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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 03-20-1992'! A� CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM MARCH 20, 1992 UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.... 1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR MARCH: MARCH 23 5:00 P.M. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed Session) Council Conference Room City Manager Performance Evaluation Review & Goals 7:00 P.K. TOWN MEETING - AREA 4 City Council Chambers Letter mailed to residents and agenda attached. (M-1) MARCH 25 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL STUDY SESSION Council Conference Room Discussion of 1992-96 Capital Improvements Program r--------------------------------------------------- MARCH 30 5:00 P.M. FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS Council Conference Room 7:00 P.M. TOWN MEETING - AREA 2 City Council Chambers -------------------------------------------- 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM March 20, 1992 Page 2 2. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING - PARKERS LAKE -- Tuesday, March 24, 7:00 p.m. A public information meeting to receive input on the treating of the milfoil problem in Parkers Lake will be held in the City Council Chambers. 3. PLANNING COMMISSION -- Wednesday, March 25. The Planning Commission Forum at 6:45 p.m., with the regular Commission meeting following at 7:00 p.m. Agenda attached. (M-3) 4. FOLK ARTS CELEBRATION -- Saturday, March 21. The Plymouth International Folk Arts Celebration will be held at the Wayzata East Junior High from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A flyer on the event is attached. (M-4) 5. SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES -- Tuesday, April 7. Senior Community Services will hold a special volunteer recognition event at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. A copy of the invitation is attached. The City will be presented with an award for supporting the Senior Community Services programs. If you plan to attend, please notify Laurie before March 27. (M-5) 6. NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES - -ANNUAL MEETING -- Thursday, April 16. The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council's annual dinner meeting will be held at the Northwest Inn, Brooklyn Park. A copy of the announcement is attached. Please contact Laurie to register for meeting. (M-6) 7. STUDY SESSION MEETING TOPICS -- Attached is a list of pending and completed Study Session. Meeting Topics for your review. (M-7) 8. MEETING CALENDARS -- City Center and City Council calendars for MARCH, APRIL and MAY are attached. (M-8) FOR YOUR INFORMATION..... 1. NOISE COMPLAINT ABOUT SOO LINE RAILROAD -- Mayor,Bergman received a complaint from Mr. Ron- Rosenswag of 5105 Oakview Lane with respect to the noise caused by Soo Line trains. Because the train/road intersections will continue to pose problems in the future, Mayor Bergman suggested that I contact the Soo Line Railroad to determine what costs the City might incur for installing lights and cross arms at all Soo Line/Plymouth street intersections. 1 -CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM March 20, 1992 Page 3 Attached is a letter from Darrel E. Ward, Assistant Chief Transportation Officer of the Soo Line Railroad. Mr. Ward indicates that signals and gates for each, intersection are approximately $100,000. For those intersections which already have signals, but require gates, the additional cost is $35,000. Based upon these estimates, the cost to provide appropriate lighting and cross arms at all present and possible future Plymouth intersections would be $370,000. This would include installing new signals and gates at Peony, Fernbrook, and Holly Lane and upgrading the signals by adding cross arms at Pineview and West Medicine Lake Drive. While the City Attorney's office has not been contacted, it is assumed that if these protective devices were installed at all intersections, that the City would be in a better position to adopt an ordinance prohibiting train whistles either: 1) at all times; or 2) during evening hours only. I am sharing a copy of this paragraph and the attachments with Mr. Rosenswag. The Council should determine as part of the Capital Improvement Program, whether it desires to initiate an aggressive street/railroad intersection improvement project and the financing therefore. (I-1) 2. TRAIL ALONG RIDGEMOUNT AVENUE -- Attached is information which has been received by the City with respect to a request by residents in the vicinity of Wayzata East Junior High and Sunset Hill Elementary School for an "off the street" sidewalk/trail. Ridgemount Avenue is the dividing line between Minnetonka and Plymouth. Several years ago the two cities worked together to make improvements to the roadway which included the widening of Ridgemount to accommodate an "on the roadway" trail which was marked by striping. This trail was to serve the purpose of pedestrian/bicycle r traffic. The petition which has now been received, request that both cities work together to develop an "off the street" sidewalk/trail and construct it in 1993. The residents do not propose to assume any of the costs of this trail, but rather have the cities pay for it through their own resources, perhaps municipal street aid monies. Our trail plan, which is currently undergoing revision, has, and will continue to, propose that the trail along this segment of Ridgemount Avenue be on the street. It would be appropriate for the residents to be informed of public meetings regarding our trail plan which would be held by PRAC and ultimately the City Council, in order that they might present their point of view to those two CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM March 20, 1992 Page 4 bodies prior to the plan actually being adopted by the Council. (I-2) 3. UNION ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN--AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) is conducting an union organizing campaign. A notice was mailed to unrepresented City employees at their homes (copy attached). All public employees have the right to form or join ,a labor union or employee organization. This right was granted to them by statute. In order to be certified as an exclusive employee representative, a union must first obtain an election. The Commissioner of Mediation Services will conduct an election if 30 percent of the employees of a proposed unit indicate their wish to be represented by signing an authorization card. The candidate for representation must receive a majority of the votes cast by potential members of the unit. During an organizing campaign it is imperative that the employer avoid committing any unfair labor practice. Commission of unfair labor practices can result in a decision by the Commissioner to certify a union with or without an election which results in a majority of votes for certification. Practices prohibited by employers include: Interfering, restraining, or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed by statute. Dominating or interfering with the formation, existence, or administration of any employee organization or contributing other support to it; Discriminating in regard to hire or tenure to encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization; Discharging or otherwise discriminating against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, petition, or complaint or given information or testimony. (I-3) 4. CITY TAX BASE DISTRIBUTION -- Attached is a memo from the City Assessor which gives a breakdown of the City's 1992 collectible tax base distribution. The total market value for the City is at $2,759,164,700, with a tax capacity of $71,278,160. (I-4) :,CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM March 20, 1992 Page 5 5. WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING -- Attached are notes from the third meeting of the Water Quality Committee prepared by Dan Faulkner. Councilmembers can anticipate being invited to the April 23 meeting of the Committee, at which time a discussion is to take place regarding fertilizer use and the possibility of asking Plymouth to adopt an ordinance regulating its use. A resource person from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Mr. Gene Soderbeck, will be present. (I-5) 6. FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TIMES -- Acting Fire Chief Dave Burke has provided me with the attached memo reporting on steps he and the officer corps have made with regard to seeking to reduce the response time to emergency calls. It appears that this new policy has the support fo the Officer Corps, and Dave is confident that given an opportunity for it to be placed in effect, that it should have a beneficial affect on overall response times. The Officer Corps will be monitoring response times and plans to have a report on its effectiveness after a three month evaluation. When that initial evaluation period has been completed, I will share the' results with the City Council. (I-6) 7. MINUTES a. Plymouth Forum, March 16, 1992. (I -7a) b. Park and Recreation Advisory Commission, March 12, 1992. (I -7b) 8. HRA ROSTER -- A revised roster is attached. (I-8) 9. RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE -- The attached bulletin was sent to residents affected by the Phase II of the 1991 Street Reconstruction Program. (I-9) 10. COMMUNITY ACTION -- Attached is the 1991 annual report of Community Action for Suburban Hennepin. (I-10) 11. COMMUNITY T.V. -- The attached article on the increasing viewership to community television programming appeared in the March 16 Star Tribune. (I-11) 12. CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE -- Information on call.s received on the City's customer service line is attached. (I-12) 13. CORRESPONDENCE: a. Letter to Greg Ptacin, Minnesota Sun Publications, from City Manager, stating interest in a meeting to review the results of the Sun Publication's market study. (I -13a) CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM March 20, 1992 Page 6 x b. Letter to Robert Rohlf, Hennepin County Library, _from City Manager, regarding County funding for the Plymouth library. A response to my letter from Mr. Rohlf is also attached. (I -13b) c. Letter from Mary and Bob Wrase, to the City Council and Planning Commission, on the Adult Corrections Facility. (I -13c) d. Letter from Joe Domagala, to the City Council and Planning Commission,. regarding the development of Downtown Plymouth. (I -13d) e. Letter from Minnesota Safety Council, announcing that the Plymouth has been selected to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award in Occupational Safety at the Governor's Safety Awards Luncheon, May 1. (I - 13e) f. Memo from Helen LaFave on the use of volunteers in city programs. (I -13f) g. Memo from Dale Hahn on information supplied to Councilmember Vasiliou regarding legal services. (I - 13g) h. Letter from Representative Warren Limmer in response to my letter regarding the Safe Drinking Water Conservation Fee. (I -13h) i. Letter from Ivadell Farrells, to Eric Blank, suggesting that an area be made available at the Parkers Lake boat launch for boat owners to wash off their boats after leaving the lake. Eric's response to the letter is also attached. (I -13i) j. Letter'from Delbert and Patricia Papenfuss, 12020 53rd Avenue North, to Mayor and Council, concerning street r and sanitary sewer improvements for 53rd Avenue. The Papenfuss' cannot attend the Area 4 Town meeting to state their concerns and requested their letter be provided to the Council before the March 23 meeting. (I -13j) James G. Willis City Manager M', March 2, 1992 Dear Plymouth Resident: w q ll CITY OF PLYMOUTR SUBJECT: TOWN MEETING, Area 4 Plymouth is a developing community and there are many actions underway or in the planning stage which could impact you. In order to maintain open communication channels with residents of the community, the City Council has scheduled a Town Meeting for residents of your.area at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 1992. r In order to keep the meetings on an informal basis while dealing with specific.topics of interest to you, the Town Meeting will be for the area shown on the map below. On the reverse side of this letter you will find the agenda topics for this meeting. Following reports on these topics, questions will be entertained regarding these or other matters. If you have questions about other issues you do not choose to raise publicly, the Resident Feedback Form you receive at the meeting may be used. Your particular concern will then be reviewed and a personal response provided. I encourage you to join Councilmembers Edson, Helliwell, Tierney, Vasiliou, and me at 7:00 p.m., on March 23, 1992, at the Plymouth City Center. We are anxious to meet you and look forward to this opportunity to informally discuss matters of mutual interest. If you have any questions about the Town Meeting or if you cannot attend but would like us to send you information on a particular subject, please feel free to call your City Clerk, Laurie Rauenhorst, at 550-5014. Sincerely, Kim M. Bergman Mayor 1992 TOWN MEETING SCHEDULE CIM MAR 20'92 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 M-\ TOWN MEETING AGENDA AREA 4 March 23, 1992 7:00 p.m. I. PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS s A. Streets' B. Sanitary Sewer C. Water .D. Public 3uildings E. Parks/Trails II. