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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Information Memorandum 04-28-2006Y Dummy CITY OF PLYMOU I , , 7;b COUNCIL INFO MEMO APRIL 28, 2006 UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS Planning Commission May 3 Meeting Agenda...................................................................... Page 3 Human Rights Commission May 4 Meeting Agenda........................................................... Page 4 May, June, and 2006 Official City Meeting Calendars.......................................................... Page 5 Tentative list of agenda items for future City Council meetings ......................................... Page 11 INFORMATION News Articles, Releases, Publications, etc ... Minnesota Public Radio report on a trend toward paying for road projects with propertytax money.............................................................................................................. Page 12 STAFF REPORTS Fire—rescue incident of interest............................................................................................Page 14 Report on dock easements along East Medicine Lake Boulevard and 32"d Avenue ............Page 15 Active and Pending Public Improvement Projects............................................................. Page 19 Update on Xcel Electric Rate Case..................................................................................... Page 22 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2006 WHERE: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS Plymouth City Hall 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 CONSENT AGENDA All items listed on the consent agenda* are considered to be routine by the Planning Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Commissioner, citizen or petitioner so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on the agenda. 1. CALL TO ORDER - 7:00 P.M. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. PUBLIC FORUM 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 5. CONSENT AGENDA* A. Approve the April 19, 2006 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes. B. Daimler Chrysler. Approve site plan amendment to allow a parking lot and drive aisle expansion for outside storage of trailers for property located at 13005 State Highway 55. (2006007) 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. John and Jacqueline Fenske. Conditional use permit to expand the existing garage over 1,000 square feet for property located at 605 Sycamore Lane North. (2006016) B. CommonBond Communities. Site plan, conditional use permit and variances for Vicksburg Commons, a 50 -unit rental townhome development for property located north of County Road 47 and east of Vicksburg Lane. (2006017) C. Land Title, Inc. Registered land survey to correct a legal description error for properties owned by Elm Creek Golf Course and Scherber Investments LP. and located north of State Highway 55 and east of Brockton Lane. (2006019) 7. NEW BUSINESS A. Plymouth HRA. Review Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan for District No. 1-2, CommonBond's Vicksburg Commons. B. City of Plymouth. Review Northwest Plymouth sample land use plans. (2005050) 8. ADJOURNMENT 5 AGENDA Plymouth Human Rights Commission May 4, 2006 Regular Meeting at 7:00 p.m. City Hall Medicine Lake Room 3400 Plymouth Boulevard 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Minutes 3. Approve Agenda 4. Committee Reports A. Student Human Rights Activities Committee B. Community Awareness and Education Committee C. Human Rights Incident Response Team D. The League of Minnesota Human Rights 5. Old Business A. 2006 Work Plan B. Essay Contest, Status Update Art Layton C. Boulevard Gardens, Gwen Adams -Drew D. Human Rights Presentation E. Citizens Academy F. State survey 6. New Business A. Bias Crime Reports B. Letter to Wayzata High School officials from Jewish community members 7. Announcements and Articles (for your information) A. Golden Valley HRC Meeting Minutes B. Leading a congregation "outside of the box ", Lakeshore Weekly News article 8. Adjourn Next Meeting: June 1, 2006 L+ l OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS 1Vlav 2006 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 3:00 PM -5:00 PM NORTHWEST PLYMOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, Council Chambers 8:00 PM -8:00 PM NORTHWEST PLYMOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, Council Chambers 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - Medicine Lake Room 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room A 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: DISCUSS CO RD 101 COST SHARING AGREEMENT; CO RD 07, Msebg Rooms ASB 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE (EOC) Cha,mbers iters 7:00 PM CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING, Meeting Rooms A E, B 7:00 PM PARK & 7:00 PM REGULAR REC ADVISORY COMMISSION COUNCIL MEETING, col wcn.mn.,� (PRAC),Counal Chambers 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, CiOUnClI Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING 8 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY(HRA), Meeting Room A 9:00 AM -3:30 PM PLYMOUTH CLEAN-UP DAY, Public Worcs Maintenance Facility 8:00 PM SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING: SHINGLE CREEK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMMISSION PRESENTATION; PARK NEEDS/FUNDING; DISCUSS DEVLOPMENT PROPOSAL, M-fing Rooms A 8 8 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room A 11:95 AM PLYMOUTH a0$IN 1. 