C=a" O O�� t C �
..+ �
c0
O w.0+.yty
C y 0 0 w 4.0 V O C 6l
to N 3 bN°
O Nw O N C°
ya? N N y NO e0•.+�
3 ¢. a; LL. V
^,•, >> y .y. Cy~j rte.+ N N 'b W c0
c0 c0 Q. O C O "C: � "C O
c0�" y N r.+ ° O cC0 � cC0 � C r. 3
° ... CO
Z.5 ca 3 �d�En
cl
cc om
5: ccCD
y H 3 a o E cs,c
c0O
cd � bD N Ul % - 0
cii1; 0
..zLpv=^� M .
A Q.-- r- 0
ate' o a C — ch
O C G (L) = Z.* 0 a N
to O to C: V
C13s3 00
H
v.. -
N N d O
R O
c0 Q (v
_
'C G O y >
�CO COpCO
4)^O
G>..,_.0 c0
CO
Ld CO
d O p 0 0 0
y C
O O to_
C Q cots O CO G. X
'
C O d N
f
N L >a N ^d y
C C O �
cD O O CO
401,
i �
L tO!
U O 't7c0^O,AtOD
QtOOit0.
c=3c3�_°0
oin
o'o
Lawsut-4-".
destroyed as of 1981."'
Stenoien disputes Mayor
Virgil Schneider's statement
that "the proof is in the pud-
ding" because the DNR's issu-
ing a permit confirms that the
road is needed—
now-"We ; think the pudding is
spoiled rotten. They don't re-
ally demonstrate a need,"
Stenoien said.
He added that the planned
expansion " of County Road' 10
may well take care of the
extra traffic that is being gen-
erated, making Schmidt Lake
road unnecessary at this time.
He said PPOW and Merritt
hope that -the courts will issue
an injunction to stop Schmidt
Lake road construction until
the lawsuit is settled.
Merritt said the decision to
sue the DNR instead of the
city isn't that unusual and is
based on. the Minnesota En-
vironment Rights Law
(MERL), which says that the
agency issuing the permit can
be sued..
.•'11 .tf! cid
from'page
Stenoien explained that "we
have served.a lawsuit on the
DNR to have the decisiori sent
back because the DNR did not
explore feasible and pertinent
alternatives as required by the
MERL."
He added that no matter
what happens with the lawsuit
and Schmidt Lake road, they
plan to keep PPOW as an on-
going non-profit organization
that will fight what Stenoien
calls "the city's ruthless lack
of concern for wetlands" and
other projects he said the city
foists upon the people, like the
$12 million community center
being planned.
"We are opposed to the fact
that no one at city hall seems
to have listened to the people
of Plymouth," Stenoien said.
But he hopes the lawsuit will.
stop destruction of his neigh- .
borhood wetland. "It is really
a wet wetland this year," he
said, referring to last year's
drought. "It is really beauti-
ful."
z-
Minnesota's
Transfer Payment System:
A System of Legislative Policies
Redistributing Tax Dollars
By Robert G. Renner, Esq.
Messerli
Kramer
Attorneys at Law
1500 Northland Plaza Building, 3800 West 80th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55431
Telephone: (612) 893-6650
S-1 ;L
MINNESOTA'S TRANSFER PAYMENT SYSTEM:
A System of Legislative Policies
Redistributing Tax Dollars
Minnesota taxpayers pay more than $5 billion in personal income, corporate income,
sales and
motor vehicles excise
taxes per year. These taxes are sent to the State Treasury in St. Paul and the
legislature, through complex formulas,
determines the redistribution of these funds. More than $4.2 billion per year is
returned to local units of government to
assist them in paying for local services which has the direct effect of reducing property taxes.
The chart below illustrates how this redistribution of tax dollars occurs:
METRO'
NON-METRO2
AMOUNT PERCENT
AMOUNT
PERCENT
TAXES PAID (Millions) OF STATE
millions
OF STATE
Corporate Income (1985) $ 167 73.4%
$ 60
26.6%
Personal Income (1986) 1,264 67.3
615
32.7
Sales/Use (1986) 841 66.9
416
33.1
Motor Vehicle Excise (1986) 125 55.1
101
44.9
Gasoline (1986) 163 47.6
180
52.4
TOTAL STATE TAXES $2,560 65.1%
$1,373
34.9%
TAX RELIEF RETURNED
Education Aid
(86-87 school year) $ 578 41.2%
$ 825
58.8%
Highway Aid (1986) 64 26.7
183
78.3
Local Government Aid (1987) 164 50.6
160
49.4
Human Services Aids (1986) 401 52.3
70
47.7
Property Tax Credits (1987) 342 47.0
385
53.0
Property Tax Refunds (1986) 99 64.7
54
35.3
TOTAL AIDS/CREDITS $1,654 45.6°x(0
$1,977
54.4%
1 - Seven County Metropolitan Area
2 - Other 80 Counties
Property Tax Data
METRO
AMOUNT PERCENT
(MILLIONS) OF STATE
S- i a.
NON -METRO
AMOUNT PERCENT
(MILLIONS) OF STATE
MARKET VALUE 1988 $77,172 59.0% $53,609 41.0%
TAX CAPACITY 1988 2,483 63.7 1,415 36.3
NET PROPERTY TAXES 1989 $2,043 67.3% $ 991 32.7%
Lr' a
Property Taxes Paid Compared to Income Received
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES AND THE ABILITY TO PAY IS DIFFICULT TO
ESTABLISH. METRO AREA HOMEOWNERS, ON AVERAGE, PAY TWICE THE PROPERTY TAX AS NON -
METRO HOMEOWNERS EVEN THOUGH THEY RECEIVE SIMILAR INCOMES.
HOUSEHOLD
INCOME
$ 5,000 OR LESS
#OF METRO
HOMES
7,000
METRO
TAX
$ 421
#OF NON -METRO
HOMES
14,600
METRO VS.
NON -METRO NON -METRO
TAX TAX
$124 239%
$ 5,001-$15,000
49,700
$ 424
100,000
$ 223
90%
$15,001425,000
86,900
$ 568
92,300
$ 347
63%
$25,001-$35,000
100,000
$ 643
89,000
$ 375
72%
$35,001-$45,000
95,500
$ 661
53,600
$ 376
76%
$45,001-$55,000
63,400
$ 765
25,000
$ 464
65%
$55,001-$65,000
35,100
$ 867
10,700
$ 512
70%
$65,001-$75,000
17,000
$ 898
5,500
$ 540
66%
$75,001-$85,000
8,300
$1,215
2,800
$ 486
150%
$85,001-$95,000
6,900
$ 994
1,600
$ 883
13%
$95,0014105,000
4,900
$1,358
1,200
$ 691
97%
Over $105,000
12,500
$1,791
4,100
$ 870
106%
TOTAL
487,300
$ 700
400,400
$ 342
105%
-14Z
Minnesota's Tiered System Distorts
the Property Taxes Paid on Similar Homes
Minnesota's property tax system is based upon an extremely progressive rate structure and as metro area homes
continue to increase in market value, the disparity between metro and non -metro homes will widen for the average
homeowner.
TAX CAPACITY RATES
1.0% on the first $68,000 of market value
2.5% on the next $32,000 of market value
3.3% on the excess of $100,000 of market value
In other words, any value over $68,000 of market value is taxed 150% more than the value under $68,000. Any value
over $100,000 is taxed 230% more than the value up to $68,000.
To use an example: The average non -metro home in 1990 will have a market value of approximately $44,000.
The average metro home's market value will be $88,000. The average west suburban home's market value will be
$110,000.
METRO MV METRO TAX
MARKET VS. VS.
VALUE TAX* NON -METRO% NON -METRO%
NON -METRO $ 44,000 $ 440 ---- ----
METRO AVE $ 88,000 $1,180 100% 168%
SUBURB MV SUBURB TAX
MARKET VS. VS.
VALUE TAX* NON -METRO% NON -METRO%
NON -METRO $ 44,000 $ 440 --------
SUBURBS $110,000 $1,820 150% 314%
* Assuming 100% tax capacity equates to net tax paid
1—GL
Because of the tiered system, Metro homes pay a disportionate share of property taxes. In many instances,
similar homes pay grossly different property taxes.
Three comparable home located in Bemidji, Eden Prairie and Minneapolis were used for this example. Each
home is identical from a structural and amenities point of view.
Each home is a 25 -year-old, three bedroom rambler containing
1,300 square feet of space. Each home has an unfinished
basement, central air conditioning, a double garage, fireplace
and 1 1/2 baths.
The market value of each home was estimated by local realtors to be:
Eden Prairie $99,200
Minneapolis $84,600
Bemidji $49,600
The estimated tax in 1989 on these homes will be:
Eden Prairie $1,671
Minneapolis $1,184
Bemidji $ 588
Although the home in Eden Prairie has a market value that is exactly twice the market value of an identical home
in Bemidji, the Eden Prairie homeowner does not pay the same property tax. Nor does this homeowner pay twice
the property tax. The Eden Prairie homeowner pays 184% more property tax than the homeowner in Bemidji.
Legislative Policies Distribute State Aids
Based On Artificial Property Wealth
Association of Metro School Districts
Comparison of Changes In Revenue from State Sources versus
Changes In Revenue from Property Taxes
GENERAL FUND
1980-1981
1987-1988
Dollar Change
State
Property
State
Property
State
Property
Sources
Taxes
Sources
Taxes
Sources
Taxes
District
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
Bloomington
18,072
13,850
9,773
32,954
(8,298)
19,104
Brooklyn Center
1,938
1,033
1,977
2,896
38
1,862
Burnsville
11,756
5,326
14,722
16,862
2,966
11,536
Chaska
4,421
1,542
6,577
4,166
2,155
2,624
Columbia Heights
6,313
3,003
6,204
7,073
(109)
4,070
Edina
5,103
10,096
3,266
18,925
(1,836)
8,829
Fridley
5,263
1,769
4,798
4,462
(465)
2,693
Hopkins
7,331
11,797
3,772
25,029
(3,558)
13,231
Inver Grove Hts.
5,200
1,633
7,990
4,081
2,790
2,447
Mahtomedi
2,175
978
3,027
2,822
851
1,844
Minnetonka
7,825
4,924
7,431
14,892
(393)
9,968
Mounds View
17,440
7,431
16,468
21,483
(972)
14,051
North St. Paul
11,311
6,682
12,661
12,921
1,350
6,239
Orono
2,672
1,945
2,186
5,221
(485)
3,275
Richfield
6,114
6,944
4,930
11,618
(1,183)
4,673
Robbinsdale
24,930
11,341
23,436
28,433
(1,494)
17,091
Roseville
9,906
7,930
6,783
18,848
(3,123)
10,917
So. St. Paul
5,328
2,031
6,452
3,656
1,124
1,624
So. Washington
15,182
4,797
22,669
11,802
7,487
7,004
Stillwater
12,334
6,011
14,727
13,392
2,392
7,380
St. Louis Park
5,713
8,180
4,045
16,688
(1,668)
8,508
Wayzata
6,659
5,796
5,261
17,883
(1,397)
12,087
West St. Paul
4,524
4,826
2,395
11,547
(2,129)
6,721
Westonka
3,715
2,403
3,325
6,001
(389)
3,598
White Bear Lake
12,222
3,241
14,604
10,072
2,381
6,830
Total for AMSD
213,460
135,521
209,493
323,739
(3,966)
188,218
Percent by
Source
61.170/a
38.83%
39.299%
60.71%
Definitions:
State Sources: All money
received in the
general fund from state sources including
foundation aid, special
education,
property tax credits, categorical aids, etc. as
reported in the district
audit report.
Property Taxes: All money
received in the general fund from property taxes as reported in the district audit report.
Observations:
During the eight-year period, beginning in 80-81, the relationship of state aid
to property taxes exactly reversed itself. In
80-81, 61% of the revenue was provided by state aid. In 87-88, 61% was provided by property taxes.
Because revenue from state sources declined
during the eight-year
period, 100%
of budget
incrases for AMSD schools
was funded by increases in
property taxes.