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A. Development Activity B. Comprehensive Plan Update III. PUBLIC SAFETY A. Police/Fire Report B. Neighborhood Watch Program rr C. Animal:Control 10 IV. OTHER ITEMS A. Public Transportation - Plymouth Metrolink/Dial-a-Ride B. Communication Efforts C. Solid Waste Recycling Programs D. Water Sprinkling Restrictions CIM MAR 20'92 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1992 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE: Plymouth City Center 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 CONSENT AGENDA All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered .to be routine by the Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion. of these items unless a Commissioner, citizen or petitioner so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on the agenda. PUBLIC FORUM 1. CALL TO ORDER 2.* CONSENT AGENDA 3.* APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. PUBLIC HEARING 6:45 P.M. 7:00 P.M. A. Thompson Land Development Company. Land Use Guide Plan Amendment to reclassify approximately 50 acres from Public/Semi-Public to LA - 2; and a RPUD Concept Plan for 191 single family lots and 88 multifamily attached units on a 122.5 acre site located at the southeast corner of Old Rockford Road and Dunkirk Lane (92007) B. Jeff Delozier. Conditional Use Permit to allow a fitness center in an existing retail building at 1400 County Road 101 (92010) 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District. Lot Division and Variances to divide 5.74 acres from a parcel in the FRD District to create a parcel for a trail corridor at 15900 County Road 47 (92009) 6' OLD BUSINESS A. Continued Consideration of Zoning Ordinance Amendment Regarding Outdoor Advertising 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Shopping Center Signage B. Planned Unit Development 8. ADJOURNMENT GIM MAR 20'92 ��/ �!I ��% LTJ 07w \ J \ rre�rd\ris��is�1r�e��d1r/s��&11 i r r LYMOUTH VIN� lNA'nwtAunAL'- FOLKAHS .. �`;/� � � .. > ., F :, .,�: , -:� . ,.. -- a= •-':•;,,. 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' �., .`+'�lr, ��^•; ;.'-ti r 11:30 a.m. - 12:30p.m.r �: Nothando' Zulu = n African -American ' A `.Story •Teller i4 s n,Vh�.# • � {r• r'ti. <Nl": I)-i•,•4._ 25< x: `-a. r'� �?�" • fi4 , :, • 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. •,' � ., . "°• S.°=� " Rincon Vel FSamenco -Flamenco Dance "Troupe .+ - - •3+ .]. � i x r .IT ,' '�-' "ic. ytr.a ,. , ••�'- .'$ r•�'"'�, V�, tt{ ,,.t �`•�- +;t ' ; A 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. "- •Xoivun 'Kaiku - Finnish Musical Group t .. �-. 7+ �' R Vit'` •'' . 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. ,; Videki Hungarian 'Dancers Couples 'Dance Group °�'tr+� r: r _ 1.�,. �A Folk artists will be displaying and selling their crafts s`=_A: throughout the day. ' �' •-' cf.' Food vendors will be serving from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. . .•� � �' • : 'r .� .�,�. ,nags . � •• , �.� � ' n J " 4 } ^+. .q, .r:-r..w . ,,• ,. c r �.+'- ax•1•^t,� : =..R' a.R: rkKM: •,, r,.r.-' .: w�Y- a` 50 - ,•= r:Z• 3 ,:.` a v f i,-t#. r.., ��,w v„t }. •�j�''sk-`• ', '.� 4ve^'e+ ` k3';E«. 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' r1.�-:€' - .•'n.•..,;- 1 . c�3: ?L: ix, 5>z'`y i,'_k r ;` ;y, 'x :�i�M -6 �72r rk �; r' - - ,..;�•sil:�` �Y~: 'aha: •''x�,+,: @-*,''i„-'%. .t3,`aQd �.�•<;}r•;•y.'sir .iak 'v r`<.i ° • -:, n.r•:.ri+.. _ - ... - _ -. <w .... - .,_ _ 'c-ix .�F�^t'_'it .`h ':• '. - .4..�.,c'..L:... �.___.. ._. - - iRl:?.Iif:�>•: 1:1•` ... `:ii!i>:i^i�<<i}t�>)v�: r Senior Community Services Cordially Invites You to a Special Recognition Event Honoring the Contributions of our Volunteers DATE: Tuesday, April 7, 1992 TIME: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. PLACE: Earle Brown Heritage Center 6155 Earle Brown Dr. Brooklyn Center We will present your city an award fur your support of our programs. Please R.S. V.P. by March 27,1992 to Senior Community Services 933-9311 M. Fg am MAS 20'92 cq': VN 13'92 PLEASE RETURN THIS CARD WITH YOUR MEAL CHOICE: Lemon Pepper.Chicken Beef Bourguignonne Name(s) j Adress: Special Needs/Requests: Amount Enclosed: Make check payable to: Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council 7601 Kentucky Avenue North,, Suite 101 Bvooklyn Park, Minnesota 55428 NOWT HENNEPIN .' HUMAN SERVICES- COUNCIL. Brooklyn Center • Brooklyn Park. Champlin- • Corcoran • Crestal Dayton Golden Valley • Hano%,er Hassan Maple Grore • Nem- Hope Osseo Plymouth • Rohhinsdale f?n►��� << .0 Annual Meeting - g Printed On Recycled Paper CIM MR 20'92 �� 1 You are Cordially Invited to Attend - PROGRAM Northwest Hennepin = _ Human Services Council's Annual Meeting 5:30-6:30 y.m. Social Hour/Cash Bar 6:30='7:30 p.m. Dinner. Date: Thursday, April 16, 1992 7:30-9:00 p.m. Program and Volunteer Recognition Place: Northwest Inn - Overview of 1991 - Volunteer & Community Awards Interstate 94 and - A Monologue set to Music County Road 81 By Dane Stauffer Brooklyn Park Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 P.M. rr R.S.V.P. by April 1:3, 1992 by returning the enclosed card. If you have any questions, please call us at: (612) 493-2802 Voice or TDD. - Cost: $15.00 per person WE•LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!!! CIM MAR 20'92 3-19-92 1992 STUDY SESSION MEETING TOPICS STUDY TOPIC - PENDING MEETING DATE 1. Discuss employee salaries and benefits: Review updated salary survey data, Impacts of collective bargaining and the market, Advertised position salary ranges and actual starting salaries, and Positions where salary problems exist (within range/market); Session to be held several months before budget approval. 1/6/92 2. Complete 1992 City Council Goals and Objectives. 1/6/92, 2/11/92 2/24/92, 3/9/92, 3/16/92 3. Interview candidates for Financial Advisory Committee (applications accepted until 3/25/92). 4. Discuss benefits offered to City Council members and employees to ensure that the benefits are maximized for the dollars expended; Session to be held several months before budget approval. 1/6/92 5. Compare City Council salaries and benefits with other communities; 1/6/92. Schedule after all other study items are completed; 3/2/92. 6. Conduct joint meeting with PRAC to discuss Community Survey. 1/27/92 Meeting scheduled May 14, 5:30 p.m. 7. Meet as Special Assessment Committee to review: A. Larch Heights Lagoon dredging project. B. 1992 Street Reconstruction program financing. C. Proposed projects and financing in 3-25-92 1992-1996 Capital Improvement Program 7:00 p.m. including proposed City Center expansion. CIM MAR 20'92 Study Session Meeting Topics Page 2 8. Review pay equity reports and timelines so council understands state requirements and city obligations. 1/27/92 m,-=1 L 1. Interview firms that submitted 1-13-92 proposals for legal services. 4:00 p.m. 1/6/92 2. Discuss Public Safety Director and Fire Chief positions. 1/6/92 3. Interview board and commission applicant finalists. 1/27/92 4. Conduct joint meeting with Planning Commission to include discussion of Downtown Plymouth and PUD Ordinance. 1/27/92 5. Discuss Financial Task Force report and how to implement their recommendations, including establishing an ongoing advisory body. 6.1 Interview candidates for HRA vacancy (applications accepted until 3/11/92). 7. Meet with Speedskating Club to reach agreement on rink maintenance responsibilities. 1/27/92, 2/24/92 r (Remove this topic if Speedskating Club no longer desires meeting). 1-13-92 3:00 p.m. 2-10-92 and 2-17-92 2-17-92 6:30 p.m. 2-22-92 8:00 a.m. 3-16-92 Letter sent to Club -2/28/92 CIM 020'92 MWO COUNCIL CALENDAR: MARCH 23 - APRIL 5 March -April 1992 March 23 5:00pm "EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed session) 1-7:00pjn: TOWN MTG March 24 Lwi�L League of MN Cities - Legislative Conference 7:00pm "Public Info Meeting - Parkers Lake Milfbil, March 30 5:00pm "FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS ill : . . .7:0Gpm:`TQWN _ G MT:AREA — . EA March 31 March 25 WEDNESDAY April 1 6:45pm PLAN FORUM 7:00pm PLAN COMM. 7:00pm "COUNCIL STUDY SESSION March 26 I - THURSDAY -': I April 2 I - '- -.*.---'FR1DAY, April 3 March 27 11 MTWTIFSS - IVI di W I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 a 21 22 i� 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 mmwA *Revised Meeting/Event **New Meeting/Event ^wg 11 — M T WTF S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 cim 0 20'92 3/19/1992 COUNCIL CALENDAR: April 1992 M- 5K APRIL 6 - 19 April 6 1:`."MONDAY- ,j Customer Counter Open until 7 p.m. -.Absentee. Vote 7: ()OPm BOARD- OF, REVIENN 7-.00pm COUNCIL MEETING 7:00pm CHARTER COMMIS! April 7 [7:::WESDAY...*l.' PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY 7:00pm BOARD OF ZONING 1:30pm Senior Community Services Volunteer Recognition April 8 7:00pm PLANNING COMMISSION Y April 9 j, -THURSDAY:: 4:00pm "Design in the Suburbs" - Centennial Lakes Ctr 6:30pm HRA 7:00pm PRAC 11 April 10 *Revised Meeting/Event **New Meeting/Event mz:ilaylv� \A. .N... M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 *Revised Meeting/Event **New Meeting/Event mz:ilaylv� \A. 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Ward CITY OF Assistant Chief PLYMOUTH - Transportation Officer Soo Line Railroad Company Soo Line Building Room 310 Box 530 Minneapolis, MN 55440 SUBJECT: COSTS OF CROSSING GATES AND SIGNALS Dear Mr. Ward: Attached is a copy of your November 1991 letter to Mayor Kim Bergman. In that letter you state that, "if the community is adamant about stopping trains from whistling during certain hours, they can do so by passing specific ordinances, providing necessary crossing gates and signals, and assuming the liability of not whistling." We continue to receive complaints from Plymouth residents about train horns sounding in the night. The Mayor suggested I,inquire to you about the cost for installing crossing gates and signals at the remaining railroad/street intersections within the community to see what the cost of implementing an ordinance prohibiting train whistles at night might be. The table below shows the roadways which do or will intersect with the Soo Line tracks. Could you 'indicate on the table, the cost for completing each of the remaining intersections (including the addition of cross arms at Pineview and West Medicine Lake Drive). Lights Cross Arms Cost to r Intersection Installed Installed Install r 1. Peony Lane D 0 0 0 2. Vicksburg Lane X X Completed 3. Fernbrook Lane 16.04000 (future road) 4. West Medicine Lake X 3O Drive . 5. Pineview Lane X O© O 6. Larch X X Completed 7. Zachary X X Completed g. K®�\•� 1-ar,.