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January 18, 1985
CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
MEMORANDUM
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS......
1. SKIING IN PLYMOUTH -- Due to the bitter cold weather descending upon
us, Skiing in Plymouth has been cancelled for this Saturday, January
19. Plans at this time are to tentatively reschedule the event for
Saturday, February 16.
2. PLYMOUTH FORUM -- Monday, January 21, 7:00 p.m. Plymouth Forum in
Council Conference Room.
3. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING -- Monday, January 21, 7:30 p.m. Regular
City Council meeting in Council Chambers.
4. PLANNING COMMISSION -- Wednesday, January 23. The Planning
Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
Agenda attached.
5. MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING &
LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION -- Thursday, January 24, Municipal Legislative
Commission Board of Directors meeting at 5:00 p.m. at the Decathlon
Club in Bloomington, followed by Municipal Legislative Commission
dinner reception for the MLC legislative delegation. If you have
not made your reservations yet, you should do so by Monday with
Laurie. It promises to be a very informative meeting, with all our
legislators in attendance.
6. 1985 LMC/AMM LEGISLATIVE ACTION CONFERENCE -- The 1985 League of
Minnesota Cities Association of Metropolitan Municipalities
Legislative Action Conference will be held Tuesday, January 29 -
Wednesday, January 30 at the St. Paul Radisson Hotel. A copy of the
agenda for the Conference is attached.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION.....
1. MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION -- The Operating Committee of the
MLC met Thursday to review various policy statements which are to be
presented at the annual meeting which is scheduled for next Thursday
evening.
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CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
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We spent most of our Operating Committee time discussing the local
government aid distribution formula. As a result of meetings
between our lobbyists and others, the majority of the Operating
Committee has come to the conclusion that the League of Cities
proposal will not "fly". There appears to be several reasons, not
the least of which is that the legislature is not apt to appropriate
the $30 million required to implement the proposed policy. As a
result, rather than recommend to the full Board that the MLC reject
the League of Cities proposal, we have recommended a broader LGA
statement which sets forth eight prinicipals which we believe should
be embodied within any LGA formula. These principals are as
follows:
1. The formula should be simple. It should have clear assump-
tions and be explainable to the average person.
2. The formula should be separate and apart from school aids
and aids to counties.
3. The formula should contain built-in incentives to promote
efficiency and provisions which reward or subsidize
inefficiency should be eliminated.
4. The formula should not be used to equalize local government
mill rates.
5. The formula should recognize differences in needs and
preferences. The flexibility of local government should not
be inhibited, but others should not have to pay for such
differences or exercise of such flexibility.
6. The formula should not be considered in a vacuum; it should
be considered in relationship to homestead credits, federal,
county, and school aids, property tax refunds, etc.
7. The formula should be equitable.
8. The formula should not be expenditure driven.
Several of us believe that the current coalition of interest groups
supporting the League of Cities proposed policy will disintegrate by
March. I believe it could occur even faster.
The MLC Board will be considering other legislative policies at the
January 24th meeting dealing with solid waste disposal, the
Minneapolis Convention Center, regional park funding, and combined
sewer overflow. Copies of these -draft policies are attached.
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January 18, 1985
Page 3
2. NORTHWEST SUBURBS CABLE COMMUNICATION COMMISSION -- Councilmember
Schneider and I attended the monthly meeting of the Northwest
Suburbs Cable Communications Commission on Thursday morning. At
that meeting the Commission took action to set into motion the pro-
cess by which it will consider the request of Hauser Communications
to acquire the Storer Cable system. The Commission has retained the
Touche Ross Company to review the proposed transaction and prepare a
report to the Commission dealing with the following:
a. The impact of proposed ownership structure on the account-
ability for and enforceability of the franchise ordinance.
b. The validity or reasonableness of the proposed owner's
financial projections.
c. The economic condition of the cable system under the
proposed ownership.
d. Whether all the costs associated with all the franchise
commitments are included in the financial projections.
It is anticipated that the Executive Committee of the Commission
will meet initially to review the consultant's report and that a
decision to call a public hearing will be made on or before February
14. A public hearing on the request will be held before the full
Commission before mid-March.
The company has not yet made any formal request to amend the
franchise, however, recent articles in the metropolitan press
indicate that the southwest suburbs and Minneapolis have both been
confronted with requests for such changes by their operators. If
such requests are forthcoming from the Hauser people, I will urge
the Commission to have them reviewed by the members of the original
franchise committee, of which I was Chair, before any decision is
made with respect to a potential sale.
3. STRATEGIC PLANNING TRAINING -- A joint effort by the Government
Training Service and Dayton Hudson Corporation make it possible to
offer a five day Strategic Planning Training Program to ten
Minnesota municipalities.
Strategic planning is a tool which communities may use to evaluate
long term environmental change and its impact upon the organization
to best accomplish its mission. At the completion of the training
program, member cities should be able to:
1. Complete a strategic assessment of their organizational
environment.
2. Identify key issues and major strategies for dealing with
environmental issues.
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January 18, 1985
Page 4
3. Define a vision of success for the organization.
4. Understand the use of strategic planning as a leadership tool.
5. Develop a focus on the future.
6. Decide whether strategic planning should be implemented within
the governmental organization.
In addition to the 5 one -day seminar sessions for three to five
representatives of each participating community, there are numerous
homework assignments required. While the one day seminars involve
three to five staff individuals from each community, the homework
assignments may involve up to an additional ten City personnel.
Each homework assignment entails two to three hours of time, while
each one day seminar also requires completion of background
readings, etc.
City Council participation in this project is desirable, but because
of the substantial time investment required, it is difficult for
council members to actively participate in the seminar portion.
Therefore, Council participation normally includes the receipt of
reports summarizing the one day seminars, receipt of seminar
background materials and periodic discussions of strategic planning
- perhaps, during monthly Council/staff dinner meetings. Upon
completion of the strategic planning training project, the City
staff and Council will have to determine to what extent, if any,
strategic planning should be incorporated on an ongoing basis in the
City's standard operating procedures. I expect that the Council
will be able to make a decision on this matter based upon the
materials which will be provided throughout the course of the
project and report which will be submitted in July following project
completion. I am attaching for information purposes background
materials on the strategic planning training program.
4. COMPARABLE WORTH STUDY UPDATE -- At the January 21 meeting the City
Council will be asked to formally authorize the City's participation
in the joint comparable worth study. The Council has previously
approved the City's participation in concept. Because of the
October 1985 deadline for report completion, the study was initiated
approximately one month ago.
The prime mover of the joint comparable worth study is a personnel
committee consisting of personnel specialists from 13 of the parti-
cipating municipalities. Frank Boyles is one of the members of that
committee. Primary concentration of the committee at this point is
to finalize job task questionnaires in each of the six occupational
groups (office, professional/administrative, public works, medical,
technical, police and fire). All municipal jobs are included in the
study within one of these occupational groups. For the study to be
valid, each questionnaire must include all job tasks contained in
each of the positions assigned to that group.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL NENORANDUN
January 18, 1985
Page 5
The process of finalizing the questionnaire is an exhaustive one.
First, each questionnaire is reviewed by a number of subject matter
experts who are normally supervisors from participating munici-
palities with extensive experience in their particular field. Fred
Moore is a public works subject matter expert and Dick Carlquist
represents police and fire. Once the subject matter experts are
satisfied that the questionnaire contains all tasks for the
positions within their expertise, the document is redrafted. The
next steps will be to have at least five employees from each
participating municipality, within each occupational group, attend a
workshop to review the questionnaire as it relates to the specific
positions held. During the weeks of January 28 and February 4,
workshops will be conducted. Once completed, almost 2,000 employees
from participating jurisdictions will have taken part in a work-
shop. Once the workshops are completed, final modifications will be
made to the questionnaires and they will be printed. Each City will
determine for itself the number of employees in each job type who
will complete the questionnaire. Because I believe that employee
participation is essential to the validity and acceptability of the
study, I intend to have all full time Plymouth employees complete a
questionnaire.
I will provide the Council with additional status reports as this
study process continues.
5. STATE COURT OF APPEAL RULING WITH RESPECT TO THE HOWARD CASE -- The
City Attorney's office has advised us that the three member State
Court of Appeals panel has overruled Municipal Court Judge John Borg
on two counts. (See attached Ruling.) The first is Judge Borg's
finding that the City's enforcement of the wild and vicious animal
ordinance constitutes an ex post facto application of the law.
Judge Borg also found that the City should be precluded from
prosecuting Mr. Howard on public nuisance portions of our ordinance
since Mr. Howard had previously been acquitted of charges brought by
the City under the zoning ordinance because both violations arose
out of the operation of a game farm. In the case of the former
ruling, the Appeals Court reversed Judge Borg. The second Borg
ruling was remanded. As a result of these rulings the City is
empowered to reinitiate legal action against Mr. Howard. The City
Attorney's office is in the process of requesting an accelerated
trial on the Municipal Court level to enforce the City's animal
control ordinances and is hopeful that this case can be heard within
six to eight weeks.
6. 1984 VEHICULAR ACCIDENT RECORD -- They've done it again! Attached
is a summary of the 1984 vehicular accident record involving City
employees. During calendar year 1984 employees of the Park
Maintenance, Streets, Sewer and Water, and Equipment Maintenance
Divisions were involved in ZERO preventable vehicular accidents.
This constitutes another notable record by maintenance employees who
have already established a laudable safety record with respect to
lost time worker's compensable accidents.
CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
January 18, 1985
Page 6
In order to promote vehicular safety, the Plymouth Safety Committee
reviews all accidents involving employees and City equipment. In
order to be non -preventable, an accident must be judged by the
Safety Committee to be one in which the vehicle driver could not
have reasonably anticipated circumstances, actions or variables
which contributed to the accident occurrence. Nor may the accident
conform with any of the twelve preventable accident conditions set
forth in our guidelines. (See attached) Attached is a memorandum
which I sent to maintenance employees and their supervisors for
their continuing excellence in vehicular safety.
7. CHAPLAIN PROGRAM -- On January 3 the Public Safety Director and
Community Relations Officer met with three area pastors and the
chaplain from North Memorial Medical Center, Greg Bodin. The
Plymouth clergy members were Father Jerry Kegler from St. Mary's of
the Lake - Catholic church, Keith Friese from Mount Olivet -
Lutheran Church, and Stan Hanks from Messiah - United Methodist.
The clergy agreed to participate in a training program being held at
North Memorial Medical Center in the future. This program will deal
with delivering death messages as well as crisis intervention type
of counseling. In the past we have called North Memorial for those
types of services and someone from the Champlin staff at North would
respond. The strategy will still involve calling North Memorial,
however, the particular clergy response will be from Plymouth.
8. MINUTES -- The following minutes are attached:
a. Planning Commission, January 9, 1985.
b. Park and Recreation Advisory Commission, January 10, 1985.
c. Plymouth Development Council, January 16, 1985.
d. Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission, December 20,
1984.
e. Elm Creek Conservation Commission, January 9, 1985.
f. Bassett Creek Water Management Commission, December 20, 1984.
9. MILL RATE COMPARISON -- The attached exhibit prepared by the
Assessing Division is a mill rate comparison showing the payable
years 1981 through 1985 for each school district.
10. MEDICINE LAKE BOATING USE, SUMMER 1984 -- Attached is a report from
the Hennepin County Park Reserve District providing 1984 boating
activity statistics at the French Regional Park.
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January 18, 1985
Page 7
11. COUNTY ROAD 6 & I-494 INTERCHANGE -- The Metropolitan Council at
its meeting of January 10, 1985 approved the proposed County Road 6
and I-494 interchange. The CSAH6/I-494 interchange is now an
approved element of the Metropolitan Highway System. A copy of the
letter from Metropolitan Council Chair Sandra Gardebring advising of
this approval is attached.
12. FILLING THE FEDERAL HOUSING AID GAP -- Attached is a copy of an
editorial from the January 12 Minneapolis Star and Tribune discuss-
ing the need for local, state and regional governments to further
address housing responsibilities for low- and moderate -income
households.
13. LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT -- Last week I provided the Council with a copy
of the Citizens League report on Light Rail Transit. In response to
this report, I sent the attached letter to Curt Johnson, Executive
Director of the Citizens League, stating Plymouth's concerns with
the light rail transit issue. Also attached for your information is
an article authored by Curt Johnson entitled, "Will Twin Cities
repeat Miami transit fiasco?".
14. COUNCIL FOLLOW-UPS:
a. Area 3 Town Meeting Feedback Responses -- Attached are staff
responses to resident feedback forms received at the Town
Meeting for Area 3.
b. Area 4 Town Meeting Resident Feedback -- Approximately 28
resident feedback forms were received at the Area 4 Town
Meeting. A copy of each is attached for your information. Also
attached are two feedback forms received today from Steve and
Louwanna Kluck, 2660 E. Medicine Lake Boulevard.
c. Mr. Bart Bartelsman, 4750 Quaker Lane -- Mr. Bartelsman recently
sent a letter to the Public Safety Department stating his
concern with the safety of the intersection at 48th Avenue North
and Quaker Lane. A copy of Mr. Bartelsman's letter is attached
together with the Public Safety Director's response. Also
attached is a stationary radar report on this intersection
indicating that of 32 vehicles clocked by radar, all vehicles
were travelling at, or below the posted speed limit of 30 MPH.
James G. Willis
City Manager
JGW:Jm
attach
AGENDA
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
WHERE: Plymouth City Center
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the Planning
Commis*ion and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of
these items unless a Commissioner, citizen or petitioner so requests, in which event
the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on
the agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. CONSENT AGENDA
*4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS
7:30 P.M.
JANUARY 9, 1985
A. Advance Machine. Lot Consolidation, Conditional Use Permit, Site Plan and
Variance for property located north of 21st Avenue between Fernbrook Lane and
Niagara Lane (A-519)
B. Hennepin County Park Reserve District. Revised Conditional Use Permit
Amendment and Site Plan for Clifton E. French Regional Park located at the
southeast quadrant of County Road 9 and Northwest Boulevard (84065)
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. Alfred Eberle, Jr. Lot Division and Variance for property located north of
Ridgemount Avenue and east of Zachary Lane (84104)
B. David Volker and Thomas Betz. Lot Consolidation, Lot Division, and Variance
for property located at 2830 Brockton Lane and 2815 Alvarado Lane (84109)
7. OTHER BUSINESS
A. February Meeting Schedule
B. RPUD Lot Coverage Requirements for Single Family Detached Dwellings
8. ADJOURNMENT 10:00 P.M.
league of minnesota cities
MEMORANDUM December 21, 1984
TO: Mayors, Managers, Clerks, Legislative Contacts
FROM: Donald Slater, Executive Director
SUBJECT: 1985 LMC/AMM LEGISLATIVE ACTION CONFERENCE
The 1985 LMC/AMM Legislative Action Conference will be held at the
St. Paul Radisson Hotel on Kellogg Boulevard on Tuesday, January 29 -
Wednesday, January 30.
At this conference, LMC member cities will review and adopt 1985 LMC
City Policies. The proposed policies recommended by the LMC
Legislative Committee have been mailed to member cities for distribu-
tion. It is suggested that you use the January city council meeting
as an opportunity to review those policies and to determine your
participation in the conference.
Discussion of the proposed state tax reforms and direction of future
state -local fiscal relations will be among the topics highlighted
during the conference.
Please check the December and January issues of Minnesota Cities or
the form attached here and complete registration information. Return
your form as soon as possible to be sure of taking advantage of
advance registration fees and to assure hotel accommodations.
Legislators will be sent invitations to the LMC/AMM Reception,
scheduled from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 29, following the
close of the LMC Policy Adoption portion of the conference. If you
Plan to attend, please let your legislator know that you expect to see
him/her at the reception.
The conference agenda is printed here:and in the January issue of the
League magazine.
I 03 university avenue east, st. paul, minnesota 551 01 (C 1 2) 227-5000
1985 LMC LEGISLATIVE ACTION CONFERENCE
January 29-30, 1985
-St. Paul Radisson Hotel
Kellogg Boulevard
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29
10:00 a.m. REGISTRATION - lower lobby at foot of escalator
11:00 a.m. WORKSHOP - "Development Tools for Cities: The Future
Course of State Legislative Policy"
Panelists: Senator Larry Pogemiller
Representative William Schreiber
12 Noon LUNCHEON - Opening Session
Finance and Tax Issues in the '85 Session
Speakers: Representative David Jennings, Speaker of
the Minnesota House of Representatives
Senator Roger Moe, Majority Leader,
Minnesota State Senate
1:45 p.m. LMC LEGISLATIVE POLICY ADOPTION
1984 LGA Policy Development and the LGA Formula:
Explanation and Recommendations for Change
Presentation by: Diane Loeffler, LMC Legislative Counsel
Presentation and Adoption of 1985 LMC Policies
Mayor Mary Anderson, LMC President, presiding
5:00 P.M. ASK THE LOBBYISTS
Question and Answer Period re: LMC/AMM Legislative
Issues for '85 Session
5:30 p.m. RECEPTION FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND STATE LEGISLATORS
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
8:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Speaker: Senator Donald Moe
The Future of PERA: Proposals for Merger of Public
Pension Systems; Supplemental Defined Contribution
Proposl; Health,Benefirs for Pension Retirees.
9:30 a.m. WORKSHOP: "The Future of Stare -Local Fiscal Relations"
Panel:
Julia Friedman, Professor of Economics and Urban Studies,
Macalester College: formerly Senior
Economist, Mianesora Tax Study Commissionn
Jay Kiedrowski, Deputy Commissioner of Finance
Rep. William Schreiber, Chair, House Tax Committee
Senator Douglas Johnson, Chair, Senate Taxes Committee
11:15 a.m. LMC LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING
League Lobbyists
Presentations on LMC Legislative Priorities
11:45 a.m. LMC LOBBYING DAY ON THE HILL
City Officials Meet with Local Lawmakers
on LMC Legislative Program for 1985
Conference sponsored by League of Minnesota Cities and Association of
Metropolitan Municipalities
CMUNICIPAL
LEGISI.ATIC7E
COMMISSION
Issue:
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Suite 1500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431
(612) 338-6610
January 1985
1985 POSITION STATEMENT
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
The Metropolitan Council is proposing legislation which
has as its objective, the elimination of landfilling unprocessed
municipal waste by 1990. The Council proposes to do this
by requiring cities, townships, and counties to adopt
ordinances by January 1, 1988 that would require homeowners,
businesses and others to separate recyclable materials
from other wastes, and prohibit the disposal of yard waste
(leaves and grass clippings) with mixed municipal waste.
The remaining unprocessed municipal waste would be incinerated
or converted to refuse derived fuel by 1990.
POSITION:
Although the MLC commends the Council for being farsighted
regarding the solid waste disposal problems that will
face our cities in the future, the MLC must oppose this
legislation at this time.
Before mandatory recycling is imposed the MLC (philosophically�,
believes that voluntary programs should be implemented.
Only if compliance is not achieved through a voluntary
program should mandatory recycling be considered. The
MLC supports landfill abatement but cannot support legislation
which mandates compliance prior to attempting voluntary
efforts.
MLMUNICIPAL
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION
1985 POSITION STATEMENT
MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER FUNDING
Leqislative Issue:
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Suite 1500
Bloomington. Minnesota 55431
(612) 338-6610
January 1985
1. Proposed metropolitan tax on liquor and lodging
to help finance the $145 million convention
center in downtown Minneapolis. This tax would
apply to hotel and motel rooms and to liquor
sold by the drink in the seven -county metropolitan
area.
Position:
The Municipal Legislative Commission opposes the
proposed seven -county metropolitan area hotel/
motel/liquor tax to finance the convention center.
Leqislative Issue:
2. A one percent sales tax increase in the metropolitan
area to pay for the convention center in downtown
Minneapolis.
Position:
The Municipal Legislative Commission opposes a
seven -county metropolitan sales tax dedicated to
finance the proposed convention center.
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sales talk
urged for
convention
center..
By R.T. Rybak
Staff Writer
The Minnesota 'Legislature will be
asked to impose a 1 -year, 1 percent
sales tax on most items sold in the 7 -
county metropolitan area to help pay
for the proposed state convention
center.
The financing plan was adopted
Wednesday by the Minnesota Con-
vention Facility Commission, which
Gov. Rudy Perpich appointed last
year to develop a convention center
proposal.
The tax would cover all goods except
clothing and food not bought in res-
taurants, and would raise about $108
million of the estimated $145 million
needed to build the center. The Leg-
islature will be asked to fund the rest
by issuing state -backed general obli-
gation bonds.
The proposal was chosen over anoth-
er plan that called for a tax on
motels, hotels and liquor by the
drink in the metro area. That tax
would have been in effect for sever-
al years. Both proposals will be in-
cluded in the report, although the I
broader, 1 -year tax will be listed as
the preferred method.
x
The broader ,tax would mean the
state's portion of the project would
be significantly less than the $70
million to $75 million needed if there
were only a tax on hotels, motels and
on -sale liquor in the metropolitan
area.
The Legislature is not obligated to
accept the commission's fund&rg rec-
ommendations. Other plans are ex-
pected to be proposed at the Legisla-
ture, including raising money
through a sale -lease arrangement of
the Metrodome.
The city of Minneapolis already has
agreed to pay the estimated $24 mil-
lion needed to acquire and prepare'
the site for the center, plus the costs
to encourage development of a con-
vention -oriented hotel nearby. If the
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Minneapolis Star & Tribune
January 10, 1985
TaX Continued from page 1A
building runs an operating deficit,
the commission recommends that a
hotel/motel/on-sale liquor tax be im-
posed in Minneapolis.
The commission's final report also
will set up a battle over control of
the convention center on Grant St.
and Stevens Av. S. The report will
say the existing center should not be
used for conventions if a new center
Is built. City leaders have agreed to
that.
However, the report proposes that
proceeds from the sale of the old
center go to the commission, an idea
that city leaders strongly oppose.