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L COUNCILNSIDER; MEETWITH RGY ON UES, Mw" 6 B q 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING,Ca C- 7:00 PM PLYMOUTH ADVISORY COMMffTEE ON 28 29 MEMORIAL DAY (Observed) - City Offices Closed 30 31 7:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: Discuss COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, Council Chambers Apr 2006Jun S M T W T F S 2006 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 modified on 4/28/2006 5 OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS .Tune 2006 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Jul 2006 S M T W T F S 1 1 7:00 PM HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - 2 3 May 2006 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Medicine Lake Room 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room A 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION Council Chambers (PRAC), Council Chambers 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: DISCUSS GREENHOUSEQUALITY GAS PROJECT; M-" Rooms A 6 B 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE (ECC), Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING 8 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (HRA), Meeting Room A 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Coundl Chambers Fla Da 9 y 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room A 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 25 26 27 28 29 30 11:45 AM PLYMOUTH BUSINESS COUNCIL, 12201 Riagsd•le orire, Mxxromnxe PM SPECIALCOUNCILG:DISCUSS 7:00 PM PLYMOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRANSIT (PACT) , Meeting Room A - AUDIT T; M,,bW It—* A&B p 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Cow A C11-! modified on 4/28/2006 7 OFFICIAL CITY MEETINGS July 2006 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Aug 2006 1 Jun 2006 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 9:15 AM MUSIC 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 IN PLYMOUTH 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5k RUN 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting RoomA INDEPENDENCE DAY 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, council Chambers 5:15 PM MUSIC IN PLYMOUTH, Hilde Performance Center 9 10 11 12 13 14 .15 7 D PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Courmi Chomb•m 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE (EOC), Council Chambers 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION (PRAC), Council Chambers 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION, Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING 8 REDEVELOPMENT AMeetigl RoomRA) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 n:<s AM W , 12201 L BU8INEBBCRYM NCL fliEpaOaM Dnn, Min,wlonka 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING: OISCUSS SINGLE 7:00 PM PLYMOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRANSIT(PACT), Meeting Room A VS.DUAL STREAM RECYCLING; M—g Roan A 6B 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, Council ChamMn 30 31 7:00 PM YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, Meeting Room A modified on 4/28/2006 I Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items May 9, Special, 5:30 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • County Road 101 Cost Sharing Agreement • County Road 47 May 9, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Announce Recycling Drop -Off Day, May 20 • Change Order No. 3 for Station 73 Transit Facility (3125) • Approve Insurance Renewals • Lifestyle Properties application • DJR application for Plymouth Crossing Station • Interim ordinance relating to Cottonwood Lane properties • Recognize Day of Remembrance May 16, Special, 6:00 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • Discuss Park Needs and Funding • Presentation by the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission on Shallow Lake Ecology, TMDLs, and the Shingle Creek/West Mississippi Planning Process • Discuss Development Proposal May 23, Special, 6:00 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • Consider Liability Claim • Meeting with Xcel Energy on Reliability Issues May 31, Special, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Comprehensive Plan Update June 13, Special, 5:30 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • Discuss Greenhouse Gas Project June 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Public Hearing on the Tax Increment Financing