�Cerww�� 1�rL�� 00 oo-d CIM .MAR ?019 370 . o 0 0 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (61 L Mr. Darrel E. Ward March 3, 1992 Page 2 Feel free to jot that information on this letter and send it back to me. With this information I can advise the Council of what the intersection improvement costs might be to implement an ordinance which would prohibit the use of train whistles in Plymouth from say midnight to 6 a.m. Thank you in adv ce for your cooperation. S' cere Frank o e Assi t City Manager FB:kec cc: Mayor & City Council Ron Rosenswag Fred Moore S.F. 3/28/92 r -I CIM 0 201, L Soo Line Railroad Company March 13, 1992 Mr. Frank Boyles Assistant City Manager City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 Dear Mr. Boyles: soa Re: COSTS OF CROSSING GATES AND SIGNALS - ESTIMATED t -1 Soo Line Building Room 310 Box 530 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 (612) 347-8000 OPERATING DEPARTMENT This is in response to your letter to me on the above subject dated March 3, 1992. I have had our Engineering Department enter figures in the appropriate blocks on your letter which are to be considered estimates for the installation of gates and signals as requested. Basically, if the street does not have signals or has old signals, the cost will be about $100,000 to install signals with gates. If the location was recently upgraded but does not include gates, the cost will be about $35,000 to install gates. These are very generic numbers. An accurate estimate for a specific location would have to be made to obtain figures to use in an agreement. Also attached is a listing of the public crossings in this area (ignore tie column listing warning device type since it has not been updated 00 currently). This seems to show two additional ones that the city has - not included in their list. This list is not totally up to date but was checked against another list that was accurate as of about 5 or 6 F � years ago. Unless these public crossings have been closed since then, these would also have to be upgraded. It also appears there may be one private crossing, a farm crossing at MP 14.03, with a DOT number of 689120. • Should the City of Plymouth wish to pursue such installations, I suggest you address your future correspondence to Mr. Guy Short who is Director -Signals for Soo Line. Mr. Short's address is the same as mine. CIM 0 20'92 Illy - This is in response to your letter to me on the above subject dated March 3, 1992. I have had our Engineering Department enter figures in the appropriate blocks on your letter which are to be considered estimates for the installation of gates and signals as requested. Basically, if the street does not have signals or has old signals, the cost will be about $100,000 to install signals with gates. If the location was recently upgraded but does not include gates, the cost will be about $35,000 to install gates. These are very generic numbers. An accurate estimate for a specific location would have to be made to obtain figures to use in an agreement. Also attached is a listing of the public crossings in this area (ignore tie column listing warning device type since it has not been updated 00 currently). This seems to show two additional ones that the city has - not included in their list. This list is not totally up to date but was checked against another list that was accurate as of about 5 or 6 F � years ago. Unless these public crossings have been closed since then, these would also have to be upgraded. It also appears there may be one private crossing, a farm crossing at MP 14.03, with a DOT number of 689120. • Should the City of Plymouth wish to pursue such installations, I suggest you address your future correspondence to Mr. Guy Short who is Director -Signals for Soo Line. Mr. Short's address is the same as mine. CIM 0 20'92 Mr. Frank Boyles Page 2 March 13, 1992 Thank you, and be assured of our future help in any way we are able. Si cerely, 11 41"Q Darrell E. Ward Assistant Chief Transportation Officer - Administration DEW: pr Attachments cc: G. M. 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Ln . %o .• r- C� C� a: (7, i C� (:> -4 C> -4 _4 -4 Cn -4 Cl) -4 4 -4 V) rt co > I x cn >4 i E-4 < U > 0 :-4 c) j Lr) %.D 00 cn -4 r-, co m cn -4 Ln %D co a% -4 - M cn m Ln Ln Ln Ln to to to -4 -q -4 -4 C14 m a% cN m CIN ON 0% a% j 0% m m I r4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 j -4 1-4 00 i 00 00 00 00! 00 o) co I 00 00 co 00 ON a% CN ON 01% ON 00 CC) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 co 00 00 f OD oo 00 00 00 00 OD co %0 %0 I 'L %D dog MEMO TO: City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor FROM: John Greupner Principal z—, Wayzata East Junior High School DATE: March 16, 1992 It has come to our attention that parents and residents in our neighborhood are interested -in upgrading Ridgemount Avenue. The upgrades would include pathways to increase the safety of walkers along Ridgemount. As a principal, I strongly support this request and encourage strong consideration of the safety issues. We receive calls every year from drivers and neighbors concerned about students walking dangerously close to traffic. Please consider us supportive of the proposal and willing to assist in a feasibility study. JG:mm CIM MAR 20'92 WAYZATA EAST JUNIOR HIGH 12000 RIDGEMOUNT AVENUE WEST PLYMOUTH, MN 55441-5899 (612) 476.3060 FAX: (612) 476-3134 March 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. As principal of Sunset Hill I support the area residents' drive to have a sidewalk installed along Ridgemount Avenue. We currently use a Safety Patrol to ensure safe passage across Ridgemount but we can do nothing to guarantee a ,safe place to walk. A sidewalk would certainly solve this problem. I hope you consider the residents' request. Sincerely, Gary K. Kipling Elementary Principal Sunset Hill Elementary r CIM 0 2x'92 March 18, 1992 Mr. Kim Bergman, Mayor City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Blvd. Plymouth, Mn 55447 Dear Mr. Bergman: I am a resident of Minnetonka. I have been working with Bill Hartman, a resident of Plymouth. We have been working with Dan Faulkner, City Engineer, and residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth regarding the upgrading of Ridgemount Ave. As you may be aware, Ridgemount Ave. is the dividing line between Minnetonka and Plymouth. On the Plymouth side of Ridgemount Ave., two schools are located within approximately one-half mile from each other; Sunset Hills Elementary and Wayzata East Junior High. Next to the Junior High is Ridgemount Park. This park is used by the Junior High and the Plymouth/Wayzata community services for youth activities. Students from both the Minnetonka side and Plymouth side attend these schools. Several years ago, Ridgemount Ave. was striped for a walking lane on both sides of the street. These lanes are part of the street. The intent was for a safer place for students to walk to/from the schools. However, because of the walking lane being part of the street, drivers of vehicles find students walking in groups on the street where vehicles are to operate, making it very dangerous for both the drivers and the students. Several residents in my area have questioned why the two cities have not installed off-street walk paths. As a result of our discussions with Dan Faulkner, a petition was drafted and distributed to the residents whose property borders on Ridgemount Ave. The Minnetonka side has 45 homes, of which 41 signed the petition, 2 refused and 2 we were unable to contact. The Plymouth side has 22 homes, of which 18 signed the petition, 2 refused and 2 we were unable to contact. The petition was distributed the days of March ,,12-17. We received signatures from 88% of the homes located on Ridgemount Ave. We also received letters from the two Principals of the schools supporting the petition. A large property owner, St. Mary of the Lake was presented with the petition and it will be proposed at their April 11 committee meeting. On March 17, we presented Dan with copies of the signatures and a Memo recapping our petition results and a listing of some of the complaints of residents regarding Ridgemount Ave. On March 17, I also met with David Sonnenberg, City Engineer for the City of Minnetonka and presented the same data. Dan informed us that the petition was coming at a good time since planning was underway for road upgrades around the same area for 1993, and that City Council would be soon looking at the 1993 capital improvements programs. We feel it necessary that the upgrading of Ridgemount Ave. be included as one of the projects to be done in 1993. Many residents of both Plymouth and Minnetonka feel that our neighborhood CIM 0 2x'92 i area has been ignored for capital improvements and maintenance by the two cities. I believe this attitude is largerly the result of poor roads and inadequate walk paths for students and residents to use. We ask for your support on this petition and that it be included in the 1993 capital improve- ments program. In addition, we feel it is very important for both cities to work together in accomplishing this -task. Please call me at 542-9383 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Rick Jensen 101 Sunset Drive South Minnetonka, Mn 55343 - ;�;X_ A CIM WAR 20'92 To: David Sonnenberg, City Engineer, City of Minnetonka Dan Faulkner, City Engineer, City of Plymouth From: Rick Jensen, Resident of Minnetonka Bill Hartman, Resident of Plymouth Date: March 17, 1992 Subject: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. We are submitting the attached petitions for City Council review of upgrading Ridgemount Ave. During the days March 12-17, 1992, we contacted the residents on Ridgemount Ave. and other neighboring streets and received 87 signatures approving this petition. In addition, we are submitting two attached letters, one from the local Sunset Hill Elementary Principal and one from the Wayzata East Junior High Principal. The following if a breakdown of the results obtained from those residents that have property along Ridgemount Ave.: 1. On the Minnetonka side: Number of homes 45 r Signatures obtained 41 Turn -downs 2 11201 Ridgemount Ave. 11609 Ridgemount Ave. Unable to contact 2 11917 Ridgemount Ave. 12017 Ridgemount Ave. CIM KAR 20992 2. On the Plymouth side: Number of homes 22 Signatures obtained 18 Turn -downs 2 12440 Ridgemount Ave. 11616 Ridgemount Ave. Unable to contact 2 10 Vinewood 11220 Ridgemount Ave. We also submitted the petition to St. Mary of the Lake Church. The Business Manager will review with their committee during the April 11 meeting. I A total of 67 signatures were received from residents with property on Ridgemount Ave. An additional 20 signatures were received from residents living next to Ridgemount Ave. No turn -downs were obtained from residents living next to Ridgemount Ave. During the presentation of the petition, numerous complaints were received from residents regarding Ridgemount Ave. These complaints are: 1. Traffic does not adhere to the 25 mph speed. 2. Many homes have water drainage problems with their basements and property r due to the method of drainage along.Ridgemount Ave. 3. Children, both from the Elementary and Junior High, do no stay in the bike path lanes and are constantly in the street making it difficult for the driver of the vehicles. 4. The road surface has many holes, expecially the western half. CIM WR 20'92 y� a 5. The sun in the late afternoons blinds the drivers as they procede westbound up the hill past the Junior High. Many students are walking from school during this time, especially during the winter months, making the road dangerous for the students. 6. Many buses use Ridgemount Ave. and don't adhere to the 25 mph speed. 7. The curbing is broken down along the road. 8. The storm sewers are not able to handle the water problems from the street. We believe these matters and the attached petitions should be submitted to each of the Citys' councils and that, as stated in the petition, a feasibility study should begin as soon as possible. In addition, since Ridgemount Ave. is used by the parents, teachers and administrators of the two schools, and residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth use the Ridgemount Park, and residents of neighboring communities use St. Mary of the Lake Church, any upgrading to Ridgemount Ave. should be funded by the cities and/or state governments. Assessments should not be imposed on the property owners along Ridgemount Ave. r CIM MAR 20'92 • � d R March, 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. We, the undersigned residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth and other interested parties, request the City of Minnetonka and the City of Plymouth to. undertake a feasibility study to add a walk path and upgrade the street. We bel6ve the current street configuration is a dangerous environment for children walking to/from the Sunset Hills Elementary, Wayzata East Junior High and Ridgemount Park. We request that this project be started ASAP and that the upgrade qualify for Municipal State Aid funding and not be assessed to the property owners. DATE SIGNATI. ,3- 13- 9a 3- -8 - 1:3 - q -Z, -8-i:3-qz 3# /3 -gid 3-,�-9a �3 I- l )IIJ 2 ADDRESS J0 , �� -�" py-y""� i 04 vV\110 Ib -vei -w-e z 7O/ f1Yo y 7Ziv� 6&^oNr No 3/1� J 3112 /;.la 3 ., 41fA 1) ( lo CIM 0 20'92 R6 v, March, 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. We, the undersigned residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth and other interested parties, request the City of Minnetonka and the City of Plymouth to.Undertake a feasibility study to add a walk path and upgrade the street. We believe the current street configuration is a dangerous environment for children walking to/from the Sunset Hills Elementary, Wayzata East Junior High and Ridgemount Park. We request that this project be started ASAP and that the upgrade qualify for Municipal State Aid funding and not be assessed to the property owners. DATE SIGNATURE er ADDRESS /a(�o20 R.crf e -7t n t2� ,(-\(.,,eh11,JT h09 01-kfi . i3 7 � iOG,Es� Qv�✓�` a -I,40-w 4�Z.4 / .3 /// AA Lom"-�� Ir f cim MAR 20'9Z March, 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. We, the undersigned residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth and other interested parties, request the City of Minnetonka