Real estate professionals have said it
is difficult to determine how much
the existing center would be worth if
it were not used for conventions.
Larry Greenberg, a partner in the
accounting firm of Coopers & Ly-
brand, which is advising the commis-
sion, estimated the worth of the
building and property could range
from $10 million to $30 million.
The commission's new financing
plan was developed by commission-
er Danny Berenberg, owner of the
Lincoln Del restaurants, who had
written a series of letters to other
commissioners in recent weeks
strongly opposing the proposal to tax
only hotels, motels and on -sale liquor
establishments in the metropolitan
area. That proposal had been devel-
oped by Coopers & Lybrand.
Berenherg is an Edina resident who
owns two restaurants in St. Louis
Park and one in Bloomington.
"This plan will put the financing of
the convention center on a graduat-
ed scale so the people who benefit
the most will pay the most," he said.
"The people from International Fails
will get some benefit, but people in
the Twin Cities will be getting more.
Minneapolis will get the most, and it
will be paying the most."
Berenberg had argued that the hos-!
pitality and liquor industry could not'
support the tax proposed by Coopers,
& Lybrand. "The convention center
will benefit the hospitality industry„
but it will also benefit many other
people by offering programs and
providing jobs," he said.
Berenberg's plan passed on' an 8-31
vote. One opponent was Sue McClos-i
key, a St. Paul resident, who argued';
that the two funding sources for the'
center should be the city of Minne-,
apolis and the state.
"I don't see why someone who eats a
pizza on the east side of St. Paul or',
who goes bowling in Anoka should!
help pay for the convention center,"
she said_
The other opponents were Commis
sioners James Daly and James
Stuebner.
MUNICIPAL
LEGISLATI\7E
COMMISSION
1935 POSITION STATEMENT
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Suite 1500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431
(612) 338-6610
January 1985
REGIONAL PARK MAINTENANCE. « OPERATION FUNDING
Issue
1. State funding of regional parks for operations and maintenance.
2. Source of funds for operation and maintenance costs.
3. Allocation of state funds should go to the implementing
agency and be based on a per capita formula.
Position
i. The MLC supports a biennial state appropriation to help
defray the cost of operating and maintaining the regional
pari{ system in the seven county metro area.
2. The MLC opposes th` use of a dedicated tax to provide regional
park funds.
3. The MLC supports any and all funds appropriated for operations
ana maintenance of the reional park system be allocated
directly to the implementing agency. The distribution
formula should be based on a per capita allocation. If
the formula does not include a per capita distribution
the MLC will oppose this legislation. The MLC will not
support any appropriation to the Metropolitan Council for
administrative costs.
MUNICIPAL
OSI
IL CMMISSO
1985 POSITION STATEMENT
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW
Leqislative Issue:
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Suite 1500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431
(612) 338-6610
January 1985
f.
1. Funding of sewer improvement projects (separation)
to eliminate overflow problems due to combined
storm and sanitary sewer systems in Minneapolis,
St. Paul, and South St. Paul.
POSITION:
The MLC endorses Option 5 that was developed by the Metropolitan
Council. Simply stated this option would fund the cost
of sewer separation by having the Metropolitan Council
issue $107.5 million in General Obligation bonds. All
principle would be repaid by Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
South St. Paul. These cities would also pay 50% of the
interest expenses incurred on the bonds. The other 500
of the interest payments would be appropriated by the
state legislature. This option is restated below:
1. The Metropolitan Council would issue $107.5 million
in General Obligation bonds. The bonds would be
issued over a 10 -year period in blocks of $10.75
million. The bonds would be used to provide loans
to Minneapolis, St. Paul, and South St. Paul for
half the total cost of separation.
2. An investment earning rate of 10 percent is assumed.
Each bond issue would be for a term of 20 -years
with a balloon refinanced for 10 years.
3. Two alternatives were examined. Under the first,
12 appropriations totaling $107.5 million would
be made by the state to cover the interest portion
of debt service. Under the second, five appropriations
totaling $48.4 million, would be made.
4. Minneapolis, St. Paul, and So. St. Paul would pay
the principal portion of the bond debt service
in the form of payments on their sewer bills, which
would keep it from being long-term debt to these
cities.
5. Minneapolis, St. Paul and So. St. Paul would match
the loan funds with $107.5 million of their own
money over the 10 -year construction period.
MllNICIPAL
LEGISLATIVE
COMMISSION
7900 Xerxes Avenue South
Suite 1500
Bloomington, Minnesota 55431
(612) 338-6610
January 1985
NET IMPACT TO STATE, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, MINNEAPOLIS,
ST. PAUL, AND SO. ST. PAUL
State
The state would appropriate $107.7 million over 12 bienniums
or $48.8 million over 5 bienniums out of the General Fund
to cover the interest on the loans.
Metropolitan Council
a. If the state failed to appropriate money to cover
the interest, the Council would have to cover it
using regional property taxes.
b. The Council would issue $10.75 million in bonds per
year for 10 years.
Cities maximum annual cost would be:
Matching Annual
Expenditure
Maximum Loan (12 state pmts)
Repayment
(approximate)
(5 state pmts)
South
St. Paul MinneaDolis St. Paul
$7.7 million $2.6 million $.45 milli(
$4.0 million $1.375 million ---
$6.0 million $2.1 million ---
Totai (12 state pmts) $13.7 million $4.7 million ---
(5 state pmts) $11.7 million $3.975 million ---
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LEGISLATIC7E
COMMISSION
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January 1985
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AID DISTRIBUTION FORMULA
The present local government aid formula has become complicated,
unequitable and flawed state policy by rewarding inefficiency
and penalizing frugality. Therefore, a complete overhaul of
the distribution formula should be a top priority of the 1985
legislature.
�!�LCa-g7e
dorsesaxe p icy statement recenn y developed by- f -Minnesota ci ri-e.s, namely:
"A Local Government Aid formula should be a simple
ression of the__Legislature's intent. Local GeVernment
Aids -LGA) should be distributed according to -"(1)
`te city'evnue raising -capacity, as measured
b�s Te
taxable assessed value; and (2).,. -the city'_s
need, as measured by its -population and/or households
and its expen i -ares for basic municipal services." i
Any new formula should be devised using the following general
principles:
1. The formula should be simple. It should have clear
assumptions and be explainable to the average person.
2. The formula should be separate and apart from school
aids and aid to counties.
3. The formula should contain built-in incentives to
promote efficiency and provisions which reward or
subsidize inefficiency should be eliminated.
4. The formula should not be used to equalize local
government mill rates.
5. The formula should recognize differences in needs
and preferences. Flexibility of local government
should not be inhibited, but others should not have
to pay for such differences or exercise of such flexibility.
6. The formula should not be considered in a vacuum;
it should be considered in relationship with homestead
credits, federal, county and school aids, property
tax refunds, etc.
7. The formula should be equitable.
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INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING
Objectives
AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. Complete an environmental assessment.
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issues.
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4. Understand the usefulness of Strategic Planning as a Leadership Tool.
5. Develop a "futures" mindset in your jurisdiction.
6. Build a network of colleagues who can be resources to each other in the
metro area.
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* 5 one -day training sessions for 3-5 staff/policymakers from your jurisdiction.
* Set of materials which will be usable for this course and in the future,
as you apply this process to other issues.
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regarding the future of the jurisdiction using better communication and
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innovation, with cross-fertilization of ideas and sharing of success/failure.
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2000 First Bank Place West
Minneapolis
Minnesota 55402
Telephone (612) 333-0543
Telecopier (612) 333-0540
Clayton L. LeFevere
Herbert P. Lefler
J. Dennis O'Brien
John E. Drawz
David J. Kennedy
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Herbert P. Lefler III
Jeffrey J. Strand
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O'Brien R
Drawz
A Professional
.kssm iation
January 16, 1985
Mr. James G. Willis
City Manager
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Jim:
Enclosed is the Court of Appeals Order in the Jeff Howard
case.
Yours very truly,
Herbert P. Lefler
HPL:np
enclosure
Hennepin County
State of Minnesota,
Appellant,
VS.
Jeffrey S. Howard,
Respondent.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN COURT OF APPEALS
C7-84-1087
Parker, Judge
Dissenting,
Popovich, Chief Judge
Hubert H. Humphrey, III
Attorney General
Herbert Lefler
Plymouth City Attorney
Michael A. Nash
LeFevere, Lefler, Kennedy,
O'Brien & Drawz
2000 First Bank Place West
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
C. Paul Jones
Minn. State Public Defender
95 Law Center
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Endorsed
Filed January 15, 1985
Wayne Tschimperle, Clerk
Minnesota Appellate Courts
S Y L L A B U S
1. The ex post facto doctrine does not bar prosecution of
an individual for conduct occurring after enactment of a
statute prohibiting the conduct, even though the course of
conduct originated before the law was passed and was
continuous.
2. The State is barred by Minn. Stat. 5609.035 from
prosecuting an individual for,violating a public nuisance
ordinance after he was acquitted of violating a zoning ordi-
nance when both charges arose out of the operation of a game
farm if substantially the same facts or circumstances exist as
when the first offense was charged.
Reversed in part and remanded in part.
Heard, considered and decided by Popovich, Chief Judge,
Parker, Judge, and Sedgwick, Judge.
O P I N I O N
PARKER, Judge
Respondent Jeffrey Howard has owned a game farm in Ply-
mouth, Minnesota, since March 1982. In May 1982 Plymouth
passed an ordinance prohibiting the keeping of wild animals in
the city and subsequently notified Howard that he must remove
his animals. Howard succeeded in enjoining enforcement of the
ordinance while he contested its constitutionality. In the
meantime he was prosecuted for violating a zoning ordinance by
operating the game farm and was acquitted. After a district
court found the "wild animal ordinance" constitutional, the
State charged Howard with violating it and a public nuisance
ordinance.
In response to Howard's pretrial motions, the trial court
dismissed the "wild animal ordinance" and public nuisance
charges as violations of the ex post facto doctrine and Minn.
Stat. §609.035 (1982), respectively. We reverse in part and
remand in part.
FACTS
Jeffrey Howard moved onto property in Plymouth, Minnesota,
in March 1982 and began raising wild animals for sale as
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exotic pets. Many different animals are kept on the property,
including cougars, wolves and foxes.
Subsequently the city received several complaints from
Howard's neighbors about the safety of his operation. On May
17, 1982, the Plymouth City Council adopted Ordinance No.
82-14 prohibiting the keeping of animals "wild by nature" in
the city (the "wild animal ordinance"). Plymouth City Code
ch. IX, §915.23 (1982) . On May 19, 1982, Howard was notified
that he must remove all wild animals on his property by June
1, 1982. Howard obtained a temporary injunction enjoining
Plymouth from enforcing the ordinance until a trial on the
merits could be held.
In August 1982 Howard was charged in Hennepin County
Municipal Court with violating Plymouth zoning ordinance §7,
subdivision C, by operating a business on premises zoned
"Future Restricted Developments" without obtaining a condi-
tional use permit. In May 1983 Howard was acquitted.
In July 1983 the Plymouth "wild animal ordinance" was
found constitutional, and the temporary injunction was
quashed.
Following the execution of a search warrant at Howard's
premises in September 1983, Howard was again charged in Henne-
pin County Municipal Court with six violations of the Plymouth
City Code, including public nuisance and harboring a wild
animal.
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In response to Howard's pretrial motion, the trial court
dismissed the harboring a wild animal charge on the ground it
operated as an ex post facto law and dismissed the public
nuisance charge under Minn. Stat. §609.035 (1982).
ISSUES
1. Does the ex post facto doctrine bar Howard's prosecu-
tion for post -enactment violations of the "wild animal ordi-
nance" when his violative conduct originated before enactment
and was continuous?
2. Does Minn. Stat. §609.035 bar Howard's prosecution for
violating a
public nuisance ordinance
after
he was
acquitted
of violating
a zoning ordinance, when
both
charges
arose out
of his operation of a game farm?
DISCUSSION
The State appeals pursuant to Rule 28 of the Minnesota
Rules of Criminal Procedure. The State must demonstrate
"clearly and unequivocally that the trial court has erred in
its judgment and that, unless reversed, the error will have a
critical impact on the outcome of the trial." State v. Kline,
351 N.W.2d 388, 390 (Minn. Ct. App. 1984) (quoting State v.
Webber, 262 N.W.2d 157, 159 (Minn. 1977)).
I
Both the United States and Minnesota Constitutions prohi-
bit the passing of ex post facto laws. Zr& U.S. Const. art.
I, 510, cl. 1; Minn. Const. art. I, 511. An ex post facto law
is "one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which
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it was not punishable when it was committed." Starkweather v.
Mair, 245 Minn. 371, 386, 71 N.W.2d 869, 879 (1955). In
Starkweather the court quoted the leading case, Calder v.
Bull, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 386, 390 (1798), regarding the meaning
and intention of the prohibition:
[T]hat the Legislatures of the several states, shall
not pass laws, after a fact done by a subject, or
citizen, which shall have relation to such fact, and
shall punish him for having done it. The prohibition
considered in this light, is an additional bulwark in
favour of the personal security of the subject, to
protect his person from punishment by legislative
acts, having a retrospective operation.
Starkweather at 387, 71 N.W.2d at 880 (emphasis deleted).
Howard argues and the trial court ruled that because the
"wild animal ordinance" was passed after Howard began operat-
ing his game farm and because his operation was a continuous
course of conduct, the ordinance operates as an ex post facto
law as applied to him. The State contends the ex post facto
doctrine is not applicable because it is only prosecuting
Howard for conduct occurring after the ordinance was adopted.
Samuels v. McCurdy, 267 U.S. 188 (1925), supports the
State's position. In Samuels the plaintiff's liquor supply
was seized pursuant to a Georgia statute that made it illegal
for an individual to keep intoxicating beverages for any
purpose. In an action to recover the liquor and prevent its
destruction the plaintiff argued that the law under which the
liquor was seized was an ex post facto law because it was
passed after he lawfully acquired the liquor, which he contin-
uously possessed thereafter. The Supreme Court found:
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This law is not an ex post facto law. It does
not provide a punishment for a past offense. It does
not fix a penalty for the owner for having become
possessed of the liquor. The penalty it imposes is
for continuing to Possess the liquor after the enact-
ment of the law. It is quite the same question as
that presented in Chicago & Alton R. Co. v. Tranbar-
ger * * *. There a Missouri statute required rail-
roads to construct water outlets across their rights
of way. The railroad company had constructed a solid
embankment twelve years before the passage of the
act. The railroad was penalized for noncompliance
with the statute. This court said:
"The argument that in respect to its penalty
feature the statute is invalid as an ex post facto
law is sufficiently answered by pointing out that
plaintiff in error is subjected to a penalty not
because of the manner in which it originally con-
structed its railroad embankment, nor for anything
else done or omitted before the passage of the act of
1907, but because after that time it maintained the
embankment in a manner prohibited by that act."
Id. at 193 (emphasis added). Accord United States v. Alvara-
do -Soto, 120 F.Supp. 848 (S.D. Cal. 1954); State v. Bernhard,
173 Mont. 464, 568 P.2d 136 (1977).
The principle espoused in Samuels is equally applicable to
this, case. In both cases individuals began a course of con-
duct before a statute was enacted that rendered the conduct
illegal. Subsequently the individuals were prosecuted for the
same conduct committed after enactment even though their
course of conduct was continuous.
The policy underlying this principle is sound because
otherwise the State would be prevented from enforcing, through
the criminal process, any laws that change the legality of
conduct that had previously been conducted and was of a con-
tinuous nature.
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Howard argues that Samuels and Bernhard are distinguish-
able because those cases did not involve a statute applying
solely to one individual at the time of its enactment. The
constitutionality of a law of general applicability is not
determined by the number of people affected by it. Be& Tepel
v. Sima, 213 Minn. 526, 536, 7 N.W.2d 532, 537 (1942) . More-
over, in Starkweather v. Blair the Minnesota Supreme Court
stated:
We have frequently held that the motives of the
legislative body in enacting any particular legisla-
tion are not the proper subject of judicial inquiry.
* * * As long as the legislature does not transcend
the limitations placed upon it by the constitution,
its motives in passing legislation are not the sub-
ject of proper judicial inquiry.
245 Minn. at 379-80, 71 N.W.2d at 875-76 (footnote omitted) .
In Howard v. City of Plymouth, D.C. File No. 791692 (Hennepin
Cty. Dt. Ct. July 14, 1983), the court concluded that Plymouth
had the authority to pass the "wild animal ordinance," a law
of general applicability, and that the ordinance did not
violate any state statutes or constitutional provisions. Spe-
cifically, the court ruled that the ordinance was not an
unlawful taking without compensation, and the parties did not
appeal that case. Thus, that challenge is not properly before
us; similarly, Plymouth's motives in passing the law do not
affect the outcome in this case.
Howard also makes an equitable argument that Plymouth
would be precluded from eliminating his pre-existing business
without invoking eminent domain if this were a civil zoning
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proceeding, see Hooper v. City of St. Paul, 353 N.W.2d 138,
140 (Minn. 1984); therefore, it would be unjust to allow
Plymouth to achieve the same end by use of a criminal prosecu-
tion. The probable outcome of a prosecution for a zoning
violation is irrelevant to this action, which seeks to enforce
an ordinance adopted to protect the public health and wel-
fare. Therefore, we hold that prosecution of Howard under
Plymouth city ordinance 82-14, the "wild animal ordinance,"
does not violate the ex post facto doctrine.
II
The trial court dismissed the State's public nuisance
charge under Minn. Stat. §609.035 (Supp. 1983), which
provides:
[I]f a person's conduct constitutes more than one
offense under the laws of this state, he may be
punished for only one of the offenses and a convi.0
tion or acquittal of any one of them is a bar to
prosecution for any other of them. All the offenses.
if prosecuted, shall be included in one prosecution
which shall be stated in separate counts.
(Emphasis added).
The protection of Minn. Stat. 5609.035 applies to all
criminal prosecutions including municipal ordinance viola-
tions. State v. White, 300 Minn. 99, 102-03, 219 N.W.2d 89,
91 (1974); see also City of St. Paul v. Whidby, 295 Minn. 129,
144, 203 N.W.2d 823, 832 (1972) .
Under the statute, "if two offenses * * * are committed in
a unitary course of criminal conduct, then the state should
join the * * * prosecution[s] in a single prosecution
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State v. Zuehlke, 320 N.W.2d 79, 81 (Minn. 1982) (citing State
v. Reiland, 274 Minn. 121, 142 N.W.2d 635 (1966)). Ef-e also
Mate v. Rrech, 252 N.W.2d 269, 274 (Minn. 1977) . The "under-
lying policy [of the statute] is to protect an accused from
being unduly harassed by repeated prosecutions for the same
conduct until a desired result is accomplished." State v.
Johnson, 273 Minn. 394, 400, 141 N.W.2d 517, 522 (1966)
(footnote omitted) .
The test for determining whether conduct is unitary or
divisible differs depending on whether criminal intent is an
essential element of the offenses. In State v. Zuehlke the
court said:
The approach which we have followed under sec-
tion 609.035 in determining whether nonintentional
crimes * * * were part of the same course of conduct
is to analyze the facts and determine whether the
offenses "j Arose] out of a continuing and uninterrup-
ted course of conduct, manifesting an indivisible
state of mind or coincident errors of judgment."
State v. Sailor, 257 N.W.2d 349, 352 (Minn. 1977);
State v. Johnson, 273 Minn. 394, 405, 141 N.W.2d 517,
525 (1966). The approach used in determining whether
two or more intentional crimes were part of the same
course of conduct is to focus on the factors of time
and r)lace and also to consider whether the segment of
conduct involved was motivated by an effort to obtain
a single criminal objective. . at 404, 141 N.W.2d
at 525.
320 N.W.2d at 81-82 (emphasis added) .
In this case, the trial court found intent was not a
factor in the crimes charged. Therefore, the broader test
articulated in State v. Sailor applies. The State argues the
statute does not apply to this case because Howard is being
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prosecuted now for conduct which occurred on September 28,
1983, whereas the zoning ordinance prosecution was for conduct
which occurred in 1982. Thus, the State emphasizes the ele-
ment of time in the conduct. However, the broader test
de-emphasizes the importance of the time element in determin-
ing whether two offenses were part of the same course of
conduct. Instead, the emphasis lies in the continuous nature
of the conduct indicating a single state of mind.
The trial court ruled Howard's conduct in running the game
farm represented a continuing and uninterrupted course of
conduct and an indivisible state of mind which could have
resulted in both zoning and nuisance ordinance charges in 1982
when the State charged only the zoning violation. If this is
correct, Minn. Stat. §609.035 bars Howard's prosecution for
public nuisance.
However, at oral argument the State argued Howard's course
of conduct in 1982 and 1983 was not the same. The State
argued, outside the record, that the nature of Howard's game
farm had changed because some animals that were babies at the
time of the 1982 complaint had grown. The State also claimed
some of Howard's animals had escaped from the farm. Howard
denied this allegation. There was also the suggestion that
conditions at the farm had deteriorated so that neighbors were
bothered by odors emanating from the farm.
It appears these allegations were not brought to the trial
court's attention before it dismissed the State's public
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nuisance charge. We believe that if different facts or
circumstances exist, as alleged by the State, since the 1982
zoning ordinance charge, a public nuisance charge would not L�
necessarily be barred by Minn. Stat. §609.035.
D E C I S I O N
We reverse the trial court's ruling that the &x post facto
doctrine prohibits Howard's prosecution under Plymouth's "wild
animal ordinance." We remand for findings of fact as to
whether a substantial change in Howard's operation has oc-
curred which would permit the State to bring a public nuisance
charge.
Reversed in part and remanded in part.
