HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 07-10-1992CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
JULY 10, 1992
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS....
1. CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JULY:
JULY 13 5:00 P.M. CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
1993 Budget Objectives
Council Conference Room
JULY 20 6:30 P.M. PLYMOUTH FORUM
Council Chambers
7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
Council Chambers
2. CHARTER COMMISSION FORUM -- Monday, July 13, 7 p.m. The Charter
Commission will be reviewing the draft charter document with the
public in hopes of receiving input on changes and making the public
more aware of the charter's contents. This meeting has been
publicized through cable TV, local newspapers, the Plymouth News,
and correspondence to homeowner association presidents. Attached
for Council information is a copy of the agenda, meeting notice, and
working draft 6 of the charter, together with a brief memorandum by
Dave Kennedy, summarizing those items which have been added to the
draft. Also included are comments by two residents received on the
Customer Comment Line. (M-2)
3. HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY -- Tuesday, July 14, 6:30. p.m.,
the Plymouth Housing and Redevelopment Authority will meet. A copy
of the agenda is attached. (M-3)
3,100 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH; MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
July 10, 1992
Page 2
4. BOARD OF ZONING, ADJUSTMENT, AND APPEALS -- Tuesday, July 14, 7:00
p.m. A copy of the agenda for the Board of Zoning, Adjustment, and
Appeals is attached. (M-4)
5. MUSIC IN PLYMOUTH - SECOND STANZA -- Thursday, July 16, 7:30 p.m.
The Plymouth Civic League has scheduled the second half of Music in
Plymouth to consist of musical entertainment commencing at 7:30
p.m., with approximately 20 minutes of fireworks scheduled to
commence at 9:45 p.m. A picnic dinner and lawn chair are the
optional entry fees.
6. MEETING CALENDARS -- City Center and City Council calendars for JULY
and AUGUST are attached. (M-6)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION.....
1. LEGAL SERVICES BILLING FROM STEVEN TALLEN FOR JUNE -- Attached is a
copy of the legal services bill for Mr. Tallen with respect to
certain prosecution matters which he is continuing to handle on
behalf of the City. I have forwarded a copy of this bill to Mr.
Meller's office for his review. (I-1)
2. ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES (AMM) 1993 DUES -- I have
received the attached letter from the AMM in which they indicate
that their 1993 budget has been established. The increase in their
budget over the last two years has been about 39,o. As noted in their
letter, however, they do base their dues on a population formula.
Due to increasing populations in many communities, they are
increasing those dues of those cities over a period of years. The
annual dues, therefore, for any one city are limited to not more
than 20% over their 1992 dues. Our dues for 1993 will not exceed
$8,240. Our 1992 dues are $7,600. The 1993 dues represents an
increase of just under 12%. (I-2)
3. FLYING TIGER BAR -- Attached is a memo from Dennis Paulson dealing
with the approval on the part of the Medicine Lake City Council of
new ownership for the Flying Tiger. As noted in the memo, there
appears to'be some ongoing concern by the new operator as to whether
or not they will be eligible for pull tabs. This, according to the
memo, is critical if they are to be profitable. We likely have not
heard the end of this transfer. With respect to the comment about
the bridge over the outlet of Medicine Lake and the dam, I know that
the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Organization is currently
working with us on the feasibility on the new dam for the outlet. I
am not aware of any plans to upgrade or otherwise improve the bridge
over the creek. If such an improvement is deemed desirable, it
might be appropriate to ask Medicine Lake to assist in financing
at work. (I-3)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
July 10, 1992
Page 3
4. METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION - 1991 FINAL COST
ALLOCATION -- Attached is a letter from the Metropolitan Waste
.Control Commission, informing us that the City's final cost
allocation for sanitary sewage charges for 1991 is $215,868 greater
than previously billed. These additional costs, which are derived
by MWCC analysis of metered sanitary sewage flow will be added to
our 1993 billing. (I-4)
5. WEST MEDICINE LAKE COMMUNITY CLUB/NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING -- A meeting
to discuss neighborhood concerns about the West Medicine Lake
Community Club operations is scheduled for Wednesday, July 22 at
7 p.m. at the City Center. The minutes will be kept and shared with
the City Council. We are hopeful that through this meeting, we will
be able to resolve, at least temporarily, neighbor concerns so that
it is unnecessary to take any further formal action.
6. RESIGNATION FROM THE BOARD OF ZONING, ADJUSTMENT, AND APPEALS --
Attached is a July 6 letter from Hoke Yin, resigning from the Board
of Zoning, Adjustment, and Appeals. Mr. Yin was appointed by the
Council on February 24, 1992. His term expires January 31, 1995.
Attached for Council information are three applications which we
have on file for board and commission openings. There are also a
number of applications from individuals expressing interest in
serving on other commissions. None of the three applicants was
previously interviewed for a board or commission opening. The City
Council should provide direction on whether or not additional
applications should be solicited or interviews scheduled for any or
all of the attached applicants. (I-6)
7. PLYMOUTH PIONEERING TRAFFIC DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING -- Attached
is an article which appeared in the summer 1992 RTB messenger which
discusses the Plymouth Travel Demand Management Project presently
underway. Through this project, we hope to encourage the employees
of Plymouth's 18 largest employers to use forms of transportation
other than the single occupancy automobile. Employees of each of
the 18 participating companies have been surveyed to learn more
about their travel habits and desires. Each participating employer
has been provided with the attached report personalized to each
company, which recommends on page 3, steps that they can take to
encourage the use of alternate forms of transportation. We are now
waiting for each company to tell us who they have selected as their
transit liaison and to schedule a transit fair. (I-7)
8. DESIGNING PUBLIC SERVICES AS IF THE CUSTOMER REALLY MATTERED -- This
article by Peter Hutchison, appeared in the July 1992 Minnesota
Cities Magazine. It is a provacative article providing a rationale
for converting government from a bureaucratic to a service-oriented
organization. I believe that through our customer service efforts,
we are beginning to take these steps. A copy of the article has
been shared with members of the Customer Service Task Force and city
department heads. (I-8)
9. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT -- Attached is the Public
Safety Department activity report for the month of June. (I-9)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
July 10, 1992
Page 4
10. COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92-75 -- Attached is a stationary radar study done
at 47th and Harbor Lane in accordance with previous Council
direction. This is the first of the biweekly reports to be provided
to the City Council. (I-10)
11. CUSTOMER COMMENT CARDS -- Fourteen customer comment cards have been
received between June 8 and July 2. A table is attached which
summarizes the content of the cards received. (I-11)
12. GEESE COMPLAINTS -- The Public Works Department has received
numerous phone calls in the last two weeks from people wanting the
City to do something to get rid of the geese population. Ponderosa
Ponds residents have been particularly active in calling.
Motivation for the calls appears to be twofold. Substantial numbers
of geese are adopting common and private property as their own.
Residents have recently seen a TV program to which other cities were
rounding up and relocating geese to reduce the population. The
problem is frustrating to neighbors and city staff as well. Frank
Boyles has contacted the City of Maple Grove and Don Helmeke of
Capable Partners, to learn more about the geese hunts which have
previously been allowed in Maple Grove, conducted by disabled
individuals. The Council will receive a copy when the information
is provided on this program.
13. EHELRS & ASSOCIATES -- The attached invoice in the amount of
1,187.50 from Ehlers & Associates is for work they did on the
1992 - 1996 Capital Improvement Program in January when the Planning
Commission was contemplating various revisions. (I-13)
14. DEVELOPMENT SIGNAGE -- On Friday, July 10, one development sign was
placed north of Medina Road, on the east side of County Road 101,
south of Highway 55. Northern States Power Company is requesting
approval of a conditional use permit for an electrical substation.
This requires a variance from the subdivision ordinance and zoning
ordinance requirements and a lot division. The Planning Commission
will consider this request on July 22.
15. MINUTES
a. Planning Commission Minutes - June 24, 1992. (I-15-1)
b. Water Quality Committee Meeting Notes - July 7, 1992. (I-15-2)
16. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. A letter has been received from Michael Stulberg, Chair of the
Planning Commission, with respect to Planning Commission study
tasks for the remainder of this year. Mr. Stulberg is asking
the Council to help him prioritize the study tasks in order that
they can proceed with the highest priority items first. Unless
the Council desires to take action promptly, this item could be
placed on the August 3, 5:30 p.m. study session as part of the
Council's review of its 1992 - 1993 Goals and Objectives.
(I -16-a)
a
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM"-`
July 10, 1992
Page 5
b. Letter received from Patrick Hallisey regarding the Vicksburg
Village parking problem. (I -16-b)
c. Letter received from David Barstad with respect to distribution
of the Sun Sailor and the Bass Lake Heights 4th Addition.
(I-16-0
d. Letters received from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
with respect to petroleum storage tank release and contaminated
soil at two locations. (I -16-d)
e. Letter received from Eric Foss, Secretary of the Plymouth Gun
Club, advising surroundin neighbors of a change in their
shooting schedule. (I -16-e3
f. Letter from Dale Biehoffer with respect to the Interfaith
Hospitality Network. (I -16-f)
g. Letter from the City Clerk to Dave's Sanitation with respect to
a complaint received by a customer. (I -16-g)
h. Letter from Carol Curtis, requesting that the City purchase a
home for her and a response. (I -16-h)
i. Letter to Ron Rosenzweig in accordance with previous Council
direction, providing him with a copy of the Winona ordinance and
bringing him up-to-date with the City Council's actions on this
subject. (I -16-i)
j. Letter from Richfield Mayor Martin Kirsch, inviting
Councilmembers to attend a "Justice Day" celebration on
Thursday, August 6 from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Radisson South
Hotel. (I -16-j)
k. A memorandum from Jack Tabery, Property Management Coordinator,
regarding access to City Center while the new turning'radius and
walkway are constructed between the City Center and Public
Safety Building. (I -16-k)
1. An example of the letter sent to each human service agency which
requesting funding from the City in 1992, advising them of the
steps they should take to request funding in 1993. (I-16-1)
m. Memo from Milt Dale, Housing Specialist, regarding pre -
applications for Section 8 rental assistance received July 6 and
7. (I -16-m)
James G. Willis
City Manager
TENTATIVE AGENDA
PLYMOUTH CHARTER COMMISSION
Monday, July 13, 1992
I. Call to order
II. Roll call
III. Comments from public
IV. Review of written comments from public, city council
V. Review of Working Draft VI
VI. Consideration of recommendation of charter
VII. Other business
VIII. Adjourn
CIM JUL 1O'gg
DJlC37801 '
PL100-112
0
PLYMOUTH CHARTER COMMISSION
NOTICE OF MEETING
I
M-2--
A regular meeting of the Plymouth Charter Commission will be held
in the Community Room in the Plymouth City Center, 3400 Plymouth
Boulevard, commencing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 1992.
A tentative agenda and Working Draft VI embodying all'changes to
date is enclosed. Please notify Janet Smith at 337-9277 if you
will not be able to attend.
David J. Kennedy
Acting Secretary
DJlC37457 C!M JUL 10192
PL100-112
M _ 2-
7/7/92
7/7/92 8:31 a.m.
Voice Mail Message from Gretchen Englund, 4415 Goldenrod Lane, Phone 559-9384
I'm calling regarding the Charter Commission where you're soliciting information
because I will very, very unfortunately be unable to come to the July 13 meeting. Just
a couple of comments I would like to relay to the meeting.
As one resident, I would just to comment that I would like to see the Council brought
to seven members. I understand that it currently has five and that would be part of the
Charter. Also I would definitely like to see the Plymouth voters be able to use
initiative and referendum for the City.
If there are any questions you can call me and thanks for asking for input.
CIM JUL 10'92
1h -L
Voice Mail Message received on Customer Service Line, 7-10-92
From: Lois Klovechar 476-2080, 1273 Black Oaks Court:
I wanted the whole Council to know, including the Mayor, my concems on the Charter
Commission. I do like the ward system and really am supportive of having it divided
up and having the terms rotated. I don't know if I really understand how you're doing
it, but I trust that you obviously have studied it, so go for it.
I would like you to consider having odd years rather than even. That's another area
where I hope you have done some research on the areas that are having the even years
to see if when they implemented the even years, if they had odd years before, if it
seemed to be a better turnout or at least as many turned out. Otherwise, I would really
promote the odd years for hope that people would be more apt to show up and vote
even though we may save some dollars from election, I would rather see the
participation of the people in the election. However, if you find out that people are
showing up just as often for even as for odd, then I say no big deal. Go for that too.
One area I do have a concern for is home rule. I want to know your process for that
type of thing and how the community will be included and allowed to have input when
you have that right and authority. My concem is for fear that, it becomes a dictorial
type thing and the community does not have a cohesiveness. I would really like to see
the League, I'm sorry, the Council working together with the other areas like the
school boards, the communities, the businesses, the churches. I hope that in the future
you will take a look at that and that there will be a real sense of community within our
westem suburban area.
Thank you for listening to my comments. If you have questions about what I've talked
about, give me a call. Thank you very much. Bye.
CiM JUL 10'92
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Plymouth Charter Commission
FROM: David J. Kennedy
DATE: June 30, 1992
RE: Working Draft VI
I'm enclosing Working Draft VI which embodies most of the needed
changes turned up by the read -through committee: Speck, Tierney and
Singer. (I really appreciate their help.)
I've added a few things:
1. Section 5.01, Subdivision 2, second sentence. "Budget" and
"capital program" specified as discrete items.
2. Section 5.01, Subd. 3. This has been rewritten at the request
of the read -through committee. The text is divided into three
subdivisions and a penalty provision is added.
3. Section 5.07 changed to refer to "amendments" rather than
"changes."
4. Section 5.09. The explanatory text at the foot of the
petition forms has been completely rewritten. There are so
many alternatives here that I thought stating them as such was
better.
5. Section 6.05. -The second sentence now says what I think the
commission wants. That is, that the manager can make
contracts up to $25,000 but larger contracts are let by the
council.
6. Section 7.14, Subdivisions 1 and 2 headnotes changed and a
sentence added to subd. 2 to make clear that the required
ordinance is not subject to referendum. Does everyone agree
that the term "specific purpose" in subdivision 3 is precise
enough? Suppose the council expends $3 million from the fund
on a specific building in 1994: may a $50,000 expenditure
from the fund on the building be made in 1998 without voter
approval?
Enclosure
DJX37401
PL100-112
CIM JUL 10'92
M -Z
DJK Draft
6/30/92
D
CHARTER
CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA
WORKING DRAFT VI
(Not finally approved by the Charter Commission)
CHAPTERI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.01. Name and boundaries. The city of Plymouth is and will continue
to be a municipal corporation with the boundaries existing on the effective date of
this charter or as later modified in accordance with law.
Section 1.02. Powers. The city of Plymouth has all powers that it is now or
hereafter possible for a municipal corporation in the State of Minnesota and of the
United States. It is the intention of this charter that every power that the people
of the city might lawfully confer upon themselves as a municipal corporation by
specific enumeration in this charter is deemed to have been so conferred by this
section. This charter is to be construed liberally in favor of the city. The specific
mention of particular powers in this charter is not to be construed as limiting the
generality of the powers conferred by this section.
JJT37077
PL100-112
0
it
GIM JUL 10'92
W -2 -
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER2
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Section 2.01. Form of government. The form of government established by
this charter is the council-manager plan. The council exercises the legislative power
of the city and determines matters of policy. The city manager is responsible to the
council for the proper administration of city affairs.
Section 2.02. Boards and commissions. There are no separate administrative
boards or commissions except boards and commissions required by law or those
established for the administration of a municipal function jointly with another
political subdivision. The council performs the duties and exercises the powers of
administrative boards or commissions. The council may establish boards or
commissions to advise the council with respect to municipal functions or activities,
to investigate subjects of interest to the city, or to perform quasi-judicial functions .
Section 2.03. Council members; qualifications and terms. Subdivision 1. The
council is composed of a mayor, one ward council member for each ward and two at
large council members. The mayor and the council members must be eligible voters
of the city and must further qualify for office as provided in this charter.
Subd. 2. The mayor and council members must be residents of the city. The
ward council members must satisfy the residence requirements of section 2.04.
Subd. 3. The mayor and two council members are elected at large. A ward
council member is elected from the ward in which the council member resides.
Subd. 4. Except as provided in section 12.13 the mayor is elected for a term
of two years and a council member is elected for a term of four years. The mayor
and council members serve until their respective successors are elected and qualify
for office.
CIM JUL 10'92
JJT37077
PL100-112 2
M -Z
Subd. 5. The terms of office of the mayor and council members in office on the
effective date of this charter continue in accordance with the transition schedule set
forth in section 12.13.
Section 2.04. Ward council members. A ward council member must be a
resident of the ward (i) at the time that filings for elections close, or (ii) at the time
of appointment to fill a vacancy. Except as provided in section 2.05, continued
residence in the ward in which the council member resides at the time of election or
appointment is a required qualification to hold office during the council member's
term.
Section 2.05. Wards. The city is divided into four separately numbered
wards corresponding generally to four geographic quadrants of the city. Review of
the wards must be made by the council and the wards reapportioned no later than
two years after the year in which a federal census is taken so that the population of
the wards are as equal as practicable. A ward must be composed of compact and
contiguous territory. A change in ward boundaries does not disqualify a council
member from serving the remainder of a term. Reapportionment is by ordinance.
If the council does not reapportion within the period prescribed, the mayor and
council members forfeit all remuneration until the wards of the city are reapportioned
as required by this section. The initial wards of the city are those described in
section 12.13.
Section 2.06. * Incompatible city offices. An elected officer of the city may not
be (i) appointed city manager; (ii) hold any other city office or be employed by the
city in any other capacity for pay; and (iii) for a period of one year after expiration
of the officer's term of office, hold a city office or be employed by the city for pay.
Section 2.07. Council vacancies . A vacancy in an elective office exists for the
following reasons:
(a) failure of a person elected to an office to qualify on or before the
date of the second regular meeting of the council in the year subsequent to the
election;
(b) death of the officer;
(c) resignation of the officer;
(d) except as provided in section 2.05, the officer ceasing to be a
resident of the city or of the ward from which elected;
days;
(e) continuous absence of the officer from the city for more than 90
(f) conviction of the officer of a felony either before or after
qualification for office;
(g) failure of the officer without good cause to perform the duties of
office for a period of three consecutive months;
(h) removal of the officer from office; or
(i) a reason specified by law.
When a vacancy occurs for a reason specified in clauses (d) through (i), the council
must promptly, by a resolution stating its findings, declare the vacancy to exist.
When a vacancy exists, the council must forthwith appoint an eligible person to fill
the vacancy until the next regular municipal election when the office is filled for the
unexpired term. If a vacancy occurs and exists in an elective office after the last
day for filing affidavits of candidacy for that office, the person elected to fill that
office is deemed to have been appointed for the unexpired term.
Section 2.08. Mayor. The mayor is the presiding officer of the council. The
council must choose from its members a deputy mayor. The deputy mayor holds
OM A 1 U b4
JJT37077
PL100-112 4
office at the pleasure of the council and serves as mayor in the mayor's disability or
absence from the city or when a vacancy in the office of mayor exists. The mayor:
(i) exercises the powers and performs the duties conferred on
the mayor by this charter, the ordinances of the city, and the laws of
the stbLte;
(ii) is the official head of the city for ceremonial purposes, for
purposes of the service of civil process, and for the purposes of martial law;
and
(iii) must report to the council neglect, dereliction of duty, or waste
on the part of an officer or department of the city.
In time of public danger or emergency the mayor may, with the consent of the
council, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the law.
Section 2.09. Salaries. The salaries of the mayor and council members are
fixed by ordinance in the manner provided by law.
Section 2.10. Investigation of city affairs. The council or an officer or
officers formally authorized by the council, may make investigations into the city's
affairs, subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and compel the production of books
and papers. The council may provide for an examination or audit of the accounts of
an officer or department of the city government. The council may conduct surveys
or research studies of subjects of municipal concern.
Section 2.11. Interferences with administration. Neither the council nor a
council member may dictate the appointment by the city manager of a person to an
office or employment. The council may not interfere with the city manager or
prevent the city manager from exercising judgment in the appointment of officers and
employees in the administrative service. Except for purposes of inquiry the council
and its members must deal with and control the administrative service solely through
0 4 1014A
JJT37077
PL100-1125
M— —
the city manager. Neither the council nor any member of the council may give
orders, publicly or privately, to a subordinate of the city manager.
JJT37077 CIM 10'92
PL100-112 6 JUL�+
m_ 2 -
CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER3
COUNCIL PROCEDURE
Section 3.01. Council meetings . At the first regularly scheduled council
meeting in January following a regular city election, the newly elected mayor and
members of the council assume their duties. The council meets at such times each
month as prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less frequently than once
each month. The mayor or three council members may call a special meeting of the
council upon reasonable notice to council members and such other notice as required
by law. Meetings of the council are public meetings. Any person may inspect the
minutes and records of the meetings at reasonable times and in accordance with law.
Section 3.02. Council officers. The council may choose the officers and
employees it finds necessary to serve at its meetings. The council must appoint a
secretary of the council. The secretary must keep a journal of council proceedings
and perform the duties required by this charter, ordinance or resolution. The
council may designate any officer or employee of the city except the city manager,
the mayor or a council member as its secretary.
Section 3.03. Rules of procedure and quorum. The council determines its own
rules and order of business. . A majority of members elected is a quorum to do
business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time. The council may by
ordinance provide a means by which a minority of its members may compel the
attendance of absent members.
Section 3.04. Ordinances; resolutions;0 motions. Legislation must be
enacted by ordinance. The "yes" and "no" votes on ordinances and resolutions must
be recorded. Except as otherwise provided in this charter or by law an affirmative
vote of a majority of all the members of the council is required for the passage of
ordinances and resolutions.
JJT37077 CIM JUL 10'92
PL100-112 7
M - Z
Section 3.05. Procedure on ordinances. The enacting clause of an ordinance
is: "The city of Plymouth ordains:". An ordinance must be presented in writing.
Section 3.06. Emergency ordinances. An emergency ordinance is an
ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
morals, safety or welfare in which the emergency is defined and declared in the
preamble to the ordinance. A prosecution may not be based upon the provisions of
an emergency ordinance until (i) 24 hours after the ordinance has been filed with the
city clerk and posted in three conspicuous places in the city, or (ii) the ordinance
has been published, unless the person charged with violation of the ordinance had
actual notice of the passage of the ordinance prior to the act or omission constituting
the alleged violation.
Section 3.07. Procedure on resolutions. Resolutions must be presented in
writing.
Section 3.08. Signing and publication of ordinances. An ordinance passed
by the council must be signed by the mayor or deputy mayor, attested by the city
clerk and filed and preserved by the city clerk. An ordinance must be published
once in the official newspaper. A summary of an ordinance may be published in the
manner prescribed by law.
Section 3.09. When ordinances and resolutions take effect. Resolutions and
ordinances are effective immediately upon passage or at a later date stated in the
ordinance or resolution. An ordinance adopted by the voters under chapter 5 is
effective upon its adoption or at a later time stated in the ordinance.
Section 3.10. Amendment and repeal of ordinances and resolutions. An
ordinance or resolution repealing a prior ordinance or resolution or section,
subdivision or separately identified clause thereof must state the number or, if no
number has been assigned, the title of the ordinance or resolution to be repealed in
whole or in part. An ordinance or resolution or section, subdivision or clause
PL100-112 8 GIM JUL 10'92
,2 -
thereof may not be amended by reference to the title only. The amending ordinance
or resolution must set forth in full each section, subdivision or clause to be amended
and indicate new matter by underscoring and matter to be omitted by striking out or
by other appropriate symbols.
Section 3.11. Revision and codification of ordinances. The council may,
pursuant to this section and law, revise, rearrange and codify the ordinances of the
city with the additions and deletions found necessary by the council. The ordinance
code may be prepared in book, pamphlet or continuously revised loose-leaf form.
Copies of the code must be kept available at the office of the city clerk for general
distribution to the public free or at a reasonable charge. Preparation of the code is
sufficient publication of an ordinance provision not previously published if a notice
is published in the official newspaper stating that copies of the code are available at
the office of the city clerk.
PL100 112 9 GIM JUL 10'92
CHAPTER 4
ELECTIONS
Section 4.01. General election laws to apply. Except as otherwise provided
in this chapter the general laws of the State of Minnesota pertaining to registration
of voters and the conduct of primary, special and general elections apply to city
elections. The council may by ordinance adopt suitable and necessary
supplementary procedures for the conduct of elections.
Section 4.02. Regular city elections. Except as provided in section 12.13, the
regular city election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
of even numbered years. The election is held at the place or places designated by
resolution of the city council. Notice of the election is given in the manner provided
by law. Failure to give notice of the election does not invalidate the election.
Section 4.03. Special elections. The council may by resolution order a special
election as provided by law and establish the procedures for holding the election.
The procedures at a special election must conform to that prescribed by this charter
and law.
Section 4.04. Filing for office. An eligible voter of the city may file for
election in the manner prescribed by law.
Section 4.05. Campaign contributions. A candidate for city office who
receives a contribution from an individual or a campaign committee, as that term is
defined by law, must report the name and address of the individual or committee that
during the year has made one or more contributions that in the aggregate are equal
to or greater than $50 adjusted as provided in section 12.14. Financial reporting by
candidates must, in all other respects, conform to law.
JJT37077 CIM JUL 10'92
PL100-112 10
CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER5
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Section 5.01. General authority. Subdivision 1. Initiative. The registered
voters of the city may propose the adoption of ordinances by a procedure called the
initiative. The initiative does not extend to (i) the budget or capital program, (ii)
the appropriation of money or the levy of taxes, (iii) zoning, or (iv) the salaries of
city officers or employees.