and the City of Plymouth to.undertake a feasibility study to add a walk path and upgrade the street. We belie the current street configuration is a dangerous environment for children walking to/from the Sunset Hills Elementary, Wayzata East Junior High and Ridgemount Park. We request that this project be started ASAP and that the upgrade qualify for Municipal State Aid funding and not be assessed to the property owners. DATE SIGNATURE -9L a 53 ILI- -ice^ 3 , ADDRESS �a r1AIk� G CS S 5�us�-r 0,4-- pinek lot March, 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. We, the undersigned residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth and other interested parties, request the City of Minnetonka and the City of Plymouth to.undertake a feasibility study to add a walk path and upgrade the street. We bel4ve the current street configuration is a dangerous environment for children walking to/from the Sunset Hills Elementary, Wayzata East Junior High and Ridgemount Park. We request that this project be started ASAP and that the upgrade qualify for Municipal State Aid funding and not be assessed to the property owners. DATE SIGNATURE lI�! '4-Z. -Y 2- 31 15 I ADDRESS S �0.1c-`"'voce 126,30 K14xN0L17-1-'f" 'Aja 13 Z r Ic a 5 � 21 I�. ISN<0a March, 1992 City of Minnetonka Mayor and City of Plymouth Mayor City of Minnetonka Council and City of Plymouth Council REGARDING: UPGRADING OF RIDGEMOUNT AVE. N. We, the undersigned residents of Minnetonka and Plymouth and other interested parties, request the City of Minnetonka and the City of Plymouth to undertake a feasibility study to add a walk path and upgrade the street. We belie the current street configuration is a dangerous environment for children walking to/from the Sunset Hills Elementary, Wayzata East Junior High and Ridgemount Park. We request that this project be started ASAP and that the upgrade qualify for Municipal State Aid funding and not be assessed to the property owners. DATE SIGNATURE Ci�1 L mss- f�)1A -kr Al ADDRESS i I17 0V✓,��I: �<< l f��L :J I t`ICY 1/ 3/ 7 R, �� c �v,. e• 4 .� f I. c 4, L �I ,I jjj j 4 ` i 3 L G. I "ITt:�,A WITED.",:TO"'-MEET'"**..WITH,:A TIVES' OTHER-PLYMQU W.ORGANIZING-.'k.UNION TUESDAY; -MARCH 5Z, .--1'0WAT0NNA'RO0M7 HOLIDAY INN 71 2,1 ,. - - 7M 7--iF' ill 0.41 ARE --:IF YOU., RESPONSIBLE FOR CHILDREN W Ow BRING THEM ALONG.' THE . ATMOSPHERE. WILL BE INFORMAL AND THEY ARE WELCOME TO SHARE IN THE REFRES101ENTS. PREPARED BY: JERRY SERRJ NG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AFSCME COUCIL NO. 14, PHONE 291-0333 cim WR 20,92 A y o• MEMO CITY OF PLYMOUTH 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447 DATE: March 10, 1992 TO: James G. Willis, City Manager FROM: Scott L. Hovet, City Assessor ,)LA SUBJECT: CITY TOTAL TAX BASE DISTRIBUTION The following is a breakdown of the City's 1992 collectible tax base in four major categories. It's interesting to note that our commercial and industrial properties are just over 27% of our tax base, yet they pay almost one-half of the taxes. CITY TOTAL: VALUE PARCELS PERCENT Market Value: $2,759,164,700 18,342 100% Tax Capacity: 71,278,160 100% . ----------------------------------------- RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES: % OF TOTAL Market Value: $1,533,485,000 15,361 55.5% 34.2% Tax Capacity: 24,384,743 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL: Market Value: $746,485,200 540 27.1% 48.7% Tax Capacity: 34,742,223 APARTMENTS: r Market Value: $184,201,000 55 6.7% 8.8% Tax Capacity: 9 6,244,620, ALL OTHER: (VACANT LAND) Market Value: $294,993,500 2,386 10.7% 8.3% Tax Capacity: 5,906,574 cc: Dale Hahn, Finance Director Financial Task Force Nancy Bye, Senior Appraiser CIM 0 20'92 MEMO CITY OF PLYMOUTH 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447 DATE: March 18, 1992 TO: James G. Willis, City Manager FROM: David E. Burke, Acting Fire Chief SUBJECT: RESPONSE TIME I have made it one of my goals while serving as Acting Fire Chief to reduce response time to all emergency calls made by the fire department. I have made three policy changes that become effective April 1, 1992 that I feel should help reduce the fire department response time: 1. Change the ,way percentages are calculated, eliminating getting credit toward percentage for other station's calls during the daytime hours. You only get credit for your station' s. calls. This will make people more accountable for calls in their station area. 2. Limit response time to 15 minutes. If response time is longer, you do not get pay or credit for the call. The only exception to this is a multiple alarm call. 3. Change policy so that if no officer goes in service within three to five minutes the first person getting to the station will put the base in service to establish a line of communications with the dispatch center. Also, if no officer from that station goes in service, any department officer may go in service and respond to the call. I feel that with these policy changes, in addition to working toward increasing department morale, motivation and pride, we will have one of the rfinest fire departments in the entire state of Minnesota. DEB:ly CIM 0 20'92 PLYMOUTH FORUM MARCH 16, 1992 1. Loretha Suggs, 1805 Highway 101, requested that the Council consider extension of transit service to the Plymouth Colony, Kimberly Meadows, and Oakwood Apartment areas. She stated a number of residents would use the bus service to go to school, court, and Interfaith Outreach. The Dial -a -Ride Service is doing a good job but is not sufficient to serve people's needs and is expensive. She recently couldn't get into school because she didn't have adequate transportation. Assistant Manager Boyles stated he received a petition that she had distributed with 106 signatures of individuals' interested in transit service to this area. He noted that each additional bus costs about $70,000 per year; and before another bus is added, the hours, locations, and routes to be served need to be identified. He asked if she could define the specific hours service is needed. Mayor Bergman suggested that a survey of residents who signed the petition be conducted to determine the specific service hours desired. The City could then determine if there is sufficient ridership to justify another bus. Councilmember Helliwell asked if it might be possible to add a route to serve these areas two or three times a week. If there is sufficient ridership, additional times could be added. Staff was directed to survey the individuals who signed the petition to determine specific hours and days of service desired. CIM MAR 20 092 `�l�� St, Minutes of the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission Meeting March 12, 1992 Page 7 Present: Chair Anderson, Commissioners Burk, Gutzke, Johnson, Waage, Wahl, and Watson; staff Blank, Greupner, Pederson and Peterson, Mayor Bergman 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Anderson called the March meeting to order at 7 p.m. in the Council Conference Room. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Watson and seconded by Commissioner Wahl to approve the minutes of the February meeting as presented. The motion carried with all ayes. 3. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a. Athletic Associations. None were present at this meeting. b. Staff. Karol Greupner, Recreation Supervisor, made a presentation to the commissioners on the International Folk Arts Celebration coming up on Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wayzata East Junior High. She explained that funding for this event came from a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the Minnesota State Legislature. Other sponsors include Burnet Realty -Plymouth and Schneider USA. Additional funds will be generated by booth fees charged to crafters and vendors and the $1 admission fee being charged to adults and teens. Karol also stated she was looking for individuals to volunteer for a two or three hour shift to collect admission fees from visitors attending the event. The employee of the month for March is Julie Sterud, who has been working part time for the Park and Recreation Department since the summer of 1990. She has filled many different positions including pre-school program aide, youth Have -A -Ball instructor, playground leader, warming house attendant and Parkers Lake pavilion attendant. She has also volunteered for special events such as the Fire and Ice Festival. Julie is currently a freshman at the University of r Minnesota.. Mark Peterson, Superintendent of Parks, made a short presentation on the park maintenance department. He stated that Plymouth now has 700 acres of park land, 300 of which are maintained; and 60 miles of trails, of which 30 are maintained in the winter. Park maintenance crews take care of a total of 20 neighborhood parks, six playfields which contain a total of • 18 softball/baseball fields, 12 soccer/football fields, 10 hockey rinks and 20 pleasure skating rinks. With the addition of the Bass Lake Playfield, two more ice rinks will be added to the system. There was some discussion then regarding dropping two of the lesser used rinks. Commissioner Gutzke wondered if we took head counts at all of our rinks. Director Blank responded that we take attendance at the larger rinks where we have warming houses, but at the small, neighborhood rinks, we rely on the maintenance crews to inform us if rinks show any signs of skaters. CIM 0 20'92 • _ I March 1992 PRAC Minutes Page 8 Director Blank indicated that the commission should discuss which rinks to maintain during the 92-93 season at their August or September meeting. Mark then went on to explain some of the types of maintenance done by park crews: trail plowing in the winter, brooming, shaving and flooding ice rinks, summer dragging, mowing, and painting of lines on playfields, turf renovation, mowing neighborhood and city parks and other city owned grounds, weed inspections totaling about 650 per year, tree preservation and reforestation, identifying and removing diseased trees. He also stated that his division developed a winter building and rink maintenance manual, a summer mowing manual, and a driving test designed specifically for maintenance employees. c. Others. Mayor Bergman attended the meeting on behalf of Councilmember Edson, who had another commitment. He indicated that the City Council would like PRAC to review their long term park development and park acquisition plans and prioritize needs. He stated that the Council is concerned about the acquisition of the Forster property since it was not included in the 1992 CIP. The Mayor went on to suggest that land acquisition in northwest Plymouth should be studied, perhaps in lieu of purchasing the Forster property. Director Blank explained that the Forster property had been included in the adopted 1991 CIP, and at the time the 1992 CIP was being prepared, staff believed that the Forster property would have already been in the process of acquisition, making it unnecessary to list it in the 1992 CIP. Some adjustments have since been made to the 1992 CIP, and once again, the Forster property is listed for acquisition.: When questioned by Commissioner Gutzke as to the need for the Forster land, Director Blank responded that it is the only land left available in northeast Plymouth for park purposes, and if purchased, could be used for a number of things, including additional parking for the Zachary Playfield or another soccer/football field. It could also serve as a buffer from noise and lights for the homes located west of the playfield. Mayor Bergman also discussed the city's volunteer program and indicated that the Council would like PRAC to get more involved in this project. 1?*4. REPORT ON PAST•COUNCIL ACTION The City Council accepted the 1991 Annual Report of the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Update on milfoil - Parkers Lake. Director Blank announced that he has been meeting regularly with the Parkers Lake Homeowners Association. Milfoil now rings the entire lake, and the DNR has recommended a new treatment called Sonar. It's a fairly strong chemical that will destroy milfoil but not other vegetation or fish. This chemical is quite expensive at $976 a gallon. A public meeting regarding the proposed use of this chemical is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m., at the Plymouth City Center. CIM MAR 20'92 March 1992 PRAC Minutes Page 9 b. UR date on construction projects. As soon as weather permits, construction will get underway on the three neighborhood park projects approved in 1991. Crews will start with 10th Avenue park, and from there go to Shiloh and then Gleanloch. Construction crews will also get started again at Parkers Lake Playfield and Bass Lake Playfield: 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Volunteer program discussion. Director Blank gave a brief overview of the many volunteers used by the Park and Recreation Department and the various projects in which they get involved. Approximately 860 individuals volunteered their time with park and recreation programs in 1991. Some of those programs were: Adopt a Park or Trail, Firearm Safety, Fire and Ice Festival, Goblin Walk, Junior Lifeguard Program, Old Fashioned Christmas, Santa letters, soccer coaches, Seniors Care and Share, gardening program, Water Safety Aide Program, and youth dance recital. Commissioners suggested that Commissioner Waage meet with Mayor Bergman to learn more about how the Council sees PRAC becoming involved in volunteerism. 