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POPOVICH, Chief Judge, dissenting
I respectfully dissent for the following reasons:
1. On the record before this court, the trial court's
conclusion that the City's prosecution of Howard for public
nuisance is barred should not be overturned. The trial court
found "defendant's conduct in 1982 represented a continuing
and uninterrupted course of conduct, and an indivisible state
of mind, which could have resulted in both zoning and
nuisance charges at that time." The record before this court
does not establish the trial court's finding was clearly
erroneous. Bge Minn. R. Civ. P. 52.01.
The City may not, therefore, bring multiple prosecu-
tions for respondent's uninterrupted course of conduct.
Minn. Stat. § 609.035 (1982); see State v. Johnson, 273 Minn.
394, 141 N.W.2d 517 (1966) .
This choice was made by the prosecution.
[I)f the prosecution has a problem in this case,
it was of its own making. We made it clear in
State v. Reiland, that if the state wishes to
charge a defendant with more than one offense
* * * it should be done in one prosecution in
district court stating each offense as a
separate count.
State v. Rrech, 252 N.W.2d 269, 274 (Minn. 1977) (citation
omitted). The city is barred from prosecuting respondent for
public nuisance by Minn. Stat. 5 609.035 (Supp. 1983).
2. The trial court properly dismissed the City's
public nuisance charge under Minn. Stat. § 609.035, which
provides:
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[I]f a person's conduct constitutes more than
one offense under the laws of this state, he may
be punished for only one of the offenses and &
conviction or acquittal of any one of them is a
bar to Prosecution for any other of them All
the offenses, if prosecuted, shall be included
in one prosecution which shall be stated in
separate counts.
J.d. (emphasis added).
The protection of Minn. Stat. § 609.035 applies to all
criminal prosecutions including municipal ordinance viola-
tions. State v. White, 300 Minn. 99, 102-03, 219 N.W.2d 89,
91 (1974) .
In State v. Zuehlke, 320 N.W.2d 79 (Minn. 1982), the
Minnesota Supreme Court said:
The approach which we have followed under
section 609.035 in determining whether noninten-
tional crimes * * * were part of the same course
of conduct is to analyze the facts and determine
whether the offenses "[Arosel out of a continu-
ing and uninterrupted course of conduct, mani-
festing an indivisible state of mind or coinci-
dent errors of lud_m�. " The approach used in
determining whether two or more intentional
crimes were part of the same course of conduct
is to focus on the factors of time and Place and
also to consider whether the segment of conduct
involved was motivated by an effort to obtain a
single criminal objective.
,Zd. at 81-82 (emphasis added; citations omitted).
The trial court ruled Howard's conduct in running the
game farm represented a continuing and uninterrupted course
of conduct and indivisible state of mind. This being so,
Minn. Stat. 5 609.035 (Supp. 1983) bars Howard's prosecution
for public nuisance.
3. The City's wild animal ordinance operates as a bill
of attainder and as an ex post facto law. The United States
Constitution provides:
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No State shall * * * pass any Bill of Attainder
[or] ex post facto Law
U.S. Const. art. 1, § 10; see Minn. Const. art. 1, S 11.
"A bill of attainder is a legislative act which
inflicts punishment without a judicial trial." Starkweather
v. Blair, 245 Minn. 371, 377, 71 N.W.2d 869, 874 (1955)
(quoting Cummings v. Missouri, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 277, 323
(1867)) . "A bill of attainder may affect the life of an
individual, or may confiscate his property, or may do both.`
Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch 87, 138 (1810) . The imposition of
criminal liability may operate as a bill of attainder.
United States v. Brown, 381 U.S. 437, 450 (1965).
The bill of attainder clause should be interpreted
giving it effect and protecting constitutional rights. Sge
Id. at 442-43, 447.
[T]he Bill of Attainder Clause [is] not to be
given a narrow historical reading * * *, but
[is] instead to be read in light of the evil the
Framers had sought to bar: legislative punish-
ment of any form or severity, of specifically
designated persons or groups.
J -d. at 447.
Here, the City has penalized respondent with criminal
liablity in an attempt to deprive him of his legitimate game
farm business. This act of the City, admittedly and inten-
tionally singling out respondent, is a bill of attainder and
ex post facto in effect.
4. The wild animal ordinance also operates as an ex
post facto law in this matter. "An .fig post facto law is oge
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which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was
not punishable when it was committed." Starkweather, 245
Minn. at 386, 71 N.W.2d at 879.
Much of what has already been said applies
equally to a determination of whether the act
involved is an gg post facto law. Bills of
attainder historically often involve gg post
facto laws and it probably was for that reason
that they were dealt with together in framing
our constitution.
The record in this matter is absolutely clear that the
City enacted this ordinance for punitive purposes. The
expressed purpose of singling out respondent for the purpose
of destroying his business distinguishes this matter from
Samuels v. McCurdy, 267 U.S. 188 (1925) and the other cases
cited by appellants. In those matters, the laws in question
were directed at groups of persons and did not single out a
particular person for punishment. Moreover, the laws in
those cases do not present situations where a legislative
body attempted to adopt criminal statutes in an attempt to
expand its land use controls beyond prescribed limits. The
Plymouth wild animal ordinance is an ex post facto law
because it would punish respondent for lawfully establishing
a game farm prior to the adoption of the ordinance.
5. Here the City is attempting to legislate a lawfully
commenced business out of existence. Respondent's game farm
is a lawful nonconforming use established before the 1982
zoning ordinance was adopted. The nonconforming use has not
been improperly expanded. Howard's conduct in operating the
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game farm represents a continuing and uninterrupted course of
conduct and indivisible state of mind. The fact that some
animals, which were babies at the time of the 1982 complaint,
are now grown is immaterial. This was an expected and proper
part of the game farm operation. Matters outside the record
and raised at oral argument should be ignored. They may be
the subject of other appropriate proceedings, not this one.
6. The City of Plymouth may not enforce a criminal
statute enacted for the specific purpose of destroying
respondent's legitimate business. The City of Plymouth has
attempted to avoid the clear requirements of the fifth and
fourteenth amendments to the United State Constitution and
avoid the expense of eminent domain proceedings by enacting
this punitive law which deprives respondent of his game farm
business.
Private property may not be taken for public use
"without just compensation." U.S. Const. amend. V. The
Minnesota Supreme Court has made clear on numerous occasions:
A residential zoning ordinance may consti-
tutionally prohibit the creation of uses which
are nonconforming, but existing nonconforming
uses must either be permitted to remain or
eliminated by use of eminent domain.
County of Freeborn v. Claussen, 295 Minn. 96, 99, 203 N.W.2d
323, 325 (1972); Z&e Hawkins v. Talbot, 248 Minn. 549, 551,
80 N.W.2d 863, 865 (1957). "Absent a court determination
that the [business] is a public nuisance or a nuisance per
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e, a city simply cannot legislate a business out of
existence." ADAIe Malley Red -E -Mix v City of St - Louis
Park, N.W.2d (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 18, 1984) .
7. I would affirm the trial court.
IM
VEHICLE ACCIDENT PROFILE
1984 CALENDAR YEAR
1984 1983
TOTAL VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS REVIEWED BY SAFETY COMMITTEE: 23 18
Total Accidents Determined Preventable: 12 = 10
Total Accidents Determined Non -Preventable: 10 8
Total Accidents Undeterminable: 1 0
1. Two accidents occurred while backing a City vehicle up.
2. One accident occurred when a police vehicle was pushing another vehicle.
3. Eleven of the accidents involved collisions with other vehicles. Five of these
accidents were considered preventable.
4. Three accidents involved City vehicles running into the rear end of vehicles in
front of them.
5. Snow and ice were contributing factors in six of the accidents.
6. Two preventable accidents occurred during evening hours.
7. Eight preventable accidents occurred during the daytime.
8. Two accidents occurred while refueling City vehicles at the Public Works
garage.
9. One accident occurred when another vehicle collided with a legally parked city
vehicle.
10. Two city vehicles were struck by objects either on the roadway or unseen to the
driver.
11. Two accidents occurred due to inattention by employee when parking vehicle.
12. Eight of the preventable accidents involved Police Department employees.
13. Three of the preventable accidents involved Fire Department employees.
14. One of the preventable accidents involved a City Center (office)
employee.
15. Public Works, Park Maintenance and Environmental employees had a record of ZERO
preventable accidents!
16. Vehicular accidents resulted in an estimated $6,255 damage to City vehicles.
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
January 17, 1985
Supervisors & Employees of the Park Maintenance, Streets, Sewer and
Water. and Equipment Maintenance Divisions
James G. Willis. City Manager
1984 VEHICULAR ACCIDENT RECOZ
Congratulations! Our records show that during calendar year 1984
there were NO preventable vehicular accidents involving City equipment
operated by employees of the Park and Public Works Maintenance
Divisions. Given the amount of hours maintenance employees are on the
road, coupled with the often adverse conditions encountered, this is
an excellent record.
Each of you can be proud of this important accomplishment. By
minimizing vehicle damage and employee injury due to accidents, we are
all better able to accomplish the City's objective of servinq our
Plymouth residents. Reduced accidents mean that funding can continue
to be directed toward proper maintenance and acquisition of top
quality equipment with which to accomplish our day-to-day objectives.
Thank you to each and every one of you!
continue this excellent record in 1985.
JGW: jm
cc: Mayor & City Council
Fred Moore
Eric Blank
Frank Boyles
I am confident that you will
1/83
II.B.
City of Plymouth
SAFE DRIVER AWARD - ACCIDENT REVIEW PROGRAM
I. PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW
A safe driver award - accident review program has been initiated with
the cooperation of the City's insurance carrier to minimize vehicular
accidents and encourage safe driving habits for Plymouth City
employees. Safe driving habits and accident -free driving are encouraged
by the program through the issuance of safe driver awards and the pro-
vision of training or retraining as necessary. Disciplinary measures
may also be recommended as appropriate to minimize unsafe acts and
reduce accidents. These guidelines establish the rules and regulations
regarding the safe driver award program and procedures for accident
investigation and review.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
The Safety Committee is responsible for administering the safe driver
award - accident review program. Administrative responsibilities
include:
A. Establishing administrative procedures and guidelines for the opera-
tion of this program.
B. Reviewing all accidents involving City vehicles licensed for highway
use or equipment/vehicles involved in accidents.
C. Classifying accidents as preventable or non -preventable.
D. Recommending distribution of safe driver awards to City vehicle
operators who have not been involved in preventable accidents during
the course of the previous program year.
E. Recommending to the City Manager and supervisor disciplinary actions
which may be required to reduce unsafe driving practices.
F. Planning and coordinating safety training for vehicle operators, and
methods for maintaining City vehicles in safe condition.
G. Coordinating safe driver award program with other forms of safety
program recognition.
III. SAFE DRIVER AWARD PROGRAM GUIDELINES
All City employees who operate City vehicles not less than once per week
are eligible to participate in the safe driver award - accident review
program. In reviewing accidents and in determining the preventability
or non -preventability thereof the committee will consider the details of
the incident by reviewing available accident report materials together
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with diagramming the actual scene and receiving written or oral input
from the affected driver should that driver desire to submit such infor-
mation. After reviewing this information, the Committee will by
majority vote determine whether the accident was preventable or non-
preventable using the definitions provided below. The accident review
guidelines will establish the specific procedures used in reviewinq each
accident and communicating the committee's action to the City Manaaer
and supervisor. The supervisor shall be, in turn, responsible for tak-
ing such action as he/she believes appropriate in light of the
commitee's recommendation.
For the purposes of the safe driver award and accident review prooram,
non -preventable and preventable accidents are defined below:
A. Non -preventable Accident
A non -preventable accident is one in which the vehicle driver could
not have reasonably anticipated circumstances, actions or variables
which contributed to the accident occurrence. In such cases, the
driver must have exercised good judgement, together with principles
of safe driving while conforming to all laws and City policy regula-
ting the use of motor vehicles/equipment.
B. Preventable Accident
A preventable accident is one which could have been prevented or
avoided by the vehicle operator. An accident may be preventable,
even though the driver is not primarily responsible or at fault. An
accident resulting from any one or a combination of the fo owinq
shall be considered preventable and charged against the driver's
safe driving record:
1. Because of a violation of a traffic law.
2. While backing up.
3. If a driver runs into a vehicle ahead.
4. Failure to yield right-of-way at an intersection.
5. Accidents resulting from defects in City equipment which the
vehicle operator failed to report to the equipment maintenance
division.
6. Failure to extend courtesies to other drivers, bicyclists and
pedestrians.
7. Improper parking (location and maneuvering).
8. Bodily injury resulting from failure to use available seat belt.
9. Vehicle theft if the keys have been left in the vehicle.
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10. Violation of police, fire or other department Vehicle Usaqe
Policy.
11. Conditions or actions of equivalent nature as determined by the
Safety Committee through the accident review process.
Annually, the Committee will recommend and coordinate the distribution
of safe driver awards to individuals based upon their previous program
year of driving experience. A City employee who operates a vehicle on
the average of once per week, and who has experienced accident -free
driving or only non -preventable accidents during the course of the pre-
vious program year (dune 30 to duly 1) will be eliqible to receive a
safe driver award. If the driver has a preventable accident before
earning a three year award, the driver loses previous standino and must
start over again from the date of the accident and complete 12 conse-
cutive months of safe driving in order to obtain a one year award.
However, once the driver has earned a three year or hiqher award and
then has a preventable accident, the driver does not have to start over
again. Instead, the driver is penalized one year for each such accident
from the date of his last award. After this penalty is worked off, the
driver must then drive for one program year without a preventable acci-
dent to obtain the next higher award. Drivers who have experienced a
preventable accident during the program year shall not be eligible to
participate in the Safe Driver Award luncheon for that year.
IV. Criteria for Disciplinary and/or Retraininq Recommendations
For violation of any of the following a vehicle operator may be subject
to disciplinary action including termination of employment or reimburse-
ment to the City for cost of repairs. Discipline will be based upon the
nature and severity of the infraction, conditions surroundinq the inci-
dent and previous history of vehicular accidents using qenerally
accepted principles of progressive discipline as contained in the City
Personnel Policy and labor agreements.
The following list is intended as a guide and not limiting. Discipline
may be recommended for cause other than those specified below but con-
sidered to be of equal magnitude.
A. Carelessness, theft, neglect or intentional destruction or damaqe
associated with usage of city vehicles or equipment.
B. Violation of traffic laws.
C. Careless conduct, recklessness or horseplay constitutinq a violation
of a safety rule or practice.
D. Inattentiveness while operating the vehicle.
Retraining may be recommended in lieu of or in conjunction with disciplinary
action at the option of the committee.
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V. PROCEDURE FOR ACCIDENT REPORTING
A. All vehicular accidents must be reported immediately by the involved
employee to his/her supervisor. All vehicular accidents involving
property damage to other than city property, all personal Injury
accidents, and all accidents occurring on public or private
streets must be reported and investigated by the police department
before the vehicles have been moved from the accident scene.
Accidents occuring off public or private streets, parking lot, etc.,
must be reviewed by the immediate supervisor and forwarded to the
Safety Committee for review. The supervisor, may, at his/her dis-
cretion also request an investigation by the police department. In
all cases, however, the supervisor shall be responsible for report-
ing the accident in writing to the Safety Committee.
B. No later than two working days following the accident, the originals
of all accident materials must be forwarded to the finance depart-
ment by the employee's supervisor with copies of all materials to
the Safety Coordinator. Failure to provide materials as specified
herein could result in disciplinary action.
C. Upon receipt of the accident report materials, the Safety Coordin-
ator notifies the involved employee of the date upon which the
Safety Committee will be reviewing the accident. Such notice will
contain a copy of these guidelines and advise the employee that
he/she may submit additional supporting materials and/or information
by mail or by attendance at the meeting.
D. All accident report materials are submitted by the Safety Coordinator
to the designated police department representative for a review and
preparation of a report to the committee.
E. Report materials and supplementary data are received from police
representative by Safety Coordinator and distributed to committee
members together with other agenda materials before the meeting.
VI. ACCIDENT REVIEW
A. Committee convenes.
1. Employee is advised of purpose of meeting and his/her role in
the meeting.
2. Accident is summarized.
3. Involved employee, if present, describes accident, specific and
unique circumstances surrounding the accident and responds to
committee members questions.
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4. Committee determines whether additional data is necessary.
5. Discussion of accident and relevant factors.
6. Determination of preventability/non-preventability based upon
the safe driver award quidelines.
B. If the accident is determined non -preventable, the Safety Committee
will advise the appropriate supervisor and the supervisor will
be responsible for advising the effected employee. For non-
preventable accidents the committee's actions normally stop at this
point.
C. If the accident is determined preventable then the Safety Committee
will consider the most appropriate retraining and/or discplinary
recommendaton to make to the appropriate supervisor based upon the
criteria set forth in IV above.
D. Reporting Findings and Recommendations
1. Safety Coordinator drafts memo to City Manaqer summarizing
Safety Committee's findings. Memo sent to Manaqer advisinq of
non-preventable/preventable determination and recommending
appropriate action (retraining, discipline, etc.) based upon the
individual facts of the situation.
2. Manager approves/rejects recommendations of Safety Committee.
3. Memo sent to employee's supervisor by Safety Committee communi-
cating recommendations.
4. Supervisor reports intended action to Manager within five days
receipt of Safety Committee memo.
5. Supervisor takes necessary action and provides written documen-
tation for Administration personnel files.
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
JANUARY 9, 1985
The regular meeting of the Plymouth Planning Commission was
called to order at 7:30 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Acting Chairman Steigerwald, Commis-
sioners Wire, Stulberg, Plufka and
Pauba
STAFF PRESENT: Community Development Coordinator
Sara McConn
City Engineer Sherm Goldberg
Community Development Secretary
Grace Wineman
7:15 P.M. A special presentation to former Chairwoman Maria
Vasiliou was given by the Commission. Chairwoman Vasiliou
has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Plymouth City
Council.
MINUTES
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner
Magnus to approve the Minutes of December 12, 1984, with a
correction to page 298, 7th paragraph, "Commissioner
Steigerwald withdrew the MOTION; Commissioner Wire concur-
red" should read, "Chairwoman Vasiliou concurred". VOTE. 5
Ayes. Commissioner Pauba abstained. MOTION carried.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced the request by
Freeman, Inc. and requested that Coordinator McConn review
the staff report, dated January 2, 1985.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Sohn Klick,
Architect, representing the petitioner. Acting Chairman
Steigerwald inquired if the buildings could be grouped
closer together, to allow green areas on the perimeters.
Mr. Klick thanked staff for their cooperation and consider-
ation of this proposal, as office condominium buildings are
a new concept with many questions concerning them. He
presented drawings of the office condominiums constructed in
St. Louis Park, explaining that the buildings are clustered
around courtyards. These courtyards are shared by the
tenants/owners and employees. He explained further that
these are designed to be attractive open areas for
relaxation, meeting people, and having lunch. The Willow
Grove proposal is the same concept. Mr. Klick explained
that if the buildings were moved closer together to achieve
the 35 ft. perimeter setback, the buildings would encroach
and reduce courtyard space between the buildings.
WALLACE FREEMAN,
FREE", INC.
REVISED PRELIMINARY
PLAT, VARIANCES AND
SITE PLAN (84095/96)
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January 9, 1985
Mr. Klick explained that this design also gives the tenant/
owner individual access and identity that is very desirable
and affords the buildings their marketing success.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald inquired if they had investi-
gated other design considerations, and gave as an example,
other office complexes of similar type, but different
design. Mr. Klick stated they do not feel these are as suc-
cessful as the proposed buildings; that the purchaser wants
the exterior exposure to their building area and the inter-
ior courtyard amenities. Acting Chairman Steigerwald asked
what type of businesses would be interested in purchasing
this office space. Mr. Klick stated they would be profes-
sional -type businesses, such as architects, CPA's, attor-
neys, insurance offices, chiropractors and other medical
office uses.
Mr. Klick commented regarding setback requirements in the
B-1 vs B-2 Zoning District; that since the development is an
office use, perhaps the B-1 standards could be applied.
Coordinator McConn commented that the buildings are to be
constructed in the B-2 Zoning District, and therefore the
proposal should meet the Ordinance requirements for that
District.
Commissioner Magnus inquired if they would consider smaller
buildings. Mr. Klick stated the lot coverage is 25%, and
they are at only 2/3 of that percentage. They have provided
green area in the central areas of the complex, which they
feel is a better use than providing green area along the
roadway or next to the shared parking area, that would not
be used by the owners and employees of the office condo-
miniums.
Commissioner Plufka inquired about the temporary road, and
what would occur if it were abandoned. Mr. Kilck stated
the temporary road will be replaced with a permanent road-
way, and they have included cross easements with their pro-
posal for this purpose. Coordinator McConn clarified the
"temporary road" is included as part of the Willow Grove
Development.
Mr. Klick stated he is in basic agreement with the planning
staff report, and the conflict comes from the fact that the
Zoning Ordinance does not allow for condominium office
buildings that use interior lot lines.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald opened the Public Hearing.
There was no one to speak on the item. Vice Chairman
Steigerwald closed the Public Hearing.
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January 9, 1985
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner RECOMMENDATION A
Pauba to recommend approval of the Revised Preliminary Plat,
and Site Plan for Wallace Freeman, Freeman, Inc., deleting
Condition No. 12 of the draft Resolution and recommending
approval of all setback variances.
Commissioner Pauba concurred with the recommendation. Com-
missioner Plufka commented that the design is good for the
tenant/owners and employees. Commissioner Stulberg agreed
that the use of the interior courtyards is very popular.
Commissioner Wire concurred with the recommendation; and
Commissioner Magnus stated they have developed a good land-
scape plan.
Roll Call VOTE. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried.
Commissioner Stulberg suggested that research be done re-
garding Ordinance language and requirements for office
condominium complexes, and that staff make a report to the
Commission.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced the item and request-
ed a review of the December 28, 1984 staff report, which was
provided by Coordinator McConn.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Mark Gronberg,
representative; and Don Myron, petitioner.
