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Council Information Memorandum 02-16-2001
FEBRUARY 16, 2001 1. COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY27, 7: 00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 7: 00 PM TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 7: 00 PM Dummy REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers 2. FRIDAYAND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY LEA G VE OF MINNESOTA CITIES 16-17 CONFERENCE FOR NEWLYELECTED OFFICIALS, Doubletree Hotel Minneapolis - Park Place, 1500 Park Place Blvd., St. Louis Park 3. FRIDAYAND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16-17 4. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 S. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 7:00 PM 6. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY21, 7:00 PM 7. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY22, 6:30 PM LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Doubletree Hotel Minneapolis -Park Place, 1500 Park Place Blvd., St. Louis Park PRESIDENTS DAY, City offices closed. YOUTHADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers MEDICINE LAKE WATERSHED (EQQ SUB -COMMITTEE, Medicine Lake Room CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMO February 16, 2001 8. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7:30 AM Page 2 TWINWEST COFFEE BREAK, Plymouth Creek Center 9. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 7: 00 PM PL YMOUTHAD VISOR Y COMMITTEE ON TRANSIT (PACT), Bass Lake Room 10. A List of future Regular Council Meeting agenda items is attached. (M-10) 11. February, March and April Calendars are attached. (M-11) 1. NEWS ARTICLES, RELEASES, PUBLICATIONS, ETC. a) Notice of annual meeting for the Association of Medicine Lake Area Citizens on Wednesday, February 21, at 7:00 PM in the Medicine Lake City Hall. (I -la) b) Star Tribune story on the retirement of Hennepin County Elections Department Head Marge Christianson. (I -1b) c) Notice of a Prevention Forum on drug trends scheduled for February 27 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. (7-1c) d) Metropolitan Council notice of a March 21 public hearing on affordable housing at the Mears Park Centre in St. Paul. (7-1d) e) Notice of a meeting with Metropolitan Council Chair Ted Mondale on Wednesday, February 28 at the Mears Park Centre in St. Paul. (1-1e) Z. STAFFREPORTS a) City Service Counter and telephone contacts through first Quarter 2001. (I -2a) b) Fourth Quarter 2000 City Website contact summary. (1--2b) c) Notice of appointment of Human Rights Commission Chair and vice–Chair. (I --2c) 3. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS POLICY—CORRESPONDENCE a) Letter to Glen and Jane McConnach from Public Works Director Fred Moore regarding the City's snow removal policy. A copy of the McConnach's letter is attached. (I -3a) b) Letter to from Rodger Foltz regarding obscured signage at 26 h and Annapolis. The letter has been forwarded to Park Director Eric Blank for a response. (1-3b) c) Internet communique from Scott Grinde regarding traffic along Fernbrook Lane between Schmidt Lake Road and Rockford Road. The message has been forwarded to Public Works Director Fred Moore for a response. (1--3c) CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMO Page 3 February 16, 2001 A summary report on the 2001 correspondence is attached. (1-3) 4. CORRESPONDENCE a) Letter from State Representative Jeff Johnson outlining his goals in the Legislative session. Copies of this letter were mailed to City Councilmembers, staff, and members of all advisory boards and commissions. (I -4a) b) Letter to Paul Bridges from Public Works Director Fred Moore regarding a power line along the Bridges property line. The letter is in response to comments by Mr. Bridges at the January 23 City Council meeting. (1--4b) c) Letter from Mayor Tierney to Shorewood City Mayor Woody Love regarding Plymouth's policy on the use and sale of phosphorus in lawn fertilizers. Also included are items regarding Plymouth's policy and legislative goals, along with Mayor Love's original letter. (I -4c) M I () Tentative Schedule for City Council Non -Consent Agenda Items February 27 • Presentation to Jason Holmers and Tim Foley, winners of the Wicky Contest • Receive Preliminary Engineering Report and Set Public Improvement Hearing on Plymouth Blvd. improvements • Hearings on two liquor applications • Approve Emergency Management Plan • Public Information announcement by John Pritchard on unique fundraising methods for schools • Report - I-494 Corridor Commission March 20 • 2000 Unaudited Financial Report • Comprehensive Plan amendment - Holly Lane • Harvest Hills development, Town and Country Homes March 27 • Sunrise Park development • Presentation of after action report by CP Railroad on train derailment. April 10 • Present Environmental Champion Awards OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS February 2001 Sunday Monday Tuesday a nes ay Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Jan 2001 Mar 2001 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 e w" LMC LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE, SI—IIW '.,;.St PG,4� :° wa• =---= LpWbn �1 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM FIRE & ICE FESTIVAL, Parkers Lake 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 111 PM MEDICINE LAKE WATERSHED EOC11 SUBCOMMITTEE, IM L.. Raom Oro Mm" 0") 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ]WMMIPM HUMAN RIGHTS COSSIOR-MMrYr laky 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM PRAC, 7:00 PM YOUTH SPECIAL PLANNING Council ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMISSION, Chambers COUNCIL, MEETING: Council Medicine Lake VARIOUS Chambers Room TOPICS, Council Chambers 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7:00 PM EDC, COUr1Cll Chambers 100 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: SuAace Water U61iy Fee Rate Structure, Police Department Training Room 7:00 PM HRA Meeting - CDBG PUBLIC HEARING, Council Chambers LMC CONFERENCE FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, Doubletree Hotel, St Louis Park LMC CONFERENCE FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, Doubletree Hotel, SL Louis Park 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, Public Safety Library LMC EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Doubietree Hotel, St Louis Park LMC EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Doubletree Hotel, St. Louis Park 18 19 20 21 31 23 24 PRESIDENTS DAY - City Offices Closed 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, 6:30 PM MEDICINE LAKE WATERSHED sue-COWTTEE, COUNCIL, Council Medicine Lake Room Medicine Lake Chambers Room 25 26 27 28 7:30 AM -TWINWEST COFFEE BREAK Plymouth Creek Center 7:00 PM PACT - Bass Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers modified on 2/16/2001 M' " OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS March 2001 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Feb 2001 Apr 2001 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 COMMISSION - Medicine Lake Room 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room 6:30 PM BOARD COMMissION RECEPTION, Plymouth Creek Center 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PRAC, Council Chambers 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7:00 PM EQC, 7:00 PM HRA - Council Chambers Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, Public Safety Library 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM YOUTH REGULAR PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL COMMISSION, COUNCIL, MEETING, Council Medicine Lake Council Chambers Room Chambers 25 26 31 28 29 30 31 7:30 AM LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL , Radisson Hotel 7:00 PM PACT - Bass Lake Room 6:30 PM MEDICINE LAKE WATERSHED (EQC) SUB -COMMITTEE, Medicine Lake Room 5:00 PM THRU SATURDAY - PLYMOUTH FINE ARTS COUNCIL 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers PRIMAVERA SHOW, Plymouth Creek Center modified on 2/16/2001 M- �\ OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS April 2001 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS COMMENCES - set clocks ahead 1 hour 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Medicine Lake 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS OMMISSIO Room - Medicine Lake Room 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7:00 PM EQC, 7:00 PM PRAC, 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL Council Chambers Council Chambers MEETING, Council Chambers 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY 7:00 PM BOARD OF REVIEW, 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, 7:00 PM HRA - Medicine Lake Room 11:00 AM CITY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room Council Chambers Council Chambers 7:00 PM PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD, Public Safety Library LUNCHEON, Plymouth Creek Center 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7:30 AM LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL, Radisson Hotel 7:00 PM PACT - Bass Lake Room 6:30 PM MEDICINE LAKE WATERSHED (EQC) SUB -COMMITTEE, Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council Chambers 29 30 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY Mar 2001 May 2001 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 COUNCIL, Medicine Lake Room 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 modified on 2/16/2001 02/-13/2001 ©3:12 6125465266 TEPPIE PAGE 02 Association of Medicine Lake Area Citizens ANNUAL MEETING Are you interested in hearing about solutions for the rehabilitation of Medicine Lake? Come and hear our Key Mote Speaker: STEVE MCCdAS CST BLUE WATER SCIENCE Mr. McComas is a published author and will give a slide presentation providing a biological perspective of alternative treatments for solutions to lake problems. All interested citizens are invited. You need not be a current member of AMLAC. DATE: February 21, 2001 TIME: 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 p.m. ADDRESS: Medicine Lake City Hall 10609 South Shore Drive Medicine Lake, Minnesota Refreshments will be served. (,00"�(b news freetime travel homezone cars ' orkavenue shopping communities Metro / Region Nation / World Politics Business Sports Variety Opinion Fun & Games Talk Fi 711 QX919 _M TOYOTA ! w ` Searching for METRO/REGION #" anew home? Tools Minnesota's "matriarch of elections" votes to call a E-mail this story it quits @ Print this page Related item(s) Mark Brunswick Star Tribune n About