The Relationship Between Local Spending Decisions
and Property Taxes Paid is Difficult to Explain
City Spending & Property Tax Comparisons
For Selected Cities In Minnesota
CITY
POP
POLICE
FIRE
PARKS
STREETS
Bemidji
11,088
$88.17
$30.31
$30.02
$55.34
Brainerd
11,272
78.61
32.92
17.74
51.83
Cloquet
10,444
70.59
60.18
29.74
72.26
Virginia
9,835
101.69
107.19
85.52
60.50
Fergus
45,400
416
600.73
51,500
525
Falls
12,370
63.12
10.51
52.94
31.64
Hopkins
15,211
84.52
15.10
23.36
45.47
North
200
713.48
54,900
592
480.57
St. Paul
12,210
51.94
4.76
27.20
15.68
New Ulm
13,389
60.56
9.95
52.72
42.03
Marshall
11,595
67.38
14.56
51.35
52.89
Mounds View
12,928
45.21
8.37
27.21
8.85
Austin
22,374
87.20
65.97
36.87
60.37
New Hope
22,770
67.49
13.16
32.79
19.70
Hibbing
19,002
60.10
61.01
31.53
44.23
Mankato
29,484
79.00
56.16
39.89
50.62
Maplewood
28,775
79.27
27.19
28.17
24.13
Moorhead
30,285
56.09
38.34
32.72
25.45
Shoreview
22,560
20.82
11.18
26.20
19.21
Willmar
17,029
58.75
17.54
28.93
34.62
New
Brighton
23,310
42.12
5.77
27.27
8.61
Spending is on a
per capita basis
Source: Office of the State Auditor for year ending December 31, 1986
T. 12.
1989
1989
TOTAL
AVERAGE
AVERAGE
EXPEND
VALUE
TAX
$776.30
$34,600
$ 379
673.47
38,600
342
670.51
33,600
349
939.98
30,800
272
693.14
38,300
370
418.82
82,500
957
374.93
73,700
819
616.75
45,400
416
600.73
51,500
525
232.42
80,400
953
480.93
40,900
422
437.90
82,300
1,011
653.83
30,200
200
713.48
54,900
592
480.57
80,600
1,062
507.20
49,700
510
432.76
97,700
1,346
554.70
50,800
488
470.99
96.100
1,296
T,- i
Projected 1990 Property Taxes
Without a Tax Bill*
Western Metro Suburbs**
• Data generated by the House of Represcntatives Property Tax Madel
Western Metro suburbs include all suburbs in Hennepin County south of 1-694
NET TAX BURDEN
EFFECTIVE
TAX RATE
PROPERTY
1989
1990
CHANGE
189
190
CLASS
AMOUNT
PCT.
AMOUNT PCT.
AMOUNT
PCT.
PCT.
PCT.
(1000x)
(Ido- 0a)
(1000x)
-
RES HS <68,000
85118.
13.7
95655. 129
10537.
124
1.04
1.11
RES HS 68-1108
69319.
11.2
87537. 11.8
18218.
26.3
255
294
RES HS >110,000
66599.
10.7
84705. 11.4
18106.
27.2
3.16
3.69
RES NON -HS
39695.
6.4
47523. 6.4
7828,
19.7
3.38
3.90
CJI <125,000
13011.
21
14467. 1.9
1456.
11.2
3.53
3.91
C/I >125,000
261347.
421
314321. 423
52974.
20.3
4.97
5.60
LTf1LITY, RR & PER
11777.
1.9
13204. 1.8
1427.
121
5.01
5.56
APARTMENTS
49739.
8.0
58107. 7.8
8368.
16.8
3.92
4.54
LOW-INCOME APTS.
4348.
.7
5140. .7
792
18.2
267
3.13
VACANT LAND
18082
29
20661. 28
2579.
14.3
5.13
5_86
621455.
100.0
743877. 100.0
122422,
19.7
282
3.19
Taal Tax Rate
1989 .9540 1990 1.1082
Homestead Parcel Report: Non -AG Homesteads
Taxes Before Property Tax Refund
Howe #]
Howe #E2
Howe *3
(113 Below Avg Value)
(Average Value)
(113 Above Avg Value)
Pet
Per
Pct
1989
1990
Change
1989 1990
C ^�
1989
1990 Change
Market Value
68400.
71100.
3.9
102200. 106200.
3.9
135900.
141200.
3.9
Gross Tax
1417.
839.
-40.8
2240. 1867.
-16.7
3301.
3147.
-4.7
Homestead Credit
-725.
0
-725. 0
-725.
0
Taconite Credit
0
0
0 0
0
0
Net Tax
692
839.
21.3
1515. 1867.
23.2
2576.
3147.
222
Effective Rata
1.01
1.18
1.48 1.76
1.90
2.23
$147
$352
$571
• Data generated by the House of Represcntatives Property Tax Madel
Western Metro suburbs include all suburbs in Hennepin County south of 1-694
I. I a
Impact of the General Education Revenue Formula on
Selected Metropolitan Area School Districts
District School Levy Revenue
Number District Aid Levy Increase Increase
271
Bloomington
-7,830,200
+8,751,400
29.2%
2.4%
191
Burnsville
-130,754
+834,814
5.6%
2.5%
273
Edina
-2,091,000
+3,193,875
21.3%
6.4%
199
Inver Grove
-78,220
+465,409
11.5%
3.7%
276
Minnetonka
-1,465,312
+1,945,328
17.7%
2.8%
621
Mounds View
-876,588
+1,766,067
8.3%
2.5%
622
N. St. Paul/
-1,547,040
+3,047,200
22.3%
5.9%
Maplewood
281
Robbinsdale
-2,382,144
+3,463,512
13.3%
2.4%
623
Roseville
-1,321,147
+1,805,337
11.2%
2.4%
277
Westonka
-521,730
+717,030
13.5%
2.5%
624
White Bear Lake
+940,236
+1,161,468
11.9%
9.0%
272
Eden Prairie
-1,296,108
+2,513,664
23.1%
7.2%
Figures represent the change in state aid and property taxes from
1987-88 to 1988-89 with the
implementation of the GER formula. Data provided by the Offices of Senate Research
and the
Department of Education.
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
JULY 11, 1989
The Regular Meeting of the Plymouth Planning Commission was
called to order at 7:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Richard Plufka, Commissioners Larry
Marofsky, Hal Pierce, Dennis Zylla and John
Wire.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioners Joy Tierney and Michael
Stulberg.
STAFF PRESENT: Community Development Coordinator Charles
Dillerud, City Engineer Dan Faulkner and
Planning Secretary Jackie Watson.
MOTION by Commissioner Marofsky to correct page 145 of the May
31, 1989 minutes paragraph 8 to read "Roll Call Vote.
Commissioners Wire and Chairman Plufka Ayes. Commissioners
Pierce, Zylla, Tierney, Marofsky and Stulberg Nays. MOTION
failed."
MOTION by Commissioner Marofsky to correct page 150 of the May
31, 1989 minutes paragraph 3 to read "Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes.
Commissioner Stulberg abstained. MOTION carried."
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla to correct page 152 of the May 31,
1989 minutes paragraph 5 to read "MOTION by Commissioner Zylla,
seconded by Commissioner Stulberg, to recommend classification
of Area 28 from LA -2 to LA -1," and paragraph 6 to read "Roll
Call Vote. 6 Ayes. Commissioner Stulberg Nay. MOTION
carried."
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla to
1989 minutes paragraph 9
Commissioners Pierce and Wire
Tierney, Marofsky, Stulberg and
failed."
correct page 140 of the May 31,
to read "Roll Call Vote.
Ayes. Commissioners Zylla,
Chairman Plufka Nayes. MOTION
MOTION by Commissioner Wire to correct page 141 of the May 31,
1989 minutes to read "Roll Call Vote. Commissioners Wire,
Pierce, Zylla, Tierney and Marofsky Ayes.; Commissioners
Stulberg and Chairman Plufka Nays. MOTION carried."
MOTION by Commissioner Wire, seconded by Commissioner Pierce to MOTION TO APPROVE
approve the minutes as amended from the May 31, 1989, June 7,
1989, and June 14 Planning Commission meeting.
Vote. 5 Ayes, with Commissioners Marofsky and Zylla abstaining VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
from the vote for the June 7, 1989 minutes.
Planning Commission Minutes
July 11, 1989
Page 187
I-1ya
Chairman Plufka introduced the request of Oak Ridge Homes for a OAK RIDGE HOMES (89049)
conditional use permit to add to the club house located at the
Hampton Hills Golf Course.
Coordinator Dillerud gave an overview of the July 5, 1989 Staff
Report.
Chairman Plufka introduced the petitioner Kenneth Hampton of
5340 Juneau Lane.
Mr. Hampton stated that he was in agreement with the Staff
Report.
Chairman Plufka open the Public Hearing.
Chairman Plufka introduced Mr. W.T. Leeper of 5525 Juneau Lane.
Mr. Leeper asked that the 6 conditions be read for this
petition.
Chairman Plufka read the 6 conditions listed in the July 5,
1989 Staff Report.
Chairman Plufka closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Wire, seconded by Commissioner Marofsky MOTION TO APPROVE
to recommend approval of the request subject to the 6
conditions listed in the July 5, 1989 Staff Report.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. MOTION carried.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Chairman Plufka introduced the request of Steven Hoyt Company STEVEN HOYT COMPANY
for a Mixed Planned Unit Development Final Site Plan for (89051)
Northwest Business Campus to construct a multi -tenant
office/warehouse building of 125,781 square feet located at the
northeast corner of Northwest Blvd. and Campus Drive.
Coordinator Dillerud gave an overview of the July 3, 1989 Staff
Report.
Chairman Plufka introduced the petitioner Steven Hoyt, 33 South
5th Street, Minneapolis.
Mr. Hoyt stated that he was in agreement with the Staff Report.
Chairman Plufka opened the Public Hearing.
Chairman Plufka introduced Mr. Clayton Ziebarth of 2715
Sycamore Lane North.
Mr. Ziebarth stated his concerns as 1) the storm water from the
parking lot; 2) details on the temporary removal of the
existing trail and rebuilding of the trail; 3) traffic at
Highway 61 and Campus Drive is heavy, and he would like to see
a traffic light installed.
Planning Commission Minutes
July 11, 1989
Page 188
Coordinator Dillerud addressed Mr. Ziebarth's concerns. He
stated that there are catch basins throughout the site to
funnel the water to storm sewers in Campus Drive and/or
Northwest Blvd.
Coordinator Dillerud and City Engineer Faulkner both stated
that there is no immediate plan for signal lights at the
intersection of Highway 61 and Campus Drive.
Chairman Plufka introduced Ms. Peggi Plan.
Ms. Plan asked if the building would be a one or two-story
building and if expansion at Northwest Business Campus would
extend to the creek.
Mr. Hoyt stated that the proposed building would be one story
and expansion would not extend to the creek.
Chairman Plufka closed the Public Hearing.
Mr. Hoyt stated that the public trail would be out of service
for about 3 weeks during which time a temporary crushed rock
trail would be installed.
Chairman Plufka asked whether the external lights were to be
directed downward. Mr. Hoyt responded affirmatively.
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner Wire to MOTION TO APPROVE
recommend approval of the request subject to the conditions
listed in the July 3, 1989 Staff Report.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. MOTION carried.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
MOTION by Commissioner Marofsky, seconded by Commissioner Wire MOTION TO AMEND
to add a condition to the resolution stating that a temporary
trail will be constructed to serve the public during alteration
to the existing trail.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. MOTION carried.
Chairman Plufka introduced the request of Vision of Glory VISION OF GLORY CHURCH
Church for an Amended Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan (89052)
located at 13200 Highway 55.
Chairman Plufka waived the reading of the July 3, 1989 Staff
Report.
Chairman Plufka introduced Dennis Batty, the architect for the
project, representing the petitioner.
Mr. Batty stated that he was upset that it took staff so long
to determine that they would require the addition to be built
of the same brick as the present building.
Planning Commission Minutes
July 11, 1989
Page 189
Mr. Batty stated that current building style is to mix the type
of materials used on the exterior of buildings.
Commissioner Marofsky asked Mr. Batty how the block he is
proposing for the exterior of the addition will fit with the
aesthetics of the neighborhood.
Mr. Batty stated that the block would fit with other buildings
in the area which are made of block.
Commissioner Wire asked Mr. Batty to describe the type of block
he wanted to use for the addition.
Mr. Batty said that the block would be split and have a rough
surface and be decorative.
Chairman Plufka opened the Public Hearing.
Chairman Plufka introduced Mr. Mery Bjerke of 15925 4th Avenue.
Mr. Bjerke stated that he questioned the statement of "fitting
into the neighborhood from the City Architecture Policy." He
questioned whether all buildings should look the same.
Chairman Plufka explained that the level of aesthetics in an
area should be pleasing and compatible.
Mr. Batty stated that the review process had taken longer than
he expected and that the staff recommendation for a brick
exterior equal to the existing building was not timely.
Chairman Plufka closed the Public Hearing.
Coordinator Dillerud stated that the petitioners are not told
what the staff recommendation will be until the Staff Report is
completed, since no recommendation has been formulated until
that time.
Mr. Batty stated that the new addition will be block stained to
match the exterior color of the brick.
Commissioner Wire stated that this type of block was an
acceptable building material.
Commissioner Zylla stated that he felt brick was preferable but
that brick causes extra expense. He said he supported the
staff recommendation for use of matching brick.
Commissioner Wire asked the petitioner to indicate the
difference in cost in using brick as opposed to using the
block.
