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JANUARY 11, 1996
UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS ....
1. COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY:
JANUARY 23 7:00 P.M. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
City Center Lunchroom, Lower Level
2. PRAC MEETING, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 7:00 P.M., Mooney Lake Meeting
Room, Park & Recreation Dept.
3. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY, MONDAY, JANUARY 15. City
offices closed.
4. PACT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 7:00 P.M., Hadley Lake Conference Room
(City Center, Lower Level).
5. COUNCIL SUB-CONBUTTEE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, MONDAY,
JANUARY 22, 6:15 P.M., Medicine Lake Conference Room, upper level.
6. PUBLIC HEARING ON RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MONDAY, JANUARY
22, 7:00 P.M., City Center Lunchroom, lower level. Attached is a news release. (M-
6)
7. PLANNING COMMISSION, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:00 P.M., City
Center Lunchroom, lower level.
8. METRO MEETINGS - The weekly calendar of meetings for the Metropolitan Council
and its advisory Commissions is attached. (M-8)
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9. MEETING CALENDARS - The January and February meeting calendars are
attached. (M-9)
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1. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
a. Memo from City Engineer Dan Faulkner with an update of the Plymouth
Environmental Fair scheduled for February 15. (I -1a)
2. NEWS ARTICLES, RELEASES, PUBLICATIONS, ETC.
a. TwinWest Coffee Breaks January program schedule. (I -2a)
b. Met Council Metro Digest, December 1995 newsletter.. (I -2b)
c. Public hearing notice and schedule addressing the draft environmental impact statement
from the Metropolitan Airports Commission for the Dual Track Airport Planning
Process. (I -2c)
d. League of Minnesota Cities, January 5 Cities Bulletin. (I -2d)
e. Notice of program on "New Urbanism: An Alternativefor Building Livable
Communities?", Wednesday, January 31, 7:30 a.m. - noon, at the Minneapolis
Convention Center. Sponsored by the Sensible Land Use Coalition. (I -2e)
f. Notice of a free talk about innovative ways local governments can provide serivices, by
economist Beth Walter Honadle as part of the Landmark Series, Tuesday, February 6,
at 7:oo p.m., at the Landmark Center, 75 W. Fifth Street, in Downtown St. Paul. (I -
2f)
3. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS POLICY - CORRESPONDENCE
a. Letter from Jeanne Weigum, of the state chapter of the Association for Nonsmokers.
Attached is the acknowledgment from Assistant City Manager Kathy Lueckert. (I -3a)
b. Follow-up letter from Public Safety Director Craig Gerdes to Darrell Tilleskjor.
Attached is earlier correspondence. (I -3b)
A status report on 1996 correspondence is attached.
4. CORRESPONDENCE
a. Thank -you letter from Teens Alone Coordinator Kerrie Blevins to the Mayor and
members of the City Council for approving the organization request for financial
support. (I -4a)
b. Thank you letter from Laura Statz for the opportunity to participate in the interview
process for board and commission positions on January 8. (I -3b)
Dwight Johnson
City Manager
For Immediate Release Contact
January 10, 1996 Dwight Johnson, 509-5051
Plymouth to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Ice Rink Arena and Pool Facility
People interested in learning more about the proposed ice arena and pool facility in Plymouth can
attend a public hearing on Mon., Jan. 22, 7 p.m., at City Hall, 3400 Plymouth Blvd. The meeting will also be
shown live in Plymouth on cable television channel 37. At the meeting, the City Council will detail proposals
for an ice arena and separate pool facility as well as answer questions and hear citizen comment.
Plymouth voters will decide in a special election on Tuesday, Feb. 6 whether the City may spend $5
million in existing city funds from the Community Improvement Fund to build an indoor ice arena and leisure
swimming pool facility. Both would be built on city -owned land at 36th Ave. and Plymouth Blvd. (one block
east of the Plymouth Community Library). The City Charter requires voter approval to spend more than $3
million from the Community Improvement Fund for any project.
No bonds are proposed and no tax levy increase for bonded indebtedness is required for this project.
Existing city funds, a $250,000 state ice arena matching grant and contributions from other private and public
sources would cover its cost. Consequently, the construction costs would have no effect on property taxes.