Marge Monday, February 12, 2001 Christianson Long before they became part of the national lexicon, chads were giving Marge Christianson headaches. As the head of Hennepin County's elections department, Christianson remembers taking handfuls of punch card ballots in the 1980s and fanning them out. Each time, a few new chads, the punched dots in the ballot, would fall to the floor. A new recount would be required. In a career spanning cumbersome lever -arm voting machines and the rise of lightning - speed Internet technology, Christianson, 65, is retiring after more than 26 years. In that time she has seen 4 a.m. come and go on more election nights than she cares to remember. There was the time a bundle of ballots accidentally was locked in the janitor's broom closet at Minneapolis City Hall. There was, in a scene reminiscent of a Laurel and Hardy piano gag, the old-fashioned one -ton lever voting machine that rolled its way down the marble stairway of a church. There was the year of the flood, when almost all of Hopkins was underwater, but the city clerk made his way in his four-wheel-drive vehicle to the Hennepin County Government Center to deliver the ballots. Christianson sheepishly acknowledges failing to vote twice: Her Election Day hours always required her to vote absentee and she let one deadline pass and never received the form for the other. But in all those years, she never missed working a primary or general election. "There's a rule at elections," she said. "If you've got a cold or the flu and an election's coming, better bring a cot and your cold pills to the Government Center, because you're in it for the long haul, sick or not." Casual competence County elections departments are the clearinghouses for most vote totals and many campaign finance reports. On election nights, it is intricate and tension -filled work. Elected officials or their aides (whose careers depend on the outcomes) often monitor closely, if not always soberly, adding to the pressure. Through it all, Christianson's penchant for casual stretch pants and appliqued sweatshirts belied the professionalism and expertise she brought to the nonpartisan office. "Marge is the matriarch of elections in Minnesota," said Patty O'Connor, director of Elections and Licensing in Blue Earth County, which includes Mankato. "If anyone has a question, they're on the telephone to Marge. It's amazing she can ever get anything else done." In 1987, Hennepin County was the first in the country to use optical scanning equipment in precinct -level elections. In the 1990s, it was the first in the country to use its Web site to provide sample ballots down to the precinct level. It was one of the first local governments in the country to offer real-time voting results and has been aggressive in using its Web site for other election information. Unforgettable Pioneering efforts aside, it will always be the gubernatorial election of 1990 that sticks Page 1 �-t� out in Christianson's memories. The ndorsed Republican candidate, business executive Jon Grunseth, had withdrawn nine days before the election, bowing to pressure from his political party and allegations by young women of sexual improprieties during the 1980s. But the optical scan ballots already had been printed with Grunseth's name on them. The machines were all programmed, the ballots all delivered, and the machines loaded with the program and tested. There wasn't time to redo the ballots. Elections officials printed separate paper ballots with just the names of candidates in the governor's race. They were delivered to the Hennepin County Government Center on the Sunday morning before the Tuesday election. City clerks came down and picked up the allotted number of paper ballots. They also were given handfuls of pink highlighting markers, purchased because pink would not be picked up the scanning machines. Poll judges were instructed to mark out the governor's race on the main ballot in front of each voter and to hand them the separate paper ballot, which was to be placed in a separate ballot box. "We had to buy a lot of pink Hi -Liters and there was a lot of concern, but it worked out," she said of the election, which put Arne Carlson in the governor's office. Making votes count Christianson knows all of the county's 430 voting precincts by heart. In retirement, she'll work on a contract basis to help execute the intricacies of redistricting in Hennepin County following the 2000 census. Every legislative district, county commissioner district, City Council ward and voting precinct will be affected. New technologies may have speeded up election returns, but glitches such as those evidenced in Florida in the 2000 presidential election show that vote tallying may be less of a precise science than previously thought. Christianson said that it's already possible to use the Internet and other new methods to record and tally votes but that human apprehension may be holding things back. "The biggest hurdle in taking advantage of technology is the concern on the part of the legislators and voters themselves," she said. "I don't think it's going to be 100 percent accepted until you can prove that it is safe, it is accurate, there is no manipulation or hanky-panky." But she also says she believes that voting in person at the polling place carries a weight that might be diminished by technological efficiency. "If you have to work for something, if you have to make some effort for something, it's more important," she said. "I'd hate to see the idea of sitting at home, rolling over in bed and casting your vote totally taking over the voting process." Mark Brunswick can be contacted at mbrunswick@startribune.com Return to top © Copyright 2001 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. Page 2 WHO 116100 startribunexom 40 Metro Page 1 O Published Monday, February 12, 2001 Marge Christianson . Age: 65. . Occupation: 28 years with Hennepin County, 261/2 in elections; supervisor of elections since 1980. . Unofficial title: Matriarch of Minnesota Elections. . Claim to fame: Never missed working a primary or general election. . Plans during retirement: Reading and spending time with her 14 grandchildren. -- Mark Brunswick H © Copyright 2001 Star Tribune. All rights reserved. D • (G DRUG TRENDS 2001 Carol Falkowski Director of Research Communications Haze Community Prevention Coalition c/o Hennepin County Community Health Department 325 Portland Avenue (MC 968) Minneapolis, MN 55415 6121348-5618 FAX: 612/348-7548 ecent data shows a continuing downward trend in overall illicit drug use among youth, but reveals a sig nificant increase in the use of. Ecstasy. Get the most current local and national information from Carol Falkowski, Director of Research Communications, Hazelden Foundation. She has been monitoring drug abuse trends in the Twin Cities for sixteen years. This prevention forum will address recent trends in drug abuse by examining data from hospital emergency rooms, medical examiners, treatment centers and law enforcement. It will focus on "club drugs" like Ecstasy, LSD, GHB, GBL, ketamine, Rohypnol, and methamphetamine. When: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Where: Hopkins Center for the Arts 1111 Main Street Hopkins, Minnesota Cost: FREE - no need to pre -register Lunch: Bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided at no charge. M0OM Hennepin County M� o � e Community Health Department COMMUNITY minnesota prevention ® resource center coeLirioN N O O rn o,L) 1�' n m .. Q 4 - CD O +0+ ca :3 p NCf) ca — o o �_ Co (/1 6.0 a) L N L t— Y 0 y Y N am CL Ea o) E�; c., N w � � cu O CD rn 11 th Avenue To Exc wior sive T .a dM O)01 co to 02-0 > O E.0o C6 M i NZ N r Q) a= a)Q .�+ Q —T- 'O N Lo C N N L a) O (� ._ a) '"' U -TQ) c r o c9 5 d) N U m L )Vi � U- L-Q cu3�c o CD L. 0 = Vcc m , , 004 �ci > ~ t- _ or Lo ti 0)E � o N 0 2 w a�_ a) to - .. 3 0 p w- N o L . ` I ++ ECD � y S2 v 3. = W 2 � a � r. 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As the result of our informal public meeting in December and subsequent discussions with a variety of groups, local officials and interested persons, we have made numerous revisions to the proposed revised performance criteria. At 5:00 p.m. on March 21, 2001 the Council will hold a public hearing at our offices in the Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul to hear public comments, concerns and suggestions on the attached draft revised housing performance criteria. Following the hearing, the Council will consider making further revisions to the criteria and will formally adopt a set of revised performance criteria in April 2001. The proposed draft criteria represent an effort to support our regional Smart Growth strategy by better aligning our expectations regarding the affordable and life -cycle housing capacity, commitment and performance of local governments and our use of limited resources. We hope you will examine the proposed revised guidelines. We encourage you to attend the public hearing in March, and to call John Kari (651.602.1548) or Guy Peterson (651.602.1418) of the Community Development Division if you have questions. Sincerely Ted Mondale, Chair Metropolitan Council %—J. III RAItN",(*U%I.%IL!,\'I)%NIETEKSO,*,\ZOO I\0214011'crll'InUr. duc 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1626 fw Ramadan, Chair e Communities Committee (651) 602-1000 Fax 602-1550 TDD/TrY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 602-1888 An Equal Opportunity Employer DMFEr `'� � O 02/05/01 DRAFT ATTACHMENT A GUIDELINES FOR PRIORITY FUNDING FOR HOUSING PERFORMANCE The Metropolitan Council's Regional Blueprint includes policy that supports the broadened opportunity for affordable and life -cycle housing throughout the region. As one of the actions it will take to support such housing opportunities, the Blueprint says the Council will "give priority for regional infrastructure investments or expenditures of public dollars to communities that have implemented plans to provide their share of the region's low- and moderate -income and life -cycle housing opportunities." The following criteria and their relative weight will be used to determine a score — 0 to 100 points — and rank for cities and counties in the region to be used in the evaluation and prioritization of applications for funding by the Council. Examples of current funding decisions that will be affected include those for community development — the LCA Fund and Smart Growth initiatives, transportation — TEA - 21, the environment — MetroEnvironment Partnership grants, and other investments and programs such as those for parks and open space. The amount of emphasis or weight given to the housing performance score or rank in the evaluation of applications for various funding programs will be at the discretion of the Metropolitan Council at the time it solicits applications for any of these discretionary funding activities. \\METC_FS2\DATA\USERS\SHARED\LIBRARY\COMMUNDV\PETERSON\2001 \012401-guidelines.doc 02/05/01 DRAFT Guidelines for Priority Funding for Housing Performance Counties Capacity to provide affordable workforce and life -cycle housing 0 or 10 points 1. The county has an agency or agent (HRA, CDA, EDA, etc.) that is funded by a county property tax and operates or provides housing assistance, development or rehabilitation programs for county residents. 