Subd. 2. Referendum. The registered voters of the city may require
reconsideration by the council of an adopted ordinance and, if the council fails to
repeal an ordinance so reconsidered, to approve or reject it at an election held for
that purpose by a procedure called the referendum. The referendum does not
extend to (i) the budget, (ii) a capital program, (iii) an emergency ordinance, (iv)
an ordinance relating to the appropriation of money, the levy of taxes, zoning or the
salaries of city officers or employees,
Section 5.02. Contributions; reporting. Subdivision 1. General Rule. A
person may not contribute to a committee or organization proposing, promoting or
opposing (i) an initiated ordinance or (ii) an ordinance that is the subject of a
referendum proceeding a total amount in excess of $1,000, adjusted as provided in
section 12.14, in a period consisting of 365 consecutive days.
Subd. 2. Reporting. A committee or organization described in subdivision
1 must file a report with the city clerk showing (i) total contributions received, and
(ii) the name and address of a person who contributed a total amount in excess of
$50, as adjusted, in a period consisting of 365 consecutive days. The report must
be filed not later than 60 days after the date of a referendum or initiative election.
,
Subd. 3. Penalty. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
JJT37077 CIM JUL 10'92
PL100-112 11
M-2
Section 5.03. Commencement of proceeding; petitioners' committee; affidavit.
Subdivision 1. Commencement. Five registered voters of the city may begin
initiative or referendum proceedings by filing with the city clerk an affidavit stating
that they constitute the petitioners' committee and will be responsible for circulating
the petition and filing it in proper form. The affidavit must (i) state the names and
addresses of the members of the committee, (ii) specify the address to which notices
to the committee are to be sent and (iii) set out in full the proposed initiated
ordinance or cite the ordinance sought to be reconsidered.
Subd . 2. Clerk's duties. The city clerk must issue the appropriate petition
forms to the petitioners' committee promptly after the affidavit has been filed. The
clerk must (i) prepare a written estimate of the cost that would be incurred or
saved, as the case may be, by the city by the passage of the initiated ordinance or
the repeal of the referred ordinance or (ii) prepare a written statement that no
reasonable estimate of cost or savings is possible.
Section 5.04. Petitions. Subdivision 1. Number of signatures. Initiative and
referendum petitions must be signed by registered voters of the city. The number
of petitioners must equal at least 15% of the number of persons registered to vote at
the last regular city election.
Subd . 2. Form and content.
i. Petition papers must be uniform in size and style and be
assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature must be executed in
ink or indelible pencil and must be. followed by the address of the person
signing.
fl. A petition must contain or have attached thereto in each petition
copy circulated the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be
reconsidered, with changes highlighted, if appropriate.
JJT37077 JULPL100-112 12 CIM U 10'92
M - z
iii. A petition or copy thereof must specifically identify the ordinance
sought to be initiated or identify by number the ordinance to be subjected to
referendum.
iv. A copy of the petition must state the estimated cost that would be
incurred or saved, as the case may be, by the city by the passage of the
initiated ordinance or the repeal of the referred ordinance. The petition must
include (i) a related cost -benefit analysis of not more than 100 words or (ii)
a statement that no reasonable estimate of cost or savings is possible. The
estimated cost or savings must be stated on an annual basis if the cost or
savings is expected to be of a recurring nature.
V. The petition must state the purpose of the proposed ordinance or
referred ordinance in summary form.
vi. The affidavit must be in the form prescribed by law.
Subd. 3. Statement of circulator. Each paper or copy of a petition must have
attached to it when filed a statement executed by the person circulating that paper
and stating that: (i) that person personally circulated the paper, stating the number
of signatures contained thereon; (ii) that each signature was affixed in that person's
presence; (iii) that that person believes each signature to be the genuine signature
of the person whose name it purports to be; and (iv) that each signer had an
opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought
to be reconsidered.
Subd. 4. Dates; six-month limit. The petition must contain the date or dates
when each signature on that page was executed. A signature is not valid if the
signature was executed or certified more than six months after the date of the filing
of the committee's affidavit.
Section 5.05. Procedure after filing. Subdivision 1. Certificate of clerk;
amendment. Within 20 days after the committee files an affidavit, for initiative or
PL100-112 13 CSM JUL 10'92
referendum, the clerk must certify the sufficiency of the petition. If the clerk
determines that the petition is insufficient because of an inadequate number of valid
signatures or other insufficiency, the clerk must specify the portions of the petition
that are defective. The clerk must then promptly send a certificate of insufficiency
to the petitioner's committee by registered mail.
Subd. 2. Modification of petition. A petition certified insufficient for lack of
the required number of valid signatures may be made sufficient by additional
signatures within the six-month period following the filing of the affidavit. The
language of the initiated ordinance or the ordinance to be referred may not be
changed after filing of the affidavit.
Subd. 3. Council review. A petition deemed insufficient by the clerk may on
request of the petitioner's committee be reviewed by the council within 22 days after
the petitioner's committee has received a certificate of insufficiency. The council
must then review the certificate at its next regular meeting and approve or
disapprove the petition.
Subd. 4. Court review; new petition. A council determination as to the
sufficiency of a petition is subject to judicial review. A determination of
insufficiency, even if sustained upon court review, does not prevent the filing of a
new petition for the same purpose. Judicial review must be sought within 30 days
after a determination of insufficiency by the council.
Section 5.06. * Referendum petition; no suspension of ordinance. An ordinance
is not suspended from taking effect by the filing of a referendum petition.
Section 5.07. Filing of petitions. Subdivision 1. A petition for initiative or
referendum, and all of its copies with original signatures of registered voters, may
be filed as one petition with the city clerk.
Subd. 2. Action by council. When a petition with the requisite signatures on
its original and copies has been filed with the clerk and has been determined
PL100-112 14 CIM JUL 10'92
M -z
sufficient (i) by the clerk or (ii) in accordance with section 5.05, the clerk must
refer the petition to the city council. The council after a public hearing on
reasonable notice must promptly (i) consider and may adopt the proposed initiated
ordinance or (ii) reconsider the referred ordinance repealing the ordinance. The
council may adopt the proposed initiated ordinance with changes in substance with
the approval of four of the committee members, and if the ordinance is so adopted,
initiative proceedings for that ordinance terminate. If the council (i) fails to adopt
an initiated ordinance or (ii) fails to repeal the referred ordinance within 40 days
after the date of determination of sufficiency, the council must submit the initiated
ordinance or referred ordinance to the voters.
Subd. 3. Submission to voters. The initiated ordinance or the proposed
ordinance must be submitted to the voters at the next city-wide regular or special
election held not less than 90 days nor more than one year after the council's action
submitting the ordinance to the voters. If no election is scheduled during the one-
year period, the council must call a special election for that purpose during that one-
year period.
Subd. 4 Withdrawal of petitions. A petition for initiative or referendum may
be withdrawn at any time before the 60th day preceding the date scheduled for the
election on the ordinance by filing with the clerk a request for withdrawal signed by
at least four members of the petitioners' committee. If the request is filed, the
petition has no further force or effect, and all proceedings thereon are terminated.
Section 5.08. Charter amendments. Petitions for initiative or referendum do
not apply to amendments of this charter.
Section 5.09. Results of election.
(a) Initiative. If a majority of the voters voting on a initiated
ordinance approve, the ordinance is effective upon certification of the election
results.
JJT37077
PL100-112 15 CIM JUL 10'92
(b) Conflicting ordinances. If conflicting initiated ordinances are
approved at the same election, the ordinance receiving the greatest number
of affirmative votes is adopted. Any number of initiated ordinances may be
voted on at the same election, but the voters must be permitted to vote for or
against each ordinance separately.
(c) Referendum. If a majority of the voters voting on a referred
ordinance do not approve the ordinance, the ordinance is repealed upon
certification of the election results.
Section 5.10. Forms. Subdivision 1. The form of the initiative petition is
fixed as follows:
INITIATIVE PETITION
Proposing an ordinance to
(stating the purpose
of the ordinance), a copy of which ordinance is attached hereto. This ordinance is
sponsored by the following committee of eligible voters:
Name Address
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The undersigned eligible voters understand the terms and nature of the
proposed ordinance attached hereto.
1. We state that the estimated cost or savings on an annual basis during
the existence of the ordinance is $
or
We state that the estimated total (cost) (savings) resulting from the adoption
of the ordinance to be $
We state that it is not possible to estimate the cost or savings resulting from
the adoption of the ordinance.
PL1oo°112 16 CIM JUL 10'92
2. We further state that the city clerk has estimated the (cost) (savings)
resulting from the adoption of the ordinance to be $ on an
annual basis.
or
We further state that the clerk has estimated that the total ( cost) ( savings )
resulting from the adoption of the ordinance to be $
or
We further state that the city clerk has determined that the cost or savings
resulting from the adoption of the ordinance is not possible to estimate.
Subd . 2. The form of the referendum petition is fixed as follows:
REFERENDUM PETITION
Proposing the repeal of an ordinance to (stating the
purpose and number of the ordinance), a copy of which ordinance is attached
hereto. The proposed repeal is sponsored by the following committee of eligible
voters:
Name Address
2.
3.
5.
The undersigned eligible voters understand the terms and nature of the
ordinance attached hereto, believe it to be detrimental to the welfare of the
city, and petition the city council for its repeal or the submission of the
ordinance to the voters for approval or disapproval by the voters.
1. We state that the petitioners' estimate of the total (cost) (savings)
resulting from the ordinance, if not repealed, would be $
or
We state that the petitioners' estimate of the fixed annual (cost) (savings)
resulting from the ordinance, if not repealed, would be $ per year.
JJT37077
PL100-112 17 CIM JUL 10'92
M- 2 -
or
We state that the ( cost) ( savings) resulting from the ordinance, if not
repealed, is not possible to estimate.
2. We further state that the city clerk has estimated that the total (cost)
(savings) resulting from the repeal of the ordinance would .be
or
They further state that the city clerk has estimated that the (cost) (savings)
resulting from the repeal of the ordinance to be $_ on an annual
basis.
or
They further state that the city clerk has determined that the cost or savings
resulting from the repeal of the ordinance is not possible to estimate.
Subd . 3. The face of a petition must include an estimate of the cost of a
special election as certified by the clerk if a special election is necessary.
Section 5.11. Ballots.
The ballot at an election on an ordinance initiated or subject to referendum
under this chapter must state the substance of the ordinance and contain appropriate
instructions for the voters to indicate "yes" or "no" on the question of its adoption.
Section 5.12. Reenactment; amendment., An ordinance adopted by initiative
may not be repealed or amended by the council for a period of one year following its
effective date. An ordinance repealed by referendum may not be reenacted by the
council for a period of one year following its repeal.
JJT37077
PL100-112 18
CIM JUL 10'92
M -Z,
CHAPTER 6
ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY
Section 6.01. City manager. Subdivision 1. The city manager is the chief
administrative officer of the city. The manager is appointed by the city council
solely on the basis of training, experience and executive and administrative
qualifications. With the approval of the council, the manager may designate some
properly qualified person to perform the duties of the manager during the absence
or disability of the manager. If the office of manager is vacant and no such
designation has been made, the council must appoint an acting manager.
Subd. 2. The city manager is appointed for an indefinite term and may be
removed at any time by an affirmative vote of a majority of the council. After having
served for one year, the manager may demand written charges and a public hearing
before the council on the charges prior to the date when the removal of the manager
takes effect. The public hearing must be held within 30 days of the manager's
demand, and the written charges must be supplied to the manager at least ten days
prior to the hearing. After the hearing, if one is demanded, the council may either
reinstate the manager or make the removal final. Pending the hearing and removal,
the council may suspend the manager from office and appoint an acting manager.
Prior to removal the manager must be paid the manager's regular salary.
Subd. 3. The council must periodically review the manager's performance.
The council and the manager may enter into an employment agreement.
Section 6.02. Manager; powers; duties. Subdivision 1. The manager is
responsible to the council for the administration of the city's affairs. The manager
has the powers and duties specified in this section.
Subd. 2. The manager must assure that this charter, the laws and ordinances
of the city and the resolutions of the city council are enforced and carried out.
JJT37077
PL100-112 19 C+M JUL V y
M .
Subd. 3. The manager appoints officers and employees of the city on the basis
of merit and fitness, but the appointment and removal of the city attorney is subject
to the approval of the council. The manager may remove or suspend officers and
employees of the city.
Subd. •4. Except as otherwise provided by this charter or law, the
manager directs departments and divisions of the city administration.
Subd. 5. The manager must attend meetings of the council. The manager may
take part in discussion at council meetings but may not vote. The council may
exclude the manager from a meeting at which the manager's removal is considered.
Subd. 6. The manager may recommend to the council measures deemed
necessary for the welfare of the people and the efficient administration of the city's
affairs.
Subd. 7. The manager must keep the council fully advised on the financial
condition and needs of the city. The manager must prepare and submit the annual
budget to the council.
Subd. 8. The manager must, as soon as practicable after the close of the
fiscal year; submit to the council a written report on the finances and administrative
activities of the city. The manager's report must be discussed by the council at a
public hearing called for that purpose.
Subd. 9. The manager must prepare and amend from time to time an
administrative code setting out the administrative procedures of the city.
Subd. 10. The manager performs the other duties prescribed by law, this
charter or by the council.
Section 6.03. Departments. With the approval of the council, the manager
may create departments, divisions and other units of the city administration
consistent with this charter and law.
ciM JUL 10'92
JJT37077
PL100-112 20
M- Z--
Section
_
Section 6.04. Other officers. There must be a city clerk, a chief financial
officer and such other officers subordinate to the city manager as may be created by
the council by ordinance or resolution or established by law. The clerk is
responsible for the keeping of city records. The clerk and other officers have the
duties imposed by state law, this charter, ordinances and council resolutions.
Section 6.05. Purchases and contracts. The manager is the chief purchasing
agent of the city. Purchases and contracts may be made by the manager when the
amount of the purchase or contract does not exceed the amount at which competitive
bids are required by law. Other purchases and contracts are made by the council
on the recommendation of the manager. Except for purchases and contracts made by
the manager, contracts, bonds and instruments to which the city is a party must be
signed by the mayor and the manager on behalf of the city.
Section 6.06. Contracts; bids. City contracts must be made in compliance'
with law. When competitive bids are submitted the contract must be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder.. The council may by ordinance adopt additional
regulations for making city contracts.
JJT37077
PL100-112 21 CIM
JUL 10'92
2
CHAPTER
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Section 7.01. Council controls finances. The council is responsible for the
financial affairs of the city. The council must provide for the collection and
protection of revenues and other assets and the auditing and settlement of accounts .
Section 7.02. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of the city is the calendar year.
Section 7.03. System of taxation. Subject to the state constitution and except
as forbidden by it or law the council may provide by ordinance for a system of local
taxation. In the taxation of real and personal property under a system of local
taxation the council must conform as nearly as possible to law in the assessment of
property and the collection of the taxes.
Section 7.04. Board of equalization. The council is the board of equalization
to equalize assessments of property for taxation according to law.
Section 7.05. Preparation of budget. The manager must prepare an annual
budget and submit it to the council. The budget must include the general fund but
may include other funds at the discretion of the city council. The estimated
revenues and expenditures for each fund must be shown for each department of the
city. The city manager must submit with the budget explanatory statements deemed
necessary. The budget must show comparative figures for the current fiscal year,
actual and estimated, and actual for the preceding fiscal year.
Section 7.06. Adoption of budget. The council must, by a budget resolution,
adopt the budget at the time required by law. The budget is the principal item of
business at regular council meetings at the times required by law and at subsequent
meetings until the budget is adopted. The consideration of the budget by the
council must be conducted in a manner to give citizens an opportunity to be heard.
The manager must review the budget in the detail requested by the council. The
JJT37077 CSM JUL 10'92
PL100-112 22
adopted budget must set forth in detail the financial plan of the city for the ensuing
fiscal year. The sum appropriated by the budget may not exceed the estimated
W
revenues to fund the expenditures. The council must levy sufficient taxes to
provide adequate revenues for the budgeted expenditures in the next ensuing fiscal
year. The tax levy resolution must be certified to the county auditor in accordance
with law. The sums fixed in the budget resolution are appropriated for the purposes
identified in the budget resolution.
Section 7.07. Enforcement of budget. The manager must enforce the budget.
The manager may not approve an expenditure unless funds for that expenditure are
appropriated by the budget. The manager may not approve an expenditure
authorized by the budget unless there is a sufficient unexpended balance in the
appropriation after deducting prior expenditures from and current encumbrances
against the appropriation. An officer or employee of the city may not place an order
or make a purchase for the city unless the order or purchase is authorized in the
budget. An obligation incurred by an officer or employee for a purpose not
authorized in the budget or for an amount in excess of the amount appropriated in
the budget is the personal obligation of the person incurring the obligation.
Section 7.08. Alterations in budget. The council may not increase the
amounts appropriated in the budget resolution beyond the estimated revenues,
except to the extent that actual receipts exceed the estimated revenues. The council
may by resolution reduce an appropriation in the budget. The council may by a vote
of at least five members authorize the transfer of sums from unencumbered
appropriations in the budget to other purposes.
Section 7.09. Disbursements. Except for payments which may be made by
wire transfer, disbursements of city funds exceeding $50, as adjusted by Section
12.14, must be made by check bearing the manual or facsimile signature of the
mayor, the city manager and the chief financial officer.
The city manager must
JJT37077
PL100-112 23 3t+° ' JIU1' 1
institute
institute safeguards to ensure that checks are issued only by authorized individuals,
for properly authorized public purposes and in compliance with this charter. The
safeguards must also ensure that all disbursements under $50, as adjusted by section
12.14, are approved by persons authorized by the city manager. Each check must
specify the purpose for which the disbursement is made and the fund from which it
is drawn, or a check register must be prepared which contains this information. A
check may not be issued until the claim to which it relates has been supported by an
itemized bill, payroll, or time=sheet approved and signed by the responsible city
officer or authorized city employee who vouches for its correctness and
reasonableness. The council may by ordinance or resolution make further
regulations for the safekeeping and disbursement of city funds. For checks other
than employee wage and expense reimbursement payments, an accompanying check
register must specify the purpose of each disbursement and the fund from which it
is drawn.
s
Section 7.10. Funds. There must be maintained in the city treasury a general
fund and the funds required by law, ordinance, the budget resolution or other
resolution. The council may make inter -fund loans and transfers except from trust
or agency funds or where prohibited by this charter or law.
Section 7.11. Accounting. The city manager is the chief accounting officer
of the city. The manager must keep the council informed of the financial status of
the city. The manager must provide for an annual audit of the city's finances by
either the state auditor or a firm of certified public accountants. A summary of the
audit must be published once in the official newspaper.
Section 7.12. Debt. Except as provided in section 7.13, no obligations may
be issued to pay current expenses, but the council may issue and sell obligations for
any other municipal purpose in accordance with law and within the limits prescribed
by law.
PL1oo 112 24 c4M JUL 1 U'y2
h -
-,
Section 7.13. Tax anticipation certificates. At any time after January 1st
following the making of an annual tax levy, the council may issue certificates of
indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for any fund and not yet
collected. The total amount of certificates issued against any fund for a fiscal year
with interest thereon until maturity may not exceed 90% of the total current taxes for
the fund uncollected at the time of issuance. The certificates (i) are issued on such
terms and conditions as the council determines, (ii) bear interest at no more than the
lawful rate and (iii) are due and payable no later than the 1st day of April of the
year following their issuance. The proceeds of the tax levied for the fund against
which tax anticipation certificates are issued and the full faith and credit of the city
must be irrevocably pledged for the redemption of the certificates in the order of
their issuance against the fund.
Section 7.14. Community improvement fund. Subdivision 1. Sources. The
council must create and maintain a separate fund and designate it as the community
improvement fund. Into this fund are deposited the following:
(a) surplus money from the various special assessment funds that
remain after the costs of each improvement project have been fully funded and
which have not been transferred to another separate improvement fund;
(b) collections of special assessments received after an improvement
project has been fully funded;
(c) investment earnings generated by the money in the fund; and
(d) any other money appropriated by the council or donated to the
city for the purposes of the fund.
Subd. 2. Uses. Expenditures from the fund may be made only for items of a
capital nature. The council must by ordinance provide a procedure for expenditures
from the fund. The ordinance must provide that the principal of the fund may be
expended (i) only if the expenditure is a loan that must be repaid, or (ii) if no
JJT37077
PL100-112 25 OM JUL 10'92
further expenditures are made from the fund until the principal has been restored
to its previous amount plus ten percent of the earnings that would have been
generated on the principal at the previous amount. The ordinance must also provide
that the total amount of principal used may not exceed an amount equal to the fund's
actual investment earnings from the two calendar years prior to the expenditure.
The council may alter or remove these restrictions on using principal, but only upon
at least five affirmative votes. The ordinance is not subject to referendum or
initiative .
Subd. 3. Limitations; voter approval. Notwithstanding the provisions of
subdivision 2, the city council may not make an expenditure from the fund in excess
of $3 million, adjusted as provided in section 12.14 for a specific purpose unless the
question of making the expenditure has been approved by a majority of the votes
cast in a regular or special election.
JJT37077
PL100-112 26 61M JUL 10'92
0X92
M-2-,
CHAPTER8
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Section 8.01. Powers. The city may make any type of public improvement not
forbidden by law and may levy special assessments against benefitted property to
pay all or a portion of the cost of a local improvement in the manner prescribed by
law. The special assessments for a local improvement may equal the cost of the
improvements but may not exceed the special benefit to the property assessed.
Section 8.02. Current services. In addition to the provisions of law the
council may provide by ordinance that the cost of city services to streets, sidewalks
or other public or private property may be assessed against the property served and
collected in the same manner as special assessments.
0
JJT37077
PL100-112
27
t)4 - 2 --
CHAPTER
CHAPTER 9
EMINENT DOMAIN
Section 9.01. Acquisition of property. The city may acquire by purchase,
gift, condemnation or otherwise, property within or without its boundaries that may
be needed by the city for a public purpose. In acquiring property by the power of
eminent domain the city must proceed in accordance with law.
JJT37077 CIM JUL 1 U'yL
PL100-112 28
CHAPTER 10
FRANCHISED PUBLIC UTILITIES
Section 10.01. Franchises required. Except as otherwise provided by law,
a person, firm or corporation may not place or maintain a permanent or
semi-permanent fixture in, over, upon or under a street, highway or public way in
the city for the purpose of operating a public utility or for any other purpose
without a franchise therefor from the city.
Section 10.02. Ordinance. A franchise is granted by ordinance which may not
be an emergency ordinance. An ordinance granting a franchise must contain all of
the terms and conditions of the franchise. A franchise is not valid unless
unconditionally and fully accepted by the grantee and filed with the city clerk.
Section 10.03. Term. An exclusive or perpetual franchise may not be granted
by the city. A franchise for a term exceeding 20 years is not effective unless
approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at a regular or special election.
Section 10.04. Public hearing. Before a franchise ordinance is adopted or
rates, fares or prices to be charged by a public utility are fixed by the council, the
council must hold a public hearing on the matter. Notice of the hearing must be
published at least once in the official newspaper not less than ten days prior to the
date of the hearing.
Section 10.05: Publication cost. The grantee of the franchise must pay for
publication of the franchise ordinance.
Section 10.06. Power of regulation reserved. Subject to applicable law the
council may by ordinance reasonably regulate and control the exercise of a
franchise, including maximum rates, fares or prices to be charged by the grantee.
The value of the franchise may not be included in the valuation of the grantee's
property in regulating utility rates, fares or prices under applicable law, ordinance
JJT37077
PL100-112 29 CM JUL 10'92
or regulation or in proceedings for municipal acquisition of the grantee's property
by purchase or eminent domain. The rights of a grantee under a franchise are
subject to the superior rights of the public to the use of streets and public places.
Section 10.07. Renewals. An extension, renewal'or modification of a franchise
is subject to • the same limitations and is granted in the same manner as a new
franchise.
i
JJT37077 GIM aJUL 10'92
PL100-112 30
M -Z
CHAPTER 11
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF UTILITIES
Section 11.01. Acquisition. The city may own and operate a gas, water, heat,
power, light, telephone, transportation, solid waste, hazardous waste, sanitation
or other public utility for supplying its own needs for utility service, for supplying
utility service to private consumers or for both purposes. The city may construct
the facilities reasonably needed for the utility and may acquire existing utility
properties for the utility. The city manager supervises the operation of city owned
public utilities.
Section 11.02. Rates and charges. The council may fix rates, fares and
prices for municipal utilities and services. The council may prescribe the time and
the manner in which payments for all utility services are to be made, may make other
regulations governing utility services and may prescribe penalties for violations of
the regulations.
Section 11.03. Purchase in bulk. In lieu of providing for the local production
of gas, electricity, water and other utilities, the council may purchase the same in
bulk and resell them to local consumers at such rates as it may fix.
Section 11.04. Lease of plant. The council may lease a city owned utility to
a private party for a term not to exceed ten years at rentals and on conditions as
deemed necessary. The lease must be embodied in an ordinance approved by five
members of the council. The ordinance may not be an emergency ordinance.
Section 11.05. Sale of utility. A public utility owned by the city may not be
sold or otherwise disposed of unless the full terms of the sale or other disposition are
embodied in an ordinance approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at a
general or special election.
PL100-77 n� JUL 1 Q'9
PL100-112 31 Mm L
W i
CHAPTER 12
MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS
Section 12.01. Official publications . The council must annually designate a
legal newspaper of general circulation in the city as' the official newspaper.
Ordinances, matters required by law, this charter and other matters that the council
deems necessary for publication are to be published in the official newspaper.
Section 12.02. Oath of office. Elective officers of the city and any other
officer so required by law or this charter must, before taking office take and sub-
scribe to an oath of office in substantially the form required by law.