District for the Common Bond Project • Comprehensive Plan Update June 27, Special, 6:00 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • Discuss Audit Report June 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers • Announcement of Music in Plymouth on July 6, Barbara Willis and Kris St. Martin, Plymouth Civic League July 11, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers July 25, Special, 5:30 p.m., Meeting Rooms A and B • Discuss Single vs. Dual Stream Recycling July 25, Regular, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers l) Note: Special Meeting topics have been set by Council; all other topics are tentative. a IMm Pint unaniam o_.o pi1D1iC• page *Page Road costs more often being paid by property taxes by Dan Olson, Minnesota Public Radio April 23, 2006 Use of property tax dollars for local transportation projects is rising (MPR Photo/Dan Olson) Many Minnesotans have seen their property tax bill for this year and are not happy with the news. On average the increase in property taxes is 10 percent. Most of the increase is for public schools. A smaller but increasing larger amount of property tax revenue is spent on transportation. That surprises some taxpayers who think the gasoline tax and license tabs pay for the state's highways, bridges and streets. In fact they don't come close. St. Paul, Minn. — Herb Nelson is irked about his property tax increase. The 77 year-old retired electrician and Minneapolis homeowner lives on a fixed income of social security and some pension and his property taxes went up. "This last year they went up $259.06. Now the 6 cents I can handle, but the rest of it is a little steep," he says The portion of Hennepin County property taxes going to transportation has increased dramatically over the years. This year, officials say, about four percent of the county's property tax levy is going for transportation. Hennepin County Board Chairman Randy Johnson says the county uses property tax revenue for maintenance but also increasingly for road construction. PHOTOS 4 Bridge replacement 4 Hennepin County Commissioner Randy Johnson O� Transportation lobbyist ® View full slideshow (4 images) MORE FROM MPR Cycling mecca mayor in Minneapolis Distracted drivers Voting for or against more transportation dollars RESOURCES 91 Brookings Institution transportation analysis 61 Contractors analyze transportation finance RESPOND TO THIS STORY Q Discuss or comment on this story in Your Voice IM Help us cover this story "The bigger change has come on what we spend on our capital projects. That's gone from a $500,000 10 years ago to $14.5 million in 2006," Johnson says. "Those are pretty dramatic increases and shifts to the property tax." Minnesota will spend about $3.6 billion this year on all state and local transportation projects. Roughly 1/3 of that, just over $1 billion, will be paid for by local revenue including property taxes. Q Hennepin County Commissioner Lobbyist Margaret Donahoe, who works for the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, thinks many city and county property Randy Johnson taxpayers would be surprised and then angry to learn that such a large amount of local revenue is going for projects that many consider a state responsibility "I think people would be upset. I think they also agree this should be more of a shared responsibility, it shouldn't be just the local property taxpayers for roads that obviously run much farther than just in front of their property," she says. Why are cities and counties spending more property tax dollars on transportation? They're trying to pick up the slack for what many say is the state's failure to address a chronic transportation funding problem. The problem, Margaret Donahoe and other transportation advocates say, is the repair bills for Minnesota's aging road and bridge system are coming due. She says the bills vastly exceed the amount the state is spending to maintain our system. "If you add up the cost of all those projects and then you look at the amount of revenue MnDOT (Minnesota Department of Transportation) will receive given the current funding situation, they are short $1 billion a year over the next 20 years," she says. Besides using property taxes, counties are increasingly turning to borrowing to pay transportation bills. Officials in western Minnesota's Kandiyohi County estimate 10 percent of the county's property tax revenue goes to fund 4 Transportation transportation projects. Kandiyohi County commissioner Harlan Madsen says his board has also approved borrowing money lobb ist for road and bridge projects, but he doesn't like it. Madsen says the money has to be paid back with interest from future revenue including from property taxes, and that cuts into the county's ability to cover costs for other needs. He says county property taxpayers would have been tagged for even more money if officials hadn't postponed some work. "We've dropped two projects already this year to the tune of easily $500,000," he says. "If they would have been added to it and if we would