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CITY COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
May 10, 1985
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS......
1. TOWN MEETING -- Monday, May 13, 7:00 p.m. Town meeting_ for Area
Eight residents in City Council Chambers. Meeting notice and agenda
attached. (M-1)
2. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING -- The City Council will meet on Monday, May 20
for its next regular meeting.
3. BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS & APPEALS -- Monday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.
The Board of Zoning Adjustments and ppeals will meet in the large
conference room. Agenda attached (M-3)
4. PLANNING COMMISSION BUS TOUR -- Wednesday, May 15, 5:30 p.m.
5. JUNE & JULY MEETING CALENDARS -- Meeting calendars for June and July
are attached. M-5
6. TWINWEST CHAMBER LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION -- The TwinWest Chamber of
Commerce has scheduled a 1985 Chamber Legislative Reception on
Wednesday, May 29 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Edward's Restaurant &
Bakery (formerly Naegele's Restaurant), St. Louis Park. The
Chamber's Legislative Affairs Committee is sponsoring this post -
session reception to meet with State Legislators and discuss the
outcome of the 1985 Session. If you are interested in attending,
please contact Laurie Houk.
7. LAST CALL - LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE -- June 11
- 14. Please contact Laurie on Monday, May 13 is you desire to
attend.
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447. TELEPHONE (612) 5592800
CITY COUNCIL
May 10, 1985
Page 2
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
8. ANNUAL MEETING - WEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING BOARD -- The
annual meeting of the West Rennepin Human Services Planninq Roard is
scheduled for Tuesday, May 28 at the Radisson Inn Plymouth beginning
at 6:30 p.m. Attached is a copy of the invitation. Council members
interested in attending should contact Laurie before May 23 in order
that reservations may be made. (M-8)
The Planning Board has also requested that all vacancies to the
Board of Directors be filled before the annual meeting. Presently,
Anita Vogel and Ellie Ogden are the City's representatives to the
Board. As the Council will recall, Ellie Ogden has previously
indicated her desire not to be reappointed to the Board and will
resign her position as soon as an appointment is made. We
presently have on file the applications of Mary Brown and Sohn Edson
who have expressed interest in appointment to the WHHSPB. Copies of
their applications are attached for your review, together with a
suggested criteria sheet on appointing municipal members to the West
Hennepin Human Services Planning Board. (M-8)
FOR YOUR INFORMATION.....
1. PLYMOUTH SUPERETTE -- Following the Council meeting last Monday
evening, I talked with Mr. hack Wenner and his attorney, Mr. George
May. Both indicated that dedication of 27 feet of utility easements
along Highway 101 would not be objectionable to them. They are
having the easements redrawn to reflect that revised provision.
Once Mr. Wenner and the Hughes Brothers have signed the easements,
and the other conditions of the Council's approval are met, we will
be in a position of issuing the building permit. They have
previously indicated that they would agree to construct an
acceleration/ deceleration lane onto the site from Highway 101 in
accordance with MnDOT requirements and/or specifications, as well as
to consolidate the parcels. Both these points were reconfirmed in
my most recent conversations. Mr. Wenner apparently has the first
right of refusal to buy the Hughes Brothers property, and it is he
who will likely be paying the property taxes for the consolidated
parcel as he is now responsible for the taxes on the superette site
by the terms of his lease.
2. DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH -- I met with Mr. ferry Thole and Greg Gustafson
last Tuesday afternoon regarding the Council's decision not to
proceed with the proposed McComb's study in downtown Plymouth. Both
Mr. Thole and Mr. Gustafson appreciated the Council's concern,
although they were disappointed that the study would not proceed
under the City's direction as they believe such a study would have
more credibility. They indicated that they would defer proceeding
with the study until after the matter of the special assessments
and/or, the dune 25th tax forfeiture date matters have been
resolved. I informed them that the City's special bill regarding
recasting of special assessments had been approved by committees in
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May 10, 1985
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the House and Senate and was now on General Orders in both bodies.
I further stated that the passage of the bill did not automatically
mean that the Council would respread the special assessments. They
agreed that the Council would obviously have absolute discretion in
this matter, but that they hope to be able to present their request
to the Council if the bill were to become law.
3. MINUTES -- The following minutes are attached:
a. Elm Creek Conservation Commission, April 10, 1985 (I -3a)
4. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS -- The following departmental activity reports
for the month of April are attached:
a. Fire Department (I -4a)
b. Public Safety Community Relations (I -4b)
5. HIGHWAY 12JCARLSON PARKWAY INTERCHANGE -- Attached is a copy of the
anticipated construction schedu a for T.H. 12 and Carlson Parkway
interchange. (I-5)
6. NEW HOUSING TRENDS -- The following table, "Characteristics of New
Single Family Homes", is from the Twin Cities Housing Council's
monthly newsletter "New Housing Update".
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70%
73%
74%
73%
70%
67%
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36%
61%
64%
62%
57%
55%
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Full or Partial Basements
37%
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42%
42%
36%
33%
31%
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May 10, 1985
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7. METRO AREA RETAIL SALES -- The attached article from the May issue
of "Metro Monitor" reports on the sales of major retail centers
throughout the Twin City area from 1977 to 1982. The Southdale
shopping area came in first, surpassing downtown Minneapolis, with
the Ridgedale shopping area being rated third. Ridgedale's $267
million in sales is a 141% increase from 1977 to 1982. The
information contained in this article is taken from the Metro
Council's report, "Retail Sales in Major Shopping Areas in Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area". (I-7)
8. RICHFIELD RECYCLING PROGRAM -- The City of Richfield's recycling
program is high ig ted in the "Metro Monitor" this month. A copy of
the article is attached for your information. (I-8)
9. COMPARABLE WORTH -- Attached is an article from the May 10 Wall
Street Journal discussing Minnesota's comparable worth plan. (1--9-T-
10. COUNCIL FOLLOW-UPS:
a. Sylvia Gustafson, 17555 -28th Avenue No. -- In the attached
letter dated April 25 to Mayor Davenport, Sylvia Gustafson
advises of sod damage to her property caused by City snowplows
and street sweeping equipment. The Public Works Director
investigated Ms. Gustafson's complaint and his report is
attached. (I -10a)
b. Highway 101 Retaining Wall -- Mr. Dickson Lewis, President,
Hawthorne Ponds Homeowners Association, was sent the attached
letter from Frank Boyles regarding the planting of ivy over the
Highway 101 retaining wall. Also attached is Mr. Lewis'
response together with a memorandum from Mayor Davenport on the
subject. The City has planted ivy at the base of the wall in
hopes of establishing a natural cover on the wall. However, to
be effective, the ivy must also be planted at the top of wall,
which will require the adjacent homeowners permission. These
homeowners have previously been opposed to the planting. We are
in the process of arranging a meeting with the homeowners to
resolve this issue in time for this growing season. (I -10b)
c. Neighborhood Park -- Attached is a letter from Cathy Groth,
13820 County Roa 15, regarding the possible development of a
neighborhood park for the area bounded by I-494, County Road 15
and new County Road 61. The Mayor's response to Ms. Groth is
attached. (I -10c)
d. Rhett Bautista, 18525 - 28th Avenue No. -- Attached is
correspondence on the request of Rhett Bautista for information
on various capital improvements planned by the City. Rhett
requested the information to complete a Boy Scout merit badge
for citizenship. (I -10d)
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May 10, 1985
Page 5
e. Ed Rubenstein, 1130 Urbandale Lane -- Attached is correspondence
concerning a drainage problem reported by Mr. Rubenstein to
Councilmember Vasiliou. The City Engineer met with Mr.
Rubenstein on May 6 to discuss this problem and a copy of the
Engineer's memorandum on this meeting is also attached. (I -10e)
11. CORRESPONDENCE:
a. Letter of appreciation to City Council, Planning Commission and
City staff from Robert Burger, President, Bass Lake Development,
Inc., for help and guidance in completing the planning process
for the Bass Lake Woods - Quinwood Commercial Center Develop-
ment. (I -11a)
b. Letter from a Plymouth resident expressing appreciation to the
City and Milt Dale for assistance received through the housing
rehabilitation program. (I -11b)
c. Letter to Ronald Thomas, President, CIPRICO, from Mayor
Davenport on CIPRICO's May 1 ribbon cutting ceremony for its
new headquarters and manufacturing facilities. (I -11c)
d. Letter of appreciation to Duane Ford from Mayor Davenport for
presenting to the Council the "History of Plymouth" tape.
(I -11d)
e. Letter of appreciation to City Council and City Manager from
Judy LaTour, President, Plymouth Jaycee Women, for support and
assistance with the 1985 Community Awards Banquet. (I -11e)
f. Letter from Robert Wicklund, Hennepin County Park Reserve
District, responding to the City's inquiry on the number of
boats launched from French Park on the weekend of April 27.
Presently, the park has a 60 boat limit. Although the Park
Reserve cannot confirm the number launched on the weekend in
question, they do not believe the limit was exceeded. However,
given the extensive early usage of French Park this year, the
Park Reserve plans to put the park in summer operational status
by May 1 of future years. (I -11f)
g. Letter to Mike Nordstrom, Burger King Corp., from Sara McConn
regarding the revised landscape plan for the Burger King
development. Also attached is a letter to Roger Eggen, MidEast
Homeowners Association, on this same subject. (I -11g)
h. Letter from Dan Fazendin requesting closure of a "dead end"
street adjacent to his property at 18555 - 11th Avenue No. Fred
Moore's response is also attached. (I -11h)
James G. Willis
City Manager
April 19, 1985
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Dear Plymouth Resident:
SUBJECT: TOWN MEETING, MAY 13
Because Plymouth is a developing community, there are many actions underway
or in the planning stage which could impact upon you. In order to maintain
open communication channels with residents of the community, I have sche-
duled a Town Meeting for Monday, May 13 for residents of your area. In
order to keep the meetings on an informal basis while dealing with specific
topics of interest to you, the Town Meeting will be for residents living
north of County Road 6, east of Vicksburg Lane, south of 49th Avenue and
west of I-494 including that area west of Vicksburg, north of 45th Avenue,
south of 49th and east of Dunkirk Lane.