7. COMMISSION PRESENTATION Commissioner Watson inquired about the status of getting a canoe rack placed at Parkers Lake. Director Blank indicated that we have two at Medicine Lake, and only one has been needed there. He stated he would need a recommendation from the Park Commission to move one to Parkers. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAHL TO TAKE ONE OF THE CANOE RACKS AT MEDICINE LAKE AND PLACE IT AT PARKERS LAKE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RENTING THE SPACES TO RESIDENTS. The motion carried with all ayes. Information on how to rent a space will be available in the May issue of Plymouth News. 8. STAFF COMMUNICATION Mayor Bergman suggested that the joint meeting with the Council take place at the April 9 Park Commission meeting at their regular meeting time of 7 p.m. One of the items for discussion may be the sidewalk and trail plan being prepared by Strgar-Roscoe-Fausch. 9. ADJOURNMENT r The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. GIM MAR 20'92 PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Dave Crain, Ch. 13200 - 38th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55441 John Edson 4835 Forestview Lane Plymouth, MN 55442 Philip 'Slott 2745 Everest Lane Plymouth, MN 55447 3/16/92 Initially Term Telephone Appointed ExRires R. 559-1642 1986 1/31/96 0. 540-4105 R. 557-8633 1/6/92 1/31/93 V.M. 550-5067 R. 473-1112 2/24/92 1/31/97 0. 476-6758 Pauline Milner R. 559-2779 3/16/92 1/31/94 2355 Jonquil Lane Plymouth, MN 55441 Lloyd Ricker R. 473-6416 1990 1/31/95 17015 14th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 STAFF MEMBERS i Director of Planning & Community Development: Chuck Dillerud 550-5059 Housing Specialist: Milt Dale, 550-5056 t The annual meeting of the Housing Authority shall be held in January at the regular meeting place of the Authority. r Regular meetings of the Housing Authority shall be held on a day determined by the Chairman, every other month commencing with March, at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting place of the Authority. The Authority may cancel any regular meeting other than the annual meeting. Members are appointed for five-year terms expiring the end of January or =until a new commissioner has been selected as a replacement. Chair,'Vice Chair, and Secretary are appointed by the Authority. CIM MAR 20'92 I Reconstruction Update A bulletion from the City of Plymouth, Project 102, March 17, 1992 You are receiving this notice because you live in a neighborhood affected by Phase II of the 1991 Street Reconstruction Program. As you know from our neighborhood meetings, this work will cause some inconvenience. To help minimize it, we will update you periodically as work progresses. Area of Work The affected streets are located east of Co. Rd. 73, north of the south city limit, south of Hwy. 55 and west of Hwy. 169. Completion J All major work should be finished by Sept. 1. What to Expect • The general contractor for this project, Valley Paving Company, has laid out a tentative timetable for this project. It is: • Crews will remove trees affected by construction operations. Property owners who will be affected by tree removal adjacent to their property will be contacted prior to the work. • Next, the contractor will work on the ditch between Saratoga Ln. and Nathan Ln. Crews will install drain tile behind houses to the east of Saratoga Ln. at the same time. • In mid-April, Minnegasco is scheduled to install new gas mains and services to the property lines on all streets except for Nathan Ln. This should take about three weeks. • The City's contractor is tentatively scheduled to replace the watermain on Union Terrace between Saratoga Ln. and Trenton Ln. during the first week in May. This should be done by mid-May. • Once the watermain is completed, the contractor will begin milling the bituminous (blacktop) off of all of the streets to be reconstructed. As much bituminous as possible will be recycled. Next, storm sewer pipes, catch basins and manholes will be installed. • After the storm sewer system is installed, two feet of the road bed will be removed and followed immediately by the installation of granular material and drain tile piping. This will be needed to r remove moisture beneath the new bituminous road surface. • Concrete curb and gutter will be installed the later part of July. (This will affect access to your driveway. See driveway access heading below). • Once the gravel base is completely installed, the first layer of bituminous will be placed toward the beginning of August. This should take about one week. During this process, access will be maintained to all properties except while the paver is working in front of your driveway. Actual paving in front of your property should only last for about one to two hours. • After the first layer of bituminous is installed, crews will restore boulevard areas behind the curb. All areas where grass has been previously maintained, will be sodded. Areas that were previously unmaintained will be seeded. • The last step is the placement of the final layer of bituminous on all streets. All blacktopping and restoration is scheduled to be complete by Sept. 1. Over cim MAR 20'92 Driveway and Roadway Access When concrete curb and gutter is installed past your driveway entrance, you will not have access in and out of your driveway for a minimum of three days while the concrete hardens. You will be notified at least 24 hours in advance so that you can park in a different location during this process. r From time -to -time, work may interfere with traffic. To keep access problems to a minimum, all pipe installations, including watermain, will be done during hours of low traffic volume (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.). t Funding The City plans to pay for 70% of the total street reconstruction program. The City's funding comes from property taxes levied city-wide. Benefiting property owners will be assessed the remaining 30%, as well as the cost of concrete curb and gutter, storm drainage improvement, and boulevard restoration (estimated at $20 an abutting front foot). During any given year, the actual percentage may vary because the 30% assessment rate is based on the overall city-wide reconstruction program. Caution Because of construction activity and increased truck traffic, travel with caution. Please keep children away from the construction area. Heavy equipment will be operated in the area and crews will be working with hot bituminous at various times. Bituminous may be driven on within an hour after being laid. _ For your child's safety, please keep him/her from walking on it until after it has cooled (four to eight hours, depending on weather conditions.) For More Information If you have questions about this project, call Senior Engineering Technician Dan Campbell, 550-5073. f Thanks for your cooperation! I CIM MAR 20'92 Communi Action Norwest Bank Building 1011 First Street S., Suite 301 for Suburban Hennepin 41 Hopkins, MN 55343 (612) 933-9180 March 18, 1992 Dear Colleagues and Community Friends: X. Enclosed is the report of Community Action for Suburban Hennepin's activities in 1991. We want to thank those of you who have been supportive of our efforts, and thank all of you who work hard in your own ways to build community, advocate for economic opportunity, and solve the problems of poverty. Last fall, the Board of Directors of Community Action met in a strategic planning session to look at our future. Next year, we will be faced with a 55% loss of our federal funding. We needed to assess how we can best live out our mission to eliminate the causes of poverty. In the past, CASH has sometimes acted like a foundation without an endowment, and awarded one-year program grants. We have provided short-term funding for some worthy human service agencies; I am not sure how successfully we have addressed the basic causes of poverty, a very large challenge. The new fiscal realities will not allow us to continue to operate as in the past. The direction statement the Board adopted says "CASH should serve community efforts to eliminate the causes of poverty through an organizing, collaboration, and coordination role. CASH should continue thoughtful evaluation of proposals from existing providers, factoring in its own appropriate role as funder, partner, or provider, and exercise judgements based on maximum benefit for the people it serves." Where we have existing providers with experience and expertise, we will continue to contract with them for specific services -- for example, the distribution of surplus food is coordinated through a well established network. Where we identify unmet needs that CASH can appropriately address through new program development, we will do that. HOME Line, our tenant's hot-line, opened on January 13, and has been averaging over 100 calls per week to answer -tenants' questions. The office operates with a staff person supervising two VISTA volunteers, a dozen trained phone volunteers, and donated legal services. Where we together with you, our colleagues, identify a problem that is best addressed through collaboration, we will come as equal partners to the table. Our goal is not to divide a small pie into smaller pieces, but to increase the resources available in the community. Thank you. Very truly yours, Sharon A. Joh on Executive Director Working to eliminate the causes of poverty. 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S " •� - s F;d , >r�` .; � �4q iXy • ; � � y i•,.6?-'nuc+tti - �', E � •`."'r+ �`y�+s,.�^"• � � �r� � +��, n , ^'e ir� a .[ "' ". :' r�+w.�'.t'. ,, ; �� e,� , 1.. 0 ■ ►ilul 1�IYli Y tpill'Win, 10 Sharon Johnson, Executive Director Sue Jones, Contract Compliance Manager Charlie Warner, Housing Programs Manager Sandi Wees, Administrative Secretary Sheryl Coates, VISTA Volunteer Laurie Ehleiter, VISTA Volunteer COMMUNITY PRIVATE PUBLIC Sandy Alden Kent Barker Gail Dorfman Carmen Bennett Dianne Kiser . Andy Erickson Maureen Heinen Tolly Kizilos Otto Wilczek * Renea Poirier Walt Melin Gloria Johnson Rita Williams Bob Senden Judy Larson * Martin Kirsch * Gail Dorfman for Senator Ted Mondale Andy Erickson for Commissioner Mark Andrew Otto Wilczek for Commissioner Judy Makowske Jody Larson for Commissioner Randy Johnson OFFICERS Chair: Bob Senden Vice -Chair: Walt Melin Secretary: Rita Williams Treasurer: Dianne Kiser CIM 0 24'92 1 P;saelaw: =•m'b We have come a long way in this transition year. Some may not see it yet, others may not believe it yet, but we have accomplished a great deal. It may seem like it has all just happened in the last few months, but believe me, we have been working hard to lay the groundwork all year. This report documents some of the efforts and achievements. There are many more which are less tangible. I will highlight a few of each. January 1st found us with an interim Executive Director, but we had a new Director on staff by month's end. We have changed other staffing and personnel as needs and circumstances have warranted, leaving us with a capable core group. We started this year with a downsized Board and only a few real veteran members. We have added other committed members as vacancies have occurred. We continued to educate our members and further developed our Board policy manual which now includes a Code of Ethics Agreement, and will soon contain our own condensed version of Robert's Rules. We have an invaluable Board/staff retreat which infused us with new ideas and energy as well as increased sense of purpose and unity. We revised the bylaws to assure that all Board members are treated equally. We have started a multi-year planning process to formalize short and long term goals and we have established a Board Development Committee to insure progress in all of these areas and more. We continued to fund our traditional basic needs programs and self- sufficiency projects. We also funded a multi -faceted needs assessment called Community Initiatives done by the Hennepin County Human Services Councils, which has provided us with valuable information for our planning and goal setting process. We have nearly finalized details to begin our first direct service