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CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
September 26, 1986
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS.....
1. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING -- Monday, September 29, 7:30 p.m. Special
City Council Meeting in the Council Chambers.
2. ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY MEETINGS -- Alpha Human Services has
scheduled four community meetings for Medicine Lake area residents
to provide further information about their program and proposed
facility. The first two meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, October
7, and Thursday, October 9, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the City
Council chambers. The final two meetings will be held on Thursday,
October 16 and Monday, October 20 at the Alpha Human Services
facility, 2712 Fremont Avenue South, commencing at 7:00 p.m. Alpha
Human Services mailed the attached notifications to all persons who
spoke at the August 27 Planning Commission meeting, property owners
living 500 feet adjacent to the proposed facility, and Plymouth
Planning Commissioners. In addition, letters were also mailed to
Neal Sorensen, Medicine Lake Mayor; Brent Rusten, Dominium
Management Service, and Bob Scribner, President of AMLAC. (M-2)
3. MEETING REMINDERS:
a. Metropolitan Council Regional Breakfast Meetings -- Two "dutch
treat" breakfast meetings with etro Council Chair Sandra
Gardebring - Wednesday, October 1, 7:30 a.m., Kopper Kettle
Restaurant, 225 Central Avenue No., Osseo; and Wednesday,
October 8, 7:30 a.m., Hopkins House, 1501 Highway 7, Hopkins. A
copy of the meeting notice is attached. (M -3a)
b. ITT Corporate Headquarters Ground Breaking - Monday, September
29, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. A copy of the invitation is attached.
(M -3b)
c. Parliamentary Procedure Training Workshop -- Tuesday, October
14, 5:00 p.m, City Center lunchroom. If you have not R.S.V.P.,
please contact Judy McMillin (Ext. 202).
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559.2800
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
September 26, 1986
Page two
4. LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES - LEGISLATIVE POLICY ADOPTION MEETING --
The League of Minnesota Cities will be holding its Legislative
Policy Adoption meeting in November this year, rather than at the
beginning of the legislative session, as has been past practice. By
adopting the policies in November, it is expected that League
members and lobbyists will have an opportunity to contact legis-
lators and draft legislation concerning city policies before the
1987 legislative session begins. The Policy Adoption meeting is
scheduled for Thursday, November 20, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the
Sheraton Midway in St. Paul. A copy of the advance meeting notice
and agenda is attached. If Councilmembers plan to attend, please
contact Laurie in order that reservations may be made. (M-4)
5. CALENDARS -- Meeting calendars for October and November are
attached. (M-5)
6. MOODY'S INVESTORS VISIT TO PLYMOUTH -- Moody's Investors are
scheduled to visit the City on Thursday, October 9. A meeting with
the Moody's group is scheduled for the Radisson Inn Plymouth from
8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A tour of the City is planned from 9:30
a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A letter from Steven Apfelbacher, Ehlers and
Associates, on the meeting is attached. Councilmembers are invited
to attend the October 9 meeting. (M-6)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION.....
1. TRANSIT PROPERTY TAX FEATHERING -- On September 25, Frank Boyles
attended a second meeting of the Administration and Finance
Committee of the Regional Transit Board (RTB)to discuss the Board's
1987 tax levy certification. At their previous meeting on September
11, committee members expressed concern that Plymouth was undermin-
ing the revenue base of the regional transit system through our
actions and could create a precedence that other communities may
follow. Frank Boyles assured the committee that the Plymouth City
Council has a concurrent interest in providing effective transit
service to its residents as demonstrated by Plymouth Metrolink and
for saving taxpayer dollars. He indicated that the tax feathering
program, while in need of fine-tuning, is the first important step
to developing a revenue system for transit which is related to
actual service received.
Attached is a cover memorandum from Gerald Brechlin, Manager of
Accounting Operations for the RTB, to the Administration and Finance
Committee, which includes Plymouth in 1987 as one of the "tax
feathered" communities. The Administration and Finance Committee is
recommending that Plymouth receive a .5 mill rate reduction or
$198,690. I advised the Council earlier that we have submitted a
letter to Plymouth legislative representatives requesting that they
write Mr. Thomas Tripplett in the State Department of Revenue for
clarification of the tax feathering feature. It is our belief that
Plymouth is entitled to a savings of approximately $300,000.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
September 26, 1986
Page three
Also attached is a memorandum from Greg Andrews to the
Administration and Finance Committee. The Regional Transit Board is
requesting that the Minnesota Department of Revenue allow them an
extension for levy certification purposes from October 10 to
November 20. The Regional Transit Board desires to initiate a
working liaison with the Department of Revenue, whereby the RTB can
utilize their information to further refine the RTB's tax levy data,
provide an additional resource for ongoing monitoring of tax and
assessment data, and possibly receive Department of Revenue
assistance in the RTB levying process. The bottom line is that the
Regional Transit Board wants to be assured that they receive all
revenues to which they are entitled. Frank Boyles advises me that
the Regional Transit Board budgetary process is driven by the amount
of tax revenues they can generate, rather than what an appropriate
level of transit in the metropolitan area will cost. Attached is a
letter from Frank Boyles to Roger Peterson recommending that the
Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Board consider the
adoption of a policy which would direct the legislature in the
criteria to be used for revising new revenue sources for the
regional transit system. We expect that RTB Chairman Perovich will
approach the next legislative session with a new transit funding
proposal. (I-1)
2. HIGHWAY 101 IMPROVEMENTS -- With the expection of final surface
restoration seeding and sodding) the Minnesota Department of
Transportation has completed the Highway 101 widening project.
However, earlier this week, Fred Moore received a complaint concern-
ing a hazard which exists at the intersection of 19th Avenue and
Highway 101. There are two large NSP electric transformer/switching
cabinets in the southwest corner of this intersection. These
cabinets are obstructing the view of oncoming traffic from the south
on Highway 101. Fred contacted MnDOT with regard to this site
obstruction and was advised that NSP was to have moved these
cabinets, but because of delivery of equipment, this work will not
be accomplished for approximately six weeks.
In order to have a temporary solution to this traffic hazard, MnDOT
will be installing a sign on 19th Avenue at its intersection with
Highway 101 prohibiting left turns. They will also place a warning
sign in advance of Highway 101 at Merrimac Lane. This will provide
a temporary solution to the traffic hazard, assuming vehicles obey
the signs.
3. COUNTY ROAD 9 CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS -- The City Attorney has
advised that condemnation proceedings have been commenced for the
acquisition of a portion of the right-of-way for County Road 9. The
right-of-way being acquired is from a point 296.70' south and
201.49' east of the center of Section 15 to a 1,553.04' north and
366.54' east of the center of Section 13. At the time that the
Hennepin County Park District was seeking variances to permit them
to build their administration building in the new Medicine Lake Park
area, there was a commitment made by the Hennepin County Board of
Commissioners to undertake commencement of County Road 9 in the fall
of 1986.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
September 26, 1986
Page four
4. MINUTES -- The following minutes are attached:
a. Wayzata/Plymouth Heart Group, September 11, 1986 (I -4a)
5. MLC UPDATE -- Attached is a copy of the September issue of the
Municipal Legislative Commission's Update newsletter. The
newsletter is sent to legislators in an effort to inform them of the
issues and events of importance to MLC cities. (I-5)
6. RECYCLING STATUS REPORT -- Dick Pouliot has prepared the attached
status report on theCity's recycling program. Total tonage of
recyclables picked up in Plymouth for the period April through
August, 1986, is 347.9 tons, which averages out to 69.6 tons per
month. The 1986 program goal is 150.6 tons per month. Dick
indicates that in an effort to further promote the program, an
article will appear in the next issue of Plymouth on Parade. (I-6)
7. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS -- Attached is a copy of 1986-87
Education Safety Programs being offered to Robbinsdale and Wayzata
elementary schools located in Plymouth through the Plymouth Police
Department. Community Relations Officer Bob Nesbitt will be
conducting the classes. (I-7)
8. MARY PATTERSON, RECREATION SPECIALIST, RECEIVES RECREATION AWARD --
he Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association presented Mary
Patterson with the 1987 Dorothea Nelson Award on Thursday, September
25. The Dorothea Nelson award is presented annually to an
outstanding female professional who has worked 15 years or less in
the recreation field. We are very proud of Mary's accomplishments,
both for the City of Plymouth and the Minnesota Recreation and Park
Association. Mary has been a recreation specialist with the City
for the last five years, and prior to that spent a little over eight
years with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board reaching the
position of Center Director.
9. COUNCIL FOLLOW UPS:
a. Kin sview Heights Development - Tree Replacement -- As a follow
up to Council concerns regarding tree replacement for the
Kingsview Heights Development, Sara McConn sent the attached
letter to Mr. Kenneth Briggs, Harstad-Tood Construction Co.,
requesting a written status report on his tree replacement plan
for the development. Attached is correspondence from Phyllis
Hanson, landscape architect, responding to Sara's letter.
(I -9a)
b. Community Information Reminder Card -- Councilmember Zitur
recently submitted the attached Community Improvement Reminder
Card concerning the tennis courts and lights at the Zachary
playfield. A response from Mark Peterson is attached. (I -9b)
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
September 26, 1986
Page five
10. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. Letter from Mr. Melvin Harris, 1304 West Medicine Lake Drive,
in response to the Public Safety Director's letter of September
10 concerning the City's enforcement efforts with regard to a
barking dog complaint. Attached also is Dick Carlquist's
response to Mr. Harris' most recent letter. Dick advises'Mr.