The Town Meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Plymouth City
Center. On the reverse side of this letter is a list of possible topics for
discussion at the Town Meeting. If you have other matters of interest we
will seek to address these also.
I encourage you to join Councilmembers Crain, Schneider, Neils, Vasiliou
and myself at 7:00 p.m., Monday, May 13 at the Plymouth City Center. We are
anxious to meet you and look forward to this opportunity to meeting
informally to discuss matters of mutual interest. If you have any questions
about the Town Meeting, please feel free to call your City Clerk, Ms. Laurie
Houk at 559-2800, ext. 204.
Sincerely
Da id J. Davenpo
Mayor
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May 13, 1985
7:00 p.m.
I. THOROUGHFARES
A. County Road 6, I-494 Interchange
B. Highway 55, I-494 Interchange
C. Niagara Lane, County Road 6 to Highway 55
D. County Road 6, Fernbrook Lane Intersection
E. County Road 9 from County Road 18 to I-494
I. PARKS
A. Park and Trail System Plan
B. Plymouth Creek Park
C. Amhurst Area Neighborhood Park
D. Parkers Lake Playfield and City Park
I. HOUSING do DEVELOPMENT
A. Kingsview Heights
B. Amhurst
C. Park Place
D. Downtown Plymouth
E. Parkers Lake Planned Unit Development
F. Criterion APUD - LeDale Plaza
V. PUBLIC SAFETY
A. Police/Fire Report
B. Neighborhood Watch Program
V. OTHER ITEMS
A. Public Transportation feedback - Plymouth Metrolink
B. City Council meetings on cable television channel 7
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Monday - May 13, 1985
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. NEW BUSINESS
AGENDA
WHERE: Plymouth City Center
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota
7:30 P.M.
APRIL 8, 1985
A. Nick G. Grammas. Variance from the required building front and side yard
setbacks, also from the maximum 20% lot coverage in a residential district. The
property is located at 2600 East Medicine Lake Blvd. (05-01-85)
B. James Underhill. Variance from the required building side yard setback. The
property is located at 2313 West Medicine Drive.
5. OTHER BUSINESS
A. Summer meeting dates.
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Personal Information
Name: Sohn; (iy . iW6oN Age: 30 Home Phone: y73- W73
Home Address:/S Shje1vy1-jpk' Drive /i1 P/yrnca77, Mirvit; 3"Sz/y7
Number of Children: / Ages (of those living at home): a1
Lived in Plymouth since: Dec, /,7e3
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RESUME
JOHN W. EDSON, C.P.A.
Prepared: October 15, 1984
Office: Blanski, Peter, Kronlage & Zoch
7575 Golden Valley Road, Suite 195
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55427
(612)-546-6211
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota; 1973 to 1975
University of Minnesota, College of Business Administration;
B.S.B. - Accounting; 1975 to 1977
Certified Public Accountant 1979, State of Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Audit Manager - Blanski, Peter, Kronlage & Zoch, Certified Public
Accountants, Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 1983 to present.
Responsible for general client services including audit, accounting,
management advisory services, and financial planning. Specific areas
of expertise include audit administration, financial forecasting,
computer system analysis, and accounting system development and
implementation. Work with the firm's insurance and litigation
accounting department aiding liability and property insurors and
legal counsel in determining business interruption losses and damages.
Controller - Schmidt Goodman Office Products Inc., Rochester, Minnesota.
January 1983 to November 1983. Responsible for all financial and
accounting management as well as the implementation of integrated
computerized accounting system.
Partner - Haugen Edson & Company, Ltd., Certified Public Accountants,
Rochester, Minnesota. August 1978 to January 1983. Responsibilities
included firm administration, general client services and audit
administration.
Instructor - Rochester Area Vocational Technical Institute. 1980 to
1983. Taught evening adult education course entitled "Small Business
Accounting".
Staff Accountant - Arthur Andersen & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1977 to 1978; audit division.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Types of clients served: manufacturing, retail merchandising,
agri-business, wholesale distribution, cable TV, construction,
hospitality and service businesses.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants
Quality Review Committee, Minnesota Society of Certified Public
Accountants, 1980
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Team Captain, Quality Review Team
Rochester Tax Roundtable, Chairman, 1980
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Personal Information
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Home Address: 17.5 �; UAJ-
Number of Children: `2 Ages (of those living at home): c
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Municipal Members of
West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board
Suggest criteria for appointing citizens as municipal members of
the West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board.
1. The individual should live in the municipality they represent.
2. He or she should have demonstrated an interest in one or more of
the human service areas:
mental health medical/health care
mental retardation income assistance/maintenance
chemical dependency, job training/employment programs
child care child welfare services
refugee needs services for adolescents
services for the handi= services for the elderly
capped
domestic abuse services
3. The appointed member must be willing to:
attend board meetings once a month (usually held the first
Tuesday of the month, in the evening, and at a community
center in the West Suburban area.)
serve on one committee of their choice.
report periodically to their city council about activities
of the West Hennepin Human Service Planning Board.
4. The length of the appointment term is generally two years.
The West Hennepin Human Service Planning Board is a community
agency dedicated to identifying human service needs of residents in
West suburban Hennepin County. It advocates for the direct payment
of services when needed and from improved access to services by
residents in the area. The Board is composed of volunteer
representatives from member municipalities and agencies located
in the west suburban areas.
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Representatives to West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board
Name of Municipalit}':
Plymouth
Current Representative (se)
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Anita Vogel
3410 Sycamore Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
Number of Vacancies:
There will be one (1) vacancy. Ellie Ogden plans to
resign as soon as an appointment is made. !
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3030 HARBOR LANE • SUITE 100 • PLYMOUT
MINUTES
April 10, 1985
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H/ -ktM N E SO T/r; 6441
mission
HONE: 553-1144
ted 4/22/85
at Reviews
I. The meeting was called to order at 5:15 p.m. by _tha ink Fred Moore.
II. Terry Muller moved and Earle Strande seconded a motion to approve the
March 13, 1985 minutes. Motion carried.
III. Sarah Lutz moved and Roger Rosenquist seconded a motion to accept the
Treasurer's Report and pay the bills. Motion carried.
IV. Those present:
Terry Muller - Maple Grove
Roger Rosenquist - Hassan
Earle Strande - Dayton
Sarah Lutz - Medina
Judie Anderson - Exec. Secretary
Fred Moore - Plymouth
Leon Zeug - Conservation District
Mark Johnston - Park Reserve
Jim Ault - Henn. Cty. DOT
V. Jim Ault from the Hennepin County Department of Transportation spoke to
the Commissioners about the county ditch program. He provided early maps
showing a portion of the dit-Eh network and answered Commissioners' questions.
VI. Reports from the District Office.
A. Water Quality Monitoring - The District Office will have its first
stream monitoring report in May.
B. Champlin Mill Pond - The HCD staff will submit their findings and
recommendations by early summer.
C. The MWCC will inspect Dayton Park Properties during the last week in
April.
D. Lakes Monitoring - The District Office will begin monitoring Fish,
Weaver, Ju5_er_t__a_nd Frenchlakes and the Champlin Mill Pond in May.
VII. All communities have ratified the Formal Agreement. Signature pages have
been mailed to member communities for resigning so that every member will have
a copy of the Agreement with all signatures affixed.
Anderson will have stationery printed to reflect the new name of the Com-
mission as soon as current supplies are depleted. A new corporate resolution
will also be given to Norwest Bank.
Moore will draft a letter to the mayors of the member communities affirm-
ing the ratification of the Agreement by all parties.
VIII. Zeug has spoken to the DNR regarding the revised Flood Plain Regulations.
DNR will recognize these regulations as policy.
Minutes
April 10, 1985
IX. Zeug requested opinions from the Commissioners as to what should
bincluded
in the Implementation Section of the Mana ement Plan, i.e., physical e
projects; dollar value o projects. e of plats/
istrict fice will prepare a list of
topics which it feels should be included. Zeug anticipates the Implementation Sec-
tion can be completed by year-end.
Zeug indicated the cost to include all of Dayton in Watershed Plan to be
approximately $600 for mylars, $2,000 to prepare maps plus the costs to type,
print and bind the addendum. Anderson will meet with Zeug to determine the costs
to type the additional data and the final cost estimates will be included in the
May packet.
X. Robert Derus was named Chairman and Gerald Butcher, Steve Peaslee and a
representative from the District Office, members of the By -Laws Subcommittee.
They will report at the June meeting.
XI. Plat Reviews.
A. 84-007 Fern Berthiaum - Corcoran. Informational report. No action re-
quired.
B. 85-007 Maple Falls Apartments - Maple Grove. In Shingle Creek. No
action required.
C. 85-008 Elm Creek
MemadeGrove.
by therande Districte0fficeLutz
itsc�epodrt.
a motion to accept the recommendatons
Motion carried.