Mr. Batty said the difference in cost will be thirty to forty
thousand dollars.
I-14 011.
Planning Commission Minutes
July 11, 1989
Page 190
MOTION.by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner Marofsky MOTION TO APPROVE
to recommend approval of the petition as recommended in the
Staff Report of July 3, 1989.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. MOTION carried.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Chairman Plufka introduced the request of Auto -Sound Entronix AUTO -SOUND ENTRONIX
for a conditional use permit to undertake retail sales in the (89053)
I-1 zone.
There was no one present to represent the petitioner.
Chairman Plufka read a letter received from Welsh Companies
asking that the petition be table until a future time.
Chairman Plufka waived the reading of the July 5, 1989 Staff
Report.
Chairman Plufka opened the Public Hearing.
There was no one present to speak on the issue.
MOTION by Chairman Plufka to continue the Public Hearing until
the July 26, 1989 Planning Commission meeting.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. MOTION carried.
Chairman Plufka introduced Richard Carlquist, Director of
Public Safety.
Mr. Carlquist introduced the other members of his staff; Lyle
Robinson, Fire Chief; Kevin Leuer, Fire Inspector; and Stan
Scofield, Fire Inspector.
The Fire Department staff gave a presentation to the Planning
Commission on Fire Department rules, procedures and the reasons
for Fire Department requirements. They also showed a videotape
on how quickly a fire can spread.
A five minute recess was called at 9:25 p.m.
The meeting reconvened at 9:30 p.m.
Commissioner Zylla addressed the Planning Commission, stating
that he felt some of the Fire Department requirements exceeded
the State Uniform Fire Code.
Mr. Carlquist stated that he would meet with Commissioner Zylla
and discuss the issues.
Chairman Plufka stated that there are statements attached to
the Staff Reports from the Engineering Department, Fire
Department, etc. which he does not feel the Planning Commission
has the technical knowledge needed to recommend them to the
City Council.
MOTION TO CONTINUE THE
PUBLIC HEARING
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Planning Commission Minutes
July 11, 1989
Page 191
The Planning Commissioners discussed this issue.
Chairman Plufka directed Coordinator Dillerud to ask staff to
design language for staff reports stating that technical items
are not endorsed, nor rejected as the petition is sent forward
to the City Council.
The meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m.
I_ 1 04.
29-118-22-43-0062 29-118-22-44-0044 29-118-22-34-0005
Betlock, David & Darlene Molenaar, Mark Hill, Gloria
1420 Archer In. 16205 Co. Rd. 6 16810 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-.118-22-43-0067 29-118-22-44-0045 29-118-22-34-0006
Chelsea Woods Assoc Ackerman, H & M Connelly, Richard & Carol
1505 Yana In 16125 6th Ave N 16820 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-118-22-44-0001 29-118-22-44-0046 29-118-22-34-0007
Gieseke, Kimberly Kreatz, Zina Lea, Bye
1500 Weston Ln 16115 Co. Rd. 6 16917 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-118-22-44-0022 29-118-22-44-0047 29-118-22-34-0010
Anderson, George D Moran, Ronald & Nicola Kreatz, Vernon & Jeanette
1710 Fountain In 16035 Co. Rd. 6 16735 Co. Rd. 6
Pl.mvuth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447
291-118-22-44-0023 29-118-22-44-0048 29-118-22-34-0011
Sc'huldt, M & K Mengelkoch, David A. Dahl, Mary & Kristin
15925 Co. Rd. 6 Route 2, Box 108 16725 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Rockford, Mn 55373 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-118-22-44-0024 29-118-22-33-0002 29-118-22-34-0012
Syverson, Bradley & Gail St. Phillips Lutheran Church Ziehwein, Robert
15915 Co. Rd. 6 17205D Co. Rd. 6 16715 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-118-22-44-0025 29-118-22-33-0003 29-118-22-34-0013
Tomann, Terrance W. Theis & Talle Enterprises, Inc Casey, Patrick & Carol
4022 Tomahawk Trail 7101 York Ave. S. 16705 Co. Rd. 6
Hamel, Mn 55340 Edina, Mn 55435 Plymouth, Mn 55447
29-118-22-44-0041 29-118-22-32-0003 29-118-22-34-0039
Scherer, William & Alice Ind. School Dist 284 Harlan, C. Pisrud
1.505 Weston In 2100 Hwy. 101 3529 St. Paul Ave.
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Wayzata, Mn 55391 Mpls, Mn 55416
29-118-22-44-0042 29-118-22-34-0003 29-118-22-34-0040
McNamara, E & E Sweeney, Maurice & Carol Matson, Earl W.
16225 16704 Co. Rd. 6 610 Lanewood Ln
Co. Rd. 6, Plymouth Mn Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55441
29-118-22-44-0043 29-118-22-34-0004 28-118-22-41-0007
Brown, Michael & Karen Maier, Thomas & Karen Schmidt, Earl & Donna
16215 Co. Rd. 6 16730 Co. Rd. 6 14506 Co. Rd. 6
Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55447 Plymouth, Mn 55441
=-1`5
CO • P Cl- (In
9Z9 z_ZT- RI,
5-16
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 21, 1989
TO: James G. Willis, City Manager through Community Development
Director Blair Tremere
FROM: Building Official Joe Ryan
SUBJECT: LARRY BEGIN - 4300 FERNBROOK LANE NORTH
On July 14, 1989 I received a call from Police Officer Dave Thompson
concerning a truck he had observed on Fernbrook Lane, north of County Road 9
hauling broken up pieces of concrete material to an unknown site. Officer
Thompson thought that the truck may have been depositing the material onto Mr.
Begin's property although he had not personally witnessed such activity.
Officer Scott Streachek and I inspected Mr. Begin's property and discovered
numerous piles of concrete material stockpiled around the site. Much of the
stockpiled material consisted of broken up segments of concrete material with
exposed reinforcing rods, excess building materials, as well as other
miscellaneous debris. A stop work order was placed on the property stating
that there was a violation of the City Code due to the failure to obtain the
required permits to deposit the fill material on the site.
On Wednesday, July 19, 1989, Police Sergeant Larry Rogers and I revisited Mr.
Begin's property and took photographs of the deposited material. Upon further
investigation, we discovered an extensive amount of grading activity which had
already occurred along the east end of the property. Mr. Begin was also
storing a large number of vehicles on the property as well.
Due to the number of violations encountered, I will coordinate my
investigation findings with the City Attorney's office to achieve the desired
compliance, including the possible removal of the material which has been
deposited.
I will continue to keep you informed as to the status of this matter.
cc: File
z -1b
July 28, 1989
N CITYC)�
Mr. Larry Begin PLYMOLffR
4300 Fernbrook Lane North
Plymouth, MN 55446
RE: ILLEGAL FILLING/GRADING ACTIVITY LOCATED AT 4300 FERNBROOK LANE NORTH
Dear Mr. Begin:
On July 14, 1989 an inspection of this site by me revealed numerous stockpiled
materials consisting of broken up concrete with exposed steel reinforcing
rods, excess building materials, junk vehicles, other miscellaneous items, and
debris deposited on the property referenced above. In addition, some grading
activity has also occurred on the site utilizing the materials as placement
for fill.
The material deposited on your property, in addition to the grading and
filling which has occurred without a permit, constitutes a violation of the
provisions of the Plymouth City Code/Ordinance and the Minnesota State
Building Code. A Stop Work Order was placed on the property which addressed
the violation in question prohibiting any further activity from occurring.
On July 19, 1989, Police Sergeant Larry Rogers and I inspected your property
and took photographs of the violation encountered. You were present at the
time of this inspection, and were advised not to proceed with any further
grading and/or filling of the property.
Due to the volume of rock and similar other irreducible and organic materials
our office is unable to authorize and/or permit such material to be buried or
placed for purposes of filling. The stockpiled and buried material which had
been deposited on your property should be removed and the site should be
regraded to its original state within 15 days from the date of this letter.
Your failure to comply with this request will leave me with no further
alternative than to refer this matter to our City Attorney's office for
immediate legal action.
If you have any questions in regard to this letter, please call me at 559-
2800, Extension 222.
Sincerely,
`- Ryan -
Joe Ryan
Building Official
attachments
cc: James Thomson
File
(bu/jr/lbegin)
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
I-17
1989 CITY ELECTION CALENDAR
Aug. 1 Send Notice of Filing Dates to POST for the August 9 edition; Post notice
Send letter to polling places reminding them of election on Nov. 7
Aug. 29 First date to file Affidavit of Candidacy
Sept. i Make packets for candidates
Aug. 29 Contact election judge chairs and Tom Vetsch
Sept. 12 Last date to file Affidavit of Candidacy
Order Statement of Receipts and Expenditures from Secretary of State, 180 State Off]
Bldg., St. Paul, 55155
Sept. 14 Order ballots (Must be available by Oct. 6 for Absentee Voting) (#?)
Sept. 15 Send letters to judges regarding training
Oct. 2 Resolution appointing judges adopted by City Council - prepare by Sept. 27
Last day for Council designation of polling place changes, if any
Oct. 6 Must have absentee ballots available for voting; send some to county
Send letter to County Auditor notifying of election and offices to be voted on
Oct. 11 Send Notice of Election to POST for Oct. 18 and Oct. 25 editions; Post notice
Oct. 17 5:00 p.m. - last day to preregister for Nov. 7 election
Oct. 18 - Nov. 6 Mail notice of ineffective registration to each new registration received
Oct. 18 Election Judge Review training session - 1 hour
Oct. 18 Send Sample Ballot to POST for Oct. 25 edition; post sample ballot
Oct. 27 Statement of Expenditures must be filed by candidates
Oct. 28 - Nov. 6 Deliver absentee ballots to health care facilities upon request
Nov. 2/3 Pick up supplies, printouts, keys; Final instructions to Tom Vetsch
Nov. 3/4 Put together election precinct supplies including ballots in transfer cases
Nov. 4 Must be open Saturday 1-3 p.m. for absentee voting
Nov. 6 Must be open until 7 p.m. for absentee voting; Judges pick up supplies
Nov. 7 ELECTION DAY - No public meetings between 6-8 p.m.
Nov. 8/9 Canvass election; certified resolution and printouts to County
Nov. 14 Statement of Expenditures must be filed by all candidates
Nov. 16 Issue Certificate of Election to winners (must have filed Expenditure Reports)
Dec. 7 Final State of Expenditures must be filed by all candidates
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
CONFERENCE/SEMINAR REPORT
DATE OF SEMINAR/CONFERENCE: July 13-15, 1989
LOCATION: Dallas, Texas
EMPLOYEE ATTENDING: Helen LaFave
TOTAL COST: $758
PURPOSE/THEME OF SEMINAR/CONFERENCE:
National Federation of Local Cable Programmers Annual Conference. The
conference was structured around several "tracks": issues and ethics;
production; management and planning; cable industry and access center; and
marketing. Roundtable sessions and update presentations were also
incorporated into the conference.
DESCRIBE BENEFIT TO EMPLOYEE/CITY:
An update presentation on equipment was of particular interest to me given
the fact that Plymouth is replacing video equipment in 1990. It offered
participants an opportunity to quiz engineers and compare notes with each
other on the ever changing video formats being introduced to the market.
The super VHS (SVHS) format is being used by more and more industry
professionals and access producers. While 3/4" video equipment will likely
remain commonplace for the next seven years, SVHS will continue to take a
bite out of its market due to its compactness and quality. SVHS already has
strong support services from major vendors like Panasonic. The pros and
cons of various brands and models of computer-generated graphics, timebase
correctors and switchers were also discussed.
A session on market research/ audience measurement and development covered
the basics for conducting a sound viewership survey. It provided background
information that will be helpful to me as I serve on the Northwest Community
TV Board (NWCT has begun annual viewership surveys). The information is
also applicable to the residential survey the City conducts every two years.
Also, helpful to me as I continue to serve on the NWCT Board was a session
on balancing public, educational and government access. Two roundtable
discussions with municipal access directors were a chance to discuss the
challenges facing those of us in local government and share program ideas.
In addition to the formal sessions, the opportunity to view cable programs
by the Hometown Video Award winners was an opportunity to see the nation's
best cable TV access programs.
NOTE: A copy of seminar/conference educational materials should be retained
in appropriate department for not less than 10 working days followinq
the employee's return.
NEST SUBUR13AN MEDIATION CENTER _
` 32 Tenth Avenue South, Suite 211, Hopkins, +SIN 55343 (612) 933-0005
T0: Mary Schlender
Dave Johnson, Herb's Service Center
DATE: July 21,1989
RE: Mediation Hearing - Case 607
We are pleased that the West Suburban Mediation Center has been able to schedule a.
mediation hearing to assist you with the resolution of some differences you have been
experiencing.
Inability to attend requires ycm advise the West Suburban Mediation Center at least 24
hours before the hearing unless there is an emergency.