Section 12.03. Interest in contracts. Except as otherwise permitted by law
an officer of the city who is authorized to take part in any manner in a contract with
the city in an official capacity may not voluntarily have a personal financial interest
in or personally benefit from the contract.
Section 12.04. Official bonds. Officers and employees of the city required by
ordinance or law to supply a bond must, before assuming office or employment give
a corporate surety bond to the city as security for the faithful performance of official
duties and the safekeeping of public funds. The bond (i) must be in the form and
amount fixed by the council, (ii) may be either an individual or blanket surety bond,
(iii) must be approved as to form by the city attorney and (iv) must be filed with the
city clerk. Premiums on the bond are paid by the city.
Section 12.05. Sale of real property. Real property of the city must be
disposed of by resolution adopted after ten days' published notice of a public
hearing before the council on the matter. The net proceeds of the sale of real
property must first be used to retire outstanding indebtedness incurred by the city
in the acquisition or improvement of that real property and the balance deposited in
the general fund.
GIM JUL 1 J'S4
JJT37077
PL100-112 32
M_ Z
Section 12.06. Vacation of streets. The ,council may by resolution vacate
streets, alleys, public ways and public grounds, or parts thereof, in the city. The
vacation may be made after ten days' published notice of a public hearing before the
council on the matter. The clerk must file a, notice of completion of the vacation
proceedings with the appropriate county official and in accordance with law.
Section 12.07. City to succeed to rights and obligations of former city. Under
this charter, the city will succeed to all the property, rights and privileges and will
be subject to all legal obligations of the city under the former form of government.
Section 12.08. Existing ordinances continued. Ordinances and regulations
of the city in force when this charter takes effect and not inconsistent with this
charter are continued in full force and effect until amended or repealed.
Section 12.09. Pending condemnations, improvements and assessments. A
condemnation, improvement or assessment proceeding in progress when this charter
takes effect is to be continued and completed under the laws under which the
proceeding was begun. Assessments made by the city prior to the time when this
charter takes effect will be collected as if this charter had, not been adopted.
Section 12.10. Ordinances to make charter effective. The council may by
ordinance, resolution or other appropriate action take the necessary steps to make
the provisions of this charter effective.
Section 12.11. Present officers continued. The present officers of the city
will continue in their respective offices under the laws governing the city prior to
the effective date of this charter until the officers provided for by this charter have
been elected and qualify. Those officers must make such financial and other
provisions for the fiscal year 1993 as will serve to carry on the government until a
government has been established under this charter and provide for the election of
the first city council as provided in this charter.
CW JUL 10'92
JJT37077
PL100-112 33
,(11),- 2 -
Section
Section 12.12. Effect of charter adoption. Nothing in this charter is to be
construed to modify, abrogate or abridge (i) the rights, duties, liabilities,
privileges or immunities of the city or its officers, (ii) the ordinances and
resolutions of the city in effect on the effective date of this charter or (iii) the
qualifications or terms of office of city officers as they existed prior to the effective
date of this charter, except as otherwise specifically provided in this charter. This
charter is not to be construed to affect, modify or repeal any special law of the state
applicable to the city of Plymouth.
Section 12.13. Special transitional matters. Subdivision 1. Wards. The
initial wards of the city are described as follows:
Ward 1. Precinct Nos. 1, 6, 8, 9 and 10
Ward 2. Precinct Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7
Ward 3. Precinct Nos. 11, 12, 14, 17 and 18
Ward 4. Precinct Nos. 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20
Precincts are those established by council resolution and existing as the
effective date of this charter. The council may not modify precinct boundaries prior
to December 31, 1993, unless required by law or court decision.
Subd . 2. Elections; coordination of terms. It is the intent of this charter that
the transition from the statutory city schedule of elective officers and their terms
to the schedule and system of elections set by this charter take place (i) in an
orderly manner, (ii) with no adjustment of terms of office in effect on the effective
date of this charter and (iii) in a manner such that a transition to the elective scheme
of this charter be fully in effect as soon as practicable. To carry out that intent the
following schedule of elections and terms of office set forth in subdivisions 3, 4 and
5 is to be followed .
Subd. 3. 1993 election. There will be a regular city election on the first
Monday after the first Tuesday in November, 1993. At that election:
CIM JUL 10'92
JJT37077
PL100-112 34
a) the mayor is to be elected for a term of three years;
b) two at -large councilmembers are to be elected, one for a term of
three years and one for a term of two years. The candidate receiving the
highest number of votes for at -large councilmember at that election is elected
for the -three-year term;
C) Ward 1 and Ward 3 councilmembers are to be elected each for a
term of three years;
d) the incumbent councilmember residing in Ward 2 on the date of the
1993 election is deemed to be the councilmember from Ward 2; and
e) the incumbent councilmember residing in Ward 4 on the date of the
1993 election is deemed to be the councilmember from Ward 4.
If a vacancy exists in the office of Ward 2 or Ward 4 councilmember during the
period between the effective date of this charter and the date of the election in 1993,
the council must appoint a person residing in the applicable ward to fill the vacancy
for the balance of the unexpired term.
Subd. 4. 1995 election. There will be a regular city election on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1995. At that election:
a) one councilmember at -large will be elected for a term of three
years to succeed the at -large councilmember elected for the two-year term in
1993;
b) Ward 2 and Ward 4 councilmembers are to be elected each for a
term of three years.
Subd. 5. 1996 election. At the regular city election in 1996:
a) the mayor is to be elected for a term of three years;
b) one councilmember at -large is to be elected for a term of four
years to succeed the at -large councilmember elected for the three-year term
in 1993; and
CM JUL .10,92
JJT37077
PL100-112 35
C) Ward 1 and Ward 3 councilmembers are elected each for terms of
four years.
Subd. 6. Extraordinary vote requirements. During the period from the
effective date of this charter until December 31, 1994, (i) a council action requiring
approval by five members of the council must be approved by four members of the
council and (ii) provisions of law requiring an extraordinary.. majority of council
votes are to be applied to a council consisting of five members .
Section 12.14. Adjustments. The monetary limits in Sections 4.05, 5.01,
subdivision 3, 7.09 and 7.14 are to be adjusted as provided in this section. In each
year ending in zero, the limit is to be automatically adjusted, upward or downward,
one percent for each point that the consumer price index (or comparable index)
published on December 15 of the immediately preceding year for the city of
Minneapolis (or if no such index is published for the city nearest to the city of
Minneapolis) is above or below such index for the base year 1991-1992. A fractional
increase or decrease of less than one half point is to be disregarded. The city clerk
must certify the resulting adjustment to the city council.
Section 12.15. Amendment. This charter may be amended only in the manner
provided by law.
Section 12.16. Effective date. This charter is effective on January 1,. 1993.
ON JUL 10'92
JJT37077
PL100-112 36
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SPECIAL METTING
July 14, 1992 at 6:30 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Maxtrix of Proposals for Senior Citizen Housing Project
3. Other Business
4. Adjournment
(hra/agenda.7-7)
M-3
JUL 10'92
M-4
BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS
PLYMOUTH CITY CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBERS
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD
PLYMOUTH, MN 55447
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1992
7:00 P.M.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER 7:00 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL
3. NEW BUSINESS
A. Steve and Cheryl Michel. Variance to increase the lot coverage from the
Ordinance Standard of 20% to 24% to construct a room addition onto the
rear of the home.
4. MINUTES June 9, 1992
5. ADJOURNMENT
:.4r,;�+;
°
c
a
LL
4
c
U.
a
F
N w
� U>
c
LL
wLL
c
LL
U
l °
c
� u
U�
°
c
z
c
m
°
c
z
Yj
C4
fA
T00rNN
LL
n r N N
8
LoN0)N
3
�F"
\vMV4
r
Op
LA
N 0) (O N C9
d'
T
T
N
W
0
_
U
r
Ch U
N
Ch
QU
a
G
0
0CC)
N
0)
N
CC
uO
z
z wzz
z z
a
a
Z:4
w0a
a
aha,
oA0o0N�0
(;?QU(nu
0
T
CO
T
N `O
N
w
O
[TI
W
�A
3
x°z
x
gO'v
� cnoN
T O
co
�r-
r`cr-
N`°
N
U
�p
z
U�
U
a
U�
°+W
O
g U
00
(� w
CO
r`
r
N `O
N
N
0)
CO
LA
r
r
N
0
CO
N N
LL- N N 0) N
H
It T C
,2 N
(7 O T N
H N 0)C-Dp�
,- OD U)N N
n N N
T00rNN
LL
n r N N
co Cl)
N N
LoN0)N
3
�F"
Cr2
N�rN(7
Cl)
N 0) (O N C9
CO
N N
LL- N N 0) N
H
It T C
,2 N
(7 O T N
H N 0)C-Dp�
,- OD U)N N
n N N
U a
0
lAll
CM JUL 1 O'�2
r
r
co
N
N
co 'ncm °'N
L� N
COO T N
N 0) w N CO
a
(D�rCOrc�c�i
Ct
TCD
r r N CO
T
N
CV
to 10 .2 N N
U¢
a
a
g
CO
r
N
N
d 7 C-0 N
►a (,
LL ch O r N CO
z
u wzo
z z
N0,�NCO
?or°°t204
H nrNN
oA0o0
�n0 O
Ncn<umu
0)
Co(RV
w co
LO
N `O
"I N c N
w
O
w w
x
3a
°z
o
Co
LO
N
z
O
U
Oz
xco)
oz
U�
U
a
a
V�
g
O
g T
00
M
C+7
TO
N
Ch
CO
M
O
N
a)
T
N
co
CM JUL 1 O'�2
CITY COUNCIL - JULY 13 - 26
Y July 1992 - 4
July 13
7:00pm CHARTER COMMISSION
5: 00pm COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
MONDAY
6:30pm PLYMOUTH FORUM
July 20
7:00pm COUNCIL MEETING
July 14
6:30pm **HRA
7:00pm BOARD OF ZONING
I.TUESDAY
I
6:30pm HRA
July 21
July 15
IWEDNESDAY1
6:45pm PLAN FORUM
7:00pm PLAN COMM.
July 22
July 16
ITHURSDAY1
July 23
July 17
FRIDAY
July 24
July 18
SATURDAY
July 25
July 19
SUNDAY
July 26
July
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 31
*REVISED MEETING **NEW MEETING
August
—
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
31
7/10/1992
JUL 1 v
CITY COUNCIL - JULY 27 - AUG. 9
July -August 1992
July 27
MONDAY.
August 3
7:OOpm COUNCIL MEETING
July 28
I - TUESDAY I
7:00pm WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE
August 4
July 29
IWEDNESDAYI
August 5
July 30
THURSDAY
August 6
July 31
FRIDAY
11
August 7
August 1
SATURDAY
August 8
August 2
SUNDAY
August 9
July
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 31
*REVISED MEETING **NEW MEETING
August
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
31
7/10/1992
01% JUL .1►� �=
CITY COUNCIL - AUG. 10 - 23
August 1992 m—�
August 10
7:00pm CHARTER COMMISSION
MONDAYI
6:30pm PLYMOUTH FORUM
August 17
7:00pm COUNCIL MEETING
S
S
August 11
7:00pm BOARD OF ZONING
TUESDAY
j
6:30pm HRA
August 18
August 12 VVEDN
7:30am FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7:30pm PLANNING COMMISSION
SDAYJ
August 19
August 13
7:00pm PRAC
THURSDAY_
6
August 20
August 14
FRIDAY
August 21
August 15
SATURDAY
13
August 22
August 16
SUNDAY
j
August 23
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
31
*REVISED MEETING **NEW MEETING
September
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
7/10/1992
JUL 10'92
I
Z-- /
STEVEN M. TALLEN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
4624 IDS CENTER
80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402
(612) 371-0049
FOR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED
JUNE 1992
FILE: PL100-11 PROSECUTION
DATE: HOURS
6-3-92 Letter from Operation de Novo re A. Fischer, letter
to J. Boyle re same; Call from Judge Hedlund re possible
expungement of indecent conduct case •7
6-8-92 letter from def. att'y R. Hector re W. Birk call to
J. Boyle re same •2
FILE: PL100-120 Hayes Appeal
6-5-92 Receive and review order from Ct. of Appeals re att'y
fees, letter to Finance Dept. re same .5
6-16-92
Letter
from Def. Att'y T. Hage re att'y fee award
.3.
6-22-92
Letter
to J. Boyle re further prosecution of case
and placing matters (Hayes and Ella) on calendar for trial
.6
6-24-92
T-conf.
with Def. Att'y re Hayes dwi trial, t-conf.
with J.
Boyle re same
•4
6-29-92
Letter
to Def. Att'y re att'y fee award, call re same
.5
FILE: PL100-123 Beachem Appeal
6-2-92 T-conf. with District Court re case, call to J. Boyle
re same I •4
FILE: PL100-125 Ella Appeal
6-8-92 Receive and review order re att'y fees, letter to
Lt. Paulson re same; Conf. with J. Lebowski, Minn. Att'y
General's Office re motion to have case listed as a published
opinion 1.1
6-10-92 Receive and review opinion of the Ct. of Appeals;
t-conf. with N. Bode, Minn. Att'y General's Office; letter
to Lt. Paulson re decision; t-conf. with J. Watne, Minn.
Att'y. General's Office re decision 1.3
6-11-92 Conf. with Def. Att'y D. Nichols re possibility of
petition for review; t-conf. with N. Bode re motion to have
UM .All. I u'yL
opinion published .6
6-16-92 T-conf. with
Lt. Paulson re motion
to have opinion
published, call to N.
Bode re same
.5
6-19-92 Review Rules
of Civil and Criminal
Procedure and
t-conf. with C. Lehr,
Staff Att'y for Minn.
Ct. of Appeals
re motion to publish
opinion
.8
6-22-92 Work on motion to publish opinion
2.1
6-29-92 Letter from Def. Att'y re award of
att'y fees;
draft motion to have
opinion published
4.5
6-30-92 T-conf. with
N. Bode, Minn. Att'y General's Office
re motion to publish;
review and revise first draft of
motion
1.9
TOTAL HOURS
TOTAL FEES @ $75.00
DISBURSEMENTS:
COPIES: 85@ .20
POSTAGE:
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE
_F
16.4
$1230.00
17.00
6.38
23.38
$1253.38
60 JUL 10'92
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Bob Long
St. Paul
VICE PRESIDENT
Karen Anderson
Minnetonka
PAST PRESIDENT
Larry Bakken
Golden Valley
DIRECTORS
Don Ashworth
Chanhassen
Bill Barnhart
Minneapolis
William Burns
Fridley
Joan Campbell
Minneapolis
David Childs
New Brighton
Tom Egan
Eagan
Richard Enrooth
St. Anthony
Kenneth Mahle Jr.
Woodbury
Betty McCollum
North St. Paul
July 6, 1992
as ociation of
metropolitan
municipalities
TO: Jim Willis, City Manager
RE: 1993 DUES FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN
MUNICIPALITIES (AMM)
The AMM Board on June 25 established the dues schedule for
1993 as required by the By -Laws. The Board also adopted a
1993 budget in the amount of $315,315 which is only a
1 1/2% increase per year for the last two years.
This is about one-half of the inflation rate for the
comparable two year period.
The Board normally bases the AMM dues rate on the League of
Minnesota Cities (LMC) dues schedule but can not do that for
1993 since the LMC has not yet adopted a 1993 schedule. As an
alternative, the Board adopted a dues schedule which
represents a base increase of 3% for all cities from the 1992
dues amount plus a continued phase in of a larger amount for
those cities with significant population growth between 1980
and 1990. To cushion the blow for a large increase due to
population growth, the board placed a 20% cap on the 1993
dues increase for any city.
BASED ON THIS SCHEDULE, THE 1993 AMM DUES FOR PLYMOUTH.
WILL NOT EXCEED $8,240. WE WOULD RECOMMEND USING THIS FIGURE
IN YOUR 1993 BUDGET.
Frank Ongaro
The Board was reluctant to increase the dues at all but in
St Paul
order to continue the current level of effort, a small
increase was necessary. In fact, for AMM member cities
BarbaraPetersonwhose
population remained stable or declined during the
Orono
1980's, the 1993 dues amount is less than they paid in
Craig Rapp
1991. For cities with large population increases, the
Brooklyn Park
increase is significantly less than it would have been if
full population growth was recognized. IN FUTURE YEARS,
Tcrospg
POPULATION FIGURES WILL BE UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO
c�ocmington
PREVENT HUGE FLUCTUATIONS EVERY 10 YEARS.
Bianda Thomas
Roseville
We sincerely appreciate your continued support and do not
hesitate to call us when we can be of assistance.
Gloria Vierling
ShaY,opee
Sincerely,
Gene White
Prior Lake
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Vern Peterson Executive Director
fern Peterson
�
183 university avenue east, St. paul, minnesota 55101 (612) 227-4008 GiM JUL 10 tOT
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 7, 1992
TO: James G. Willis - City Manager
FROM: Lieutenant Dennis Paulson
SUBJECT: MEDICINE LAKE COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 6, 1992
3
The liquor license transfer for the Flying Tiger Bar was approved
by the Medicine Lake City Council. The change in ownership was
of concern to the Plymouth residents who live on South Shore
Drive. Plymouth residents were in attendance at the meeting.
One of the primary concerns involved the type of clientele the
new owner's will attract when they take over.
In response to a lengthy discussion about increased traffic on
South Shore Drive, the new owner's stressed that their clientele
would come from Highway 55, and not from the Medicine Lake area.
They were reluctant to expand upon this issue. It was obvious
that they are not intending to operate a neighborhood -type bar.
Stipulations for approval of the license were discussed. The
City Council required that the parking lot be organized, and that
two handicap parking spaces be provided. A plan was submitted
for posts and cables in the lot to define spaces, and this
satisfied their requirements. There will be parking for 50
vehicles, with a proposed seating capacity of 110. This is
compatible with the Plymouth requirement of one parking space per
2-1/2 seats.
The new owner is DBA: Red Eagle, Inc. They currently own and
operate the 200 Club in Minneapolis. Hennepin County did the
background application for the liquor license transfer. The 200
Club was noted as the source of "a lot of police calls." There
were also letters from Minneapolis Police Officers in the file
commending the 200 Club as being very cooperative in resolving
the issues behind the police calls.
The bottom line with the Council was that the investigation
produced no reason to deny the license, and that the business met
all codes. It was then voted on and approved. Immediately upon
approval, the new owner's brought up another issue: "what about
the pull tabs?" A heated discussion ensued! Currently the
Medicine Lake Fire Department runs a pull tab operation at the
Country House. This is providing for 95% of the fire department
budget, including pensions.
GIM JUL 10,92
T-3
James G. Willis
July 7, 1992
Page 2
In fact, excess money from the pull tab operation has been used
for City Hall improvements and park projects. The new owner's
of the Flying Tiger were advised of this current operation. They
were further informed that the Fire Relief Association has
discussed the issue of another pull tab operation in the City.
They have decided they do not want competition. This was very
upsetting to the new owner's, who indicated that "this is where
the money is." The new owner's then emphasized that the whole
venture is dependent on the pull tab income (?).
One of the Councilmembers suggested that possibly the Fire
Department could set up a second operation at the Flying Tiger.
The new owner's wanted no part of this, and introduced a member
of the Robbinsdale Lions. They informed the Council that there
is no ordinance in Medicine Lake which requires an organization
from the City to sponsor the pull tab operation. They are not
interested in participating in a pull tab operation with the
Fire Department. The Lions representative informed the Council
that the Lions had been running an operation at the Tally Ho
Restaurant in Crystal. The Tally Ho has gone out of business and
they are now without a location for pull tabs. The Council did
ask about the volume of business from the Tally Ho pull tab
operation. The Lions indicated that they did about $1.5 million
in the last year at that location. The new owner's were adamant
about a personal contact opportunity with the members of the Fire
Department to pursue this matter further. They stressed that
they would not impact upon the fire operation, that they would
have a different clientele. - They felt strongly that they could
convince the fire department they were not a threat.
The new owner's also discussed the pull tab operation currently
in progress at the Country House. They have been monitoring the
operation and have observed that pull tabs were being sold only
40 hours per week at the Country House. They described this as a
mistake and that at the 200 Club they sell pull tabs daily from 7
a.m. to midnight.
The City Council elected not
further at this time, but did
telephone numbers of members
association. The new owner's
further with them. They will
with one or two members of
Department Relief Association.
to discuss the pull tab issue
provide the new owner's with the
of the fire department relief
are going to pursue this matter
then attempt to set up a meeting
the City Council and the Fire
After the new owner's left we discussed the issuance of the
license further with the City Council. ' The purchase agreement
between the current owner's (the Turner's) and Red Eagle, Inc.,
involves a one year lease period for the new owner's to determine
whether this location will be profitable. At the end of the one
year lease they then have the option to purchase the business.
The Turner's will continue to live in the residence located just
behind the bar. Up
W
James G. Willis
July 7, 1992
Page 3
_T-3
The City Council stressed that they would monitor the business,
and that if there are problems during the year it will impact
upon whether or not the license is renewed next spring.
As far as additional traffic issues, the City Council indicated
that they had been trying to get the City of Plymouth to improve
the bridge and dam on South Shore Drive for some time, to no
avail.' They also expressed concern about the placement of the
new park on the east side of South Shore Drive, which requires
the children from Willow Woods to cross the road. They felt that
"there should be a tunnel" to provide access to the park from
Willow Wood.
I talked to the Plymouth residents after the conclusion of the
meeting and assured them that we would continue to monitor the
traffic on South Shore Drive. They were advised that they could
call direct if they have future traffic problems that they feel
are not being properly addressed. They were also informed that
the City would be happy to provide a representative to appear at
one of their homeowners association meetings if they so desired.
The residents did express their appreciation for the prompt
response to their request for signs and the removal of brush and
tree limbs to improve visibility on South Shore Drive.
DP/sb
CC: Craig Gerdes - Director of Public Safety
(AM gt J OV
H,
July 8, 1992
Mayor Kim Bergman
City of Plymouth
13930 — 60th Avnue N.
Plymouth, MN 55446
Dear Mayor Bergman:
Metropolitan Waste Control Commission
Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1633
612 222-8423
1-�
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with information
regarding the 1991 Final Cost Allocation. The following statement
is offered to clarify this process:
1991 Final Cost Allocation
This statement shows your community's sewer service charges based
on actual wastewater flow and MWCC expenditures in 1991. Actual
flow in 1991 was determined by the metered and/or unmetered flow
from your community. The allocation also shows any credits for
facilities acquired from your community (current value credit) or
for debt service paid by your community. It also shows any credit
or debit resulting from the 1989 Final Cost allocation. A debit -or
credit generally occurs when a community has more or less
wastewater volume than estimated, relative to other communities.
The 1991 final cost allocation is based on the actual wastewater
flow and agency expenditures for the year. This result is then
compared to the amount of money your community remitted. . Any
adjustment, whether a debit or a credit, will be applied to the
estimated sewer service charges for 1993.
I am forwarding a copy of this statement to your finance officer.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Very -truly ours,
ouis R.
Chair Clark �`•�, �,
�y
NH:LIS:tes
Enclosure
cc: Finance Officer
Commissioner Paul McCarron
Gordon O. Voss, Chief Administrator, MWCC
Lois I. Spear, Controller, MWCC
L0405911.FCA
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer am JUL 10'92
LTJ � La
METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION
FINAL COST ALLOCATION FOR BUDGET YEAR 1991
5152
PLYMOUTH
CURRENT USE CHARGES:
TREATMENT WORK COSTS
SEWER SERVICE AREA NO. 1
TOTAL CURRENT USE CHARGES
OTHER CREDITS OR CHARGES
CURRENT VALUE CREDIT
DEBT PAYMENT CREDIT
1989 FINAL COST ALLOCATION
TOTAL OTHER CHARGES
TOTAL ANNUAL ACTUAL CHARGES
1991 CASH PAYMENTS
NET SURPLUS (OR DEFICIT)
MILLION
GALLONS
2705
2705
AMOUNT
2,808,940
58,078
2,867,018
(217)
(8,963)
51,502
42,322
2,909,340
2,693,472
GMK JUL 10'92
Mr. Joe Ryan
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
July 6, 1992
Dear Joe,
Because of the job change, I have to give up
the Commissioner of the Appeal. Please let me thank
the City of Plymouth to give me the opportunity to serve
for the people in the Plymouth. When I go to new place,
I will contribute my expertise to another City Government.
Thank you very much again.
Sincerely Yours,
L
11
Hoke Yin`
GW JUL 10'92
02/26/92
_- - ( o
BOARD OF ZONING, ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS - CITY OF PLMOMH
James A. Edwards
6120 Berkshire Lane
Plymouth, MN 55446
Paul Dolan
6110 Berkshire Lane
Plymouth, MN 55442
Chuck Ulmer, Chair
3716 Rosewood Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
Fred Lips, Vice Chair
14405 38th Ave. N.
Plymouth, MN 55446
Hoke Yin
230 Juneau Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447
Ellie Singer
10115 29th Ave. N.
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dennis Zylla*
3125 Holly Lane N.
Plymouth, MN 55447
Initially Term
Tel enhone No AMointed empires
R. 557-9598 8/5/91 1/31/93
O. 449-4100
R.
557-6895
5/7/90
1/31/93
R.
559-0285
2/8/90
1/31/95
O.
541-8055
R.
557-0121
2/8/90
1/31/94
O.
828-4677
9/4/91
R.
473-0146
2/24/92
1/31/95
O.
553-4140
R. 593-0138 6/3/91 1/31/94
O. 557-2520
R. 473-4601 * 1/31/95
O. 332-4649
Joe Ryan, Building Official
John Keho, Associate Planner
Kim M. Bergman, Council Coordinating Representative
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the
City Center Council Chambers. Members are appointed for three-year
terms expiring on January 31st of that year. One member is a member
of the Planning- Commission and shall be appointed for a term
coinciding with his/her term on the Planning Commission.* The
Chairperson shall be appointed by the Board and confirmed by the Mayor
from among the members of the Board.