D. 85-009 Water Main Trunk - Medina. The District Office expressed two con-
cerns re grading on this project. Lutz moved and Muller seconded a motion approving
the report and directing Anderson to include a note to Medina's engineer re timely
submittal of Medina's plans to the Commission. Motion carried.
Muller moved and Rosenquist seconded a motion to adjourn. Motion carried and the
meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judie A. Anderson
Executive Secretary
JA
PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
TYPE OF REPORTED INCIDENTS BY TIME OF DAY
MONTH APRIL 1985
S- �A C -A.-,
0001 0401 0801 1201 1601 2001 CONFIRMFO FAicF CCTTUATrn
*(INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARM TOTALS)
APRIL 1984
CONFIRMED CALLS 45
FALSE ALARMS 19
TOTAL CALLS 64
ESTIMATED LOSS $259,950
0400
0800
1200
1600
2000
2400
CALLS
I ALARMS1 TOTAL
LOSS ✓
i
PRIVATE DWELLINGS
1
1
2
3
1
8
0 8
$82,500
I APARTMENTS
3
2
1
3
1 1
1
9 10 2,500
HOTELS AND MOTELS
I
0
0 0
ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL
0
0 0
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
i
0
0 0
_
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
1
1
0
2 2
I
' HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
1
2
1
2
1
0
7 i 7
PENAL INSTITUTIONS
2
2
0 I 2
__ I
:STORES AND OFFICES
1
1
0
2 2
i __
INDUSTRY, MFG.
1
1
1
1
2
2 4
I STORAGE IN STRUCTURES
0
( 0 0
SPECIAL STRUCTURES
(
' 1
0
1 1 _
FIRES OUTSIDE OF STRUCTURES
0
0 0
FIRES IN HIGHWAY VEHICLES
1
1 I
2 i 4
0 4 1,950
FIRES IN OTHER VEHICLES
I 0
0
0
FIRES IN BRUSH, GRASS
5 ,
4
3 I 12 ;
0
12
FIRES IN RUBBISH, DUMPSTERSI
1
1
0
1
ALL OTHER FIRES
1
0 1
1
1
__
MEDICAL AID RESPONSES'
0 I
0
0
'*MALICIOUS FALSE ALARM
0 ,
0
0
MUTUAL AID OR ASSISTANCE
1
1
0
1 7
ALL OTHER RESPONSES
1
1
1
2
2
5
2
7
_
TOTALS
7
3
ll
15
14
12
36
26
62 1
$86,950
*(INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARM TOTALS)
APRIL 1984
CONFIRMED CALLS 45
FALSE ALARMS 19
TOTAL CALLS 64
ESTIMATED LOSS $259,950
PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
TYPE OF REPORTED INCIDENTS BY TIME OF DAY
MONTH JANUARY — APRIL 1985
nnnl n4n1 nRnl 1201 1601 2001 CONFIRMED FALSE ESTIMATED
*(INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARM TOTALS)
YEAR TO DATE 1984
CONFIRMED CALLS 1n1
FALSE ALARMS 72
TOTAL CALLS 173
ESTIMATED LOSS $509,105
0400
0800
1200 1600 2000
2400
1 CALLS
ALARMS1 TOTAL I LOSS
PRIVATE DWELLINGS
5
4
11
; 8 12
�
10
s
37
13 1 50 $231,850
APARTMENTS
4
1
4
3
9
4
5
20
25 4,600
HOTELS AND MOTELS
1
1
1
0
3
I 3 ——
i ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL
0
0
0
I ——
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
0
0
0
— —
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
1
2
1
2
3
200
HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
3
1
7
2
4!
i
3
0
20
20
--
PENAL INSTITUTIONS
1
(
2
3
0
3 ( ——
STORES AND OFFICES
1(
2
3
1
1
6
7 ——
INDUSTRY, MFG.
I 1
5 8 5
1 3 3
20
23 ——
STORAGE IN STRUCTURES
! i 0
0
0 — -
SPECIAL STRUCTURES
1 1 0
1
1 ——
FIRES OUTSIDE OF STRUCTURES
!
0
0
0
FIRES IN HIGHWAY VEHICLES
2
1 I 3 1 1 4 11
0
11 ! 15,950
FIRES IN OTHER VEHICLES
0
0
0 — —
FIRES IN BRUSH, GRASS
II
i
5 4 4 13
0
13 1 — —
FIRES IN RUBBISH, DUMPSTERS
I
1
1 2
0
2
I
——
! ALL OTHER FIRES
i
I 0
1
1
—-
MEDICAL AID RESPONSES
0
0
0
— —
i MALICIOUS FALSE ALARM
0
0
0
— —
MUTUAL AID OR ASSISTANCE
5 i
1
6
0
6
—— !
ALL OTHER RESPONSES
1
1
1 2
6
4 11
4
15
——
TOTALS
17
16
40 337
41
36 93
90
183
$252,600
*(INCLUDED IN FALSE ALARM TOTALS)
YEAR TO DATE 1984
CONFIRMED CALLS 1n1
FALSE ALARMS 72
TOTAL CALLS 173
ESTIMATED LOSS $509,105
FIRE FIGHTER PARTICIPATION THIS MONTH/TO DATE MONTH APRIL 1985 G7v
[TDC CTATTnu A 1 reitc PFRCFNT
NAME
THIS
MONTH
TO
DATE
THIS
MONTH
TO
DATE
NOLTING
36
114
73 1
79
HINRICHS
26
93
53
65
EVENSON, DAR
28
71
62 54
I
! MARTIN
EVENSON, DEN
17
62
35
43
JACH
24
49
49
45
SHELDON, R.
36
100
73
69
KUSS
29
92
59
64
SCHARLAU, A.
17 1
64
35
44
WELCH
34
100
69
69
VEFLIN
38
94
78
65
HEBERT
41
115
84
80
PHILLIPPE
16
50
33
35
JOHNSON B.
37
116
76
81
LINBERGER
23
58
i 47
40
FOURNIER
21
50
43
35
SCHARLAU, C.
27
95
55
66
LEUER, D.
25
87
51
i i
60
ELLIOTT, D.
36
106
73
1 74
PLACK
16
78
33
54
KNUTH
19
33
39
23
ELLIOT, S.
27
51
55
35
SCHINDLER
13
30
27
28
LAHTI
31
87
63
60
JOHNSON D.
12
12
24
1 24
NOVY
29
1 63
64
58
MEISTER
14
1 19
29
17
* Injured on Duty October 4, 1984
TOTAL ALARMS THIS MONTH 62 TO DATE 183
FIRE STATION 1 THIS MONTH 49 TO DATE 144
FIRE STATION # 2 THIS MONTH 45 TO DATE 131
FIRE STATION # 2 CALLS PERCENT
NAME
THIS
MONTH
TO THIS TO l
DATE MONTH DATE
ANDERSON M.
16
42 ; 36 I 32 f
SCHIEBE
11
42
24 32 j
BEGIN, R.
30
97
67 74
f ARBEITER
28
71
62 54
I
! MARTIN
15
48
33 37
BEGIN, K.
20
60
44
46
BRANYON
24
44
53
i
46
ERICKSON
17
47
38
I
36
SCHRODEN
20
28
44
29
TOMBER, AL
13
40 1
29
31
LYMER, RON
I 24
68
53
52
BOHLMAN
30
44
67
46
HELMAN
i
5 i 31
11
24
LUTH
25 57
56
44
TOMBERS, WM
22 72
49
55
I r_eaacTcnN
I in 77
77
17
LEUER, G.
42 115
93
i
i
88
BRENNAN 17 26
38
i
27 I.
FISHER 20
65
44
50
SCOFIELD
I 27
66
60
50
JULSETH
26
89
58
68
LEUER, K
39
109
87
83
STARR
16
32
36
34
JAMINSKI
24
40
53
42
ANDERSON, D.
18
39
40
41
SULLEN
20
34
44
36
ORMAN
24
38
53
40
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MEMO TO: File #0820336
FROM: R. GeerdesK
DATE: January 25, 1985
RE: T.H. 12/CARLSON PARKWAY INTERCHANGE
ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
Letting Date: August 21, 1984
Contract Starting Date: November 10, 1984
Construction Begins: November 5, 1984
Contract provides for completion within 200 working days
(Roughly assume 100-120 working days per construction season)
Estimated
Item Completion Date
1. Construct temporary connection, a temporary
signal system and prepare north frontage
road for T.H. 12 W.B. traffic. Shift traffic. May 1985
2. Construct T.H. 12 eastbound including C -D
roadway, retaining walls, southwest loop
and ramp and frontage roads. Shift traffic
to new eastbound roadway. September 1985
3. Construct T.H. 12 westbound including north-
west loop and ramp, and north frontage roads. August 1986
4. Complete all roadways, bridge and signal
construction and traffic signals. Open
interchange to traffic. September 1986
5. Complete landscaping and obtain final
project acceptance. October 1986
Southdale sales surpass
downtown Minneapolis
Southdale shopping area has surpassed
downtown Minneapolis in total retail
sales. The big shopping area in Edina,
which includes Yorktown, grossed $428
million in 1982, compared with down-
town Minneapolis' $390 million.
U.S. Census data from the Metropolitan
Council shows Southdale expanded its
sales by 61 percent from 1977 to 1982,
the last year for which data is available.
"Downtown Minneapolis growth was 20
percent for the same period, higher than
n the past two five-year periods." said
Councii researcher Marlin Gilhousen,
author of the report. "Although figures
are not vet available, I think this is a
healthy growth compared to other cen-
tral cities nationwide."