program named HOME Line, for tenant information and referral. Additionally, we have begun researching other partnerships and collaborations as per our recently adopted direction statement: "CASH should pursue planned growth and development as a service provider working to address the causes of poverty. CASH should seek additional resources and allocate them in ways that will most effectively address the unmet basic needs of people experiencing r poverty. CASH should serve community efforts to eliminate the causes of poverty through an organizing, collaboration and coordination role. CASH should continue thoughtful evaluation of proposals from existing providers, factoring in its own appropriate role as funder, partner or provider, and exercise judgements based on maximum benefit for the people it serves." �We will begin the new year with many successes and a solid foundation. Together we will continue building and improving on these and expand our efforts and horizons in our endeavor to fulfill our mission. There are countless challenges and even more possibilities in our future. We are moving ahead to meet them. Robert H. Senden, Chair Board of Directors 2 am WR 20'92 =:-ko Community Action Background Community action agencies were the centerpiece of the War on Poverty legislation -- the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. The first community action agencies were created in 1965 as grass-roots agencies, responsive to the needs of local communities. Federal regulations also set that poor people, public officials, and private sector interests would be equally represented on the Boards of Directors. There are many hundreds of community action agencies across the country. Some are very large and sophisticated non-profit corporations, with subsidiary corporations that provide jobs through their wholly-owned businesses: Some CAAs build affordable housing, or operate business incubators for low income people trying to build equity in their own businesses. Other CAAs operate traditional programs such as weatherization, emergency food and shelter, WIC, Head Start, etc. Other CAAs have engaged in community organizing, or have established social/institutional change as their priorities. Community action agencies are limited only by the imaginations of their Boards; the mission, to work to eliminate the causes of poverty, can employ diverse strategies. Community Action for Suburban Hennepin Community Action for Suburban Hennepin was established in 1985 as a private, non-profit agency. Suburban Hennepin County has been one of the last areas in Minnesota to be served by a community action agency; many of our sister agencies are twenty years older, and well established in their communities. Historically, perhaps, the perception of poverty was that it was an inner-city or a rural problem. But as demographics show, poverty is also a growing problem in the suburbs. Suburban Hennepin County had almost 21,000 people per the 1980 census whose incomes were below the poverty level, and we know that number will increase when the 1990 census figures on income are released. In the past, Community Action for Suburban Hennepin has often contracted with human service providers for specific programs. The reality, however, is that we are not a - foundation and have no endowment; our federal funds will be reduced by approximately 40% in 1993. Community Action for Suburban Hennepin has identified $hat it will need to be more strategically involved in leveraging resources. We want to build partnerships of equals, and take a catalytic role in addressing the growing problems of poverty., co 0 Z()'92 3 1991 Program Delivery In 1990 - 1991 Community Action for Suburban Hennepin supported human services through twenty-one contracts and mini -grants. In addition, the agency supported five neighborhood groups in low income housing complexes in the Hennepin suburbs. The neighborhood groups included: Citizens for Better Living - Brooklyn Park Adults and Children Together - Plymouth Meadowbrook Action Committee - St. Louis Park Neighborhood Outreach Windslope - Eden Prairie Northwest Suburbs Working Actively Together - New Hope The neighborhood groups were self-governing resident associations supported by CASH staff and funds. The neighborhoods organized Fare Share, crime prevention, youth activities, community gardens, and parent and child activities. Some neighborhoods expressed the desire to become independent self sustaining organizations. CASH contracted with the Community Design Center in the fall of 1991 to assist the groups in assessment and planning. The CASH Board also decided that 1992 would be the final year of funding for the neighborhoods under the current model. 1991 Program Development Community Action for Suburban Hennepin is a young organization, and 1991 -represented a year of measurable growth. The agency has strategically recognized that its mission will be best realized in providing direct program services, leveraging resources, building partnerships, and developing effective evaluation of the impact of programs on the causes of poverty. In some instances, CASH may continue to contract with capable service providers. Other initiatives will be developed directly by CASH staff or through collaboratives. In 1991, CASH established a Housing Program. Its first initiative was to organize a Suburban Hennepin Housing Coalition to bring agencies together to advocate on affordable housing issues. The Coalition has had input, for example, on the development of the County's Comprehensive Housing Strategy. The second initiative of the Housing Program was the development of HOME Line, a tenantfs information and advocacy service. That service will have opened in January, 1992. • 4 CIM MAR 20'92 1991 Administrative/Operations Sharon Johnson, as Executive Director, and Sue Jones, as Contract Compliance Manager, joined the agency staff in 1991. Additionally, two VISTA Volunteers were assigned to the Housing Program under Charlie Warner's management. Sandi Wees continues to provide the agency key secretarial support. The agency contracts for bookkeeping/ accounting services. Community Action moved its offices to downtown Hopkins in the fall of 1991. The new offices provide a more effective and efficient working environment, close to the storefront HOME Line operations. The annual audit of the agency's finances by Peat Marwick found no questioned costs, and a clean fiscal bill of health. Community Action has developed a cost allocation plan, and has established its administrative cost ratio at a respectable 20%. L 5 997 CIM MSR ?.O fl z CL W z z w z z Q m as N to 0 z 0 P u Q F z 0 u r r o. 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A major hospital was the primary participating employer. Grant: $69,972.00. HIRED/Sponsor Plus 4139 Regent Ave No Robbinsdale, MN 55422 Through their mentorship program, HIRED worked with 45 working poor individuals to assist them with employment retention and/or upgrading through on-the-job identification and assessment of opportunities which could improve their financial status. A Hmong owned manufacturing company was the primary participating employer. Grant: $50,000.00. West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board Energy Assistance Outreach 4100 Vernon Ave So St. Louis Park, MN 55416 2,052 households/5,950 individuals received both financial assistance and outreach referral through Community Action's grant to the Energy Assistance program. Grant: $35,000. Hopkins Project Inc./Emergency Shelter and Support P.O. Box 272 Hopkins, MN 55343 29rbattered women and their children were provided shelter, safety and follow-up support, •legal, housing, and systems advocacy through Community Action's grant. Grant: $6,000. Elim Transitional Housing/ Suburban Hennepin Scattered Site Transitional Housing• 668 Broadway St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 Elim locates its transitional housing in the suburban cities of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center and Plymouth. 6 homeless adults/5 children were provided transitional housing assistance. Grant: $5,000. 7 CIM W 20'92 Z ko West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board/ Aid to Single Parent Families in Treatment 4100 Vernon Ave So St. Louis Park, MN 55426 After successfully completing a chemical dependency program, 10 low- income women were assisted in obtaining housing which allowed them to regain custody of their children from protective custody. Grant: $11,915.00. Cornerstone Advocacy Service/Families in Transition 2131 W. Old Shakopee Rd Bloomington, MN 55431 In an effort to better serve the special needs of battered women and their children, Cornerstone used its grant to provide a families' coordinator who worked with 33 families/78 children in areas of affordable housing, career and support services, and children support. Grant: $6,000. People Responding in Social Ministry (PRISM) Emergency Rental Assistance for Single Men 3730 Toledo Ave No, Suite 902 Robbinsdale, MN 55422 This program targeted a growing and almost forgotten group of at risk individuals - single men. 9 men who were either homeless or near homeless received assistance. In cases of eviction, one month's rent for interim housing was paid. Grant: $3,000.00. Simpson Transitional Housing/ Richfield Scattered Site Transitional Housing 2740 First Ave So Minneapolis, MN 55408 The southern suburban city of Richfield serves as the host site for Simpson's Transitional Housing which aids families and individuals who are homeless. 8 individuals were served. Grant: $11,500.00. r _ Northwest Hennepin•Human Service Council/ Community initiatives 7601 Kentucky Ave No Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 A needs assessment was conducted among suburban Hennepin County's working poor population to determine problem areas. Developing community awareness of the problems this growing population faces was also a key component of this program. A survey was conducted among the five low- income neighborhoods served by CASH's programs, findings were published that provided a demographic profile of the neighborhoods. Grant: $11,130. 8 ciM MAR 20'92 West Hennepin Human services Planning Board/ Community Initiatives 4100 Vernon Ave so St. Louis Park, MN 55416 A needs assessment was conducted among suburban Hennepin County's working poor population to determine problem areas. Developing community awareness of the problems this growing population faces was also a key component of this program. A report and analysis of the use of Community Development Block Grant funds in the suburbs was also completed. Grant: $11,129. South Hennepin Human services Council/ Community Initiatives 9801 Penn Ave so Bloomington, MN 55431 A needs assessment was conducted among suburban Hennepin County's working poor population to determine problem areas. Developing community awareness of the problems this growing population faces was also a key component of this program. Focus groups were held with a variety of key community members: low-income residents, human service providers, private sector interests. A report on key findings and trends was published. Grant: $11,129. 1991 subcontracted Programs - Homeless services Northwest Hennepin Human services Council/ Runaway Youth Initiative 7601 Kentucky Ave No. Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 The primary focus of this program is to develop temporary family placement network for runaway, throwaway and homeless youth. Approximately 40 families have committed to, or begun the screening and licensing process necessary to become placement families. Grant: $8,278.43. r Cornerstone Advocacy service/ Emergency Housing services 2131 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomington, MN 55431 Women who have been victims of domestic violence and their families were given emergency shelter, meals, first months rental and utilities assistance. 408 households were served. Grant: $8,819.57. 9 cim W 20'92 1991 Subcontracted Programs Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program With assistance from more than 400 volunteers the three organizations listed below distributed federal surplus commodities to 18,100 low income households in 1991. The value of this food was $156,229. Administrative Office: Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council 7601 Kentucky Ave No. Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 Distribution Sites: Olivet Baptist Church School 3415 Louisiana Ave N Crystal, MN 55429 CROSS 9292 Wellington Lane Maple Grove, MN 55369 CEAP 7231 Brooklyn Blvd Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Administrative Office: Interchurch Community Association 13120 E. McGinty Rd Minnetonka, MN 55343 Distribution Sites: St. Joseph's Catholic School 13XP Mainstreet Hopkins, MN 55343 St. John the Baptist Church 680 Mill Street Excelsior, MN 55331 Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 2411 Commerce Blvd Mound, MN 55364 Brookside Community Center (STEP) 4100 Vernon Ave So. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 10 CIM MAR 20'92 ministrative Office: South Hennepin Human Services Council 9801 Penn Ave So. #106 Bloomington, MN 55431 Distribution Sites Creekside Community Center 9801 Penn Ave So. Bloomington, MN 55431 Fred Babcock VFW Post 5555 710 Lakeshore Drive Richfield, MN 55423 Edina Community Center 5701 Normandale Road Edina, MN 55424 Eden Prairie United Methodist Church 15050 Scenic Heights Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 11 CIM PAR 20'92 1991 Subcontracted Programs - Discretionary Grant Minnesota Housing Partnership 520 20th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55454 CASH's $5,000 grant award was subcontracted to Minnesota Housing Partnership: MNHP used the grant money to produce 4 newsletters which were distributed statewide to 450+ CAPS, non -profits and community organizations. These newsletters provided agencies and organizations information on national and local housing legislation to assist them in their efforts. in providing permanent affordable housing for the homeless and the very low income. Information and updates on local and state efforts included: - Minnesota Right to Housing - Metropolitan Council's Regional Housing Task Force - Mult Mac (a nonprofit affiliate of MN Mortgage) grant thru FNMA - MHFA's Community Home Buyers Program - MHFA's Affordable Housing Program - Emergency Rental and Mortgage Assistance Program - Mobile Home Bill - Community Land Trusts funding proposal - Local Initiative Support Corporation receipt of grant from National Community Development Initiative through the Rockefeller Foundation Information and updates on a national level included: - Housing Trust Fund - Omnibus Housing Bill II (including a lease purchasing program, a Blighted Property Program, and a Capital Reserve Program - CDBG regulations revisions - National Affordable Housing Act - CHAS regulations 12 CIM MAR 20'92 1991 Subcontracted Emergency Services Community Action for Suburban Hennepin awarded a total of $29,700 to the following area emergency service providers: • Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP) • Christians Reaching Out Thru Social Service (CROSS) • North Suburban Emergency Assistance Response (NEAR) • Westonka Community Action Network (WeCAN) • Interchurch Community Association (ICA) • People Responding In Social Ministry (PRISM) • Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners (IOCP) • St. Louis Park Emergency Program (STEP) • People Reaching Out to Other People (PROP) • Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People (VEAP) Grants to PROP and VEAP were through South Hennepin Regional Planning Agency. Over 3,850 households/11,167 individuals were provided emergency food, utilities, rent, housing, and transportation assistance. r �r C 13 CIM MAR 20'92 Community TV taking root.,- More people'tuning in to local* politics By Norman Draper Staff Writer Maybe you recognize the photogenic faces pasted onto the billboard on Hwy. 81 on the border of Brooklyn Park and Osseo. They belong to Rolanda Taylor and John Jacobson, the "Northwest Edition" news anchors on Channel 35. And North St. Paul Mayor Bill Sandberg might be one of the more familiar -looking funeral directors in the Twin Cities. He's one of the constellation of stars appearing regularly on the Channel 64 City Council telecasts. They're among the luminaries appearing on community cable television, a burgeoning patchwork of locally produced amateur hours, school skits and government meetings meant to serve as a sort of localized public TV. From modest roots, community cable TV has matured into something of a community icon, a place for viewers to stop and pay homage during their remote -control •` tours of cable channels. Community TV is convolled by a onprofit hodgepodge of community, n and commercial TV ventures. They will never -match their commercial counterparts in resources and popularity. Often, low budgets and : the extensive use of volunteers make for uneven production quality and a limited broadcast schedule. But recent surveys reveal that in some parts of the Twin Cities, Cable continued on page 5A •, is �.:' . p,,, 'S2Si i�2;?};!<ii;2)rt.,, ti}7?, F,)>2. :2i: )'v'�i?i1>:i<<?i3 ?7?iiiii?iitti}iSt?1}2�i?i?iS7<2?iti>Ni)i7::2i1?)?�t)i: ifi?:��>+7}7 2}2S2S2S<?2?2:'S;it))2}27 2; i'•..)i, 2727i)7ri}iji�i; 2;. )?7,f,...�,,)?s?i2i3itj3??i?:?iiid.3i?it£?iili:?Q3:ijii3;2is, .. ,•s>:� . - <):;.,},<•;. �. ? ? £ s u.'. r CIM MAR 20'92 Cable Continued from page 1A community TV is watched by significant numbers of people. In Plymouth, half of the cable subscribers have tuned in to their City Council meetings. A survey conducted for Northwest 'thmmunity Television, a nonprofit Nbnsortium of nine northwest yMinneapolis suburbs, found that in a !'bhe-week period, almost as many Yeable TV viewers had tuned in to - ;dmmunity television as had "*atched the cable old -movie station, American Movie Classics. 'Y't'm amazed by how many people "Watch the council meetings," said •6andberg, who co-owns Sandberg " f+trneral Home as well as performing mayoral duties. "I'll be on a funeral, and someone will say, 'Oh, Bill, I `•xvatched you on the council meeting.' ., . - You go to a council meeting and there are maybe two people there. But there may be hundreds of people -watching you on TV." •far Plymouth, where council meetings �bnce had the reputation for being colorful and contentious, Mayor Kim Bergman said he's -recognized in the :grocery store. He estimated that 1`4,000 viewers consistently watch the Meetings. -Cable popularity varies with the issue. Carol Wold Sindt, Minneapolis director of communications, 4Atimated that an average of 500. ..people tune in for City Council *Weetings. That can jump to more than 6,000 for an especially hot issue, 'she said. Popular or not, the volume of community programming in the `Twin Cities has multiplied since cable TV's early days in the late '70s and early '80s. Northwest operates a fully equipped headquarters and studio in Brooklyn Park that is the envy of metro -area . community programming. It televises 580 events a year, up sixfold from 1988, including a popular old - tractor show in Rogers and high school sports events. With an annual 6perating budget of $1.2 million, and a staffof 17 full-time and 29 part- time employees, Northwest fills five channels with 24-hour programming, 365 days a year. Northwest produces an average of 110 new programs per month. They include cooking and gardening programs, a children's storytelling show, school skits, dance recitals and "Northwest Edition," a half-hour news show filmed twice a week. k 'Star Tribune/Monday/March 16/1992 ■ 5A Staff Photo by Mike Zerby Rolando Taylor and John Jacobson, the "Northwest Edition" news anchors on Channel 35, are just two of the Increasingly familiar faces on community TV. Northwest executive director Greg Moore, who likens his operation to local TV stations in Duluth or Rochester, eventually wants to televise a new "Northwest Edition" every weekday, in 15- to 20 -minute segments. Moore said he thinks that at least one-third of the northwest suburbs' cable audience will eventually tune in to Northwest Edition. Northwest Community Television was set up in 1982 to monitor the area's commercial cable company and help it provide the public access to cable required by law. It came into its own three years later, when the cable company was bought out and the new company decided it wanted nothing to do with local programming. The current cable company, King Videocable, supports Northwest through fees it pays to the communities it serves. Nonprofit agencies such as Northwest have taken over in other areas of the Twin Cities, sometimes out of dissatisfaction with the way commercial cable companies have handled their public obligations. In some of St. Paul's northern suburbs, a nonprofit agency, Suburban Community Channels, is negotiating to take over public programming from the commercial cable company, Cable TV North Central. "It (public programming) is a nonprofit arm of a for-profit company service, and it's difficult at best for them to put their resources into this nonprofit service," said Ginny Holder, Suburban Community Channels' executive director. "We think we can help it grow bigger and faster." But in other areas, such as the southwest Minneapolis suburbs, the cable company still controls public programming. The maturation of community cable television is reflected by the fact that most metro area's largest communities now televise their council meetings. "It's part of the very fabric of being public," said Janet Wigfield, St. Paul's cable communications officer. "If for some reason we don't have the council meeting on, we really get calls. Sometimes we almost feel people think we're trying to hide something." In Northwest's area, seven of nine communities broadcast their council meetings. Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Robbinsdale and New Hope were added only within the past year. Farther west, Shorewood is the only one of the lake Minnetonka Cable Commission's 14 community members to broadcast its council pteetings on community cable. But commission administrator Jim Daniels said all of the others are considering it. But in Maple Grove, elected officials have opposed the idea. City Administrator Jon Elam said it's strictly a matter of cost and effectiveness. Such broadcasts would cost S 10,000 per year, and the City Council has decided it simply isn't worth it. Plus, Elam hosts a morning cable show that recaps events at the meeting the night before. "At any given time no more than 2 or 3 percent of the community is watching the council meeting," Elam said. "People tell me they like the fact that they can see an abbreviated report rather than watching the entire two-hour council meeting." Some communities would dispute that. North St. Paul's Sandberg recalled that, several years ago, council members from a nearby suburb were expressing on -the -air doubts that anyone was really watching them. Just to find out, they offered free pizzas to the first 10 viewers to call them. Within seconds, Sandberg said, they were flooded with calls. CIM 0 20'92 ANONYMOUS PROBLEM: SOLUTION: r CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE March 17, 1992 Deep pot holes on 36th Avenue North between Trenton Avenue and Union Terrace as it approaches Armstrong High School. The call was transferred via voice mail to Tom Vetsch. The street crew will be working on the problem today. am MAR 20'92 CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE March 17, 1992 STACY AMERY, 4590 WESTON LANE NORTH, 550-0975 PROBLEM: The land at the corner of 46th Avenue and Weston is eroding on the corner near where the street sign, sewer drain, and curb line come in. The caller reports that a neighborhood boy fell down up to his knee in the area. Caller is concerned about this erosion and would like somebody to investigate it. SOLUTION: The call was transferred via voice mail to Darrel Johnson in the Engineering Department for action. �p f1J1 AX C :p + " P r CIM MR 20'92 March 17, 1992 Mr. Greg Ptacin General Manager, Sales Minnesota Sun Publications 7831 East Bush Lake Road Bloomington, MN 55439 Dear Mr. Ptacin: CIN OF PLYMOUTF+ = \"-�Cx'- Thank you for the letter of March 4 regarding the quarterly status report for your Plymouth paper. The City Council and I appreciate your sending the report to us. We look forward to your being able to increase your distribution to new developing areas here in Plymouth. I don't believe we have any particular preference which area you may wish to begin first other than those which have the greatest density of population. Obviously, it remains our collective objective to ensure that all Plymouth residents enjoy the opportunity of reading your fine newspaper. We would be pleased to meet with you at your convenience to discuss the results of your survey dealing with, population, mobility, shopping habits, and newspaper readership. I look forward to hearing from you by the end of the month. Yours truly, T ACJ es G. Willis y Manager cc: Mayor & City Council CIM MAR 20'92 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 MINNESOTA SUN PUBLICATIONS Sun•Current Sun•Post Sun•Sailor March 4, 1992 Mr. James G. Willis city Manager city of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Blvd: Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mr. Willis: This is the first of the four quarterly status reports you asked me for in your letter of January 16, 1992. As of March 31, 1992, our circulation in the city of Plymouth will be the same as it was in January. Plans to increase dis- tribution in the city of Plymouth have not changed. The first of those increases should begin in the early summer. We would be interested if you had any preference regarding which neighborhood we should consider first. We have the results -of a recently completed market study which has interesting insights into population mobility, shopping habits and newspaper readership within the areas we serve. I'll be calling you during the next week to set up an appointment for some time late in*March. We'd like to share the -information with ,"you, Mayor Bergman and other city officials you think might be interested. The meeting would take approximately 45 minutes and require the use of an overhead projector which we can provide. We look forward to meeting with you. S incer ,11 Greg P acin General Manager Sales GP/mc CIM MAR 20'92 r N VO -,1: `92 Bloomington Office: 7831 East Bush Lake Road • Bloomington, MN 55439 • Ph: (612) 896-4700 January 16, 1992 Gregory Ptacin CLT 1' 1\JV I i I General Manager Minnesota Suburban Publications 7831 East Bush Lake Road Bloomington, MN 55439 Dear Mr. Ptacin: On January 6, the Plymouth City Council redesignated the Plymouth Sun Sailor as its official newspaper for 1992. Mayor Bergman commended Jay Maxwell for his excellent coverage of Council meetings and City events. Among the issues discussed by the Council, circulation was .a common concern. Your proposal indicated that the Sun Sailor circulation in Plymouth is 15,498; and that about 1,200 households are in areas of non-delivery.