Plymouth residents will be mailed more information on the proposal and special election later in
January.
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METRO MEETIN
A weekly calendar of meetings and agenda items for the Metropolitan Council, its advisory and standing committees, and
three regional commissions: Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, and
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Meeting times and agendas are occasionally changed Questions about meetings
should be directed to the appropriate organization. Meeting information is also available on the Metro Information Line at
229-3780 and by computer modem, through the Twin Cities Computer Network at 337-5400.
DATE: January 5, 1996
WEEK OF: January 8 - January 12,1996
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
Community Development Committee - Monday, Jan. 8, noon, Room IA. The committee will consider: city
of Lakeville transportation plan; public hearing findings and recommendations to adopt revisions to 1996-97
portion of Regional Recreation Open Space Capital Improvement Program; fimding local planning under
Metropolitan Land Planning Act; rural area policy update; and other business.
Regional Blueprint Blue Ribbon Task Force - Monday, Jan. 8,2 p.m., Room IA. The task force will consider:
information summary for comprehensive plan revisions and plan amendments; review on report of the Growth
Management Group -Growth Management guidelines; review of remaining system guidelines; review of policy
references added to handbook text; and other business.
Special Meeting/Transportation Committee - Monday, Jan. 8, 4 p.m., Chambers. The committee will
consider: airport dual track DEIS; regular bus route fare increase, Metro Mobility trip denials; and other business.
Public Hearing on Draft 19% Americans with Disabilities Act Paratransit Plan for the Twin Cities
Metropolitan Area - Monday, Jan. 8, 5 p.m., Chambers.
Environment Committee - Tuesday, Jan. 9, 4 p.m., Chambers. The committee will consider. MissionNision
Workshop, Part IV; Twin Cities Water Quality Initiative grant process recommendations; Sewer Rate Task Force
progress report; report on US/Russian Federation environmental protection partnership; and other business.
Executive Committee - Thursday, Jan. 11, 8 a.m., Nicollet Island Inn, 95 Merriam St., Minneapolis.
Providers Advisory Committee - Thursday, Jan. 11,10:30 a.m., Room IA.
Legislative Coordinating Committee - Thursday, Jan. 11, 2:30 p.m., Room IA. The committee will discuss
the legislative briefing on Jan. 17, and the summary of legislative package.
Livable Communities Advisory Committee - Thursday, Jan. 11, 3 p.m., Room 2A. The committee will
consider election of vice ch ,, overview of pilot projects for the Livable Communities Demonstration Program;
and presentations on pilot projects—Phalen Village, St Paul; Excelsior Center, St. Louis Park; and Fourth Avenue
at Lake Street, Minneapolis; and other business.
Metropolitan Council - Thursday, Jan. 11, 4 p.m., Chambers. The council will consider: approval of '
outplacement services; approval of Material Management System contract amendment, proposed settlement in '
regard to workers' compensation claim of George Ferguson, public hearing findings and recommendations to
adopt revisions to 1996-97 portion of Regional Recreation Open Space Capital Improvement Program 1996- It 1-
2005; funding local planning under Metropolitan Land Planning Act; public hearing comments on Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals; and other business.
Committee of the Whole - Thursday, Jan. 11, immediately following the Council meeting, Room IA. The
committee will consider recommendations of the Sewer Rate Task Force.
Information and Discussion Meeting on Draft Guidelines and Criteria for the Livable Communities
Demonstration Program, Tax Base Revitalization Program and Housing Incentives Program - Friday, Jan.
12, 9 am., Maplewood Community Center, Room A, White Bear Ave. and Co. Rd B., Maplewood
TENTATIVE MEETINGS THE WEEK OF JANUARY 15 THROUGH JANUARY 19,1995
Martin Luther King Holiday - Monday, Jan. 15. Council offices are closed
Legislative Briefing - Tuesday, Jan. 16, 7:30 a.m., St. Paul Civic Center Inn, 175 W. 7th St., St. Paul.
Transportation Advisory Board - Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2 p.m., Chambers.
Providers Advisory Committee - Thursday, Jan. 18, 10:30 am., Room IA. The committee will continue
discussion of Transit Redesign Program.