have wanted to supplement local dollars that 10 percent could be 15 percent pretty easily." Minnesota is hardly alone in its transportation funding woes. I think that voters are All around the country, Brookings Institution transportation analyst Rob Puentes says, huge repair and maintenance bills are coming due, l�- "(They are) bridges that have long maxed out their maximum capacity having to be rebuilt, interchanges that are spaghetti going to bowls and the other interchanges that are tangles and messes in other metropolitan areas. Those are having to be become rehabilitated," he says. upset with the condition Along with repair, Puentes says, demand for new roads continues to grow. of the roads "Folks are leaving the center cities and the older suburbs Fleeing to the suburban fringe requiring the expenditure of billions and congestion and billions dollars of revenue for transportation infrastructure. These trends are accelerating in ways that they haven't in and they're previous decades," he says. going to be Solutions to Minnesota's transportation funding dilemma abound. But they're expensive and unpopular. Lobbyist Margaret upset if their Donahoe says none of them alone solves the problem. property taxes "The problem has just gotten so big because of all the years of neglect," she says. "There's no magic bullet." continue to increase Increasing the gasoline tax even a few pennies would raise hundreds of millions of new dollars every year. When Congress significantly. last year passed a new federal transportation it considered, then discarded, a plan to raise the federal gas tax when the - Hennepin White House threatened a presidential veto. County Board Chairman Minnesota's gas tax hasn't been raised since 1988 when it was set at 20 cents a gallon. Every attempt to increase it since Randy Johnson then has failed. Elsewhere, voters in some cities and counties around the country are using local sales taxes to pay for transportation costs. At this point in Minnesota's legislative session, there's nothing before Minnesota lawmakers that addresses the state's chronic transportation funding dilemma. Indeed some see rising property taxes as the stick that's needed to prod voters into restoring more local control over tax policy. Rising local taxes the thinking goes will rouse citizens to demand their local officials trim spending. But Hennepin County board chairman Randy Johnson, a Republican, says taxpayers could take their frustrations out on any number of elected officials who they regard as responsible parties. "I think that voters are going to become upset with the condition of the roads and congestion and they're going to be upset if their property taxes continue to increase significantly," he says. "But I don't think they're going to take it out on just local officials. I think they're going to look at the governor and the legislature and say, 'Why didn't you act, why weren't you willing to make the tough decisions? 4 Researcher Robert Puentes This fall Minnesota voters have a rare opportunity to take direct action on transportation funding. A ballot question asks voters if they want to amend the state constitution to direct all motor vehicle excise sales tax revenue to transportation. Currently about half goes to the general fund. Voter approval could eventually mean as much as half a billion dollars more for road, bridge and transit spending, It's a large amount of money but still far short of what advocates say is needed to maintain and expand Minnesota's transportation system. NEWS HEADLINES = Twins stadium bill in House committee = House delays debate on environment bill Leaislature condemns Hmonq graves desecrated In Thailand '= Mesaba demands concessions from employees '= SPCO expands intocyberspace 111 All headlines... RELATED SUBJECTS BUSINESS & ECONOMY 0 Mesaba unions fight proposed pay cuts 04/24/2006 The Journalistic response to Hurricane Katrina 04/24/2006 Jump Start program helps people move on in life 04/23/2006 PIMMUTIX FIRE -RESCUE PLYMOUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 (763) 509-5120 FIRE -RESCUE INCIDENT OF INTEREST DATE: April 25, 2006 TIME: 4:11 p.m. ADDRESS: 14800 34 h Avenue DETAILS: A large brush fire was reported behind the Plymouth Creek Center. While enroute, Plymouth Captain 1 (Evenson) requested a general alarm (filled the box) due to a large smoke plume observed. First arriving, Chief 1 (Kline) reported a large area of brush on fire, with the fire moving rapidly towards the east. Grass 21 (Evenson, D. Hebert) and Duty Crew Engine 21 (Marti, Ganje, Sheldon, Jurek) were assigned the western side of the fire. Grass 31 (Berg, Rausch), Tanker 31 (Foley, Ahrens), Engine 11 (Carlson, Draper) and Rescue 11 (D. Fasching, B. Fasching) were assigned the eastern and southern areas of the fire. Command requested a second alarm bringing Hamel Grass 11 and Maple Grove Grass 21, as well as, Plymouth R-21 (C. Anderson, Walter, Larson) and U-31 (Rasmus, Etzel) to the scene. Second alarm companies were assigned to the East and South Divisions. The fire