Harris that a CSO, while performing a patrol detail in the area,
may have located the dog which has been the cause of the barking
complaints. The owner of the dog was given a verbal warning and
advised that any further contacts as a result of the dog
barking, will result in the issuance of a citation. (I -10a)
b. Letter from Mr. H. P. Vyas, 4415 Jonquil Lane, to City Manager,
concerning a drainage problem in the rear of Mr. Vyas' lot.
Also attached is response to Mr. Vyas from Sherm Goldberg.
(I -10b)
c. Letter of appreciation from JoAnn Berg, Social Worker, North
Junior High School, concerning Investigator Niel Nielsen's
investigation of an alleged incident of sexual abuse. (I -10c)
d. Correspondence between Phyllis Hanson, landscape architect, and
Sara McConn, concerning the City's Zoning Ordinance requirements
for home occupations. On letterhead Ms. Hanson used to write to
Sara, it reflects her business address as 5310 Larch Lane (R -1A
District). Ms. Hanson has subsequently advised that her
business location is Brooklyn Park, rather than Plymouth.
(I -10d)
James G. Willis
City Manager
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ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES 2712 Fremont Ave. so. - Minneapolis, MN 55408 - Phone: (612) 872-8218
September 22, 1986
Sara L. McCorn
Community Development Coordinator
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Ms. McConn:
We have scheduled four community meetings in an attempt to
provide Medicine Lake area residents and property owners
more information about the program. A notice has been sent
to those who spoke at the August 27 Planning Commission
meeting in addition to those on Hennepin County's 500 ft.
list. Medicine Lake Mayor Neal Sorensen, Dominium's Brent
Rusten, and AMLAC's Bob Scribner have also been asked to
notify those that are not on our mailing lists. I have
enclosed copies of that correspondence for your information.
I have alos sent a letter indicating the date, time and
location of the meetings to each member of the Planning
Commission so they can attend if they want.
If you have any questions or I can be of further assistance,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Gerald T. Kaplan,
M.A.
Executive Director
Licensed Psychologist
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Enclosures
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ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES 2712 Fremont Ave. So. - Minneapolis, MN 55408 - Phone: (612) 872-8216
Dear Medicine Lake Area Resident:
As you know, Alpha Human Services has applied for a conditional
use permit to build and operate a treatment facility on South
Shore Drive.
At the August 27 planning commission meeting, it was decided
to continue the public hearing for 60 days to allow local
residents and property owners an opportunity to meet with Alpha
representatives to learn more about the program.
We will be holding four community meetings to allow for such
an exchange of information. The first two meetings will begin
at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Plymouth City Council
Chambers, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Tuesday, October 7 and Thursday,
October 9. The last two meetings will also begin at 7:00 p.m.,
but will be held at the current Alpha Human Services facility,
2712 Fremont Avenue South, Minneapolis, on Thursday, October
16 and Monday, October 20.
We strongly encourage you to attend one or more of these meetings
to become better acquainted with the program, personnel,
objectives, accountability, etc. I believe that a visit to
our current facility would especially be of great value to
you in understanding and appreciating how the program operates
and the type of people who are participating.
I ask that you please share these meeting dates with interested
people who may not be on our mailing lists.
M•WOLO
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If you have any questions about Alpha or the scheduled meetings,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Auav /- 4 L'
Gerald T. Kaplan, M.A.
Executive Director
Licensed Psychologist
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ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES 2712 Fremont Ave. So. • Minneapolis, MN 55408 • Phone: (612) 672-6218
September 19, 1986
The Honorable Neal Sorensen
132 Peninsula Road
Medicine Lake, MN 55,441
RE: Community Meetings
Dear Mavor Sorensen:
As you know, the Planning Commission continued the public
hearing on Alpha's proposed development for 60 days to allow
local residents and property owners an opportunity to meet
with Alpha representatives to learn more about the program.
We will be holding four community meetings to allow for such
an exchange of information. The first two meetings will
begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Plymouth City
Council Chambers, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Tuesday, October
7 and Thursday, October 9. The last two meetings will also
begin at 7:00 p.m., but will be held at the current Alpha
Human Services facility, 2712 Fremont Avenue South, Minneapolis,
on Thursday, October 16 and Monday, October 20.
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in notifying
interested Medicine Lake residents of these meetings. For
your convenience, I have enclosed a notice which can be posted
or duplicated and distributed.
I would encourage you to also attend one or more of these
meetings, and visit our current facility for your information.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have
any questions about Alpha or the meetings or I can be of
assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Gerald T. Kaplan, M.A.
Executive Director
Licensed Psychologist
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ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES 2712 Fremont Ave. so.. Minneapolis, MN 55408 • Phone: (612) 872-8218
September 19, 1986
Mr. Bob Scribner
2015 Lancaster Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
RE: Community Meetings
Dear Bob:
I greatly appreciate your willingness to send a notice of
our meetings to those on your association's mailing list.
We will be holding four community meetings. The first two
meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Plymouth
City Council Chambers, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Tuesday, October
7 and Thursday, October 9. The last two meetings will also
begin at 7:00 p.m., but will be held at the current Alpha
Human Services facility, 2712 Fremont Avenue South, Minneapolis,
on Thursday, October 16 and Monday, October 20.
For your convenience, I have enclosed a notice which can be
duplicated and distributed to your members.
If your association or the Board of Directors would like me
to attend one of your meetings, I would be pleased to have
the opportunity to provide additional factual information
in a smaller group setting.
Again, I appreciate your assistance in notifying interested
Medicine Lake residents about these meetings.
If you have any questions about Alpha or the meetings, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
0*y
Gerald T. Kaplan, M.A.
Executive Director
Licensed Psychologist
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ALPHA HUMAN SERVICES 2712 Fremont Ave. So. • Minneapolis, MN 55408 • Phone: (612) 872-8218
September 19, 1986
Mr. Brent Rusten
Dominium Management Service, Inc.
3140 North Harbor Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
Re: Community Meetings
Dear Brent:
As you know, the Planning Commission continued the public
hearing on Alpha's proposed development for 60 days to allow
local residents and property owners an opportunity to meet
with Alpha representatives to learn more about the program.
We will be holding four community meetings to allow for such
an exchange of information. The first two meetings will begin
at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Plymouth City Council
Chambers, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Tuesday, October 7 and
Thursday, October 9. The last two meetings will also begin
at 7:00 p.m. but will be held at the current Alpha Human
Services facility, 2712 Fremont Avenue South, Minneapolis,
on Thursday, October 16 and Monday, October 20.
We strongly encourage you to attend one or more of these
meetings to become better acquainted with the program, personnel,
objectives, accountability, etc. I believe that a visit to
our current facility would especially be of great value to
you in understanding and appreciating how the program operates
and the type of people who are participating.
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in notifying your
tenants at 10850 South Shore Drive of the time, dates, and
locations of these meetings.
For your convenience, I have enclosed a notice which can be
duplicated and distributed to your tenants.
Mr. Brent Rusten
September 19, 1986
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I an convinced that should Alpha be granted the permit to
build such a facility, very few of your tenants will actually
vacate if we are able to provide them with the factual information
and they realize that their safety will not be compromised.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have
any questions about Alpha or about the meetings, or I can
be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
J e* &I
Gerald T. Kaplan, M.A.
Executive Director
Licensed Psychologist
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Enclosure
September 12, 1986
TO: Local Officials
SUBJECT: Regional Breakfast Meeting
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Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
Seventh and Robert Streets
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Telephone (612) 291-6359
Autumn is rapidly approaching and soon it will again be time for the annual
series of the Metropolitan Council Chair's regional meetings.
These meetings have been held by Council chairs since 1975 and provide an
excellent opportunity for you to hear a little about the issues the
Metropolitan Council is dealing with, as well as providing a forum to
express your concerns and ideas about the Council and its work.
I intend to spend some time discussing the Council's priority projects for next
year, and some of the metropolitan issues we think the legislature may address
in 1987. However, I really hope that most of the meeting can be devoted to
hearing your thoughts about what you think we're doing right and what we're
doing wrong, and what things we should be doing in the future.
My plan is to have two breakfast meetings in Hennepin County. The first will
be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Kopper Kettle Restaurant, 225 Central
Av., Osseo. The second will be on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at the Hopkins House,
1501 Highway 7, Hopkins. Both meetings will be a Dutch treat breakfast at
7:30 a.m.
I look forward to seeing you and other public officials from Hennepin County at
one of these breakfast meetings. If you have any questions or concerns, please
feel free to call me at 291-6453• Please RSVP to Rosemarie Johnson at 291-6391•
Sincerely,
Sandra S. Gardebring
Chair, Metropolitan Council
An Equal Opportunity Employer
LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA
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WHAT The League will adopt legislative policies in November this year, instead of at
the beginning of the legislative session.
WHY Adopting policies earlier will give League members and lobbyists an opportunity
to contact legislators and draft legislation concerning city policies before the
legislative session begins. Please note that the League will continue to hold the
Legislative Conference as before with in-depth workshops on legislative issues,
comments from legislators, and a reception for legislators and city officials.