0 or 15 points 2. The county or its housing agency or agent expends county -generated funds to support the development or preservation of affordable housing. 0 or 15 points 3. The county or its housing agency or agent owns and is responsible for the management of affordable housing units. Use of tools and initiatives for affordable workforce and life -cycle housing. 0 to 60 points The county through its housing agency or agent has in place policies, programs or resources to address affordable housing assistance, development and preservation needs in the county for cities and townships that do not manage their own such programs. Examples of these policies, programs and resources include but are not limited to the following: • Tenant -based rental assistance (Section 8 existing housing programs — vouchers or certificates) • The use of low-income housing tax credits for the development of rental housing • Development of county housing TIF district to assist affordable housing development or preservation • First-time homebuyer mortgage assistance program • Downpayment and/or closing cost assistance program • Homeowner rehabilitation or home improvement loan program funded by the use of MHFA funds or locally generated funding • Rental property rehabilitation or renovation program • New construction affordable housing assistance or support funded by the use of federal CDBG or HOME funds — ownership or rental • The use of housing revenue bonds to support affordable housing production, homebuyer assistance, or housing preservation efforts • Low-income housing rehabilitation loan or grant program funded by use of federal CDBG or HOME funds • An adopted policy preference for the use of federal CDBG or other funds for the development or preservation of affordable housing over other potential community development uses of such funds. \1METC FS2\DATA\USERS\SHARED\LIBRARY\COMNIUNDV\PETERSOM020s01CountyCityScoringCriterisdoc 0 • County policy that commits the county to work collaboratively and cooperatively with its municipalities to facilitate the development or preservation of affordable workforce or life -cycle housing when a county action or failure to act will impede the housing objective. • Housing counseling services (e.g. renter or first-time homebuyer education efforts) • Land acquisition assistance program for affordable housing providers (e.g. Habitat for Humanity) • A program to provide housing for the homeless or abused, or the provision of assistance to another entity that provides housing for the homeless or abused • The absence of a county residency requirements or preference for program applicants in the administration of rental and ownership housing assistance. Each policy, program or resource is worth 5 points, not to exceed 60 points. H: UBRARYICOMMUNDVIPETERSOM020501 CountyCityScoringCriteria.doc Cities Affordability and Diversification 0 to 6 points 1. Municipalities are ranked according to the percent of their owner -occupied housing (homesteads) with an assessed valuation equal to or lower than an amount affordable to households at 80 percent of area median income, and their total number of mobile homes. 0 to 6 points 2. Municipalities are ranked according to the percent of their total housing stock that is comprised of rental units affordable to households of low- and moderate -income. This includes all federally subsidized rental units — public housing, Section 8 housing, units subsidized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, units developed with the use of low-income housing tax credits, units developed with the assistance of MHFA, the LCA Fund or the assistance of a local fiscal tool or housing finance initiative. This also includes all rental units that are qualified as 4d for purposes of their property tax classification. 0 to 6 points 3. Municipalities are ranked according to the percent of their housing stock that is comprised of units that are not conventional single family detached units. These units include twinhomes, quads, apartments, townhomes, condominiums, detached townhomes and mobile homes. 0 to 10 points 4. Municipalities are ranked according to the percent of net units added to their housing stock in the previous four years that are affordable — both ownership and rental. These "new" units may include units that have been "preserved" as affordable for a definitive period of time because of public or private re -investment to retain their affordability. 0 to 6 points 5. Housing for special needs Municipalities are awarded 2 points for each of the following types of special housing within their jurisdictions: • Housing for which federal, state, county or local funds or those of a non- profit organization have been used to purchase and operate residential units or provide licensed housing for the placement of adult offenders or adjudicated delinquents • A publicly subsidized or non-profit group home licensed by the Department of Health or Department of Human Services which provides temporary or permanent housing for the physically handicapped, mentally ill, developmentally disabled or chemically dependent • A shelter which is publicly subsidized and/or operated by a non-profit group to provide temporary housing for homeless persons and families, battered women or those not otherwise able to secure private housing. Each type of housing (not instance of such housing) is worth 2 points. \1METC fs2\DATA\USERS\SHARED\UORARY\COMNIUNDW'ETERSON\020501CountyCityScoringCriteritdoc Local Initiatives to Facilitate Affordable Workforce Housing Development or Preservation 0 to 15 points 6. Fiscal Tools and Initiatives The municipality has in place adopted local policy that allows and encourages the use of a local fiscal tool or initiative and has used such a local fiscal tool to assist affordable workforce or life -cycle housing development or preservation. Examples of such fiscal tools include but are not limited to the following: • Tax increment financing • Housing revenue bonds • General obligation bonds • A local property tax levy • Local tax abatement • Local fee waivers or reductions • Credit enhancements • Taxable revenue bonds The use of federal or state dollars is only applicable if such dollars may be used for activities other than the development or preservation of affordable and life -cycle housing. Each local fiscal tool or initiative is worth 3 points. 0 to 15 points 7. Initiatives regarding local regulation and development requirements The municipality has in the two previous calendar years allowed the reduction, adjustment or elimination of a local official control, or development or local code requirement as a cost avoidance measure in order to facilitate the development or preservation of affordable workforce or life -cycle housing, or has in place in its policies and official controls a commitment to make such reductions, adjustments or eliminations of requirements whenever they are requested in order to facilitate the development or preservation of affordable or life -cycle housing. Examples of these initiatives in the use of official controls include but are not limited to the following: • The use of a density bonus system, inclusionary housing requirements or some other innovative zoning approach • The use of variances, rezoning, special use or conditional permits or similar variations from the standards set forth in the community's zoning ordinance for the purpose of facilitating a specific affordable housing development • A local initiative undertaken to revise local design requirements for public improvement that may reduce the cost of public services to new residential development • Public services that might include streets, curbs, gutter, sewer and water hookups, street lighting and other required public improvements. \\METC FS?\DATA\USERS\SHAREDUBRARY\COMMUNDVIPETERSOMO?0t01CountyCitySeoringCriterisdoc • A reduction of such standards as the required street right-of-way, or surfacing width or depth design for residential street, or the size of sewer or water service lines to new housing Each local initiative is worth 3 points. 0 to 10 points 8. Initiatives regarding housing preservation and rehabilitation The municipality has in place locally -initiated or administered (city or county) housing preservation, home improvement and/or rehabilitation programs, or other tools that are of assistance in keeping its housing stock in sound condition. Examples of these initiatives include but are not limited to the following: • A housing maintenance code and enforcement program for rental housing • A housing maintenance code and enforcement program for owner -occupied housing • A housing rehabilitation loan or grant program for rental housing • A housing rehabilitation loan or grant program for owner -occupied housing • A home improvement loan or grant program • A home improvement resource center • A local tool -sharing center or program Each local initiative is worth 2 points. 9. Density of residential development The average net density of new (or re -use) sewered housing for which a building permit was issued in the municipality in the two previous calendar years. 1 to 5 points The average net density for attached housing units, i.e., units per acre 1 to 5 points The average net density for detached housing units (including detached townhomes and manufactured homes), i.e., units per acre (Unsewered communities will be scored separately from sewered communities with a higher rank for lower net density.) 