ON JUL 10'92
BOARD OF ZONING, ADJUSTMENTS &APPEALS
1992 `-F-
T W P E
CI 1 Y O� SCALE OF MILES
PLYMOUTH-
r � rs4(I itf��.il���:�ii.lt}iil�°1Lf I! �. EfltEi5�L3 .itt� itr:f:
.ee: tits ittoo ttrtettt6LLiLt1tttitffffit IIII IIIII!ifill HIHI iIIIIIIIIHI M III! II ItIlilt IItIII! II
STREET MAP ='9'
Am JUL 10'92
Application received r Commission(s) Applied for•
by City on: 1st Choice:
2nd Choice: h A tJAfl^Ay
v-¢� CITY OF PLYMOUTH
�
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
' TO BOARD OR COMMISSION
Personal Inf rm i n
Name: �ln%��r Sr_ -77 V Home Phone
Aj
Home Address: / �� (15 �U V� ,
Lived in Plymouth Since:
Property Owned in Plymouth (other than residence):
Occupation
S,53 —060/
ssVY Z
Zip Code
Present Employer: 6r—( -r- 05WPCc7YF_J Work Phone: -7S3 - C)�°O%
Position Title:
Education
Course Work Taken Beyond High School
Institution To/From Degree/Credits
un3 IJ . or Ino - ,-kl. S
(c&Jnl OF Ab iq?Y- 76
ri
Civic Experience
Area of Emphasis
fZC) j,6 C- Z)AtJ1 J 17 41V �
List other civic experience you have had including name of
organization, dates of participation, name of city, position held
and accomplishments:
C!M ji 10'92
Opinion Questions
What do you believe you could contribute to the community if
appointed to a City Board or Commission?
How do you believe you would benefit if appointed to a Board or
Commission?
As a Board or Commission member, what issue(s) might cause
conflict between civic responsibility and personal/professional-
interests?
I would be available for Board/Commission meetings on the
following evenings (circle):
Mon. T s. Wed Thurs.' Fri.'
Signed. 2 Date:
The selection process will vary according to the number of
applicants and openings and may not include interviews with all
candidates. Please return completed applications to:
City Clerk
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
Thank you!
-
am ja 10
Civic Experience
List of other civic experience:
1. Administered Intern Program for Police Department, Parole
Board District Attorney's Office and Madison County Court —
Huntsville, Alabama
2. Managed two winning political campaigns:
a. City Council
b. Circuit Judge
Alabama
3. Established first Women's Network in the State of Alabama
4. Leader in establishing Madison County's first Women's Abuse
Shelter.
5. Taught Women in Politics, elective course in Political
Science curriculum at the University of Alabama, Huntsville,
Alabama
6. Developed and conducted Women's Studies Program at the
University of Alabama, Huntsville
7. Marketed and managed a variety of national and regional
conferences, for example the World Future Society
Conference
Opinion Questions
What I believe I could contribute:
Keen interest, energy, education, and wisdom gained through life
experience.
W
Page 2
Numerous skills in rational and interpersonal processes:
Rational Processes:
Identifying root causes of problems
Developing appropriate solutions
Localizing recurring problems
Planning and making changes
Effective decision making
Describing work processes
Developing standard processes
Error -proofing processes
Streamlining processes
Improving process designs
Interpersonal Processes:
Group dynamics
Interpersonal communications
Conducting effective meetings
Dealing with difficult people
How to resolve conflicts
How to clarify roles and expectations
How to establish group norms
How to establish monitoring systems
Establishing and clarifying purpose and goals
How I believe I would benefit:
Opportunity to:
give back to my community
meet,new people and network
enhance knowledge and experience
enhance self-esteem and self-worth
become better integrated into my community
gain new skills
better understand the working of City Government
grow through feedback
I �p
QM ,U.10'92
Page 3
Z- 4:1
As a Board of Commission member, the,following issue(s) might
cause conflict:
Time - perhaps occasionally
I.own my own consulting business. I implement organization
and employee development programs within business and
industry. Programs I implement include:
Team Building
Customer Service
Managing Change
Culture Change
Performance Management
Strategic Planning
I don't, at this time, foresee any conflict between my
profession and potential civic responsibility. However,
should such a conflict ever occur, I would resolve it in an
ethical and open manner.
GM JUL 10'92
Application Received by City on: Committees)/Commission(s) Applied for:
1st Choice
2nd Choice
' CITY OF PLYMOUTH
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
TO COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE
Personal Information
Name: �'JTEy� wt��U L,C��N Home Phone:
Home Address: 4-elb E ��N `1 T Z
Lived in Plymouth since:
1cY8I ziP
Property (other than residence) owned in Plymouth: N�
Occupation v I , �, , GG
Present employer: C-11 N ISK- ��) Work Phone:
Position Title:
Education
Name of Institution
Previous Experience
Course Work Taken Beyond High School
To/From
S
Degree/Credits
,J
Area of Emphasis
LAL)061° rc
List other civic experience you have had including name of organizations, dates of
participation, name of city, -position held and accomplishments: I
�;i 1 Y OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEWD
!%YMOUTH. MN 55447 GM JUL 10'92
List other relevant experience
Opinion Questions
z-'-
What do you believe you could contribute to the community if appointed to a City
commission or committee? Why?
O .
A
How do you believe you would benefit if appointed to a committee or commission?
1 [.1►J ��1.»11J G� C `C T+� 1 tJ6
c
Ys
.�L—�F cs� CTSGIStt� t-�5421 �T fJ�S� {(1J Di—)^T ISI'
As a commission or committee member, what issue(s) might cause conflict between
civic responsibility and personal/professional interests?
0o04:�=
Would your employer object to your involvement on a commission or board? If yes,
explain.
Date available: _ Available for commission/committee meetings on
the following evenings (circle)
t
ues / Y�ed Thurs Fri
Date: — t Z r 1 Z
The seletion process will vary according to the number of applicants and openings I
and may not include interviews with all candidates.
VDe� t o T Czk\le Me A P 1 LiQ0E---
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOUMARO
PLYMOUTH. MN 554x1
GIM JUL 10'92
Application r eived Commission (s) Applied for: y
by City on: ?, lat Choice •
2nd Choice : o ,KcIY G'
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
TO BOARD OR COMMISSION
Personal Information
Name: �'y-�J U �L �¢�� Home Phone:
Home Address : / 9 9Y %
Zip Code
Lived in Plymouth Since:
Property Owned in Plymouth (other than residence) : A—/()W =
Occupation
Present Employer:Work Phone:
Position Title:
Education
Course Work Taken Beyond High School
Institution To/From Degree/Credits Area of Emphasis
Civic Experience
List other civic experience you have had including name of
organization, dates of participation, name of city, position held
and accomplishments:
S Z ;ZZ45�1'�ZAmVIW6-�1' 1'5a2 ate-- c, �- 1 o�
am JUL 1 `62
opinion Ouestions
What do you believe you could contribute to the community if
appointed to a City Board or Commission?
6 �Q � 13 Si UI -V
How do you believe you would benefit if appointed to a Board or
Commission
As a Board or Commission member, what issue(s) might cause
conflict between civic responsibility and personal/professional
interests?
I would be available for Board/Commission meetings on the
following evenings (circle):
Moon Tues Wed. urs.' Fri.
Signed: Date: U Z
The selection process will vary according to the nui-Lber of
applicants and openings and may not include interviews with all
candidates. Please return completed applications 'Co:
City Clerk
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
Thank you! x (till JUL I o-37
c" 0
fA Cy
Cau mayy- (gy(pp b m •C
y.y �•1 A�����
CND
a CD C O O O
yAr'. � �a,�•c
� O O
O
� t�D.�
Cn W
fA Q�
C. � a•by
yy°
OO CD CD
CD ° y•b y C�D,
_M
�•
O� a'O�
' CD C'A
° G'
'b
asg,2.4
gyp•
�T coo cOo
S �
Ow CD
Oa.
on
W,.Oy,,
~ CCD "n Q.
• C.
0
A
'O O O p, CO,
A N r7 n.•• CD
CD
�. CD
CD n �
°q ° °�
�CD O =
p c
�°CD
0�. ,oma
(�°pD �. 4 0 CD W
N G �3 CD 0 � y b.
y
o=�c CD
w °
o�►tiCDaEl �g►ay o
5 M"
0: C p
O G I
yOQ pf�D bo C0 CDICD ��' A u y ��, i�i
c�Da.p°-o•c �oobiD�g`d a.7�
o� P.0 O �+,°
c�D bo y 0 `C y O� (D O - CCD v
vc�D ►,A oOa��+�c�b o.�y
�j ° O O fn O to
y��CCD�cAo�bo cn
a
CD `"' fn O v' O A y QO A �p��• co
=3 r
co
O CD y
a
004 ...
g.
CPD
QOM E.cDi G O
'L7 O 0
D (v
f9 O G y A ?
•' C C,C
Ca y cD
.
C
CD L2 N
CDtz
a '+p-
,o,�
a co
E
c
r
M
CDD 5 9 Bi �9'
w
RCD O
CD
yAr'. � �a,�•c
� O O
O
� t�D.�
Cn W
�N '•.
pVNp CO
5
CD
C
OO CD CD
(p
; A
O<, cooCD
?
• C.
0
---
r OM JUL I U �Jv
Managing
Travel to
Reduce
Congestion
Moving People, Not Cc
April 1992
j- OM JUL 10'92
April 15, 1992 CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
r-•
Dear Plymouth Employer:
Your company has become part of an important Travel Demand
Management Project involving eighteen of Plymouth's largest
employers.
Participating with you are: Advance Machine, Carlson Companies,
Wagner Spray Tech, Empros, Honeywell, Prudential, Log House Food,
Inc., ITT Life Insurance Company, CBM Industries, Inc., Hennepin
Technical Center, Buhler Miag, Inc., Mammoth Norther Co., Snyder
General McQuay, United Hardware, Banner Engineering, Deltak
Corporation, and Scoville Press.
The first step in the project was to conduct a transportation
survey of your employees to better understand their travel
r patterns and transportation needs. The results of that survey
were fed into a computer and analyzed by the Regional Transit
Board and Minnesota Rideshare.
We have assembled this Travel Demand Management report which
offers recommendations to improve your employees' use of
alternative transportation options. I think you will find the
report very interesting.
Implementing the recommendations of this report can help us
cooperatively and proactively reduce traffic congestion. Over
the next few months -we look forward to working with you and.your
employees to this end.
Thank you for your continued commitment and participation in this
important project.
Sincerely,
-i!;� 7v��
�j
Kim M. Bergman
Mayor
KB:kec
0 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 * 110'9 2
TRANSPORTATION,, MANAGEMENT PLAN
For Prudential --County Road 10
1992
OVERVIEW
z7
Congestion! It can be maddening, harrowing, frustrating and costly. It is often the single
most unpleasant part of daily life for most Twin Cities commuters.
Congestion on our metropolitan freeways has increased considerably over the last decade.
Transportation forecasters now predict that by the year 2010 much of our metro freeway
system will be classified as heavily congested. Our metro area spends millions of dollars
annually, some of them from your annual property taxes, to combat traffic congestion.
Experience has shown that constructing more lanes of roadway is an extremely costly
option that does not keep pace with traffic growth. Yet the price of traffic congestion is not
counted solely in dollars. We must work to protect our environment and quality of life that
Minnesotans have come to expect. Carbon dioxide emissions are one of the major causes
of global warming, and automobiles are responsible for a vast majority of it. Auto
emissions contribute more than 70 percent of the pollution that causes the greenhouse
effect.
How does this impact your company? For one, it can affect your profits! Personnel costs
are determined by where you can recruit your employees from, whether they have the skills
you need and whether they can get to work on time.
Legislation is being considered to require metropolitan area businesses to develop a plan to
reduce the number of auto trips to the work site during peak periods. Unlike many major
cities, we still have a chance to reduce gridlock before it reaches crisis proportions. This
plan is a voluntary, proactive means of fulfilling our collective responsibilities for reducing
roadway congestion. This report is a first, important step in developing a community -
supported travel demand management (TDM)* program. Our goal is to identify the
most appropriate strategies that we can take together to encourage employee
use of alternative transportation options.
Your continued participation in the Plymouth Travel Demand Management project is
essential. Prudential, along with the City of Plymouth, the Regional Transit Board,
Minnesota Rideshare and 17 of the largest employers in Plymouth, make up a coalition of
organizations working to develop a sound transportation management program.
*Travel Demand Management (TDM) are strategies involving incentives to discourage solo driving.
1i L
� SW JUL 10'92
.� 7
BENEFITS OF TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT .
_. In the short term, the benefits of an improved, efficient transportation system are lower
road and traffic maintenance costs which help lower our tax rates. In the long term, we can
maintain or even improve the Twin Cities' quality of life --the one factor that continually
places the Twin Cities in the top five of national listings as the best place to live and do
business. The box below lists some of the benefits TDM offers.
CITY AND REGION
• Reduce traffic congestion
• Reduce road construction and maintenance costs
• Reduce harmful pollution
• Eliminate the adoption of state or local trip reduction ordinances
EMPLOYERS
• Retain employees
• Reduce the number of late arrivals
• Improve productivity
• Reduce employee stress
• Continue good community relations
EMPLOYEES
• Save on commuting costs
• Reduce insurance and maintenance costs
• Reduce commuting time
• Increase work and personal time
• Reduce stress
U. 2 OM JUL 10'92
f
La
U,
z- 7
STRATEGIES AND ESTIMATED COSTS
The following are low-cost recommendations that can enhance the work commute for your
employees and reduce traffic congestion for the region.
Step 1: Prudential should designate a transit liaison for discussing and developing
future TDM recommendations.
Step 2: By June 1992, Minnesota Rideshare and the City of Plymouth will arrange
for a noon transit fair for Prudential employees.
I
Step 3: By June 1992, Minnesota Rideshare will provide the Prudential transit liaison
with step-by-step instructions for developing car/vanpool programs.
Step 4: By June 1992, the city will initiate a "guaranteed ride home" program for the
remainder of this calendar year. Employer participation may be sought.
Step 5: By October 1992, the RTB and the city will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of
providing transit service to Prudential from the Maple Grove/Osseo area.
Step 6: By January 1993, Prudential should explore the feasibility of providing
sufficient cars for employees to use for work-related trips so that they may
choose to use transit to and from work.
Step 7: By January 1993, Prudential should investigate the appropriateness of
implementing additional flex time based upon an evaluation of car/vanpool
requests.
3 qM JUL 10'92
t
-7,-7,
RESULTS
The following is a synopsis of the results of the employee survey for Prudential. Of the
1,273 employees working at the site, 567 (45%) responded. The survey findings`are:
1. How do you usually get to work?
❑ Drive alone ■ Carpool/Vanpool
This is a very good environment for more car/vanpooling.
2. How many minutes does it take you to commute?
2E
VA
❑ 30 minutes or less ■ 31 minutes or more
Employees with commutes of less than 30 minutes are usually the best candidates for
bus service. Typically, those who have a commute of more than 30 minutes are usually
good candidates for car/vanpooling.
4 fi1M JUL 10'92
L
3a. What time do you start work?
r
250
200
150
100
W
50
0
6:00
AM
6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00
AM AM AM AM AM AM
3b. What time do you quit work?
l80
160
140
120
a loo
0
8o
W 60
40
20
0
2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
Peak -period work starting times are from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. and quitting times are from
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Ile majority of your work force arrives and departs inside of these
peak times causing congestion on the regional and local roadway system.
5 GIM a lov
4. Are the work hours flexible?
2E
❑ Yes No
.96
Flexible starting and quitting times are conducive to public transportation use.
5. How many days a week do you use your car for non -work related
trips?
43°x6
isWn
4%
T_ 7
13 Zero days a week ® One-two daym week ■ Three or more days a
week
Thirteen percent of the employees never need their car for non -work related trips during
the day and an additional 44 percent use their car two or fewer times a week. This
usually means a good market for public transportation.
0
CIM JUL 1012
r
6. How many days a week do you use your car for work-related trips?
9
14%
61%
0 Zero days a week ® One-two days a week ■ Three or more days a
week
Sixty-one percent of the employees never need their car for work related trips during
the day. This usually means a good market for public transportation.
7. H you drive alone, why would you not use alternative transportation?
43%
7%
17 No bus 0 Bus ■ Work 0 No one in 0 Live too far
schedule schedule area away
This looks like a good market to promote more car/vanpooling. The City of Plymouth
may want to examine the possibility of bus service to densely populated employee
commute origins.
7
ciM JUL 10'92
S. What incentives would influence you to use alternative transportation?
f -W-1
64%
❑ Guaranteed ride ® Assistance in forming ■ Flex time
home pool
These are recommended as transit incentives for your work site.
9. What is your home zip code?
Pockets of employees originate from:
Maple Grove/Osseo
55369 (82 employees)
Champlin
55316 (24 employees)
Brooklyn Center/Brooklyn Park
55429 (23 employees)
Brooklyn Park/Crystal
55428 (22 employees)
Crystal/Golden Valley/New Hope
55427 (20 employees)
The city will examine the possibility of transit service from Maple Grove/Osseo. The
company should concentrate on pooling efforts where there are pockets of employees.
E
T- 7
CIM JUL 10'92
CONCLUSION
To successfully implement these travel demand management recommendations, we need
your continued commitment. Prudential has demonstrated a willingness to this program by
participating up to this point. The next step to move this program forward is to appoint a
transit liaison. Take some time today to appoint Prudential's transit liaison. Then, contact
Frank Boyles with the City of Plymouth at (612) 550-5013 to let him know who your
liaison is. Frank will be able to answer any questions about the program at this time as
well.
Please keep in mind when appointing your liaison that he or she needs to have authority to
assist us in implementing the steps set forth in this report.
From the survey data we received from Prudential, we see that 16 percent of the workforce
currently carpools. Flexible hours are already an option. This is an environment that
makes it easier for people to use transit. A large number of people arrive and depart before
the peak hours of road congestion which is positive. Sixty-four percent of the workforce
believes that a guaranteed ride home program is a good incentive to use transit on a regular
basis.
In the weeks ahead, we look forward to working with your transit liaison to start
implementing recommendations from this program.
On behalf of the City of Plymouth, the Regional Transit Board and Minnesota Rideshare,
we thank you for participating in this process. We hope these efforts prove valuable to
your company in identifying low-cost ways of mitigating traffic, reducing pollution and
maintaining the quality of life to which the Twin Cities metropolitan area is accustomed.
9 CIM JUL 10'92
Transit Information Phone Numbers
City of Plymouth 550-5013
TDD 550-5009
Plymouth Dial -A -Ride 559-5057
Minnesota Rideshare 349-7433
TDD 349-7446
Computerized Bus Info 341-4287
Transit Information Center 827-7733
TDD 341-0140
Metro Mobility 349-7480
TDD 341-3322
,�E�, J�1` 1 Q,2
Designing public services as if the
customer really mattered
Peres HtrramasoN
ity governments, like all
governments today, are
broke. Budget shortfalls
abound. Cities are always
asked -and expected -to do
their share in solving state
budget problems. Economic recovery is
not likely to improve the situation very
much. Perhaps worse, governments are
also broken, unable to deliver on the
promises they've made to their citizens.
As the customers of government,
citizens today are demanding more and
more value for the price they pay in taxes,
fees, and charges. If government doesn't
deliver, these customers will go elsewhere
I or force their government to change.
Governments have to compete for public
support. To succeed, they have to
redesign public services as if their
i customers -their citizens -really mattered.
Government is broke
Government is broke and likely will
stay that way. The United States is now in
a recession. For governments, the
recession has meant a deepening of the
federal deficit and widespread shortfalls
at both state and local levels. But
recessions are transitory events and
recovery will eventually follow. In this
case, however, the recovery and long-
term outlook for governmental finances
will be much different than in the past.
In the next decade, the growth of
households, the labor force, and personal
income are likely to slow. The reason is
simple: Most of the 76 million baby
boomers, the youngest of whom are 28,
have entered the labor force and formed
their households. Slower household
growth means slower growth in the
property tax base as the demand for
housing eases. Related to this will be a
slowdown in purchases of household
goods, which are a significant part of the
sales tax base.
Finally, slower labor force growth
means less growth in personal income
and with it income tax receipts. As a
consequence, when this recession ends,
governments may well face a permanently
slower growth rate in their tax bases.
Public officials are likely to feel as though
today's shortfalls will never go away.
Government is broken
As if being broke weren't bad enough,
government is also broken. It increasingly
doesn't work for people. It doesn't work
for the "haves" in our society who often
see government as wasteful. It doesn't
work for the "have-nots" who depend on
government but feel it failing them. It
also doesn't work for the average citizen
who all too often finds dealing with
government a frustrating experience.
Finally, it doesn't work for governmental
employees who are demoralized and
whose commitment to public service is
damaged as a result. As more and more
people feel estranged from their commu-
nity and their community's public
institutions, government is losing its
support This loss of public support has
manifested itself in two important ways.
First, political participation has
dropped. Today, more than 50 percent
of those eligible to vote regularly do not.
There are many theories as to why, but
the fact that people increasingly experi-
ence government as unresponsive,
inflexible, and even irrelevant to their
lives is a prime cause. As political scientist
James Q. Wilson has written recently,
"People give up on government when
government announces that it will solve
an important problem and then fails."
The erosion of government's assumed
monopoly of essential services is a second
manifestation of government's loss of
public support. I4'hether for security,
water, fire prevention, roads, or schools,
people are increasingly finding ways of
meeting their needs other than through
government Citizens spend $2 today on
private security services for every $1
governments spend on public law
enforcement. Bottled water consumption
grew 400 percent in the last decade,
much faster than consumption of public
water. Similarly, people probably have
more invested in home fire detectors and
commercial/industrial building sprinkler
systems today than is invested in public
fire departments. There are a growing
number of privately financed and
constructed highways and bridges. And
throughout the country, businesses spend
as much or more on post -secondary
education than government does.
Increasingly citizens are choosing to look
elsewhere to meet their needs. Govern-
ment is losing market share in the
competition for public support.
That government is still a prime
provider of these services is not in
dispute. But its monopoly is eroding as
people find alternatives and as technol-
ogy makes those alternatives readily
available. This is especially true for the
wealthiest in society, who have the means
to create and take advantage of these
kinds of alternatives. As some citizens
pursue alternatives not available to
others, public organizations become less
and less able to serve as the "glue"
holding our communities together.
Government must win the competition
for public support -for the good of us all.
Changing demands --
government inertia
One of the main reasons people have
lost faith in government is that their
needs and demands for services are
outdistancing the ability of public
Average .annual growth rates
1970s
Labor force 2.7 percent
1980s 1990s (forecast)
1.6 percent 1.2 percent
Households 2.3 percent 1.6 percent 1.2 percent
Personal 10.4 percent 7.6 percent 6.0 percent
organizations to meet them. Changes in
local communities and throughout the
world are putting new and different
pressures on governments. With their
time -starved lifestyles, higher levels of
education, and greater access to informa-
tion, the public expects all institutions to
adapt to people's changing needs.
Unfortunately public institutions have
found adaptation very difficult. Many see
public institutions as slow, unresponsive,
and inflexible. Lest those in public
bureaucracies feel singled out, it is well to
remember that the public feels the same
way about all large institutions. The
phone company, the airlines, auto
manufacturers, and retailers, for ex-
ample, have all felt the sting of the
public's changing expectations.
Government's main barrier to change
is a system called bureaucracy. Bureau-
cracy didn't always exist, it began as a
solution to problems 50 to 100 years ago.
Minnesota and the country embraced
bureaucratic reforms shortly after the
turn of the century as an antidote to the
corrupt politics of that time. Bureaucracy
placed professional administration
between citizens and politicians. The
expectation was that professional
administrators would create and follow
rules that would assure efficiency and
even-handedness in public services. The
trappings of today's public bureaucracies
can be traced to that reform movement.
Merit -oriented civil checks and controls
are among the most prominent features
of this bureaucratic tradition. Today
these ideas are so dominant, they are
taken for granted.
People accept bureaucracy because
bureaucracy worked. Bureaucratic
systems educated millions of immigrant
kids, built the infrastructure to support
spectacular economic growth, and even
put a person on the moon. But today the
success of bureaucracy has become its
greatest burden.
Bureaucracy is inflexible at a time
when the changes in our communities
demand innovation. Bureaucracy focuses
attention on managing inputs (costs,
number of employees, etc.) while the
public demands better outcomes.
Bureaucracy depends on hierarchy to
control and direct employees whereas
today's employees have the capabilities
and the technology to manage them-
selves. In a time that demands change,
systems and procedures are in place that
were designed specifically to inhibit
change and flexibility. Bureaucracy, so
valuable in the past, is a drain on value
today.
Price, cost, and value
Price, cost, and value are critical tools
to understanding the challenge of
winning back public support» While these
concepts are often part of discussions
Bureaucratic patterns oaf thinking .
• - People mess up -control them
• Statute and rule -directed
Hierarchical -• .- - _ , : ;�' i ,.'
.•s
hl: _ <i M,.J. :�T�YJd-�LE�"• „'�'t' .s .-j: Y.l. *.. ,i.� •Y<.•T ,i: •—. A.-.
Centralization of control%'_.'>
Accountability#orconfomta�lesy =-' -:tip.-�
„+�'_~•' jK=� .:� _ :: Foctut's �Qr ar _ ado" �:,-�;� :�.�-�- '�.