That conference will be on March 10, 1987.
WHERE The policy adoption meeting will be at the Sheraton Midway -St. Paul off of
Hwy. 94 (400 N. Hamline Ave.)
WHEN Thursday, November 20, 1986 at 9 a.m.
WHO All member cities should try to attend. Each city has a vote.
Cosi There is NO FEE for this mee6nr,, i,owever, advance registrations will '!rav!e
us to plan for the appropriate number of participants.
AGENDA 9:00 - 10: 00 a.m. Registration (coffee & rolls)
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Pre -conference policy briefing
10:00 a.m. ... Policy adoption
Lunch is on your own.
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September 15, 1986
EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 339-8291 (AREA CODE 692)
Mr. Jim Willis
City Administrator
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
RE: Moody's Visit to Plymouth on Thursday, October 9, 1986
Dear Jim:
I wanted to confirm our discussion today for the Moody's visit. I will
schedule the Moody's group to arrive at the Radisson Inn Plymouth at 8:30 A.M.
for breakfast on Thursday, October 9, 1986. You can plan on having Moody's in
Plymouth from 8:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
An actual tour of the City will be planned from 9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. In
attendance from Moody's will be Diana Roswick, Assistant Vice President; Steve
Ho ; and William Streeter, Analyst. They are interested in a
tour of the City's tax base, what private investments (i.e. commercial,
industrial and residential) have been made since their last visit in May, 1984
and what new private investment is proposed to be made in the City.
We will be available to assist you planning the tour and help you assemble any
necessary material for the visit. Please contact me at your convenience.
Very truly yours,
EHLERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
St ven F. Apfelbacher
Director
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cc: Dale Hahn, City Finance Director
Jana Ristamaki, Ehlers and Associates, Inc.
0944a
REGIONAL TRANSIT BOARD
Suite 270 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, MN 55101
292-8789
DATE: September 25, 1986
TO: Administration and Finance Committee
FROM: Gerald Brechli , anager of Accounting Operation
SUBJECT: Adoption of 1987 Tax Feathering
Action Reauested
That the Administration and Finance Committee requests that the Board approve
the mill rate reduction level of tax feathering as provided on the schedule of
tax feathering.
Background
While the RTB has requested an extension of the 1986/87 tax levy certification
to November 20, 1986, action can be taken to approve a level of 1987 tax
feathering for those communities that qualify because of stated levels of
transit service. The schedule of tax feathering (Table 5) is attached.
Recommendation
That the Administration and Finance Committee requests that the Board approve
the mill rate reduction level of tax feathering as provided on the schedule of
tax feathering.
Attachment
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REGIONAL TRANSIT BOARD
Suite 270 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, MN 55101
292-8789
DATE: September 25, 1986
TO: Administration and Finance Committee
FROM: Gregory L. Andrews, Director of Administratio t *
SUBJECT: 1986/87 Tax Levy Certification Extension
MO -1
At the September 11, 1986 Committee meeting, staff indicated that additional
tax data information would be sought through sources such as the Metropolitan
Council and the Minnesota Department of Revenue to further refine the 1986/87
tax levy certification.
The Council, through their consultant, indicate that there could be an
approximate 4.8 percent increase in assessed valuations for the seven -county
metropolitan area. RTB staff had initially projected a 5.5 percent increase.
We also met with Wallace Dahl, Director of Local Government Aids Division,
Minnesota Department of Revenue and several of his staff. Our intent was to
initiate a working liaison with that department whereby the RTB could utilize
their information to further refine RTB's tax levy data, provide an additional
resource for on-going monitoring of tax and assessment data and possibly
receive their assistance in the actual RTB levy process.
The Local Government Aids Division coordinates the seven -county metro tax
certifications by receiving and monitoring county assessment data through each
county's abstract of tax list. The department advises each county of the
apportionment of metro taxing authorities to be spread by each county,which
apportionment is based on the State Board of Equalization's balancing of county
assessment levels.
On or about November 15th of each year, the Local Government Aids Division
applies the apportionment percentages to metro taxing unit levy amount (i.e.,
RTB), and the levy amounts as certified by the Board are distributed to the
counties. As this point, each county can then develop and spread the amounts
among local units.
In our meeting with Mr. Dahl, we reviewed our levy procedures and discussed
utilizing their information resources. Mr. Dahl suggested that it may be
appropriate for the RTB to request an extension of the tax levy certification.
After discussion, it was determined that November 20th was the most practical
date since the apportionment will not be formalized until November 15th. He
also indicated that his division would assist the RTB by providing their data
collections to the RTB.
A&F COMMITTEE
September 25, 1986
Page Two
Attached is RTB's request for extention of tax levy certification to November
20, 1986. Commissioner Triplett is out of the office, but has given his verbal
assurance that this extension request will be approved. As stated in our
request, the extension will allow RTB to use the most current information, -
including assessment data, collected by the Local Government Aids Division and
the current apportionment percentages determined through the State Board of
Equalization.
Attachment
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REGMALTROW 9001W
270 Metro Square 8uldnp
St. Poul. Mirxiesoto 55101
612/292-8789
September 23, 1986
Tom Triplett, Commissioner of Revenue
State of Minnesota
Centennial Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Dear Tom:
On behalf of the Regional Transit Board, I am requesting an extension of the
certification of the board's 1987 property tax levy from October 10, 1986, to
November 20, 1986. This extension would allow the RTB to use the most current
information, including assessment data, collected by your Local Government Aids
Division, and the current apportionment percentages determined through the
State Board of Equalization. These percentages will then be used to apportion
the RTB's levy to the seven counties comprising the Metropolitan Transit Taxing
District and Transit Area.
Please call me at 292-8818 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Elliott ch
Chairman
EP/mf
cc: Wallace Dahl, Dept. of Revenue
Gregory Andrews, RTB
Richard Stolz, Carver County
Charles Lefebvre, Anoka County
Norma Marsh, Dakota County
Thomas Hennen, Scott County
Thomas Greeder, Washington County
Louis McKenna, Ramsey County
Dale Folstad, Hennepin County
An Equal Opportunity Employer
September 26, 1986
CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
Mr. Roger Peterson
Association of Metropolitan Municipalitie
183 University Avenue East
St. Paul, MN 55101
Dear Roger:
At our Transportation Legislative Committee meeting of September 18, we
discussed the possibility of adopting a policy to guide legislators in the
revision of transit funding if such a proposal is made next session. I
fully expect that with the problems that the Regional Transit Board has had
with tax feathering, and the current "two mills equals three mills"
statutory provision, that they will be seeking other funding sources during
the next legislative session. I believe it is essential for the Association
of Metropolitan Municipalities to have a position on this issue to guide the
legislators in their considerations. By necessity, the policy must be a
broad one.
I am suggesting that the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities consider
a policy which will provide general direction in establishing a future fund-
ing source. The policy should include, at minimum, the following consider-
ations:
1) The Association of Metropolitan Municipalities encourages the legis-
lature to develop a funding source for regional transit which will
encourage the continued refinement of transit services for the entire
Metropolitan Transit Taxing District by matching service type to
service needs.
2) Funding should not be a grant of money without regard to effective-
ness, efficiency or services received, but instead, should from a
taxpayer's perspective, bear some reasonable relationship to transit
services available to him or her, plus some additional basic amount to
support the regional transit system regardless of services available.
The current "tax feathering system" is a first step in this direction,
but requires fine-tuning in order that services can be better related
to taxpayer expenses.
3) The funding system should reduce the existing "societal subsidy" to
the automobile user by considering a levy against automobile users
based upon highway usage. This could be a system similar to that used
in Singapore or Hong Kong (see attached article).
50U1__E1JAPD PLYMOUTH. , :^ird=SO A TELEPHONE 1612) 559-2800
Mr. Roger Peterson
September 26, 1986
Page two
4) The funding system should encourage innovative, non-traditional
transit efforts utilizing municipal or multi -municipal resources to
plan and manage those projects. This is essentially an extension of
the Opt Out concept to all Transit Taxing District communities under
the direction of the RTB to assure appropriate coordination between
such efforts.
5) The system should encourage efficiency in private companies and the
Metropolitan Transit Commission as measured by costs to deliver
services. The system should encourage the solution to the high cost
of transit through alternate staffing or capital equipment arrange-
ments.
6) The funding system should be simple and understandable; at least more
so than the existing system.
7) The system should identify accurately the amount of money which each
municipality is assessed. In other words, call a "spade a spade".
The current system provides for a two mill maximum levy which is 3.2
municipal mills for Hennepin County communities.
8) The new system should emphasize cost effective transit, but recognize
that the cost of providing transit in the suburbs will necessarily be
higher than that in the central city given the comparative densities
and service types required for each area.
Roger, I recognize that this is very rough. Perhaps these ideas could be
used as the basis for further Transportation Committee discussion. Given
the number of municipalities affected, I believe that this is an appropriate
subject for the Association to take a position on. Please contact me once
you have had a chance to review this.
Yours very truly
Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
FB:jm
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1966
How to Break Up Traffic Jams
By JoruTHA.N MAMHAL1.