- You also stated that the areas of non-delivery are areas never serviced, new building areas or areas in which new homes have been built in amongst existing homes. While your current circulation is commendable, the Council expressed concern that All Plymouth residents should be exposed to information about the City in the official newspaper, particularly since it is the only source for some public information such as legal ads. Additionally, those residents who are in newly developed areas of the City may benefit more from City news than residents in established neighborhoods. Much of the important news relates to developments and public improvements and will more directly affect residents in newer areas of the community. The Council is impressed with your plan to cover most, if not all, of the non-delivery areas in 1992, depending on the business economy. As part of the official newspaper designation, the City Council requested that you provide the City with quarterly status reports outlining new areas of delivery and your progress in achieving your goal to have 100 percent delivery in Plymouth by year-end, as well as responding to any concerns or questions the City receives with respect to delivery. I would appreciate your providing me with status reports no later than March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15. I will forward your reports to the City Council. If there are ways the City can help, please let me know. Perhaps we could identify those non-delivery areas where significant development and public improvement activity will occur this year so those areas can be moved to the top of your new delivery list. CIM MAR 20'92 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 Gregory Ptacin January 16, 1992 Page 2 I will forward to you questions or concerns received from Councilmembers or residents. City Clerk Laurie Rauenhorst will contact Meridel Hedblom for assistance with our legal publications and, as in the.past, Jay Maxwell for our news releases and miscelleneous coverage needs. We look forward to working with you and your staff in 1992, particularly as it relates to increased circulation. Sincerely, J es G. Willis Cit Manager S.F. 3-15, 6-15, 9-15, 12-15 r CIM 0 20'92 March 17, 1992 Mr. Robert H. Rohlf Director Hennepin County 12601 Ridgedale Minnetonka, MN Dear Mr. Rohlf: Library Drive 55343-5648 CIN OF PLYMOUfF+ Thank you for your March 5 letter bringing me up to date on the progress of the proposed Plymouth library. Our Council reviewed with interest the minutes of your February 27 meeting. We appreciate the efforts you and your associates are putting forth with respect to this project. I can assure you that we will cooperate in every possible way to assist the project move forward as rapidly as possible. One matter of some concern from the February 27 minutes involves the comment that you made to the Board with respect to the fact that no funds have been budgeted for the construction of the library. In conversations with Mr. Cramer today, I am given to understand that capital funds are budgeted as part of your Capital Improvement Program. We assumed that that had been accomplished last year. Mr. Cramer also noted that the County Board, in reviewing the Capital budget, may also look closely at its ability to finance the continued operation and expansion of the library system. In our proceeding to -acquire the Cavanaugh site for the library, we ave operated on the premise that the Library Board, as well as he County Board, had committed itself to proceeding with the library here in Plymouth, if the City of Plymouth provided the site. If you or your board now believe that conditions have changed and those understandings are no longer valid, they should be communicated to my Council as soon as possible. We obviously do not wish to go through the expensive process of acquiring a site, only to find out the purpose for which it was intended has changed. Yours truly, r JFCJ es G. Willis i y Manager cc: Mayor &•City Council Library File CIM MAR 20,92 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES RIDGEDALE DRIVE AT PLYMOUTH ROAD HENNEPIN 12601 Ridgedale Drive Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343-5648 LFL (612)541-8530 March 18, 1992 i Jim Willis Plymouth City Manager 3400 Plymouth Boulevard J` Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mr. Willis, In response to your March 17 letter of concerns, my comments at the February 27 Library Board Meeting reflect the normal County Board process on capital projects - there is nothing different for the Plymouth project. I had meant only to remind the Board that final plans have to be approved and then bonds sold before the construction can proceed. The project was approved in the 1991-1995 Capital Budget Task Force action but as I stated above, only the planning money was actually approved at that time. It is my belief that the construction money will be approved in the budget process this year - that action is scheduled for November. By that time, the final plans should be approved and I would hope that construction bids were already taken. While I know of no intention to stop the project, I must always keep in mind that the Commissioners have several approval steps yet to take: architect selection (behind schedule but due this month), approval of schematic plans, approval of final plans and direction to bid, and approval of construction contract award. I believe I had previously sent you the Property Management Department schedule. % Sincerely, Robert H. Rohlf, Director c: Commissioner Jude Commissioner Makowske Gerald Weiszhaar Patrick L. Shannon HENNEPIN COUNTY GIM 0 20'92 an equal opportunity employer 91 3— ; — 92 pr,. -I., r! fT rJr TAT}ST T!� COMMr'� : n', C Y. --;U H �Ln: LNING L.i�'.I__7.;_t,.v MEMBE?S -� T - .-7, I n . , �. - ,-,- • ra 7 T IC . , .• • P. 1 l't1 ria_ 7 T �!r..711 :t—ic7 t ;';' S T 1 ^. T F •• r r. .', Z r•. rT T T L-" T 't 1: T r r7 -• : T T ,iE r7,, �._.. W lH' :-tN rUP HE:P r,.�tir-,1433Init U_ LPH_ r?I_7`_,i1 !?4 7-7 ..-. ems,. ,.•[•�.. n• ! F 'lr �r T NIFF �_7 T L:_ Ci T- I E. - — : ► :, _, : i ! F. c: I T CSr ? L f.' :?U H r - 7? C c. , T1 SaF • E-- +T O R7.177 /, r7 t[ T T. -r 7 S r• r -- on -7 n) a T M .''r;.•_� tvj'-i Milt_H rt_IW�Er y7 F,7.J.JTK,... tal �F'r.t.F.,T �'H•>'�I("4I dt: 7Efi: �' I;ti I 7FIOF THE F4i_1 i I.DI; G FACILITY ANITI CHAti,'Ei I.b Cl=;E i_. ),c:�: _.=.-4D <Pn'PKIHG L,DTS, ETC:.) , r„ rt- ^rnr,--ars nr.n Tr+ , �•:. SE" r. r, n z r. - _ �,.•�:_ ,Vt•:,I—t..ur+r C3_ ;a,I.�t_ C3..... n:aL; I;i:?EhSE_1 rn-J+(''-• 'i^ T ar7 r r• T THAT T.. m JL. :.,�•,_._•.lh.E„E;dTS TG E:aS[�F.E THA "r THE fi%.ISTI1;�� �DUL_ CrTr. .r�, n,- -.r1C r a r Tm•. TTTI r lr.m aTT^ r Tr, T .:!•" — _ _ `_i: .._r r:�C. .t .rt 1 _ W _ L,� fY:_1! �� FXPAI 77_•..T _:1 .^,!b_ WJA•1 "I rJr! M. U; BOB [T T SE AVFE I' � w9 ,� Gide �� �� ,� � � y'V •�,�`' `" � r,L` r wn • , COW 20.92 March 17, 1992 Mary and Bob Wrase 16020 9th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 Dear Mr. and Ms. Wrase: Thank you for your letter addressed to the Mayor and Council regarding the Hennepin Adult Corrections Facility (ACF). I am sharing your letter with the Planning Commission members, as well as all members of the City Council. We appreciate your observations and concerns with regard to the ACF. The Planning Commission is seeking to find ways to address concerns such as yours, while at the same time, recognizing that the facility is likely to be a neighbor for years to come. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. 'Yours truly, James G. Willis CCity Manager cc. Mayor & City Council Chuck Dillerud, Director of Planning & Community Development GIM O 20'92 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 77 City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Boulevard -"` 100 Plymouth, MN. 55447 ..- t,. ,t^•;'�'.4 ;C3� f) March -To: All City Council: and- Planning Commission Members``,. From: Concerned Landowners and Businessmen Subj: Downtown Plymouth, A meeting regarding the future development of Downtown Plymouth was held,Tues. March 10 at the Plymouth City Hall Council Conference Room. The attendees included; landowners, businessmen, Developers, representatives of landowners and,a member of the City Staff. n The purpose of the meeting was to update the attendees of a number of concerns regarding.the development of the downtown area. Second, to -inform them of the planned April 8th meeting between the landowners and the Planning commission. Most of the group plan to attend the April 8th meeting, but felt that it was necessary to express some concerns and interests to the council and Planning Commission prior to that meeting. The concerns are as follows; 1). The group as a whole felt that an amendment is needed to change the present PUD plan. We suggest that the plan be changed to reflect present day needs and be more in tune with the Economics of the time. We suggest that the plan allow more flexibility in the overall development of the downtown Plymouth area for the present and also into.the future. 2). The group does not feel that a single large developer is going to come forward and be our savior in the -near future. The Economics just don't lend itself to a large package development of the downtown area. 3). We feel that the land on the corner of 55 and Vicksburg r should be usedkfor office, retail sales and service type business rather than the proposed Library. We suggest that the library be located on the property just west of the First Bank of Plymouth or the land owned by Super ` Value. Weare in favor of a library,.but not on such an expensive parcel of land that will take many dollars off the tax roll. We feel the visibility and accessability to the above mentioned lands would meet the requirements of the library board. The land west of First Bank being our number one choice could provide -the three to.three and one half acres the Library Board wants., 4)a Most;+not necessarily all, feel an -effort should be made -to encourage-Walmart or some equiv. development to build on the land north of Cub Foods between 36th and 37th. Preferably, this would be a soft goods.type-store that would compliment the present Cub Foods Store. The'same could hold true South.�of Cub Foods, but must + CAM we 2092 I1HR 20 "32 1 1 : c-- FF.•OH C.HHIIHHE-•EII SEC. _VI - business is solicited. According1to Mr. Moore he has more than arawant nto eincrease the City staff'at this time - why s load even the council and more? the m yyo We are against a special assessment for the re air of 53rd Avenue North. The home next to ours is currently on the market. (12030 - 53rd Avenue North) The listed price of the home is LESS than the assessed market value for that home. This islcal of the er than we could list our home for current market m t How can we is high absorb even higher taxes and special aseessments7 With the economical times the way they are we would think that the City would be looking at ways to save money for the City and the taxpayers. We are hoping to see ideas such as this come out of the Town Meeting. kinder normal circumstances we would close a lettr but given stating we are looking forward to hearing from you, st track record of dealings with the City Councigl we know, that will not happen. S' ncerely, r' r Delbert & Patricia Papenfuss DPP:me I. O��