Finance Committee - Thursday, Jan. 18, 4 p.m., Room 2A.
Public Hearing/1996 ADA Paratransit Plan for the Twin Cities Metro Area - Thursday, Jan. 18, 5 p.m,
Chambers.
Metropolitan Council Workshop - Friday, Jan. 19, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m, Northland Inn, 7025 Northland, Brooklyn
Park
The Metropolitan Council is located at Mears Park Center, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul. Meeting times and agenda
are subject to change. For more information or confirmation of meetings, call 291-6447, (T.D./291-0904). Call
the Metro Information Line at 229-3780 for news of Council actions and coming meetings.
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
Metropolitan Airport Commission Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on
the Dual Track Process - Wednesday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m., Hastings Senior High School, l lth St. and Pine St.,
Hastings.
Metropolitan Airport Commission Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on
the Dual Track Process - Thursday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m., Washburn Senior High School, 201 W. 49th St.,
Minneapolis.
Metropolitan Airports Commission offices are located at 6040 28th Av. S., Minneapolis, MN 55450. For
more information, call Lynn Sorensen at 726-8186.
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METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACHIMS CONMUSSION
Personnel Committee - Thursday, Jan. 11,12:30 p.m., State Office Building, Room 5,100 Constitution
Ave., St. Paul. The committee will consider. 1996 affirmative action plan; chairman job description; and
other business.
Special Commission Meeting - Thursday, Jan. 11,1:30 pm., State Office Building, Room 5, 100
Constitution Ave., St. Paul. The commission will approve bid for 1996 Twins curtain project.
Advisory Task Force on Professional Sports in Minnesota - Thursday, Jan. 1.1, 2 p.m., State Office
Building, Room 5,100 Constitution Ave., St. Paul. The task force will consider approval of final
recommendations and other business.
The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission office is located at 900 South Fifth St., Minneapolis, MN
55415. All meetings are held in the Commission office conference room, unless noted otherwise. Meeting
times and agendas occasionally may be changed To verify meeting information, please call Judy Somers,
335-3310.
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DATE: January 5, 1996
TO: Dwight D. Johnson, City Manager through
Fred G. Moore, P.E., Director of Public Works
FROM: ;Daniel L. Faulkner, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Plymouth Water Resources Management Plan, Environmental Fair -Feb. 15, 1996
As Plymouth grows, the importance of its natural resources is becoming more and more evident. The two
recent Natural Resources and Wetland inventories have both recognized this importance. The current
Water Resources Management Plan will be a major and a comprehensive review and analysis of all water
related natural resources within City of Plymouth, An important part of this project is to educate and
solicit public participation.
SEH, Inc., the city water plan consulting firm and the city staff have been busy planning an
Environmental Quality Fair to both educate the public and solicit their participation. This event would be
organized as an evening "open house" with key information stops covering local as well as regional water
quality issues important to Plymouth citizens. How's The Water, Will be the theme of this exciting and
timely water quality information night planned for Feb. 15, 1996, starting at 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Information stations will be set up in the lunch room and monitored by our consultant and members of the
Environmental Committee and City staff. Some of the water quality topics presented as Informational
Stations planned are:
• Information about the Plymouth Water Resources Management Plan. (schedule, tasks, etc.)
• Landscaping to Protect Water Quality • Our Four Watersheds
• Eurasion Watermilfoil & Algae
• Erosion Control during Construction
• Household Hazardous Waste Alternatives
• Fertilizer/Pesticides Runoff Proper Use
• Enhancing Recreation and Fish Habitat
• Wildlife and Wetland Habitat Protection
• Plymouth Natural Areas Inventory
• Plymouth Wetland Management Plan
• Misc. water quality information table
To promote the event, we are planning to have a Poster Contest for all of the 4th and 5th graders of our
area elementary schools. Refreshments will be provided for the general public and some prizes for the
poster contest. We are also planning to extend an invitation to a local fwnous person to attend our event,
as well as our City Councihnembers, Mayor, and area State Representatives. The event will be fully
promoted and advertised through both the local and regional media such as Sun Sailors, Star & Tribune,
Chan. 4 TV, and etc. The initial response of our local and state environmental agencies to the
Environmental Quality Fair has been very positive and we are confident that it will be a success.
cc: Fred G. Moore
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PLYMOUTH — Tuesday, January 16
HAMP/ON Champion Printing, 3650 Annapolis Lane, Suite 160, (Exit Hwy. 55 from
Hwy. 494 west to Fembrook Lane, (J.P. Mulligan's) north to Plymouth
PRINTING, INC. Business Center, left to first drive - Building 3650)
Business and Commercial Printing
A full service printing firm providing assistance with conception to execution!