was declared contained seventy-seven minutes following fire department arrival. Twenty-six (26) Plymouth fire personnel responded to this incident (on -scene and stand-by). There were no civilian or firefighter injuries. RESPONSE TIME: 7 minutes FIRE ORIGIN/CAUSE: ESTIMATED FIRE LOSS: P.F.D. RESPONDING UNITS: Engine Companies: E-11, E-21 Ladder Companies: SupportUnits: T-31, G-21, G-31, U-31 Rescue Companies: R-11, R-21 Chief Officers: CA Mutual Aid: Hamel, Maple Grove ASSISTING AGENCIES: EMS: No Red Cross: No Salvation Army: No Public Works: No State FM: No SECTOR OFFICERS: Chief Kline (Command), Captain Evenson (West Division), Lieutenant Carlson (East Division), Hamel Captain 11 (South Division). I + DATE: April 27, 2006 TO: Mayor and Council FROM: Eric J. Blank, Director, Parks and Recreation SUBJECT: Docks on East Medicine Lake Blvd at 32nd Avenue For the last year we have been working with 24 homeowners on 32nd Avenue regarding the easement they share over park property along the shore of Medicine Lake. At this time, we are not entering into any formal agreement with these residents, but rather have chosen to go the route of using a lake easement use guideline. I believe this will be adequate to address the concerns we've had about certain uses of the property and the cleanliness and upkeep of the property. It will also help with one of the issues, which is each of the 24 homeowners had a different view of how the easement that they shared could be used. At this time, all of the homeowners will have copies of these guidelines so that they can share this with future homeowners as they sell their property. If problems should arise in the future, the property is owned by the City of Plymouth and ultimately the City Council will retain the ability to control the usage of the property through your ordinances. At this time we are very pleased with the voluntary compliance that we received in working with this group and have every reason to believe that the property will be kept looking nice. If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free to give me a call. Lake Easement use Guidelines Spring — 2006 This is your copy of the lake easement use guidelines for all of us who have a "deeded lake access easement" to Medicine Lake. This easement is located on East Medicine Lake Boulevard at the west end of 32nd Avenue North. The guidelines are the result of an April 2005 meeting with Erik Blanc, City Parks Director and several of you. It is also the result of your responses to the surveys which were circulated last summer and several meetings of the task force of five households who helped prepare the surveys. Many of you (15 out of 24 households) helped by responding to the second survey. Thank you for your help, assistance and continued cooperation. Based on the results of the survey, discussions within the task force and two meetings with the City of Plymouth, we have prepared the following guidelines for our use. Hopefully, these guidelines will help convey to the neighborhood, the city and the regional parks system, that our intent is to do our part to help keep the easement area clean and organized for all of the public who use the nearby park and trail system. The following guidelines became effective in April of 2006: 1. Property owners who have an easement and want to dock a boat will cooperatively work-out docking arrangements to help provide access for others and themselves. 2. Owners will be encouraged to limit use to one boat per household. 3. Everyone must help pick up trash and avoid leaving items behind. 4. Pulling boats "on shore" will be discouraged in order to provide better access to the docks for everyone and to help keep the area clean. 5. Boats can be launched at French park, City Park — West, or at Harty's but they not at the easement. 16 Page 2 6. Vehicles can deliver fishing and boating gear to the easement, but they should move away within thirty minutes. No parking is available on the easement. 7. Owners who rent their homes to other families must inform their renters and require them to follow these easement use guidelines. The easement width extends out into the lake, so mooring boats off shore is discouraged due to congestion for boats coming and going. 9. All boats must be removed from the easement in the winter, with docks and lifts neatly stored on the easement shore. All canvas lift canopy covers, tires and boats must be removed to allow for the greatest visibility possible in winter. 