From San Francisco to Houston to New
York City, ordinary citizens worry less
about the threat of nuclear war or the
Latin debt crisis than whether they will
emerge each day of sound mind and body
from nightmarish traffic jams.
In the luckiest cities, billions of dollars
invested in new highways, heavy rail sys-
tems and subsidized buses have bought
only a few years' relief from inevitable
gridlock. Elsewhere. policies of simply in-
creasing the supply of transportation have
proved to be wildly expensive failures.
Urban Americans can't afford to ignore
the demand side of the equation any
longer. No strategy to solve traffic woes
will work unless individual drivers pay the
full costs they impose on society. The an-
swer isn't a punitive crackdown on private
autos. but rather a fair and equitable levy
on their use of the roads.
Politicians and transit planners have
ducked the issue of road pricing as unreal-
istic and unworkable. But engineering solu-
tions today make the economists' case for
road pricing unanswerable. And govern
ment officials may change their tune. Last
week, New York City's transportation com-
missioner, Ross Sandler, said that "dra-
mauc" steps were needed to curb city traf-
fic congestion. Among the possible propos-
als he mentioned: charging motorists fees
for entering certain areas.
Randall Pozdena, a transportation spe-
cialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, observes that highway -user
charges are "perhaps the most important
issue in transportation policy. Transporta-
tion impacts land use, commerce, energy
and the environment in very dicot and im-
portant ways. To make sensible policy in
these other areas, we must know what the
highway system costs us and what the ef-
fects of changing our policy might be.
Brute force policies in these other areas
may be much less successful and more
costly than a rational highway pricing
mechanism."
The Law of Peak -Hoar Congestion
Giving cars a free ride on highways is
like giving desert dwellers free water for
lawns, pools and golf courses: They'll use
everything you give them The law of
Peak -Hour Congestion follows: Traffic al-
ways grows to fill the available capacity.
Rush-hour auto commuters pay for only
a traction of what they take from society
in terms of clean air, police services, road
grants from the general fund and, most of
all. lost time from traffic.
A single driver's decision to enter a bot-
tleneck may cost him only a few extra
minutes of expensive commuting time. To-
ceeds of a road -use fee would replace ex-
taled over thousands of drivers, congestion
isting taxes and finance new construction
costs amount to millions of dollars every
where warranted, tat disappear into a
year on major arteries.
black hole. Unlike general taxes, such fees
Also significant are subsidies to meet
would fall more fairly on drivers in propor-
the physical demands of rush-hour drivers.
tion to their burden on society.
Typically, less than a third of highway
Just as people expect to pay for such
traffic occurs at or near peak times in the
basic services as water and electricity,
major direction. Yet this minority of
they should quickly adapt to rush-hour
drivers dictates the size of the road. In the
toad fees. All the more so since consumers
Los Angeles basin, according to one aca-
don't seem to mind paying differential
demic estimate from the mid-1970s, this
rates depending on the time (hour, day or
subsidy totals at least $250 a year for ev-
season) for movies, air flights, telephone
Proper road pnctng could work. Faced with paying
their fair share, many rush-hour commuters would stagger
work hours and take car pools or mass transit.
ery rush-hour commuter. (Prices have
about doubled since then.)
University of California economists esti-
mated 10 years ago that if Bay Area roads
were priced to reflect the full costs of traf-
fic, rush-hour charges in the central city
would reach 28 cents a mile and eight
cents in less dense urban zones.
Off-peak charges might amount to only
a penny a mile. Yet the California gas tax
today comes to only six -tenths of a cent
per mile. Most transportation maladies
can be traced directly to this handsome
subsidy. Since individual autos pay so little
at rush hour, people move farther from
work in search of cheap land, causing
sprawl, pollution, wasted energy—and
more traffic jams. Faced with more traf-
fic, long-distance commuters demand
more highways, further burdening the pub-
lic treasury. Transit agencies, public or
private, too often wither in the face of such
heavily subsidized competition.
Proper road pricing could work a dra-
matic cure. Faced with paying their fair
share at rush hour, many more commuters
would stagger their work hours and take
carpools or mass transit, unjammfng the
roads. All vehicles would run faster as a
result, netting most commuters a substan-
pal cost saving in time beyond their road
fees. With faster turnaround times, bus
systems would make more efficient use of
vehicles and drivers, and would appeal to
many more riders. Air pollution would
drop immediately. And, last but not least,
the public could save a fortune by postpon-
ing or canceling new highway construction
and by cutting back subsidies to competing
transit operations.
With proper planning and explanation,
there's every reason to think the public
would welcome a pricing test. After all,
people already pay for the roads; the pro -
calls, fruits and vegetables and even some
public transit. People understand that
when supplies of a good are limited and de-
mand is high, prices go up. Peak -hour road
space is no different.
All very fine in theory, but how would
road pricing work in practice?
In 1975, Singapore introduced a simple
auto -license sticker to charge low-occu.
pancy cars entering the crowded city cen-
ter at peak morning hours. At f1.40 a day
or $30 a month, it immediately cut conges-
tion 405. A small force of traffic police
located at entry points keeps drivers hon-
est at low cost to the city.
Hong Kong undertook a more elaborate
Electronic Road Pricing experiment from
1983 to 1985. Cars equipped with a small,
solid-state electronic license plate auto-
matically identified themselves to sensing
loops in the road connected to a central
computer. The computer recorded the tolls
and billed car owners each month. The
system permitted total flexibility as to
which roads to toll and what to charge.
The experiment showed the technology
to be "quite simple and of proven reliabil-
ity," in the words of one government re-
port. Politically it failed, however; motor-
ists came away unconvinced that their fees
would be offset by lower taxes. Some also
objected to having their routes mdnitored
by computer, despite the greater intrusive-
ness of bank and telephone records. (Any-
one wanting to give the government the
slip could just take a taxi.(
Similar technologies are already in use
in the U.S. In 1984 the state of Oregon in-
stalled electronic transponders at several
weigh stations to speed up truck identifica-
tion and clearance. Participating trucks
with electronic license plates can roll over
weigh -in -motion scales without ever stop-
ping. Everyone saves time and gains infor-
mation. "It's a great management tool for
government, a great fleet management
tool and especially useful for monitoring
trucks carrying hazardous materials,''
notes Barbara Koos, an analyst with the
Oregon Department of Transportation. The
encouraging results have prompted 13
states to expand the experiment and de-
velop standards.
The New York -New Jersey Port Author.
Ity plans to affix electronic license plates
that will assess tolls on about 3,000 buses
passing daily through the Lincoln Tunnel.
Faster and less grumpy than human toll
collectors, the system "should help provide
an accurate reading of vehicles, speed
traffic and minimize pollution and time
ponstraints," says Joe Klementowicz, a se-
nior engineer on the project. "If it works,
we'll be looking at other vehicle popula-
tions. There is the possibility of going to
private autos."
Absence of Political Kill
Electronic identifiers already serve
cars in some private parking lots. And Cal-
Ifornia's state transportation agency (Cal.
trans) is testing an electronic car ID sys-
tem at the Coronado Bridge in San Diego.
"My hope would be that we could use them
on all nine toll bridges we operate,' says
Caltrans's project director Jerry Mels.
"The big plus for Caltrans is fewer collec-
tors and for motonsts it's convenience."
Electronic systems should cost drivers
less than $20 a "tag." These small, rug-
ged devices are powered by a transmitter
at the tolling point and should last the life-
time of the car.
Some transit authorities prefer lower -
tech optical scanners of the sort used at su-
permarket checkout stands (only much
more reliable). Drivers purchase bar-
coded stickers for their rear windows—or
their helmets in the case of motorcyclists.
In use by the Delaware River Por, Author-
ity for 15 years, the system's reliability ex-
ceeds 99%, according to Stan Shultz, vice
president of Automatic Toll Systems in
Mount Vernon, N.Y. The technology is
cheap, too. for only S20 a day, toll authori-
ties can save at least four human collec-
tors per lane. The stickers themselves cost
only about 65 cents each to produce and
are nearly impossible to counterfeit.
Take your pick: The technology is here
to do the job. All that stands in the way of
relieving traffic misery is an absence of
political will. Commuters of the world un-
Ite, you have nothing to lose but endless
delays on the road.
Mr. Marshall is editorial page editor or
The Tribune in Oakland. Calif.
MLNUTES
WAYZATA/PLYMOUTH HEART GROUP
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1986
The meeting was called to order with a welcome and introduction by
Casey Rosen, Temporary Chairman. The others attending the meeting
then introduced themselves:
Gerry Bode
Kathy Munt-Balke
Dawn Minnick
Debbie Jacobson
Diane Dusek
Virgil Schneider
Ione Bakk
Betty Rosen
Monica Carlson
The minutes from July 17 meeting were reviewed by the members. A motion
was made by Virgil Schneider to approve the minutes and Diane Dusek
seconded the motion.
Casey Rosen presented the report from the Membership and Nominating
Committee.
At Large Members:
Heart Gr( -,up Temporary Char - Casey Rosen
Vice Chair - Jim Scherard
Secretary -
Community Programs - Monica Carlson
Communications
Development
Jim Brandle
Diane Dusik
Dawn Minnick
Rev. Gerry Bode
Virgil Schneider
Virgil Schneider addressed a concern in regards to the boundaries for
the local Wayzata/Plymouth Heart Group. Discussion resulted in that
all of Plymouth and Wayzata would be serviced by the Heart Group and
efforts would be taken to involve the entire Plymouth community.