"I suspect that with all the new con-
struction in downtown Minneapolis and
St. Paul, we'll be seeing their retail sales
rising even more in the near future,"
said Council Member Dirk deVries.
The report ranks the sales of major rets i
centers throughout the Twin Cities A,ce
from 1967 to 1982. The U.S. Census
defines a major retail center as in i:ee
having at least one large department
store and at least 25 smaller store n
close proximity. The information. wnlcF.
comes out even fire %ears comes �:orr
a census questionnaire sent to store-
each shopping area.
Minnetonka's Ridgedale came !n thud.
with 5267 million In sales in 1982.
Ridgedale's sales jumped 141 perccn
from 1977 to 1982. Not far behind
Ridgedale came Midway, Brookdale and
Rosedale shopping areas. In the five-� ear
period, the% grossed $222 million, 5220
million and $205 million, respectiyeh .
Rosedale's earnings grew 176 percent,
making it the fastest growing area in the
region. Midway registered a health. 82
percent growth.
After 10 years of decline in downtown
St. Paul, sales began to move up. They
reached $97 million in 1982, an increase
of seven percent since 1977.
Of the centers built after 1977. Burns-
ville showed the largest earnings -5191
million in 1982. The new areas include
Southview Square/South Robert in West
St. Paul, St. Croix Mail in Oak Park
Heights and Midway East on St. Paul's
University Av.
Earnings declined at two of the region's
shopping areas from 1977 to 1982.
Sears -East Lake in Minneapolis grossed
$75 million, a 10 percent drop from
1977. Eden Prairie earned 435 million.
a one -percent loss -
"The continued high residential growth
Continued on page 8.
Shopping centers
Continued from page 1 .
in Eden Prairie and recent expansion of
their center should provide the impetus
for growth in the future," Gilhousen
said.
The 30 major shopping areas had 34
percent of the area's total retailactivity
in 1982, a share that's been steadily
growing since 1967. The number of
Major Retail Area Retail Sales
(Figures in Millions) 1977 1 1982
Southdale
$267
$428
Downtown Minneapolis
324
390
Ridgedale
111
267
Midway
122
222
Brookdale
150
220
Rosedale
74
205
Burnsville191
36
57
Southtown
101
185
Southview Square
38
149
Sun Ray•
30
126
Maplewood
69
116
Central Avenue
93
109
Downtown St. Paul
91
97
Northtown
56
86
Hi Lake/Minnehaha
46
83
shopping centers in the area almost
doubled in the 15 -year period, prolifer-
ating from 16 to 30. In comparing
1977 to 1982, Gilhousen noted that
1982 was a recessionary time and 1977
was a period of economic expansion.
A copy of the report, Retail Sales in
Major Shopping Areas in the Twin Cities
Metropolitan Area, will be available
next month. Watch for it in the New
fuf lications list in the Monitor.
Jim Martin
Major Retail Area Retail Sales
1977 1 1982
Coon -Rapids
39
84
Midway East
$1
Knollwood
53
75
Sears -East Lake
83
75
Har -Mar
. 44
70
Richfield Hub
57
Crystal
36
57
Hillcrest
40
51
Highland
38
51
7 -Hi
30
47
Apache
42
46
Signal Hills
St. Croix Mall
38
Eden Prairie
35
35
Phalen
21
23
*Not built by 1977 or not covered by census.
E*
Getting people to change their habits
Volunteers profit from Richfield's approach to recycling
Richfield has an unusual angle when it
comes to recycling. Volunteer groups
Collect newspaper from residential areas
—and keep the money they get for sell-
ing it.
Fifteen groups take turns picking up
paper from Richfield curbs the second
Saturday of each month. On a recent
recycling day, three Boy Scout troops,
a Girl Scout troop, a Campfire Club and
the Richfield Jaycee Women were busy
collecting bundles of paper and hauling
them away.
The organizations sell the newspaper to
Champion International Corp., Pioneer
Paper Co. and Thermal Guard Insulation
or other small insulation firms. Instead
of piling up in area landfills, the paper is
used by businesses in production, and
the volunteer groups benefit at the same
Meanwhile, Recycling Unlimited collects
cans, auto oil, batteries, glass and card-
board from the area west of 1.35W.
"That part of the city is our test area,"
program coordinator Paula Okerstrum
explained. "Eventually we hope to have
curbside pickup for 'those recyclables
throughout Richfield."
DROP-OFF SITE, TOO
Residents outside the ttst area bring the
materials to a drop-off area behind
Richfield's municipal liquor store.
Okerstrum estimated that since the
unusual program began last September,
about 10 to 15 percent of Richfield
single-family households have begun to
recycle.
Though she'd like to see more people
—.11e arrrncrina even that number of
uNLDADoma 11ECYCLAULU at a AWki'MM drepo" dw. -
participants has been no small task, she
said.
Finding people to collect the recyclables
was easy. Okerstrum even has several
groups on a waiting list to pick up Rich-
field's newspaper.
The problem has been making residents
aware of the program and getting them
involved. Okerstrum has only her own
effort—half-time because of lack of
funds—and that of volunteers to depend
on, and two $10,000 grants—one from -
the city, one from Hennepin County—
to work with.
An initial mailing to Richfield residents
was followed up with radio and cable
TV spots, ads in the local newspaper,
announcements in parks -and -recreation
brochures, leaflets in grocery stores and
lawn signs that go up just before the
monthly recycling day.
Still, while neatly packed recyclables
line the curbs in some Richfield areas
on the second Saturday -of the month,
they appear only sparsely in others.
Okerstrum hopes to get more neighbor-
hood volunteers involved—peoi to co-
ordinate the recycling effort in their area
and encourage neighbors to participate.
HABITS BEING FORMED
"1'd also like to expand into education,"
said Okerstrum. "I think working
directly with teachers to get children in-
volved would raise public awareness of
recycling." She pointed out that getting
people to recycle means getting them to
change their habits—and children are
still forming their habits.
Keeping good records and evaluating them
has been another problem. Although
Okerstrum asked the volunteer groups
that pick up newspaper to keep track of
the number of stops they make, not all
of them do. It's an extra chore thev don't
get paid for. Recently she persuaded
one such group to record stops simp[N
by giving them hand-held counters,
which cut out thepaper work.
But even with an accurate count of how
many Richfield residents recycle, it's
hard to tell how much trash the program
is diverting from Eden Prairie's Fiving
Cloud landfill, where most of the city's
waste is hauled. The five different trash
haulers who serve the area don't measure
the Richfield portion of their ioaas
Without knowing how much trash the
city generates, Okersirum can on
roughly estimate what percentage it
recycles.
Similar problems face many recvciing
programs in the Twin Cities Area. How-
ever, the Metropolitan Councii has
adopted a new solid -waste management
plan calling for counties and cities to
recycle as much as 20 percent of their
trash. So more time, energy and mones
will very likely be devoted to. recvciing
programs.
Okerstrum will report to the city coun-
cil in August with a recommendation
that full recycling pickup service be ex-
tended throughout Richfield. The clean
and quiet operation of the test program,
the enthusiastic involvement of volun-
teer groups and Okerstrum's determina-
tion to make improvements all argue in
favor of the expansion.
loan Steinmann
In Minnesota,'Pay Equity'Pa's2ses'
Test, but Foes See Trouble Ahead
BY CATHY TMOST
at4/JRvP rW al'ha w... aram"JMMKA.
FMCEMN, Minn. -This prairie town
on the banks of the Rom)Hvet s mown
for two things: the drug stmr;ger wbo
tried several years ago to rearrange the
landscape with imported palm trees, and
the o council that tried last year to re-
vamp Wstory by paying tis bookkeeper as
much u is street sweepers.
rhe ==Ther is to prison now, his palm
ova aid his other oft to the city btsarre
ts=tNders of a bad episode. But the other
experiment is appateody still working if
Mouths after the city gave "pay-equ tty"
MIM to three h=ale municipal Om-
pbyaa who were Deng paid leu tbu men
wbae city jobs a stink' found bad comps.
One of the women. 73ryear4d Bonnie
Nehsoo4oarth. the city's bookkeeper,
bought a bottle d to Celebrate
her boor wagerose to 39.78 from $7.05.
"Ifs about time we moved at of the pians
and got past the idea that women are just
working for money to buy oYIONS," she
WJW notion of comparable worth -or pay
int nationwide
dnge0bate Supporters—has stirred , mostly aim and
women's groups. we the concept as a way
to close the wage gap between historically
womm,s., and .11=.9.. Mill 71bey coo -
War it a-tsu r at htrses as well u of
good btudnas polley.
FMndal Diaster
Isere In Potain, tbough, comp -
worth porictee were adopted am before
the state M1O"W d theta: the peogrm has
oat $%W, or a halt d a penins Of the
city's annual budget. "ifare as m isw-
sutlt, =new law." says Fettle Dremte, the
foster mayor. 'This was jest Pm'a JW -
tics."