10. Winter lake access for cars and trucks is available at the City Park (West side) or at Harty's. No lake access for cars or trucks will be allowed across the easement. Currently, the following docking arrangement is being used. In the future, this arrangement may be modified as needed: • Two docks will be made available for easement holders. Everyone will be encouraged to have only one boat at the easement. This arrangement will help clean up the area clutter that has resulted in complaints to the city parks department. These two docks will be able to provide for our needs now and in the future. The first of the two docks will be a wooden "group dock," assembled from parts of our smaller docks. The dock sections will be put in and taken out by those easement holders who use this dock. The "group dock" will be on the north side of the easement, nearest to the park benches. It will be installed approximately 5 feet from the north line of the easement. In the fall, these dock users will work together to remove and stack dock sections neatly on the shore near the culvert. • The second dock will be an aluminum dock. This dock will allow for slightly larger boats, sailboats and pontoons. This dock will be installed about 45 feet south of the first dock. It will be removed each fall and spring by those who use this dock. Dock sections and boat lifts will be neatly stored on the shore near the culvert during the winter. y f(( i f 1 j .. AA S City of Plymouth Engineering Department Active and Pending Public Improvement Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. ... ...... .... ... ...... ta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013 S Fernbrook Ln. - 27th to 34th - DC/DMC SRF $3,500,000 SRF Consulting Group, Inc. designated as engineer. Design & ROW Engineering Agreement approved. Begin Preliminary Design. Public Information meeting held 4/27/06. Representatives of four properties in attendance exploring watermain replacement. 4141 S Petition Project - 47th Ave DC/BB SRF $215,000.00 City Council awarded contract to R.P. Utilities, Inc. 8/9/05. Street & Utilities Preconstruction meeting was held 8/10/05. Utilities are installed. Street to be built in Spring 2006. Contractor has be un street installation. 4143 S City Center Street Lighting - RB SEH $175,000 Killmer Electric has started installing conduit. Vicksburq Lane / 36th Ave. 1 5101 S 2005 Street Reconstruction - JR N/A $3,133,000 Restoration in both Ranchview areas has started. On Resden Dist 73 & 68 & Carlson and Ravenwood Road, curb and gutter has been removed and Parkway Overlay replaced with subcut to start the week of 5/1/06. 5102 S CR 101, CR 6 to CR 24 DC Henn. $17,000,000 Preliminary layout of CR 101 approved by City Council on Co. 10/11/05. Meeting with all utility companies held on 10/26/05. 30% plan received. Met with Hennepin County 4/4/06. Considering who will do engineering for watermain replacement. 5122 S CR 24, Olive Ln. to 32nd DC Henn. $2,500,000 Preliminary layout approved by City Council 6/14/05. Avenue Co. Construction scheduled for 2007. Design in progress. Received Draft Layout 2/21/06. Meeting with Hennepin County desiqn staff 05/2/06 5126 S EVP Project RB SEH $80,000 Contract to be awarded at 5/9/06 City Council meeting. 6101 S 2006 Reconstruction Project - JR N/A $4,370,000 Doboszenski & Sons, Inc. is the low bidder. Award of contract Bass Lake, Lost Lake, and will be on 5/9/06. Hemlock Lane 6104 S Replace Retai ing Wall RB URS $140,000 Bid openin 5/10/06. 6105 S Railroad Crossing Imp. - RB/JR $50,000 To be included with City Project No. 6106. Bid opening 5/8/06. Pineview Ln. 6106 S Pineview Ln., and Schmidt RB/JR $440,000 Bid opening 5/8/06. Lake Road - Overlay 6108 S Intersection Imp. - CR 47 & CR RB $1,000,000 RFPs are out to SRF, HRG, and URS, and are due back 61 5/24/06. 6109 S Temporary Overlay Program RB/CA $300,000 Bid opening 5/26/06. (every yr.) 4116 SS Lift Station Upgrade -Bass Lk DC HRG $1,225,000 Contractor is Gridor Construction. Bypass pumping ended and new pumps are in use. Site work remains to be completed. 5111 SS Sewer Capacity Imp. RB/SN HRG $450,000 Public Works is currently televising upstream pipes for I & I Downstream from Lancaster prior to finalizing Preliminary Engineering Report. Lift Sta. 1 6121 SS Line Sanitary Sewer Main - RB/SN $300,000 Annual Program Contract to be awarded at the 5/23/06 City Council meeting. 2032 W Zachary & Central Water DC SEH $18,900,000 Zachary - 99% complete. Central - 99% complete. Central is Treatment Plant Imp. now operating 24 hours a day. Zachary is now also operating. Punchlist items submitted to contractor. 3108 W Vicksburg Reservoir & DC BRA $5,600,000 Reservoir complete except for testing. Pumping Station 99% Pumping Station complete. Pumping station and reservoir expected to be in operation by late April. Site restoration yet to be completed. 4147 W MIP Well Upgrade DC/GC BRA $75,000 Engineer submitted Supplemental Agreement for engineering services. Quotes being taken for time and materials. 5110 W System Pressure RB HRG $100,000 pe HRG working on Preliminary Engineering Report. lWater Enhancements year for 5 yearsl EngineeringkProjeats\Project T2cking=05% Updated 4/28/2006 1:53 PM Page 1 AM_Pndng_ProLRpL4-28(SHORTFORM).)ds City of Plymouth Engineering Department Active and Pending Public Improvement Projects 5124 W Paint CR 6 Standpipe DC SEH $250,000.00 Inspection and cleaning completed by Liquid Engineering 5/28/05. Awarded contract 4/11/06. Preconstruction meetinq set for 5/1/06 1004 WR Channel Stabilization - Parkers JR $100,000.00 Design about 95% complete. Working with manufacturer of a Lake new ditch lining system. 