Mr. Gronberg provided some history on the property and the
proposal. He noted that they first investigated a 6 lot
subdivision of the property, however, the fill requirements
for this property made it economically unfeasible, and led
to the proposal for a four lot subdivision. He addressed
the correspondence received from the Director of Community
Development Blair Tremere, dated dune 21, 1984, at which
time, Mr. Tremere refers to a piece of property owned by the
City and purchased for street and utility purposes. It was
their opinion that there was adequate frontage on the road-
way, with access being maintained through the outlot. He
stated that, they felt it was unfair for this petitioner to
have to provide access for the northerly property, plus hav-
ing to put in the street and utilities. He noted that Don
Myron provided utility service and easement for future ex-
tension to the Pribble property when Oakdale West was
proposed.
Coordinator McConn explained that, as Mr. Gronberg has indi-
cated, the City owns the triangle of land, but it is not
deeded right-of-way for 19th Avenue North, it is only open
property owned by the City. She stated that the City's pol-
icy, to prevent "land -locked" parcels, is to recommend that
provisions be made for right-of-way as development occurs,
as the City would have no rights in providing access in the
future if Outlot B is retained.
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
DON MYRON
PRELIMINARY PLAT
AND VARIANCE
OAKDALE WEST 3RD
ADDITION (84097)
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Coordinator McConn stated that, in reference to Mr.
Gronberg's accounting of the history of development for this
area; that during the development of Sunnyacres 3rd, the
owner of the northerly property (Mr. Bill Pribble) was
approached by the City, and asked if the roadway could cross
his property, Mr. Pribble would not grant his permission for
this to occur. The City has looked at other alternatives,
but this is the last of the undeveloped land around the
Pribble property, and it is the City's policy to provide
access for all property in the area of development.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald opened the Public Hearing, and
introduced Mr. Don Myron. Mr. Myron requested that he be
last to speak.
Mr. Bill Pribble, 17330 19th Avenue North, stated that he
would like to request that the City remove a "non-existent"
bike path from the maps, he pointed out the location to
staff and the Commission, as being on the east side of
Kreatz Lake. He stated he has read the planning staff
report and concurs with the staff recommendations. He
stated that the property is not owned by Mr. Myron, but by
Mr. Copeland, and that he has made offers on this property
in the past, because of his need for access to his property,
however, this was not accepted.
He referred to the triangular piece of property discussed as
owned by the City, and stated that he and Mr. Copeland have
easements that encumbers this piece.
He went on to say that the sewer stub provided does not help
his property as it is too far away. He enjoys his property
just as it is, and plans to retire there. Mr. Pribble
stated that he could concur with either approach (Outlot B
or right-of-way) to serve this land, and that the staff
recommendation should be endorsed by the Commission.
He inquired about the street name of Kimberly Lane, and
inquired if he would have to change his address?
Coordinator McConn confirmed the street name, but had no
knowledge of the need for his change of address at this
time.
Coordinator McConn stated, in response .to Mr. Pribble's
comments on the bike path, that she does not have that
information available to her at this time, but will check
into it and report to the Commission and Mr. Pribble.
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Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Don Myron, 2425
Merrimac Lane, who discussed the problems of developing this
property. It is his opinion that this property has "given"
too much with the many requirements placed on it by the
City. He stated that the northern property owner, Mr.
Pribble, could have obtained permanent access to his
property a number of times in the past, and it would have
been more economical then, as time has increased the cost of
development. He emphasized that, their proposal will leave
an easement so that Mr. Pribble will always have access to
his property, but they are asking for the right to retain
Outlot B. He stated that if the triangular piece of
property owned by the City, was owned by this development,
there would be substantial lot frontage.
Mr. Pribble stated that, in response to Mr. Myron, he could
have made an offer on property within Sunnyacres, but he
could not afford the property at that time. He understands
that Mr. Myron is desirous of retaining Outlot B, but that
City staff has made the appropriate recommendation.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald closed the Public Hearing.
Commissioner Stulberg inquired about the proposal for 6
lots, and their reasoning for developing four lots. Mr.
Gronberg stated that along with requirements for fill, this
proposal was undesirable due to the need for soils
correction which would be very costly. Commissioner
Stulberg noted that lake shore property is more valuable,
and that if developed as such, they could vacate the
easement and Mr. Pribble could use a new public roadway.
Mr. Myron stated, there would need to be a solid base for
construction, which would necessitate going down 50 ft. for
firm footing, and the poor soil conditions could cause
future problems. Commissioner Plufka concurred, and stated
that a roadway could not be built without exceptionally high
construction costs because of the poor soils.
Commissioner Wire inquired about the private drive easement
and proposal for Outlot B. Coordinator McConn stated that,
all other land is now platted, and this is the last option
for access from an adjacent developing parcel.
Commissioner Plufka stated that the City must provide
access, and cannot forever be assured that the property
owner will retain all his property, and that at some point,
the property may be proposed for a different use.
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MOTION by Commissioner Plufka, seconded by Commissioner RECOMMENDATION B
Stulberg to recommend approval for Don Myron for Preliminary
Plat and Variance with the staff's recommendation for dedi-
cated right-of-way as stated in the draft Resolution.
Commissioner Pauba stated that he is not in complete agree-
ment with the recommendations of approval, but there seems
to be no other choice.
Mr. Don Myron stated that, he realizes the staff recommenda-
tion is based on Ordinance standards and engineering recom-
mendations, but that there should be renumeration for this
"outright giving of land".
The Commission advised Mr. Myron that, this matter is some-
thing they cannot discuss, and could only be considered by
City Council.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
Acting Chairman Steigerwald called a 5 minute Recess at 8:50 RECESS
P.M. The meeting reconvened at 8:55 P.M.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced the Revised Prelimin- OGREN PROPERTIES
ary Plat for "Rockford Square", the reading of the December REVISED PRELIMINARY
28, 1984 Staff Report was waived. PLAT FOR "ROCKFORD
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Rick Sathre, SQUARE" (84103)
Sathre-Berquist Assoc., representing the petitioner.
Mr. Sathre provided a history on the project, commenting
the project has required alot of work over a long period of
time, and they want to bring it to a "tasteful" conclusion.
He advised the Commission that if this project is recommend-
ed for approval, they want to process futureapplications in
a timely manner.
Commissioner Wire inquired about the Analysis portion of the
staff report, noting the B-2 Zoning with the CN (neighbor-
hood shopping center) guiding, and his concern that the pro-
posals would not be neighborhood services, and therefore the
zoning is misleading for this guiding. Coordinator McConn
stated that this guiding is the basis for the B-2 Zoning
District, and is corresponding. Commissioner Wire question-
ed the Class II restaurant use. Coordinator McConn pointed
out that, Item No. 3 in the Analysis Section of the report
states that Site Plan applications and Conditional Use Per-
mits (if applicable) will require approval of Ordinance
reviews.
Mr. Sathre commented that they are not presupposing approv-
als of any use proposed for the property.
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Commissioner Plufka inquired if there would be a problem
with any odd -shaped lot that could require variance re-
quests, or could have a problem of poor traffic circulation
for a fast food restaurant. Mr. Sathre stated their plans
show that the uses now proposed would fit the configuration
of the lots within Ordinance requirements.
Actng Chairman Steigerwald opened the Public Hearing, as
there was no one to speak on this item, he closed the Public
Hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Pauba, seconded by Commissioner
Magnus to recommend approval for Ogren Properties for Revis-
ed Preliminary Plat for "Rockford Square" subject to the
staff recommendations in the draft staff report.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced the item and request-
ed background on the application. Coordinator McConn intro-
duced correspondence received from the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) received this date, and reviewed that their
comments reflect the recommendation of City staff for defer-
ral of the item for redesign. A review of the December 31,
1984 staff report was provided.
Commissioner Plufka requested clarification of lot line
locations.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Forest Anderson,
Attorney, 7501 80th St. So., representing the petitioner.
Mr. Anderson submitted a letter to the Commission, from the
former owner of the property, Mr. Raymond C. Zurek, who up-
holds the petitioner's variance request.
He stated that, the former "Lynnette Marie Addition" plat
approved in 1982, provided for the demolition of the exist-
ing structures, however, these homes are year-round dwel-
lings with a total valuation of $200,000.00. He commented
that as with the statement from the former owner, no one can
economically develop this property with the original prelim-
inary plat, and with the additional cost of demolition.
Another concern is the potential need to remove trees at the
northerly edge of the property. If the original plat were
used, a roadway would need to be constructed, which would
require removal of trees. He explained that Mr. Gersbach
has made improvements to the property, and the northerly
structure. It was felt that any purchaser of Lot 2, would
probably demolish the existing structure and rebuild, which
is why they request the setback variance for this lot. He
feels this proposal lessens the existing variance problem,
and will result in improvement of the entire area. Lot 2 as
a buildable lot, makes the plat economically feasible for
the applicant, and enhances the area.
RECOMMENDATION C
VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
ROBERT GERSBACH
PRELIMINARY PLAT AND
VARIANCES (84107)
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Commissioner Plufka inquired about the width of the build-
able pads for Lots 1 and 2. Acting Chairman Steigerwald and
Coordinator McConn confirmed it would be 84 ft. minus 30
ft., leaving a perpendicular width for buildable area at 54
ft. Commissioner Plufka inquired why they could not try to
evenly distribute the area for each lot, and would it be
possible to move the lot lines and come up with more useable
lots. Mr. Gersbach stated he would like to be able to do
this, however, equal division for the northernmost lot would
encroach to the edge of the structure. It is his hope to
have two lots that meet the Ordinance standards as closely
as possible.
Commissioner Plufka inquired if lot lines could be adjusted
to provide a 55 ft. width for Lot 3. Mr. Gersbach stated
the common lot line would then run through the middle of the
house.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald inquired if they had considered
different lot configurations, such as pie -shaped lots, so
new homes could be built further from the lake. Mr.
Gersbach stated they had considered many designs, but
because he lives there, he wants privacy and space for the
homes. He stated he is open to all suggestions, and feels
that his proposal is "haunted" by the previous plat; this is
his home, and he is making a commitment to the property.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald confirmed that demolition is
being considered only for Lot 2.
Commissioner Plufka commented that the lot lines could be
moved northerly, to prevent the person buying Lot 3 from
needing to make variance requests. Mr. Gerbach stated this
would be feasible, but he is concerned that the north lot
line not come up against his residence.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald opened the Public Hearing. As
there was no one to speak, Acting Chairman Steigerwald
closed the Public Hearing.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald stated the staff recommendations
are appropriate. Commissioner Plufka noted that the discus-
sion on possible removal of trees is a big concern, as these
trees are "treasures" and should be retained as Mr. Gersbach
has stated.
Commissioner Wire stated that in regard to the "Lynette
Marie Addition", he understands the concern about the
property lines, but the City must look to the future once
the original structures are demolished. He believes that
redesign is appropriate.
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Acting Chairman Steigerwald concurred, and offered that more
"think time" is necessary for this proposal. He advised the
petitioner that this proposal could be passed on to City
Council and recommended for denial; however, the Commission
could also recommend deferral for redesign, and it could be
reconsidered at a future meeting.
Mr. Gersbach inquired if they would consider the proposal
for approval if he moved the lot lines 10 ft. Commissioner
Plufka stated the Commission would want staff to have the
opportunity to review any new and/or revised plans, so that
staff can respond to the new design and report to the Com-
mission. Coordinator McConn concurred.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald inquired, how much time would be
involved before the proposal could be re -considered by the
Commission. Coordinator McConn stated, that it could be
scheduled tentatively for the first meeting in February.
Mr. Gersbach commented that he had spoken to all his neigh-
bors about his proposal, and no one had objections to the
plans.
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner
Plufka to recommend deferral of the Preliminary Plat and
Variance for Robert Gersbach, with direction for redesign of
the plans.
Commissioner Stulberg confirmed that, the applicant is not
under the impression there will be an automatic recommenda-
tion for approval by his moving the lot lines 10 ft.; and,
that direction on square footage should be given. He is in
agreement that redesign should provide the building pads
that will be more practically useable for the future; that
the natural vegetation should be preserved; and, shared
driveways could be considered for giving access.
Commissioner Wire concurred, stating he is not as concerned
with lot width, as he would consider irregular shaped lots
and shared drives to work out an acceptable plan.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald explained the Motion and direc-
tions for redesign to the petitioner.
Roll Call Vote. 6 Ayes. MOTION carried.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced the application, and
reading of the December 31, 1984 staff report was waived.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald explained that Mr. Wilson has
provided three alternatives in his narrative, but all would
not be needed to achieve his request; and, he reminded the
Commission that the issue of lot coverage will be discussed
with the Development Council in the near future.
RECOMMENDATION FOR
DEFERRAL
VOTE- MOTION CARRIED
PAUL WILSON, JR.
RPUD AMENDMENT, LOT
CONSOLIDATION/
DIVISION (84108)
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Commissioner Stulberg suggested the Commission not deal with
the elimination of decks and garages, but look at the Amend-
ment to the Planned Unit Development.
Coordinator McConn commented that the staff report identi-
fied items similar to those noted in the Harrison Hills
report.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald introduced Mr. Paul Wilson, and
inquired why he was making application at this time, as dis-
cussion is ongoing concerning the lot coverage.
Mr. Wilson stated that, he is in the middle of building his
home and wants the deck and porch. He stated that he re-
ceived calls from neighbors requesting an explanation of his
application. He stated that because his property is within
the PUD, he is requesting the broad approvals so other prop-
erty owners, who might find themselves in the same circum-
stance, won't need to go through the expense, and time re-
quired for processing the application. He requested that
the Commission look at the development as a whole for future
residents.
Mr. Wilson explained that he selected the lot because of its
location, and did not think about lot coverage problems. He
stated that his builder has done work in East Plymouth over
a long period of time, and did not question the design of
the residence; however, at the time a Building Permit was
requested, the builder was informed the "footprint" was too
large. They removed the garage and eliminated the deck, but
he wants to be able to add the deck and porch. He feels
that the comment in the staff report stating that a planned
unit development allows for reduced lot size to provide for
more affordable housing, prejudices his desire for an expen-
sive home. In reviewing the background information for this
Planned Unit Development, it was noted that the developer
planned his development to tie in with the Wellington Sub-
division; and, the lot layout decision was based on the
topography of the property. He noted that the developer was
asked what type of housing he would see for this develop-
ment, and his answer was that it would be "expensive homes".
Mr. Wilson stated that, it is his opinion that the City of
Plymouth PUD requirements are not "common knowledge" to home
buyers, builders, or architects. He wonders if the City is
"better off" because it was necessary for him to build a
smaller garage. He noted that 3 -car garages are built be-
cause families are acquiring snowmobiles, boats, etc. In
his case, he plans on buying a boat, and because of the need
to reduce the size of the garage, it will have to be stored
outside. He requested that, the Commission consider that
the request for increased lot coverage and lot division/con-
solidation was undertaken by himself as a private property
owner incurring the expense; and, the developer had no part
in, nor is profiting from this request.
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Commissioner Plufka stated that he concurs with Mr. Wilson's
statements about the homeowner's need for storage, which
leads to the construction of 3 -car garages. He commented
that, Mr. Wilson made a good point regarding the City's
opinion of smaller lots translatinginto affordable housing;
and, that the City needs to deal with the fact that people
are buying the smaller lots, and wanting to build larger,
more expensive homes.
Commissioner Stulberg noted that developers request PUD
status to attain more lots that cost less than lots within
standard plats, where they could double or triple in cost.
Coordinator McConn added that, the statement made on "af-
fordable housing" comes from smaller lots costing less be-
cause of shorter utility lines; less lot frontage; and, that
can, and do accommodate affordable housing.
Vice Chairman Steigerwald opened the Public Hearing. There
was no one present to speak on this item. Vice Chairman
Steigerwald closed the Public Hearing.
MOTION by Commissioner Stulberg, seconded by Commissioner RECOMMENDATION E
Wire to recommend approval for Paul Wilson, Jr., for an
Amendment to the Residential Planned Unit Development to
allow lot coverage of up to 26% for Lot 3, Block 1, GONYEA'S
THIRD ADDITION.
Commissioner Stulberg stated that, in his opinion, the Har-
rison Hills PUD speaks to what a PUD should be, with much
more open space than the Gonyea PUD; and, that if they had
proposed this lot coverage within the PUD Plan it would not
have been approved. However, his Motion is for this appli-
cant's property only. Mr. Gonyea was not present, nor any
other property owner within the Gonyea's Third Addition, so
it affects only Mr. Wilson's property.
Commissioner Pauba concurs, but fails to see the "magic" of
20% lot coverage. Hopefully these recent concerns of lot
coverage within PUD's can be resolved.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald inquired about storm drainage.
Engineer Goldberg stated that for every 2% increase in lot
coverage, there is a 5% increase in runoff, however deck
additions do not have as much impact.
Roll Call Vote. 5 Ayes. Acting Chairman Steigerwald Nay. VOTE - MOTION CARRIED
MOTION carried.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald explained his nay vote was based
on the fact that the lot coverage concern is under
discussion.
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OTHER BUSINESS
The Commission discussed future meeting dates and study
items. It was determined that proposed Ordinance Amendments
for fences, lot coverage, et al, will be Public Hearing
items, and should be tentatively scheduled for February 6,
1985 (Special Meeting).
Commissioner Plufka requested that the record show he wants
to be considered for reappointment as Planning Commissioner.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald recommended that Commissioner
Wire be considered for Vice Chair, at the time a new
Chairperson is appointed by City Council.
Acting Chairman Steigerwald advised that the Commissioner
whose area is to be considered at Town Meetings, should be
reminded of the meeting time and date, and should plan to
attend in order to keep in touch with the neighborhood
concerns.
ADJOURNMENT
The Meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION JANUARY 9, 1985
RECOMMENDATION A
APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT, VARIANCES, AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR WALLANCE
FREEMAN FOR FREEMAN, INC. (84095/84096)
WHEREAS, Wallace Freeman, Freeman, Inc., has requested approval of a Preliminary
Plat, Variances and General Development Plan for Wallace Freeman, for Freeman, Inc.
for four commercial lots and two outlots for Phase I of the development at the
northeast corner of Nathan Lane and Betty Crocker Drive; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the Preliminary Plat, Variances,
and General Development Plan for Wallace Freeman, Freeman, Inc. for four commercial
lots and two outlots for Phase I of the development to be located at the northeast
corner of Nathan Lane and Betty Crocker Drive, subject to the following conditions:
1. Compliance with the City Engineer's Memorandum.
2. Removal of all dead or dying trees from the property at the owner's expense.
3. No Building Permits shall be issued until a Contract has been awarded for sewer
and water.
4. Payment of park dedication fees -in -lieu of dedication in accordance with the
Dedication Policy in effect at the time of issuance of Building Permit.
5. Compliance with Policy Resolution No. 79-80 regarding minimum floor elevations
for new structures in subdivisions adjacent to, or containing any open storm
water drainage facility.
6. No Building Permits shall be issued until the Final Plat is filed and recorded
with Hennepin County.
7. Approved variances are for lot size requirements; lot dimensions; and, lack of
frontage to a public roadway as diagrammed on plans staff dated December 20,
1984.
8. Appropriate legal documents regarding the Condominium Association, covenants and
restrictions as approved by the City Attorney, shall be filed with the Final
Plat.
9. Cross easement documents as approved by the City Attorney shall be filed with
the Final Plat allowing for shared drives, parking, and open space common areas.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION JANUARY 9, 1985
RECOMMENDATION A
APPROVING SITE PLAN FOR WALLACE FREEMAN, FREEMAN, INC. (84096)
WHEREAS, Wallace Freeman, Freeman, Inc. has requested approval of a Site Plan for the
construction of a phased office condominium development to be located at the north-
east corner of Nathan Lane and Betty Crocker Drive; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the request for Wallace Freeman,
Freeman, Inc. for a Site Plan for the construction of a phased office condominium
development to be located at the northeast corner of Nathan Lane and Betty Crocker
Drive, subject to the following conditions:
1. Compliance with City Engineer's Memorandum
2. Payment of park dedication fees -in -lieu of dedication in accordance with the
Dedication Policy in effect at the time of Building Permit issuance.
3. Compliance with Policy Resolution No. 79-80 regarding minimum floor elevations
for new structures on sites adjacent to, or containing any open storm water
drainage facility.
4. Submission of required financial guarantee and Site Performance Agreement for
completion of site improvements.
5. Any signage shall be in compliance with the approved Sign Program and City Ord-
inances, with a variance from the setback requirements for the tenant identifi-
cation signage to internal property lines.
6. Any subsequent phases or expansions are subject to required reviews and approv-
als per Ordinance provisions.
7. Compliance with the Ordinance regarding the location of fire hydrants. A Fire
Lane variance is approved per December 27, 1984 memorandum from the Fire Chief.
8. All waste and waste containers shall be stored within the enclosure, and no
outside storage is permitted.
9. No Building Permit to be issued until the Final Plat is filed and recorded with
Hennepin County.
10. Approved Variances include: Building setbacks to interior property lines (17
ft.); and, sign setbacks for tenant identification signage (0 ft.) to interior
lot lines; and, building setbacks to perimeter lot lines ( 20 ft. vs 35 ft.).
11. Up to 20 spaces of the parking area for the adjacent shopping center may be
credited toward this development, subject to submittal of a proof -of -parking
plan which identifies the location of the stalls, and such stalls have been
constructed.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION JANUARY 9, 1985
RECOMMENDATION B
APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR DON MYRON FOR OAKDALE WEST 3RD ADDITION (84097)
WHEREAS, Don Myron has requested approval of a Preliminary Plat for Oakdale West 3rd
Addition for four single family residential lots and two outlots located east of
Highway 101 and north of 19th Avenue North; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the Preliminary Plat for Don Myron
for Oakdale West 3rd Addition for four single family residential lots and two outlots
located east of Highway 101 and north of 19th Avenue North, subject to the following
conditions:
1. Compliance with the City Engineer's Memorandum.
2. Removal of all dead or dying trees from the property at the owner's expense.
3. Payment of park dedication fees -in -lieu of dedication in accordance with the
Dedication Policy in effect at the time of issuance of Building Permit.