Your mediation hearing has been scheduled for:
Thursday, July 27, 1989 at 2:00 P.M.
Hearing will be held at: Plymouth Civic Center
3400 Plymouth Blvd., Plymouth, VN. 55447
(Large Conference Room, see Receptionist)
At the hearing. two neutral mediators from our Center will meet jointly with you and
the other party or parties. The mediators will assist in defining the concerns,
exploring possible solutions, and developing a mutually acceptable agreement of terms
that can resolve the situation.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely.
l
Ginny Meze; a
Case Developer
enclosure
cc: John Fabian
Frank Boyles,
Asst, City Mgr., Plymouth
{� r; ,
;,, AUL 241`9 ,a
TwinN*st*
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Woodside Office Park 10550 Wayzata Boulevard
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 (612) 540-0234
Plymouth Community Center Proposal
Meeting Notice
Date: Thursday, August 10, 1989
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Place: Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
i -;Lo
The City of Plymouth is considering building a $12 million dollar
community center. The project will include the following:
- Community Room
- Multi-purpose rooms
- Senior Center
- Gymnasium
- Racquetball
- Aerobics/Dance Room
- Weight Room
- Swimming Pool
- Ice Skating
- Track
The project is proposed to be built with funds in the Public
Improvement Revolving Fund. Operating costs are to be recovered
from user fees.
This is a special meeting for Plymouth business people and it is
your opportunity to ask questions and comment on the proposal.
Please call 540-0234 to confirm your attendance. Thank you.
ACCREDITED
*
SERVING CRYSTAL, GOLDEN VALLEY, HOPKINS, MEDICINE LAKE, MINNETONKA, NEW HOPE, PLYMOUTH AND ST. LOUIS PARK
DRIVE FOR LIFE
P R O C L A M A T I O N
1 -;;Ll
WHEREAS, approximately 65 people are killed each day on our nation's highways
In alcohol-related crashes, and
WHEREAS, during a typical year, drunk drivers kill more than 23,000 and injure
nearly 540,000 Americans, and
WHEREAS, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Volkswagen United States,
Inc., have designated Saturday, September 2 of the 1989 Labor Day Weekend as
the third annual DRIVE FOR LIFE day, and
WHEREAS, this special 24-hour observance is designed to raise public awareness
of the serious national problem posed by drunk driving, and
WHEREAS, according to the National Safety Council, drunk driving fatalities
increase 10 percent during Labor Day Weekend, and
WHEREAS, MADD and Volkswagen have asked all Americans to pledge to drive sober
on this day and to continue their pledges in the future in order to actively
fight drunk driving.
WHEREAS, the real success of the DRIVE FOR LIFE campaign depends on the
efforts and pledges of millions of individual Americans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Virgil Schneider, Mayor of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota,
do hereby proclaim Saturday, September 2, 1989, MADD/Volkswagen DRIVE FOR LIFE
day and urge all citizens of our community to drive sober as they join this
national campaign to prevent drunk driving fatalities.
9-/_1tZ /_-,..--
Vir it Schneider, Mayor
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
July 20, 1989
Ms. Karen Fox
President
Chelsea Mews HOA
1860 Zanzibar Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
I-ao &,
SUBJECT: TRAIL CORRIDOR SOUTH OF ZANZIBAR LANE ADJACENT TO CHELSEA MEWS
Dear Ms. Fox:
This is a follow-up to my letter of June 21, 1989. I have recently talked
with Eric Blank, Director of Parks and Recreation, concerning the trail safety
issues raised in your letter of June 5, 1989.
Mr. Blank has indicated to me that the trail extending southerly from Zanzibar
Lane to the north boundary of Chelsea Mews is a City of Plymouth trail that
was constructed as a means for the residents of the Chelsea Development to
travel to and from the major trail corridor that extends between Dunkirk Lane
and Vicksburg Lane through the Steeple Chase Development to the north. That
trail segment was constructed as access for the Chelsea Development.
Mr. Blank has concurred that until such time as improvement can be made within
the Chelsea Mews Development to "officially" extend a formal trail through the
Chelsea Mews common area, it is advisable to temporarily barricade the south
end of the trail that is constructed south from the end of Zanzibar Lane. Mr.
Blank has agreed to direct the City of Plymouth Park and Recreation
Maintenance Crew to install such a barricade.
The most desirable long-term solution to problems you have raised would be to
construct some form of formal trail link within Chelsea Mews. It would
provide residents of Chelsea Mews with a safe access to the trail system as
contemplated when the trail was constructed off the end of Zanzibar Lane.
Eric Blank has indicated his willingness to meet with you to discuss methods
that may be available to accomplish that improvement. I would sincerely
encourage your early contact of Eric to establish a meeting date. I would be
happy to participate in such a meeting, should you and Eric believe my
presence would be helpful.
Should you have any further questions concerning this matter, please do not
hesitate to contact me personally.
Sin ere
c
Char es Di lerud
Community Development Coordinator
cc: Blair Tremere, Director of Planning and Community Development
James G. Willis, City Manager
(pl/cd/fox.2:dl)
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
I -a Zb
52nd Ave. No.
Plymouth, MN 55442
July 20, 1989
Mr. Frani: Boyles
Assistant City Manager'''` '
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447 0�,
Subject: Plymouth East Group Home
11550 - 52nd Ave. No.
Plymouth, MN 55442
�4
Dear Mr. Boyles:
Since I received a copy of your May 22 letter to Mary Tjosvold the
situation at the Plymouth East Group Home has continued to worsen.
I am enclosing a copy of both a letter I have written to Ms. Judy
Nass, State Department of Human Services Licensing Complaint Team,
and a letter and brochure we received from Outreach Group Homes
last week.
I still have many of the same concerns regarding the overall
maintenance of the facility I spoke with you about in May. I felt
these should be submitted to you as the State has no jurisdiction
over these.
As indicated in the letter from Ms. Tjosvold, they have increased
their staff significantly and do not have enough parking in
the driveway, necessitating on -street parking. Yesterday at 2:00 p.m.
there were 9 cars and this is not an uncommon occurance.
The four families who are direct neighbors feel that this excessive
on -street parking has become a nuisance and a real threat to our
children's safety. It also shows a lack of consideration for us
and our property.
The yard is now being mowed by a lawn service. However, the weeds
are still running rampant, bushes are not properly trimmed or cared
for, and the yard maintains a general unsightly appearance.
I-aab
Mr. Frank Boyles
Page 2
July 20, 1989
After much consideration, I felt it inappropriate to contact
Mary Tjosvold directly. Because they are licensed by the State of
Minnesota, and because I am concerned about the care given to the
residents, I felt it was in the best interests of everyone to
contact the State and let the appropriate agencies handle the
situation. I do not have any authority over the Group Home, nor
are they accountable to me in any way. Also, no matter what
happens, I still have to live next door.
If there is anything the City of Plymouth can do regarding the
maintenance of the facility, it would be greatly appreciated. Also,
if a city representative could attend the Thursday, July 27
meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Group Home it would most assuredly be
helpful.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter and thank you, too,
for keeping my name confidential.
Sincerely,
vt"'c: Mayor Virgil Schneider
-- 5cnd Ave. No.
Plymouth, MN 55442
July 20, 1989
Ms. Judy Nass
Licensing Complaint Team
Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-3842
Subject: Plymouth East Group Home
11550 - 52nd Ave. No.
Plymouth, MN 55442
Dear Ms. Nass:
I was pleased to speak with you on the phone yesterday and
appreciated your willingness to listen to my concerns regarding
the Plymouth East Group Home next door to me.
I am enclosing a copy of a letter we received last week from
Mary Tjosvold of Outreach Group Homes and a brochure that
was included with the letter. Would it be possible for a
representative_of your agency to attend the meeting on Thursday,
July 27 at 7:OO p.m. at the Group Home? You will, perhaps,
get a broader overview of neighborhood concerns which will aid
you in your investigation.
As I said on the phone, some specific incidents that have caused
my concern are related to two of the Group Home residents:
Resident One
1. Wanders
ended up in
one occasion
(my children
(I do not know either of their names)
unsupervised in the neighborhood. He has
our shrubbery several times. On more than
we have witnessed him pulling up his zipper
also saw this).
2. On two occasions he has been eating our bushes and
we heard the staff person say to him "You can't eat the
bushes, it's not snack time."
3. The staff has great difficulty getting him to cooperate
and has taken up to 20 minutes to lure him from the bushes.
He struck out at one staff member when she tried to get
him to come with her.
4. He walked into our home, uninvited. I shooed him out
the door and called the staff who did not even know he
was gone.
=-aab
Ms. Judy Nass
Page 2
July 20, 1989
Resident Two:
1. He has almost daily fits of screaming which can be heard
throughout the neighborhood whether he is inside or outside
the home.
2. The screams are literally blood curdling and he beats
himself while screaming. This is particularly frightening
to the neighborhood children.
3. On two occasions he has been dragged by the staff from
the driveway into the house while screaming. The first time
was Thursday, June 22 at 10:00 p.m. when it took two staff
to force him into the house. The second time was on Wednesday
July 12 at approximately 8:00 p.m. when a staff person yelled
"Shut up, shut up" as she dragged him indoors.
It appears by the number of cars usually parked in the driveway
and on the street that there is at least a 1:1 staff/resident
ratio, and yet these things are allowed to happen. These are
incidents that I have directly witnessed, and I can't help
wondering how many more have occured, of which I am unaware.
One question we have is, how was the Group Home able to change
from a Class A to a Class B facility without anyone in the
neighborhood knowing about it? When the home was originally
built and licensed the neighbors were given assurance that it
would be maintained as a Class A facility.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
cc: Ms. Linda Moen (Licenser)
Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-3842
Ms. Mary Kiley (Group Home Coordinator)
Hennepin County Government Center
300 So. 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55487-0130
Ms. Kathy Ewers
Hennepin County Government Center
Adult Protection
300 So. 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Ms. Judy Nass
Page 3
July 20, 1989
cc: /Mayor Virgil Schneider
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Mr. Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
.�2
R
44
4-4
W
o)
v
44
zi
0
NO•
v
R'141%
I -;t Zb
a O 0 0 :0, d C
L •> a) O a Mo � N� O)cC a� Q a) N = i
L C d d N O a> p 3 a a. C C g U C C w N O O
N c m
r-
0 -00 �°'an-a Oa acicc>4�go�3� >.(IT cin
m E
° a>o• o>•daV-fQAC c 63y Q-E0a O > ad > c cU
aQ
oNgno�Ca`.n_L� COo ° " O
N
m 22
10
0 a
a 3 C L 3 CO Vo O ° 0 O N OU N E= 0
O N
CO
V ? O p O Z W 3 d� C a 0 C O Ei O >` O 0 02
td
�Qcaa>oLcvEccn-ac�u)�r-
>� o Z.
n�
co Q'a�c?`� cu cOEc r-13 �Y gi >.�a >.3
E c >.N� cc WE = d rn L aci a°° c`� a� 3 i.t >.° N c'n c c c M c N
E °' co c 3 o N c= i c C y� °' °= >.c�:0=s == a`°i �� N °' c'�> N
v 0c� ��f°3$ cca�3a`3i�E�to�2Nc .c•acEa�o'o.>ca�� =oma
O >` c4 C p C O y L N a) f0 L N E E U N O- d C d d j L — C O u. y
E 3 a Q L CO > O L p� d>> L a O c C d N a) L > 0 Q>
N ca ca c 3�' c =t C y c aUi ° E �o ° O a`s-�L �v is o o=
CJ U ' .. U G. L
d Y 'U i d vi ap a O d o CO m N a) U T L C t C :3 Cc, C t�0 C C >. > - t
L o _ O C O cn - y O L o nXi C m a) cd N p p a 0), d N°
N ° � O c c'� ei io °' eat QO >>� o o c � °" E Q�-a >,� c E c cQ° n
N 3 = t� � CO > u) C Mn _ L O d d m�= d a� 5 E d o
3 ° �,a3 o E N E N— 'a 0.
o. cn c� E c'�z 3 N Q -'r 3 acia o o �, a►
O L >, = a� 0 0 �- O cC 3 N p V C) C O c`C O y C N d O C O a a N a@ v) = C`
vpi Q 0 O a� O o a_a) O ro� F— O w o d N = C °' 0> ~ t cOi
S? E 0 ca co m n_ NF- a -� N aa�L a F- °a c 0z N °.3._�aa— >,
d-
0
,may
v
�I
.�2
R
44
4-4
W
o)
v
44
zi
0
NO•
v
R'141%
I -;t Zb
a O 0 0 :0, d C
L •> a) O a Mo � N� O)cC a� Q a) N = i
L C d d N O a> p 3 a a. C C g U C C w N O O
N c m
r-
0 -00 �°'an-a Oa acicc>4�go�3� >.(IT cin
m E
° a>o• o>•daV-fQAC c 63y Q-E0a O > ad > c cU
aQ
oNgno�Ca`.n_L� COo ° " O
N
m 22
10
0 a
a 3 C L 3 CO Vo O ° 0 O N OU N E= 0
O N
CO
V ? O p O Z W 3 d� C a 0 C O Ei O >` O 0 02
td
�Qcaa>oLcvEccn-ac�u)�r-
>� o Z.