Proud publishers of the 1996 Twin West Directory.
MINNETONKA — Wednesday, January 17
Schoell & Madson, Inc., 10580 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 1, (Located behind
- Cattle Company Restaurant, lower level, north entrance)
Come help Schoell & Madson, Inc. celebrate our 40th year of providing
Engineering, Surveying, Planning and Environmental Services.
HOPKINS — Thursday, January 25
Hopkins Area Family Resource Center, 915 Mainstreet, (Between 9th
hopkin.sand 10th Avenue, between Bethesda Thrift Shop and Preferred Travel.
Come around to back of the building to park free!)
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
Providing Information and Referral Services to area residents as well as a co -
location for eight different organizations offering services to the community.
WAYZATA — Friday, January 26
WestRidge Medical Clinic, 12450 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 123, (Located
WeSodge MediCalCffilC
across from Ridgedale Shopping Center, in the Rasmussen Business
College plaza)
Providing comprehensive medical care for your entire family.
Coffee Breaks run from 7:30-9:00 a.m, with no reservations!
Coffee fee Breaks - January
ST. LOUIS PARK — Wednesday, January 3
techline office system, 4412 Excelsior Blvd. (1 /2 mile east of Hwy.100,
office system
across from Dairy Queen)
furniture and cabinetry for the office
techline - Minneapolis represents the complete line of techline furniture and
cabinetry. With techline components, our designers can create or redesign a
custom office - or home office - to maximize your work and storage space.
GOLDEN VALLEY — Tuesday, January 9
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A & L Glass Company, 2534 Winnetka Avenue North, (Located in the
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southeast corner of Winnetka Avenue and Medicine Lake Road)
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Full service glass with Gold Star Service!
CRYSTAUNEW HOPE — Wednesday, January 10
Country Kitchen of New Hope, 7849 - 42nd Avenue North, (Located on
the southeastern corner of Winnetka Avenue and Co. Rd. 9 in front of
the YMCA)
Serving the community for over 15 years with country hospitality!
PLYMOUTH — Tuesday, January 16
HAMP/ON Champion Printing, 3650 Annapolis Lane, Suite 160, (Exit Hwy. 55 from
Hwy. 494 west to Fembrook Lane, (J.P. Mulligan's) north to Plymouth
PRINTING, INC. Business Center, left to first drive - Building 3650)
Business and Commercial Printing
A full service printing firm providing assistance with conception to execution!
Proud publishers of the 1996 Twin West Directory.
MINNETONKA — Wednesday, January 17
Schoell & Madson, Inc., 10580 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 1, (Located behind
- Cattle Company Restaurant, lower level, north entrance)
Come help Schoell & Madson, Inc. celebrate our 40th year of providing
Engineering, Surveying, Planning and Environmental Services.
HOPKINS — Thursday, January 25
Hopkins Area Family Resource Center, 915 Mainstreet, (Between 9th
hopkin.sand 10th Avenue, between Bethesda Thrift Shop and Preferred Travel.
Come around to back of the building to park free!)
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
Providing Information and Referral Services to area residents as well as a co -
location for eight different organizations offering services to the community.
WAYZATA — Friday, January 26
WestRidge Medical Clinic, 12450 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 123, (Located
WeSodge MediCalCffilC
across from Ridgedale Shopping Center, in the Rasmussen Business
College plaza)
Providing comprehensive medical care for your entire family.
Coffee Breaks run from 7:30-9:00 a.m, with no reservations!