But others dissem. "It's too atky to
draw any coochtsl w about h0macta, but
The peopamens =tiny be overstating it u a
success tear" no Jahn Tym, =rector d
the Rqual Employment Advismy t]aacll.
a national empkryw s group. He Ulm
that f(hmnota's Isn't a"pure ooenPatsble
worth pis" because it allows the State to
consider other !actors soul u labor short
sea. to paying some smpbyea. And he
anticipate{ Increased Data as the state
tries to adm!»ster Naarty LW loallm-
miNNuota renmpedis pay structure
after a study of 1.390 job Classes a w I I
women were paw an avenge of 2K leu
'It was nester pre-
sumed that this was
taking away from any-
one else, and so it didn't
become COg3trOOer�iai.'
says Minnesota's com-
But txrtpioytrs' 3 tvupt believe that 10V- tick t lir tore
ffWWNt eft u to put a value On jobs wID
result in a legal ad finactai disaster and
will snip away their members' refimce on
market Ta' to Set pay. Tbey count As
allss the Reagan adminsOration, which
bis vowed to fiOt comparable worth in
the court. and the chairman of the U.S.
Ctvll Wgirts commission, wbo calls the
concept "looney tau.'
Despite this opposition, a smattering ohave adMed
f
state
setter wort I . Fin skates other than
NMMNoia-Iowa, Idaho, New Hesloo.
Wakrhteta and South Dakota -are al-
ready
kvida�adjusting oe labor a 912106, as a � Z
otlmi are "mug wbetber their scala
discriminate against women. And artier
this eek. the city of Lm Angeles aid it
picas to rase the salaries of 1.101 workers,
Mostly female, by � VIOL 31% to a% ova the
tact
Pbr the moment, rioug► beenswa Is
the state wftk the most comprebmht
ldly plan. And vbk is patis to COST
"nok worth tent enonely Smooth, tuber
Stan are plan and experience to
110 !� OWL
311001 to hopes to omsiete the pbaae-
U d Its twtrytarold pia for state workers
by list. The skate estimates that about 6, -
al/ of the 9,110 elietblc Wnpioyfw have So
far Teatved t= of their rases. Total
raises Will Come to
a d the state's payroll
]ptmdota has apo ordered is chis,
counties and mock districts to adopt OD -
let atm workm
!lis programs
pens{ ec
than men. "It was clay we bad a dui
wage structure based on nes." says Nina
Rmtit hW, CaCINtmi Der Of Uq*Yw MIA -
tions for Htmaota. "rbere wast a snipe
case of a fe=a*4ommated job that paid
as much or more than the equivalent male-
darldil d gob claw."
1b cornpare john, the state need a "t-
tam
yrtem called the Hay Oudde Dart Profile
Method which awards points based on an
employee's bowsdge. prbieora —wmm
ability, accountability and working ofdk-
tions. For mstawl, the System goad that
registered Went &W vOcA1100914dueffitim
WW instructors end ftrud 2n POIRM
Yet the ora, 94% of whom was h=ake
made a matdtmum of 31 n a mark, whHe
the all-male instructors made a mast=®
of Vinic a mouth. Overall. the avenge h -
mak date worker with a Venn d angel
ace awed hes ria ria STOMA tinny
hired male woe wottknsr.
To Iehg now boo Sift. of m!
worker got rases swaging DW ever
two years. no sawles was est. "R ws
News presumed that this as takleg away
�
e a�ootrOvIrdI ,' @W- and
4td Fb'aati
a ;ure=a aka ameial and ass the sine's
convewad- .
an fn the put low meets CMO.
YOM has s I Poke and UUueim. for tstalce, locally bsab MNbn b
with the rest of labor and are iftylng
hard in the Iapdatofe against bang W
ci ded to the eomparaWevortk Iota.
Francis Fltagerald, a -mem, of am for
nwoia Awodarioo Of tOWAIMS oe and Iwo
dustry, tobaerves: *1771* firemen wain "M
because the point gotom elasdtka a li-
Wzhu's job the tame keep u a Are man's
jJoo0.0. Oct Erman WOW that he kDOWs a
llbrarka'a job is Wary &Wwours-'a book
could fall on her had.* "
Tim Mier, a firelighter to SL Paul.
says: "We're mt sang we're above this,
we're jolt taking how, you fairly make
tine oanpardans." Many mak em-
pbyaw worry that )dg1W pay for waitxn
WW man las increases far men.
mnnwldk. Rapnbficas in the I. oft -
n re say they are cofeered about bringing
lout govarNmeut worker under cwapara-
bie worth. argtdng that the Number of
workers 1Nvdved and the Davy asst will
harm the fbmdal ban of local towns.
,,It's jW a mew trot E's going to became
mace and mote of a mea." Sys Virginia
Lop, a official of the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, wtdch appaaa comparable
supporters of comparable worth
canter that the pian has worked tar better
than attics had predicted It would. Some
opponents turd that the plan would in-
duce women to stay in .female" jobs, and
that it would attract so many new women
appgMg for those jobs that many would be
apueesed ort. But supporters point to a
11% increase in women working in male -
dominated job clams. And. they say,
woma who made an average 74 ceps for
every 11 ensued by a ma bdore pay eq-
utty now make 79 nems.
Some men also ay they have b ewftted.
Kith AliSN's job witch from janitor to ac-
cent clerk at a state Nursing bane be-
cum
reauk a; i " rather than a derotlan
when the femaledammsted account -
clerk's job was upgraded.
But e=pbyer groups' biggest far is
that oampitrabie worth will eventually be
idstad en them "If it panes at the state
levet, then the local level, the am step is
the pefnte sector." says Mr. F9tssenld of
the commerce rad 101105try association. He
•adds: "All the legsia m and Nora Rstb-
child know than even a atody Of oaupara-
bie watt Is tb private sector wID bring
a wary ranuroe we We Spina tt."
Momenta's Po WW. Ru Perpleh,
V.- h W, "sob" PB tky On
rich wn" and a* at the hderal level, woo
a sot to drive budeaan from we state to
was with ON do NO le I wessgtlag,
Am Xtemmtaa kmw the Pers and re -
walls d pq aqW beta ria ML Nei -
902438th, ria prime" hoakbepa. After
mfr bean saklog a mock sooty w the
sweepers, "It yot kind of
V*." she T b the hal eak one
aorWMg a wssltnsas who s =naiad to a
sheat swaeoer )oiled: 'fiat time they're
Prteg lebeing the no,rpio.a dowa to sty
Hall and the boakfonper Ca soap the
-and
!bw the sauna wofrisY take
ten serer.
Bot the bookkeeper SW OMP are
calmer am. "tifoae Marie gays Just
dhb't adostaad t� both love the sad the afar they
Mae impact a the CHY."
17555 - 28th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota SS447
April 25, 1985
unit:
1 REFERRED T0: VA •
t �-
Mayor Davenport
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Mayor Davenport:
As a home owner in Plymouth, I cannot let another
incident go by without in`orming you of our extreme
displeasure.
We have spent considerable hours working on our
lawn and home to keep it attractive. !'Ie experienced
repeated problems with snowplows gouging out the
sod when removing snow. We put up guide stakes
which have helped the problem. Yesterday when we
arrived home from :cork, the street sweeper had been
through and gouged out our sod along the curb. I
might add, the guide stakes are still there.
Khat are we to do? If the city work crews do not
get us during the winter, they do it in the spring.
I am really fed up'. We all scant a nice, attractive
city to live in. I think someone should stress to
the maintenance employees that beautiful lawns do
not Just happen. Tt takes many hours of work.
Their insentivity and total disregard is unbelievable.
Mayor Davenport, this is a two-way street. If you
want an attractive city, than we must have cooperation
from city employees.
Reetf lly
yuSG,
A.n
�SS-31
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
! 3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
l l _ elj
DATE: April 30, 1985
TO: Fred Moore, Director of Public Works
FROM: James G. Willis, City Manager
SUBJECT SOD DAMAGE - 17555 - 28th Avenue No.
Attached is a letter to the Mayot from'Sylvia Gustafson, 17555 - 28th
Avenue, concerning damage to her sod by City snowplows and street
sweeping equipment. Please provide me with a response to her letter
by Tuesday, May 7.
JGW:jm
attach
cc: S/F - 5/7
85-31
_� — N Q_�)c
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: May 2, 1985
TO: James G. Willis, City Manager
FROM: Fred G. Moore, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT Sod Damage - 17555 28th Avenue North
Sylvia A. Gustafson
Reference No. 85-31
I have reviewed the complaint addressed to Mayor Davenport concerning sod
damage at 17555 28th Avenue. This property is located within the Candlelight
Terrace Addition along the east side of Highway 101. The property is also
located on a curve where 28th Avenue goes from an east -west direction into
Merrimac Lane in a north -south direction.
As stated by Sylvia Gustafson, they have placed guide stakes along the paving
to show the curvature of the roadway. The existing street does not have
concrete curb and only a very low asphalt curb. I believe the guide stakes
have helped us in our snow plowing operation, since I could detect no damage to
the sod from the snow plowing this past winter.
Mrs. Gustafson also states that there was damage to the sod from the street
sweeping. The only damage I could detect was an area approximately four feet
long and three inches wide immediately adjacent to the pavement where the broom
had brushed the ground.
I order to clean the city streets properly the sweeper must go immediately
adjacent to the curb, because this is where the accumulation of sand and debris
from the winter months is located. In an area such as this, the bituminous
curbing is only six inches wide. This area is even more difficult to sweep,
since it is on a curve in the street. In the small area where the broom did
touch the grass there is no permanent damage to the lawn. It would be my
estimation that within the next week you would not even be able to detect this
area. It looks very similar to a lawn that has been dethatched.
As you know, it is not our intent to do damage to the sod within the boule-
vards. I have made Jim Kolstad aware of this complaint.
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
i
FGM:bw
cc: Jim Kolstad
April 25, 1985
Mr. Dickson Lewis
Hawthorne Ponds Homeowners Association
17620 - 6th Avenue No.