0 or 10 points 10. The municipality's current zoning ordinance allows densities for residential development consistent with densities set forth in the local comprehensive plan revised pursuant to the 1995 Land Planning Act amendments. Therefore, at a minimum, the residential densities identified in the comprehensive plan for the various residential land use categories are achievable for anyone proposing residential development pursuant to the zoning ordinance without a variance or exception. Yes or No. HALIBRAWCOMM MUNDV\PETERSONW2050I CountyCityScoringCriteria.doc 0 or 6 points 11. In the previous two calendar years, the municipality has approved the development of new affordable housing or involvement of the municipality in the preservation and reinvestment in existing affordable housing — ownership or rental — which may or may not have been undertaken as yet for reasons beyond the municipality's control. Points will be awarded according to the number of units involved in the proposal as follows: 2 points — less than 20 units 4 points — 20 to 39 units 6 points — 40 or more units \UNETC_FS2\DATA\USERSISHAREDLLIBRARV\COMAf UN D W'ETERSON\020S01 CountyCityScoringCriteria.doc Metropolitan Council ` 1 Improve regional competitiveness in a global economy Memorandum DATE: February 14, 2001 TO: Mayors' Regional Housing Task Force T FROM: Elizabeth Ryan Cc: Caren Dewar SUBJECT: Meeting with Metropolitan Council Chair Ted Mondale Mayors' Regional Housing Task Force and Council Chair Ted Mondale Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Mears Room IA — 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. As suggested in my recent letter to you, we hope you will be able to meet with Chair Mondale to discuss progress and issues raised during this legislative session and possible strategies for the balance of the session. This meeting will be the first of a series of ongoing "check-in" summits. Please let me know if you will be unable to attend (651.602.1633). v:NUBRAtrCOMMUNDVV y«.TutF«a%oz1so1MR rWonadan.aoe SERVICE COUNTER VISITS FOR ONE WEEK PERIOD 1986 2nd quarter 953 3rd quarter 690 4th quarter 677 1987 1 st quarter 849 2nd quarter 832 3rd quarter 670 4th quarter 804 1988 1 st quarter 853 2nd quarter 1,180 3rd quarter 894 4th quarter 1989 1st quarter 1,278 2nd quarter 1,406 3rd quarter 1,203 4th quarter 1,047 1990 1st quarter 1,474 2nd quarter 1,725 3rd quarter 1,191 4th quarter 1,538 1991 1st quarter 1,444 2nd quarter 1,338 3rd quarter 1,194 4th quarter 946 1992 1st quarter 1,575 2nd quarter 1,046 3rd quarter 1,402 4th quarter 1,373 1993 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 1,417 4th quarter 1,280 1994 1 st quarter 1,167 2nd quarter 1,493 3rd quarter 994 4th quarter 794 1995 1 st quarter 1,160 2nd quarter 1,254 3rd quarter 765 4th quarter 1996 1 st quarter 1,103 2nd quarter 1,190 3rd quarter 1,058 4th quarter 1997 1 st quarter 654 2nd quarter 800 3rd quarter 810 4th quarter 1998 1st quarter 583 2nd quarter 728 3rd quarter 650 2000 4th quarter 1st quarter 1,458 902 2nd quarter 530 3rd quarter 893 4th quarter 929 2001 1st quarter 1,019 PHONE CALLS FOR ONE WEEK PERIOD 1986 2nd quarter 4,534 3rd quarter 3,848 4th quarter 3,391 1987 1st quarter 4,311 2nd quarter 4,648 3rd quarter 4,069 4th quarter 3,315 1988 1st quarter 3,639 2nd quarter 4,942 3rd quarter 4,156 1989 1st quarter 4,901 2nd quarter 5,235 3rd quarter 4,593 4th quarter 2,284 1990 1st quarter 2,181 2nd quarter 2,142 3rd quarter 1,607 4th quarter 1,544 1991 1st quarter 1,613 2nd quarter 1,406 3rd quarter 1,389 4th quarter 1992 1st quarter 1,265 2nd quarter 1,907 3rd quarter 1,795 4th quarter 1,617 1993 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 1,295 4th quarter 1,294 1994 1st quarter 1,154 2nd quarter 1,699 3rd quarter 1,058 4th quarter 898 1995 1st quarter 1,502 2nd quarter 1,117 3rd quarter 1,148 4th quarter 1996 1st quarter 1,282 2nd quarter 1,154 3rd quarter 1,234 4th quarter 1997 1st quarter 1,002 2nd quarter 1,108 3rd quarter 554 4th quarter 1998 1st quarter 485 2nd quarter 1 707 3rd quarter 641 4th quarter 422 2000 1 st quarter 412 2nd quarter 604 3rd quarter 664 4th quarter 436 2001 1st quarter 474 Executive summary report (extended logs) This report shows top level information to give you an at -a -glance look at the activity on your web site. It should be run only if you have extended log files which contain referrer and user agent data. For detailed information on a particular section of this report, refer to the corresponding detail report. This report requires "IP resolution", "Title lookups", and "Whois queries" to be completed before analysis. Analysis date: 2/12/2001 10:35:38 AM Internet sites analyzed: ��•��^�' 111.1, First date analyzed: Last date analyzed: Analysis content: 1. Content exposure 2. User oreanizations and aeoaraoh 3. Browser market share 1 U/ l/LUUU 1/1/2001 4. Referring organizations 5. Definitions Content exposure Daily visit trends Shows the number of visits for each day in the analysis period. Weekdays are shown as blue bars and weekends as red ones. Daily usage summary Date Average Number of Number of Number of Number of requests per hits requests visits users visit 2,000 1,500 1,000 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 CO o 0 O 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o O O o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0 Q 0 Q 0 Q 0 Q 0 Q 0 c 0 0 c c 0 c CO c 0 c 0 Q 0 Q 0 Q CO Q 0 Q 00 Q Q W O � co c LO o o COM O Q o u, o L o -- •- 0 0 0 0 0 � � � � N N N N N Date Daily usage summary Date Average Number of Number of Number of Number of requests per hits requests visits users visit 110/1/2000 IL 1,406 63 1 138 102 4.60 10/2/2000 1,540 586 185 135 3.17 Page 1 J-- I-1 10/3/2000 IF 4,796 1,637 473 229 3.46 10/4/2000 4,272 1,431 379 207 3.78 10/5/2000 4,269 1,320 387 213 3.41 10/6/2000 3,609 1,290 375 230 3.44 10/7/2000 2,919 1,051 307 200 3.42 10/8/2000 1,946 721 212 147 3.40 10/9/2000 1,317 591 171 1115 3.46 10/10/2000 3,506 1,218 364 233 3.35 10/11/2000 3,984 1,516 422 213 3.59 10/12/2000 5,376 1,543 369 11 223 4.18 10/13/2000 4,687 1 1,529 41911 256 3.65 10/14/2000 3,969 1 1,263 340 197 3.71 10/15/2000 1,591 1 193 136 3.40 10/16/2000 1,710 1 :72511 200 132 3.63 10/17/2000 4,507 1 1,446 406 252 3.56 10/18/2000 4,925 1 1,598 434 295 3.68 10/19/2000 3,956 1 1,398 327 226 4.28 10/20/2000 4,562 1,315 325 208 4.05 10/21/2000 3,811 1,397 326 195 4.29 10/22/2000 1,780 747 172 112 4.34 10/23/2000 2,415 935 227 164 4.12 10/24/2000 4,304 1,359 411 258 3.31 10/25/2000 4,262 1,486 397 228 3.74 10/26/2000 5,476 1,843 579 284 3.18 10/27/2000 4,614 1,624 500 233 3.25 10/28/2000 4,446 1 1,447 400 211 3.62 10/29/2000 2,621 11 955 207 139 4.61 10/30/2000 IF 2,131 801 226 168 3.54 10/31/2000 6,345 1,874 519 346 3.61 11/1/2000 4,405 1,679 544 302 3.09 11/2/2000 1 4,619 1 1,550 594 340 2.61 11/3/2000 4,426 1,615 575 311 11 2.81 11/4/2000 4,967 1 1,504 503 326 2.99 11/5/2000 2,129 936 317 191 2.95 11/6/2000 3,186 1,132 400 295 2.83 Page 2 11/7/2000 14,454 4,81611 1,731 1 1,126 2.78 11/8/2000 8,936 2,880IL 834 537 3.45 11/9/2000 3,674 1,409 592 369 2.38 11/10/2000 1,030 487 148 -10-01 1 3.29 11/11/2000 703 246 106 65 2.32 11/12/2000 1,871 901 250 171 3.60 11/13/2000 4,617 1 1,306 459 330 2.85 11/14/2000 4,352 1,381 572 374 2.41 11/15/2000 4,152 1,346 506 336 2.66 11/16/2000 3,812 1,261 532 353 2.37 11/17/2000 3,471 11 1,197 550 318 1 2.18 11/18/2000 2,024 80 1 277 174 2.92 11/19/2000 2,199 831 312 1 200 2.66 11/20/2000 4,125 1,359 534 338 2.54 11/21/2000 3,863 1 1,444 1 639 316 2.26 11/22/2000 3,288 1,293 440 257 2.94 11/23/2000 1,154 677 220 107 3.08 11/24/2000 1,756 676 214 150 3.16 11/25/2000 IF 1,209 557 212 122 2.63 11/26/2000 1,981 632 234 161 2.70 11/27/2000 4,197 1, 353 545 304 2.48 11/28/2000 4,604 1 1,587 602 382 2.64 11/29/2000 3,823 1,280 46211 326 2.77 11/30/2000 2,874 860 244 152 3.52 12/1/2000 1,543 551 140 106 3.94 12/2/2000 -� 1,350 612 217 134 2.82 12/3/2000 1,734 683 247 175 2.77 12/4/2000 3,750 1,331 454 303 2.93 12/5/2000 3,225 1,044 440 285 2.37 12/6/2000 4,638 1,508 550 369 2.74 12/7/2000 3,952 1,347 511 319 2.64 12/8/2000 4,341 1,497 486 301 11 3.08 12/9/2000 1,621_11 622 191 135 3.26 12/10/2000 930 455 115 7011 3.96 12/11/2000 3,641 945 373 236 2.53 Page 3 C C =3 O d OLL C CO � O C L d C6 CO Weekday Usage by hour of the day 150 N 100 m s Avg # of requests 0 �+ 50 Q Avg # of visits 0 L E E E E EE E E E E o, co co CO CO Cu o CL CL CL Q.. CL C N �7 LO OD O c N -qr to O O E Hour Top 20 requests Lists the 20 files that received the most requests. Title F-11 # of requests % of requests City of Plymouth, Minnesota USA 13,975 12.85% [Til Plymouth MN - Jobs Other Cities 10,150 9.33% The page cannot be displayed 4,651 1 4.28% 4❑ Plymouth MN - Job Listing Index 3,895 3.58% 5❑ City of Plymouth, Minnesota USA 1,799 1.65% Plymouth MN - Elections Index 1,765 1.62% 7❑ City of Plymouth, Minnesota USA 1,221 1.12% 8❑ Plymouth MN - Public Transit - Index 1,181 1.09% . 1 The page cannot be displayed 1,168 1.07% 10. /econnect/Activities/SearchResults.asp 1,142 1.05% 11. Plymouth, MN - Plymouth A Beautiful Place to Live 1,107 1.02%11 Page 5 1 12/12/2000 5,274 1,752 607 348 2.89 12/13/2000 4,205 1,524 488 301 3.12 12/14/2000 3,850 1,411 515 316 2.74 12/15/2000 3,631 11 1,308 441 276 2.97 12/16/2000 1,993 940 301 156 3.12 12/17/2000 2,263 1,240 238 130 5.21 12/18/2000 4,058 1,316 464 308 2.84 12/19/2000 3,938 1,419 497 295 2.86 12/20/2000 3,713 1,419 510 308 2.78 12/21/2000 3,210 I 1,097 387 248 2.83 12/22/2000 3,598 1,291 409 208 3.16 12/23/2000 1,192 586 210 107 2.79 12/24/2000 738 377 95 1 47 3.97 12/25/2000 385 121 62 46 1.95 12/26/2000 1,546 429 195 128 2.20 12/27/2000 3,733 1,298 528 330 2.46 12/28/2000 3,239 1,130 473 297 2.39 12/29/2000 3, 355 1,164 487 312 2.39 12/30/2000 1,918 797 293 179 2.72 1/1/2001 1,623 0 0 I 0 < 0.01 11 Total il 311,140 108,156 35,462 21,893 3.05 2,000 1,500 a� FU 1,000 4- 0 a, Q 500 Page 4 Usage by day of week c� cu co cu m M m Avg#of requests I Avg # of visits �..'7G.�J 12. /econnect/Start/ 1,100 1.01% 13. Other Government Sites 1,055 0.97% 14. City of Plymouth Plymouth, Minnesota -USA 998 0.92% 15. /econnect/Activities/ 953 0.88% 16. Plymouth MN - Events Index 947 0.87% 17. The page cannot be found 849 0.78% 18. Rec-Connect Overview 846 0.78% T9 .11/sea rch/searchweb.idg 807 0.74% [H]j City Council 779 0.72% Total 50,388 46.33% User organizations and geography Top 20 organizations Shows the 20 organizations that visited your site most frequently. Determine if your target customers are visiting as frequently as expected or learn about new organizations to target. u� 25,000 20,000 15,000 Number of ❑ requests % of requests 10,000 s a) 0 5,000 a� E 0 Z C o Co D C U] W W D I— W O Cn D 2 O •C - C Z Z Z Z to N C Cn W = O (D W V) 5� `G O Cn :D0 O J Q C U D W CY Cn E J W 2 a E - ZD o Organization name Z Unknown organization 21,644 I 19.90% 2❑ K12.MN.US 19,975 18.37% 3❑ America Online, Inc. 4,754 4.37% Page 6 Organization name Number of ❑ requests % of requests Unknown organization 21,644 I 19.90% 2❑ K12.MN.US 19,975 18.37% 3❑ America Online, Inc. 4,754 4.37% Page 6 USWEST.NET 3,505 3.22% 5❑ UUNET 2,416 2.22% 6❑ PLYMOUTH.MN.US 2,228 2.05% 7❑ MEDIAONE.NET 1,621 1.49% 8❑ NORTHERNLIGHT.COM 1,451 1.33% STATE.MN.US 1,191 1.10% Fi-o-11yISI.COM 1,126 1.04% Total 59,911 55.09% Top 20 countries Shows the top 20 countries from which users came to visit your site. This information can be valuable to determine if mirror sites are needed in other countries. Page 7 Country Number of ❑ requests % of requests 80,000 60,000 a) s 40,000 a� 0 20,000 E z 0 oz E >, d C (u -a m C N (u C0 N a) E • (o -0 3 Q) C E (c O C (u to .