3105 WR Plymouth Creek Channel SM/DT $325,000 Survey and soil testing completed. Water quality model to evaluate options. Barr Engineering doing Feasibility Study. Discussed at recent watershed commission meeting. 4135 WR CR 61/CR 9 Erosion Site DC BRA $350,000 Options and estimated costs received 10/27/05. Met with Three Rivers Park District and Hennepin County to discuss options 11/21/05. Three options being considered. Draft report reviewed and revised. Further discussion of option required with Three Rivers Parks staff. Additional concerns raised by Three Rivers staff. Consultant directed to investigate drainage concerns south of County Road 9. 5115E WR Circle Park Pond Imp. DT/JR Project on hold. Will coordinate with Street Reconstruction Project. 6103 WR Repair Erosion - Wood Crk. DT/JR $100,000 Newsletter sent to area residents. Survey has been completed and preliminary design in progress 6113 WR Repair Erosion - Conor DT $45,000 Preliminary site inspections conducted. Work to start with Meadows (Design Only) improvement north of Schmidt Lake Road. Survey has been completed and preliminary design is in progress. 6114 WR Stream Bank Repair - DT/SN $75,000 Minnehaha Watershed 6115 WR Drainage Imp. - Between 38th SN $100,000 Work is 66% complete. Limited restoration will take place this & 39th - W of Harbor Ln. year and we will re -budget to finish in the winter of 2006-2007. 8019 WR lMooney Lake Pump Project DT/SM $15,742 Emergency pumping plan for Spring 2006 is in place. n Updated 4/28/2006 1:53 PM Page 2 C) Adpndng_PmLRpt_428� HOR FORM�Is City of Plymouth Engineering Department Active and Pending Public Improvement Projects BB Bud Broekema SS Sanitary CA Chuck Autio P Parks DC Dan Campbell W Water DT Dave Taylor WR Water EB Eric Blank T Transit GC Greg Cook JR Jim Renneber MJ Mark Jones PQ Pat Qvale RB Ross Beckwith SM Shane Missa hi SN Scott Newberger Unassigned Updated 4/28/2006 1:53 PM al Page 3 EngineeringXProjecls%Prgect Trecking=051 Acl_Pndng_Proj_Rpl 4-28(SHORTFORM).xls JAMES M. STROMMEN Attorney at Law Uirect Dial (612) 337-9233 Tamil: istrommen)kennedy-araven.com MEMORANDUM Memo #2 TO: SRA City Managers/Administrators/Directors/Alternates FROM: James M. Strommen DATE: April 5, 2006 RE: Xcel Electric Rate Case The SRA Board had previously authorized intervention in the Xcel Electric rate increase request. The case was filed on November 1, 2005 and reported on at the annual meeting. This matter is now in the testimony stage. The SRA has teamed up with the St. Paul Regional Water Services and Verne Jacobsen of TKDA, Inc. (formerly the Commissioner of the St. Paul Regional Water Services). In addition, Gene Dietz of Eden Prairie has submitted testimony on municipal pumping. Jeannine Clancy has submitted testimony on street lighting. The testimony submitted by the above witnesses has resulted in discussions and potentially positive outcomes for SRA and all cities with pumping and street lighting issues. These matters are in discussion now and surrebuttal testimony is being prepared as of the date of this memo. There will be new and more up-to-date information by April 1.9. MUNICIPAL PUMPING In general, the prospects for keeping the municipal pumping classes Xcel sought to discontinue in this rate case are very good. We believe that there is high likelihood of an agreement acceptable to the SRA and the St. Paul Regional Water Services regarding the maintaining of classes and substantive communication between now and the next rate case. The ultimate goal is to improve the incentives to municipal pumping operations, large and small, to save cost to customers. In this process, we have discovered significant information and communication with Xcel on pumping rates. In some cities, it appears that incorrect rates are being charged for pumping. Corrections (refunds) can be requested through your Xcel representatives going back at least one year. 2$67900 JMS SU160-3 A.�_ STREET LIGHTING The street lighting issue has been discussed between SRA representatives and Xcel. The quality of service issue has been the focus, and Ms. Clancy has submitted into the record a number of proposed improvements that will benefit all cities. The City of Hugo's issue is one that is an example of the cost factor facing cities with Xcel's designated 25 -year life of street lightpoles. This issue remains more contested between Xcel and the cities. The oral cross-examination phase of this rate case is scheduled for the last week in April. The parties will then submit briefs to the Administrative Law Judge who will issue a report to the PUC. The PUC will decide the rate case by September 1, 2006. 