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Lewis:
With the past two growing seasons the City of Plymouth has worked to
establish natural cover over the Highway 101 wall by planting engelman ivy
at the base of the retaining wall. In order to be effective, we found it
necessary to plant the ivy both at the top and bottom on the wall.
Unfortunately, the property at the top of the wall is outside of the road
right-of-way and we therefore require the homeowner's permission to plant
ivy in this location. We have previously contacted at least two of the
homeowners immediately adjacent to the wall who have expressed their
opposition to this proposal.
In order for our efforts to be successful we require the cooperation of
homeowners in this regard. I would appreciate it if you would share this
letter with members of your Homeowners Association in hopes that a consensus
can be reached to allow us to complete these plantings.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Yours very truly,
Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
FB:jm
cc: David 0. Davenport
Mark Peterson
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD. PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559.2800
17620 Sixth Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
May 2, 1985
Mr. Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Boyles:
z-\ob.
I received your letter dated April 25 requesting that I contact
the residents of Hawthorne Ponds living along Route 101 in the
hope that a consensus could be reached concerning the planting of
ivy along the retaining wall. As your files will undoubtedly
show, I surveyed each of these residents less than 12 months ago
concerning this question and received unanimous disagreement with
the prospect of these plantings. Since all of these residents
are the same individuals who were living in those homes at that
time, I hold out little hope that attitudes will have changed.
Per your request, I will, however, share this letter with those
residents and notify you immediately should their opinions be
different today.
Ver%truly yours,
Dickson W. Lewis
President
Hawthorne Ponds Homeowners Association
DWL:lap
1114M
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800 �'✓
MEMO
DATE: May 6, 1985
TO: Frank Boyles
FROM: David Davenport
SUBJECT Highway 101 Retaining Wall
•4,� 1
Frank, Don Lindgren called me in response to your May 2nd
letter to Dick Lewis, President of the Hawthorne Ponds
Homeowners Association. Don is one of the homeowners along
Merrimac that has been reluctant to allow the City to plant
vines on his property. I had a cordial chat with Don and
he is willing to reconsider his position and perhaps the
other neighbors will be willing to do so as well. Please
copy those neighbors with this correspondence.
I explained to Don that the City cannot continue to expend
unlimited amounts of money planting ivy and that it is the
City's outside landscape expert's opinion that the ivy needs
to be planted at the top and allowed to trail down over the
wall. Don raised certain questions about the variety of
ivy that is being used and I told him, I, too, had questions
about it. But the current variety is being utilized because
it is resistant to salt -kill in the winter. Perhaps if ivy
can be planted from the top a less resistant but better
strain of ivy could be utilized.
I would propose then that we meet with the Merrimac neighbors,
yourself and the City's landscape consultant some time around
6:00 some evening and perhaps as early as next week, and see
if there can't be a consensus arrived at. One of the things
that Don Lindgren pointed out is that the MinnDot snowplows,
when they plow 101 in the winter time, go by the wall at
great speed and consequently the snow is thrown up into the
yards and there is salt -kill of existing shrubbery. I tol
Don that if the City could he allowed to plant i lry that wnul d
tramdown the wall, the City would maintain the iszsz�_nd make
sure that It WOl]l do t run into people's yawls and e
could also complain to MinnDot about the speed with which the
snow is thrown up over the wall. In other words, it is likely
that if MinnDot plows slowed down somewhat, the wall itself
would catch a lot of the snow, thereby minimizing kill to the
existing shrubbery owned by the neighbors as well as the new
ivy that would presumably be planted by the City with the
consent of the neighbors.
Frank Boyles Memo
May 6, 1985
-Page 2 -
If a consensus cannot be arrived at, then my feeling is that
the City should cease its efforts in trying to solve the
problem. A number of different things have been tried without
success. Obviously if we stop our efforts it is likely the
graffiti will reoccur and it is terribly offensive to me and
the other neighbors, but on the other hand, we can't keep
spending taxpayers' money if there are no workable solutions.
DJD: cap
cc: Mr. Dickson W. Lewis
Mr. Don Lindgren
17620 Sixth Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
May 2, 1985
Mr. Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Boyles:
I received your letter dated April 25 requesting that I contact
the residents of Hawthorne Ponds living along Route 101 in the
hope that a consensus could be reached concerning the planting of
ivy along the retaining wall. As your files will undoubtedly
show, I surveyed each of these residents less than 12 months ago
concerning this question and received unanimous disagreement with
the prospect of these plantings. Since all of these residents
are the same individuals who were living in those homes at that
time, I hold out little hope that attitudes will have changed.
Per your request, I will, however, share this letter with those
residents and notify you immediately should their opinions be
different today.
Very truly yours,
Dickson W. Lewis
President
Hawthorne Ponds Homeowners Association
DWL:lap
1114M
May 3, 1985
CITY C�
PUMOUTR
Cathy Groth
13820 County Road 15
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dear Ms. Groth:
Thank you for your April 25 letter regarding your desire for a park in the
area bounded by I-494, County Road 15 and new County Road 61, which will
ultimately contain some 100 children.
The development of a neighborhood park in this area was previously addressed
by the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission and the City Council at the
time the preliminary concept plan for the Carlson Development were being
reviewed and approved in 3uly, 1982. At that time, we discovered that
although this location was somewhat unique, it was not the only area in the
City where neighborhoods would be bisected by major thoroughfares.
For park planning purposes the entire City is broken into "planning"
neighborhoods. The "planning neighborhood" which you are part of is located
from I-494 to Magnolia Lane on the east. This planning neighborhood will
ultimately have 1,410 residents. Our Comprehensive Park System Plan
contemplates the need for a neighborhood park of between 2.5 and 3.5 acres
per thousand people. Based upon these criteria the planning neighborhood of
which you are part should be served by an approximate five acre park or open
space. The park is to be located next to Sunset Hill Elementary School on
land which has been previously earmarked for this purpose.
There is no question that County Road 61 will be a deterrent to your
children's accessing the facilities at Sunset Hill Elementary.
Unfortunately the City does not have unlimited resources and until parks
have been funded and constructed for our planning neighborhoods, the City
will not be able to fund the acquisition, development and maintenance of
parks designed for residential groups smaller than our planning neighbor-
hoods.
Approximately six months ago, the City Council declined to approve a similar
request from a neighborhood group living immediately east of County Road 61
and north of Highway 55. We do plan to supply a striped cross -walk and the
proper signage to enhance pedestrian safety crossings on County Road 61.
I have asked Fred Moore, Director of Public Works, to review and make a
recommendation on the type of pedestrian crossing signs and marking which
would be most appropriate for old County Road 15 and new County Road 61.
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
Cathy Groth
May 3, 1985
Page 2
Thank you for your letter. I am sorry the City is not in a position to be
more responsive to your request at this time. If you have any questions
please call me at 473-4208.
Sincerel ,
Davi J. Dave port
Mayor
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cc: City Council
Eric Blank
Fred Moore
13820 County Road 15
Plymouth, 14innesota 55441
April 259 1935
Director of Parks and 3ecreation
Plymouth City Center
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, 1in. 55447
To ';ihom It May Concern:
This letter concerns the nonexistence of a.neibhborhood park
in the area bounden by 494 to the v:est, County Road 15 to the
north, County ?oad 6, to the east and Carlson Industrial P,rk
to the south. 'ihis area presently is home to about forty*
chil=dren and in the near future probably about one hundred.
;:e have been leu to _=i-_=ithat there will be no cross
walk on 61; therefore our children :•:ill have no access
to Sunset mills. i're other areas east of 61 already have
two schools and nei,hborhood parrs as ao the areas west of 494•
Some time ado I was advised by Carlson Company that they were
obligated to donate either land or money to the City for _parks.
If this is so I would like to know why this money or land is
not bei*. used 4n ou= neiLhborhood as we are the ones most
affected by their development of the area.
I would appreciate your studyinv the map of this area and the
cumber of housin units projected which I firmly believe justify
placin- a park of some type in our neighborhood. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Cathy :troth
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PARK COMMISSION
ZRDATE
PARKWAY
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH FIGURE NO. 4
STRGAR-ROSCOE, INC.
CAR CENTER THIRD PROPOSED SANITARY
C,,,T.,G„E.S U����.s ADDITION AREA
SEWER AND WATERMAIN
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TABLE
1 (Continued)
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK NEEDS - ULTIMATE
Actual
Neigh-
Projected Existing
Park Needs
Ultimate
bor-
Ultimate
Neighborhood
at 2.5-3.5
Deficiency
hood
Population Parks/Acres
Acre/1,000•
(Acres)
30
1,800
Shiloh/13.3
5-6.5
None
Ponderosa/4.9
Fazendin/12.2
Olive Lane Pond/3.2
31
2,560
-
6.5-9
6.5-9
32
1,830
Greenwood Elem(part)/6
5-6.5
None
33
1,520
Greentree West/10.8
5-5.5
hone
Green Oaks/6.8
Meadowood/10.
34
1,890
Imperial Hills/9.1
5-6.5
hone
35
1,950
-
5-7
5-7
36
3,260
-
8-11.5
8-11.5
37
1,320
Lions Park/3.1
5-5
None -2
38
1,150
Gleanloch/6.9
5-5
None
39
3,190
-
8-11
8-11
40
80
-
0
None
41
830
-
5
None -5
42
770
-
5
5
43
890
-
5
5
44
1,410
Sunset Hills/20.8
5
None
45
2,970
Circle Park/2.2
7.5-10.5
None
Birchview/13.8
46
1,640
-
5-5.5
5-5.5
47
1,800
Queensland/7.1
5-6.5
None
48
440
Ferndale No./5.3
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Comments
-22 out of 33.6 acres at the identified
parks are credited toward neighborhood
recreation; the balance is storm water
retention or otherwise unusable
-though classified as community playfleld,
Greenwood is not developed as such.