.;?a...:.i-'�'..'•�t':r:���s: r�x.::. �s-_c•. x.r.,.y..-�=�:<: �"�-tiZ�.,S=�';.r•`C`::��.-.rs•.....ah �T..�
_ �.L/�•F .•i Y�J:+;Y-ii•....a.���•`.i1�<�EFi.•'=•'••.��L�f�f'!�.'�'�I. .:��r.. 1�
:U�a�: • •� :: - MdtIdG�C'lVDti_ .;_t ��i-•^ _.: Y: .:: �.:: �y r ,- :i --•z_-2 __.• ?,E� _.�s �.r: .... • • - ..K.
- 'Exclusive service mandate`
r- ir
about private sector activities, they have
not been applied regularly to public
activities. Doing so can help illuminate
the issues that broken governmental
organizations face.
Cost is perhaps the most familiar of the
concepts. The cost of government
services is the cost to government of the
people and material necessary to produce
services (e.g. wages and benefits, supplies,
office space, etc.). In talking about cost,
we are talking about what government
pays.
The price of government, on the other
hand, is what citizens pay for government
services: taxes, fees, and other charges.
Price is a concept seldom applied to
governmental services. A useful means of
measuring the price of government is to
express the total of taxes, fees, and
charges both individuals and business pay
as a percentage of personal income. This
comparison asks the question: How much
of personal income would it take to pay
the full costs of government? The price of
state and local government, nationally, as
a percentage of personal income has
averaged 15.9 percent over the last 19
years -or about 16 cents per dollar of
personal income.
What is surprising is not its level but its
stability. Over the last 19 years this price
has varied very little. The same is true for
Minnesota, where the price has averaged
about 18 cents of every dollar of personal
income. For practical purposes, then, the
price of government is very stable.
A stable price for state and local
government is counter to what is
commonly heard. According to most
media, the price of government is
spiraling out of control. How can we
explain a result?
It appears that people collectively have
agreed to a price and have stuck to it over
time. This agreement; though, has
occurred without any explicit discussion.
Rather, state and local governments seem
to have found a point of equilibrium in
the market for public support at 16 cents
per dollar. In Minnesota the point of
equilibrium is higher -18 cents -reflecting
this state's historical commitment to
more extensive governmental services.
When the price begins to rise above
that level, people begin to press for
restraint, sometimes subtly, other times
in more organized form. On the other.
hand, when the price falls, governmental
leaders sense the opportunity and act to
expand or extend services. Over time,
then, this process has resulted in
(IN' JAL 10`92
remarkable stability in the price of state
and local government.
A stable price is not the same as flat
revenues. The price of government has
been a relatively constant share of
personal income, but as personal income
has risen, so has government revenue.
The healthy growth in personal income
has meant healthy increases in public
sector budgets. But, as the growth in
personal income has slowed, financial
challenges have become much more
difficult.
The challenge for the future is to satisfy
the demands of a public that seems to
accept paying 18 percent of its personal
income for public services but whose
income is likely to grow more slowly.
The concepts of cost and price, while
useful, do not provide a complete set of
tools for designing public services from
the customer's point of view. To complete
the set the concept of value must be
added. Value is the perceived quantity,
quality, timeliness, convenience, effective-
ness, and other similar dimensions of the
service. The perceptions of the user
define the value of a service. The
challenge for any service provider is to
give the customer the greatest value for
the price. This is what people mean when
they say they want to get their money's
worth.
In competition for public support only
price and %clue matter. Citizens aren't
concerned about the costs government
officials face. The), care about the price
the), have to pay for the value they
receive. The challenge is to produce the
greatest value for the price. If citizens
believe that the value/price ratio is
declining they will look elsewhere for
services. On the other hand, as the value/
price ratio increases so will the willingness
of citizens to support government—
including
overnmentincluding their willingness to pay a
higher price.
Price and cost also help explain the
turmoil in the relationship between the
state and local governments. Taken
together the price and cost of state and
local government in Minnesota are equal.
However, the same is not true when we
consider each level of government
separately.
Nearly half of the price citizens pay to
the state is returned to local governments
in aid payments. As a result, (after taking
account of transfers from the federal
government) to get one dollar's worth of
services directly from the state, citizens
have to pay $1.28. Conversely, to get a
dollar's worth of service from their local
governments citizens have to pay only: 41
cents to their local school district, 54
cents to their county, and 71 cents to
their city.
Local government is a bargain in
Minnesota Thanks to local government
aids, the price of local services is signifi-
cantly below its costs. That appears to be
a good deal for citizens but it creates
huge problems for state and local
governments. One problem is that the
demand for local government services is
growing much faster than the ability of
governments at all levels to pay for them.
After all, if someone can get a dollar's
25.00
c
0
20.00
`o E 15.00
N
c 10.00
. 5.00
0
v
0.00
.Z" K
worth of anything for significantly less
than a dollar - they are almost certain to
ask for more. The state, at least implicitly
recognizes what a bargain it is making
possible. State imposed mandates are on(
result. Mandates represent a cost
imposed by the state in return for the
"price" of local government aid.
This same analysis also suggests why
cities feel particularly challenged. Cities
are the local governments most nearly
charging their citizens a "full price" for
services. As a consequence, the cost of
city services has risen much less than for
either counties or schools. The state's
situation is even worse. This analysis
The Price of Government
n n n � n n r` n n ao m ao m w ao m m co co a,
Years
The Price of $1 Worth of Service
MN
us
0
city County Schools State
JUL 10'9
I ests why citizens might feel "over
arged" for the services the state
.3vides directly.
The confusion over the price and cost
both state and local services is contrib-
ng to the public's dismay about
vernment. The confusion means that
izens cannot effectively judge the
tationship between the value and price
services which are important to them.
a result, the confusion contributes to
vernment's loss of public support
ervice and enterprise
of bureaucracy
Government can win back public
pport, and it must. Government
otects cherished community values-
uality, liberty, justice, and freedom. As
vernment loses public support, the
mmunity's values are threatened.
wernments across the nation are
zognizing that they must replace their
ireaucratic mind set with a commitment
service and an enterprise orientation if
ev are to win back market share.
The ideas that underpin a service or
terprise approach are as powerful and
utually supporting as those that gave
e to bureaucracy. The emphasis on
ipowerment, decentralization, and
rst strengthens the roles of those most
rtical to success -front line staff and
izens. The focus on outcomes, results,
d customer satisfaction assures
countability for success. Taken together
:se ideas provide a strong basis for the
design of both internal operations and
rest senices.
Redesigning
government from the
customer's point of
view
To succeed, government services must
be redesigned as if the customer really
mattered. This means government must
commit itself to:
Making customers powerful. The
bureaucratic tradition of holding citizens
hostage to government monopolies has
failed. Rather than only funding govern-
ment agencies or other monopoly
providers, customers need choices and,
when necessary, financial resources so
that they can be powerful participants in
the market for public services, regardless
of their income.
Creating the greatest possible value for
the price citizens pay. Bureaucracy
suggests there is a "correct" or "best" way
to deliver each service. Too much of
today's public debate is a vain search (or
turf battle) for that correct solution.
Rather, how services are delivered -
whether directly, through contracts, joint
powers arrangements, neighborhood
groups or many other alternatives -should
depend on what will provide the most
value for the price.
Eliminating the *nicest that ties
citizens and public servants in red tape.
Bureaucracy puts too much emphasis on
administrative controls. This impairs
service and raises costs. Public servants
will be creative, flexible, and take prudent
risks, if government expects and permits
them to do so.
lew patterns of thinking
ireaucratic
People mess up -control them
Statute and rule directed
Hierarchical
Specialization of responsibilities
Centralization of control
Accountability for conformance
to rules
Focus on what's best for the
)rganization
Value uniformity
Quality defied as adherence to
)rofessional standards
Manage costs
Exclusive service mandate
Service
• People perform -empower them
• Mission directed
• Team/network oriented
• Integration of responsibilities
• Decentralization/empowerment
• Accountability for outcomes
• Focus on what's best for the
"customer"
• Value flexibility
• Quality defined as meeting or
exceeding "customer" expectations
• Manage value produced
• Choice and competition
Pushing decision-making responsibility
as close to the customer as possible.
Bureaucracy has created an expensive
and inefficient hierarchy. Governments
can convert layers of supervision into
more direct service providers because
today's public employees, with the
technology at their disposal, are much
more capable than those of 100, 50, or
even 10 years ago.
Creating administrative systems that
expect and reward results. Bureaucratic
systems attempt to control inputs -
number of employees, travel expendi-
tures, use of consultants, etc. Rather,
budget, accounting, personnel, and
purchasing arrangements should reward
public servants for creating results
citizens value.
Effectively managing the change to a
service approach. Change is not easy, but
it is essential. Managing an effective
change process requires:
Leadership, to show the way for the
organization. -
Vision, seeing barriers as problems to
be overcome, not permanent condi-
tions.
Endurance, because change is painful.
Time, three to five years to turn plans
into successes.
Money, an investment in change equal
to three to five percent of the annual
budget with the expectation of a very
high return.
Accountability, to customers and
employees.
Compassion, to overcome the natural
fear and distrust of those most affected.
Managing change means creating an
environment in which change can
flourish. Such an environment sees
change as an opportunity and invests in
giving employees the tools to succeed.
Politicians, public employees, and
citizens all win when governments
redesign services from the customer's
point of view. To win in the market place
for public support, Minnesota must
become a hotbed for local and state
government innovation that puts the
citizen rather than the bureaucratic
system first.
Peter Hutchinson is a founder of
Armajani Hutchinson & James Inc. a
firm that specializes in assisting public
organizations redesign their services.
Formerly he served as Minnesota's
Finance Commissioner and as chair of
the Dayton Hudson Foundation. This
article was adapted from a paper by the
same name published by the Center of
the American Experiment in Minneapo-
lis.
JUNE 1992
MONTH
POLICE FALSE ALARMS
1991 . 172
1992 187
CHANGE 9 %
FIRE
1991
FALSE ALARMS
40
1992
47
CHANGE
+17.5 %
PERMITS
92
110
20 %
PERMITS
18
23
+27.7 %
am it 1010
91
92
91
92
91
92
91
92
z
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT q
MONTHLY REPORT /
MONTH June 1992
CLASS
MURDER
CSC
ROBBERY
ASSAULT
BURGLARY
THEFT
AUTO THEFT
ARSON
0
0
0
41
42
101
14
2
0
1
1
33
30
1 106
11
42
TOTALS 1991 201
1992 181 -10%
CLASS 11
1991
1992
FORGERY
COUNTERFEIT
FRAUD
HAR.
COMM.
STOLEN
PROPERTY
VANDALISM
SEX
OFF.
NARC.
OFFENSES
FAM/CHILD
D.W.I.
LIO.
LAW
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
OTHER
1
16
44
2
66
3
5
5
51
21
11
42
3
29
35
0
96
9
15
7
36
9
1 6
1 53
TOTALS 1991 267
1992 298 12%
CLASS III
FATAL
ACCIDENT
PERSONAL
INJURY
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
SNOWMOBILE
ACCIDENT
DROWNING
MEDICAL
EMERGENCY
SUICIDE
SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS
NATURAL
DEATH
ANIMAL
BITES
FIRE
0
9
71
0
0
94
0
2
2
5
29
0
16
78
0
0
107
1 0
1 3
1 2
1 5
1 32
TOTALS 1991 212
1992 243 15%
CLASS IV
TOTALS 1991 1400
1992 1540 10%
HAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 368 1992 492 3 4%
NONHAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 537 1992 556
CRIMINAL OFFENSES CLEARED 1-9-U 14.Z
1992 19T
TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 119 91 i o 0
1992 X26 2_91
QM ,I. 10'92
ASSIST
ANIMAL
FALSE
LOCK
OTHER
WARRANT
TRAFFIC
SUSPICION
MISSING
LOST
PUBLIC
DOMESTIC
DETAIL
ALARMS
OUTS
AGENCY
SERVED
DETAIL
INFORMATION
PERSON
FOUND
NUISANCE
MISC.
23
143
172
173
43
31
149
176
4
33
167
28
33
148
187
191
57
60
79
1 251
5
32
1 211
1 28
TOTALS 1991 1400
1992 1540 10%
HAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 368 1992 492 3 4%
NONHAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 537 1992 556
CRIMINAL OFFENSES CLEARED 1-9-U 14.Z
1992 19T
TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 119 91 i o 0
1992 X26 2_91
QM ,I. 10'92
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT -
MONTHLY REPORT
• MONTH January -June 1992
�1
32
91
92
91
92
CLASS
I
MURDER
CSC
ROBBERY
ASSAULT
BURGLARY
THEFT
AUTO THEFT
ARSON
0
13
4
188
193
546
59
6
0
15
6
235
157
616
46
10
TOTALS 1991 1009
1992 1085 8%
CLASS II
1991
1992
FORGERY
COUNTERFEIT
FRAUD
HAR.
COMM.
STOLEN
PROPERTY
VANDALISM
SEX
OFF.
NARC.
OFFENSES
FAM/CHILD
D.W.I.
LIO.
LAW
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
OTHER
11'
69
218
10
246
16
57
33
220
61
24
194
12
98
234
3
292
28
53
38
238
34
26
254
TOTALS 1991 1159
1992 1310 13%
CLASS III
FATAL
ACCIDENT
PERSONAL
INJURY
PROPERTY
DAMAGE
SNOWMOBILE
ACCIDENT
DROWNING
MEDICAL
EMERGENCY
SUICIDE
SUICIDE
ATTEMPTS
NATURAL
DEATH
ANIMAL
BITES
FIRE
0
66
446
0
0
524
3
9
21
33
135
1
54
390
0
0
510
0
11
1 14
1 24
1 154
TOTALS 199 1237
1992 1158 -6%
.CLASS IV
TOTALS 1991 6987
1992 7188 3%
HAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 2262 1992 1876 -17%
NONHAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1992 2706 1992 2256 -17 %
CRIMINAL OFFENSES CLEARED 1991 17%
1992 16x.
TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 19 91 10,392
1992 10,741 3`
am JUL 10 192
ASSIST
ANIMAL
FALSE
LOCK
OTHER
WARRANT
TRAFFIC
SUSPICION
MISSING
LOST
PUBLIC
DOMESTIC
DETAIL
ALARMS
OUTS
AGENCY
SERVED
DETAIL
INFORMATION
PERSON
FOUND
NUISANCE
MISC.
155
775
779
939
302
226
720
970
20
111
699
1297
198
777
825
1 1044
247
308
435
1127
23
115
756
1333
TOTALS 1991 6987
1992 7188 3%
HAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1991 2262 1992 1876 -17%
NONHAZARDOUS VIOLATIONS 1992 2706 1992 2256 -17 %
CRIMINAL OFFENSES CLEARED 1991 17%
1992 16x.
TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS 19 91 10,392
1992 10,741 3`
am JUL 10 192
E -L
z
E-1
. a
w°a
QW
w
a>4
Ha
wx
Ea
M
O
9+
a
a
N
a%
Ch
r-1
W
z
Q
ti
W
E
z
z
a
Q
w
O
H
E-1
m
1D
E4
z
W
O
H
U
z
H
p
Da
a
O
P4
w
a
w
O
w
a
>+
Ea
p
O O
O
O II
O
twn U 04
to ..
H
� 0 0
II
off
o
wEi
cn 0
p
Uto
W >
.-� M
t?E-4
a�
0
'H fn
NN
W
�
LO
~
II
h0 HW
II
W a
DW
O(n
d'NN
N NH
II
M
,-1
II
N
a H W
II
w U)
II
a H
z
II
II
LnMt+"f0 mr 4a%DN 0NM.4t-4ma-04M0W II
N
r-4 N
Ea
11
O
II
Ea
fn
L- m M
r -i eM Ln N
r -I N H r♦ O II
W
ri
1,y�
II
11
w
Q
00 ":r
r-1 r-1 r -I
II
.-1 M N N d' M Ln II
Ln
rn
I
a
H
'
II
OU
11
U
r -I O t0 r-1 r-1 r -i N-4 Nd' Nr -1 II NO O ico
II M
O -W
"i O e?' 1-1 .--I r-1 r-1 M r-4 r-1 [� N N e!' II co
O O .--1 I I M
Nr-t II
r -I O H �--I -i rN N NO O 1,-4
II r-1
LO N II
r -I O N Ln r♦
O O II r -i
O t0 II
O O
II
II
II
II
w w a w cn
a x cn W cn w
cn W z H W CO -1 0 U) M 0 Z
C7 UE10W UWUUw NW04ZO
z WH>+wmHw QovH4wmmcn�04
H a E4 a a z E-1 Ua E1 a x U u] D W to
a Wzt�a1-4=)" 7E-1UE-4 PQ H pHa1--Iw
w E— 4wZ0wHwP4cnacnawx� ,wQc�a
3u] HM WE40 zE-1wP-19 x 1-1Q
QE•a cncnwgcn -1--1cn04 ,cna�Ha
ZOW4 Uzw>4
waw.IaxHw
C4 a• W H W wv)cax
�HHHr�HxaaHU1�En
0aao(ngHHHC-10GOF0
H wa0� 1%=) UcnxOMW wx
E=M= zoQOWE a0Eia
a 0E4MUWWEizEiwQzzzz1�o
P4 xoacnxacnl- mwoHHHH�Z Q � E-1
NLnL-N0
01 r-1
r-4 00
v
%0 O r-1 l0 Co L,0 Ln
0)Mdr r- r -
Ch On
r• -I . , to
r -I
N
am it 1 19�
H Vi
twn U 04
to ..
�aao
a cn
"..
wEi
cn 0
p
Uto
W >
p p
a�
0
U
a
W
~
h0 HW
am it 1 19�
° O O 00 1000 11 0
W o0• CD - •00 OLno Ln
N
Cn H to c1 v> vs II qw
Cn E to If vt
r1 to Oz 44
11
W a II
P O to t- N N ri Ln .-i • OD N II w
ti R: H w v V -i .--1 r-4II Ch
to II
�aH ii
d'tnd 0VMM.-1.-IM9-IMV9-4Nr4t-00\VW 11 t-
t- 00 ri M N N d' r1 II to
E II M
O 11
E II
to 1-w cn en c) en co gc)en010r4OtnrlMOrir1Od' II tD
w N to .-1 N r♦ 11 t.
to II •-i
Q II
w II
E Gl O\tDr10rlriNrlMV r1NV t-.-1Wt-V WN 11 -4
z1-4 1-4 M .-4 11 W
4a zU
a0 0 0
Do 04 U n
°w
w
a
x>
Ha
wx
E "A 10 IM r4 Q rl Crl "-1O1CII OrlMr4r40d'Mr1Ot0 II O
E 0 OD V M N r♦ P-4 11 C*4
Off,' r1N 11
.--1 O MGOr10rIt-00000000rldWri01NNMNtD 11 tD
014 C) Co a 'Jt N co N N II ri
iL Q ri ri 11
o a% rl r -I M 00
.-i ON
ri0 loo qT "i c, "4 Ln c,OO1tDONOtnOd'OOt1-tNN II tD s!'
H
00 9-1 Il V?
E-4
oN-+
im -4 Co omrtOrid'OOtnt%rlOOr♦OM9-1GOON II an vCD r-11-1Ol0tn
O O .-i rl II to N ON to M O t-
tn Oto II CiHNd'tl'1
Z O O 0
II co
W II N
O II N
H II
U W W
H to W z H W E-4 A to LO O Z 1-i to
° 0 � 0E0to UIZUUW toC4z0 ww ••
w z W >443tnHw =)=)pHatn WtnFaw tnuto
�a ••
o a Wwz0HHwP4ttO�M�H1% gu 04 0a 44 Z4W o
N W �I�WUWHWz a W - ° ° �U tna
w 3: to to EO ZEw>+> x H° M a
a CE tntnw to •Htnoa-tnOdaH0: 04� 1 ° aD
w W W Laww�UM caa W W R:xHW W 0 0 w Q W
O Ezto Uax tnE-4ED 0 MEa E cn u�� >4� UE
QE aaHQE•�w0 HHHEO;DOU�0 iia �1--IW
w H�Wwa�Aa`�wm=utnxomw Ho Ez awtn�H
04 H ExGax z000WE A0E-44 E H z EE
>4 a�0E0uwWEZEaOzzzz�c � o * �a0WW0w
E a xONW=l%# nHMWOHHHH E hUwE-IW
M A 10'92
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 6, 1992
TO: Craig Gerdes - Director of Public Safety
FROM: Lieutenant Dennis Paulson
SUBJECT: CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92-74
The first bi-weekly traffic report for the area of 47th Avenue
and Harbor lane is attached. This is in response to the
directive from the City Council (92-74). We are providing one
hour of stationary radar per week to monitor the speeds and take
appropriate enforcement action.
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 3, 1992
TO: Lt. Paulson
FROM: Sgt. L. Holzerland
SUBJECT: SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
S.E.A. #92-10 47th. and Harbor ln. (Summary #1)
Two one hour stationary radar assignments have been completed
in response to the traffic complaints in this area. Traffic in
both directions was clocked during this assignment. The speed
limit at this location is 30 m.p.h.
u1• A
06-23-92 PM
Vehicles :
06-11-92 PM
Vehicles :
20/Less 20/25 26/30 31135 36/40 41145 46/50 51155
05 17 07 02 00 00 00 00
16 13 14 00 00 00 00 00
SUMMARY: 20/Less 20/25 26/30 31/35 36/40 41/45 46/50 51/55
Vehicles: 21 30 21 02 00 00 00 00 = 74
Percentage: .28 .41 .28 .03 .00 .00 .00 .00 = 100
VIOLATIONS- Tags issued: 00 Warnings: 00
cim JUL 10'92
O
O
O
o
o
O
O
co
o
0
0
o
co
C3
O
N
N
O�
O
CNJI
?
m
pp A
CT1
O
O
m
m
o
r
=1
!"PR
.=
o
0
3
O
O
N
O
W
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
T
m
C7
C'J
-0
C7
C7
-0
zo.
'
T
C7
C3
YO
W
CD
W
W
d
W
=•
O'
d
O•
d
T
C
m
C
C)C7
Z
'fl
n
N
•--I
Z
G7
Z
C7
O
S
CD
S
W
:E7m�"
m
m
m
S
W
m W
m
co
m
•"'
m
W
m
N
o
»
C
O
7
O
O
Cly
=
m,cr
m
C) n'
W
C
C)
S
W
C7
W
W
O
W y
1
_O'
O
m
W
W
H
O
1
_•
W
m
2
-C
_.
C7H
2
o'
o
p
W
v
m
=
d
^'
W
W
p
.mi
N
W
mO•
O
O
Z•
�•
d
y
CD
d
Cl
W
d
S
CO
y
�•
W
Cl
-ICO
7
O
CD
IW
N
W
w
CJ
O
S
O
c
N
'C
7
O
T
CL
7'
O
•p.A
C)
W
0
�
n
W
c
n
y
CD
CD
CD
O
3
T
.m
O
O
m
m
C
C
C
m
C
m
t
m
m
m
m
y
3
m
3
c_
m
T
m
-a
C7
a
s
m
m
t
m
C
m
C
m
m
m
m
m
H
C
C
3
T
x
� y
Z
Z
Z
>
>' C7
C')
CA
m
2
Ci CA
Z
>
>
>
.+
o
0 0
o
c
m®
m
m
o m
o
CL.
C!
m
N
W
O
d
W
m
W
'J' Cl)
'
cr W
'�
C
C
W d
C
W
S
O
W ti•
O
O
.0
N•
W
Cx7 N
m•
T
m
W
m
p
G
CA
S
c
K
N
7
W
N
C
m W
>
O
>• 7C
7
m
C
W
C9
N
C
_•
G
m
d
5.
co Cl
mED
y
l7 W
W
~
C CD
d
O
.-�
Cl)
O
W
Q
d E.
Ci
W
W
L
—
Cl
O
N.
O L
O
3
m7C
W
d
-W
O
m
C!
T
CyO
C)
7
..0
i
C
cla
N
H
W
'O
m
N
-w
Z
m
y
m•
W
m �•
�•
C7,
O
=•
N m
co
S
o
G x
C9•
N
C
m.
S
•p=
W
m C3
CD
—
S
Cl)
m
1
_
d
C7 n
p m
d .,..•
W
G
.,C•
(c� o
C) G
CD
p
d
O
y
d
O
Cl m
C7
m
'CID
v W•
_• W
m
a
m
�
om
N
d
G
JUL 10'9'
Ehlers and Associates, Inc.
LEADERS IN PUBLIC FINANCE
June 30, 1992
IN ACCOUNT WITH
City of Plymouth,
Minnesota
T-/-3
For all services in connection with developing alternatives for capital improvement plans for the
City, making necessary changes on alternatives and adoption of the Capital Improvement Plan
for 1992 through 1996.
2.50 account executive hours @ $50/hr. $125.00
20.00 para -professional hours @ $25/hr. 500.00
Times 1.90
$625.00
-o
Due for Services * $1,187.50
We declare that the above claim is correct and that no part thereof has been paid.
EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:
V
OFFICES IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN • WAUKESHA, WI • JAMESTOWN, NO
2950 Norwest Center • 90 South Seventh Street • Minneapolis. MN 55402-4100.612-339-8291 • FAX 612-339-0854
QM JUL 10'92
.Z= / -5--Q
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
JUNE 24, 1992
The Regular Meeting of the City of Plymouth Planning
Commission was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Michael Stulberg, Commissioners
Ed Albro, Roger Scherer, Barb Stimson,
Scott Syverson, and Dennis Zylla.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Michael Wigley.
STAFF PRESENT: Director Charles Dillerud, City Engineer
Dan Faulkner, and Planning Secretary
Jackie Watson.
*MTNIITFS
Commissioner Stimson stated that a correction should be
made to Page 90, paragraph 9, stating that she made the
statement rather than Commissioner Wigley.
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Stimson to approve the June 3, 1992 minutes with the
correction as noted above.
Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Chairman Stulberg introduced the request by Medicine Lake MEDICINE LAKE LUTHERAN
Lutheran Church and Academy for a Site Plan, Conditional CHURCH AND ACADEMY
Use Permit and Variance located at the southwest corner of (92040)
Zachary Lane and Old Rockford Road.
Director Dillerud reviewed the June 10, 1992 staff report.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Jack Ovick, representing
the petitioner.
Mr. Ovick explained the church's plans for development of
the site. He stated that the phasing included the
completion of the multi-purpose area first. The church
hopes that the completion of this area will result in an
increased need and funds for them to expand to the next
phase of the plan. He said that the anticipated growth in
the number of church families had not materialized, thus
the funds needed for the previously approved plans were
not realized. He said they were not aware that the
previously, approved plans would expire.
Chairman Stulberg opened the Public Hearing.
cm 30L 1012
Planning -Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 100
Chairman Stulberg introduced Ms. Linda Cramer of 11210-
42nd Avenue North.
Ms. Cramer stated that she was opposed to a school being
placed on this site. She stated that when she purchased
her home she was told this site was zoned for residential
use. She said that she believed her property value would
decrease if a school was placed on the site. She also
stated that she felt the site was too small for both a
church and a school. Ms. Cramer indicated that the
increase in noise was a concern if a school was placed on
the site.
Chairman Stulberg stated that this site is zoned as single
family residential, but that churches are allowed in this
zone with a Conditional Use Permit.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Bruce Flessner of 4115
Balsam Lane.
Mr. Flessner stated that he was concerned with the plan to
phase this development as the construction would take a
longer period of time, thus disrupting the neighborhood
for a longer period. He stated that he would like'to see
the original plan for a church approved and that he would
like to see all the construction done in one phase.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Tom Hocking of 11315 -42nd
Avenue North.
Mr. Hocking stated that he agreed with the two previous
speakers. He said he is concerned with the probable loss
in value of his property, and the increase in noise which
would result from this development.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. William Russell of 4120
Balsam Lane North.
Mr. Russell stated that he is opposed to this development
because he felt it would decrease the value of his home.
He said that he is opposed to the increase in traffic
which would result from school buses transporting children
to the school site.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Patrick Wells of 11217
Old Rockford Road.
Mr. Wells stated that his home would be the most affected
by this development and that he was concerned with the
loss in his property value. He stated that the plans for
this site are too massive for the small piece of property;
that there is not enough room on site for both a school
and a church. He said he felt that a church on the site
would be enough. Mr. Wells stated that there are wetlands
Z- 15-_ a-
�!M JUL10'92
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 101
on this site which have not been mentioned and he would
like staff to look into this issue.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Duane Cramer of 11210-
42nd Avenue North.
Mr. Cramer stated that he was in agreement with the others
who spoke preceding him. He said that when this request
was approved two years ago he felt it was too intensive a
plan for such a small site and he continues to feel that
way. He said he felt that only a church, with no'school,
would be appropriate on this parcel of land.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mrs. Julia Prohaska of 11205-
42nd Avenue North.
Mrs. Prohaska stated that she was opposed to a school on
the site, especially with children of junior high age and
older as she felt they would cut across her property to
reach the school. She stated that she thought there was a
wetland on the site which should be reviewed.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Gilbert Gabanski of 4105
Balsam Lane North.
Mr. Gabanski stated that he could live with a church being
constructed on the site, but that any addition buildings
would be too intensive for the small area.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Gerald Woessner of 4200
Cottonwood Lane North.
Mr. Woessner stated that he was concerned with the safety
of the children in the neighborhood if additional children
were on the proposed school site. He said that the
proposed development would invade the neighborhood privacy
because of the possible activity on the site 7 days a week
resulting from a school, weddings, church meetings, and
the like. He said that the church had not met with the
neighbors to discuss their proposal, and he felt they
should as there are many new residents in the area who
were not there two years ago when the church met with the
neighbors.
Mr. Woessner `stated that he objected to the proposed
phasing of the plans which would cause prolonged
construction in the area. He said that he was concerned
over the possibility that the project would never be
completed if church membership did not increase.
Mr. Woessner stated that this request does not meet the
Zoning Ordinance criteria for Conditional Use Permits in
that it will not enhance the public welfare or promote
public safety, and will diminish property values. He
GIM JUL 10'93
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 102
stated he objected to the request for a taller steeple on
the church, and said that the location of the church would
be at a higher elevation than the homes in the area. He
said that it seemed to him that the site would be used
more for the school than as a church site. He asked that
the Commission deny the request or delay the decision
until the church met with the neighbors.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Richard Ambrookian of
11215 -42nd Avenue North.
Mr. Ambrookian stated that his rear property line abuts
the proposed site. He said that the elevation of the
church site along with it abutting his yard would reduce
his privacy.
Ch -airman Stulberg introduced Mr. Marc Dennis of 5105
Norwood Lane North.
Mr. Dennis stated that he is a member of the church. He
explained that the existing school in St. Louis Park has a
smaller play area than that proposed on this site and that
they stagger play times and they do not allow the children
to run onto adjoining property. He said that they
currently have 200 children in the school and this does
not create any traffic problems in the area. He said the
school buses are contracted out and there is no storage of
school buses on the site nor will there be on the proposed
site. Mr. Dennis -stated that the grades for the school
would be K-8.
Mr. Dennis stated that he questioned how a church would
impact the morals, health and safety of an area. He
reiterated that they do not allow the school children to
run through a neighborhood, and that the children would
either be bused or car pooled to the site.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. kevin Prohaska of 11205-
42nd Avenue North.
Mr. Prohaska stated he was in agreement with the other
concerns expressed by the neighbors. He said that he
purchased his home in this neighborhood because of the
current quality. He said he felt this development would
reduce property values, increase traffic, and be harmful
to the safety of children in the neighborhood who are not
in school yet. He said that the staggered play times
would cause him more concern for his child because of the
extended play time. He said he also believed that there
are wetlands on the site.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Ms. Carol Washington of
11005 -40th Place North.
CIM JUL 10'92
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 103
Ms. Washington stated that she represented the homeowners
on the other side of Zachary Lane and that they are in
agreement with the concerns of the other neighbors around
the site.
Chairman Stulberg recognized Mr. Tom Hocking a second
time.
Mr. Hocking stated that he was concerned with the
increased traffic which would result from this
development.
Chairman Stulberg closed the Public Hearing.
Chairman Stulberg explained again that the zoning for this
site is residential but that a church and/or school do fit
the definition of the Zoning Ordinance by Conditional Use
Permit. He also stated that the Planning Commission does
not deal directly with property values. If this proposal
goes further the neighbors should seek professional
opinions as to property values.
Chairman Stulberg asked Director Dillerud to respond to
the concerns regarding the wetlands on the site.
Director Dillerud stated that there are no Army Corps of
Engineers or Department of Natural Resources wetlands on
the site, and that the City Engineer reviewed the site and
determined that there are no wetlands on this site
requiring permits. He said that, based on the testimony
on this issue he had heard, he would ask the City Engineer
to again review the wetland status of the site.
Chairman Stulberg stated that the issue regarding the Fire
Lane variance will be dealt with by the City Council as
this is not in the jurisdiction of the Planning
Commission.
Director Di11erud responded to concerns regarding
screening of offstreet parking and proof -of -parking. He
said that screening is done so that property owners
standing at their property line do not see the headlights
of cars in the parking area. He said that any additional
parking spaces needed would be required to be built if the
City determined they were needed.
Mr. Ovick responded to concerns regarding the plans to
phase this project. He said that the phases will be
conditional upon the expansion of the church congregation
and available funds.
Mr. Ovick introduced Mr. John Schlenk, an official of the
church, who stated that they have not prepared any formal
predictions as to increase in church membership. He
.T — 1-5--e<—
CIM JUL 10'92
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 104
reiterated that there will be no school buses parked on
the site as this service is contracted out to a private
bus company.
Mr. Ovick stated that the church had met several times
with the neighbors in 1990, and had made many changes to
their plans as a result of these meetings. He said that
he is hearing the same objections today as were expressed
in 1990. He said that the intensity of the building plans
proposed for the site meet the Zoning Ordinance criteria.
Commissioner Zylla asked Mr. Ovick to explain the number
of classrooms proposed and their use.
Mr. Ovick stated that there will be 9 classrooms. Other
rooms will be used for Sunday School and miscellaneous
purposes.
Commissioner Zylla asked if there were several churches
sending their children to the school, and whether this
proposal is really a church following a successful school.
Mr. Ovick responded that the church's mission is Christian
education and the high standards of the school have
resulted in increases in its student body from other
churches and other areas.
Commission Scherer asked Mr. Ovick if the church would be
satisfied if only the church, and not the school, were
approved for this site.
Mr. Ovick stated that both the school and church must be
approved to make their plan work.
Commissioner Scherer stated that he felt the proposed plan
was too intense for the size of the site.
Commissioner Albro stated that this plan is more intense
in the area of the school, rather than the church, and
that it does not fit the neighborhood. He said that if a
school were approved, it would need to be buffered more
from the neighborhood.
MOTION by Commissioner Albro, seconded by Commissioner
Scherer to recommend denial of the request by Medicine
Lake Lutheran Church and Academy for a Site Plan,
Conditional Use Permit and Variance located at the
southwest corner of Zachary Lane and Old Rockford Road,
based on the finding that the request does not meet the
criteria of Item No. 3 of the Conditional Use Permit
standards.
Commissioner Zylla stated that he could support a motion
to table this item. He said that he would support just a
Z -/s-0.--
MOTION TO DENY
CIM JUL 10'91
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 105
church on the site but he thought the total plan was too
intensive for the site. He said that he felt the
screening issue would never satisfy the neighbors as the
site elevation of some of the homes is quite high. He
said that most churches are in residential areas and are,
built on smaller lots than the proposed site.
Commissioner Scherer stated that the school is not a
neighborhood school and would detract, from the
neighborhood.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION to deny carried
unanimously.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Chairman Stulberg introduced the request by James and Mary JAMES AND MARY MAAS
Maas for an Amended Planned Unit Development Plan and (92043)
Conditional Use Permit for an enclosed porch to encroach
within 21 feet of the rear property line versus the PUD
standard of 25 feet at 4850 Evergreen Lane North.
Chairman Stulberg waived the review of the June 10, 1992
staff report.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. and Mrs. Maas.
Mr. Maas described their plans for the 3 season porch and
stated they were in agreement with the conditions of the
June 10, 1992 staff report.
Chairman Stulberg opened the Public Hearing.
Chairman Stulberg read aloud a letter from Mike and Susan
Iblings of 4865 Deerwood Lane, objecting to the request.
Chairman Stulberg closed the Public Hearing as there was
no one present to speak on the issue.
Commissioner Zylla asked Mr. Maas to explain the location
of the Iblings' home.
Mr. Maas stated that the Iblings' lived behind their home
in a two story home. He explained the location of his
proposed 3 season porch, and stated that other neighbors
also have 3 season porches.
MOTION by Commissioner Scherer, seconded by Commissioner
Stimson to recommend approval of the request by James and
Mary Maas for an Amended Planned Unit Development Plan and
Conditional Use Permit for an enclosed porch to encroach
within 21 feet of the rear property line at 4850 Evergreen
Lane North.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously.
MOTION TO APPROVE
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
91M JUL 10,92
Planning Commission Minutes
J6ne 24, 1992
Page 106
Chairman Stulberg introduced the request by Spike Wellman
and Bob VanderAarde for a Conditional Use Permit for a
recreation facility in the Plymouth Plaza Shopping Center
at 1455 County Road 101.
Chairman Stulberg waived the review of the June 11, 1992
staff report.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Spike Wellman, the
applicant.
Mr. Wellman stated that this request is identical to that
approved several weeks ago for Sports and Entertainment
Concepts, Inc., and is simply a change in ownership.
Chairman Stulberg opened and closed the Public Hearing as
there was no one present to speak on the issue.
--_ /S _ 'n—' -
SPIKE WELLMAN AND BOB
VANDERAARDE (92047)
MOTION by Commissioner Syverson, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Zylla to recommend approval of the request by Spike
Wellman and Bob VanderAarde for a Conditional Use Permit
for a recreation facility in the Plymouth Plaza Shopping
Center at 1455 County Road 101.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Chairman Stulberg introduced the request by Independent INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
School District 284 for the renewal of a Conditional Use DISTRICT 284 (90112)
Permit to allow the extension of use of a temporary
classroom building at Greenwood Elementary School at 3635
State Highway 101.
Chairman Stulberg waived the review of the June 11, 1992
staff report.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Stan Peterson,
representing the school district.
Mr. Peterson stated that he was in agreement with the
conditions of,the June 11, 1992 staff report.
Chairman Stulberg opened and closed the Public Hearing as
there was no one present to speak on the issue.
MOTION by Commissioner Scherer, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Stimson to recommend approval of the request by
Independent School District 284 for the renewal of a
Conditional Use Permit to allow the extension of use of a
temporary classroom building at Greenwood Elementary
School at 3635 State Highway 101.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
c1M JUL 10'92
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 107
Chairman Stulberg introduced the request by Independent INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
School District 284 for the renewal of a Conditional Use DISTRICT 284 (90113)
Permit to allow the extension of use of a temporary
classroom building at Birchview Elementary School at 425
Ranchview Lane.
Chairman Stulberg waived the review of the June 11, 1992
staff report.
Chairman Stulberg introduced Mr. Stan Peterson,
representing the school district.
Mr. Peterson stated that he was in agreement with the
conditions of the June 11, 1992 staff report.
Chairman Stulberg opened and closed the Public Hearing as
there was no one present to speak on the issue.
MOTION by Commissioner Scherer, seconded by Commissioner
MOTION TO APPROVE
Stimson to recommend approval of the request by
Independent School District 284 for the renewal of a
Conditional Use Permit to allow the extension of use of a
temporary classroom building at Birchview Elementary
School at 425 Ranchview Lane.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner
CONSENT AGENDA
Scherer to recommend approval of the Consent Agenda.
Request by Vicki Siskin for a Final Plat for 10 single
VICKI SISKIN (92020)
family lots and Variance from the front yard setback for
two lots located at the north side of Sunset Trail, west
of Deerwood Lane North.
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner' MOTION TO APPROVE
Scherer to recommend approval of the request by Vicki
Siskin for a Final Plat for 10 single family lots and
Variance from the front yard setback for two lots located
at the north side of Sunset -Trail, west of Deerwood Lane
North.
Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Request by J -Mark for a Site Plan for a 38,226 square foot J -MARK (92045)
warehouse addition at 2790 Ranchview Lane.
MOTION by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Scherer to recommend approval of the request by J -Mark for
a Site Plan for a 38,226 square foot warehouse addition at
2790 Ranchview Lane.
Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
CIM JUL 1 U'92
Planning Commission Minutes
June 24, 1992
Page 108
Request by King Videocable for a Planned Unit Development
Site Plan Amendment to install a freestanding satellite
dish at the southeast corner of Vicksburg Lane and County
Road 9.
KING VIDEOCABLE (92044)
MOTION 'by Commissioner Zylla, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Scherer to recommend approval of the request by King
Videocable for a Planned Unit Development Site Plan
Amendment to install a freestanding satellite dish at the
southeast corner of Vicksburg Lane and County Road 9.
Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED.
The Commission discussed the priority of the several study
items that were directed to them for by the City Council
in terms of a request by the Greater Minneapolis
Interfaith Hospitality Network for the Commission to study
their request for changes to the Zoning Ordinance to
accommodate their needs. The Commission is currently
studying issues of Planned Unit Developments, trash
enclosures, and pylon signage.
Commissioner Albro suggested that the Commission set some
additional meeting times to study these items as the
current full agendas do not leave any time for study at
the regular meetings.
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner MOTION TO APPROVE
Scherer to direct staff prepare for the Chairman a letter
to the City Council stating the items they are currently
studying and recommending that the item requested by
Greater Minneapolis Interfaith Hospitality Network be
postponed until the other items are completed; unless the
City Council wishes to change the priority of the study
items.
Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried unanimously. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Meeting adjourned at 9:35 p.m.
CIM JUL 10'92
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 10, 1992
TO: Jn'Willis, City Manager
FROM: A iel L. Faulkner City
Engineer
SUBJECT: WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 6 - JULY 7, 1992
,:r-- I.S- 2 -
This
This was the committee's first meeting since the change in date from the third
Tuesday of the month to the first Tuesday of the month to accommodate one of
the committee members. Two members did not make the meeting, i.e., Chairman
Jeff Shopek and Member Bonnie Hackner. In attendance were Dan Faulkner, LuAnn
Yattaw, Val Scheglowski, Mary McKee, Craig Twinem, and Ex -officio Member Eric
Blank.
The first item on the agenda was the concerns of the East Parkers Lake
Improvement Association represented. by Marsha Videen. Their association's
primary concern is with the 96 inch public storm sewer culvert that empties
into Parkers Lake from the industrial area to the north of Parkers Lake
between Niagara and Fernbrook Lanes. She expressed concerns about the
nutrients that come from the industrial area as well as the solids such as
styrofoam and plastics as well as the petroleum products that come off the
adjacent roadway systems into the storm sewers and empty into Parkers Lake
without any pre-treatment. Another concern is the abrupt variation in the
lake level from significant rainfalls which can cause as much as a two foot
rise in the lake level and the subsequent long period to drain to the normal
elevation. She asked that the City consider some of the following potential
solutions to the water quality problem for Parkers Lake:
1. Acquire some of the Baptist Church property in the area where
the 96 inch pipe runs underground. A holding pond could then
be excavated and the pipe would be removed in this area to
settle the storm water and improve water quality prior to storm
drainage empyting into Parkers Lake.
2. Relocate the 96 inch storm sewer to run southerly along
Fernbrook Lane and empty into the existing holding basin west
of I-494, south of County Road 6 and east of Fernbrook Lane.
This would totally divert the 96 inch storm drainage from
Parkers Lake directly to the downstream area where the outflow
from Parkers Lake currently goes.
3. Put a skimmer system at the 96 inch culvert outlet into Parkers
Lake to remove the floatables that enter the lake at this
point.
GIM JUL 1 Q'�1
SUBJECT: WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 6 - JULY 7, 1992
July 10, 1992
Page Two
4. Require the industrial sites north of Parkers Lake to contain
and treat as necessary their site storm drainage prior to
release to the public storm sewer system.
5. Educate the citizenry on alternative types of landscaping other
than the "green carpet" type of system which needs a
considerable amount of fertilizer.
6. Consider a change in City ordinance to allow natural type
grasses to grow rather then requiring grass to be cut per City
ordinance when it exceeds the eight inch maximum.
There was additional committee discussion and comments made on this issue with
a general consensus that Parkers Lake continues to be polluted and some
positive action needs to be taken soon. It was noted that the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency will soon be implementing a storm water permit
program which they hope to implement late this year for both large
municipalities and industries where storm water is discharged from their site
to a public system. (A copy of the MPCA's two page summary of the new storm
water permit program is attached.)
Marsha Videen also mentioned that the Hennepin Parks Management would be
willing to assist in conducting seminars to educate the public on alternative
types of landscaping. The committee also discussed the possibility of
requesting the City Council to authorize a feasibility study of methods for
improving Parkers Lake water quality. It was indicated that the update of the
City's 1980 Storm Drainage Plan will include an analysis of water quality
concerns.
It was suggested that the committee prepare a letter'for City Council approval
which would be sent to the industries north of Parkers Lake requesting their
cooperation in improving water quality, specifically the storm drainage from
their sites going to Parkers Lake. Mary McKee volunteered to draft a letter
which she will circulate to Water Quality Committee members for their review
prior to submitting to the City Council at their July 20th meeting. The
committee's request would then be that the City Council send this letter on
City letterhead. (This draft letter has been received and is attached.)
Eric Blank indicated that Barr Engineering, as the engineer for Bassett Creek
Watershed, has prepared a draft outline for a Parkers Lake Management Plan.
He indicated that if the City was willing to pay for a portion of this
management plan development that the watershed would perhaps fund this effort
in their 1993 budget. In this way the concerns of the East Parkers Lake
Improvement Association could be addressed through the proposed management
plan. Eric further indicated that Len Kramer, with Barr Engineering, had
indicated he would be willing to come to the committee's August 4th meeting to
make a presentation on Bassett Creek Watershed activities and discuss the
Parkers Lake Management Plan in greater detail. Eric indicated he will
confirm with Len Kramer their attendance at the August 4th meeting and it was
further suggested that the City Council should be invited to attend this
meeting to hear this important information firsthand. If the Council agrees
to some funding, the request for the Parkers Lake Management Plan could then
go to the October meeting of the Watershed Commission and subsequently be
approved in their 1993 budget.
CIM JUL 10'92
SUBJECT: WATER QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING NO. 6 - JULY 7, 1992 /S— 2
July 10, 1992
Page Three
The second item on the agenda was the surface water regulations for Pike
Lake - Maple Grove/Plymouth. The committee had previously received a copy of
the Maple Grove Water Use Regulations and Eric indicated he would take this
same list of regulations to the Plymouth City Council for approval with the
Water Quality Committee's approval. He indicated there are four homes within
Plymouth that front on to Pike Lake which would be affected by these
regulations. The committee unanimously approved the surface water use
regulations as presented by Eric.
The last item on the agenda was further discussion on a potential fertilizer
ordinance within Plymouth. The committee chose not to pursue this issue
further at this meeting.
Committee Member Mary McKee requested the committee consider asking the City
Council to appoint a liaison member to our Water Quality Committee. After
some discussion the committee voted unanimously to request the City Council to
appoint one of their members as a liaison to the Water Quality Committee.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 p.m.
DLF:do
attachment
cc: Fred Moore
SW JUL 1012
- .i' _ - -Sp•� :i;.2 ':`:� :�`: •s `---'1:.,Sy�' .Y.' •D�i:�.., S.•• r� �.7�: •��'.�"•'S �r i:�.a."/iy�`�: =
'� • T.• f''�e� ;,•'r•!�•;�-`�-lig:':,;•.ir�'i:�:4::�A'o,'�,rF..: !'•:<�!;; :.S'.
- . � - - "1 � .,]. • � •'\�.• iti _•\''• x,711 �� T.
activi' wild..
"industrial ry_ , �r -
iequued _:
st
o1gra
1.
e 1987 aineiidinerits xoiie -:� 'T of peiiifs`are - ' • e' 1 :for indu§trialstoiiit water :! ' Citi y
�,' af•the Qean:Water Act PP.Y„ F' '
federalC:leaiiWabe�ict.,require>lhe's as_pazt ^.., •s;:aiii�ilesof`..:::::
ts:municipai,and . _ `; .:.
'Envirotiii eiitalt'rotecaq ; ,;_ ., �,}� =` ::eeWlt� tt a
• �:> . - "' `intiY.+..." "••'lln SAlter.pE'IIIlltS.' `e, za!w�ti+Clpi�l...4!!' r - `
'<; and states to.deveigpegiilation�;>;;: ' ` h oaiivities areidfills;Aol bus
}�a WS .gin'. v F.j • i S ,
`;: '�forstorlii`w teriC;charg ' <,:- ° : maintenaiier' s .
_ ::�:: =stoini water a �.,.
tion are:d�ss?g?ied Ab:�ielp :' - t: un�tCiP 1, =< �maiiite is tcel:storage facilities
the ` u91i ' of suifaCe; • <
^r' ••un rove . t3'. PSII11t$.::::''..:• ��: - '-,.�:
P. q _.J '
llution-fion�i :N° ;: riy�
:waters' Tedueing'po :_,,..:, a.tile:a .1 ti0
"runoff of stormwate;: iZurioff:�. `ts for di 'fronit�
after : -Pei�iu sch .deadlines foF n ti usap
:#lows into storm diaiizs : municipal Stprnt sewer systems'-:
picldng.up-poll ' n fiom a guide ' `; must incliide•a to peI111it8 :
vane of•sources: Some of these; : - r -
tY effectively:irolu'bit non-storm ' ,:.. ; ::: .: ;
pollutants include:' ' - ' ;discharges into the storm;. application £o a munippal storm
water.,
sewer and controls to reduce the .. :water permit is. a:#wo=pait•process•'
- • toxic Metals r of Ilutarits to the £. _Zii thefirst part of thg agpiicat?on
:.• m ads' = discharge po .,-
=:` : oil.ad grease fro q ' : ziiaxi�cliu:ti extent possjle.'•:These: ' _ `
Ci aezequed
• 'ri 'iofs,. �`' is < '< ' ' ndeinana ;'c tioii5.and:data'abouf'
P�� ' S_ � Ls coulii incl : ,Wit. esciip
• - ` :.pestiad�s'anci ert = m:� `' tices;boritroltechtiiques,. .;: seidsting:stomwat �prog aii►s.. -
����+ --moi :�•. i }��� p� diiional'mo?u�to1?En$,and. est
from constriictiori > ' _,;:,;- : - for'the,sei'�o�id:p;a .
iineht ,'• inediods: i.:.. - data i$ ;' - aired <, ,
licaiio _ _
sites :of tie a' n
de=ici a sdts•and qh i
- g � o=iiebds #o: _apply fora r.:' .
froiri roans and airports - ;;,' • Ivtediiiii=sued-mina must;
wader pa'ltes
.a�,stoi xi` perm::
.: anci 6thei con amity is trona::::`' IIttilliClP ; '`_ , ;su n*A- M fret=pari Qfthe -
' - .iridiistrialsites;.larid#�s` : ': !ermit? ''• :; :a' licaHon to:theAbY.MaY::
- '�?VP Fyillrthen have:
A&Wds; ills_; ah 1mP pet'_'- ; ; _ •:;1$,19'92 'The IvIPCA
e ' 1Snici 'ties {cities with : gp ds
^wast isPbsal.• ,C.•''�,a' rge jii /P 3's • i .