-. U UJ O I � a) Co C v 41 LL Q) W N � 3 N D) � 0 (6 a) 7 Q) O � � — 4) C to Y (' L a C U) CD : a C C Z C � Country Page 7 Country Number of ❑ requests % of requests Page 7 _1 r 1V-) -1 Sweden 48 0.04% -1 Argentina 30 0.03% 10. New Zealand 27 -IF 0.02% 11-11 . Australia 24 0.02% [121.1Japan 24 0.02% 13. Netherlands 23 T41.1Malaysia 22 0.02% 15. Portugal 21 0.02% 16. Singapore 19 0.02% 17. Chile 11 0.01 18. Belgium 911 0.01 19. Austria 7 0.01 20. Ireland 7 0.01 21.996 Total 108,676 99.92% Requests by organization type Shows the percentage of visits from each organization type. This information can be used as another monitor for reaching target audience or identifying new organization types to target. 0.1% 0.6% 1.6% Unknown 4.496 Iorganization type 23.8% J 10.2% [[" Commercial Academic Internet service provider 16.896 Unresolved IP address Online service 21.996 Government Non-profit 20.0% Military Page 8 Organizationtype Number of Commercial 23,838 requests % of requests Unknown organization type II 25,891 II 23.81% Commercial 23,838 21.92% Academic 22,381IF- 20.58% Internet service provider 18,222 16.75% Unresolved IP address 11,092 10.20% Online service 4,754 4.37% Government 1,775 1.63% Non-profit 698 0.64% Military 10811 Total 108,759 11 100.00% Browser market share Browser market share Shows the percentage of visits to your site using Microsoft and Netscape browsers over the analysis period. 60% 50% 40% 30% 0% Page 9 0000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00000000000000 ccccccccccc�Cc = � L0 N M 'm N M CD Y Y O O O Y 0 0 0 O O O O Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator Unknown browser product America Online RealAudio WebTV Lynx Week Week of 10/1 /2000 Browser product Microsoft Netscape Unknown America RealAudio WebTV Lynx Internet Navigator browser Online Explorer product 39.57% 14.97% 32.49% 11.01 % 1.47% Week of 10/8/2000 42.79% 15.06% 25.47% 15.67% 0.04% Week of 10/15/2000 47.44% 17.05% 20.71 % 13.89% 0.00% Week of 10/22/2000 40.47% 15.52% 29.30% 14.00% 0.00% Week of 10/29/2000 46.43% 22.73% 19.29% 16-51%] 0.60% 0.41 %F 0.039/6 Week of 11/5/2000 54.97%F 25.10%6.95% 11.29% 1.38% 0.31% 0.00% IL Week of 11/12/2000 53.27% 21.20% 13.10% 11.41% 0.89% 0.13% 0.00% Week of 11/19/2000 45.12% 21.90% 22.60% 9.65% 0.62% 0.12% IL Week of 11/26/2000 Week of 12/3/2000 Week of 12/10/2000 53.60% 25.780/. 8.22% 9.53% 2.70% 0.16% F 0.00% 55.64%F 20.60% 11.08% 9.55% 3.02% 0.10% 0.067% 52.68% 19.969/6 15.18% 9.23% 2.85%0.07% F 0.04% Week of 12/17/200056.35% 18.01 % 15.62% 8.55% 1.40% 0.07% 0.00% Week of 12/24/2000 48.38% 22.74% 15.61 % 11.44% 1.41%1 11 Week of 1/1/2001 37.32% 15.31%F-12.929/61F27.75%]L '1 6.70% 0.00% 0.00% Avg 48.15% 19.71% 17.75% 12.39% 1.65% 0.34% 0.01 0/01 Referring organizations Top 20 referring organizations Referring organizations have pages on their site that link users to your site. This graph shows the top 20 organizations that users linked from to reach your site. 100% 60% 60% Ln 40% O 20% 0% Page 10 U U O C C N O U_ O Q) C_ > C d m r� U) Hit F- Cu F- U O E Referrer organlation name C Q E O U F-11 Referrer organization name % of visits 1❑ The Microsoft Network 82.33% 2❑ America Online, Inc. 17.42% 3❑ CompuServe, Inc. 0.24% Total 100.00% Definitions Any connection to an Internet site, including inline images and errors. Request Any hit that successfully retrieves content. Unlike hits, requests are related to content and user behavior. For example, if a user requests an HTML page that has three graphics files, the web server might make a log entry for the three graphics files, the HTML page, and perhaps add some lines for overhead. However, only one request is counted by Analysis. Visit A series of consecutive requests from a user to an Internet site. If your log file data includes referrer data, then new visits begin with referring links external to your Internet site. Regardless of whether or not you have referrer data, if a user does not make a request after a specified time period, the previous series of requests is considered to be a completed visit. User Anyone who visits your site at least once. If your log file data contains cookie data, users will be identified by their cookie . If your log files do not contain cookie data, a registered username is assigned to users. Or, if no registration information is available, users' are identified by their Internet hostnames. Many organizations use Internet gateways, which mask the real Internet hostnames, so user counts may be conservative for those users identified by their Internet hostnames. Organization A commercial, academic, nonprofit, government, or military entity that connects users to the Internet, identified by an entity's Internet domains. Microsoft Site Server Analysis groups together all domains registered to the same organization as one organization. If a domain is unavailable in the database, one Internet domain is used to identify one organization. Request duration The time between two consecutive requests in the same visit. Visit duration The time between the first and last request of a visit. This time does not include how long users viewed the last request of a visit. Ad request An opportunity to deliver an advertising element to a Web site visitor. An ad request is a measure of the "active technology" that requires the user to interact with the site before a new advertisement will appear. Ad click The opportunity for a Web site visitor to be transferred to a location by clicking on an advertisement, as recorded by the server. Ad click rate The percentage of ad requests that resulted in an ad click. Page 11 Geography The continent, country, region, state, city, and zip code are based on an organization's Internet domain registration. Only Internet domains found in the Analysis database are included in region, state, city, and zip code analyses. Each Internet domain is associated with only one zip code, so all users from a domain used in multiple locations are considered to be at one location. This report was created using Microsoft (TM) Site Server Analysis. Page 12 DATE: February 12, 2001 TO: Joy Tierney, Mayor FROM: Laurie Ahrens, Assistant City Manage/A--- SUBJECT: Appointment of Human Rights Commission Chairperson and Vice Chairperson According to Section 305.11, Subdivision 3, of the Plymouth City Code, the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission are appointed by the Commission, subject to approval by the Mayor, for a term of one year. The Human Rights Commission has selected Joan Jensen as Chairperson. Two student members offered to share the Vice Chairperson designation for a one year term and were voted into the position by the Commission -- Nwamaka Ejebe and Patty Ple-Plakon. On behalf of the Human Rights Commission, I am requesting that you indicate your approval of the appointments. Thank you. Glenn & Jane McCormach 3880 Comstock Lane N. Plymouth, MN 55446 SUBJECT: SNOW PLOWING Dear Glenn & Jane: I am responding to your letter dated February 1, 2001 addressed to Mr. Gary Smith, the Supervisor in the City's street division. As Public Works Director, the street division is one of the many divisions that is part of my responsibility. The Plymouth City Council has established the City's policy with regard to snow removal. That policy states that residential streets, such as the type which you live on, is only plowed after a two and one-half inch snowfall. As you address in your letter, our major and secondary roads are provided a much higher type of service. The reason for this is that they have a substantial greater traffic volume than our residential streets. Typically all residents are within four to five blocks of a major type road which receives a higher service. To implement the City Council policy, the City uses both full-time City employees and contracted services. Whether the area is plowed by City employees or contractually, the same service is provided. The street division does review and check on the services provided by our contractors. To provide a higher level of service on our over 200 miles of residential streets would require additional funding. The current funding for the level of service which we provide comes from your property taxes. As you state in your letter, you are requesting that the City provide better service to your residential street. For this to happen, additional funding will need to be provided for snow removal. You may wish to contact the Mayor and Councilmembers stating your opinion that additional funding be provided. Sincerely, Fred G. Moore, P.E. Director of Public Works cc: Dwight D. Johnson, City Manager Mayor and City Council Tom Vetsch, Public Works Superintendent Gary Smith, Street Supervisor PLYMOUTH A Btautifu1Wac�o BvF "�' ��D�O���`co n z_iz.a« 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD - PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447-1482 - TELEPHONE (612) 509-5000 ®r..�.