4. Compliance with Policy Resolution No. 79-80 regarding minimum floor elevations
for new structures in subdivisions adjacent to, or containing any open storm
water drainage facility.
3. No Building Permits shall be issued until the Final Plat is filed and recorded
with Hennepin County.
4. No yard setbacks are granted or implied.
5. Appropriate legal documents regarding covenants and restrictions as approved by
the City Attorney, shall be filed with the Final Plat, addressing the shared
ownership of Outlot A and maintaining the private drive access to property to
the north.
6.
All existing structures shall be removed at
the
developer's expense at initial
development.
7.
All existing wells shall be capped and sealed
in
accordance with Hennepin County
Health Department regulations.
8.
The Final Plat shall include dedication of
right-of-way, and construction of a
public cul-de-sac street, to access proposed
Lot
1.
9.
The "dog -leg" of Lot 1 shall be platted as
part
of Lot 2, thereby eliminating
the lot width deficiency.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION JANUARY 9, 1985
RECOMMENDATION C
APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR OGREN PROPERTIES FOR ROCKFORD SQUARE (84103)
WHEREAS, Ogren Properties has requested approval of a Revised Preliminary Plat and
General Development Plan for Rockford Square for four commercial lots located on the
east side of Nathan Lane and north of Rockford Road; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the Revised Preliminary Plat for
Ogren Properties for Rockford Square for four commercial lots located on the east
side of Nathan Lane and north of Rockford Road, subject to the following conditions:
1. Compliance with the City Engineer's Memorandum.
2. Removal of all dead or dying trees from the property at the owner's expense.
3. Payment of park dedication fees -in -lieu of dedication in accordance with the
Dedication Policy in effect at the time of issuance of Building Permit.
4. Compliance with Policy Resolution No. 79-80 regarding minimum floor elevations
for new structures in subdivisions adjacent to, or containing any open storm
water drainage facility.
5. No Building Permits shall be issued until the Final Plat is filed and recorded
with Hennepin County.
6. No yard setbacks are granted or implied.
7. Development of lots is subject to approval of the Ordinance required site plans.
8. Appropriate legal documents, as approved by the City Attorney, allowing for the
shared use and maintenance of an access drive for Lots 2 and 3 shall be filed
with the Final Plat.
9. Prior to submission of the Final Plat application, the City Attorney's concerns
regarding the Title shall be addressed.
10. All existing structures shall be removed at the developer's expense with initial
development.
11. All existing wells shall be capped and sealed in accordance with Hennepin County
Health Department regulations.
12. The Final Plat application shall include a revised General Development Plan
conforming with the recommendations for access points to Nathan Lane.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION JANUARY 9, 1985
RECOMMENDATION E
APPROVING REVISED RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR GONYEA'S THIRD ADDITION
FOR PAUL WILSON, JR. (84108) (RPUD 83-3)
WHEREAS, Paul Wilson, Jr., has requested approval of a Revised Residential Planned Unit
Development to amend the lot coverage provisions and calculation of lot coverage, for
the development known as Gonyea's Third Addition located northeast of Zachary Lane and
36th Avenue North; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the Revised Residential Planned Unit
Development Plan for Gonyea's Third Addition located northeast of Zachary Lane and 36th
Avenue North, subject to the following conditions:
1. The maximum lot coverage shall be 26% for Lot 3, Block 2, GONYEA'S THIRD ADDITION.
2. Yard setbacks shall comply with the approved PUD Plan.
3. All other provisions and requirements of the approved RPUD Plans and Development
Contracts shall apply.
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission
January 10, 1985
Page 1
Present: Chair Threinen, Commissioners Chesebrough, Edwards, Mullan, Reed and
LaTour; staff Blank, Brown, Busch, Patterson and Pederson
Absent: Commissioner Beach
Due to lack of a quorum at 7:30 p.m., it was decided to begin the meet-
ing with a staff presentation from Rick Busch. Warming houses opened
December 20th, after a few days' delay due to warm weather, and ice
conditions have been good. Winter 4 -man hockey and co-rec broomball
are underway, as well as 3 -man basketball, 5 -man basketball and volley-
ball leagues. Commissioner Reed asked about the progress of the ice-
man triathalon, and Rick stated that Ruth would be discussing that
program during her presentation later in the meeting.
5. PUBLIC HEARING - AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEM PLANS
Chair Threinen opened the public hearing at 7:36 p.m. and introduced
Director Eric Blank, who gave a brief presentation on the proposed amend-
ments, by explaining each one and pointing them out on a map.
Ken Peterson, residing at 1325 Kingsview Lane, stated that his main
concerns involved the development of Parkers Lake City Park, and the
impact that development may have on the residents currently living on
the lake. He requested that the City re -consider any proposed activities
that may generate too much traffic on the lake. He then gave Chair Threinen
several copies of letters submitted by other concerned residents.
Chair Threinen pointed out that, at this time, it is premature to make any
definite plans for Parkers Lake City Park. She indicated that there will
be planning meetings in the future, specifically to discuss Parkers Lake,
and that Mr. Peterson could expect to receive an invitation to those meetings.
Neil Gustafson, residing at 5185 Holly Lane, made a presentation to the
Commission and staff, with the use of maps and the overhead projector,
asking them to consider eliminating a proposed trail running west from the
Plymouth Gun Club to Peony Lane, just south of 55th Avenue. He indicated
that he owns a 21 -acre parcel in this area, and that the trail, as proposed,
would run across a portion of that parcel. He further indicated that this
area is mostly marsh, and is often under water, and that it would be far
too costly for any developer to fill it to a level that would support a
trail. He also pointed out that one of the objectives of the Comprehen-
sive Plan was to "protect natural resources, such as flood plains. . .
from development," and that any plans to put a trail here would be in
direct conflict with that objective.
Chair Threinen commented that this trail was originally proposed to provide
access to Egan Park, and that any development of this nature probably would
not take place for many years; perhaps as late as the year 2,000. She
suggested that staff visit the site, and perhaps make some suggestions
for an alternate route for this proposed trail.
Bill Ramsey, residing at 1215 Kingsview Lane, came before the Commission
to comment on the development of Parkers Lake City Park, and in particular,
the development of a swimming beach on the north end of the lake. It is
his feeling that excessive amounts of sand would be required in order to
PRAC Minutes of January 10, 1985
Page 2
develop a swimming beach here, and that the DNR probably would not approve
of adding the amount of sand required.
Chair Threinen, again, reiterated that special planning meetings would be
held in the future regarding Parkers Lake City Park and that Mr. Ramsey
would be invited to attend.
Being no additional speakers, Chair Threinen closed the public hearing
at 8:14 p.m.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CHESEBROUGH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
LATOUR TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PARK AND
TRAIL SYSTEM PLANS AS OUTLINED IN A MEMO FROM STAFF DATED JANUARY 4, 1985.
The motion carried with all ayes.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Threinen called the regular portion of the January meeting to order
at 8:15 p.m. in the City Center Council Chambers.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Chesebrough corrected item 5 in the December minutes regarding
the iceman triathalon, pointing out that the snowshoe race will be 3K
rather than 3.5K as stated in the minutes. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER
MULLAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER MINUTES
AS CORRECTED. The motion carried with all ayes.
3. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
a. Athletic Associations. No representatives were present at this meeting.
b. Staff. Ruth stated that plans for the iceman triathalon were proceeding
smoothly and fliers advertising it were being distributed. Burger King
in Plymouth will be a co-sponsor. The events are being divided into
five age classes for both male and female, and all finishers will
receive a jersey. Winners will receive a medalion. Commissioner
Mullan asked if this event was receiving any special press attention.
Commissioner Chesebrough responded that an article had appeared in
the Plymouth Post, as well as the Star and Tribune's Sunday edition.
Chair Threinen asked how the $25 entry fee was determined, and Ruth
stated that other groups who had sponsored triathalons and marathons
in the past had charged similar fees.
Ruth then discussed the Channel 11 Health Fair, which will be held
at the City Center on Wednesday, March 6. Ruth is proposing to hold
it during the hours of 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Chair Threinen suggested
that Ruth contact the Sunset Hill PTO group for any comments or
suggestions they might have, since they sponsored a Health Fair
site last year and felt that it was not very successful.
Mary handed out copies of the January brochure, explaining that it's
delivery to the residents had been delayed due to a new regulation
imposed by the postal service requiring that the brochure first go
to the downtown post office. She informed the Commission that 70
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Page 3
people attended the January 8 free cross-country indoor ski clinic
sponsored by Hennepin County Park Reserve District and the Minneapolis
Star and Tribune. Over 120 people had registered to attend.
Mary then discussed a new program that she has been researching for
approximately a year -and -a -half on the corporate use of recreation
programs. She indicated that larger companies such as Prudential,
Honeywell, General Mills, etc., usually have the financial resources
to hire full-time staff to provide and/or plan recreational programs
for their employees, and that what we are proposing is to assist
and/or offer smaller companies the same opportunity to participate
in recreational activities. These activities could include such
things as exercise programs, volleyball, dancing, weight control,
smoking cessation, etc. She agreed to keep PRAC informed on the
progress of this program.
Director Blank informed the Commission that he intends to add the
City forester, the park and environmental supervisor and the senior
program coordinator to the line-up of staff that make presentations
to PRAC every month. He is considering putting them on a rotating
basis, with only two of them making presentations at each meeting.
This would then eliminate the need for all of them to be present
at every meeting. The procedure would begin with the February
meeting, and it is anticipated that each presentation would take
no more than 15 minutes. PRAC was in favor of this suggestion,
and added that if one of the staff, not scheduled to attend, had
important news to convey, he/she could send it via the person
making his/her scheduled presentation.
4. REPORT ON PAST COUNCIL ACTION
At their January 7 meeting, the Council approved the 1985 park and
trail projects and the use of park dedication funds as proposed by PRAC
at their December meeting.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Community Center Update. Director Blank indicated that private financing
of a community center is still being researched including tax laws, long-
term tax shelters, and how that would affect a transaction such as this.
b.. Annual Report.
Commissioners Chesebrough and Threinen questioned whether or not
the Goals and Objectives section of the annual report should be moved
to the beginning, rather than being the last section of the report.
Commissioner Chesebrough also wondered if an analysis of how well
PRAC did on attaining their goals and objectives should be written.
Chair Threinen suggested that sentences be made complete, or else
begin with the word "to." Since PRAC has had little success in
meeting goal #9, it was decided .to re -phrase that statement to
"meet with the Planning Commission when necessary to review plans
that are inconsistent." It was also suggested that the last sentence,
regarding meeting in April, be dropped. Goal #10 should be changed
to read "meet twice annually with Plymouth's City Council if
warranted." Goal #13 should be titled "Comprehensive Park and
Trail Plans," and the first sentence should read "To review and
update as needed the Comprehensive Park and Trail Plans." Final
PRAC Minutes of January 10, 1985
Page 4
copies of the annual report, with the suggested corrections and addi-
tions, will be available for the February meeting.
7. NEW BUSINESS
a. Park Facility Rental Policies and Fee Schedule. Director Blank noted
that the rental policies and fee schedule are the same as last year,
with the proposed addition of a PA system rental and scoreboard rental.
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
CHESEBROUGH TO APPROVE THE PARK FACILITY RENTAL POLICIES AND FEE
SCHEDULE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF IN A MEMO FROM RICK BUSCH DATED
JANUARY 7, 1985. The motion carried with all ayes.
b. Town Meeting. A town meeting with the residents around the area east
of Medicine Lake is scheduled for January 14. Two of the items being
discussed are Middle East park and the regional trail along East
Medicine Lake Boulevard.
8. COMMISSION PRESENTATION
Chair Threinen discussed a copy of a memo she received from Mayor Davenport
to the City Council regarding the possibility of limiting the length of
time or number of consecutive terms an individual serves on commissions
and boards.
The next two Commission meetings are scheduled for February 14 and March 14.
Commissioner Chesebrough asked if the problem of people breaking through
the barriers at the East Beach for ice fishing purposes had been solved.
Director Blank stated that an area north of the east beach had been
opened to accommodate the eager anglers. He also pointed out that at
the west beach, approximately 10 feet from the planned ice fishing access,
someone had used a chain saw to cut off poles holding a chain barrier,
in order to create a second, unplanned access.
9. STAFF COMMUNICATION
Director Blank announced that Skiing in Plymouth is January 19th at
Plymouth Creek Park.
10. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:34 p.m.
PLYNOUTH DEVELOPNENT COUNCIL
January 16, 1985
PRESENT: Peter Pflaum, Greg Frank, Dale Kennedy, Randy Laurent, Gary
Irene, Fred Haas, Harry Dean, Bernie Barr, Paul Steigerwald, Mike
Stulberg, Fred Moore, Bob Berger, John Stencel, Fran Hagen, Sr.,
Gene Holderness, Craig Freeman, Sara McConn, Blair Tremere, Dave
Segal, Neil McMillin, Jim Willis, Sherm Goldberg, Joe Ryan
The following topics were reviewed:
1. Revised Erosion Control Policy.
Fred Moore distributed copies of the revised policy and reviewed it
with those in attendance. He indicated that the policy was recently
adopted by the Council following a good deal of discussion. The
policy continues to confirm the City Council's keen interest in
controlling erosion and siltation which occurs from development
activities. The policy requirements will be strictly followed by the
City staff, however, the City Engineer and Director of Public Works
will review each grading plan on its own merits. If possible, con-
sideration will be granted in those cases where grading techniques
are used which will effectively insure that erosion and sedimentation
will not adversely impact adjacent properties. Some concern was
expressed over the magnitude of the financial guarantees, parti-
cularly, where do the developers get the bonds, and how are they
released. Fred Moore indicated that the $1,000 deposit would be used
to clean up erosion problems if the developer did not do so within 48
hours. Gene Holderness asked if the builder or the developer would
be responsible for cleaning up streets after lots were under
construction. Fred Moore indicated that the developer would be
responsible rather than the builder, although building inspections
would not be performed if we could identify particular building sites
which do not have appropriate erosion control measures. Bob Berger
asked what the definition of permanent vegetation was. Fred Moore
indicated that it was the emergence of growing vegetation which
stablizes the soils. Sherm Goldberg indicated that Dick Pouliot
would be available to provide the names of people who would be able
to clean up or work on erosion control measures. Peter Pflaum
expressed concern that the City may be eliminating small developers
from developing in the community. Requirements for bonding such as
the erosion control policy requires, along with all other front end
costs (including NSP and Minnegasco), are making it less attractive
for small firms to develop. Fran Hagen asked if the front end use of
temporary sedimentation ponds might not be more cost effective as a
means of erosion control. Fred. Moore indicated, yes, and that we
would prefer them if they could be developed.
Plymouth Development Council
January 16, 1985
Page 2
Jim Willis indicated that we wanted to be able to work with the
developers and builders on this policy, but that the City Council is
serious about its enforcement. The staff has been charged with
enforcing this policy and recognizes that if we have to go in and do
the work, it's going to create some potential hard feelings.. We
would like to be able to avoid that if at all possible. He expressed
interest in receiving suggestions from individual developers on how
we might better implement the policy if they have such ideas or
thoughts.
2. 1985 Building Activity
Gene Holderness reviewed the building permit data for 1984. He noted
that 589 single family dwelling permits were taken out in 1984, as
compared to 644 in 1983. In addition, there were 460 multiple family
dwelling units, as compared to 65 in 1983. The total number of
permits taken out in 1984 totalled 1,729, as compared to 1,320 the
year before. The total value of all permits was $102,410,485 as
compared to $77,717,912 in 1983.
3. City's 1985-89 Capital Improvement Program
Fred Moore handed out copies of the City's 1985-89 Capital Improve-
ment Program. He briefly reviewed it with the group and there were
no questions.
4. Industrial Development Revenue Bond Policy
Jim Willis indicated that the City was still accepting applications
for industrial development revenue bonds, but that the City alloca-
tion was very modest, $2,939,000. He further noted that it is
possible that the City would gain access to the "pool" in September
if it had applications beyond its allocation. There were no ques-
tions from the group.
5. Single Family Lot Coverage & Residential Planned Unit Development
Jim Willis and Blair Tremere reviewed this topic which came up
recently as builders in PUD's sought to erect structures which
covered more than 20% of a lot area. Blair noted that the Board of
Zoning Adjustment and Appeals and the Planning Commission have
recently discussed this and in at least two instances, have made some
recommendations for greater lot coverage. The Planning Commission
has asked that the Development Council consider this matter and that
if they have concerns to let the staff and/or Planning Commission
know. Bob Berger indicated that he thinks that decks were the main
problem rather than the main structure. Blair indicated that from
the staff's standpoint the issue should be addressed by petitioners
when they submit their preliminary plat and plan. If it is not done
at that time it is presumed that all lots will have a maximum
residential lot coverage of 20%.
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January 16, 1985
Page 3
6. Selection of Nominating Committee for Annual Election of Officers
Dim Willis indicated that in the absence of Gene Holdernes�s (who left
the meeting), that volunteers for a nominating committee were being
solicited. Peter Pflaum, Dale Kennedy, and Bob Berger volunteered.
7. Survey Regarding Attitudes Towards Development: A Follow Up Study
Dim Willis passed out copies of the subject study which was prepared
by Pete Meyer in December. He indicated that it had been reviewed by
the Council on January 7 with Pete Meyer and that the report was the
complete and full report and there are no other documents. He
indicated that the staff and Council were pleased with the progress
to date, but were not content to assume that all problems were
solved and they would continue to maintain the momentum which has
been created. He noted that the report does suggest that the City's
standards are high and that this, in and of itself, may create some
tension. He noted that the City Council wanted a positive attitude
towards development in this community and that if individual members
of the Development Council or the Council as a whole, felt that we
were not demonstrating that commitment through our actions or
policies, then the Mayor and Council should be contacted directly or
through the City staff.
8. Other Items
Fred Haas raised a question as to whether or not the City favored the
continuation of the Development Council. Dim Willis noted the
Development Council was not a creature of the City but that it
appreciated having the opportunity of meeting collectively with the
development interests to foster and improve working relationships.
He indicated that from a City staff perspective, as well as the
Council's perspective, it served an effective purpose.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting of the Plymouth Development Council has tentatively been
set for 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 20 at the Plymouth City Center.
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ATTACHMENT 1
NORTHWEST SUBURBS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
December 20, 1984
Brooklyn Park Studio
The regular monthly meeting of the NWSCCC was called to order by Chairman Irving at
7:35 AM on Thursday, December 20, 1984 at the Brooklyn Park Studio.
Commissiners present were: William Hawes, Gerald Splinter (Brooklyn Center); Ron West
(Brooklyn Park); Tom Aaker, Jack Irving (Crystal); Ray Stockman (Golden Valley); Duane
Mourlam, Don Ramstad (Maple Grove); Dan Donahue (New Hope); Richard Setzler, Lawrence
Sullivan (Osseo); Virgil Schneider, James Willis (Plymouth); Bill Blonigan (Robbinsdale).
Commissioners absent: Jack Umland (Brooklyn Park); Jeff Sweet (Golden Valley); Vivian
Dagnault); Walter Fehst (Robbinsdale).
Associate members present: Dave Carlson (Hennepin County Library); Gary Nunn (School
District 284); James Schurter (No. Hennepin Community College); William Shragg (School
District 279); Tom Tripet (School District 281).
Staff present: Greg Moore (Executive Director) John Gibbs (Commission Attorney); Gerri
Hanken (Secretary).
Others present: John Eddy, Mary Adams, Jim Erickson (Storer Cable); Roy Westerlund,
Cathy Wilary (Post Publications).
Agenda Item II, Consent Items
Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Commissioner Schneider, the following: approval
of the minutes of the November 15, 1984 meeting; and approval of the Treasurer's report
which included the bill from the City of Crystal for the month of November in the
amount of $280.32, the regular monthly attorney's bill in the amount of $1,308.10 and
the bill from the attorney for Transfer of Ownership Request in the amount of $1,036.00,
and the list of expenses and disbursements. Motion carried.
Agenda Item III,1 - Matching Grant Criteria
The Executive Director addressed the Commission concerning his memo regarding matching
grant criteria. He said that matching grants will be made available to public agencies
but that it is not known at this time how many will want to take advantage of this. He
said a letter will go out to all public agencies eligible and a report made at the
January Commission meeting regarding how many there will be.
Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Director Donahue, consent of the matching grant
requirements and that Staff report in January as to how much money will be allocated
and as to whether there is a cap per participating member. Motion carried.
Agenda Item III,2 - Moratorium on Reduction of Access Channels
The Executive Director explained the CAC's concern of future requests by the company
to reduce the number of access channels. He said that the CAC is in the process of
establishing goals for the access channels, to have these goals adopted in March, to
have a report for the Commission in March, and then report back to the Commission
again in October with a recommendation for future use of access channels. He also
said that there is concern that if access channels are relinquished, they will not
be returned, and therefore it is felt that no action should be taken regarding
access channels until this study is complete.
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Commissioner Aaker moved, seconded by Commissioner Willis, that the Commission take
no action to reduce the number of access channels until October of 1985 at which time
the CAC will report to the Commission regarding the utilization of access channels.
Motion carried.
Agenda Item 111,3 - Renaming the Labor Access Channel
The Executive Director informed the Commissioners that many local sporting events are
being taped and replay of them is taking up a great deal of time on the public access
channels. Therefore, the CAC recommends that a separate channel be made available
for them.
Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Commissioner Schneider, to approve the CAC
recommendation that the Labor Access Channel be renamed the Sports/Labor Access Channel.
Motion carried.
Agenda Item 111,4 - Taping of Commission Meetings
Discussion was held as to whether taping of Commission meetings should be continued.
Most Commissicners felt it was a good idea to do so, and consent was given to continue
taping the meetings.