~ nr: ore)'Wit the st`ofrn.water
`tatiofns` f50E000
�,: - ::�P.�-
,_ ```fcities `±�j�j.. _ `:.; _ ,un,�}'j�,�..�•1��•�/C�f}r^■ftp (cues' : �.�(pM}�•�ca.�l�igation;i:adi
s�ormse_%4j�IIa'onsiifatl�QQ: ':3�!a' :lai�93::z "i.�"tu:�' "�_�•.:;a:`' tip`
;ebetrt toP.• Y
.JG R.fi.i Zs•�../•r.W� ..� i;•if�ilil ,[.,/y/•w r."'=.�.:�, •• �,: -tii r•• :'% ;Lh:V �. •..4: .i^Y''.(•�\'�
•. �++Y� .s• ....; LM �. �'T--�-t rl e.i<!it•�' :.. .. q. :s•. �i•'i••}";•. � '• •••. •••. _
allotnl SaIli sew {v: �.•r.:.�r. - •' • -• t' ' • "'-- - _ `'' - n'ed to `
{ nuituci es :tite'qu., ,--
y a_S^en;a�id�, •: =o:e_ Jpp�y'fo'r;uitcvpa,19gp- , :;.,: ••. ' : fi �_ :,
ate#o. ted'-:;-�._. ���� ::; :i+'��}}�� y�'.�f•}{�LpIL�.l
�g.un{.j���l ]; _,• 1- '-4�++j�1•, :.'Ly. �..V„` •.+lw!. ',�" �Tli'�'r,�
••i•. :�YJMY� s •� !, �: :i '..•. : ���/,,jW�/��•:`/?�•:•,:1:.: _r.h .l�• �N,- s/y Y.+ 3'.'�•- ,,�•:''•Y�-:Y
into'`siaface-w4ters uia s#oran ^; , • =s j � aul' aPplicatigns° httivemb
]•,;,,.� �1°�l�' tFontifute_to.;r'_ ;•�, yy}iave9Dla �.,
` eM' �.Mh�.. rf'-•J•l' •� ii'1: S-%i'� � e�]w+T ,- ,, �.•F/•L; ,•J -, • ";t•!�
.0 d.�• j�,7Q�LLj
virid read itaiiiiAatioin:�;Stor SG-p s:::�i+eview�nd:if9mmnent�ilie a t r
= llutio is' scall `•-released;:; tb�bl taro: ppl Fano.""n ` e ma:P� l
;Mater �°.'., :!p• _ Y; y.;. ; theni�iy ces;iequiredy :,,a of i13e.: ,
,;drectl into rivprs;•strea:ilalzesr n �, , arises' stortidgat�er:peitriits: ;� : muiiici Sbotm wa#er np.Plicatioii;.~:
Y. :;:. „ .: s.; j "`November• .
• - - �=wieilands;:aiid�coastal'.�gaters;.� �'=<.•;'• ••� � _�� _ _ `:�.'" •"�-;,:�';.• inusfbesubiri'itted•_•Y•.
•�' •water-;°� rdi,•, •_• • .. - �;:-;-•,-
,sin .threatstoditilcing •�, Ho�ieveT'isties;untieS6;992.
a atic life and the reei!eatiorial:scliool.�listi'icts :With:stOfm-*v
( ter:.. t r :•r. .
•c jLt s of those waters:
and ecbaotiu cii5c assoaa '_
Z� . 4�, %
3
4 7 "t",
[nesl&-
whirie irbiterJ
kkW--,ttohmi st
Z-. .7.
uidu..
"tit,
§WAD' ormwater
41s
e'a biio
-_penhits: `--`-
[4 SIC;L)6des 10
22 n 2434,
A
NO�n
283; 285 '304
The MPCA v�ill be.worJ4#g
39; and d1i;
the regti 1: 992.*
latk commumtjr., . _ '- :,. .1 . f. _- - `
ti -- U-Octftei -.A
11 ----app ca. ons W,
"th'
interested par#O`t6'devejoO fadlitles wi SIC codes 3.
-eqt.i
gen&4. i ire
pein-fts*fbi storm water.. 373`*e
4M. ia"
FAcilities. t vepreviousy....-
!fubffiit an application whether
.-clischaigesassociatedwit.h'..'-*- ; - uts
-or not matPriaIs are exposed P -water-pem
industrial activity. 'ese permi!� . . . ; .'' . .
the kRk
!d to 4P i1I
under A gro application will identify standardiforthe .und. _up*ap
control and qualityprocess
i�M have tihfil Oct6berl
of thli
discharges; 1992 to submit part 2 of ththat-ef�ctric power keneratindischarges;rges. _. :':Steam w
application::. For addifidnal.
tacili
about 1h )ermi
e group 1 : 1. -_
to App, r, &EPAUffin6at,
ind
-MO needs .. ... .
V;N& maintenance
us :.. - -
-storm watef.
e,4 & orairport trial
mass
-permit? f ��<Ai:icmgareas o 3 1
ailro�d
transit, kh670i bUs't'ruddng and
in general'industries
courier servigesvostil
service,
involved with manigact"&- 1, _witei tiansportation, and :
processing or raw materials. storage -anPOO and petroleuiri.
may be required to -apply for an bulk stations
industrial permit A list of fadlities,
LindfIils, land application sites
that need to apply is shown below. -
"M
are and open 4F�nps.
e
Facilities y. -xil.1
n•
Recy. as 0M.
descrip�tio or Vy.theii: Standard-
IndustrW Ckssificat�on.(SIC-5,%.. cling facilities classified JEO M
c;,dd
SIC es'50i5and 5095
codes.
7.
Z. 1-a—MM.
M
-WasteVvAter it fa�Uiaes ts:::
• to national:
Facilities Wbject..
miffion*
with' a design flow of 1.0
effluent limitatip gallons per day y or more, or
ed
:those required to hose re have a
• Facilities'with (SIC) c6d66 10
fteatmentpTgram.
iigh 14* With contaminated 1hrb
. .......... '..
iar
d
storm water dis
ges: .. .•....
. const -an industry'- Rk
-treatir -How.-does ..... ... .... .......
-Hazardous waste xnt'-, --- . - $..
Mail,
kge under era
-.Y� OWIMM
-storage and sal'
facilities
idli
F d6dassified-Wi
6
-codes 24(expep .2434), 29-*"'.,,"""
licants Mbe O;v
F � :-.1 " . exed imdei
A
65 and
26 -2t'f; : ;: - : -;
?V), 29,311132 (e 23) St tL*. re um an..
.167)i 29.Tocce
(except 14M
'3441
ifid 37$;.- e",tior
Ls
-d'to
wd,jequire or[ SUM
.-Ii ti
;kpp pR y matbH, au -
AS
Wj
M.
th(".-A e iidi9try;l6m
-water
_..:e;cp9sed-tostorin ':-.
descriptiondi&sjtij name o
XWwfor''e.
itatute 6 lhe
rwApis"'ina
_g
-LiL
Consti iiaii.ActiVity
g
A
ciistu=bances of A •a� ay 19�?;:�
greater, 6W jana area. 7
JUL.
r)w
July, 1992
Business Owner/Managers
Parker's Lake Water Shed District
Dear Business Owner:
It has come to our attention that particles of styrofoam,
paper, cups, oils and most certainly chemicals have
continually been washed into Parker's Lake through the 96"
pipe that leads directly from the storm sewer systems into
the lake on the south. Several bags of samples were
collected on one day after a storm to hold as exhibits.
And on any one day more can be collected.
There are industrial waste disposal guides line that have
been issued by the EPA. The City of Plymouth is being
asked to monitor industry and construction sites to
identify violators. The city is also on the brink of
forming stringent guide lines for protecting the water
quality in Plymouth and care handling of all refuse is an
integral part of this plan.
We would encourage that each of your management teams
implement more quality control in your yards and lots to
see that no waste gets into the storm sewer system. We
also want you to assess your refuse disposal plan in light
of the enclosed guide lines to see that your company is
conforming.
We would appreciate hearing from you, should you want to
include a holding pond on your property as an intermediate
filter for the Bassett.Creek Water shed. Bassett Creek
Water Shed handles a good share of the city of Plymouth's
water supply.
Barr engineering will be presenting an overall management
plan to the water quality commission on August 4th for
their approval. If you have any thoughts concerning water
quality we encourage you to attend.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely
Plymouth City Council
C", JUL 10,92
July 6, 1992
Hymou R
Honorable Kim M. Bergman Mayor and City Council
SUBJECT: PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY TASKS
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
T /(0 r a—
At our last meeting Community Development Director Dillerud introduced the
concept of a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to accommodate.a transition housing
program that has been proposed by representatives of the Interfaith
Hospitality Network and, specifically, Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth.
While he indicated to us a willingness to immediately begin work on whatever
amendments might be necessary, he also reminded us that we have a number of
other study tasks that have been previously initiated by the Commission and/or
directed by the City Council. This list, in the order that they have been
assigned or initiated, include the following:
1. Study of and recommendations regarding the Planned Unit Development
section of the zoning ordinance.
2. Completion of the recommendation regarding the screening of outdoor trash
and recycling containers responsive to the ad hoc committee's
recommendation of 1991.
3. Completion of recommendations regarding amendments to the sign ordinance,
particularly regarding shopping center signage and, as later directed by
the City Council, consideration of signage for retail/commercial
activities in the B-1 zoning district.
4. Consideration of zoning ordinance amendments to regulate accessory uses
and structures, and the general upkeep of residential areas.
As I am sure you have seen from the volume of development activity which has
been recommended to you over the past two months, the Planning Commission has
been busy with the numerous Public Hearings that have been held at each of our
regularly scheduled meetings. Because of this the Commission has neither been
able to continue the work on the several study tasks initiated last winter
(PUD, trash screening, and signs), nor have we been able to initiate the study
tasks that have been assigned since that time.
Director Dillerud advises us that he anticipates a slight slackening in
development applications --since it will soon be unlikely that any project
initiated could be "in the ground" before freeze up of construction season.
If this proves true (as it has in previous years) I anticipate that we could
begin focusing on our study tasks within the next few weeks.
C4A' JUL 10'93
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
Page Two
Mayor Kim M. Bergman
The purpose of this letter is to both advise the City Council regarding the
study tasks that you have assigned to the Planning Commission, and to request
your direction with respect to the priority of those study tasks which we have
established simply based on the chronological receipt of the direction. While
we are aware that the Peace Lutheran Church issue is "tied" to a date early
this fall, we are also aware that numerous existing businesses in our
community are awaiting a finalization of trash enclosure rules and numerous
existing businesses are also awaiting our consideration of sign ordinance
standards for shopping centers and businesses in the B-1 zoning district.
It would be our intention to proceed with our study tasks in the order in,
which they were assigned --unless the City Council would desire priorities to
be rearranged. At least with respect to the first three items on our study
list, most of the background work has been completed, and all that remains is
the actual drafting of ordinance amendments --if that is the direction in which
we wish to proceed. With regard to signs and residential accessory
uses/appearance, and transitional housing, the basic research work by staff
has not been initiated we understand.
As always, please feel free to contact me or any of the Commission members
regarding this matter at your convenience.
Sincerely yours,
Michael Stulberg
Planning Commission Chairman
(pl/cd/kb.7-6:jw)
ON JUL J p V
Patrick B. Iiallisey
4005 Quantico Lane
Plymouth, MN 55446
559 -6696 -Home
933 -0409 -Office
r7 1�tn;
July 2, 1992 �:; ; JUL 7 i 592
Ms. Barbara J. Ruhberg �..`aIT }
Director of Asset Management'
STEVEN SCOTT MANAGEMENT, INC.^
6505 Wayzata Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55416
RE: Vicksburg Village
Parking Problem
Dear Ms. Ruhberg:
In my capacity as your primary contact with the.Plymouth Creek Homeowner's
Association, I was in the midst of preparing, a comprehensive response to your June
1 and June 12, 1992 letters addressed to Inga Moore, the former President of our
Association, when'*the*Post Office delivered notice of a July 8, 1992. City of Plymouth
Planning Commission Meeting.
In light of that notice, this response will be quite short as I am saving the comprehensive
response for the Planning Commission Meeting.
My initial reaction reading the meeting notice was disbelief and shock. Those thoughts
soon turned to outrage at the fact that you had the audacity to present a plan to
the City which completely ignores every item we have asked to be considered as
a part of a plan to solve your parking problems. Further, I am outraged by the
inuendo and distortion of truth contained in the letters which you authored.
Having reflected upon my initial reactions, I have come to the realization that
I should not be surprised by any actions undertaken by the representatives of Metropolitan
Life. After all, these are the people.that have:
A. Attempted to win through intimidation by threatening litigation brought
by a "large institution with enormous resources."
B. Made clearly stated promises- regarding actions they would undertake only
to have those promises, broken without the decency of notification.
C. Publicly attempted to impune the integrity of a former member of Plymouth
Planning Commission.,
D. Spent the better share of a year totally ignoring every idea we put forward
under the guise of continuing negotiations.
GIN JUL 1 0'92
Ms. Barbara J. Ruhberg
July 2, 1992
Page 2
Please inform Metropolitan Life of the following:
A. We are tired of their representatives telling us "you have. to understand
that Met Life is a big institution" and that as such they are bound by cumbersome
policies, procedures and budgets that are established ahead of time and one
having been established are almost impossible to change.
B. The property values and quality of life of the residents of Plymouth Creek
are not subject to the policies, procedures, and/or budget of Met Life.
C. At anytime Met Life wants to send a representative to the table for the
purpose of negotiating rather than trying to impose their will, we stand ready
to meet.
Our position has remained unchanged since the first time we addressed this problem.
First, we must define the nature and extent of the problem. Then, we. must work
together to develop a comprehensive plan that is the best possible solution while
realizing that there will not be a perfect solution.
In light of your failure to even acknowledge the need to define the nature and extent
of the problem, I must inform you that your proposed solution is not acceptable
to the residents of Plymouth Creek. -
Sincerely,
Patrick B. Hallisey
cc: K. Bergman
C. Dillerud
M. Stulberg
D.Zylla
M. Wigley '
R. Syverson
O. Stimson
E. Albro
J. Sieverding
' Ak 10'9
David A. Barstad
12915 54th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442-1721
Greg Ptacin
Advertising Director
Minnesota Sun Publications
7831 East Bush Lake Road
Bloomington, Minnesota 55439
Dear Mr. Ptacin,
This letter is in response to your letter dated June 25, 1992.
The Bass Lake Heights 4th Edition neighborhood consists of 36 homes
which are not presently receiving the Plymouth Sun Sailor. Homes here
were built in 1987. You classify this neighborhood as new; we are not.
Our neighbors to the south, The Meadows of Bass Lake (50th Ave), do
receive your publication yet they are a newer neighborhood (25 homes).
I am trying to understand your selection criteria for neighborhoods you
choose to serve.
I have been told that papers delivered to multi -family residences within
Plymouth largely go unused in some buildings. Although I have not
confirmed this to be true, I wonder if your circulation department
evaluates possible occurances like this. I am sure your advertising
clients would rather have their information in the hands of the public
who would read and use their information, rather than never reach their
target audience at all.
I would like to respond to your statement that "advertisers are
reluctant to pay more and will sacrifice some households to maintain
their rate." I would think your advertising clients would want you to
add as many upper middle income families to your delivery area as you
can. Their advertising dollars might achieve more impact with families
who might have slightly more disposable income dollars to spend on goods
and services. You may wish to survey your clients to inquire what their
preference would be regarding this matter.
Please consider serving this neighborhood with the Plymouth Sun Sailor
in the next three months. We feel strongly that you provide a valuable
service to the community and we want to remain informed about City of
Plymouth matters. The advertising is also welcome, so we are aware of
local merchants and service providers. We would appreciate your most
serious consideration.
I am still willing to assist with distribution if necessary.
Sincerely,
David A. Barstad
(612) 559-3837
VOCI"c: Frank Boyles, City of Plymouth.
p'im JUL Q).
July 6, 1992
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Celebrating our 25th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the Clean Water Act
Mr. Ivan Olsen
Dyna -Matic Feeding Systems
17000 Medina Road
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Mr. Olsen:
.0
RE: Petroleum Contaminated Soil Land Application Site Monitoring
Site: Dyna -Matic Feeding Systems, Plymouth
Site ID#: LEAK00001592
On December 5, 1990, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff issued
a letter of approval for land application of petroleum contaminated soil from
the site referenced above. The approval letter specified that additional
follow-up soil analysis as outlined in part III.0 of the MPCA document "Land
Application of Petroleum Contaminated Soil: Single Application Sites" (May
1991) is required at the land application site.
MPCA records indicate that no monitoring results for the land application site
have been received. Please submit monitoring results for any soil samples
collected at the land application site to date. If no soil monitoring has been
done, please submit a written explanation why the required work has not been
done and indicate your intentions for further soil monitoring at the land
application site. You are reminded that failure to fulfill MPCA monitoring
requirements may result in reduction reimbursement from the Petro Board.
If you would like a copy of the MPCA.form entitled "Soil Monitoring Results
for
t
Land -Applied Petroleum Contaminated Soil or have any questions, please
me at 612/297-8580. Thank you..
Sincerely,SR
Chris McLain _7 JUL
Pollution Control Specialist
Tanks and Spills Section �iitr�fsie
Hazardous Waste Division �' =
CLM:np
cc: Dave Russell, Braun Environmental Labs, Inca
Laurie Rauenhorst, City Clerk, Plymouth
Greg Lie, Hennipen County Solid Waste Officer, Minneapolis
C Af JUL 1012
520 Lafayette Rd.; St. Paul, MN 55155-3898; (612) 296-6300; Regional Offices: Duluth • Brainerd • Detroit Lakes • Marshall • Rochester
Equal opportunity Employer • Printed on Recycled Paper
-* Lgtevration ��
June 30, 1992
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Celebrating our 25th anniversary and the 20th -anniversary of the Clean Water -Act
Mr. Dennis Johnson
3540 Fernbrook Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Johnson:
JUL 6 �1
RE: Petroleum Storage Tank Release Investigation and Corrective Action
Site: Dennis Johnson Property, 3540 Fernbrook Avenue North, Plymouth
Site ID#: LEAK00005358
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has received notification that a
release of petroleum has occurred from storage tank facilities which you own
and/or operate.
Federal and state laws require that persons legally responsible for storage
tank releases notify the MPCA of the release, investigate the extent of the
release and take actions needed to ensure that the release is cleaned up. A
person is generally considered legally responsible for a tank release if the
person owned or operated the tank either during or after the release.
We are aware that an initial investigation of the site has occurred and
petroleum contaminated soil and/or ground water has been identified. The MPCA
staff is therefore requesting you to take the necessary steps to investigate
and clean up the release in accordance with the enclosed MPCA technical
documents. If you have not already done so, we recommend that you hire a
qualified consulting firm who has experience in conducting petroleum release
site investigations and taking corrective actions. The MPCA requires that the
site investigation fully define the extent and magnitude of the soil and/or
ground water contamination caused by the release. We reserve the right to
reject proposed corrective actions if the requirements of the site
investigation have not been fulfilled. In addition, you must notify the MPCA
within 24 hours if you discover free-floating petroleum product on the surface
of the ground water.
If you do perform the requested work, the state may reimburse you for a major
portion of your costs. The Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act establishes a
fund which in certain circumstances provides partial reimbursement for
petroleum tank release cleanup costs. This fund is administered by the Petro
Board. More specific eligibility rules are available from the Petro Board
(612/297-1119 or 612/297-4203).
QAI
520 Lafayette Rd.; St. Paul, MN 55155-3898; (612) 296-6300; Regional Offices: Duluth • Brainerd • Detroit Lakes • Marshall • Roo 10, 92
Equal Opportunity Employer • Printed on Recycled Paper
. ,/4-J
-Mr. De'nn-is JbIln'SOn
Page 2
June 30, 1992
If you do not respond within 30 days, MPCA staff will assume you do not intend
to comply with this request. In this event, the MPCA Commissioner may order
you to take corrective action at the site. If you do not comply with the
Commissioner's order, it may be enforced in court or, alternatively, the MPCA
could spend its own money cleaning up the release and then seek to recover its
costs from you or other sesponsi.ble_persons through legal action. Failure to
cooperate with the MPCA in a timely manner may also result in reduced
reimbursement from the Petro Board.
If you conclude that the release in question is not from any tank which you
have owned or operated, please notify the MPCA immediately and explain the
basis of your conclusion.
A packet of fact sheets is enclosed for your information.
For site specific questions, contact me, your site's project manager, at
612/297-8589. In addition, all future correspondence should be addressed to
me. If you have any general questions regarding the leaking underground
storage tank program please call 612/297-8673.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Edwin Balcos
Pollution Control Specialist
Tanks and Spills Section
Hazardous Waste Division
EB:np
Enclosures
cc: Laurie Rauenhorst; City Clerk, Plymouth
CIM JUL 10'92
�O, vtin,Q,t v J
-7�7—&— e-,
June 30,1992
Dear Neighbor,
As per the agreement of November 5, 1986, this letter is to advise you that the Plymouth Gun Club will alter its
shooting hours on the following dates:
Saturday, July 18, 1992 for the annual Club Picnic
Saturday, Aug. 22,1992 for the annual Club Shoot
Shooting hours on both days will be from 9:00am until sundown. In case of rain on Saturday, Sunday will be
used as an alternate day.
Sincerely,
Eric Foss, Secretary
✓ cc: Frank Boyles, City of Plymouth
d IAL V - -
1•{�[•i� flit. - Oji
"IM JUL i O v
n
JUL 2 1991
OF PLYMOUTH.
'4'011111MUNITY DEVELOPMENT DER
DALE E. BEIHOFFER
18510 6th Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447-3318
TELEPHONE: (612) 473.4777
Mr. Chuck Dillerud
Community Development Coordinator
Planning Commission -- City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Dillerud:
July 2, 1992
HAND DELIVERED
Thank you for promptly returning my telephone inquiry last week for a progress report
on the May 13, 1992 request by Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth for appropriate
authorization to allow Peace to participate in the Interfaith Hospitality Network ("IHN").
By coincidence, the enclosed article about IHN appeared in today's Minneapolis Star
Tribune describing the experience at Cross View Lutheran Church in Edina during their
service as the host congregation to provide short-term shelter for temporary homelessness
this week. Even though the program is small, it is of great benefit both to the homeless
families, children and senior citizens receiving temporary shelter and to the suburban
volunteers giving their time, money, energy and friendship.
It is my understanding from our telephone conversation that you presented the Peace
request to the Planning Commission during the week of June 15, and that you planned to
send a memo to the City Council sometime this week. You indicated that although you are
optimistic that action might be completed before year-end, the Planning Commission's
workload is such that you doubt that our proposed startup in September can be met.
We believe that early action is critical: delay brings colder weather that hurts homeless
families with children even more. We would like to work closely with you to provide every
possible assistance so that appropriate action can be taken by September. I would appreciate
it if you would promptly send to me copies of your written communications to the Planning
Commission, City Council and other City officials regarding this matter so that we can
coordinate our efforts.
Sincerely,
ez �k�G
Dale E. Beihoffer
DEB:hms
Enclosure
cc: Jan Mostrom, Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth
Diane H. McGowan, Executive Director, Interfaith Hospitality Network
P"' JUL 10'92
Star Tribune/Thursday/July 2/1992 2 _ / �`
Churches sheiter'those in need
Congregations
offer refuge
temporarily
By Maureen M. Smith
Staff Writer
About a dozen homeless people
were sleeping on cots between the
church pews and sharing
breakfast and dinner with
members of the Cross View
Lutheran church in Edina this
week.
The church is one of 13 Twin
Cities area congregations
providing temporary shelter for
homeless families through the
Interfaith Hospitality Network.
Since January, about 80 people
have stayed in the churches, 10
found temporary jobs and 15
families found housing, said
Diane McGowan, the network's
executive director.
Sandy Timboe, a coordinator at
Cross View, said that about 50
church members volunteer during
the week to eat with the guests,
help with meal preparation or
cleaning.
"It makes it really easy for people
at church to get involved. They
play volleyball, we took them to a
park this week, and on the Fourth
of July we're going to take them
to fireworks."
Karen Somers, who volunteered
at the Edina church said, "These
[homeless] peopie are not all that
different from those of us that live
in suburbia. One [woman] was
sick and we took her hot
chocolate in the church library.
The nursery had a young mother
with her 7 -month-old son sleeping
on her cot next to her."
Many of the couples or single -
parent families are "between
housing" because they lost their
jobs, while some of the single
women left abusive husbands
behind, McGowan said. Most are
referred to the program by social
service agencies. People with
chemical dependencies or
Ila Haagenstad makes crosses to thank church volunteers who run a program that shelters
homeless people in the church and provides them with breakfast and lunch. She and her children are
participants in the program. The shelters are run by a network of 13 suburban churches.
behavioral problems are screened
out.
"It's not designed for the
chronically homeless," said
McGowan, who also directs a
shelter program at Our SaN�our's
Lutheran church in Minneapolis.
"It's for a much higher
functioning group of people." The
program is funded exclusively ,
through private donations and'
grants, she said. -
One participant, Renita Lewis,
25, found an apartment
Wednesday after spending seven
weeks in the program. She had
separated from a boyfriend and
plans to look for a job as a
cashier.
"Everybody's friendly and they
were really helpful at the different
churches," said Lewis. "They did
a lot of stuff with the kids, I got,a
break from my 11 -year-old son."
Said another participant: "It's
very good for somebody who's
making a change. They can do
that and not feel bad about it."
During the day, the homeless
people often leaf through
classified ads or attend counseling
sessions on health or job hunting
at St. Andrews Episcopal church.
The church is a daytime home
base where they can make phone
calls, do laundry or shower.