�. www.d.plymouth.mn.us i Glenn & Jane McConnach 3880 Comstock Lane N. Plymouth, MN 55446 Mr. Gary Smith Public Works Department 14900 23rd Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 February 1, 2001 Dear Mr. Smith: We are residents on one of the 900 cul -du -sacs in Plymouth. We have not received adequate plowing on our street. The roads are dangerous. They are currently solid ice. Throughout the winter there are times when some ice melts down and it is full of ruts. We do not have a clear road until sometime in April. These conditions are unacceptable. They are dangerous for cars and children walking down to the bus stop. I was informed you do not clear your roads for the children walking to the bus stop but for cars only. We are tired of being neglected. I understand the city of Maple Grove, which is comparable to Plymouth, plows all their roads by city employees. I believe this is the way the City of Plymouth should operate. I understand our road is contracted out to a private person. I do not believe our contract person has been doing their job. If you have paid this person, the City of Plymouth's tax dollars have been stolen by the contractor; being paid for services not rendered. This has to change. You need to check up on the contractors before they are paid to make sure they have done an adequate job, if they consider the current conditions an adequate job. If the contractor hasn't been asked to plow our roads when the city plows plow the other secondary roads then the city has failed to do their job. It is the City's responsibility to provide clear roads for all residents, not just for those living on secondary roads. Living on a cul -du -sac is not an acceptable excuse for not providing clear roads. This problem needs to be addressed and action needs to be taken. It is not right that we pay the same tax rate as people living on a road that gets plowed by the city on a regular basis. If the city chooses not to plow our roads then we should receive a discount on our taxes equal to the amount it would cost to hire a company to plow our road as often as the other secondary roads are plowed, so that we could pay the company to get the job done. This scenario shouldn't come to pass, because it is the City's job to take care of the roads, and the job is not getting done. This request is not unreasonable. This service is expected to be provided when a family moves into any city or suburb in Minnesota. People living in a cul -du -sac deserve the same service as other secondary roads in Plymouth. Y I have copied in Mayor Joy Tierney, Council members Judy Johnson, Sandy Hewitt and Ann Hurlburt in the planning department. The city needs to take action on this issue. 1 can be contacted at 763-519-0028 if any of you have questions or comments on this reasonable request. I would appreciate a response to this request regarding what action will be taken to correct the problem. Thank you. Sincerely: LeMcConnach City resident and taxpayer cc: Joy Tierney, Mayor Judy Johnson, Council at large Sandy Hewitt, Council Ward 1 Ann Hurlburt, Planning Department QE70StOL1C LUtF2eRon Cf2URCb V16 �(,� D �� �� l F g e Ll February 11, 2001 Director: Forestry Department City of Plymouth 1490023 d Avenue Plymouth, NIN 55447 Dear Sir: 11015 OLD COUNTY ROAD 15 PLYMOUTH, MN 55441-6135 (612) 544-7248 RODGER N. FOLTZ, D. Min., Pastor 4525 Ranchvlew Lane North Plymouth, MN 55446-2128 (612) 550-9459 CHARLES A. BERGSTEDT, Youth Pasto 5429 Quebec Avenue North New Hope, MN 55428-3863 (612) 535-7612 About once a week I travel west on 26`h to Annapolis. There is a stop sign at the corner, but the situation is deceiving, even in the winter, particularly in the dark. And I assume that many of those who travel there probably aren't aware of the situation. Coming to Annapolis on 26th, a person does not see the stop sign until the last minute due to its being obstructed from view by the trees along the north side of 26th. To make matters worse, one could easily think that 26th continues across Annapolis because of the drives on the other side of Annapolis. Every time I traverse that route, I think I have to inform someone about the danger — if for no other reason that to clear my own conscience. I'm afraid there will be a serious accident at that corner. I hope than something can be done soon to remove the branches obstructing the view. Thanks for considering these comments. Sincerely, Rodger N. Foltz 4525 Ranchview Lane North Plymouth, N4N 55446-2128 cxr a: N Tiern To: Grinde, Scott Cc: Fred Moore Subject: RE: Schmidt Lake Road Access to 494 Scott, Thanks for your message explaining your concerns about traffic on Fernbrook between Schmidt Lake Road and Rockford Road. I'm sharing a copy of this e-mail with Fred Moore, Public Works Director, and requesting that he contact you. Fred can provide some general information about the capacity of Fernbrook Lane and Schmidt Lake Road, and perhaps current and anticipated traffic volumes. He can also comment on the likelihood and timing of a future interchange at Schmidt Lake Road and 1-494. Let's chat again after we get this information. Thanks, Joy Tierney ---Original Message --- From: Grinde, Scott [mailto:sgrinde@carlson.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:16 PM To: 'Tierney, Joy' Subject. FW: Schmidt Lake Road Access to 494 Sorry I have not called back as I've been swamped at work with our year end audit. Not sure if my message was clear but my concern is the traffic on Fernbrook between Schmidt Lake and Rockford. It has increased dramatically with the businesses that went in on Schmidt Lake Road, and I am further concerned now that The Reserve development is going in with a Fernbrook bridge across the railroad tracks. I know I have seen a Plymouth plan with access to/from 494 and Schmidt Lake Road. This is an obvious solution to me to lessen the Fernbrook traffic but I obviously have no idea what is needed to make this happen. Please let me know. Thanks. a) c a c o CL 0 0 o cn n. 3 m Y Ca Ca a 0 + ' m 3 , c O O a) to =N a) C N a) a OY cU 6 C co 'D N OO c a'O N 'O •C O a)_ '� O N O- a1 f6 .0 in .N N aS C J. 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U � Q U) N to U) a7 O U f6 ca � C C m N c U N c U U cn : CA a) c N () a FO- YaLi � c :3 d LL cn m (4 ?.% d -M a) E O CD �q _N O U -21,U fn C� C7 U) C F- m � Y Y Y N Y N y lD a3 :3 c0 O O C (4 O O CO m 2 CO n m M v LO (O )-- z lcolcnl— Jeff Johnson State Representative District 34B Hennepin County 1, �, 4a '•.' y�,�OlLE U�,�.�RO Minnesota House of 1=� t.3 :tip V Representatives COMMITTEES: COMMERCE, JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION POLICY; K-12 EDUCATION FINANCE 'y oy February 9, 2001 Laurie Ahrens City of Plymouth Assistant Manager 3400 Plymouth Blvd Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Laurie, As we begin the new legislative session in St. Paul, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2001 and solicit your advice on the issues important to you. Too often, legislators tend to talk, rather than listen to the needs of people in their legislative district. As a public servant who has to deal with state mandates and agencies, you are in a unique position to offer me guidance on the best way to make our government more efficient. This year, Governor Jesse Ventura has issued a challenge to the Legislature: He has noted that although the state government has increased its budget in the last two years, it has not necessarily become more effective as a result. He would like to limit the budgetary expansion of government to the rate of inflation (between two and three percent), while providing better services for Minnesotans. I take this challenge seriously. I would like to make government more effective while putting more tax money back in the pockets of hard-working Minnesota families. That is where you come in to the picture. I would like your help in identifying ways to improve our state's government. Here is a partial list of some items which we will consider in the Legislature this year: • Fixing the state education accountability program to better ensure high academic achievement. • Changing the way we reward teachers, so that teacher pay is based in part on actual performance, not solely on seniority. 487 State Office Building, 100 Constitution Ave., Paul, Minnesota 55155-1298 763 577-1893 email: rep.jeff.johnson@house.leg.state.mn.us (651) 296-5511 1� Fax: (651) 296-2080 February 9, 2001 Page Two Eliminating the health care "sick" tax to help hold down sky -rocketing medical costs. Dedicating the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax to the highway fund to ensure we have well- maintained roads. • Lowering the tax burden on all working Minnesotans. Again, this list is just a small sample of the issues we will be considering this year. You to write or call me with your ideas. I am here to represent you in the Legislature and rely o Your first-hand experience to help identify ways to improve our state's government. rely on I look forward to hearing from you soon and encourage you to contact me anytime question or comment about what is happening in the State Legislature. if You have a Thank you. Si erely, Jeff Johnson State Representative February 13, 2001 Paul Bridges 4400 Holly Lane Plymouth, MN 55446 SUBJECT: HOLLY LANE IMPROVEMENT CITY PROJECT NO. 9024 Dear Mr. Bridges: At the January 23 City Council meeting you addressed the City Council concerning the overhead power line along Holly Lane adjacent to your property. With the improvement to Holly Lane, it is necessary to move some of the existing power poles since they conflict with the roadway improvement. You previously discussed this matter with Dan Faulkner, City Engineer, and we have also met concerning this power line. At your request we received an estimate from Excel Energy to have the power line buried from Old Rockford Road and 45`h Avenue adjacent to your property. The estimated cost to have this one block segment of power line placed underground was $40,000. As we discussed when you and I met, I could not recommend to the City Council that we expend public funds to bury the power line since it only benefits you and your neighbor across the street. Since you appeared at the City Council meeting, we met with the representative of Xcel Energy to determine what could be done differently to satisfy your concern. My understanding is that your biggest concern was the existing power pole which is in front of your house. In accordance with previous relocation plans, it would have required guy wires be attached to this pole. We have worked with Xcel Energy and have a revised plan, copy enclosed, for the relocation of the power line. The existing pole in front of your home will be removed. The other two existing power poles at about your northerly property line and southerly property line will be relocated to adjacent to the two large trees north and south of your house. By placing the poles adjacent to the large trees and with the type of construction that will be used for the overhead wiring, there should be no additional impact on these trees. These power poles will now be screened from your house by the existing trees. I believe the plan satisfies your concerns and there is no additional expenditure of public funds. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Fred G. Moore, P.E. Director of Public Works enclosure cc: Dwight D. Johnson, City Manager ) Mayor and City Council )no enclosure Daniel L. Faulkner, City Engineer ) PLYMOUTH ABeautiful PPit�i�"8�riPR°tEcrS\IM-1M\9°Z°u. SkBM9" z 13.d°` 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD • PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447-1482 • TELEPHONE (612) 509-5000 ev--.a.,.. www.d.plymouth.mn.us I February 9, 2001 Woody Love, Mayor City of Shorewood 5755 Country Club Road Shorewood, MN 55331-8927 Dear Mayor Love, Thank you for your letter requesting support on issues relating to restrictions on the use and sale of phosphorous lawn fertilizers. The City of Plymouth is aware of the negative impact of phosphorous on water quality. In 1995, the City Council adopted an ordinance that prohibits the use of fertilizer containing any quantity of phosphorous in the City of Plymouth except for newly established turf areas or for areas where soil tests confirm that phosphorous levels are below those established by the University of Minnesota Extension Services. Also in 1995, the City Council enacted a licensing process for commercial fertilizer applicators working in the community. In addition, the City has undertaken a number of public education initiatives on this issue. I am enclosing a copy of our 2001 legislative priorities list. Please note that the City Council has already adopted a position to support legislation at the state level to restrict the sale and use of fertilizer containing phosphorus, except in limited situations when warranted and when it is generally protected from runoff. Thank you for contacting us about this important issue. Sincerely, 0 (J Joy Tierney Mayor Enclosure PLYMOUTH ABeautifulPface?o Live 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD • PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447-1482 - TELEPHONE (612) 509-5000 oFftd wo" www.d.plymouth.mn.us LL c-, CITY OF PLYMOUTH PRIORITY ISSUES FOR THE 2001 LEGISLATIVE SESSION Sales tax exemption on local government purchases. When the State was experiencing a budget shortfall in 1992, the Legislature repealed the sales tax exemption for local government purchases. Cities now pay state sales tax for purchases of items such as road maintenance equipment and building materials. This costs property taxpayers about $90 million a year, adding to the state's revenue surplus. Since the Legislature provided no additional state aids to offset the cost, this policy effectively increased local property taxes to finance state government operations. The City supports legislation to reinstate the sales tax exemption for all local government purchases. In the event that the sales tax is extended to services such as auditors, engineers, attorneys, and the like, services provided to cities should be exempted. Affordable and Life Cycle Housing. Economic and demographic trends indicate that Minnesota's population is aging and workers need more affordable housing closer to where they work. The region's population age 65 and older will likely double from the year 2000 to 2020. Jobs in Plymouth are projected to increase approximately 27% during the same period. The City urges the Legislature to provide additional resources to encourage the development of affordable housing for both of these groups. In addition, the Legislature needs to eliminate restrictions or disincentives that discourage the use of available resources, such as TIF, to develop affordable housing. Cities also need to be empowered by the Legislature to use their land use powers to encourage the development of the appropriate mix of affordable life cycle housing by the private sector. Local control of residential speed limits. State law currently controls all speed limits on residential streets. Legislation is requested allowing more flexibility for local officials to establish speed limits for residential streets that do not have an impact on neighboring cities. Youth Access to Alcohol: Eliminating the sale of alcohol to minors has been a top priority of the City of Plymouth for several years. The City conducts compliance checks and has adopted a Best Practices Program. • Compliance Checks. The City of Plymouth encourages the State to mandate statewide alcohol compliance checks and to provide adequate funding for this activity. • Wine Sales in Grocery Stores. The City of Plymouth opposes the proposal to allow wine sales in grocery stores or other venues where currently prohibited. The limit on points of sale for alcohol aids in preventing youth access to alcohol. Local Control/Unfunded Mandates. Local governments are empowered by the Legislature to determine many issues within statutory and charter limits. The City opposes legislation that undermines or erodes local control, as well as state -imposed mandated services or procedures that result in added local costs. However, cities must carefully and fairly evaluate the cost of state mandates and recognize that some mandates may save money in the long term CriMNet. Minnesota is taking steps to build and implement an integrated, statewide system to allow police, sheriffs, judges, prosecutors, probation and corrections officers to share information with each other. The Legislature provided funding in 2000 for the first step in the process, and it is important for the State to take the lead in this investment and not to impose unfair and unaffordable burdens on local law enforcement and local government. The City of Plymouth urges support and funding of CriMNet. Firefighter Staffing. Shortage of paid -on-call and volunteer firefighters is a statewide issue. The City of Plymouth encourages the State to enact legislation to enhance recruitment and retention of paid -on- call and volunteer firefighters. Consideration could be given to providing tax credits for businesses that employ firefighters and/or allow firefighters to respond to fires during work hours; tax credits for firefighters; and payment of tuition for a firefighter and their family at state colleges. Metropolitan Council Planning Role. The Metropolitan Council serves as a long-range planning agency and operator of select regional services. The City of Plymouth believes that the powers of the Metropolitan Council should be limited and not dxpanded so as not to override city responsibilities, especially land use regulation authority. Election Reform. The City urges the State to address election reform by addressing current problems with increased absentee voting and by exploring new voting methods such as advanced open voting. Surface Water Quality Plans. As mandated by the State, the City Council has adopted a surface water quality plan and committed significant local funds for implementation. Because lakes and watersheds often cross municipal boundaries, the City Council requests that the State consider increased funding for water quality improvements to enhance funding at the local level. Transportation Funding. The entire economy benefits from a sound and adequately funded transportation system, but resources for roads and transit systems have fallen short. Additional resources are needed to provide a high quality, efficient metropolitan area transportation system. The City encourages the legislature to establish a permanent and fair funding mechanism for transit and other transportation funding and to reduce the reliance on the property tax system. Phosphorus in Fertilizer. Lake water quality may be maintained and improved if the amount of lawn fertilizer and other chemicals entering the lakes as a result of storm water runoff can be regulated. The City of Plymouth has enacted an ordinance prohibiting the use of fertilizer containing any quantity of phosphorous except in extremely limited situations. The City supports legislation at the state level to restrict the sale and use of fertilizer containing phosphorus, except in limited situations when warranted and when it is generally protected from runoff. February 8, 2001 CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD • SHOREWOOD, MINNESOTA 55331-8927 • (952) 474-3236 FAX (952) 474-0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityha1I@ci.shorewood.mn.us Mayor Joy Tierney City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mayor Tierney: The purpose of this letter is to request your support for the adoption of a resolution relating to restrictions on the use and sale of phosphorous lawn fertilizers. I am writing to you in my capacity as the Mayor of the City of Shorewood. I have been involved and concerned with water quality issues for many years, particularly the impact of phosphorous additives found in lawn fertilizers, most recently as mayor and previously as a manager with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. As with many issues, it frequently requires the accumulation of local initiatives to bring about broader state legislative changes. We have learned a lot about the impact of phosphorous lawn fertilizers over the last many years. Please find enclosed a phosphorous lawn fertilizer fact sheet prepared by John Barton with Hennepin County Parks. The City of Shorewood has already adopted this resolution, and I urge you to consider adoption of the enclosed sample resolution, or one tailored to your board. We, as local units of government, can send a strong message to the fertilizer producers and raise public awareness through local initiatives such as this. Upon adoption of the resolution, please return it to me at the City of Shorewood, and I will forward it to the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts and appropriate legislators. Since the Legislature is in session it is important that the resolutions be returned by March 15. I am happy to discuss these issues with you at your convenience. Also, if you feel it would be helpful, I can arrange to meet with your Council to answer questions you may have. Please reach me at (952) 470-2552 or (952) 474-7802. Since Mayor Woody Love City of Shorewood Cc: Ray Bohn, Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts «� PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER GREEN LAWNS - GREEN LAKES THE PHOSPHORUS CONNECTION Homeowners in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area apply over six million pounds of phosphorus fertilizer to lawns each year. The fertilizer helps to keep lawns nice and green. Unfortunately, the phosphorus also helps to make lakes nice and green during the summer, which diminishes swimming, boating and fishing for many people. Recent studies have shown that 50 percent of the phosphorus in runoff from residential areas comes from lawns. Most of the rest comes from sources such as leaves, grass clippings and sediment on hard surfaces. It takes only one pound of phosphorus to grow 500 