Can serve neighborhood needs unless
and until deve i oped as p l ay f l ei d
-Groon Oaks adequately serves
neighborhood perk needs. Green -
tree West and Meadowood are
special use parks
-the best existing neighborhood park in
Plymouth
-Lions Park functions as a neighborhood
park and would otherwise be adequate
for the population, except for the
five acre minimum stipulation
-acreage Is adequate, but acquisition at
Gleanloch would be desirable for faci-
lities expansion
Test Medicine Lake Park and/or Community
Club can provide some neighborhood
f un ct ions
-entirely industrial
-small neighborhood, could be served by
St. Louis Park
-LeCompte could function as neighborhood
park, but Is designed as playfleld
-small neighborhood, could be served by
Minnetonka
-also meets needs of neighborhood 150,
although Birchvlew also functions as
community playfleld
-well served
-good site; needs development
-small neighborhood, could served by
Wayzata or by Queensland Park
-could be served by Blrchview and Circle
Park In neighborhood 145
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May 7, 1985
Rhett Bautista
18525 - 28th Avenue
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Rhett:
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CITY C�
No. PLYMOUTH+
Mayor Davenport asked that I respond to your letter requesting additional infor-
mation about the capital improvements planned by the City.
Specifically, you wanted to know when various parks, roads and paths are to be
built.
To answer your question it is important that you be familiar with two concepts. The
first is City budgeting. Basically, City budgets are an expression of our estimates
of how much money it will cost to run day-to-day operations, including maintenance,
for a full year. Each year the City assembles budgets for general operations,
sewer, water, equipment maintenance, environmental and housing and redevelopment.
Funds in these budgets allow us to continue our day-to-day operation and delivery of
municipal services including such things as street sweeping, routine police patrol,
watermain flushing, fire department operation, etc.
The second concept is the five year Capital Improvement Program. Each year the five
year Capital Improvement Program is updated. This program lists the types of
street, park, sanitary sewer, water, storm sewer and building projects which the
City expects to undertake over the next five years. Improvements are included in
the program either because they are petitioned by homeowners or developers or are
included by the City staff as part of our long range plan for improvement in the
City.
I have included for your review a page from our 1985 - 1989 Capital Improvement
Program dealing with streets and parks. You will see that each improvement is
listed for the year which it is expected to take place. Also attached is a more
detailed sheet showing proposed 1985 - 1987 trail projects and the costs associated
with each. The final attachment is our trail system plan. This plan was developed
some years ago as part of the City's comprehensive planning efforts. The trail
system plan specifies where trails are ultimately to be located in the City.
Accordingly, when it becomes time to build a trail contained in the plan, it will be
reflected in the five year Capital Improvement Program.
I hope that this information assists you in earning your Citizenship in the
Community merit badge. If you have any questions about information I have supplied,
please call me.
Thank you for you interest in community affairs and good luck on your merit badge.
Yours very trul
'T
Frank Boyles
Assistant City Manager
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3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: May 8, 1985
James G. Willis, City Manager, through Fred Moore, Director of Public
TO: Works
FROM: Sherman Goldberg, City Engineer
SUBJECT Drainage Problem — Mr. Rubenstein, 1130 Urbandale Lane
On May 6, 1985 I talked with Mr. Rubenstein regarding his drainage problem. I
indicated to him that if the tree trimmings, stumps, grass, etc. were cleaned
up from his back yard, it would solve the major portion of his drainage
problem. This debris is creating a dam across his rear property line, thereby
stopping the water from draining through its natural drainage course. He
indicated that he would have some workmen in his yard this week and that they
were planning on cleaning it up. He also indicated that they would have a
bobcat and he would have them cut the swale along the north property line in a
straighter line to the rear property line. I indicated that was fine with us,
as that was something that should also be done.
I assume if these items are done by Mr. Rubenstein his problems should be taken
care of.
Al -
Sherman L. Goldberg, P.E.
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cc: Fred Moore
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447•
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: April 19, 1985
TO: Fred Moore, Director of Public Works
FROM: dames G. Willis
SUBJECT ED RUBENSTEIN, 1130 URBANDALE LANE
Attached is a copy of a letter from Maria Vasiliou to Mr. Ed
Rubenstein, 1130 Urbandale Lane, concerning a drainage problem he is
experiencing. Maria indicates in her letter that she has asked Sherm
to investigate his problem. Please provide me with a copy of Sherm's
investigation and/or any correspondence to Mr. Rubenstein so that I
may include it in the Manager's memo.
4/22/85
I met with Mrs. Rubenstein on Friday Aprill9, 1985. Between their
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wide easement running east from Urbandale Lane to the rear property
line. The storm water is conveyed by the swale but meanders out of
the easement near the rear of the lot and cuts across their yard. I
think we can correct the problem my doing some ditch cleaning. I
told her that I would check it out with Tom Vetsch and get back to
her. She suggested piping but I told her that this would mean an
assessment and the removal of two trees. She was not in favor of this solution.
ShermV`_
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Mr. Ed Rubenstein
1130 Urbandale Lane N
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Ed,
DATE: 85 - 27
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S/F:
Thank you for telling me about the drainage problem that is occurring in
your yard.
I've asked Sherm Goldberg from the Public Works Department to check into
this for you and, as 1 recall, he can reach you at 544-2115 during the
day or at 473-1596 in the evening.
Please feel free to call me anytime you have a question or a problem that
I can help with.
Sincerely,
/jA1CtjT tf - v
Maria Vasiliou
cc: Mayor/Council
Sherm Goldberg
Fred Moore
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"THE FUTURE IS NOW"
12800 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441
(612)559-3731
May
8, 1985
The Honorable Mayor
David J. Davenport and
Fellow City Council Members
of the City of Plymouth
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dear Mr. Mayor:
I am using this letter to extend my appreciation to you and your fellow
Council members and also to the Commissioners of the City Planning Commission
for your excellant help and guidance in enabling us to complete the planning
process for the Bass Lake Woods - Quinwood Commercial Center Development. As
you are aware, Mr. Mayor, that "pound for pound" this project was one of the
most intricate and challenging land development endeavors I have ever been
involved with in my twenty-five plus years of developing land in the Twin City
Metropolitan Area. During the course of the planning it was necessary to
address not only multiple small land ownership in basically an "infill" area
but also the problems of title, right-of-ways, multiple land use and highly
sensitive neighbors.
Most of all, Mr. Mayor, I wish to commend City Manager aim Willis and his
City Staff for their splendid cooperation and high degree of professionalism in
helping to mold a complicated pile of problems into a development that will
hopefully be a credit to the City of Plymouth. In particular, I wish to
commend and thank Blair Tremere and Sara McConn of Community Development, Fred
Moore and Sherm Goldberg of Public Works, Eric Blank of Parks plus many others
too numerous to name in the various affected departments up to and including
your highly efficient and personable secretarial staff for a job well done.
Everywhere within the City Staff I went, I was treated with great courtesy and
consideration and plain old fashioned help.
Mr. Mayor, I believe the City of Plymouth is well served and indeed
fortunate to have such dedicated Public Servants standing watch over its future
growth and development. I trust our development will, in a small factor,
contribute to that growth and will be a credit to the Community.
Sincer ly yours,
r
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Robert L. Burger, Presi ent
Bass Lake Development, Inc.
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Feb. 15th, 1985
Dear Mayer & City Council,
I am writting this letter to thank the City of Plvmouth for the
assistance in the necessary repairs on our home. Theses repairs in-
clude roofing, insulation, windows, doors, proper wiring, wall in
garage, steps, city water....etc.
This work was done by very competent contractors all obtained
thru the efforts of Mr. ?Milt Dale. These efforts have resulted in
approximately a 30o saving on our energy bills, plus the feeling of
a home like new.
Again a note of THANK -YOU!
Plymouth truly is a beautiful place to live!!!
Sincerely,. i
CITY C
PUMOUTR
May 7, 1985
Mr. Ronald B. Thomas, President
CIPRICO, Inc.
2955 Xenium Lane
Plymouth, IIT 55441
Dear Ron:
I understand the ribbon cutting ceremony on May 1st for
CIPRICO's new headquarters and manufacturing facilities on
the Northwest Business Campus was an unqualified success.
Even the weather cooperated.
It's not often that a company in Minnesota attracts the
Governor to the ribbon cutting ceremony. Obviously Governor
Perpich recognized the contribution that CIPRICO is making
to the state and local economy.
Ron, we are very pleased that CIPRICO has chosen to site
its headquarters in Plymouth. It is precisely the kind of
company we want to attract to our community and make feel
at home.
Please extend my warmest best wishes and congratulations to
the officers, directors and CIPRICO employees!
SinreDav enport
Mayor
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P.S. I wanted to be able to attend the ribbon cutting but when
it was moved to the afternoon to accommodate the Governor's
schedule, it was impossible for me to do so because I had
to catch a plane to Tulsa which was the last one I could
catch in order to arrive in time for a meeting in Tulsa the
following morning. I understand the City was represented by
Jim Willis, our City Manager, Councilmember Maria Vasiliou
and Paul Steigerwald, Plymouth's Planning Commission Chairperson.