Agenda Item iii,5 - Commission Audit
Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Commissioner Blonigan, to utilize George M. Hansen,
P.A., to perform the 1984 financial audit of the Commission at a cost not to exceed
$650.00. Motion carried.
Agenda Item III,6 - Continuance of a Mandatory Program Guide
John Eddy addressed the Commission regarding the provision of a cable guide to subscribers.
He reported that a survey of 151 subscribers had been made by research people in Miami
and results were in favor of the guide being provided. He said that On Cable has agreed
to continue providing the guide on a month to month basis if so desired, asking that a
60 day notice be given to terminate the guide. Attorney Erickson indicated that the
company wished to have the variance which approved the guide continued on a month to
month basis since a transfer of ownership is pending. He stated that the new owner
desires that a guide be provided and will want to discuss this with the Commission.
Commissioner Blonigan moved, seconded by Commissioner Stockman, that the variance re-
garding the program guide shall remain in effect until 60 days after the Commission
takes action to discontinue the variance. Motion carried.
Agenda Item III,7 - Ownership Change -
The Executive Director informed the Commission that he had received a copy of the Purchase
Agreement on December 19 regarding the transfer of ownership to Hauser Communications.
He reminded the Commission that at an earlier Commission.meeting the Executive Committee
had been instructed to meet with a consulting firm after documentation of the sale had
been received and also to establish a public hearing. At this time Attorney Erickson
asked that the Commission provide in writing what documents are necessary from Hauser
Communications.
Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Commissioner Splinter, that the Executive Committee
meet with the Touche Ross consulting firm. Motion carried.
Other
Information was provided to the Commissioners regarding the fact that the Cable Music
Channel which had been part of the channel line-up changes that had been approved by
the Commission at the November meeting has gone out of business. Tom Stark, Assistant
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Manager for Storer, asked that the Commission approve the substitution of Video Hits -1
for Cable Music Channel.
Commissioner West Moved, seconded by Commissioner Splinter, to approve the addition of
Video Hits -1 to the channel line-up instead of Cable Music Channel.
Motion carried.
Agenda Item IV,1 - Northern Reports
Northern reports contained in the agenda packet were self-explanatory. Information
regarding connection of public buildings was distribued at the meeting. Mr. Eddy
informed the Commission that 77 institutions are now connected and involved in sending
and/or receiving signals. Sixteen locations have requested connection but are "stayed"
over the winter season. A telephone report was also given by Mr. Eddy. A chart in-
dicating number of phone calls was displayed. Mr. Eddy informed the Commission
that additional CSR's have been hired and telephone hours will be lengthened and addi-
tional help will be on hand over the week ends.
Agenda Item IV,2 - CAC Report
Ron West informed the Commission that Sharon Gorse had been elected to the CAC Board
and also that discussion had been held at the last CAC meeting regarding changing the
name of the CAC but that no decision had been made.
Agenda IV,4 - Legislative Report
The Commission Attorney addressed the Commission regarding the cable legislation and its
affect on the Franchise Ordinance of the Northwest Suburbs. He said the legislation grand-
fathers the Franchise Ordinance almost entirely, but that it will affect the Franchise
Ordinance renewal and this will need to be discussed as the time nears.
There being no further business, Commissioner Willis moved, seconded by Commissioner
Splinter, to adjourn the meeting at 8:35 A.M. The next meeting of the NTASCCC will be
January 17, 1985 at 7:30 AM at the Brooklyn Park Studio.
elm Creek Conservation Commission
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M I N U T E S
January 9, 1985
I. The meeting was called to order at 5:10 p.m. by Chairman Fred Moore.
II. Sarah Lutz moved and Terry Muller seconded a motion to approve the December
12, 1984 minutes with the correction that Earle Strande represents the City of
Dayton. Motion carried.
III. Derus moved and Steve Peaslee seconded a motion to accept the Treasurer's
Report and pay the bills. Motion carried.
IV. Those present:
Terry Muller - Maple Grove
Robert Derus - Corcoran
Earle Strande - Dayton
Roger Rosenquist - Hassan
Sarah Lutz - Medina
Vern Peterson - Plymouth
Judie Anderson - Exec. Sec.
V. Reports from the District Office.
Fred Moore - Plymouth
Leon Zeug - Conservation District
Mark Johnston - Park Reserve
Steve Peaslee - Hassan
Pat Kennedy - Conservation District
Darby Nelson - State Rep. Dist. 49A
Peggy Borchers - Sec. Service
A. Water Quality Monitoring - The Annual Water Quality Report will be
available in February.
B. Medina Treatment Plant - The final approved discharge was concluded
December 12th. e facility will be operated without further discharges pending
start-up of the lift station.
C. Medina Interceptor - Construction and testing of the forcemain has
been completed. Structural work on the lift station is essentially complete,
pumps are in place and piping should be completed in January. Completion of
the lift station motor control is expected in January and start-up of the lift
station is anticipated to occur in February.
D. Champlin Mill Pond - The District Office has taken core samples of
the sediment this winter. A report of their findings and recommendations will
be available this Spring.
E. Plymouth Flooding - The Cities.of Plymouth and Maple Grove are dis-
cussing alternative remedies and costs to alleviate this problem. Resolution
is anticipated by Spring.
VI. Anderson has received a signed Formal Agreement from Corcoran. She was
directed to determine the status of t e Agreement n the other member communi-
ties. Hassan requested that Moore attend a Town Board meeting to explain Has-
san's share of any additional costs anticipated under the Agreement.
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January 9, 1985
VII. Anderson is typing the final draft of the Flood Plain Regulations. They
will be ready for review at the February meeting.
Zeug displayed a copy of a map entitled, "Flood Water Management for the
Ultimate Flood Plain District." Values are for a 100 year storm and are those
included in the current Watershed Plan. It was the consensus of the Commission-
ers present that they be included with the Regulations in tabular form.
VII. Anderson reported the quotations she received to perform the 1984 year-end
audit. Derus will contact two additional firms to seek lower bids.
VIII. The District Office will write a proposal outlining the additional costs
for printing and graphics to include all of Dayton in the Watershed Plan.
IX. Anderson was directed to contact members communities to request that they
appoint their Commissioners and Alternates for the coming year.
X. The District Office will hold an Open House at its facility on January 25.
XI. A nominating committee will be appointed at the January 24th subcommittee
meeting.
XII. Plat reviews.
A. 85-001 - Riverside Center, Maple Grove. The District Office has re-
quested additional information.
B. Culvert in Hamel, Medina. The proposed culvert will not change the
hydraulics and no action is recommended by the District Office. Zeug will send
a letter to the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation thanking them for their letter
concerning this project.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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**incomplete data
Judie A.
Anderson
Executive
Secretary
JAA
Rainfall Data
September October
November
1984 to Date
Champlin
2.66" 4.321127.68
Maple Grove
2.58"
3.50"*
13.83**
Crow -Hassan
3.14" 4.86"
22.48"
*thru 11/16
**incomplete data
THE BASSETT CREEK WATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 20, 1984
CALL TO ORDER:
The Bassett Creek Water Management Commission was called to order by
Chairman Peter Enck, Thursday, December 20, 1984, 3:40 P.M., at the
Minneapolis Golf Club.
ROLL CALL: CRYSTAL - Commissioner William Sherburne
GOLDEN VALLEY - Commissioner Edward Silberman
MEDICINE LAKE - Commissioner James Padden
MINNEAPOLIS - Commissioner Perry Smith
MINNETONKA - Commissioner Don Asmus
NEW HOPE - Commissioner Peter Enck
PLYMOUTH - Commissioner Fred Moore
ROBBINSDALE - Commissioner Lee Gustafson
ST. LOUIS PARK - Commissioner Don Rye
Counsel: Curt Pearson
Engineer: Len Kremer, Barr Engineering Co.
Recording Secretary: Elaine Anderson
General Mills representative: John Schevenius
41 Fran Hagen of Westwood Engineering attended part of the meet-
ing.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
It was moved by Mr. Silberman and seconded by Mr. Moore that the
minutes of the November 15 meeting be approved. Carried unani-
mously. Elaine Anderson will correct the roster that was sent with
the packet to reflect that Fred Moore is the Vice Chairman, not
William Sherburne.
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Mr. Silberman presented the treasurer's report as of December 20
showing a checking account balance of $36.53, a savings account bal-
ance of $34,455.84 and an investment balance of $92,913.12 and moved
its approval subject to audit. Seconded by Mr. Rye and carried
unanimously. He presented the budget report as of the same date for
informational purposes only.
PRESENTATION OF INVOICES FOR PAYMENT APPROVAL:
Mr. Silberman moved the approval, subject to arithmetical verifica-
tion, of the Barr Engineering Co.invoice covering the period Septem-
ber 2 through December 1, 1984 totaling $17,949.62. Seconded by Mr.
Rye and carried unanimously.
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 2
COMMUNICATIONS
Chairman:
1. Chairman Enck reported that he had received letters from Ember
Reichgort and Jim Ramstad, State Senators, regarding partial
State of Minnesota funding for the Bassett Creek project.
2. Other correspondence had been turned over to Mr. Kremer, Engi-
neer.
Counsel:
Mr. Pearson stated that he and Mr. Kremer had met with representa-
tives of the Corps of Engineers regarding right-of-way problems.
Engineer:
1. Mr. Kremer reported that he had had communication from the De-
partment of Natural Resources (DNR) which was in response to a
letter sent to Governor Perpich regarding financial assistance
in the tunnel area. The Commissioner mentioned a bill that has
been introduced which would make money available for planning
and construction for flood plain management.
Mr. Kremer has talked to a DNR representative. Governor Per-
pich has recommended passage of the bill, and the Commissioner
of Finance has recommended funding the program for half of what
had been requested. Grants from the program to the local com-
munities would require an equal match of funds. Mr. Kremer
said that the letter also indicated that we should also discuss
the benefits that our project provides with representatives of
the Pollution Control Agency. The PCA was copied with the let-
ter that Chairman Enck sent to the Governor, but there has been
no response. Mr. Kremer explained that there were four areas
that would be a suitable use for these monies:
1. Construction of the control structure for Medicine Lake,
Brookview Golf Course, Golden Valley Golf Course, and Wirth
Park.
2. A new crossing at Dresden Lane in Golden Valley.
3. A new crossing at the Chicago NW Railroad crossing of the
South Fork which is deteriorating and needs to be replaced.
4. Excavation of the channel upstream of the conduit and stor-
age of contaminated soils.
Discussion continued. Mr. Kremer explained that the Corps of
Engineers could not recommend any construction in the South
Fork of the creek because there is not enough damage. However,
the structure at the Chicago NW Railroad crossing is falling
apart. Golden Valley has recommended that it be included in
the capital improvements program for Bassett Creek. We would
be dealing with the same railroad as is involved in the Medi-
cine Lake structure.
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 3
Chairman Enck said he would like to have Mr. Pearson take a
look at the State flood control program, see where we are,
where we are going, review the proposed Bill, and report back
to the Commission. He felt Mr. Pearson and Mr. Kremer should
be authorized to work with our legislators and lobbyists on
this type of legislation. Mr. Smith said the lobbyists for the
City of Minneapolis are Tim Flaherty and Duke Addicks. There
is no assurance that Bassett Creek will receive any money from
this source. Special legislation for Bassett Creek has been
suggested.
Mr. Silberman indicated that he didn't like the idea of having
a bill of our own and see if we couldn't have something in-
cluded with the bill. Mr. Pearson said we would be turning
general legislation into special legislation. Mr. Kremer sug-
gested that we contact the DNR to try to determine what the
probability would be that Bassett Creek would get a grant from
the program if the legislation were passed and to try to deter-
mine the approximate amount of the grant. It was suggested
that Mr. Kremer should call Larry Seymore, Director of the Di-
vision of Waters, and then have Mr. Pearson take a look at it.
Mr. Kremer and Mr. Pearson will then come up with a recommenda-
tion for the Commission. It was mentioned that it would be
better for the suburban legislators to be contacted than the
Minneapolis legislators.
2. Mr. Kremer reported that a communication had been received con-
cerning the Minnehaha Creek -Bassett Creek boundaries. They
want Mr. Kremer to appear at a hearing to present testimony
regarding changes in the boundary between Bassett Creek and
Minnehaha Creek watersheds. He will attend the meeting.
3. Communication with the City of Golden Valley regarding replac-
ing the control structure at Wisconsin Avenue with one at 7th
Avenue. A new crossing would be built as part of a redevelop-
ment plan for that area. The crossing would most likely be
built this summer. The City of Golden Valley would pay the
costs of having Barr Engineering evaluate the feasibility of
the situation. It was questioned whether or not this would be
a conflict of interest. Mr. Kremer indicated that he did not
believe that a review of the feasibility of relocating a con-
trol structure was a conflict.of interest and that the Corps of
Engineers would most likely complete the final design if it is
feasible.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Golden Valley has requested a review for filling in an area to
be used for a single family residential lot on Sweeney Lake.
The management envelope for that area is 833.0 and the proposed
building elevation is 834.0. The volume of floodplain filled
would be 0.9 A.F. and the compensating storage 1.0 A.F. Since
it complies with all requirements of the water management plan,
Mr. Kremer recommended approval. Moved by Mr. Moore, seconded
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 4
by Mr. Asmus, and carried unanimously. Mr. Hagen, who had been
in attendance for this request, then left the meeting.
2. The DNR had requested the Commission to review a permit appli-
cation by Honeywell, Inc., to appropriate groundwater for cool-
ing water at 1985 Douglas Drive in Golden Valley. The dis-
charge would be 120 MGY (300 gpm) to Bassett Creek, 200 MGY
(500 gpm) to the sanitary sewer, and 45 MGY for lawn sprink-
ling. This water would be taken from the Jordan aquifer. Mr.
Kremer indicated that the water is discharged to a pond on
Honeywell property, then to a storm sewer before it is dis-
charged to the creek. Mr. Asmus questioned what would happen
if there were problems with the discharge to the creek. Mr.
Kremer indicated that the discharge can be temporarily stopped
as it was several years ago during the winter. There is no
indication of why a portion of the discharge is to the sanitary
sewer. The DNR has also requested comment on a similar appli-
cation permit for Vellcold Storage located near a conduit inlet
in Minneapolis. They propose to appropriate 300 gpm for con-
trol and discharge all of it to the creek via a storm sewer.
Chairman Enck asked if we had a philosophical problem here as
to where we might have to "draw a line." There seems to be a
conflict in that some of the communities use the Jordan aquifer
as their primary water supply. If everyone did, we would have
a problem. Mr. Silberman said that the DNR has control over
large withdrawals and that while we do not have to be con-
cerned about the withdrawals, we are concerned about the dis-
charges. It was suggested that we indicate that while the
Commission does not see any problem with the discharge, we wish
to express our concern to the DNR and anticipate that they will
be monitoring all the discharge.
Mr. Sherburne moved that the Commission should recommend to the
DNR that the permit be denied. Mr. Rye seconded the motion for
purposes of discussion. In discussing the question, Mr. Sher-
burne indicated that he wondered where we would stop the draw-
down of water as more and more industries follow suit. Mr.
Silberman said there would be many ways to control it and that
small withdrawals are well worthwhile for industries. The DNR
has set up limits. Mr. Asmus said a refusal by us would re-
quire the denial of the DNR permit, and our denial could be
considered a hostile action. The motion did not pass.
Mr. Moore then moved that the Commission send a letter to the
DNR indicating that the discharge would cause no problem but
that we feel a critical assessment should be taken regarding
removing water from the Jordan aquifer for cooling purposes.
Seconded by Mr. Asmus. A roll call vote was taken. Mr.
Sherburne voted nay; the other votes were aye. The motion car-
ried. It was indicated that this motion included both the
Honeywell and the Vellcold Storage situation.
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 5
OLD BUSINESS
Capital Improvements Program
Mr. Kremer had sent the Commissioners a listing of the Capital Im-
provements Program for 1985-1989 which he proposed to include in a
revised Bassett Creek Water Management Plan. The information is in-
cluded below:
1985 - MEDICINE LAKE - CONTROL STRUCTURE. To reduce flooding around
lake. Estimated cost $267,600. Funding Sources: Corps of Engi-
neers, City of Plymouth, assessment to Bassett Creek communities,
State of Minnesota.
1985 - GOLDEN VALLEY GOLF CLUB - CONTROL STRUCTURE. To reduce
flooding along Main Stem. Estimated cost $192,700. Funding
Sources: Corps of Engineers, Golden Valley, assessment to Bassett
Creek communities, State of Minnesota.
1985 - THEODORE WIRTH - CONTROL STRUCTURE. To reduce flooding along
Main Stem. Estimated cost $54,000. Funding: Corps of Engineers,
Minneapolis, assessment to Bassett Creek communities, State of
Minnesota.
1986 - PLYMOUTH CREEK FISH BARRIER. To eliminate carp migration for
spawning. Estimated cost - Unknown. Funding: MN DNR, Hennepin
County Parks, assessment to Bassett Creek communities.
1986 - CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT CONDUIT ENTRANCE TO CEDAR LAKE ROAD -
HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP. To increase channel discharge capacity to
match new tunnel. Estimated cost $175,000. Funding: State of
Minnesota, City of Minneapolis, assessment to Bassett Creek communi-
ties.
1986 - BROOKVIEW GOLF COURSE - CONTROL STRUCTURE. To reduce flood-
ing along Main Stem. Estimated cost $121,600. Funding: State of
Minnesota, City of Golden Valley, assessment to Bassett Creek com-
munities.
1986 - DAM AT CON-AGRI. To reduce flooding along Main Stem. Esti-
mated cost $60,900. Funding: Corps of Engineers, City of Minneapo-
lis, assessment to Bassett Creek communities, State of Minnesota.
1986 - FLOODWALLS VICINITY OF GLENWOOD INGLEWOOD WATERS. To reduce
flooding along Main Stem. Estimated cost $478,000. Funding: Corps
of Engineers, City of Minneapolis, assessment to Bassett Creek com-
munities, State of Minnesota.
1986 - SOO LINE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT CON-AGRI. To reduce flooding
along Main Stem. Estimated cost $190,000. Funding: Soo Line Rail-
road, assessment to Bassett Creek communities, Corps of Engineers,
State of Minnesota.
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 6
1986 - WESTBROOKE ROAD CROSSING. To reduce flooding along Main
Stem. Estimated cost $183,900. Funding: Corps of Engineers, State
of Minnesota, City of Golden Valley, assessment to Bassett Creek
communities.
1987 - CHICAGO NW RAILROAD CROSSING - SWEENEY LAKE BRANCH. To re-
place inadequate crossing. Estimated Cost $171,400. Funding: Chi-
cago NW RR, City of Golden Valley, assessment to Bassett Creek com-
munities.
1987 - DREDGE CHANNEL - REGENT AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 100. To restore
channel cross section - eliminate flooding frequent storms. Esti-
mated cost $50,000. Funding: City of Golden Valley, assessment to
Bassett Creek communities.
1987 - TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION. To eliminate flooding at conduit en-
trance. Estimated cost $8,850,000. Funding: Corps of Engineers,
State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis, assessment to Bassett Creek
communities.
1987 - DESIGN WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT FEATURES - MEDICINE LAKE.
To improve water quality at Medicine Lake. Estimated cost $150,000.
Funding: EPA Clean Lakes, Hennepin County Park Reserve District,
assessment to Bassett Creek communities.
1988 - TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION. To eliminate flooding at conduit en-
trance. Estimated cost: $9,048,400. Funding: Corps of Engineers,
State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis, assessment to Bassett Creek
communities.
1989 - MEDICINE LAKE - UPSTREAM WATER QUALITY STORAGE. To improve
water quality at Medicine Lake. Estimated cost: Unknown. Funding:
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Lakes Program, Hennepin
County, assessment to Bassett Creek communities.
With respect to the fish barrier upstream of Medicine Lake, the DNR
does not want to take the lead. They recommend that Hennepin County
or the Commission assume that role. Problems are involved because
the channel is so flat in this area. There is a question of capaci-
ties.. It was asked whether the City of Plymouth could look at it
just to see what it would cost. It was then suggested that we ask
Marty Jessen to consider taking the request to the Hennepin County
Park Reserve District to find out if they would look at it and
determine what the cost would be. Mr. Moore indicated that the
Commission should be taking the lead. Mr. Silberman agreed. Mr.
Enck expressed the advisability of having a special work session
just to talk about what should be done regarding water quality in
the watershed. A question was raised by Mr. Enck about seminars on
water quality. Mr. Kremer replied that every year there is at least
one such seminar and that he would advise members of the Commission
to attend the next seminar available. He will advise us as to
future seminars.
V
BC Minutes - 12/20/84 - Page 7
Mr. Kremer then asked if the Commissioners had any changes regarding
the capital improvements program. Mr. Sherburne asked how critical
it would be that we adhere to it if we adopt it.
Mr. Pearson indicated that he thought the Chicago NW Railroad Cross-
ing and the dredging of the channel between Regent Avenue and High-
way 100 are projects that the Commission should study carefully
because they are maintenance problems and should not be listed as
capital improvements unless the Commission's policies clearly indi-
cate where, when and why the Commission is to be involved. It was
suggested that Mr. Odland should attend a Commission meeting and
explain why he thinks these two improvements should be considered as
capital improvements.
He also said that the title "Funding Sources" should be listed as
"Potential Funding Sources."
It was also asked if a municipality that would particularly benefit
from a capital improvement could be assessed at a higher rate.
After further discussion, it was decided that the Mr. Pearson and
Mr. Kremer should study the memo further and come back with recom-
mendations to the next meeting.
Proposed Management Policies of the
Revised Watershed Management Plan
These policies will be discussed at the January meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Asmus moved that the meeting adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Silber-
man. Chairman Enck adjourned the meeting at 5:05 PM.