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� METRO DIGEST`'
December 1995
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A digest of actions taken by the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan P & Open Space '
Commission and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Minutes of all Council and Commission moeti`� are Sled with the
Legislative Reference Library, 645 State Office Building, 6th Floor, in St. Paul for a period of up to two years and can be viewed by
the public. Call the appropriate commission or operations area for meeting information and/or specific questions.*, -
January 5,19%
� Metropolitan Council
The Metropolitan Council is located at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN, 55101. The Council's general number is
291-6359 (TDD: 291-0904). Call the Metro Information Line at 229-3780 for recorded information about Council publications,
Council actions, coming meetings and subsidized housing referrals. Recent Council publications can be found at major public
libraries in the Meiro Area and are available via a computer modem on the Twin Cities Computer Network (T7CCM at 337-5400,
which also features an interactive forum on regional issues. The TCCN customer service number is 332-2101.
The Council...
Community Development
• set a public hearing on affordable and life -cycle housing
goals agreements for Doc. 21, 1995, at 6 p.m. in the
Council Chambers, Mears Park Centre.
• approved the bylaws for the Metropolitan Council
Livable Communities Advisory Committee.
• approved appointments to the Livable Communities
Advisory Committee.
Environment
• transmitted water supply plan review comments to the
city of Minnetonka, St. Anthony Village and the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
• approved Resolution 95-86 authorizing the Council to
file a petition for condemnation of the property interests
necessary for the Lino Lakes Interceptor, Project
920600.
• approved emergency contractors for 1996.
• ratified a Declaration of Emergency for the repair of
Interceptor MSB -7026 and award of an emergency
contract to Insituform Central, Inc.
• authorized the Regional Administrator to award and
execute a contract for MW WTP full-scale centrifuge
procurement, MCES Project 930220, to NewMech
Companies, 1633 Eustis Street, St. Paul, Mn 55108-
1288.
• authorized the Regional Administrator and General
Manager of Wastewater Services to execute
Amendment Number 9 to professional services MCES
Contract C-2925, for MW WTP secondary treatment
improvements (950600), Step III - Construction
Support, to Brown and Caldwell at a cost of $1,993,480.
authorized the General Manager of Wastewater Services
to negotiate, and the Regional Administrator to execute,
a contract for professional services for the Southeast
Regional W WTP, Step I - Facility Planning, MCES
Project 950100, at a cost not to exceed $225,347 for the
fiscal year 1996 and $327,319 for the fiscal year 1997
(contingent upon approval of the 1997 Capital Budget).
• authorized a SAC rate increase from 5850 to $900 per
unit for communities with interceptors and from 5775 to
5820 per unit for communities without interceptors,
effective March 1, 1996.
• approved prioritized criteria for use of a positive variance
for MCES.
• delayed the vote on the Elm Creek Interceptor issue until
a letter of intent regarding financial issues is received
from the city of Brooklyn Park
Finance
approved a closed meeting of the Finance Committee to
discuss labor negotiations on Dec. 14, 1995, at the
conclusion of its special meeting at approximately 5 p.m.
in Room 2A Mears Park Centre.
continued public hearing for (and adopted) the
Metropolitan Council's 1996 Work Program and
Budget; adopted 1995 tax levy for general purposes,
adopted ad valorem property taxes for transit and
pamtransit purposes for levy year 1995 (payable in
1996); adopted 1995 tax levy for purpose of Minn.
Statutes Sec. 473.167; adopted 1995 tax levy for the
Tax Base Revitalization Account in the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Fund;, and adopted 1995 tax levy
for Livable Communities Demonstration Account in the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund.
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• continued public heating for (and adopted) the
Metropolitan Council's 1996-2000 Capital
Improvement Program and 1996 Capital Budget.
• approved closed meetings of the Finance Committee to
discuss labor negotiations issues and pending or
imminent litigation involving personal injury and
workers' compensation claims.
• authorized the Regional Administrator and the General
Manager of Wastewater Services to close out the Wyatt
contract C-2803 and authorizing final payments not to
exceed $111,000.
• authorized the Regional Administrator and Director of
Environmental Services to enter into purchase contract
for 29 replacement vehicles at a cost of approximately
5511,000 per the plan and budget.
• approved Environmental Services acquisition of 150
computers and associated software through state
contracts or competitive bidding and training for staff on
new software.