Casey Rosen then ..nvited the group to assist_ in the recruirment of the
Development and C_)T.munic_ati.on standing committee chairs. A motion, was
*nide b` D,.°.an ?fin; .:k -o ,rrr :e -her r_ rrS .ind :i,
, i.3 i'. Ji .�, f 'bE? Ll'. Jacobson
Minutes - Wayzata/Plymouth
September 11, 1986 Meeting
Page 2
Committee options were reviewed by Kathy Aunt-Balke. Information �-
pertaining to the Heart Association was shared with the group, questions
were answered, and Heart Group role clarification was reviewed. Upcoming
meeting dates were reviewed and accepted by the participants.
Recruitment of officers to be completed by the Membership and Nominating
Committee by September 25, 1986.
Board Orientation - October 9, 1986 7:00 p.m. (location to be decided
later).
Heart Group Planning Meeting will be determined at the October 9
meeting.
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MUNICIPAL
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION
Vol. III, No. 5
A TRIBUTE
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September 1986
June Demos announced her resignation as Mayor of Roseville,
effective September 30. Not only will the City of Roseville
lose its mayor, municipal government will lose an opinion maker,
and the Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC) will lose a leader
and friend.
June Demos was elected Mayor 11 years ago. During her tenure,
Roseville underwent a era of revitalization. New developments
such as Pavilion Place and Lohmann's Plaza are proof positive
that mature suburbs can still possess strong heartbeats. Under
June's leadership, Roseville dispelled the widely held belief
that a city's quality of life diminishes as its infrastructure,
housing stock and population age.
The MLC will be celebrating its three-year anniversary this
December. Mayor Demos was the founding President of our Commis-
sion and served in that capacity for the first 18 months of its
existence. She not only helped assure that the MLC would survive
as a new organization, but injected an energy and commitment
level which ensured that it would become a credible and influen-
tial organization among local units of government.
June's decision to resign and spend more time with her family
exemplified the courage she has consistently shown during her
11 years as Mayor. Courage to stand up and say what's on her
mind, or courage to take on controversial issues rather than
avoid them, courage to become the President of a new organization
and direct it through its first struggling months of existence.
June Demos will continue to be a role model for present and
future elected officials. She has taught us that anything's
possible if you put your mind to it, that "no" is not acceptable
when "yes" is the right answer, and that speaking one's mind is
an effective method to affect public policy.
When speaking of June Demos, let not one of us speak in the past
tense, for the examples she sets shall live long into the
future. Please accept our upmost gratitude, Mayor, and know that
you will continue to be called upon for advice and counsel in
your new role as a private citizen.
MUNICIPAL
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION
MLC RETAINS MESSERLI & KRAMER AS LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL
The Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC) selected Messerli &
Kramer as its new legislative counsel at the MLC Board of
Directors Meeting on July 31. The MLC approved a one-year
contract to retain Messerli & Kramer, effective August 1, 1986,
to represent them at the State Capitol on legislative matters
regarding tax and local government finance issues.
Messerli & Kramer is a general practice law firm which was
established more than 20 years ago and is located in
Bloomington. The firm is comprised of 18 attorneys, four
paralegals and 20 administrative and support staff. The firm
specializes in several areas of law including: administrative
and governmental relations, corporate, litigation, family law,
taxation, trusts and estates, real estate and collections.
The firm has been careful to develop and maintain close
professional relationships on both sides of the political
aisle. This bipartisan approach has been beneficial in providing
clients with excellent and continous legislative representation
regardless of which party controls the Legislature.
While the firm uses a team approach to lobbying, it always
designates one attorney as lead counsel to enhance accountability
and improve client services. The attorney that has been
designated as lead counsel for the MLC is Robert G. Renner, Jr.
Renner has more than 12 years of experience working with the
Legislature and state administrative agencies. His knowledge of
Minnesota's tax laws, along with his good working relationship
with policymakers in these areas will be beneficial for the
Commission.
The other attorneys on the lobbying team are:
- Ross E. Kramer, a senior partner at Messerli &
Kramer, who has served as chief counsel for the
firm's legislative division for the past 12 years.
He has also been an Associate Professor of Law in
legislation at both William Mitchell College of Law
and the University of Minnesota Law School.
- Sandra L. Neren is a firm associate with 10 years of
experience as legislative counsel, and is a former
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney.
- Randolph W. Morris is a firm associate with six years
of state legislative experience. He formerly served
as legislative counsel for North State Advisors and
the Minnesota Retail Merchants Association.
MUNICIPAL Page 3
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MLC Retains Messerli & Kramer (continued)
The Board of Directors stated that Messerli & Kramer's experience
will be advantageous to its visibility at the State Capitol and
will assist the MLC in implementing its legislative program and
obtaining the desired results during the 1987 Legislative
Session.
MLC ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC) Board of Directors met
for the 12th time on Thursday, July 31 at the Decathlon Club in
Bloomington.
Each July the MLC holds an Annual Board Meeting to elect new
officers which include a Chair, Vice -Chair and Secretary -
Treasurer. Each normally serves a one-year term. The Chair is
the Commission's chief presiding officer and must be an elected
official from one of the member cities. The Chair is responsible
for carrying out the Commission's policies. The Vice -Chair
presides over the Operating Committee, and must be a city manager
or administrator from one of the member cities. In the absence
of the Chair, the Vice -Chair performs the duties and exercises
the powers of the Chair. The Secretary -Treasurer must also be a
city manager from one of the member cities, and is responsible
for keeping records of the Commission's proceedings and financial
matters.
At this year's Board Meeting the following individuals were
nominated and elected as MLC's officers for the next fiscal year
which began on August 1.
Mayor Larry Donlin, Chair 933-2511
City of Minnetonka
14600 Minnetonka Boulevard
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345
Jim Willis, Vice Chair 559-2800
Plymouth City Manager
Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Gary Dickson, Secretary -Treasurer 484-3353
Shoreview City Manager
Shoreview City Hall
4665 North Victoria
Shoreview, Minnesota 55126
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MUNICIPAL Page 4
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COMMISSION
MLC CITIES PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS
* This figures includes the sum of the votes cast for the four major
gubernatorial candidates only.
Source: MLC City Election Officials
9/15/86
GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES
TOTAL *
TOTAL
DFL
IR
VOTES
VOTERS
CITY
PERPICH
LATIMER
LINDAU
LUDEMAN
CAST
REGISTERED
Bloomington
3,722
3,094
2,518
2,639
11,973
53,624
Brooklyn Park
2,262
1,781
140
748
4,931
26,999
Burnsville
1,128
1,338
1,022
1,809
5,297
23,649
Eagan
1,047
1,408
170
663
3,288
16,435
Eden Prairie
705
1,006
189
725
2,625
15,291
Edina
1,906
3,435
791
2,738
8,870
34,289
Inver Grove Heights
790
1,013
107
464
2,374
9,192
Maple Grove
1,025
1,003
98
498
2,624
15,917
Maplewood
1,648
2,264
96
669
4,677
14,889
Minnetonka
1,598
2,261
440
1,672
5,971
27,545
Plymouth
1,259
1,598
310
1,336
4,503
24,832
Roseville
2,226
3,314
249
1,270
7,059
22,997
Shoreview
1,016
1,511
226
732
3,485
12,441
White Bear Lake
1,214
1,673
104
613
3,604
13,413
Woodbury
484
1,103
64
352
2,003
8,470
TOTAL
22,030
27,802
6,524
16,928
73,284
319,983
* This figures includes the sum of the votes cast for the four major
gubernatorial candidates only.
Source: MLC City Election Officials
9/15/86
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COMMISSION
MINNETONKA MAYOR ELECTED MLC CHAIR
Minnetonka Mayor Larry Donlin was elected the new Chair of the
Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC) at the MLC Board of Direc-
tors Meeting on July 31.
Donlin is a 1952 graduate of St. John's University in Collegeville,
Minnesota, where he obtained his degree in Business Administration.
Following graduation, Donlin enlisted in the United States Army and
was assigned overseas duty in Korea from 1952 to 1955.
Mayor Donlin has owned and operated a variety of businesses which
specialize in building materials. He became interested in small
business in 1959, when he became an owner and proprietor of a
business in St. Louis Park. In 1962 he travelled as a sales
manager for Telectron, an electronic manufacturing company. In
1967, while he was working for Telectron, he, his wife Rita and
their three children moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Upon
returning to Minnesota in 1972, Donlin and his family settled in
Minnetonka and he purchased part -interest in Crawford Door Company,
a sales and installation overhead business.
Donlin currently owns three small businesses: Donlin Company, a
wholesale building supply company located in St. Cloud; Metromill-
work, a millwork items company located in St. Louis Park; and
Electronic Door Lift Company which is located in St. Louis Park,
Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has found
his years as a small businessman challenging, by providing him the
opportunity to creatively solve problems and develop his
businesses.