286790v JMS SU 160-3 � 3 JAMES M. STROMMEN Attorney at law Direct Dial (612) 337-9233 Email: isu'ommen((ikennedv-�_,raven.com MEMORANDUM Memo #3 TO: SRA City Managers/Administrators/Directors/Alternates FROM: James M. Strominen DATE: April 5, 2006 RE: CenterPoint Energy Rate Case The Board authorization of SRA intervention in the CenterPoint Energy rate case is to monitor only. After reviewing the testimony submitted in this case, proceeding concurrently with the Xcel electric case, an issue on which the SRA may want to comment relates to the customer charge. The SRA has been successful in arguing to limit the fixed, monthly customer charge increases by gas and electric utilities. The request by CenterPoint is to increase the customer charge from $6.50 to $8.00 per month for residential customers. The Attorney General and other end-user intervenors have argued to maintain the $6.50 customer charge which was just recently increased in the last CenterPoint rate case. The SRA will support that position. There are no other issues of significance to the SRA that are not being addressed adequately by state agencies and other intervenors. 286790vl .IMS SU 160-3 24 JAMES M. STROMMEN Attorney at Law Direct Dial (612) 337-9233 Email: istrommen(()kennedv_-grtiven.com MEMORANDUM Memo #4 TO: SRA City Managers/Administrators/Directors/Alternates y// ?Ice. FROM: James M. Strommen DATE: April 5, 2006 RE: Proposed 2007 Budget Attached is the proposed 2007 SRA budget. 2006 will be a `catch up' year that should allow the SRA to begin to reestablish reserves that it has traditionally held at the end of each year. Some of the expenses for 2006 will be for services rendered in connection with the previous CenterPoint and Xcel gas rate cases and Qwest AFOR in 2005. Despite the SRA's active involvement in the Xcel Electric rate case this year, we anticipate that by the end of 2006, the SRA will have a positive balance. Under SRA bylaws, the Board approves a proposed 2007 budget at the April meeting. The proposed budget is then submitted to the SRA members for final approval at the Board meeting in July. The SRA then proceeds on that basis for 2007. Please note the attachments to the proposed budget showing voting power and assessments of each member city using the 2004 Met Council estimates for city population. The SRA has authorized the use of Met Council estimates during years between U.S. Census data. The most recent data available for populations of SRA cities is the 2004 Met Council estimate. It reflects a one -vote rate increase to several SRA member cities noted. These increases offset the withdrawal of New Brighton for 2007. 2867900 JMS SU160-3 �J 2007 SUBURBAN RATE AUTHORITY PROPOSED BUDGET 2006 Assets: Cash and Investments (12/31/05) $5,262.00 Membership Assessments - 2006 $78,000.00 TOTAL 983.262.00 Anticipated 2006 Expenses: Utility Locate Rules (from 2005) $ 700 Qwest AFOR (from 2005) 5,000 $14,000 ----'--`� 10,000 Xcel Electric Rate Case $30,000 CenterPoint Rate Case $ 5,000 General (incl. costs and disbursements, insurance audits, etc.) $51,362.00 ($1,600—from 2005) $22,600 TOTAL ($72,300) Estimated Reserve at December 31, 2006: 910.962.00 2007 Assets: Carryover from 2006 $10,962.00 Membership Assessments - 2007' $78,400 TOTAL 989.362.00 Anticipated 2007 Expenses Xcel Municipal Pumping Task Force $7,000 Xcel Street Lighting 5,000 Right -of -Way Matters 10,000 General Matters (incl. costs and disbursements) 16.000 TOTAL ($38,000) Estimated Reserve at December 31.2007: $51,362.00 This is calculated at $400 per vote based on 33 members as per 2004 Met Council population estimates (see attached) 286802v JMS SU 160-3 / 2006-2007 SRA VOTES AND ASSESSMENTS 2006 x=2007 2006 CITY VOTE VOTE ASSESSMENT 2007 ASSESSMENT Bloomington 18 18 $7,200.00 $7,200.00 Brooklyn Park 14 14 $5,600.00 $5,600.00 Burnsville 13 13 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 Chanhassen 5 5 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Circle Pines 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Columbia Heights 4 4 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 Deephaven 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Eden Prairie 12 13 $4,800.00 $5,200.00 Edina 10 10 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 Fridley 6 6 $2,400.00 $2,400.00 Golden Valley 5 5 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Greenwood 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Hastings 4 5 $1,600.00 $2,000.00 Hopkins 4 4 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 Lauderdale 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Long Lake 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Maple Grove 11 12 $4,400.00 $4,800.00 Maple Plain 1 1 $400.00 $400.00 Maplewood 8 8 $3,200.00 $3,200.00 Minnetonka 11 11 $4,400.00 $4,400.00 Mound 2 2 $ 800.00 $800.00 New Brighton 5 WD". $2,000.00 $ --------- Oakdale 6 6 $2,400.00 $2,400.00 Orono 2 2 $800.00 $800.00 Plymouth 14 15 $5,600.00 $6,000.00 Robbinsdale 3 3 $1,200.00 $1,200.00 'I:Based on population data from Met Council 2004 estimates (attached) and one vote per 5,000 in population or fraction thereof. **Withdrawn 275967%2JMS SU160-3 Roseville 7 7 $2,800.00 $2,800.00 Shakopee 5 6 $2,000.00 $2,400.00 Shoreview 6 6 $2,400.00 $2,400.00 Spring Lake Park 2 2 $800.00 $800.00 Spring Park l 1 $400.00 $400.00 Wayzata l l $400.00 $400.00 Woodbury 10 11 $4.000.00 $4,400.00 TOTALS: 195 196 $78,000.00 $78,400.00 m