The program was launched in
New Jersey in 1986 and a retired
Twin Cities businessman got the
idea to try a similar program here,
said McGowan. Another network
of 12 churches also is forming to
shelter up to 16 more people a
night.
A survey by the Wilder
Foundation, a nonprofit human
services organization, showed
that more than 2,800 homeless
people in Minnesota used shelters
or temporary housing during one
night, while about 120 were on
the street. The survey was taken
last October.
Dean Nadasdy, the Cross View
church pastor, was to spend last
night on a cot in the church office
and share a cold cereal breakfast
with the group today. "It blows a
lot of stereotypes ... of homeless
people being somehow derelict or
old or whatever," said Nadasdy.
Lori Gottschalk, who's
volunteered twice at the Edina
church, recalled.a family she met.
"There was one family, an older
woman with a husband in a
nursing home — they lost their
home because he wasn't there to
support them anymore. You
realize these are just the victims
of some bad luck and bad
circumstances," she said.
JUL 10'92
July 10, 1992
Dave G. Christenson
Dave's Sanitation
4072 Hamel Road
Hamel, MN 55340
Dear Dave:
CIN OF
PLYMOUTF+
I have received a complaint from a resident regarding your garbage hauling service that I
wanted to pass on to you. The account is in the names of Thomas Johnson and Cheryl
McRoberts, 2345 West Medicine Lake Drive, Plymouth, MN 55441. Ms. McRoberts
contacted me for assistance because you are a business licensed by the City. She indicated the
following concerns:
Their address was missed for pickup by Dave's Sanitation for the entire month of August,
1991. Phone calls reporting this were not returned. They canceled their service with your
firm as of December 31, 1991, but continued to receive bills well into 1992. They requested a
refund because they mistakenly paid a bill for service from your firm for 1992 service. They
have tried to communicate with your firm by phone and through letters with respect to the
refund. In general, their phone calls are not returned and they have had great difficulty getting
anyone from your firm to communicate with them to resolve various problems. When they
leave messages with the receptionist, they are treated rudely and told someone will get back to
them; but no one does.
I informed Ms. McRoberts that the City generally does not get involved in consumer issues.
Garbage hauler licensing is administered by the City largely for public safety and public health
reasons; not consumer protection. Residents obviously have the option of shopping for
another business when they are dissatisfied with service. However, it is only fair to advise
you that should the City receive additional similar complaints, it may be reason for the Council
to consider conducting a public hearing to hear testimony and consider the status of your
license. You would be notified if this action were taken.
Please contact Ms. McRoberts and Mr. Johnson and get this issue resolved. I would
appreciate receiving a copy of your correspondence, if you feel it would be beneficial, to
provide to the City Council. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Laurie Rauenhorst
City Clerk
cc: Mayor and City. Council
04f3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 JUL 1 U'y2
July 8, 1992
CIN OF
PLYMOUTR
Ms. Carol Curtis
3724 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Dear Ms. Curtis:
I am responding to your letter of July 6 addressed to the City of Plymouth that you left
at the city reception desk yesterday morning. In that letter, you enclosed a letter from
yourself to Ms. Melanie Wright of Brook Park Realty, Inc. In your letter of July 6
addressed to Ms. Wright, you indicate your desire to purchase a home at 3940 Niagara
Lane in Plymouth. You further indicate that "... it would only be appropriate that
Plymouth in part purchases this 3940 Niagara Lane for us to make amends."
I am aware of no claim which you have made against the City which would suggest that
any form of payment would, should, or could be made payable to you. If you have
what you believe to be a legitimate claim against the City of Plymouth, I urge you to
make that claim. Any claim you have should be addressed to the Mayor. Any claim
will be promptly investigated.
Yours truly,
J es G. Willis
C Manager
JW:kec —�
cc: iMayor & City Council
.i y Obert Meller
Bob Pemberton, Risk Management Coordinator
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 CIM JUL
3724 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55409
(612) 822-5229
July 6, 1992
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
To The City of Plymouths
Enclosed you will find a letter addressed to Ms.
Melanie Wright of Brook Park Realty Inc. along with
two pictures of comparable homes.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Carol Curtis
Enclosure
C«' JUL 10'92
3724 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis., Minnesota 55409
(612) 822-5229
July 6, 1992
Ms. Melanie Aright
Brook Park Realty Inc.
8525 Edinbrook Crossing
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55443
Dear Ms. Wright:
Enclosed you will find pictures of two homes that
are comparable; 3940 Niagara Lane in Plymouth that you
are selling and that we wish to own and 8716 64th Avenue
North in neighboring Brooklyn Park where we were chased
out of by an employee of Plymouth.
We like 3940 Niagara Lane for many reasons notwith-
standing that most of our business activities are in that
area and I-11 be teaching for District 281 again; the dis-
trict the house is located in. Also as my court cases
conclude, my son will be able to continue school in the
Robbinsdale Schools.
Thank you for all your time devoted to us and it
would only be appropriate that Plymouth in part.purchases
3940 Niagara Lane for us to make amends:'
Sincerely,
Carol Curtis
Enclosure
xcl City of Plymouth
GIM JUL 10'y;g
�s,o Jnr W15
June 23, 1987
CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
Ms. Carol 0. Curtis
3724 Nicollet Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Dear Ms. Curtis:
I am pleased that you were able to attend our June 15, Plymouth forum.
Thank you for your positive comments about our way of doing business in
Plymouth. Thank you for your tape, I enjoyed listening to your music.
If there is additional information about our community which you desire,
please do not hesitate to contact me. We welcome you to our community if
you do ultimately decide to become a Plymouth resident.
Sincerely,
Virgil Schneider
Mayor
VS:sh
. GIM JUL
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
July 8, 1992
CITY OF
Ron Rosenzweig PLYMOUTR
5105 Oakview Lane
Plymouth, MN 55442
SUBJECT: TRAIN WHISTLE
Dear Mr. Rosenzweig:
Last night the City Council reviewed the Winona city ordinance which prohibits train
whistle blowing. The ordinance does not provide a time prohibition, but rather a
distance prohibition within which a whistle may not be blown except as a warning
against immediate threatening danger or, peril. It is our understanding that the
Minnesota Department of Transportation required as a precondition to this ordinance,
that all streets/railroad crossings have a signal and gate installed.
The City Council has directed the staff to sharea' copy of this ordinance with you. We
are also to contact the appropriate federal authorities, Minnesota Department of
Transportation officials, and railroad representatives to determine:
1. What type of safety improvements, if any, must be installed prior to adoption of a
train whistle ban?
2. Which parties can be expected to contribute to the cost of such safety devices?
With this information, the Council will be in a better position to be able to determine if
and under what timeline a train whistle ban ordinance could be considered if they elect
to proceed. Feel freeA call me if you have any questions at 550-5013.
Assistant City Manager
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
"M JUL 1 0,9Z
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
61.5 4_!
the snowmobile either was stolen or was not in use at the time of the
alleged unlawful act, or if (c) the registered owner furnishes to law
enforcement officers upon request the identity of the person in actual
physical control of the snowmobile at the time of such violation. The
provisions of this subdivision do not apply to any person who rants or
leases a snowmobile if such person keeps a record of the name and
Address of the parson or persons renting or leaetng ouch snowmobile, the
registration number thereof, the departure data and time, and expected
time of return thereof. Such record shall be preserved for at least six
months and shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein
was the operator thereof at the time it was operated contrary to this
Section. The provisions of this part do not prohibit or limit the
prosecution of a snowmobile operator for violating any of the provisions
of this Section. Ord. No. 3006 1/16/90.
61.55 RAILROADS.
(a) Speed Limitation at Street Crossings. No train of cars,
single oar or locomotive shall be run over any public street crossing on
any railway in the city at a greater speed than 30 miles per hour.
(b) obstruction of Street. No person shall stop or cause to
be stopped any train of cars, car or engine across any public street in
the City, except a sufficient time to couple or operate the care, not to
exceed 10 minutes. No person shall cause or permit the crossing gates
and/or crossing warning lights to remain down and operating in excess of
5 minutes when'no train of cars, car or engine is being operated at the
crossing.
(c) Diesel Locomotives Left Running. No person shall cause,
allow, permit or suffer a diesel powered railroad leaeaiativo ongino to
be parked or left standing with the engine operating for a period longer
than 30 consecutive minutes on any trackage other than in the following
areas) Switch yards east of Buchanan Street; spur track to Peerless
Chain Company east of Adams Street; switch yards adjacent to the
Mississippi River in the area between Harvester Avenue and Winona Street
extended; and trackage north of Second Street between Franklin Street
and Winona Street extended.
No person shall cause, allow, permit or suffer a diesel -
powered railroad locomotive engine to be parked or left standing with
the engine operating for a period longer than 30 minutes at the Chicago
and North western Company refueling station located east of Gould Street
extended, except during the.monthe of October, November, December,
January, February and March and on any day in any other month in which
the temperature is below 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
Provided, however, an engine may be parked or left standing
for a longer period than specified when an emergency exists or when an
engine is in the process of charging and testing an air -brake -system.
If the period is to be exceeded, the person shall notify the Police
Department.
(d) Whistle Blowing It shall be unlawful for an engineer of
a locomotive to ring the bell or blow the whistle of a railroad
locomotive on the SOO Line main line from a point 1000 feet east of the
east line of Louisa street to a point 1000 feet west of the west line of
Pelzer Street except as a warning against immediate threatened danger or
peril. Ord. No. 2726 8/20/84. Ord. No. 3059 4/18/91.
GIM gt 10,92
DEC 5 10
July 8, 1992
6700 Portland Avenue - Richfield, Minnesota 55423-2599
City Manager Mayor Council
James D. Prosser Martin Kirsch William Bullock Michael Sandahl
Ivan Ludeman Kristal Stokes
Dear Mayor: i,I C L► l tai �ttk u
f;
As the Chair of the Justice Day Dinner Task Force for the
Minnesota Suburban Branch of the NAACP, I would like to invite
you to attend a "Justice Day Celebration" on Thursday, August 6,
1992 from 4:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Radisson South Hotel in
Bloomington. The event will include mini -workshops followed by
an evening of fellowship, entertainment and dinner.
The goal of the Minnesota Suburban NAACP Branch is to raise the
level of awareness of the diverse population within the 34
communities we service in our jurisdiction. To help us kick-off
the Justice Day Celebration, we are asking the communities in our
jurisdiction to do three things in support of our efforts:
♦ purchase dinner/workshop tickets at $100.00 per person
(tickets will be available at event);
♦ purchase T -Shirts, "Justice Will Be Served", as a
visual demonstration for support of multi -cultural
diversity in our 34 communities; and
♦ purchase an ad in our Justice Day Souvenir Journal.
As a member of the Minnesota Suburban NAACP Branch, I invite your
city to participate in this event. Space is limited, so I
encourage you to register early by returning the enclosed
registration form to me no later than July 16, 1992. -Also,
enclosed are order forms for the T -Shirts and NAACP Souvenir
Journal advertisement. Please distribute this information to
your city officials and staff for their support.
Thank you for your support and interest in this worthwhile
endeavor of bringing peace to our communities through our
concerted efforts. If you have any questions, please contact
Karin Batchelder at the City of Richfield, 861-9716.
Sincerely,
Z 1 '
Martin Kirsch
Mayor
Enclosures
The Urban Hometown CIM JUL 10'92
Telephone (612) 861-9700
Fax 861-9749
An Equal Opportunity Employer
REGISTRATION FORM
MINNESOTA SUBURBAN BRANCH NAACP
JUSTICE DAY CELEBRATION
AUGUST 6, 1992
MINI -WORKSHOPS
The following mini -workshop sessions will be held at the Radisson
South Hotel on August 6, 1992. Locations will be posted. Please
check the two you are most interested in and send the form to the
address listed below. Deadline for sign-up is July 16. 1992.
NAME' TITLE
ADDRESS
TELEPHONE
1.
2.
3.
4.
CITY
STATE
MY WORKSHOP CHOICES ARE:
SESSION I
4:00 PM
Police Brutality/
Hate Crimes
Multicultural, gender
fair, disability aware
education
Community reinvestment
EEOC, MN State Dept.
of Human Rights, & the
MN Suburban NAACP
TEAM LEADERS
1. Chief Richard Setter
Minnetonka Police Dept.
Chief Donald Davis
Brooklyn Park Police Dept.
3. To be announced.
My check is enclosed.
SESSION II
5:00 PM
Police Brutality/
Hate Crimes
Multicultural, gender
fair, disability aware
education
Community reinvestment
EEOC, MN State Dept.
of Human Rights, & the
MN Suburban NAACP
2. Dr. Joan. F. Kennedy
Assistant Principal
St. Paul Public School
4. Sam Taylor, Vice -
President, NAACP
Tory Esbensen,
Ex Board Member, NAACP
I will be attending the Justice Day Dinner YES NO
PLEASE RETURN FORM TO: Mayor Martin J. Kirsch, City of
Richfield, 6700,Portland Avenue, Richfield, MN 55423
CIM JU110,92
MINNESOTA SUBURBAN.BRANCH NAACP.
J.UjSTI CE DAY
AUGUST 6, 1992*
PROGRAM
3:00
TO
4:00
SIGN IN
4:C0
TO
5:00
SESS j
500
TO
6:00
SESS # 2
6:00
TO
600
CASE BAR
6:30
TO
7:30—
DINNER
7:50
TO
000
mc:
_--INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC0.7
WE:CGEE:
MAYORS OF BLO00NOTON AND P. !',-FF! ELD, PRESIPF'�-,,
FRANY TAYLOR, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY cammITTEE
CHAIPPERSOn, FRED MC COME. CHIEF RICHARD
SETTER,
MINTNETOI,U- A POLICE DEPARTMENT, DR. JOAN
KENNEDY,
CHAIRPERSON, EDUCATION COMMITTEE, MININESOTA
SUEURE!N NAACP
6:00
TO
0:00 "LET THE
SHOW BEGTNI'
ENTERTAINMENT
9:00
TO
9:30
AWARDS
?:So
BENEDICTION
SPECIAL
SELECTION: "LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING"
AFRICAN -AMERICAN ANTHEM
MINNESOTA SUBURBAN NAACP T-SHIRTS
1. 100% COTTON HEAVYWEIGHT PRE-SHRUNK (BLACK OR WHITE) $20.00
2. 7.0 OZ 50/50 COTTON CREWNECK SWEATSHIRT(BLACK OR WHITE)$20.00
3. 7.0 50/50 COTTON SWEAT SUIT (BALCK OR WHITE) $50.00
4. 100% COTTON PRE-SHRUNK TANK T-SHIRT (BLACK OR WHITE) $20.00
5. 7.0 OZ 50/50 COTTON HOODED SWEATSHIRT (BLACK OR WHITE) $30.00
6. CAP (BLACK OR WHITE) $20.00
PLEASE RETURN WITH CHECK & ORDER FORM
ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP PHONE
SOLICITO0.r 0-,..L Q-A.*_ V pen
ALL ORDERS MUST BE PREPAID. MERCHANDISE WILL BE DELIVERED IN TWO
WEEKS.
TODAY'S DATE:
Item/Description
NAACP
J
C
L
RIX
PI
W FB
U
S
T
Y
L
X.
RI
I�
`
T
I
I
IL
C
't
I
1
E
i C
2+
I
E
1. T-SHIRT
I
'
I
I
1
!
2. CREWNECK SWEAT SHIRT
� 3 SWEAT SUIT_
4 TANK T-SHIRT
! 5. HOODED SWEATSHIRT
6 CAP
SHIPPING CHARGE
1$3.00
TOTAL. PRICE
2+= $2.00 PLEASE MAIL
CHECK OR MONEY ORDER T0:
SUBURBAN BRANCH NAACP
P.O. BOX 24388
EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424
Dear Prospective Participant:
�v J
MINNESOTA SUBURBAN ERANC.:
NAACP
P.O. Box 24338
EDINA, MINNESOTA 5542=
If you would like an advertisement in the 1992 NAACP
Souvenir Journal, fill-in below and return to Sam Taylor,
Vice President in charge of the Legal Redress Committee,
6400 Barrie Road, Suite 1600, Edina, Minnesota 55435.
ORGANIZATION:
ADDRESS. --------------------------------------------------
PHONE:
CONTACT PERSON:
1/4 PAGE (4-1/4"x5-1/2") $100 _
1/2 PAGE (8-1/2"x5-1/2") $185
FULL PAGE (8-1/2"x11") $350
OUR AD IS CAMERA READY.
- WE WOULD LIKE OUR AD DESIGNED, BY LIBERTY PRESS, INC.
ADVERTISERS WILL BE BILLED BY THE NAACP.
QUESTIONS? PLEASE CALL SAM TAYLOR AT 927-0253
Deadline for submission: July 16, 1992.
SIM a lw�'
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July 10, 1992
TO: All City Center Employees
FROM: Jack Tabery, Property Management Coordinator
SUBJEC . TEMPORARY ACCESS TO CITY CENTER
A part of the construction for the new Public Safety building requires an expanded
turning radius and new walkway to the City Center building.
Construction of this will cause some inconvenience to staff and our customers and
visitors. To minimize the impact, the following temporary changes will occur:
1. All pool and nonessential Public Safety vehicles will be relocated to the
upper lot west end. The outer row of parking at the lower level will
continue to be reserved for Public Safety vehicles.
2. All employee parking will be restricted to the upper parking lot and that
area not occupied by pool and nonessential Public Safety vehicles.
3. All public parking and access to the building will be from the lower level
lot.
4. Employee entry will be through the normal entry. When construction
requires it, entry will be through the lunch room door at the patio.
5. This arrangement will start Monday, July 20, 1992 and' continue
tentatively through Monday, August 24, 1992.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
Attachment
N
ciM JUL 10'92
July 8, 1992
LaDonna Hoy, Director
Interfaith Outreach and
Community Partners
110 Grand Avenue South
Wayzata, MN 55391-1872
CIN OF
PLYMOUTf+
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Hoy:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if yoWave any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
Frank
FB:kecr---- - �,
cc: ayor & City Council
Dale Haman, Finanoe-Director
S.F. 7/31/92
rur► JUL 10-92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Patricia Wilder, Director
Northwest Hennepin
Human Services Council
7601 Kentucky Avenue North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
CIN OF
PLYMOUTFF
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Wilder:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests. will not be considered.
Please let me know if yoy%ave any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
Frank
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
CAM JUL 10'92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Cynthia Cook
Intervention Project Coordinator
Home Free Shelter
3730 Toledo Avenue North
Robbinsdale, MN 55422
CIN OF
PLYMOUThF
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM VE CTTY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Cook:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if you"e any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
Mal 7-M, q
Manager
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
OM JUL 10'9
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Ron Bloch
Program Administrator
Senior Community Services
1600 South 2nd Street
Hopkins, MN 55343
CIN OF
PLYMOUTF+
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Mr. Bloch:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if yqu have any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
V
Frank $5yl
Manager
FB:kee
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
OM JUL 10'92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Susan Nelson
Executive Director
West Suburban Mediation Center
32 Tenth Avenue South, Suite 211
Hopkins, MN 55343
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Nelson:
.T- &4
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your'agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if you a any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
Frank
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
0M JUL 10'92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
-T- /� -"l
July 8, 1992
Judy Cooper Lyle
Executive Director
People Responding in Social Ministry
3730 Toledo Ave. N., //920
Robbinsdale, MN 55422
CIN OF
PLYMOUfFF
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Cooper -Lyle:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget reiluest and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know ifyo ve any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
Sincerely
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
aim JUC 10'92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Alan Spillers
Executive Director
Northwest YMCA
760142nd Avenue North
New Hope, MN 55427
CIN OF
PLYMOUTF+
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Mr. Spillers:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to. City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if you hive any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
CIM JUL 10'92
GIM JUL 1
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000.
July 8, 1992
Joyce Shemanek
Director of Development
Teen Suicide Prevention Task Force
810 First Street South, Suite 210
Hopkins, MN 55343
CIN OF
PLYMOUfR
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Shemanek:
Z, /G -".It
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if youAve any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
l
erely,
k le
Manager
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
am JUL 10992
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
July 8, 1992
Susan Fetterer
Chairperson
Wayzata -Plymouth Area Chemical
Health Commission
18415 33rd Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
CIN OF
PLYMOUTf+
SUBJECT: 1993 FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
Dear Ms. Fetterer:
The City Council annually seeks to budget a certain amount of money for the support of human service agencies
serving Plymouth residents. You are receiving this letter because you expressed interest in funding last year.
We are in the process of assembling the 1993/1994 budget. In order for your agency to be considered by the City
Council for funding in 1993, you must submit a budget request and justification to me. This year we will use a
two step process. I need to receive your 1993 funding request by Friday, July 17. Feel free to leave a
message on my voice mail at 550-5013. The written request with justification and supporting narrative is
due July 31.
The narrative supporting your budget request should be responsive to the attached "Policy Relating to City
Funding of Human Service Agencies." which was revised on January 6, 1992.
The Council prefers that you respond to each of the nine criteria specifically in order that your request can be
clearly evaluated against those of other agencies desiring city support. In addition, the City Council specifically
requires:
1. A copy of your most current proposed budget (1993 preferred) including a breakdown of proposed salaries.
2. A statement showing the organization's most recent year's revenues including itemization of sources and
amounts whether from profit or nonprofit groups (churches, county).
3. Information on any and all surpluses or reserves created or maintained by your agency.
The materials you supply as a result of this request will be the primary basis for determining whether your agency
receives funding. Incomplete requests will not be considered.
Please let me know if you4ve any questions about this letter. My phone number is 550-5013.
rely,
Frank Boyle.
FB:kec
cc: Mayor & City Council
Dale Hahn, Finance Director
S.F. 7/31/92
CIM JUL 10'92
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTHt MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000
POLICY RELATING TO CITY FUNDING OF HUMAN .SERVICE AGENCIES
Resolution No. 92-31
January 6, 1992
(Supersedes Resolution 84-506, July 23, 1984)
IN GENERAL
The City Council is aware that there are many worthwhile human
service agencies serving metropolitan area residents and that
such organizations are supported primarily through public and
private contributions. Contributions to such agencies from the
City of Plymouth, when made, will be distributed in accordance
.with this policy.
POLICY GUIDELINES
The Plymouth City Council is responsible for periodically
determining whether a financial or in-kind contribution will be
made by the City to assist human service agencies. •The City
Council will consider the following guidelines in determining
which human service agency(ies), if any, receive funding. This
policy should not be construed to obligate the City Council to
provide funding or in-kind human service contributions.
1. Annually as part of the budget cycle, human service agencies
will be asked to submit their funding requests and
justification within a deadline. Only those agencies who
submit a written request conforming to this policy within
the established timeframe will be considered for funding.
2. The City Council shall not normally engage in long term
(multi-year) funding to any human service agency. Instead,
all funding shall be evaluated for impact and
appropriateness each year.
3. The City Council will normally consider human service
priorities established annually by the West Hennepin Human
Services Planning Board and Northwest Hennepin Human
Services Planning Board.
4. Human service agencies will be expected to provide data
substantiating the need for their specific type of service
within the Plymouth community. Specific figures on the
Plymouth population(s) served through their efforts, fiscal
analysis of cost of delivery of such services and
documentation that their services do not duplicate those of
other agencies serving the Plymouth population.
-25-
Ow JUL 10'92
-T -16"t i
5. The City Council will .only consider funding programs or {
agencies which can demonstrate that the funds are used
solely to provide services to Plymouth residents.
6. The City will give preference to funding human service
delivery agencies that act as an advocate and advisor
regarding other available human services for the Plymouth
population.
7. Funding requests will normally be considered in relation to
existing City human service commitments and the target
populations served.
8. Preference will be given to agencies or programs which:
a) Have taken -affirmative efforts to raise funds to
support their efforts.
b) Demonstrate in their budgets that there is a continuing
concentration on minimizing administrative and overhead
costs.
c) Cannot be effectively or fully funded through other
sources.
d) Sponsor programs which have verifiable benefits to the
community at large for example, programs that put
people to work or enhance the effectiveness of City
service delivery programs.
e) Make effective use of volunteer skills and in-kind
contributions to reduce the cost of program/service
delivery.
9. Each agency requesting city funding will be advised in
writing of the status of their request and how to receive
the contribution(s) once the budget has been adopted by the
City Council.
.-25a-
GIM JUL 10'92
t
MEMO
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
DATE: July.8, 1992
TO: Chuck Dillerrud,C9 Specialist and Denise utt� Senior Clerk/Typist Development Dire for
FROM: Milt Dale 'V't s`rh S T ist
/ YP
SUBJECT: SECTION 8 PRE -APPLICATIONS TAKEN ON JULY 6-7, 1992
On Monday and Tuesday this week, Denise and I provided a total of 283 pre -
application forms for persons applying for either our Section 8 one or two
bedroom waiting list. Persons interested were informed in advance they had
two days to either come in to City Hall and pick up a pre -application form or
to call in for a form on July 6 or 7 only. A total of 123 persons came in to
City Hall while the remaining 160 phoned in requesting a form. All applicants
have until 4:30 Friday, July 17 to return their completed pre -application
form.
During the next four weeks all names and other data from the pre -applications
will be entered into the computer. The computer will determine placement on
the waiting list based on: 1) federal and local preference factors, 2) date
pre -applications are received, and 3) a random drawing. for each preference
group and date received.
Applicants will be informed by mail on or about August 14 of their waiting
list standing.
The total of 283 pre -applications requested is the highest demand for Section
8 assistance our office has experienced since the program started in 1976. In
past years we have had up to 100 applicants but this was over a longer time
period, i.e. two years ago we took applications for the entire month of June
and had 85 returned applications. It is expected that only a fraction of the
total applicants will be served in the next two years as our normal turnover
of certificates is only 25 per year.
(hra/md/cd/preapp)
ow JUL 10192