In 1979 Donlin was elected to the Minnetonka School Board and sat
on the school board until 1981, when he was elected Mayor of
Minnetonka. He was re-elected as Mayor in 1983 and 1985, and his
current term expires in November 1987. The Mayor hasn't decided
whether he will seek re-election at this time. Donlin has found
his experience as a small businessman and a school board member a
valuable asset, that assists him in his job as Mayor. He believes
these experiences have helped him better identify the needs of the
community.
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New MLC Chair (continued) I -
It is Donlin's years of experience and involvement as Mayor,
businessman, and school board member that will greatly benefit the
Commission as Donlin assumes his duties as the MLC Chair. His
determination and insight will make him a capable leader of the
MLC.
Donlin stated, "I am committed to maintaining MLC's visibility at
the State Capitol, and working closely and cooperatively with the
MLC legislative counsel and the state legislators during the 1987
Legislative Session to achieve MLC's goals and objectives."
MLC DUES LOWERED SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
At the July 31 MLC Board of Directors Meeting, a resolution was
adopted to lower MLC dues to 200 per capita, with a maximum of
$10,000 that any member city would pay.
The Commission's operating funds are generated from a dues
structure that is set annually by the Board of Directors. These
funds are used to pay consultant fees and other expenses incurred
by the Commission.
The decision to once again lower the per capita dues was based on
the fact that MLC's expenses have not increased, while at the same
time the member cities' populations have grown, increasing MLC's
revenues.
In 1985 dues were set at 35� per capita, with a maximum of $14,000
for any member city. Last year they were lowered to 30R per capita
with a maximum of $12,000.
The new dues structure of 20¢ per capita with a $10,000 maximum
will generate $101,604 for the upcoming fiscal year.
MUNICIPAL
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION
MLC PROPERTY TAX LEVIES
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Source: Department of Revenue - 8/86
Messerli & Kramer - 9/86
1985
1986
1985
LGA
1986
LGA
Property
1985
as % of
Property
1986
as % of
1987
Tax Levy
LGA
Levy
Tax Levy
LGA
Levy
LGA
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
(000)
Bloomington
$13,698
$2,420
18%
$15,378
$2,709
18%
$2,866
Brooklyn Park
5,725
1,781
31
6,605
1,993
30
2,109
Burnsville
7,835
1,427
18
8,539
1,597
19
1,690
Eagan
4,477
282
6
5,053
315
6
333
Eden Prairie
5,047
274
5
5,718
307
5
325
Edina
6,654
551
8
7,440
550
7
550
Inver Grove Heights
2,346
597
25
2,434
669
27
707
Maple Grove
3,506
532
15
4,142
596
14
630
Maplewood
4,566
1,277
28
4,373
1,430
33
1,512
Minnetonka
7,660
1,583,
21
8,081
1,582
20
1,619
Plymouth
5,310
346
7
6,009
387
6
410
Roseville
4,441
717
16
4,588
803
18
850
Shoreview
1,559
398
26
1,714
425
25
438
White Bear Lake
1,834
845
46
1,846
946
51
988
Woodbury
1,954
430
22
2,101
481
23
509
Source: Department of Revenue - 8/86
Messerli & Kramer - 9/86
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COMMISSION
MLC SEMINAR SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 19
The MLC Board of Directors at their July 31 Board Meeting agreed to
sponsor a fall Seminar.
A Subcommittee comprised of Linda Barton, Tom Hedges, Ken Rosland,
D.J. Leary and Bob Renner, Jr., has recommended that the topic of
this Seminar focus on local/state fiscal relations and be directed
at an audience that would include the MLC Legislative Delegation,
MLC elected officials, opinion leaders and other organizations
involved with local government.
This Seminar has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 19 at the
Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse in Edina at 3:00-6:30 p.m. It will
be followed by a dinner at 7:00 p.m. Invitations will be sent out
at the end of October. Please mark this date on your calendar.
Update is the official newsletter of the Municipal Legislative Ccannission
(MLC). Its primary audience is the 38 legislators that comprise the MLC
Legislative Delegation. Its purpose is to inform legislators of the issues
and events of importance to the 15 MLC cities. Update is published monthly
during the Legislative Session, and bimonthly during the interim.
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: September 19, 1986 For Council Meeting of September 29, 1986
James G. Willis, City Manager, through Fred G. Moor Director of
TO: Public Works
FROM: Richard J. Pouliot, Project Coordinator
SUBJECT Recycling Status Report
Attached is a graph reflecting the tons per month collected since the
program began in April of 1986. 50.0 tons were collected in August
which is down significantly from last month. I have been unable to
pinpoint the reason for the differences in tons per month collected.
There still were a few misses on the recycling day that had to be
picked up the following day, however, this aspect seems to be
improving.
The tons per month graph and the recycling area map, along with a
renewed pitch for increased participation will appear in the next issue
of the Plymouth on Parade Magazine.
WASP, Inc., the curbside collection contractor, has now been paid for
recycling services through the month of July. The request for the
County's 50% share of the costs under the Cost Sharing Agreement will
be submitted to Hennepin County shortly. The 50� per household
available from the Metropolitan Council will also be requested in the
month of October.
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3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: September 24, 1986
TO: Richard J. Carlquist, Public Safety Director
FROM: Robert Nesbitt, Community Relations Officer
SUBJECT Elementary School Safety Programs
Once again the Plymouth Police Department is providing safety programs for
the elementary schools located in Plymouth. Attached to this memo is the
safety curriculum that has been approved by the Wayzata School District.
It is basically the same set of programs that we offered students last year,
but with the following changes:
1. We added a personal safety program for the 5th and 6th grades.
2. We dropped a program on shoplifting for the 5th grade. The
reason for dropping it was lack of requests for it last year.
3. We added a.program on theft/shoplifting for the 2nd and 3rd
grades.
The above changes were based on the results of a survey that was given
to the elementary teachers in the Wayzata School District following the
1985-86 school year.
This year for the first time we will be participating in the "National
Officer Friendly Program" that is sponsored by the Sears -Roebuck Foundation
and the Robbinsdale School District. The material in this program covers
Kindergarten through 3rd grade. The other grades will be offered the programs
in the safety curriculum.
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Children have the right and the need to know the ways to protect
themselves from potential harm during the primary years. It is our
intention to have a police officer present some type of useful safety
program to every elementary school class in the City of Plymouth.
In addition to the safety lessons, the student will also benefit from
these positive contacts with a police officer. To accomplish this task,
we will need the cooperation of the Robbinsdale and Wayzata School
Districts, specifically the staff of the six elementary schools in Plymouth.
Please help us help the children.
GOALS
We hope these programs will help the students learn more about various
aspects of environmental safety. It is our intention to:
1. Reinforce the students' concept of citizens rights, responsibilities,
and obligations, as they apply to law enforcement.
2. Establish a rapport between the students and the police officer
within the school and the community.
3. Develop a wholesome image of the police department in the minds of
the students.
4. Reinforce basic rules and regulations which govern experiences and
activities within the student's environment.
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SEPTEMBER
Group: School Safety Patrols (Oakwood, Sunset Hills, and Pilgrim Lane)
Subject: School Patrol Training
Purpose: The purpose is to instruct school safety patrol members in the ba"sics
of pedestrian control and traffic direction. Members will be
instructed in the responsibilities of a school safety patrol.
Time: 45 to 60 minutes.
Films: Your School Safety Patrol (film or VCR tape)
UCTUBER-NOVEMBER
Group: Kindergarten
Subject: Child Abuse/Strangers
Purpose: This is a low key program designed to expose the child to "good touch"
"bad touch" concepts. We stress the importance of telling someone
if you have a bad experience. If time allows, the police officer
will show the equipment that he/she carries.
Time: 30 to 40 minutes.
Films: What Tado
a HALLOWEEN
OCTOBER 30 -31st
SAFETY TIPS
Group: Kindergarten FROM McGRLTF
0
Subject: Halloween Safety
Purpose: Mc Gruff the Crime Prevention Dog will visit your classroom
and will give all your students a free McGruff Halloween
safety bag for their treats.
Time: 10 to 15 minutes.
OCTOBER -NOVEMBER
Group: Second Grade
Subject: Child Sexual Assault and Incest
SEXUALLY
>,. ABUSED
oil C' CHILDREN
-1—. '7
Purpose: The purpose of this program is to present the student three simple
rules to follow which can prevent and/or deal with potential sexual
abuse. Wayzata teachers should be aware that the Adam Walsh Child
Protection slide & tape show on strangers is available through
Community Education, (contact Charlene Barghini). It is an excellent
way to go into more depth. A lesson plan is included with the
program.
Time: 45 minutes
Film: Better Safe Than Sorry, Part II
NOVEMBER -DECEMBER
Group: Fifth and Sixth Grades
Subject: Personal Safety/Sexual Molestation
FEELING "FUNNY"
ABOUT
BEING TOUCHED?
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Purpose: The program presents dramatizations which indicate situations
that students can identify and engage in problem solving
discussions. The purpose is to prepare the student so they
can recognize a potentially dangerous situation and reduce
their vulnerability.
Time: 45 to 55 minutes.
Film: Better Safe Than Sorry (2nd edition)
JANUARY -FEBRUARY
Group: Fourth Grade
Subject: Drugs and Alcohol -How to Say No
Purpose: The program and film show kids different ways they can handle
peer group pressure when it comes to using alcohol and drugs.
Time: 45 minutes.