• approved Regional Planning and Administration's
acquisition of 55 computers, installation and associated
software through state contracts.
• approved amendment to the appendices of the Non -
Represented Plan which details the most current listing
of job classifications and salary ranges, as well as the
unclassified positions covered by the plan.
• adopted Resolution 95-89 authorizing the purchase of
Metro Mobility vehicles and payment for the purchase
with proceeds from the Council's General Obligation
Transit Bonds, Series 1995C.
Parks
The Council took no actions regarding parks issue during
December.
Transportation
• set a public hearing on the 1996 Pamtransit Plan Update
for January 8, 1996.
• revised ISTEA solicitation materials previously adopted
Oct. 26, 1995, substituting the Transportation Advisory
Board criteria and applicable process.
authorized the Regional Administrator to enter into a
five-year contract with Naegele Outdoor Advertising
Company, effective January 1, 1996, for the Snelling
Garage billboard advertising.
• suspended the Flying Cloud Airport Long -Term
Comprehensive Plan until completion by the
Metropolitan Airports Commission of the property
valuation and determination by MrYDOT of the
application of State Safety Zone B to the proposed
extended runway.
authorized the Regional Administrator to execute or
amend transit assistance agreements with transit
providers to be effective from January 1, 1996, through
Deoember 31,1996; approved the 1996 Management
Plans of replacement (opt -out) service transit authorities,
and authorized the Regional Administrator to execute
transit assistance agreements with these authorities
modeled after the agreement with Minnesota Valley
Transit Authority approved by the Council on October
26,1995.
supported Governor Carlson's request to the Minnesota
Legislature to accelerate the Dual -Track Airport
Planning process and directed staff to develop the
necessary information to make a recommendation to the
Legislature by March 14,1996.
authorized the Regional Administrator to negotiate and
execute two-year contracts with two 2 -year options,
beginning June 1, 1996, with National School Bus
Service, Inc. for the BE -Line and Roseville Area
Circulator.
amended the Council's 1995 budget to include new
funding and expenditures not to exceed 5120,000; and
authorized the Regional Administrator to accept and
execute the MSP Runway 4-22 Noise Mitigation Survey
Funding Agreement and negotiate and execute a
contract with BBN Acoustic Technologies Division for
an MSP Noise Mitigation Survey not to exceed
5120,000, which is subject to reimbursement by
participating parties.
The Council also:
• held public hearings regarding Truth in Taxation, 1996
Work Program and Budget, 1996-2000 Capital
Improvement Program, 1996 Capital Budget and
Livable Communities Act
• filled a vacancy for District G on the HRA Advisory
Committee.
• recognized the contributions of Robert Owens upon his
retirement as chair of the Transportation Advisory
Board.
• authorized its Regional Administrator to settle a matter
concerning threatened litigation associated with an
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internal complaint filed by an employee on terms
consistent with the discussion that occurred during the
closed portion of this meeting, and authorized the
Regional Administrator and the Council's attorneys to
take all actions necessary or appropriate to finalize a
settlement.
• approved the 1995 Metropolitan' Agencies Personnel,
Ethical Practices and Communications Activities Report
for transmittal to the Minnesota Legislature.
• approved Resolution 95-87 delegating certain authority
with respect to real property matters to the Regional
Administrator.
• approved Resolution 95-88 authorizing General Counsel
to take or initiate the legal actions required or provided
by state law to ensure that the Council has clear title to
the real property and real property interests owned or to
be acquired by the Council.
Council/Commission/Advisory Committee
Openings:
• One vacancy on HRA Advisory Committee due to
resignation of newly -appointed District G representative.
• One vacancy on Transportation Accessibility Advisory
Committee for District A representative.
New Publications
Council publications are available from the Council's Data
Center. For a free and complete list of publications, write
the Metropolitan Council Data Center, 230 E. Fifth St., St.
Paul, MN 55101, or call 291-8140. There is a charge for
some publications.
The biweekly Council Directions newsletter provides
information on regional issues and Council programs. If you
wish to receive a copy of Council Directions, call Carol
Berens at 291-6447.