n�
co Q'a�c?`� cu cOEc r-13 �Y gi >.�a >.3
E c >.N� cc WE = d rn L aci a°° c`� a� 3 i.t >.° N c'n c c c M c N
E °' co c 3 o N c= i c C y� °' °= >.c�:0=s == a`°i �� N °' c'�> N
v 0c� ��f°3$ cca�3a`3i�E�to�2Nc .c•acEa�o'o.>ca�� =oma
O >` c4 C p C O y L N a) f0 L N E E U N O- d C d d j L — C O u. y
E 3 a Q L CO > O L p� d>> L a O c C d N a) L > 0 Q>
N ca ca c 3�' c =t C y c aUi ° E �o ° O a`s-�L �v is o o=
CJ U ' .. U G. L
d Y 'U i d vi ap a O d o CO m N a) U T L C t C :3 Cc, C t�0 C C >. > - t
L o _ O C O cn - y O L o nXi C m a) cd N p p a 0), d N°
N ° � O c c'� ei io °' eat QO >>� o o c � °" E Q�-a >,� c E c cQ° n
N 3 = t� � CO > u) C Mn _ L O d d m�= d a� 5 E d o
3 ° �,a3 o E N E N— 'a 0.
o. cn c� E c'�z 3 N Q -'r 3 acia o o �, a►
O L >, = a� 0 0 �- O cC 3 N p V C) C O c`C O y C N d O C O a a N a@ v) = C`
vpi Q 0 O a� O o a_a) O ro� F— O w o d N = C °' 0> ~ t cOi
S? E 0 ca co m n_ NF- a -� N aa�L a F- °a c 0z N °.3._�aa— >,
' 0
N C N •-
0
C— 0 lCa G + N 0
�
0� cNa N L o °� d a) Q E"0 o
�`a►L'�'� �O�c Eoa
C C_ I N L > r• 0 ca VN cab
3EE��c NNM °-LL0
N >
00 D C > Np LCO
CL
LC-OMON R a)U
d ° a- L t N N ?: C_ O N > N
o cm -mQ-D 4) (n
cn in CO a'c E DL c c cn 0-E�r Z
�a=�,oaa) �003000M0
0c )_°-aoc CL CL- a�N
c ca
N C a) C m
> X U N C v 1
� O Q N fa
d t d iU-r3
O C N C C Q)
caCM cn'aCOoo_M
o° 03>, ra ?^ a
0
0 a) E c mis E
cEL ��0E-c-
N C O O E N C
O d—C.L O 0 N C E
R> U E
:4 O C N L H y 0
OC`
C
d 3 N .0 L a) cNa 0
c� E m�am o MLC N
C E r O D >, a 0
�cad0�0acLE0c
. EaNcaH0Q.M
- 6E cu 0
C U_ c C c L C D O 7
0°-�>0 ° ca 3� ��aE0o
0 O .. L Y c0 O. O C 'C
O c0 cn N O O p 00 ca 0 '-
Co C _ O' cn O p m L '3 C c=a O
Ca �0 N cca EL a`) 0L - > y C 0 � E
> a 0. p p V L 3 C L9) D N= 'O 0 Q- 'O L O
D O L ■- -' ) C >' D C a) 0 C O 0 L
y oLO � cm aQ c>0 0 >CD M' E 0F" E � > Q.a
0 CL `a L)= 00 n 3 cc p E E °'o)� o�E5
a•0 0 M ov E a� E 0 0 0 w c 0 c �c N
0
a) C 0 0� y U 0 L N O>
0 C 0 C 'p T .a fl �. T O Q 0
0 � C
W C -0 >� '� c0 E m m; L T O
3o.Eca- wac°'nE ca. MC0O -.0.Cc)Uca..UNca
0 ?`
n`).a3� � •�N 0
a0 c c cOm,Ec
N 0 0 p E U c0 in cn
ca)r] !� Eam�
V°00,,a0=��c=m
CE
cco y > ca
0�m°MEE�
Eo f Nca N 0 O
00 �� U L ca
N CM a
0_ 'a O E 0`& O a O p C
L L _
N01 0 is > > T O
c rnEp)3NcMoo.C.
M0-760oLmcam ) °0
-62 C) _ 3
0> 0 L D O N ` L c) a) C cru
C O O U N 0 N L 0 N L
C m cc ccz I d 0 3 0 m 3 0
.1- ab
CL a, V o c`-, ?!Oa C's
U U R C
d 0 fa ` L C '> (a N 0
O 0
cE-aa o Etm 3 CL '0 :1c c E R
D N N N L fC
U 0 ca caCO 0
0 t O d d O N '~ V C a) F-
E O N 'C c vi N C 8vi
_ p U a)
r` C
CLQ N a) ca L U
c O C3 d_ C. c Z
U �0 N ra C L) t4 •� a) y O CL L H
;?CDa)co:5 EECECL 0
Cca=EyC0E0 EOu)r
N O L
U3:===.G V= 0 U N r O
CD T
L C cz
r
O W C F- 0 E O C p y 0 U
•a= m a)c0 aEcai8cL —a'
y C a v) O cn N y 0 cC 0 O- N( Z
0 U c0 0
C a�j tCa OC C 0 0 0 C` Z7 D ca N
me°°N >,>0 °�c
N• E i a>i C m N 0 C Y o y -a n)
E a� ? o NTN = n oco o a E E ?�
0
0 N c ca -a CL CU
�, cn c v�
�pcNca0 c ED0 cn 0m
O ca to _ c c`a O- 0 0- m o N°° N c
Q'N ayi �.a 0 CM L c 0 0 E0 0 �o
v) 0 2 c N 3 c N 0 ca m E Z. L v ca
t Z O C d-2 a) C Z 0( a) y C 0
p 0 a) O ca. O y 0 0> d
U v >. E 'O - to N L d W in 0
0
0 '0 M O 7
M O L 0 c0 cc N_ 0 E
CCY) Cc
= ca ca 3 c a NL ° N ocOL.>_ E
Cc U) 2'3Lcn N 0 0_° O L U E o°> cu o
cc
� a ._ E m t N c '> co E a) o° ° N O N
dOEc��=a'O"DDL �0.0M -66
0 0 y av) aa))Q ° c~ o° c c>
0
O a>) c>a� E mcc U) c E'0 (1) �°)_ ccs
3 �.CCa,°caxi3oCLca-oic a.'a'aus °0aE
4) Q0 r
d r w C. `p C L> N N E 8-6 =O G '70 -- 0 C)
O R _ a) fl c4 cn -5
a 0 2 CLca N N .? N fa
mW��L N E rn°� ° c`a aid ° E c 0.E Q.
co dr mO)cccCLN'a ca`LcNac
>v�30 =mac �cm �.�
t3caEU. 000 0 °��o000ca
F- O N c 0 t C) c
O p N O= C
N L 0m >� 0, 0
O c0 c0 c>a� 0 is
>o)sccccNEE
>, O O O O N O O
EcTam3_o3.
0
OELooEDL
y O.VciL5 p� � C
0 o
ZC.
v) o
upi L a. 'O m 0 M N
E C ca 0 L 0�5
0c' aa)EMcr
0 0 O C
uj=��CwEmca
0
L
N
O >. O C D C O
O L E m 0 y 0
(z c a ?, o ca o v0i N vi ° g rn
0cE.20
on O C• C 0 ca E O- O N U V O O
L E E c`a V m p =O M 0 0 M� C
c L
= Q N
aO0Ccc CoM0(0
O E y L o N O N 0 E U .. 3 a)
N t C- E 0 ._ O N
0 L d
M c 3 W c aOO cn m cr)ca ,E O c -°aa c o
N C
co o -� -caE
�amr�a�oaUiC�c`svNicO`aa) C)a)0
a Z'o 0o T- �=• a v
>U a> C 7 0 G c4 c`a -j E p cCC Z N
N O c C C D L G) I C CD L N E:
L N (n .. U O
a)
= T
Vf C
'fl
O
O O N O
N
C-� 0
O E
N N
0
U
a)
C O ..� ._
L
�. C
C
O C-
a a
� N o_ -p O 0
p0
O y
_
°V) L
Q U
'>
cfL
>>C x O U a)
N 0
N ca
oL�
0 DLC..
a) c �_
= 0 0C.
C
N ... R 0 3 0
to cc
U 4
E>
c O N M 0 O N
N L E L 'a
o f �a N
E
cmM M z `° `4
s v
Ln U cr)Ocr c
-
E p = 0 V t-
U) a)
c'ar -tic
L C
7 0
`
oENo
Q7
o:3
C. - N
O a) W
03Cc�°oE
C. L `
EL.)
ami30-Mo
C- = N
0�T'c>�o.:
cn 0 O
0�'CL
0 3 L c
O
N
aj ?= fa T
c6 0 m O C 0
c� c o>
0 2 0 0
N O°
�cMC
a)
F--°��UEOt•
t0
0
mrn>0-0
0 ?`
n`).a3� � •�N 0
a0 c c cOm,Ec
N 0 0 p E U c0 in cn
ca)r] !� Eam�
V°00,,a0=��c=m
CE
cco y > ca
0�m°MEE�
Eo f Nca N 0 O
00 �� U L ca
N CM a
0_ 'a O E 0`& O a O p C
L L _
N01 0 is > > T O
c rnEp)3NcMoo.C.
M0-760oLmcam ) °0
-62 C) _ 3
0> 0 L D O N ` L c) a) C cru
C O O U N 0 N L 0 N L
C m cc ccz I d 0 3 0 m 3 0
.1- ab
CL a, V o c`-, ?!Oa C's
U U R C
d 0 fa ` L C '> (a N 0
O 0
cE-aa o Etm 3 CL '0 :1c c E R
D N N N L fC
U 0 ca caCO 0
0 t O d d O N '~ V C a) F-
E O N 'C c vi N C 8vi
_ p U a)
r` C
CLQ N a) ca L U
c O C3 d_ C. c Z
U �0 N ra C L) t4 •� a) y O CL L H
;?CDa)co:5 EECECL 0
Cca=EyC0E0 EOu)r
N O L
U3:===.G V= 0 U N r O
CD T
L C cz
r
O W C F- 0 E O C p y 0 U
•a= m a)c0 aEcai8cL —a'
y C a v) O cn N y 0 cC 0 O- N( Z
0 U c0 0
C a�j tCa OC C 0 0 0 C` Z7 D ca N
me°°N >,>0 °�c
N• E i a>i C m N 0 C Y o y -a n)
E a� ? o NTN = n oco o a E E ?�
0
0 N c ca -a CL CU
�, cn c v�
�pcNca0 c ED0 cn 0m
O ca to _ c c`a O- 0 0- m o N°° N c
Q'N ayi �.a 0 CM L c 0 0 E0 0 �o
v) 0 2 c N 3 c N 0 ca m E Z. L v ca
t Z O C d-2 a) C Z 0( a) y C 0
p 0 a) O ca. O y 0 0> d
U v >. E 'O - to N L d W in 0
0
0 '0 M O 7
M O L 0 c0 cc N_ 0 E
CCY) Cc
= ca ca 3 c a NL ° N ocOL.>_ E
Cc U) 2'3Lcn N 0 0_° O L U E o°> cu o
cc
� a ._ E m t N c '> co E a) o° ° N O N
dOEc��=a'O"DDL �0.0M -66
0 0 y av) aa))Q ° c~ o° c c>
0
O a>) c>a� E mcc U) c E'0 (1) �°)_ ccs
3 �.CCa,°caxi3oCLca-oic a.'a'aus °0aE
4) Q0 r
d r w C. `p C L> N N E 8-6 =O G '70 -- 0 C)
O R _ a) fl c4 cn -5
a 0 2 CLca N N .? N fa
mW��L N E rn°� ° c`a aid ° E c 0.E Q.
co dr mO)cccCLN'a ca`LcNac
>v�30 =mac �cm �.�
t3caEU. 000 0 °��o000ca
F- O N c 0 t C) c
O p N O= C
N L 0m >� 0, 0
O c0 c0 c>a� 0 is
>o)sccccNEE
>, O O O O N O O
EcTam3_o3.