Film: Say No To Alcohol And Drugs
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JANUARY -FEBRUARY
Group: Sixth Grade
Subject: Drugs
Purpose: The purpose is to expose the student to the dangers of drug use by
presenting the physical dangers as well as the social consequences.
Time: 45 to 60 minutes.
Filin: Undetermined. A drug display kit is used.
FEBRUARY -MARCH
Group: Second and Third Grades
Subject: Theft/Shoplifting
IS SHOPLIFTING
REALLY
r STEALING?
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Purpose- Th;,, nrooram is aimed at increasing students' awareness that
shoplifting is stealing. The consequences of theft are
discussed.
Time: 30 to 45 minutes.
Films: Undetermined at this time.
MARCH -APRIL
Group: First Grade
Subject: General Safety
Purpose: The purpose is to expose the student to numerous safety hazards.
A coloring book featuring Mc Gruff, the Crime Prevention Dog, is
used to illustrate the safety tips. Teachers are encouraged to
let the students work on the safety pages in class and reinforce
the safety ideas.
Time: 30 to 45 minutes.
Film:
Transparencies will be used
with an
overhead projector.
Note*
We have a limited supply of
coloring
books at this time.
APRIL -MAY
Group: Third Grade
Subject: Bicycle Safety
Purpose: We want to assist the student in the development of positive
attitudes toward driving laws and responsible attitudes in the
operation of any vehicle the student may drive now or in the
future.
Time: 45 minutes.
Film: Everything About Bicycles
CONCLUSION
If you believe that any of the above listed programs can benefit your class,
please call the Plymouth Police Department at 559-2800 and ask for Officer Bob
Nesbitt. He will be glad to set up an appointment for your class. Charlene
Barghini with Wayzata Community Education, 475-4550, can also make arrangements
for the presentations. If there is another topic which you would like to
have an officer discuss with your class, please call Officer Nesbitt or Youth
Service Officer, Nia Wronski. We would be happy to discuss it with you.
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September 8, 1986
Mr. Kenneth Briggs
Harstad-Todd Construction Co.
2191 Silver Lake Rd.
New Brighton, MN 55112
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RE: Kingsview Heights Development (84100)
Dear Mr. Briggs:
As you will recall, at the May 5, 1986 City Council meeting at which time the proposed
Lake Camelot Estates development was considered by the City Council, concern was
expressed that in the Kingsview Heights Development, parts of the heavily wooded areas
had been destroyed. At the meeting, you stated that you have authorized the
replacement of the trees on a 1 -to -1 basis to be no less than 2 1/2 inches in diameter
and 12 ft. high. Subsequent to that meeting I requested that you provide me with a
written status of completing this work. Since then I have not received the
information.
This letter is written to request that you promptly respond and inform us as to
status. Now that summer is ending and fall is here, it would be unfortunate if this
could not be accomplished prior to the winter season.
Your prompt cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
C=4. v�� &4'c -o
Sara L. McConn
Community Development Coordinator ---
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cc: Blair Tremere, Community Development Director
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3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
PHYLLIS R. HANSON, INC.
x�' 5310 Larch Lane
`; t' 4 Plymouth, MN 55442
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Ph: (612)-559-0561
Landscape Architect
September 22, 1986
Ms. Sara McConn
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Road
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Ms. McConn:
Mr. Ken Briggs of the Harstad Companies, Inc., has asked me to update you and the
city in regards to the tree replacement plan for the Kingsview Heights development.
If you recall, Mr. Briggs informed the City Council earlier this summer that the
Harstad Company would replace trees that had been removed from three areas at
Kingsview Heights. These areas included:
1) a section north of County Road 9 by Block 18, Lots 7, 8 and 9;
2) a single family lot - Block 14, Lot 6; and
3) a strip by Block 1, Lots 12 and 13.
The Camelot development, also by Harstad Companies, will involve removing trees
for the roadways. On September 4th and 5th, I tagged several trees on the Lake
Camelot properties for removal by a tree spade. The plan is to remove a portion of
those tagged trees from Lake Camelot and transplant them at Kingsview Heights. The
time frame for the tree spade work is to begin around October 1 and end by November 1.
These dates have been selected specifically due to the characteristics of transplanting
natural plant material. The most desirable time to transplant these species is when
they are dormant. The transplanted material undergoes a significant shock to its
system through the severing of its root system. This is different from nursery stock
which is routinely root pruned. The variety of trees tagged at Lake Camelot includes
Black Cherry, Sugar Maple, Prunus species, Quaking Aspen and Large Tooth Aspen, Swamp
White Oak, Virbunums, and Sumac clumps.
The selected Sugar Maples, Aspen, Sumac and Viburnums will be transplanted first.
These varieties have started their dormancy, as noted by the fall colors of their
leaves. The oaks will be moved later when they are dormant. The oaks with a tap
root are the most difficult and temperamental to transplant. The success rate of
the oaks may not be the same as with the Maples, Aspen, and shrubs.
The tree diameters range from 1" - 4-1/2" with the majority being between 1-1/2" to
3-1/2". The tree locations will be staked prior to planting. Those trees not
moved to Kingsview Heights will be relocated at Lake Camelot.
PHYLLIS R. HANSON, INC.
5310 Larch Lane
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;< Ph: (612)-559-0561
'Mn- Landscape Architect
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If you have any questions or input that would be useful or necessary for us
concerning this plan, please contact either myself at 533-5435 or 559-0561,
or Mr. Jim Merila of Merila & Associates, Inc., at 533-7595.
Thank you for your time concerning this.
Sincerely,
Phy lis Hanson
Landscape Architect
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Mr. Ken Briggs
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Ms. Phyllis Hanson
Phyllis R. Hanson, Inc.
5310 Larch Lane
Plymouth, MN 55442
RE Correspondence dated September 22, 1986
Dear Ms. Hanson:
Thank you for your letter referenced above, regarding the tree replacement for the
Kingsview Heights development. When Mr. Harstad was before the City Council at the May
5, 1986 meeting, he committed to them that authorization had been given for the re-
placement of the trees on a 1 - 1 basis. The trees are to be no less than 2 1/2 inches
in diameter and 12 ft. high. Your correspondence, in the last paragraph of the first
page, refers to planting sizes of 1 1/2 inches in diameter to 3 1/2 inches in dia-
meter. The trees which are to account for the replacement must meet the size as repre-
sented to the City Council at their meeting.
It would be beneficial for an "As -Built" transplanting survey to be provided which will
locate the size, type, and number of plantings installed. This will permit us to veri-
fy that the tree replacement has been accomplished in accordance with Mr. Briggs dis-
cussion with the City Council.
I appreciate your cooperation in this matter and look forward to this issue being
resolved. Should you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Sara L. McConn
Community Development Coordinator
SM/Ig
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: September 22, 1986
TO: Frank Boyles, Asst. City Manager
FROM: Mark S. Peterson, Park & Forestry Supervisor
SUBJECT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT REMINDER CARD
In response to the Community Improvement reminder card from Bob Zitur
dated 9/5/86:
1. The line on the tennis bang board was painted during the week of
9/15/86.
2. In reference to changing tennis lights it has been our policy to
change bulbs at least once in the spring and once in the fall. We
have not changed bulbs on an individual basis. Normally there is
enough lights within each bank that the intensity of light has not
been reduced enough warranting immediate changing. We also rent
or borrow a high ranger so we must schedule ahead of time. It has
been in our plans to perform the changing of the tennis bulbs for
the past few weeks, however the weather has not cooperated. Barring
weather it is our intentions to change the bulbs within the next
few weeks.
If you have any further questions please contact me.
CC: Eric Blank
NEMIER Of AREA CODE 612
ANEIICAN ASSOCIATION OF ATTDRNET-CERTIFIED NEMC ACCOUNTANTS LAW OFFICES
546-3535
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IAINNESOIA ASSOCIATION Of ATTORNEI-CERWIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
MELVIN R. HARRIS, LTD.
SUITE 915 PARK PLACE, 5775 WAYZATA BOULEVARD
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA 55416
September 19, 1986
Mr. Richard J. Carlquist
Director of Public Safety
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Carlquist:
Thank you for your letter of September 10, 1986. I appreciate your
taking the time to explain the Police policy.
The bottlxn line is that the dogs are still barking. Apparently your
PolicePolice Department is unwilling to stop it. It seems like the City
Government is more interested in stopping complaints about barking than
stopping the barking. For example, your letter says that if the officer
witnesses the barking, that is,finds the dog and sees him barking, he
will take appropriate action which would include a warning or a written
citation to the owner of the animal. Let's get this straight now. The
dogs are the same dogs that have been continually barking all summer.
The Police should know exactly where to go by this time.
In my conversations with Jane Laurence, I have been told there have been
numerous complaints about dogs barking in this area and that she has
issued either warnings or citations to at least one dog owner, as I
recall. This was more than a month ago.
In my letter to Mayor Schneider, I requested that the matter be brought
up before the City Council to change the ordinance. Your letter
reiterates my understanding of this ordinance, according to which there
has to be two written complaints about a specific dog for the Police to
notify the owner to abate the nuisance within forty-eight hours.
Obviously, if the Police Department can notify the owner, it has to know
who the owner is. Why does the owner get an additional forty-eight hours
to create a nuisance?