They were all delighted to be included in CIPRICO's invitation.
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
CITY OF
PLYMOUTFF
May 7, 1985
Mr. Duane Ford
2660 Hemlock Lane
Plymouth, MN 55441
Dear Duane:
Thank you again for presenting the "History of Plymouth" tape
to the Plymouth Council Monday evening. None of us have had
the opportunity to view it as yet, but what a neat idea:
I am sure the Plymouth Historical Society also greatly
appreciated the time you expended in researching and preparing
the tape.
Thank
Sin
David
Mayor
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34DO PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559.2800
PLYMOUTH JAYCEE WOMEN
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PARK RESERVES
BAKER
CARVER
CROW-HASSAN
ELM CREEK
HYLAND LAKE
LAKE REBECCA
MURPHY-HANREHAN
REGIONAL PARKS
BRYANTLAKE
CLEARY LAKE
CLIFTON E FRENCH
COON RAPIDS DAM
EAGLE LAKE
FISH LAKE
JAMES W. WILKIE
LAKE SARAH
SPRING LAKE
SPECIAL USE AREAS
ARTHUR E ALLEN WILDLIFE
SANCTUARY
BAKER PARK GOLF COURSE
CLEARY LAKE GOLF COURSE
HYLAND HILLS SKI AREA
NOERENBERG MEMORIAL PARK
WAWATASSO ISLAND
WILD GOOSE CHASE ISLAND
TRAIL CORRIDORS
NORTH HENNEPIN TRAIL
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
DAVID LATVAAHO
CHAIR
GOLDEN VALLEY
SCOTT L. NEIMAN
VICE CHAIR
MINNEAPOLIS
JUDITH S. ANDERSON
BLOOMINGTON
SHIRLEY A. BONINE
MAPLE PLAIN
WILLIAM H. BOYNTON
ST. LOUIS PARK
WILLIAM 1. HOLBROOK
MINNEAPOLIS
NAOMILOPER
MINNEAPOLIS
VERN J. HARTENSURG
SUPERINTENDENT &
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
Hennepin County Park Reserve District
3800 County Road 24 * Maple Plain, Minnesota 55359 * Telephone 612-473-4693
Eric Blank
Director of Parks and
3400 Plymouth Road
May 7, 1985
Recreation
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Eric:
YtttXKAL IU:
CITY &IANIACER
CITY Cou tC:I
PUBLIC 1YC:;X D�R",To3
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ADIV.NI RATIIJE ,;s,zTAg
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This letter is written in response to your inquiry as to the
situation at the boat launch in French Park on the weekend of
April 27-28. As I understand it, your concern involves the
number of boats being launched from the park that weekend and
the possibility that the agreed upon limit of 60 boats was
exceeded.
I have spoken to the Ranger who was on duty at the park during
the time period under discussion and he was not able to
confirm that the limit was exceeded. It was his opinion that
if more than 60 boats were launched, it was not very many
more. What may have given the impression that so many boats
were present was the early season confusion over parking
procedures. Many cars without boat trailers were parking
in the boat lot, thus forcing boaters to park in the shuttle
lot. If an observer were to assume that every car in the
boat trailer lot brought a boat in and then looked at the
number of trailers parked in the shuttle lot, it would be
easy to conclude that the 60 boat limit had been exceeded.
As many of the cars in the boat trailer lot did not involve
boats, it is the Ranger's opinion that the 60 boat limit
was not exceeded. We recognize, however, that this is an
opinion and we are not able, because of the parking confusion,
to establish it as fact.
The real problem, I believe, was our lack of anticipation
of the early pressure the Park would be under and the
absence of sufficient staff and signage to deal with that
pressure. The result was the parking confusion and
semi -anarchy that occurred on the weekend in question.
It is our intention given this past year's experience, to
Eric Blank - page 2
put French Park on summer operational status by May 1
of future years. This is four weeks early relative to the
rest of the system but given the extensive early usage, it
certainly seems warranted.
I hope the information provided addresses your concerns
and if I can be of further assistance, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
R NWicklund
4
C ivision Manager
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11
May 9, 1985 1 /
Mr. Mike Nordstrom CITY Of
Burger King Corporation PUMOUTR
9800 Bren Road East
#300
Minnetonka, MN 55343
RE Revised Landscape Plan for Plymouth Site (85003)
Dear Mr. Nordstrom:
We have conducted a field inspection to determine an adequate location for the remain-
ing seven evergreen plantings. We feel the most appropriate location for the addition-
al seven plantings would be on the existing berm on the southwest side of Lancaster
Lane, south of County Road 9.
Two of the plantings would be located among the existing evergreens, and the remaining
five plantings would be located along the most northwesterly side of Lancaster Lane,
south of County Road 9. Five stakes have been located in this area.
Steve Cook, City Forester, was involved in the field inspection and would like to con-
firm these locations with you or your representative prior to the plantings being in-
stalled. Mr. Cook also requested that we inform you that installation of the plantings
may require hand digging for some of them. He stated that the planting could be in-
stalled at your earliest convenience. I suggest that you contact Mr. Cook (559-2800
Extension 329) and make the appropriate arrangements to install the plantings. As a
reminder, the plantings are to be evergreens at a minimum height of 8 ft.
We appreciate your cooperation and quick response to the City Council direction.
I am sending a letter to the President of the Middle East Homeowner's Association to
inform them that you will proceed with the plant installation in the near future.
Should you have questions, or need further information, please do not hesitate to con-
tact our office.
Sincerely,
Sara L. McConn
Community Development Coordinator
SM/gw
cc: Steve Cook, City Forester
Fred Moore, Public Works Director
Blair Tremere, Community Development Director
3ames Willis, City Manager
File 85003
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
May 9, 1985
Mr. Roger Eggen
MidEast Homeowner's Association
9905 41st Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55441
RE Burger King Development (85003)
Dear Mr. Eggen:
CITY OF
PUMOUTFt
This letter is written to inform you that we have received and approved a revised land-
scape plan for the Burger King development which responds to the City Council direc-
tion. Also, the direction from the City Council called for plantings which could not
be located on the particular site and will be located elsewhere to assist in the trans-
ition between the development and the residential area south of County Road 9.
We have conducted a field inspection and have determined locations for seven plantings
in the general area southwest of Lancaster Lane, south of County Road 9. Two of the
plantings will be located among the existing evergreens, in the area where some were
damaged via a car accident. The remaining five plantings will be located in the most
northwesterly area along the south side of Lancaster Lane.
It is my understanding that Burger King will proceed in the planting installation in
the near future. Steve Cook, City Forester, will be coordinating with Burger King for
the proper location of the seven plantings. As a reminder, the plantings are to be
evergreen at a minimum height of 8 ft.
I also understand that your neighborhood has been responsible for the maintenance of
the berm and plantings in this area. We assume then, that in the future, this would
include the additional plantings to be installed.
Hopefully this information will assist you. Should you have questions, or need further
information, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
Sincerely,
4M /�6�
Sara L. McConn
Community Development Coordinator
SM/gw
cc: Mike Nordstrom, Burger King
3ames Willis, City Manager
File 85003
3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
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April 10, 1985
Mayor David Davenport
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Dave:
DATE:
REFERRED T0:
S/F:
Last year when the road went in for "The Villages" sub -division
a dead-end street, I believe, Walnut Grove was put in on the
west side of my residence at 18555 11th Avenue North. The dead-
end street serves no purpose and I request that it be blocked
off in some way. I make this request, because we have had people
numerous times drive down the street to find it leads no where
and then pull over my lawn to get out. We have also had teen-
agers parking down there. The bottom line being that the street,
as a street, serves no positive function and is a great annoy-
ance to my family.
I would appreciate your attention and that of the city on this
matter.
Regards, J
C� z•V
Daniel C. Faiendin
DCF:ao
DANIEL C. FAZENDIN
;✓,,zc+o'nrresoto.5:?l .612-473-7000
May 10, 1985
Mr. Dan Fazendin
Roger Fazendin Realtors
1421 East Wayzata Boulevard
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
Dear Dan:
The letter which you wrote to Mayor Davenport concerning the dead-end street
within the "The Villages" subdivision adjacent to your house was referred to me
for investigation and to prepare a recommendation. As you state in your,
letter at this time this street does not serve as access to any of the adjacent
property. As you are aware, this street will be extended southerly in the
future to serve as access to the "Rustin" property.
As you may have observed, this dead-end street serves as a drainageway for the
water from 11th Avenue. For this reason the flow of water from 11th Avenue
cannot be blocked. As of this time the City has had no indication that the
"Rustin" property will develop in the near future. For this reason I believe
this dead-end street will be unused for several years and feel you have
addressed very valid concerns in your letter.
It is my recommendation and proposal that the City would install concrete
median barriers across the entrance to the dead-end street. These median
barriers stand approximately three feet high and you may observe them in
construction areas along the freeway. I believe that we have to have a
substantial barrier of this type or it will not be effective.
At the present time the developer of "The Villages" subdivision has not com-
pleted the street construction. The final surfacing of asphalt has not been
installed. I would expect this work to be completed by the developer this
summer. At the completion of the final surfacing of the street the City would
then install these median barriers.
I would request that you discuss this recommendation with Roger Fazendin to see
if he has any objections. Also, you should let me know if you do not agree
with my recommendation. As I stated, the City would be prepared to do this
work after the street construction is completed.
If there are any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Fred G. Moore, P.E.
Director of Public Works
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cc: Jim Willis
vMayor David Davenport
1 ity Council l:T �:41=
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