0
OELooEDL
y O.VciL5 p� � C
0 o
ZC.
v) o
upi L a. 'O m 0 M N
E C ca 0 L 0�5
0c' aa)EMcr
0 0 O C
uj=��CwEmca
0
L
N
O >. O C D C O
O L E m 0 y 0
(z c a ?, o ca o v0i N vi ° g rn
0cE.20
on O C• C 0 ca E O- O N U V O O
L E E c`a V m p =O M 0 0 M� C
c L
= Q N
aO0Ccc CoM0(0
O E y L o N O N 0 E U .. 3 a)
N t C- E 0 ._ O N
0 L d
M c 3 W c aOO cn m cr)ca ,E O c -°aa c o
N C
co o -� -caE
�amr�a�oaUiC�c`svNicO`aa) C)a)0
a Z'o 0o T- �=• a v
>U a> C 7 0 G c4 c`a -j E p cCC Z N
N O c C C D L G) I C CD L N E:
L N (n .. U O
T-22
.r do cu rn rd Sig Ar rr. Srmi inrlrpr'nrlrn( I n 111,9 Se•mit r•.
,5;i
1 1 NIh l.uv h li'. • Ghon Rapid., Al V • r61 _'! -5x.250;
July 10, 1989
Greetings Neighbor,
For more than a decade, we have been providing community based
residential and semi-independent living services to individuals in various
communities. Outreach Plymouth East, as we call the home located at
11550 52nd Avenue North, is part of an organization which has seven
community based homes and a semi-independent program. You may be
familiar with some of our other residential programs which serve
individuals challenged by mental retardation: Camilia Rose Group Home,
DeMar Children's Home, Brown House, and Woody Lane. We also provide
residential services to people who are elderly and those requiring
convalescent care in our Camilia Rose Convalescent Center. Margaret
Place is an apartment complex which offers many services to seniors. In
fact, we serve more than 300 individuals in various services and settings.
Plymouth East has been operating as a group home since September,
1983. We assumed ownership of the home in January of 1988. In March,
we began an extensive remodeling project which changed Plymouth East
from a home which is designated as a Class A to a home designated as a
Class B. We now serve people who are not capable of self preservation. At
that same time, we increased our staffing significantly.
We would like to introduce ourselves and offer an opportunity to share
information and address any questions and concerns you may have about
Plymouth East and our organization.
It is our hope that you will join us for a meeting at 11550 52nd Avenue
North on Thursday, July 27, at 7:00 p.m. We look forward to meeting
You.
Sincerely,
Mary TjosvCld,tP
Administrator
I
C ITY OF
May 22, 1989 PLYMOUTR
Ms. Mary T f osvold
CEO Mary T. Inc.
1555 118th Lane North
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
SUBJECT: GROUP HOME AT 11550 52nd AVENUE NORTH
Dear Ms. Tfosvold:
At your request I am attaching a printout of addresses both in the Schmidt
Lake Woods Addition and for Block 1 of the Zachary Hills Addition. Also
attached is a map of this area. You can correlate the addresses to the lot
and block numbers to determine the mailing list you wish to assemble.
As I understand from our discussion you intend to conduct both a
neighborhood meeting to solicit input from neighbors about concerns they may
have with respect to the operation of the group home and an open house so
that neighbors will have a better appreciation for the operation of the
group .home.
Our Planning Department advises me that you are in the process of obtaining
a state license for this operation. I would appreciate your providing us
with a copy once you have received the license.
I am pleased that you confirmed your desire to work with area residents. I
have received at least one complaint indicating that the lawn has not been
mowed, on one occasion one of the group home residents used a neighbor's
bushes as a latrine, and in .another instance actually walked into the
same home. From the City's perspective, we are naturally concerned that the
complaints we have received started about the time you took over operation
of the facility. I expect that the complaints reflect the problems
associated with any change of ownership and operation.
I agree with you that it is important that the neighborhood residents know
who to contact in the event of a problem and that they are assured that the
facility operator is concerned about the operation of the facility. Your
commitment to operating a first class group home is underscored by the
Investment you -are making in remodeling this facility.
:jer, r. —Ar. I I -w Pr)', !I FVnPr) P!.YKAOU—p f!IN'\:r1z07'A. 5F�447. TF! FPWr N -F IF 121 rrc 2f?(,,(
Ms. Mary Tjosvold
May 22, 1989
Page 2
By copy of this letter I am providing your name to the area resident who is
concerned about the group home. I am suggesting that she call you at
754-2505 to further discuss her concerns and perhaps to provide you with
some ideas about the issues for the upcoming neighborhood meeting.
Thank you for your cooperation and best of luck in your group home
operation.
Ass Gstant City Manager
FB:ljk
cc: Public Safety Department
Community Development Department
I• aat
July 25, 1989
Mary Kay Fritts
4545 Arrowood Lane North
Plymouth, MN 55442
E
f
CITY C�
PUMOUTR
SUBJECT: PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA AS A RESULT OF ZACHARY PARK
Dear Mrs. Fritts:
Eric Blank, the Director of Parks and Recreation, and I have discussed your
letter. You will only receive my written response. But, be assured that Mr.
Blank is sensitive to your concerns.
On occasion, the Director of Public Works, Fred Moore, receives requests from
residents requesting parking signs that prohibit parking on the street by non-
residents. In talking with him regarding his response, he stated that a Resi-
dents Only sign is not legal. What is needed, according to Mr. Moore, is a sign
that does not discriminate.
For instance, the sign could prohibit parking during certain days of the week or
times of the day. That type of signing would obviously impact negatively on you
and your neighbors when you have company and you need to use overflow parking on
the street.
If you wish to pursue a restricted parking on your streets, please call Mr. Moore
at 559-2800, ext. 250. He will inform you of the necessary neighborhood petition
that will have to be signed and presented to the city council.
With respect to other remedies that you suggest, ie., the Park Department
communicating with persons who play soccer at Zachary Field or some type of
warning notice placed on car windshields. I talked with Mr. Blank concerning
these suggestions. He has agreed to provide you and other neighbors with a
parking notice card that could be placed on the windshields of cars. This notice
would advise drivers that they should be parked in the appropriate parking lot
area provided for Zachary Park.
Thank you for taking the time to write and express your concerns. We want to
make Plymouth a quality place to live. We can only do that if persons like
yourself critique what is going on.
Sincerely,
Richard J Cariqui t
Public Safety Director
cc: James G. Willis, City Manager
Eric Blank, Director of Parks & Recreation
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
-aa�
- 45L+ S CUJ,AavJ000Q.
_
y o9-- - --- --- ----
1�Cb
I3 y pc,
jPte, h m -n 55yy. ..... - -
V V G , i 11 -e- CCtc:)(1 c YO -f I I <fJ C-
.
- q:ZA c.t,and-e cin C$ P� G
h v-) hor— - b a c - K, c d cvncl -
- - ad,�oU-r-\� OL So c c� �� ayn . 30LCA; )Ou,� Lj-- x)16-------------
�`-' opt an..P-, 15 po.-f) k. -Q ot - - - - - --
_ lin am d D-Ao x r c f -f�h-Q Gc� Q aL2 _- c� �---- -- - --
j wry aY,t - Cb �-tn� h arn� -U� -- d.�� (�.c -�_ - -----
; n r� -f ) tum
;a
te tC a cs �,; -.._.
o�n K 4yarYvy� - . VAA c v -r3 -
-
lG S21Y1 j'YICSLQ, `� V-QJl-
..--
-. PCU) luD PCS � Arn(o
k)c v� - -t-urs
occas cn .-. Lnc co—� _ LtDD--- - S uu qkyj: a- --- �►- --
�.r �r�;�Y �,v,r,•�o� v. -v cct-Qon fiCL>CLo-am al -
-- o--
- p.ur> ch ax, �
UO -QA -D- .ted _ _ ---_ --- -- --- -
tvve, �+-hate' ._Q n �-t.►� cS 0 -Qc fn6c *3oLcjan�-�
- -- -_ � Pow �� ux� d1 �no-f, Gh am � �I--f�...�• �-in.Q.��-. - - -
OL
OJP-1
- - , v +D nu -b poi) — +K -Q- Pte' PO/ ICAMOJ
�kot - Luau
- - - pall K . v �► �IUJ _ �Z C3LQd��- • -
i _ - -_-
cm C-a-LAoLQ - - ---- - - -
--
-tnobD� C, Cn OL 6TY)o-Q-D-
cu -- bac . - - --- - - -
- ted. c.L.Q
GA- art `vn cru c�h
----
--- - D�-p a �}�r�-�-Q Gin Q,
cIV6 P - dam - cm awe 7 - hog _V� CEJ Q• ---- - — -
b p
ii
3
��
_tic cA (., - a.t.PsL i -c>.-
- - wa«.Q.& 04amu- c-Ic-.te
C o�.cQ D ! Cam 4 -- - - - - - -
�po-r, Y u % - -
par,
LOA (-)bs+UY-\ ' on _Coin - -- - -- - - - -_
Z
- -- - �Lt:
Vyn (.c) ha t Cam h -Q c_;l Q,-
--
- a lcr -+KQ- -- SOL (3e-t,� c Csw� - -- --
vn
l -m K 3 _ -- -- - -
=-aad
July 22, 1989
Mr. Richard J. Carlquist
Public Safety Director
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
SUBJECT: WALKING PATH NEAR ALPINE TREE APARTMENTS
Dear Mr. Carlquist:
I am writing to thank you for forwarding our letter regarding the above
to Mr. Fred Moore, Public Works Director.
We would like to thank you and Mr. Moore for following through with our
suggestion and having permanent barriers put up on the walking path. We
were quite pleased with the prompt action taken. I'm sure this safety
measure will prevent a pedestrian from being hit by a vehicle using this
pathway illegally.
Once again, thank you for your prompt action and concern for public safety.
Sincerely,
C
John & Mary Lou Kunnari
3301 County Road 18, Apt. 151
Plymouth: MN 55441
mlgk
cc: Fred Moore - Public Works Director
James G. Willis - City Manager
r
y
I-220.
e.,
TO Halt .ClimateChange;
;-.1 Y4
T1
rees
l.campalgri,aimed at planting 100•million new Congress seek to p mote reforestation loth do
* trees iA American cities and towns by 1992. Al- mestically..and abroad, and the Federal Envi-
Foresters press efforts. to though tha(is just'a tiny fraction of all the trees .-ronmefital Protection Agency has undertaken
In the . country; proponents of the eff6rt see it as an extensive study of how best. to. go about the
gT W1
fum fast- o *ng trees to job.
an important.t;�ji�Wng- 1.
Foresters are pressing experiments in farm- The task is not as simple and straightforward
• abs o*rb cubon dioxide, a that suck s It may seem.'Most possible courses of action
Ing dense stands of fast-growing tree
up carbon dioxide at the maximum rate. Envi re fraught with questions, difficulties and uh
ronmentalist4are advancing an "offset" sttat-` -%:certalntles. The expandit* research efforts are
By WILLIAM IL STEVENS r s egy, In which industrial companies would pledge -'trying to'answer:some questiond, but many of
.. i..:, . . . - prove Intractable. In the
plant 'eno6gh'trees to absorb the amount of `4;the diffictiliie$ hiay
Scientists,' foresters; environmentalists ihd:,;. carbon. dioxide produced by new plants that third world, for Instance; economic and popula-
Government officials are seriously exploring -*!'&burn fossil fuel&.0ne such arrangement; widely: Nt, tion pressures force milliofis of people to cut for -
the feasibility of an ambitious long-term enter- -viewed as a model, has already been undertaken, .z,ests for fuel and fodder. Large-scale develop -
prise: planting enough trees around the world to `'by a Con.n6dicui-company. ment also eats up much forest land, both in the
ease the threat of global warming. Over the last 18 months or so, economists and third world and Industrialized countries. Taxing
The goal Is unlikely to be realized dramatiecologists have stepped up their studies of which ,.ti policies In some countries provide perverse in -
approaches might work and which will not, what
1 #-
tally or quickly, if ever, but rather in Inbre,'-is practical and what is fanciful. Bills now before.
, - ., I Continued on Page 21
.
ments, tree by tree, plot by plot, field by field.
Nevertheless, fundamentalfacts o nature have
'
convinced number of experts that widespread
planting of trees, along with conservation of ex-
isting forests, is one of the surest, easiest and
least expensive ways to begin to halt or even re- * 7
verse the �uildup of carbon dioxide in the air.,.: ,
Carbon dioxide is the gas chiefly responsible
for the greenhouse effect, in which heat from the -,-
sun is trapped within the Earth's atmosphere in
-stead of radiating back into space. Dead trees
release carbon dioxide into the air. "ere it joins
with even more carbon dioxide produced by the
burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil. The com-
t bination, many scientists believe, is making the
. . . . . . . . . .
igreenh6use effect more intense, future global
twarmihg inevitable and major climatic disrup-,!;
,,�oni more likely.
But growing trees absorb carbon dioxide, stor
,..Ing the carbon part of the gas and releasing the
rest as oxygen. Foresters and environmentalists
,.