I am sending a copy of this letter to the Mayor so he can address the
problem I previously wrote about, namely, to get a change in the or-
dinance and proceed to take care of the problem. The bottom line is that
the problem has not been taken care of, and it appears as if no progress
has been made in that direction over the entire summer. Has the Mayor
asked the City Council to consider changing this ordinance?
Yours very truly,
MELVIN R. HARRIS
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James G. Willis, City Manager
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September 23, 1986
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Mr. Melvin R. Harris
1304 West Medicine Lake Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Harris:
As much as I appreciate your correspondence, I sincerely hope that I can
clarify this situation. In using your own language, "the bottom line" is
not that we are unwilling to stop the dogs from barking; it is simply that
we have been unable to locate the particular animal causing the severe
annoyance and inconvenience to you.
Changing the ordinance may make you feel better, but it still does not
address the elementary problem of whose dog is causing the problem in
the first place! I tried to communicate in the last letter that I sent
you that the current ordinance really has two different approaches.
They are:
1. If verification can be made by an officer of this
department that a dog is barking, we can either
warn at that point or issue a citation.
2. In those instances where the dog is not barking
when the officer investigates, then we advise the
victim(s) of that provision in the ordinance for
a 48-hour nuisance abatement procedure.
Just this past week I had one Plymouth resident who had both provisions of
the ordinance come down on him! Not only did he receive the 48-hour nuisance
abatement letter from me, but a follow-up by a Community Service Officer
following another citizen's complaint dictated the issuance of a citation.
As of the last conversation I had with the defendant in this case, he has
made arrangements to have the dog boarded at another location.
We are trying to find the source of the problem in your complaints. We
are eager to resolve it as quickly as possible. This can be easily facili-
tated via the use of the current ordinance. It is my understanding that
Assistant City Attorney Steve Tallon discussed this matter with you over
the telephone. According to Mr. Tallon, there is a reason why the ordinance
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September 23, 1986
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was drafted in the manner it is. If a mere change in the ordinance will
allow us to better perform our job, and you to sleep all night, I will be
first in line to change it. However, if changing the ordinance creates
prosecutorial problems for our City Attorneys, then maybe we'd better
let it lay. It seems to me that what we have is workable. Our problem
to this point is that we have been inefficient in locating the dog. I
apologize.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Carlquis
Director of Public Safety
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Virgil Schneider, Mayor
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3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: 9-23-86
TO: Saba, CSO,s
FROM: Phillips
SUBJECT Barking Dog Complaints at 13th/ W. Med
I believe I have located the animal which has been the cause of
several complaints recieved this summer. While performing a CSO
Patrol Detail in the area I heard loud/frequent barking from the
following address:
Owner:
JW Evergreen Ln
Dog Involved: Lab / Spitz Mix Yellow in Color
I confronted the owner on 9-23-86 at 0000 hrs, gave him a verbal
warning, copy of the city ordinance, and had him move the animal
to the garage.
Any further contacts with Mr � due to his dog barking should
include issuance of a citation.
4415 Jonquil Lane No.
Plymouth, MN 55442
21 August, 1986
Mr. Jim Willis
Plymouth City Manager
Plymouth, MN
Dear Mr. Willis,
I am residing in Plymouth at the above address. As you are aware that in
the original development plan of this residential area there was supposed
to be a swell at the end ( west side ) of the backyard of the houses on the
Jonquil Lane to carry the rain water to the nearby pond. But due to the
negligence of the developers and the oversight of the city's building
department this plan of having a swell was not implemented. A copy of the
development plan is attached with this letter for your information. Due to
the absence of this planned swell the rain water from the houses on the
west of my property drains into the backyards of the houses on the Jonqui 1
Lane. I personally brought this matter to City Engineer Mr Goldberg's
attention about a year back and again to your and his attention this year in
spring. Also this was personally verified by Mr. Goldberg on a rainy day
this spring Due to the absence of the planned swell the water drainage is
poor and this is undesirable.
I had discussed the matter with you about two months back and I hope you
have given some thought to find a solution. My neighbours do recognise the
problem on their back yard and they want a swell constructed to carry the
rain water to the near by pond . I request the city administration to take
corrective actions as soon as possible. In my opinion it is city
administration's responsibility to implement its own development plan.
Thank you.
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Mr. H. P. Vyas
4415 Jonquil Lane North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442
Subject: Drainage Problem
Dear Mr. Vyas:
This letter is in response to your letter of August 21, 1986 to Jim Willis,
City Manager.
I am aware of your problem since I have visited your residence on many
occasions to look at your drainage problem in the rear of your lot.
You were right in your evaluation that the grading plan was not implemented
as to the drainage swale that should have been constructed along your West
property line, from North to South, so it would drain towards the existing
pond South of your area. Why this happened is anybody's guess.
To remedy the situation the swale would have to be constructed as shown on
the attached drainage plan along the drainage easement provided on the rear
of the lots in the plat. In order to accomplish this the existing sod
would have to be taken up, the swale graded and dirt removed, and finally
the sod replaced. Obviously, with the existing yards at 100% development,
this would be a disruption to the neighborhood. I would estimate the cost
to be $4,000 to $5,000. The cost would have to be divided amongst the five
or six lots that are affected by the proposed work. The easiest way to
accomplish this work would be for you and your neighbors to agree upon the
solution and hire a contractor to get the work done. In the event that
this could not be done, the proposal could be presented to the City
Council, and at their discretion, they could order a Preliminary
Engineering Report which might lead to a public improvement project with
assessments being made on the benefiting properties.
I trust this is the information you have requested of Mr. Willis, and if I
can be of any further help, please contact me.
Yours very truly,
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Sherman L. Goldberg, P.E.
City Engineer
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Enclosure
cc: James G. Willis, City Manager
Fred G. Moore, Director of Public Works
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 559.2800
HOPKINS
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
NORTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
10700 CEDAR LAKE ROAD
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA 55343
DR. FRANK RAINALDI
Principal
September 11, 1986
Chief Richard Carlquist
Department of Public Safety
Police Department
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN. 55447
Dear Chief Carlquist;
On Monday, September 8th, Investigator Niel 0. Nielsen, of your
came to to our school to investigate an alleged incident of sexual
was my understanding that this was not his usual area of investi-._,-.
just want you to know he did a commendable job. Investigator Nie'.;_- '
a delicate situation, with a teenage girl, in a most sensitive,
and understanding manner. It was obvious he understood the dynam;,<
sexual abuse and he used -his information in an appropriate and h:. -
Please convey my appreciation to Investigator Nielsen. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jo nn M. Berg, A.C.S.
,_S6cial Worker
AN A;7=IRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
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Ms. Phyllis Hanson
Phyllis R. Hanson, Inc.
5310 Larch Lane
Plymouth, MN 55442
Dear Ms. Hanson:
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As I reviewed your September 22, 1986 correspondence regarding the Kingsview Heights
development, I noticed your return address. The address is located within the R -1A
(low density single family residential) District. The return address leads me to
believe that you are operating your business from this residence.
The Zoning Ordinance allows for home occupations, as a conditional use in the
Residential Districts. Home Occupations are subject to certain parameters which are
also defined in the Zoning Ordinance. Enclosed for your reference is a copy of that
portion of the Ordinance which defines Home Occupations. Also, a copy of the
Conditional Use Permit application check list, application form, fee schedule, and
description of processing planning proposals. If you anticipate operating your
business from your home, you must obtain a Conditional Use Permit. It is a violation
of the Zoning Ordinance provisions to operate a business from a residential district
without prior approval through the City Council.
Please review the enclosed information, including the definition of a Home Occupation,
and let me know if you have questions. You should either proceed with submitting a
Conditional Use Permit application request for the Home Occupation; or, you should
cease the operation of the business from this location.
If you have questions or need clarification, please do not hesitate to contact our
office.
Sincerely,
C4� ak� )2(t
Sara L. McConn
Community Development Coordinator
SM/Ig
cc: City Manager dames Willis
Temporary File 11-21-0018
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3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
PHYLLIS R. HANSON, INC.
7216 Boone Avenue N., Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55428 (612) 533-5435
September 25, 1986
Ms. Sara McConn
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
RE Temporary File No. 11-21-0018
Dear Ms. McConn:
This letter is in response to your correspondence regarding the location
of my business. My office is located at 7216 Boone Ave. N. Atrium IIE 7#75,
Brooklyn Park; MN. 55428. My business phone number, 533-5435, and address
are indicated as such in the new Northwestern Bell Telephone books.
When I formed (incorporated) my business, it was necessary to indicate an
address. At that time, I was not practicing landscape architecture as an
independent consultant due to liability and legal reasons. Likewise, until
I started my business, the location and time frame for my setting up an
office was undecided.
The letterhead I used in our correspondence was unadvertently used. Please
note my business address and phone number. Due to copies of your correspondence,
the temporary -file number assigned to this, and any discussions concerning
this matter, this letter response is to be sent to the Planning Commission
and City Council. This should clarify any questions you or the city has
concerning my office.
If you have further questions, please contact me at my office.
Sincerely, J I
Phyll s R. Hanson
Landscape Architect
cc: City Manager James Willis
Temporary File 11-21-0018
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Landscape Architectual Services