Elaine Anderson, Recorder
W. Peter Enck, Chairman
Don Asmus, Secretary
Date:
01/16/85
SMM/je
MILL RATE COMPARISON
Payable 1981 - 1985
City of Plymouth
#284/WAYZATA
*Includes 8.500 mills from referendum
#279/OSSEO
School
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
School
35.745
40.675
42.982
47.631
46.507*
County
29.271
29.183
28.451
29.689
29.262
City
11.730
12.790
13.134
14.877
14.538
Misc.
4.102
4.384
5.106
5.318
5.181
Voc. Sch.
1.510
1.469
1.119
1.446
1.490
Total
82.358
88.501
90.792
98.961
96.978
*Includes
4.000 mills
from referendum
.086
.281
.061
#281/ROBBINSDALE
School
40.757
50.774
52.901
58.326
56.100*
County
29.271
29.183
28.451
29.689
29.262
City
11.730
12.790
13.134
14.877
14.538
Misc.
4.102
4.384
5.106
5.318
5.181
Voc. Sch.
1.510
1.469
1.119
1.446
1.490
Total
87.370
98.600
100.711
109.656
106.571
*Includes 8.500 mills from referendum
#279/OSSEO
School
33.427
42.993
46.035
54.909
51.199*
County
29.271
29.183
28.451
29.689
29.262
City
11.730
12.790
13.134
14.877
14.538
Misc.
4.102
4.384
5.106
5.318
5.181
Voc. Sch.
1.510
1.469
1.119
1.446
1.490
Total
80.040
90.819
93.845
106.239
101.670
*Includes 6.000 mills from referendum
#270/HOPKINS
School
40.934
44.861
45.475
45.023
42.567
County
29.271
29.183
28.451
29.689
29.262
City
11.730
12.790
13.134
14.877
14.538
Misc.
4.102
4.384
5.106
5.318
5.181
Voc. Sch.
1.510
1.469
1.119
1.446
1.490
Total
87.547
92.687
93.285
96.353
93.038
Sewer Dist #1-
#2- #3- #4
Included in
City Mill Rate
Wtrshed Dist #3
.065
.068
.086
.281
.061
HENNEPIN COUNTY PARK RESERVE DISTRICT
TO: The Record DATE: January 11,.18
FROM: The Research S`ction ;�
SUBJ: Medicine Lake - Boating Use - Summer 1984
I. FRENCH REGIONAL PARK - BOATING VISITORS
In 1983, it was reported that 80o of all visitors coming to
French Regional Park participated in some type of boating activity.
In 1984, the numbers of visitors at the park participating in a
boating activity increased 31%, however, of all the visitors only
29% were boating participants.
Visitor Occasions - French Regional Par.%
1 "'c' 4
J
1983
C.:�:3nge
Picnicking
42,'J79
Swimming
38,739
Boating
20,038 15,288 31%T
Fishing
21,373 10,824 970
Hiking
15,362
Ski Touring
4,981 -
Sledding
673
143,195 * 26,112
* Visitor Occasions thru Labor Day.
II. FRENCH RECIONAL PARK - 3OAT ACCESS USE
On an average weekday in 1984, 35 boats used the boat access at
French Regional Park. This represents no significant change from
the 33 boats/day in 1983.
On weekends there was i4 significant increase (54s) in use of the
boat access. In 1983, an average weekend mould, have about 54 boats
using, the access, however, in 198= this increased to 38 boats/buy.
Boats/Day
1984
19'3
=o Cnanc e
Weekdays
33
3u
1 � r
weekends
88
57
54 "-oT
III. LATE SURFACE USE & ACTIVITY
Comparing the average number of watercraft_for 1980, 1933 and
1984 by time of flay ane' tyre of day, there appears to be an increase
in lake use with the exception of 'possibly weekday mornings and
weekend afternoons.
Weekday mornings may be relatively constant over the three years
due to lack of available leisure time.
Wo—kend afternoons hava shown a fair anount of variation in
amount of use over the 3 years. ':.lEn looking at this time period by
activity (Figure 1) , there anpears to be a dc -cline in the aneunt of
sailing, and a gradual increase in the other activity categories.
It should also bo noted that there appears to be significant
increase in evening (4 p.m. - a p.m.) lake activity for both
weekdays and weekends.
Average Number of 7atercraft on Lake
On vreekLn:?s, some interesting sacculation. For t,.:c y --.3::s there
has been a consistent nuiber of obscrv:-.' ;.._� r ) . also
there has been .an incroas- In wceken:.' evoning use in. 19,34. Aydin
onlv Speculation, but arc- usc^_rs of :,-dicine cc:ls: '-'rinC- ti'.. to
I e a comfortable average capacity for t'�1n lai.e cin..:. -:r tb(-,-,-
beginning to s:lift -o other ti.:n,_ blocks - v!'e-; �-v--,nings:'
l,eekend activity by ti. -ie of Say (Figura 1) ir,_iic nt.�?s that in the
morning hours (9 n.m. - noon) fishing has heco.ne less oredcminant
over the 3 y.. -?ars.
In the afternoon (1 p.T— - 3;a.:m.) , ,.s m ntioni-_arlier sailincr
has become less ?rodorinsnt ir.:i tihar. ?'�C)PrS t0 ��' Sl lgrlt
increase in tllc ct-her activities, ex=-Dt fishing.
During tnoocir,'!'nd evi?nings, it ejpnzPcars til ,t 'CSt :,CtiVitleS art
:~laking a gr�,cu-.> 1 increas_� ov^r Clic tnr:-e yC'3r5. Xce nti on is
again fishing. It is unknown ,t this tiT�(: .._cling in
fishing is du^ to, nossibly fisili^n quality, an increase in ogler
lake activities, or sena other reason.
In the above infor;73tion t:'i_rE; arz many trenJs ',,,i!'il a-.-)prar. to
be emerging ovsr tile ye -ars of observation. '-i t_.r next y•,',ArS
observations, many of: t::^se crin s gray be rcinforc::., an,1 tn_�re may
be more infor:a,ition to suo^ort more so.-cula;=ive i eas.
1 8"
1143
1984
-orning
9
8
1 '
21
Aftor noon-
aek:iay
='
15
15
i: on-
G
37
58
Evening -
'V eekday
8
19
22
77 -.gni --`.n,. '
1'�
11;
42
On vreekLn:?s, some interesting sacculation. For t,.:c y --.3::s there
has been a consistent nuiber of obscrv:-.' ;.._� r ) . also
there has been .an incroas- In wceken:.' evoning use in. 19,34. Aydin
onlv Speculation, but arc- usc^_rs of :,-dicine cc:ls: '-'rinC- ti'.. to
I e a comfortable average capacity for t'�1n lai.e cin..:. -:r tb(-,-,-
beginning to s:lift -o other ti.:n,_ blocks - v!'e-; �-v--,nings:'
l,eekend activity by ti. -ie of Say (Figura 1) ir,_iic nt.�?s that in the
morning hours (9 n.m. - noon) fishing has heco.ne less oredcminant
over the 3 y.. -?ars.
In the afternoon (1 p.T— - 3;a.:m.) , ,.s m ntioni-_arlier sailincr
has become less ?rodorinsnt ir.:i tihar. ?'�C)PrS t0 ��' Sl lgrlt
increase in tllc ct-her activities, ex=-Dt fishing.
During tnoocir,'!'nd evi?nings, it ejpnzPcars til ,t 'CSt :,CtiVitleS art
:~laking a gr�,cu-.> 1 increas_� ov^r Clic tnr:-e yC'3r5. Xce nti on is
again fishing. It is unknown ,t this tiT�(: .._cling in
fishing is du^ to, nossibly fisili^n quality, an increase in ogler
lake activities, or sena other reason.
In the above infor;73tion t:'i_rE; arz many trenJs ',,,i!'il a-.-)prar. to
be emerging ovsr tile ye -ars of observation. '-i t_.r next y•,',ArS
observations, many of: t::^se crin s gray be rcinforc::., an,1 tn_�re may
be more infor:a,ition to suo^ort more so.-cula;=ive i eas.
• Figure 1. MEDICINE LAKE - WEEKEND BOATING BY ACTIVITY
Morning
80-• -
Avg. No.
of Ppl. .60-: .
Observed
4-0-:-
20
r U
80-.
Avg. No.
of Ppl. 60-:
Observed
40-.
20-.
1980
Afternoon
1983
1984
1980 1983 1984
Evening
100-:
80-• .
Avg. -No.
of Ppl. 60-:
Observed .
40-
20-. .
1980
i Boating Fast (>10 mph)
/Boating Slow (<10 -mph)
� Fishing from Boat
1983 1984
111111111watersk i ing
W,WV Sailing
IL Other Boating Activities
January 15, 1985
W.M. Crawford, P.E.
District Engineer
District 5
Minnesota Department of Transportation
2055 North Lilac Drive
Golden Valley, Minnesota 55422
RE: Project Path Report and Criteria Analysis
I494/CSAH Interchange Request
Plymouth, Minnesota
Metropolitan Council Referral File No. 12397-1
Dear Mr. Crawford:
Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
Seventh and Robert Streets
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Telephone (612) 291-6359
At its meeting on January 10, 1985, the Metropolitan Council considered the
Project Path Report and Criteria Analysis for a proposed interchange of CSAH 6
with I-494 in the City of Plymouth. This consideration was based on a report
of the Metropolitan Systems Commitee, Referral Report No. 85-1. A copy of
this report is attached.
The Council approved the CSAH6/I-494 Interchange which is an approved element
of the Metropolitan Highway System.
Sincerely,
5wjba
Sandra S. Gardebring
Chair
SSG:sb
Attachment
cc: Douglas H. Differt, Assistant Commissioner, Program Management, Mn/DOT
Fred Tanzer, Regional Coordinator, Mn/DOT
� mes Willis, Manager, City of Plymouth
Emil Brandt, Transportation Coordinator, TAB
Robert Paddock, Metropolitan Council Staff
An Equal Cpcorturnty Emplovef
Metropolitan Council Meeting of 1/10/85 Bus. Item C-1
M E T R O P O L I T A N C O U N C I L
Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
REFERRAL REPORT NO. 85-1
January 3, 1985
TO: Metropolitan Council
SUBJECT: Interchange Request, CSAH 6/I-494
Metropolitan Council District 11
Referral File No. 12397-1
BACKGROUND
At its meeting on Wednesday, January 2, 1985, the Metropolitan Systems
Committee reviewed the interchange request on CSAH 6/I-494.
The city of Plymouth officially adopted its Central Village Plan in 1969, which
showed the CSAH 6 interchange with I-494. The current Thoroughfare Guide Plan
includes the planned interchange. In the summer of 1982 the Metropolitan
Council reviewed the City of Plymouth Comprehensive Plan and indicated that
approval of the transportation element of the plan did not constitute approval
of the CSAH 6 interchange. The Council indicated that a request for the
interchange should follow the procedures outlined in the Transportation Policy
Plan. This referral is the documented response to that directive.
ISSUES AND CONCERNS
None.
RECOMMENDATION
That the Metropolitan Council approve the proposed CSAH 6/I-494 interchange and
notify the city of Plymouth, Minnesota Department of Transportation, and the
Transportation Advisory Board that the CSAH 6 interchange is an approved
element of the Metropolitan Highway System Plan.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Flynn,
Chair
BPREFI
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
Suite 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: November 28, 1984
TO: Metropolitan Systems Committee
FROM: Transportation Planning Division (Robert Paddock)
SUBJECT: Interchange Request, CSAH 6/I-494
Metropolitan Council District 11
Referral File No. 12397-1.
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A Project Path Report and Criteria Analysis was received from MnDOT for a
proposed interchange of Hennepin County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 6 with
Interstate Route 494 in the city of Plymouth, see attachment A.
The city of Plymouth officially adopted its Central Village Plan in 1969, which
showed the CSAH 6 interchange with I-494. The current Thoroughfare Guide Plan
includes the planned interchange. In the summer of 1982 the Metropolitan
Council reviewed the City of Plymouth Comprehensive Plan and indicated that
approval of the transportation element of the plan did not constitute approval
of the CSAH 6 interchange. The Council indicated that a request for the
interchange should follow the procedures outlined in the Transportation Policy
Plan. This referral is the documented response to that directive.
AUTHORITY TO REVIEW
This project is being reviewed as a step in the Transportation Policy Plan as
authorized under Minnesota Statutes 473.145-473.249 in which a comprehensive
guide for the region is outlined.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Currently CSAH 6 is a two lane roadway which passes over I-494 on a two lane
bridge. No interchange access is provided. The terrain is gently rolling with
I-494 being significantly below the adjacent grades. The alignment of CSAH 6
is relatively straight in the project area. The average daily traffic (ADT)
for CSAH 6 was 7,500 in 1982 while the ADT for I-494 was 34,700.
The proposed project consists of the following improvements:
1. Construction of interchange ramps to connect CSAH 6 and I-494.
2. Replacement of the current CSAH 6 bridge with four through lanes, left
turn lanes for both directions and bike lanes along either side of the
bridge.
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3. Widening and channelization of CSAH 6 to provide four through lanes
and turn lanes between Xenium Lane (CSAR 61) and Fernbrook Lane.
The proposed interchange is located within the metropolitan service area in a
location planned by Plymouth for office and light industrial development.
Considerable employment exists in the area now, and jobs are expected to
increase markedly in the future. The area has considerable potential regional
accessibility due to its proximity to three Metropolitan Highways, TH 55, TH 12
(future I-394), and I-494. The proposed interchange would relieve congestion
at the TH 55/I-494 interchange and help prevent anticipated congestion at the
intersection of TH 55 and Xenium Lane.
DISCUSSION
The Council Transportation Staff reviewed the Project Path Report and
Interchange Addition Request and Criteria Analysis for the proposed CSAR 6
interchange with I-494. The review determined that the criteria were
adequately addressed and that the interchange was a reasonable and prudent
improvement under regional policy. Specifically it was determined to be
consistent with Development Framework Area of Planned Urbanization policies
10, 11, 12e and 12f, calling for staged urban development, balanced
distribution of employment and efficient, orderly and economic expansion of
transportation systems. The interchange is also consistent with the land use
plan submitted by Plymouth, as approved by the Council.
The interchange is consistent with policies 1, 2, 6 and 15 of the Metropolitan
Transportation Policy Plan, which call for consistency with the Development
Framework, transportation investment based on demonstrated need, consistency
with safety standards and establish interchange spacing criteria.
FINDINGS
The proposed interchange was a part of the Plymouth Comprehensive Plan which
was approved by the Council in May, 1982 (Referral File No. 8490-2).
The proposed interchange, however, was not a part of the Council -s approved
Metropolitan System, and it was recommended that a request for the additional
interchange follow the procedure outlined in the Transportation Policy Plan.
The criteria have been adequately addressed in the Project Path Report and
Interchange Addition Request and Criteria Analysis. The interchange is a
reasonable and prudent improvement under regional policy.
The proposed interchange is consistent with all relevant plans and policies
outlined in the Transportation Policy Plan, specifically policies 1, 2, 6, and
15. The interchange is also consistent with Development Framework Area of
Planned Urbanization policies 10, 11, 12e and 12f.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Metropolitan Council approve the proposed CSAH 6/I-494 interchange
and notify the city of Plymouth, Minnesota Department of Transportation, and
the Transportation Advisory Board that the CSAH 6 interchange is an approved
element of the Metropolitan Highway System Plan.
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Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Established 1867
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Roger Parkinson Publisher and President
Joe �R. Kramer Executive Editor
Tim J. McGuire Managing Editor
Robert J. White Editorial Editor
Saturday, January 12, 1985
To fill the federal housing -aid gap
Fob 35 years national policy has called for "a
decent home and a suitable living environment for
every American family." And through most of
those years, the federal government backed up its
policy with subsidies, loans and other programs to
provide thousands of needy people with better
housing than they could afford on their own. Under
the Reagan administration, however, the federal
government has backed alway from its housing -
subsidy role.
During the 1970s, federal subsidies added an aver-
age of 2,000 units a year to the housing stock of the
Twin Cities area alone. In the last two years, the
annual number of federally subsidized units here
has fallen to one-fourth that amount. But as the
Metropolitan Council points out in its newly revised
package of regional housing policies, the need for
low-cost or subsidized housing has been rising rath-
er than declining. And state and local governments
have not been able to fill the gap left by the federal
withdrawal.
Yet that is what they must try to do. The new policy
document makes an impass?oned plea for the re-
sumption of federal housing assistance to the low-
est -income groups — and for changes in federal tax
and banking codes to make more money available
for housing. But the document's mnr�_ realistic
emphasis is on ways that local, state and regional
authorities can make housing more affordable,
more plentiful and more suited to people's actual
needs.
That means more housing — about 120,000 addi-
tional units in the area by 1995, including 47,000 for
low- and moderate -income households. It also
means more cost-efficient housing. One of the big-
gest contributors to housing cost, for example, is
land cost. It is also the cost factor over which local
governments exert the most control. By reducing
required iot frontages from 80 to 60 feet, local
governments could cut land and land -development
costs by as much as 35 percent. Or they could
reduce housing -size requirements — not only cut-
ting costs but better enabling housing suppliers to
respond to local demands. The council estimates
that 50 percent of the area's housing need over the
next 10 years is for two-bedroom or smaller units.
These and other recommendations in the package
may seem as farfetched as the one urging the
Reagan administration to get back into the housing -
subsidy business. But it's been only a dozen years
since Metropolitan Council housing policies called
on area suburbs to provide their "fair shares" of
subsidized housing, 90 percent of which was then
concentrated in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Today,
thanks in large part to the council's policy guid-
ance, almost 40 percent of the Twin Cities area's
subsidized housing is in the suburbs. That success
was also partly the result of suburbs recognizing
their housing responsibilities. And part was simply
because federal housing aid was there to be used.
But federal leadership was important too. If the
housing problem was serious enough to involve the
federal government, then it was serious enough to
engage local and state governments as well. The
challenge now is to avoid the assumption that just
because the federal government is no longer lead-
ing the way, the problem no longer exists. The new
metropolitan housing policies make it clear that in
many ways the problem is worse than ever. And
that more than ever, local and state governments
must do what they can to solve it.
January 11, 1985
Mr. Curt Johnson
Executive Director
Citizens League
84 S. Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
RE: LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
Dear Curt:
CITY OF
PLYMOUTH+
Plymouth is concerned about the light rail transit issue.
Our concern stems primarily from the issues of ridership and financing. We
agree with your April 6, 1984 memo that the employment pattern in the metro-
politan area is such that the traditional line -haul type of transit is
losing its viability. During the I-394 traffic reviews it was noted that
the traffic volumes west of Highway 100 on I-394 would be relatively well-
balanced in both directions during rush hours. This suggests that, in the
morning hours, a substantial number of people are driving to westerly
employment destinations.
On the financial issue, we are particularly concerned that the primary
beneficiaries of any light rail transit system will not be those asked to
pay for it. If the financing assumptions are on the basis of a 35 to 40%
farebox recovery, it is obvious that some other source is going to be asked
to make up the deficit. This problem is exacerbated if the traditional MTC
type of operations isn't cut back on a commensurate basis. We believe that
the net result will be greater levels of public operational cost support.
The question of capital funding is also up for grabs.
The issue of light rail transit is one which desires, and indeed, requires a
substantial amount of quality analysis before it is funded on any basis. It
may well be a viable transit option for portions of the metropolitan area,
however, until questions such as ridership assumptions and financing options
and impacts are fully explored and resolved, no state legislative
Initiatives should be undertaken.
Yours truly,
,)--Ja—es G. Willis
Manager
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3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
Will Twin Cities repeat Miami transit fiasco?
On Dec. 15 the Minneapolis Star and Trib-
une carried a Los Angeles Times story on
the fiasco of Miami's new rail system. Six
months into the first phase of operation,
ridership is 10 percent of projections, and
the taxpayers are about to be confronted
with the deficits.
The article quotes transportation expert
Kenneth Orski: "It's the same old story," he
said. "They have built a rail system in a fairly
low-density urban area, with a fairly well
developed freeway system and with points of
origin and destination scattered all over the
landscape. It's no wonder not many people
ride it"
Free Estimate
Save the quote. If the present foolishness in
our town proceeds past reversible stages,
we'll likely hear this retrospective wisdom
again.
Note the subtle shift in terminology about the
light rail proposals here in the past month or
so. The three corridors which have been the
object of study off and on for so long are
now dignified in the aggregate as a "system."
A system they are not. They are simply cor-
ridors that have been linked together to
consolidate political support. They are only
incidentally related to where people live and
travel.
Look at the corridors separately. As long as
terminological shifts are under way, let's call
them convenience, calamity, and coalition.
"Convenience" is the southwest corridor. It's
picked because it's there, and comes
equipped with a rail history. Trouble is, it's
too much like fishing in the bathtub ... you
don't lose a lot of hooks, but there aren't
many fish. Ridership estimates show it to be
a minor factor in delivering people to and
from downtown Minneapolis. But it's there
and Hennepin County has already spent
money acquiring it.
Then there's the corridor of "calamity"
— Hiawatha — waiting all these years for a
_completed road. Instead these south Min-
neapolis neighborhoods get promises of rail,
and some roadway, even though it is not
abundantly clear that desire for all the addi-
tional development that is implied is well
measured.
The third corridor — University Avenue — is
all "coalition." It's the corridor of the most
acceptable politics, linking the support of the
two largest cities. Here ridership estimates
are legitimately high but come at the direct
expense of displaced and reshaped bus
service. And the highly successful express
bus between the two downtowns gives way
to the slower (by about eight minutes) serv-
ice by rail. It will be even slower if the users
along the corridor have their way in ex-
panding the number of stops. There are
substantial numbers of transit -dependent
persons in this corridor, as well as in the
south Minneapolis neighborhoods that
would be affected by the Hiawatha route.
Presumably these riders will be invited to
ride buses as a collector system, then
transfer to rail to get to downtown destina-
tions.
With all three of these routes headed into
Minneapolis, it's interesting to look at the
estimates of ridership destined for down-
town. The estimates from the consultant
studies show that more than 80 percent of
these LRT riders are already transit users,
people who ride the bus.