;therefore see large-scale tree planting not only
,as one way to head off global warming but also,
if carried out on a crash basis, as a possible
�iemergency solution if warming should seem #".Not
about to get out of hand.
A Battle In the Face of Destruction'
At the moment, the foresters face an uphill:
.battle to overcome the widespread destruction:
of tropical forests taking place in Brazil, Indo-
nesia and other developing countries. Experts�.
are nevertheless working hard to find effective' N
wow
ways to stimulate the growth of new. forests in .
every part of the world.
I I 1111111111t
;The activity is taking place on a variety of
fronts.
In one of the"first concrete actions, the Amer-
ican Forestry Association, a citizens' conserva-
tion organization, has undertaken a national
An Appetite for Carbon
Atmospheric
Respirated• The metabolism of
caL�qn dioxide
- _cwygen trees depends on the
intake of the chief
greenhouse gas,
carbon dioxide, by
3. chloroplasts in the
;hloroplast
leaves. They convert
the carbon In the gas
into sugars and
starches used to make
the trunk, bark, leaves,.
roots, etc. The
remaining oxygen is
released into the
Carbon
atmosphere.
..... ... . ...
. &Mv
WN JR1
lew York Times/Michael Rothman/July A. if
rpothelamus, a Oonw
the regulation of v, 1 L `
F
' •lei' isti8?tl '�
akWs,
i
oo laced •. . _ '['f
rom the ,
otWFadII&
:h mini Cr '
e main"
rood to • -
[ Continued From Page lli v reforestation as a Possthe iblf so
t entives to clear forests greenhouse problem
{' ' . r,
P In Brazil, ,One of the,,countrks i ' /1ltttough most people erg
4h6i* de triuctfon of the tropical for, tot now oft reletiv 1y,.modest,
est is greatest tax rates on nings, there Is no lack of auggt
The E.P.A inran.tnvesupti
land are lower than those on forested , , quested Congress, 1s
land, said ,Kenneth Andraako, the x;, number of foresting measures
Chief forest analyst for the envlron ,,,F believes ant feasible sed• ihit
mental • agency'$ ;;ctimatechange1 combined,'t0tild Rini fi,'Iblgr
group.
dirtil "it costs
he �.toDealing . Pin the lanti ig up to 100 millidif I
With political tactors like this It is urban areas of the ;fJnittid
;�.V k*,, atttnowtedged, is Ong to r '-planted strategically'- around
diftit�utG""•;+• Ings, they not only would soak
Forests in, the Earth's terhperatt ..
bon dioxide but would also 1
regions take.tn as much carbon as.,.�detohelp reduce energy -
they release, the E.P.A sayL in the weather. The American Foils
tropics, because more forests there ;
soclaUon's drivetxtncentrates
I. aro destroyed than are replanted, .i : •., x1 tai
1'•, much more carbdn dioxide is re- _<.siition.
lon' ing AmetiiYpl titin
leased into the atmosphere than is ab
y centtves to plant more treks a
*
'sorbed. But both regions Could con- ,ble lands that hsvt_el rt Wit!
'*tribute to the solution by planting � � + b
u,� �, r _•s
more trees, since all trees draw car. ....,,.. -=s
' bon dioxide from a comrnom world
wide atmosphere pp0000( `J Compamea could.
The task° of retorestatlon ii also
L{alSitst`a Pkt e10
scae difficult
who have of
the t• �1.... " . �
problem calculate roughly that to ab- r Of{i3et:thC cm r1j;;
+ sorb the carbon dioxide released Into ,., sow
the atmosphere by human activity, it dioxidC thej►•�i
would be necessary to plant enough ,a Y ,
trees to cover an area halt the size of
the United States, or eade'e_ This area, [
according to another estimate, Is kept Qui of cultivation in
equal. to about one-third thsttof the vation Reserve Progrsm
Morn's combined croplands.•;Each 1IManaging'eitisting fores
ilt
year; thy,E.P.A. says an area the size effectively to make thele mon
of 1ldittnessee k cleared tri tore"!, Ili' The -E.P.A. says'the tdta{ 3
tf cA r t t`Amertoan torestil lid be In
'Add Testrbh intent :t �`� "t in this wiy,
got Reforesting 20 pe(oattt Ot
"• Dr. Roger $eiljo, a forestry' expert, United States' hlghwsa+ cot"(16tD
at Resourced fon"Future, an Inde .:. y Ututing tradidonal.*1agrt
+x * trot+ ndent research - organlratiom .in '
7 pe eitry" ,;tor the slash -a buts agt
w•. :t Washington, has Calculated that It tore common In the fables. in I
would require 11196 biilkzi to 3 372 bil- forestry which has operated for
olingV6 blood• clusbnsisnotunivetsai. p.,depending on land Odle. to es- dreds of years in some. Count
Ain, the theory •'i think the Uieory is o9tnp h' Its enough new forests t1� absorb crops and trees are planted tog,
essioms, like a wrong; ' said Dr. Henry; Sdsrtta,t ` the g biGion to 3 billion tons of Cdt'bott Tree hrand[es and leaves are Ct
m different sets chairman of the neurology depart ':.pour j�n 110: the atmosphere seth {trti
ch tend to allow ment at the University of Wisconsin. 'year ..IVtJ&iDeertttd those elude :Of yi.
svernous sinus "'There's nothing In the anatomy to moneys oh'• titjrnal defense every
hatujbF! to tt gupport It For instance, there are no Year, ' Dr. Sedjd cold while forests ja'�
Ag.speCltYi ? lensottt !n 'the Caverhotta -tion would be s ottr• tlmer�st . U
s M profoundly sinus that wouldrlll011I.A Q mak` ' T� size of the jolt spp�eaart•ss daunt
1 lite; Dr. Za- temppeerature so tiriely" x$ m8: acknowledges Danfet L,-Dpdek, a
o regulates the •'And although standstd.tt yesdOr Ca tomist at the Environmen-
u bruin end the texts show the carotid artery going'N:, tal Defend Fuod, a research and ad-
ndicated, for in-, straight through the cavernous sinus,. � �ac'y group. who has studied: the
ment in shiver- dissections find that it often �a 10 1. matter. The same is true of the ¢ t!
h in tear and in the side," he added. "t: ^k=` oil question of global *arming. t
ig• which is seen on the other hargi, said Dr. J "When we consider solutiona to
dement, as well u at the Center for Neural Sc problem, frequent people beck
istvehest.' : 1 3 g., �I'New8oWILIatritstty: i"Dr. away, • he said. "It's just too awe• [
a range e� stud- � Zajwnc'i eiddlltbe is Very compelling row' painful
large, and It will involve too..
'N many paul sacrifices."
wising the tem- so far, though the Bats aren't allBut in fact, he said, there are ways
causes unpleas- We don't yet know the essential neu1 o breal 0%I6M4"m into many
.cling it leads to roanatomical details, but hes work-'��aydyaitet, ne stepekho ran be
Ing in a gray area. His work one tiken to "start down the itMg t'Qad of,
r ZajonC s con- titins Is the most ereaUryea� is> " developing alternatives and tofu-•"
r, k': t done
Ott- Dudek advocates the, .
blaming of trees
offset new fossil-,
i t ?�' Ate1 plants as one of several steps In
-
%
VVA
voiving trees that ate "oto simple end
-oto easy that they would provide "a
1, the penetrator • hhs the outside' -^�---�trd of tUd test about how serials are
arc about.tuanaging the g eenttotese
it; it is stabilized American, experts were alarmed re ism
three years ago when Soviet tanks P
covered with newt The model effort is widely consid-
1�tIts e W be the one
'r "atee w form of steel bones $lied with high ex• A13eeA 11
Tympany, a sub
-
a talar a of high Plosive and bolted to the sides of s
g g tank. When a hollow -charge 'Missile Arlary of Energy Services of
ileal cavity in the hits the tank it sets of the explosive Arltngt Va., !s helping to pay for ,
#,-Marlayer of the plim ng of 52 million trees on
1d also (fertetr`ate {^ orK ofte4 resulting plantations and small farmers plots
i such a "hollow. ad pts VIiii rd Into- In Guatemala to offset,.Oe a Carbon . L
"xplodes •shortth! path of the hollow charge's mets!; dioxide emitted by a new. rating =
target, the blast jet. The jet is deflected and brokeh ., IiTOncasvole,conn,' ••
al layer lining its ' UP. mus PrOtEettngerlyingM
e thin, solid jet, main armor.
yard the target at This reactive-'ard►Ot'' p(6VW In Virtuli to seriously •
Is jet easily gene- work so well .against' hollowtharge,,.,amined the quest that e
steel armor, kill- weapons that almost Overnlglit, 4 planting trees would be a" total sdtr,
then an4 lung . antitank missiles carried by Amet?;r UQn to the greenhouse problem. 7t is
Ican soldiers becstne obsolete. Since generally seen as gtk strategy Whong
tank watiere lttls "there' -defense manutactt+rcr£ nevi!. 'sonic I ' 'i -
_..r w /..»t w r .n1llrnt nra:: .. __ _ r-�.uL,. n..r.lf'.•1A o
tse[PUYw +�"
e�wrn'rl"G.s��
1e10Nmei N �
1°M7T '
0a AaATII a�a1
,"rite tt
TAPE aACttU►
eb,e„br nw
P�wutOP
P.
ZZ
Pn
tVrA
. u, x:
=ug >w
w,r,[.n oat
*"11...2
s.o fO 330 w rl .. AN
tides
f:
loo/ ght"avert
, e►t+
Ptmtrophe >�t,
Sin �:�4,_r i{•... ';r+ . ` :":'.
tea sad abandoned atter slash -and -burn[
did- ;9Establishing "plantations" of
Meest-growing tries, especially in third
e -wridorld villages. The trees would !be 1
harvested on a rotating basis to -the I
Ashtrpe that villagers'would 01141111Mthta ' .chop down wild trees. ' rttw
Air
In the United States the, Depart
lutd� t]tternt of Energy's laboratory at 0 k
lodge is experimenting Mensive y
with what it calls "start rotation
plantations of fast -Browing trees that
[ �[ re ready for harvest to 10 years. or
I iess. The idea is to apply agricultural .
+�I principks to trees rotating anQffiar -
Vesting them like crops.
Fast-growing plantations are con-
tll idered' particularly attractive, -by
:etas some experts because young, grow-
ing trees absorb carbon dioxide at the
fastest fete. Mature. -trees absorb
?meich less, and some scientists be-
Ii.-.—
rZ. " lieve. that it would be best to leave
them alone, since'they more large . .
n `amounts of carbon
Young growth, on the other hand,
t could be harvested one rotating betsls
.and the wood substituted for offal and
+ ill in many applications. The theory
T is that the trees still growing would
absorb the Catton dioxide given off
,for-**- the -wood that is burned. Because
scut no fossil fuels are involved, the result
igrot would be no net Increase, in atmos -
h �r. pheric carbon dIoxk1O_q,-
they f - Another step being consldered Is
d tot utting as much "m the harvested
lash'lViriwtibd as.possibto {it�ato long-lived prod -
is such as houses where the carbon
t would be leq�testered for years 7be
=rfree.fot'estry%-issociatkm has commis
Al stoned stbdies to deisrmine the ltteC ' .
4{yivine�softhismeasure. 2 t
Last Will and Testament of
r
1
M .
11 M� [�[iw o: we roc °mP�+•1[°1M.
a .. ..1u.Pw+a11 ww Ito
° 100 river
•... iS
JJII
l MDt' •,YlEa�eY el1 ally �rtW.=ill,,,
WAS,km'•'ye'�iews t Ml1 �p�
WASaiw°
w ,0[P
etAnt al.a•/a.1/lrllw
,e,w.ry, as ••eIr°ae [y� ,yew
rot Cilli. r+evt
,5
j
zr-,1
aL r°
- `... ttr"m..= " acvem
� y,inp '�
[
am
rM alt!
'
i.
o;., ww.i"M pp�
TOPw1 taee,ao4ll• imtsN^ t V +
..y> cr t Iw
6'* [...o
'
,p,� 11N IU�
C,M
'ye ME—su r•• � ,st cul
< ul^Tw
Jb
=m'[�es w
=
rll .171111 tr.IbMi ._ l l et atr.FZ _ w
• . .
aP AY ti[III
r t•elell Py N
•
h•relw .., n :.
'b`iiww rowllw- 1l
y ei"'iw
ryII11ww w ,llinir,l TMjt le'i l,�i•MII
.p1/e1 AlwwtWNjAlnll uta u+l e.•i•
or >• w,m1e K�
,
lull Wt c- o
•�P[ a}1nw"yl�1 afT, 1[Ct
�i000 [r
rr/G1
Ilii ""
cull In rl""• ..IoM la. er181Ra
o�l.yl.:wllll {,/,,,wtrlrc lwN [er fano .... •
-
-.
r - *RAO=CARD OL
wY1~i ea,W llnb .. a1�/1V1 ow- so—
{
A� rriM[�� �16b
•T .'�.
r.r . nr1 /Ysirr /w
WON
Mrroaa -awo[r oi�w u+i ni„rtwA
W AA (II M �,,,•. cu r. tieleeael4�jl
-r 'a � nwv s. ww wn°
."F. .........