pounds of algae. I Ioo A w1 oco IF1 G'wI T -I n I 01 --10 CC VI\LJ /"�1• 1\LV, V"I\ I,F L 1\VI\VI 1 Total Phosphorus Sources Lawns SOIL PHOSPHORUS FERTILITY LEVEL X2500 E 2000 -1500 a t 1000 a e Soo f Ve Roofs veways The unfortunate thing about all this fertilizer use, is that it is unnecessary. Soil tests have shown that most lawns, almost 70 percent, have very high levels of phosphorus and do not need any additional phosphorus fertilizer. The accompanying figure shows the results of 181 soil tests done on lawns in Plymouth, Maple Grove, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. Similar results Medium could be expected throughout the metropolitan area. M Very High=P> 50 lbs/acre High = P < 50 lbs/acre When phosphorus fertilizer is applied to lawns with very high P -: 20 levels of phosphorus, much of it runs off of the lawn into the street where it can be carried into lakes, streams, and wetlands. The graph shows the concentrations of phosphorus in runoff water from lawns with different fertility levels and fertilizer application practices. As the graph shows, much more phosphorus runs off of very high fertility lawns than other lawns. This is not surprising, applying phosphorus fertilizer to high fertility lawns is like RUNOFF PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION pouring coffee into a full cup, some of it is going to spill out. Y NM NF VNM VHF Lawn Cal00ory z� In fact, a lot of the phosphorus applied as fertilizer is spilling out of our lawns. The soil particles can only hold so much before the excess begins to run off. Approximately 25 pounds of phosphorus is added to lakes, wetlands and streams each year from a 100 acre residential development. It can cost over $5,000 per year to remove this phosphorus using ponds, street sweeping and other management practices. We can all help to improve our lakes, streams and wetlands by not spilling phosphorus into rainfall runoff by doing the following: Have a soil test done on your lawn before adding fertilizer. Aerate your lawn each year. If you fertilize, do it in the fall and sweep up any granules that land on hard surfaces. Keep grass clippings and leaves off of the street so they can't wash into the stormsewers. USE ONLY PHOSPHORUS FREE FERTILIZER ON YOUR LAWN!!!!! Phosphorus free fertilizer can be purchased at many locations including the following: Dundee Nursery Otten Brothers Hennepin Coop City of Plymouth Bachman's Nurseries Mills Fleet Farm Linder's Garden Center Home Depot Stores LOOK FOR A FERTILIZER BAG WITH A "0" FOR THE MIDDLE NUMBER. Source: John Barten, Hennepin Parks, 1999 SHOREWOOD MODEL PHOSPHOROUS SALE PROHIBITION Sale of Fertilizer Containing Phosphorous. Effective 1 January , no person, firm, corporation, franchise, or commercial establishment shall sell any lawn fertilizer, liquid or granular, within the Counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey or Scott that contains any amount of phosphorous or other compound containing phosphorous, such as phosphate, except: a. Small quantities of such fertilizer may be sold for use as provided in Section 18C.201 subd. 6. Displays of lawn fertilizer containing phosphorous shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the quantity of non -phosphorous lawn fertilizer on display at any given time. b. Displays of such fertilizer must be clearly marked as containing phosphorous, and must be separated from the display of other fertilizers by no less than eight (8) feet. c. For each sale of such fertilizer the seller shall provide the buyer with a copy of the printed consumer information set forth herein. ::ODMA\PCDOCS\LIB 1\633905\1 Feb 16 Z001 15:19:38 LMC LNWw of Minyw"ea Citi.. C4Ni. �no�noltae wna�w.w Via Fax -> 61Z+509+5969 Administrator Page 001 Of OOZ WI1N F Special edltly Z-Pa9e FR'DA Y Ax Number 7 A weekly legislative update from the League of Minnesota Cities February 16, 2001 Board adopts interim policies on racial profiling, 0.08 DWI threshold The LMC Board of Directors met yesterday and adopted interim policies on two high-profile legisla- tive issues—racial profiling and a reduced driving -while -impaired (DWI) offense threshold Neither issue was considered during the League's policy adoption process, but it became apparent to intergov- ernmental relations staff at the beginning of the legislative session that both issues would be heavily discussed at the Capitol. Member input was sought through the Cities Bulletin and at the recent Legislative Conference. After a lengthy discussion of the racial profiling issue, Board members agreed racial profiling does exist and that the LMC should support a meaningful and effective response to the problem. The policy language opposes mandatory data collection while supporting state -funded training programs, compliance checks, and sanctions against documented instances of inappropri- ate treatment of citizens The Board also felt the League should have a policy on the reduction of the blood alcohol content (BAC) level threshold for DWI offenses from 0.10 to 0.08. Citing the benefits to public safety of a reduced thresh- old and the League's Building Quality Communities initiative, as well as the risk of loss of federal highway dollars if the measure is not imple- mented statewide. the Board adopted an interim policy in support of the 0.08 threshold. Staff plans to bring the issues forward for more thorough discussion during next year's policy adoption process. Look for more details and specific policy language in next week's Cities Bulletin State budget forecast due The state Department of Finance will unveil the updated state budget forecast on Wednesday, Feb 28. Rumors suggest the revised fore- cast will reflect a slowing in the state's economy and slightly re- duced revenues—perhaps in the $250 to $350 million range. If such a reduction is actually included in the forecast, the surplus through the next biennium would be reduced by approximately 10 percent from the current $3 billion surplus estimate The release of the updated forecast will mark the beginning of the true budget discussions. Legislators have been waiting to render com- plete judgment on the governor's proposal or to begin formulating their own budget and tax plans until they know the updated status of the state budget. Along with the February forecast, the governor will submit supplemen- tal budget recommendations based on the revised revenue and expen- diture estimates. If the governor decides to maintain the broader reforms included in the original Big Plan, he will likely have to identify additional resources to fill in the forecast gap. These recommenda- tions could include such changes as an increase in the new proposed state property tax levied against business and cabin properties, a smaller reduction in the sales tax rate, or smaller reductions in his proposed income tax rates. Perhaps more likely, the governor could propose a reprioritization in other state programs, including possible further reductions in city aid programs or an elimination of his proposed sales tax exemption for local government purchases. Under the current plan offered by the governor, the net impact of changes to LGA and HACA would reduce total aid paid to cities by approxi- mately $150 million. Although some of this aid reduction would be offset by the elimination of the sales tax, virtually all cities will have to increase their property tax levy Stay tuned. Competitive bid threshold One of the LMC's Building Quality Communities legislative initiatives passed from the Senate to the House on a vote of 65-0. The Senate approved SF 376, authored by Sen Jim Vickerman (DFL -Tracy) and Sen. Chuck Fowler (DFL - Fairmont), to bring uniformity to the municipal contract law by including special assessments and day contracts in the competitive bid threshold increases of 2000. Rep. Larry Howes (R -Hackensack), Rep. Bill Kuisle (R -Rochester), Rep. Mary Liz Holberg (R -Lakeville), and Rep. Scott Dibble (DFL -Minneapo- lis) authored the House bill, HF 817. The House Local Government For more inforrra(;nn on rj!•) ;'ZWe' -"If — ' " .r^•^ - h �"-- t rague ^r 14'i " " !r ' "' _rgovernmentGl -L.arions team. (651) 281-1200 or (800) 975-1127 Feb 16 Z001 1S:11:3Z Via Fax FRIDAYFAx Fce?u P?Y 16, 2001 — PACE 2 Committee will be hearing the bill Monday, Feb 19 Last year, the Legislature increased the dollar thresholds for local government contracts subject to the municipal competitive bid law to $35,000 for municipalities under 2,500 population and $50,000 for all others (Minn. Session Laws - 200, Chapter 328 amending §471). Electronic fund transfer and credit card use The Senate State & Local Govern- ment Operations Committee has passed SF 509, authored by Sen Claire Robling (R -Prior Lake). The a -> 61Z+509+5868 Administrator Page OOZ Of BBZ bill will next be discussed on the Senate floor. The bill authorizes cities and counties to accept pay- ment of obligations or claims by electronic transfer or by credit card. Sen. Dan Stevens (R -Mora) amended the bill to provide cities and townships with limited authority to make purchases via credit card. Similar authority was given to counties last year after the Office of the State Auditor voiced concern that counties did not have explicit statutory authority to make such purchases Sen. Stevens and Rep. Sondra Erickson (R -Princeton) have authored bills similar to the Steven's amendment to the Robling bill Correction to aid estimates table The Big Plan aid estimates chart in this week's Cities Bulletin contained errors in the column headings From left to right, the column headings should read* 1 City Name, 2 1999 Population; 3. 2001 HACA; 4 2001 LGA; 5. Current Law Projected 2002 HACA; 5 Current Law Projected 2002 LGA; 7. Governor's Proposed 2002 LGA; and 8 Percent Change Current Law (2002 LGA plus 2002 HACA) to Governor's Proposed 2002 LGA. Join the BQC effort! Building Quality Communities is about taking charge of the way your city is perceived by Send in your City Council Resolution your residents, legislators and the media. It's a grassroots effort among all.commu- M I N N I f O T A CITIES Building Quality nities throughout the state - and it can't be successful without you! Each city was sent a packet of materials to get your city started in communicating how Communities cities enhance Minnesota's high quality of life. Pass the City Council resolution committing your city to the effort and send it to Laura Check out the BQC web site: www.lmnc.org/bqc/home.htm Petersen, 145 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55103, or fax it to 651.215.4141.