Let's assume that some small percentage of
the rail users will be new converts to transit.
And let's also assume that the average oc-
cupancy of automobiles remains about what
it is today. The bottom line is that only some
3,600 cars will be taken off the road by the
turn of the century. Dividing that into the
projected capital costs of the "system" yields
a public cost per removed car of $100,000.
This "system" is a bad idea whose time has
come.- for a final decision. — Curt Johnson.
January 15, 1985
A R E A 3 T 0 W N N E E T I N G R E S P O N S E S
CITY O�
January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Mr. Alfred 011ikain
13021 16th Avenue
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. 011ikain:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in at the December 10 Town Meeting.
The concern which you expressed at this meeting was the curbing at your
driveway entrance to your property. Because of the snow condition during
these winter months, the curbing and your driveway cannot adequately be
reviewed at this time.
Would you please contact me this spring in order that I can make an
appointment with you to inspect your driveway. My phone number is listed
at the bottom of this letter.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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AGENDA
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David O. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David 0. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
RESIDENT FEEDBACK FORM
Please use this form if you have a question or concern which you would like
the City to investigate. If you provide your name, address and phone
number, we will advise you of our actions and findings with respect to your
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Mr. and Mrs. James Bingham
11510 County Road 15
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bingham:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in at the December 10 Town Meeting.
The construction of 6th Avenue has been a part of the City's street plarl
since 1972. As areas have developed along this proposed street, the
development has provided the necessary right-of-way.
Some of the older homes along County Road 15 were constructed before the
establishment of proposed 6th Avenue and, therefore, no right-of-way has
been provided. As this proposed project moves forward towards
construction, the exact location of the additional right-of-way will be
determined. This location will be established with the least disruption
to the existing properties as possible.
Although, with the construction of 6th Avenue, there will be traffic at
the rear of your property, the amount of traffic on existing County Road
15 will be greatly reduced. You and other property owners will be
informed as the planning process continues for 6th Avenue.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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AGENDA
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
RES,DENT FEED&WK FQ"
Please use this form if you have a question or concern which you would like
the City to investigate. If you provide your name, address and phone
number, we will advise you of our actions and findings with respect to your
concern.
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January 14, 1985
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Mr. Richard Gotz
415 Wedgewood Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Gotz:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in at the December 10 Town Meeting.
The projected number of vehicles which will be on new County Road 61 when
it is opened to traffic during the summer of 1985 is approximately 5000 to
6000 vehicles per day. The traffic is projected to continue to increase
to approximately 8000 vehicles per day by the year 2000.
Approximately in May of 1985 you will receive a notice from the City
Assessor on their value of your property. If you do not agree with this
value, the notice received from the assesor states the time of the public
hearing where you can appeal your property valuation. If you do not agree
with the Assessor's valuation, I would recommend that you attend this
public hearing. You should provide the Board of Appeals information to
support your position on the value of your property.
An outlot has been created between your property and new County Road 61.
This outlot is not owned by the City of Plymouth but is the property of
the developer, Carlson Companies, Inc. I would suggest that you contact
Dale Kennedy at Carlson Companies to obtain whether they would be willing
to deed a portion of this property to you. There is not proposed to be
any special assessments against this outlot.
The construction plans for County Road 61 provide for berming and
landscaping along the new road. In the area adjacent to the marsh it is
not possible to construct a berm because of the encroachment that this
would require into the marsh area. The area between the road and the
marsh will be heavily landscaped. A fence is also being constructed
between County Road 15 and the marsh.
If during the landscaping of the roadway you have any concerns or
suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Mr. Bruce Thompson
11018 County Road 15
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Thompson:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in at the December 10 Town Meeting.
As was stated at the meeting, at the present time the City only has a pre-
liminary concept plan for the intersection of County 15 and County 73.
The City will be working with Hennepin County on the development of the
plans for this intersection.
As the planning process continues, the property which will be necessary to
acquire for right-of-way will be determined. As this process continues,
you and other property owners in the area will be notified of the proposed
plans.
If it is necessary to acquire your house, you will be made aware of this
in ample time that your move can be planned and an alternate location for
you to move to located in ample time before the proposed road construc-
tion. If I can be of help in any other way, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Sincerely,
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Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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January 14, 1985 PUMOUTR
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Scherber
700 Windemere Curve
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Scherber:
The construction of 6th Ave. between County Road 73 and Xenium Lane has
been a part of the City's transportation system since 1972. This street
is needed in order that a proper traffic circulation is provided for this
portion of Plymouth. Because of the numerous curves and hills on existing
County Road 15, it is not adequate as the only connecting street through
this area.
The City realizes that the construction cf 6th Avenue will have a higher
than usual cost on some portions because of the marsh conditions. As more
housing is continuing to be built both north and south of the future
6th Ave., its need is continuing to be highlighted. Traffic is finding
alternate routes through residential areas. The construction of 6th Ave.
is necessary to alleviate these problems.
As the plans are developer for the construction of 6th Ave., the City will
take into consideration the existing conditions in order that the new
street can be constructed with as little disruption as possible.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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AGENDA
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David O. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
RESIDENT FEEDBACK FORM
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the City to investigate. If you provide your name, address and phone
number, we will advise you of our actions and findings with respect to your
concern.
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTH+
Mr. Don Anderson
417 Union Terrace Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Anderson:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in at the December 10 town meeting.
I believe your concern lies with providing safe pedestrian and bicycle
access along County Road 15 to LaCompte Park. I have discussed your
concern with Eric Blank, Director of Park and Recreation. Eric and I are
both convinced that we can make some improvements that will safeguard the
use of County Road 15 to and from LaCompte Park. Although County Road 15
does have a paved shoulder for bicycles and pedestrians going easterly
from LaCompte Park, this paved should does stop somewhat easterly of the
Highway 55/Saratoga intersection. We believe that the paved should can be
continued along the south side of County Road 15 over to Quaker Lane.
Eric and I will review this matter in the spring when the snow is gone,
and, if it is deemed appropriate, we will proceed with a plan to the City
Council for this additional roadway to accommodate a pedestrian/bicycle
trail.
I thank you for calling this potential hazardous situation to our
attention, and I hope that we will be able to correct it next spring or
early summer.
Sincerely,
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Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
RESIDENT FEEDBACK FORM
Please use this form if you have a question or concern which you would like
the City to investigate. If you provide your name, address and phone
number, we will advise you of our actions and findings with respect to your
concern.
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTH+
Mr. Phil Collins
305 Vinewood Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Collins:
It has been necessary to create a detour on County Road 15 for the
construction of the new interchange at I-494. Without the detour as
established it would be necessary to detour traffic to County Road 15,
which would add considerable time required to get from one side of the
interstate to the other.
Although the detour route does add a few minutes to the travel time and
has two ninety degree curves, if traffic obeys the posted speed limit,
there is no problem with the safety of the roadway. This new street is
being maintained by Hennepin County as part of the detour on County
Road 15. To my knowledge they are plowing snow and sanding the street as
necessary.
If you observe an icy condition which has not been taken care of properly,
please contact my office in order that we can notify Hennepin County.
Sincerely,
�y
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTH+
Mr. Phil Collins
305 Vinewood Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Collins:
It has been necessary to create a detour on County Road 15 for the
construction of the new interchange at I-494. Without the detour as
established it would be necessary to detour traffic to County Road 15,
which would add considerable time required to get from one side of the
interstate to the other.
Although the detour route does add a few minutes to the travel time and
has two ninety degree curves, if traffic obeys the posted speed limit,
there is no problem with the safety of the roadway. This new street is
being maintained by Hennepin County as part of the detour on County
Road 15. To my knowledge they are plowing snow and sanding the street as
necessary.
If you observe an icy condition which has not been taken care of properly,
please contact my office in order that we can notify Hennepin County.
Sincerely,
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Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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»00 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612} 559-2&.
A G E N D A
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AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985 PUMOUTR
Mrs. Marian Hanesalo
13205 16th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mrs. Hanesalo:
I wish to thank you for calling our attention to the problem at 16th Ave.
and County Road 6 caused by the snow storage from the fire station. This
has especially been true of the past two winters because of the excess
amount of snow which we have received.
If the amounts of snow we receive begin to cause a sight problem this
year, we will remove the snow from the corner. If, at any time, you see
this situation happening, please call my office and call it to our
attention.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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?400 PL','%1OUTH BOULEVARD PLY'!OUTr4 r.�:^:":ESOTA 5 447. TELEPHONE (612) 5592800
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David O. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985 CITY OF
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Mr. Paul Strand
725 Windemere Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Strand:
The Mayor has forwarded your resident feedback form to me for comments.
Pineview Lane south of 6th Avenue has never been upgraded to a standard
residential street. This portion of Pineview Lane has been in existence
for several years and was open to traffic before the construction of the
Gleanloch Addition.
During 1984 6th Avenue between Xenium Lane and Pineview Lane was completed
and opened to traffic. During the late summer of 1985 the southerly
extension of Xenium Lane (County Road 61), south of 6th Avenue to
Highway 12, will be completed and opened to traffic. With the completion
of this new street, I would anticipate that traffic will use this new
roadway instead of Pineview Lane.
At some time within the new few years Pineview Lane will need to be
upgraded to a standard city street. There are several other streets
within the city which also require upgrading and this program is being
considered for 1987. We are monitoring the parking on Pineview Lane to
determine if "No Parking" signs should be posted in order to provide a
safer roadway.
You also made a statement with regard to the placement of stop signs on
neighborhood streets and not major collector streets. The purpose of stop
signs is to designate which traffic has the right-of-way at an intersec-
tion. The purpose of stop signs is not to control the speed of traffic.
If there is a speeding problem on neighborhood streets, it should be con-
trolled through enforcement of the speed limits. A majority of the
traffic on neighborhood streets is that of the residents and they should
know the neighborhood situation.
The city will continue to consider the upgrading of this portion of
Pineview Lane within our future programs.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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A G E N D A
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II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David 0. Davenport
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Mr. George Mellen
17315 24th Avenue
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear George:
Since, as a representative of Honeywell, you have attended meetings on the
closure of 15th Avenue, you are aware of the reasons for this street
closure. 15th Avenue is a residential street and was not intended to
serve industrial traffic. In order to eliminate this industrial traffic,
it was the determination of the City Council to close 15th Avenue to
through traffic.
As was discussed at the Town Meeting, the City is projecting the
completion of 6th Avenue in 1988. This street will provide an alternate
means of access into and out of the area. The City will continue to work
with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to monitor the traffic on
Highway 55 at the cross street intersections. If improvement projects are
possible, we will request that they be implemented by Mn DOT.
If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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I PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. 'sINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Mr. Bill McCourtney
925 Windemere Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. McCourtney:
The Mayor has forwarded your resident feedback form to me for comments.
Pineview Lane south of 6th Avenue has never been upgraded to a standard
residential street. This portion of Pineview Lane has been in existence
for several years and was open to traffic before the construction of the
Gleanloch Addition.
During 1984 6th Avenue between Xenium Lane and Pineview Lane was completed
and opened to traffic. During the late summer of 1985 the southerly
extension of Xenium Lane (County Road 61), south of 6th Avenue to
Highway 12, will be completed and opened to traffic. With the completion
of this new street, I would anticipate that traffic will use this new
roadway instead of Pineview Lane.
At some time within the new few years Pineview Lane will need to be
upgraded to a standard city street. There are several other streets
within the city which also require upgrading and this program is being
considered for 1987. We are monitoring the parking on Pineview Lane to
determine if "No Parking" signs should be posted in order to provide a
safer roadway.
The city will continue to consider the upgrading of this portion of
Pineview Lane within our future programs.
Sincerely,
.
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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"�') PLYMOPTH 30ULEV4RD. PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 554-17. T�:.LE?HONE 612; 559 2800
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David O. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Mr. Dominic F. Dahlheimer
13115 County Road 15
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Dahlheimer:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in after the December 10 Town Meeting.
Since your comments were received an additional sign has been placed on
the County Road 15 detour route on the east side of I-494. This sign is
on the north -south portion of the roadway. This new sign has two
intications. One is that the traffic using County Road 15 that is west
bound is to go straight ahead at the intersection. The other sign is for
traffic using County Road 15 to go east bound is to turn left at the new
intersection.
To my knowledge, traffic is not having problems since the placement of the
additional sign. If you believe additional signing is required, please
contact me at the phone number indicated on this letter.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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3100 PLYMOUTH. BOULEVARD. PLY%1OUTH. MINNESOTA 55447 TELEPHONE (612) 559-2200
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Miss Ann O'Fallon
1220 Oakview Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Miss O'Fallon:
The construction of 6th Avenue will not directly affect the Beacon Heights
Addition. This addition lies northerly of 6th Avenue and will not be
immediately adjacent to the proposed street.
The new street will indirectly affect the Beacon Heights area by providing
an alternate traffic route. The traffic which is now cutting through the
Beacon Heights area to get access to Highway 55 should be greatly reduced
with the construction of 6th Avenue.
As the planning process continues for the construction of 6th Avenue, it
will be considered by the City Council on several different occasions.
There are articles and coverage of these meetings in the "Plymouth Post,"
the official newspaper of the City. Also, Council meetings are now being
broadcast on the City's cable TV channel. You can keep yourself informed
of the planning for 6th Avenue through the media. Also, you may wish to
check from time to time with my office on whether any further detailed
plans have been developed.
If I can be of any help in any other way, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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cc: Frank Boyles
3400 aLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
RESIDENT FEEDBACK FORM
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CITY OF
January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Ms. Julia Waukazo
13522 County Road 15
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Ms. Waukazo:
Mayor Davenport has asked me to respond to the resident feedback form that
you turned in after the December 10 Town Meeting.
I have referred your drainage concern to the City's consulting engineer on
the County Road 61 project. Attached is a copy of the letter sent to the
consultant.
When I receive a reply from the consultant, I will inform you of any
corrective actions that are necessary. You can be assured that if any
corrective work is necessary, it will be completed in order that a
drainage problem is not created for this spring's snow melt.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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cc: Frank Boyles
3:00 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55;47. TELEPHC':E ;612; 559-2300
AGENDA
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1964
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II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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Mr. Dave Bancroft
210 Magnolia Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Dave:
I wish to thank you for calling to our attention the drainage problem
adjacent to your property on County Road 15. It was my understanding that
this problem was to be corrected by Hennepin County last summer.
Attached is a letter which has been sent to Hennepin County to obtain the
status of this corrective work. I will keep you informed' of the responses
from Hennepin County.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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cc: Frank Boyles
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
A G E N D A
PLYMOUTH TOWN METING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985 PLYMOUTR
Mr. Per M. Kjeldaas
705 Windemere Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
Dear Mr. Kjeldaas:
The Mayor has forwarded your resident feedback form to me for comments.
Pineview Lane south of 6th Avenue has never been upgraded to a standard
residential street. This portion of Pineview Lane has been in existence
for several years and was open to traffic before the construction of the
Gleanloch Addition.
During 1984 6th Avenue between Xenium Lane and Pineview Lane was completed
and opened to traffic. During the late summer of 1985 the southerly
extension of Xenium Lane (County Road 61), south of 6th Avenue to
Highway 12, will be completed and opened to traffic. With the completion
of this new street, I would anticipate that traffic will use this new
roadway instead of Pineview Lane.
At some time within the new few years Pineview Lane will need to be
upgraded to a standard city street. There are several other streets
within the city which also require upgrading and this program is being
considered for 1987. We are monitoring the parking on Pineview Lane to
determine if "No Parking" signs should be posted in order to provide a
safer roadway.
The city will continue to consider the upgrading of this portion of
Pineview Lane within our future programs.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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cc: Frank Boyles
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYh10UTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2200
AGENDA
PLYMOUTH TOWN MEETING
AREA 3
December 10, 1984
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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AREA 4
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IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
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III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David O. Davenport
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II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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AREA 4
January 14, 1985
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II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
IV. CLOSING COMMENTS - Mayor David J. Davenport
V. ADJOURN
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January 14, 1985
I. INTRODUCTIONS - Mayor David J. Davenport
II. STATUS REPORTS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST - City Department Heads
III. QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE
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January 16, 1985
Mrs. Peggy Meyer
10105 30th Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Peggy:
Thank you for attending the Town Meeting on Monday. In your
Resident Feedback Form you indicated that you would help to
develop a Plymouth school system. I Monday night I floated
a "trial balloon" to get a very preliminary reaction from
the residents who were present and it was a positive one.
In fact, a couple of the people also phoned me Tuesday expressing
an interest in having such an idea that presumably would involve
District 281 having its boundaries redrawn to exclude Plymouth
and District 284 having its boundaries redrawn to include the
Plymouth portion of #281. I have also talked to Councilmembers
Neils and Crain since both reside in #281. I have not pursued
it to any extent with anyone in #284.
Such a task, if it were undertake, would be a monumental one
and it would clearly require widespread grass roots support
among all Plymouth residents and especially those in Districts
#281 and #284 since these are the two largest districts
servicing the City. As I indicated Monday night, 80% of the
#284 service area is in Plymouth and Minnetonka, not Wayzata,
actually has the second largest number of students enrolled
in #284. A portion of the Osseo and Hopkins school districts
also service Plymouth and a positive reaction from Plymouth
families in those districts would also be essential in
bringing about a Plymouth school district. Such a task would
also involve legislative action and I would be reluctant
to even bring such an idea to Plymouth's legislative delegation
unless the pros and cons were thoroughly evaluated and the
community at large was supportive.
As you know, Peggy, since you and Chuck formerly resided in
#284, that district is beset with its own problems and the
#284 Board of Education itself is seriously divided. At the
present time they are having difficulty managing the day-to-day
business of the district and the status of #284's Superintendent
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January 16, 1985
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is unresolved also, so for these reasons I have not approached
any of the Board members with the idea of redrawing school
district boundaries so the #284 portion of the City would be
expanded to include the Plymouth portion of #281. Frankly, I
don't know what members I should even approach at this point
since an election will take place in May and two seats will
be up for voter consideration. A number of members of the #284
Board have indicated that they support the idea of changing the
name of that district to include Plymouth, but I proposed that
idea two or three years ago and so far it has gone no where,
although I am informed that it is not a question of "if" but
rather "when".
There is much good about #284 and all of us wish the #284
Board of Education well in attempting to resolve their differences
so they can devote their time and energies to establishing #284
as a "lighthouse" district, to use the words of the current
Superintendent.
Peggy, you once were very active in the PTSO at Oakwood
Elementary School when you and Chuck resided in the southwest
part of the City, so I would encourage you to feel out some of
your former friends and neighbors in #284 to determine what
interest they might have in pursuing the idea of a Plymouth
school district along the lines outlined above. I would
appreciate receiving that feedback and if a consensus begins to
emerge that the idea is at least of worthy of pursuing on a more
structured basis, then it seems to me a community task force
could be appointedto research the idea in depth. It is premature
at this point for any formal proposal to be developed for considera-
tion by the #281 or #284 Boards of Education.
I suspect, though, that my remarks at the Town Meeting will be
reported in the media and that would accomplish the objective of
at least starting to develop some public awareness and also
stimulate some public debate about the idea and that of course
would be the starting point for any meaningful community dialogue.
Please let me hear from you after you have had a chance to sample
some public inioptZn #284.
Sinc re ,
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Please use this form if you have a question or concern which you would like
the City to investigate. If you provide your name, address and phone
number, we will advise you of our actions and findings with respect to your
concern.
NATURE OF CONCERN/PROPERTY ADDRESS INVOLVED:
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TRAFFIC 84-14
TO: Director Car lqui st
FROM: D. Paulson
DATE: 01-10-85
SUBJECT: Stationary Radar
48th Avenue North and Quaker Lane
Four periods of staionary radar were assigned. The
assignments were during the morning and evening
heavier traffic periods.
SUMMARY:
1. A total of 32 vehicles were clocked by radar.
2. All 32 vehicles were traveling at, or below,
the posted speed limit of 30 MPH.
CITY OF
PLYMOUTH+
December 24, 1984
Mr. Bart Bartelsman
4750 Quaker Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442
Dear Mr. Bartelsman:
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Your concern about the intersection at 48th Avenue North and nuaker Lane
is being investigated. I have sent a copy of your letter to the Director
of Public Works - Fred Moore. It is currently the policy of the City
Council that all stop sign requests are to be directed to the enaineerina
division. The City Engineer will evaluate each request using the State
Uniform Traffic Warrant Criteria. If stop signs do not meet the criteria
as established under City policy, the City Engineer will respond to you
in the near future providing reasons why the signs are not recommended.
In the event that you may not be satisfied with the recommendation, residents
always have the opportunity to bring their requests directly before the City
Council.
In the meantime, I am requesting the Supervisor in charge of the patrol division
set up some special activity in the area in question. This may include surveying
speeds with radar or implementing enforcement if the occasion so dictates.
Thank you for taking the time to write. Many times we are unaware of hazardous
situations until after several serious accidents occur.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Carlquist
Public Safety Director
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC SAFETY
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cc: Fred Moore, City Engineer
Dennis Paulson, Sergeant
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December 18, 1984
4750 :uaker Lane
Plymouth, Minnesota
55442
City of Plymouth telephone: 559-5030
Department of Public Safety
City Hall
Plymouth, Kinnesota 55441
Dear Sirs,
Since the Rolling Hills Park subdivision on 48th Avenue i,crth has
been opened, the apparent speed of traffic has increased. This
is because the dead end that used to exist at 48th Ave.N and
i4uaker Lane no loncer exists. This intersection is quite hazardous,
as euaker Lane elevation is at its hichest point, and east or West
bound traffic on 48th Ave N. cannot see adequately.
I suggest that the City look into placing a four—Way STOP sign at
this intersection to protect the children in this neighborhood,
slow the traffic on 48th Ave.N, and perhaps prevent a collission
at this location.
Please let me know if any action will be taken.
Sincerely,
Bart Bartelsman