.. we"..., rw ao11s+"~ neo
.. i
.
NORTHWEST HENNEPIN ,.-
HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL
WEST HENNEPIN HUMAN
SERVICES PLANNING BOARD:-,.
-CciVED JUL 17 is.
SOUTH HENNEPIN I—aaf
-\ HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL
�V"COMMUNITY ACTION FOR
SUBURBAN HENNEPIN
!I !
JUL 24 1989
C�Ti`G'j�<<rr►t�Jlia
T0: Those concerned about Head Start in
Suburban and Rural Hennepin County
For many years, there has been concern in suburban
rural Hennepin County about the availability and
accessibility of Head Start for eligible children
area. There have been efforts in recents months to
the process of increasing both availability and
accessibility.
' v
and
from the
start
Head Start is a nationally recognized child and family
development program for low income preschool children and
their families. It is funded by the Federal government as
well as the State of Minnesota. In suburban Hennepin
County, there are two providers of Head Start. In rural
west and northwest, services are provided by Wright County
Community Action. In the remainder of suburban Hennepin
County they are provided by Parents in Community Action
(PICA).
During the past legislative session, efforts were made to
raise the issue of the need for more accessible services to
rural and suburban children. As a result of this
discussion, several actions have taken place since the
session:
• meetings have taken place among
the three human services councils,
CASH, and PICA to look at strategies
for improving accessibility;
• the human services councils have done a survey
of potential eligible families and
have gathered other relevant data;
• the human services councils have aided in outreach
efforts for both PICA and Wright County;
• Wright County initiated meetings to
gain the assistance of the human services
councils in identifying children and
increasing accessibility.
As part of the efforts of the human services councils and
CASH to improve accessibility and availability of Head
Start services in suburban and rural Hennepin County, we
are convening a task force:
• to look at efforts already made and
the current delivery system;
• to look at community needs;
• and to develop strategies to develop a
a system of services that will be accessible
to children in our communities.
We would like to invite you to join this task force. Our
initial meeting will be a strategy session on:
• Wednesday, August 2, 1989
• 9:00 a.m.
• Plymouth City Hall
in the Council Conference Room
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
(west of the intersection
of Highways 55 and 494)
At this meeting, which will be facilitated by Hennepin
County Commissioner Tad Jude, we will be reviewing what has
already been done and looking at future strategies.
We look forward to your participation.
Sincerely,
Patty Wilder
Director, NWHHSC
1�'T
Marcy Shapiro
Director, WHHSPB
>s--tCt{RK,
C
Larry Oppold
Director, SHHSC
Alison Fuhr
Chair, CASH
U)
L
L
MO
s
CLz
N
y N N >,ZE
t
r It
WE
-
61 •.-�
3
N O
L
t" - L
•- .. V
L
061
O
O
Cu.7
r v
N
��
CL
C'y
C ooh
cc
•y.ny
TEn>v
O
� J
'E •� 3
r- n
a..c0.
� ^
N y
6.
Y
nom u
�
`�'n v_•= �
d
.y
c9 ZCc
J-
� 61 ma y^
O v cC
-
L °vim
W w
�.
tn
�•=
=�
3
oA
CLz
N
V c 6i
C`1 E I
r It
-
61 •.-�
iY N
-'. .jp ..
s. c
6!
061
C a
O
N>
N
��
CL
C ooh
cc
`a
O
•000
v E C0�
J-
v cy
y,`.T
-
L °vim
W w
O
CU 40-11
N$tn
TZ
c`o 3
'.c9�y`y
�-^�'n
�yc
z--aai
LEO'S PLUMBING
350 ELY ST. N.E.
FRIDLEY, MN 55432
786-5692
DEAR MR. WILLIS,
MOST PEOPLE ONLY TAKE TIME TO COMPLAIN TO
CITY HALL, I'M WRITTING FOR A!)DIFFERENT REASON.
I'M WRITTING TO COMMENDYOUR PLUMBING INSPECTOR
DON KILLIAN. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN PLYMOUTH
REGULARLY SINCE 1982, AND I MUST SAY ITS BEEN
BOTH A PLEASURE AND AN EDUCATION TO WORK WITH
DON. IN MY OPINION HE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN
KEEPING PLUMBING STANDARD HIGH IN THE PLYMOUTH
AREA. PLUMBERS WORKING IN PLYMOUTH KNOW IT HAS TO
BE DONE RIGHT IF ITS GOING TO PASS.I'M HAPPY TO
SEE THIS BECAUSE IT HELPS KEEP °FLY BY NIGHT"
OPERATORS OUT.IN ADDITION DON HAS ALWAYS BEEN
WILLING TO HELP ME OUT IF I'M IN A JAM AND NEED
TO SQUEESE AN INSPECTION INTO HIS ALREADY FULL
SCHEDULE.WHEN A CODE INTERPRETATION QUESTION
COMES UP DON IS HELPFUL NOT ADVERSARIAL. WE DO
WORK ALL OVER THE METRO AREA, AND IN MY OPINION
DON IS ONE OF THE TOP NOTCH PLUMBING INSPECTORS
IN THE AREA.HE COMBINES THE CODE BOOK WITH HIS
PRACTICAL PLUMBING EXPERIENCE TO BE A TOUGH YET
FAIR INSPECTOR.
�r'�$-VN�CERELY,
JUL 241989
�IiE;Jt!1 OWNER LEO'S PLUMBING
. _fey,
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: July 27, 1989
TO: Jim Willis, City Manager
FROM: Bob Zitur, Councilmember
SUBJECT
Z- aah
When you are out viewing the City, please take a look at the improvement
to the yard on County Road 9 and Zachary Lane, cattycorner from the
water treatment plant. This is a double house and it is amazing how
neat this property is being kept, the grass cut, and without all of the
rusty signs that used to be there on the right-of-way.
Jim, I have noticed so many people working on their yards and improving
their property in the City this year. It is really too bad that we
can't have some system of awards as we have with the contest for
recycling!
cc: Mayor and City Council
BZ:lr
y.
July 27, 1989
CITYC�
PUMOUTR
Tiburon Homeowners Association
3399 Pilgrim Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
Attn: Greta A. Fossum-Johnsen, Secretary
Dear Greta:
I am writing in response to your July 17 letter with regard to the Plymouth
Community Playfield. Mr. Fred Moore, Director of Public Works, has already
corresponded with you regarding the parking issue on 34th Avenue. I will
attempt to address some of the other subjects raised in your letter.
Since construction of the community playfield in 1980, the City has attempted
to address many of the concerns expressed by the Tiburon Board of Directors
after that first year of operation. Specifically, the steps that have been
taken are:
I. Erection of a permanent chain link fence separating the park property
from Tiburon.
2. We purchased and installed shrubbery along the Tiburon property to
begin a protective screen. The agreement with the Tiburon Board was
that the City would purchase and install the shrubbery. Tiburon
would then become the owner and maintainer of such shrubbery. Lack
of water during last year's drought may have seriously damaged this
shrubbery.
3. We have removed, almost exclusively, all adult softball from being
played on this particular field and replaced it with youth baseball
for children ages nine to 11.
4. At the request of Tiburon, the City has also posted the north side of
34th Avenue as "no parking."
In your letter you requested that the City extend its fence further down the
hill. The fence currently stops at the road right-of-way line. It would be
illegal to extend the fence into the right-of-way. The street right-of-way is
necessary for snow storage and a safety zone. A fence would be detrimental to
this use.
With regard to the shrubbery issue, the City has gone to the expense of
planting this property once. I do not believe it would be fair for the City
to go to the expense of planting a second time. It was Tiburon's
responsibility to maintain the existing plants.
Because young children play on this field, most nights, games are over by 9:30
p.m. The current City policy allows games to be played up to 10:30. We will
continue to work with the New Hope -Plymouth Athletic Association to end games
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
as quickly as possible each night. The City has no effective way to control
the crowd excitement at these youth games.
If the City Council decides to post "no parking" on the south side of 34th
Avenue, this will change the situation you described of people walking on the
boulevard to get to their cars.
Thank you for writing. I would be happy to meet with your representatives to
discuss this matter further.
Sincerely,
Eric J. Blank, Director
Parks and Recreation
EJB/np
cc: City Manager
City Council
Fred Moore
Rick Busch
July 27, 1989
Mr. James Gaulrapp
Gaulrapp's Liquor
3435 County Road 18 North
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dear Mr. Gaulrapp:
z- aa0
Enclosed is a copy of Resolution No. 89-412 adopted by the Plymouth City
Council on July 24. This resolution was adopted following a public hearing to
consider revocation or suspension of your liquor license due to an incident
which occurred at your establishment on June 7, 1989 relating to the sale of
alcohol to a minor.
Please note the three conditions stated in the resolution:
I. That you have no further liquor law violations during the next 12
months; and
2. That you submit a check in the amount of $500 payable to the City of
Plymouth by August 24, 1989, and
3. That you immediately initiate a written, aggressive identification
carding program shared with your clerks including disciplinary action
for clerk failure to card customers. The written program is to be
submitted to me by August 24, 1989 and will be reviewed by the City
Council.
If these conditions are not met by the dates specified, you will be subject to
a $1,000 penalty.
Please call me at 559-2800 extension 204 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Laurie Rauenhorst
City Clerk
cc: Public Safety Director Carlquist
Sergeant Ward
City Council
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was held on the 24th day of July , 1989.
The following members were present: Schneider, Sisk, Zitur, Ricker, Vasiliou
The following members were absent: None
Councilmember Ricker introduced the following Resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION 89-412
IMPOSING PENALTY FOR LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION
AGAINST GAULRAPP'S LIQUOR INC.
WHEREAS, the Plymouth City Code provides that any liquor license issued by the City may
be denied, suspended or revoked by the Council for any violation pertaining to the
activity of the license held, and
WHEREAS, Plymouth City Code Section 1005.23 provides that no license may be suspended
or revoked until after a hearing is held; and
WHEREAS, a liquor law violation relating to the sale of liquor to a minor occurred at
Gaulrapp's Liquor Inc. on June 7, 1989, and
WHEREAS, this liquor law violation is the first offense at this location, and
WHEREAS, a hearing was held on July 24, 1989, to determine whether the license should
be suspended or revoked.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA,
that a $1,000 penalty is hereby imposed against Gaulrapp's Liquor Inc. The penalty is
stayed on the following conditions:
1. That the licensee have no liquor law violations during the next 12 months, and
2. That a check in the amount of $500 payable to the City of Plymouth be received
by the City Clerk within 30 days of the passage of this resolution, and
3. That Gaulrapp's Liquor Inc. immediately initiate a written, aggressive
identification carding program shared with their clerks including disciplinary
action for clerk failure to card customers. The written program is to be
submitted to the City Clerk within 30 days of passage of this resolution for
City Council review.
The motion for adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by
Councilmember Vasiliou , and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Schneider, Sisk, Zitur, Ricker, Vasiliou
The following voted against or abstained: None
Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
I-aak
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 28, 1989
TO: James G. Willis, City Manager
FROM: Fred G. Moore -4 tor of Public Works
SUBJECT: 1988 SEAL COATING PROGRAM
I have investigated the problem which is occurring on the streets we seal
coated in 1988. In areas, especially on cul-de-sacs where there is mainly
turning traffic, the oil has started to bleed up through the rock during this
extremely warm weather.
I was aware of this occurring on Niagara Lane between Hwy. 55 and County Road
6. Niagara Lane is the only street we used a different type of rock as part
of seal coating. The other streets are done with a pea gravel.
Dan Campbell, in the Engineering Division, and Tom Vetsch, the Street
Supervisor, have been aware of this and have consulted the contractor Allied
Blacktop, Inc. Todate all we have learned definitely is that it appears that
the contractor's oil supplier substituted a softer asphaltic oil material in
lieu of that which was specified. During this hot weather this is causing the
asphalt to bleed through the rock.
Since our investigation started approximately two weeks ago, we have learned
that other cities are having the same problem with their last year's seal
coating. Both Maple Grove and Robbinsdale, who had the same contractor, and
the oil came from the same refinery, has the same problem. Annandale, who had
a different contractor, and the oil came from a different refinery, is
experiencing the same problem.
The cities are working together to find the exact cause of the problem, to
determine a solution and determine who is responsible to do this correction.
Tentatively it appears that the problem was with the oil which was supplied.
In order to have a temporary fix in the areas where there is high bleed
through, our street department is spreading a thin layer of sand on the cul-
de-sacs. I will keep you informed on what action is taken on our 1988 seal
coating project.
FGM:sm