Metropolitan Commission Activities
Metropolitan Airports Commission • authorized extension of Humphrey Terminal Mgmt.
(MAC) Contract to Signature Flight Support to April 30, 1997.
Metropolitan Airports Commission offices are located at 6040
28th Av. S., Minneapolis, MN. 55450. For more information,
call Lynn Sorensen at 726-8186.
The Commission:
• approved the election of Steve Cramer as Vice -
Chairman; Lynn Richardson as Treasurer, and Lynn
Sorenson as Secretary.
• adopted the 1996-2002 Capital Improvement Program
and authorized an increase in the Part 150 Home
Insulation Program funds from 514.5 million to 520.7
million per year, subject to Airport Improvement
Program Federal Funding remaining above S5 million.
• authorized staff to initiate eminent domain proceedings
as part of the New Ford Town/Rich Acres Acquisition
Program.
• authorized an increase in the trip fee for commercial
vehicles utilizing the Commercial Roadway at the
Lindbergh Terminal from S.75 to S1.25 per trip for the
period March 1, 1996 through February 28, 1997 in
compliance with the provisions of Ordinance 79.
Metropolitan Parks & Open Space
Commission (MP&OSQ
Metropolitan Parks dt Open Space Commission offices are
located at Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul,
55101. For more information, call 291-6456.
The Commission:
recommended that the Regional Administrator execute a
$35,000 increase to North Mississippi Regional Park
development grant to Anoka County for a new total of
$115,334. This grant is matching S160,000 of federal
ISTEA funds to develop a bike/hike trail in the Anoka
County portion of the park
• recommended that the Metropolitan Council adopt the
revised 1996-97 portion of the Regional Recreation
Open Space Capital Improvement Program for 1996-
2005 based on the findings/conclusions of a report from
the November 27, 1995, hearing on this matter.
• continued discussion on a Regional Trails Policy Plan
amendment that proposes additional trails to the
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Regional Recreation Open Space System, refines
existing Council policies regarding regional trails and
adds policy statement or clarification of policy
statements regarding regional trails.
• authorized a letter to Washington County requesting
information by Jan22,1996, to justify designating
Square Lake Park a "special recreational feature."
• authorized a letter to Tim McGuire, Editor of the Star
Tribune Newspaper, supporting the regional park efforts
of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources
in response to a December 19 article. Copies of the
letter were sent to Rep. Iry Anderson, Chair of the
Legislative Coordinating Commission and Sen. Roger
Moe.
Metropolitan Sports Facilities
Commission (MSFC)
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission offices are located
at 900 South 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415. For more
information, call Judy Somers at 335-3310.
The Commission:
• rejected bids for 1996 Twins curtain because bids were
over budget
• approved Resolution 95-21 approving bids and awarding
a contract for 1996 restroom and production office
addition project to Maertens Brenny Construction
Company.
• approved Resolution 95-22 approving bids and awarding
a contract for 1995 floor scrubber replacement project to
Tennant Corporation.
• approved plans and specifications for Bid Pack Two,
1995 Plaza Project, Banners.
• directed the Chair and Executive Director to execute the
lease documents between the Commission and Cowles
Media for Plaza agreement
• approved Resolution 95-19 relating to application of
sale proceeds of Met Center property.
• approved salary adjustments.
• authorized the process for consultant contracts in excess
of 525,000.
December 1995
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
DUAL TRACK AIRPORT
PLANNING PROCESS
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STA
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A Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared by the Metropolitan Airports
Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration for the Dual Track Airport
Planning Process. This process is intended to evaluate ways to satisfy the air
transportation needs of the metropolitan region through the year 2020. The Dual Track
Airport Planning Process was mandated by the Minnesota Legislature in 1989.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is based on the airport development
alternatives and issues identified in the Scoping Decision adopted by the Metropolitan
Airports Commission on July 26, 1995.
Public hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be held for the purpose
of considering the economic, social, and environmental effects of the development and its
consistency with goals and objectives of such planning as has been carried out by the
community, as follows:
Wednesday, January 17, 1996, at 7 p.m., at Hastings Senior High School Auditorium,
1000 West 11 th Street, Hastings.
Thursday, January 18, 1996, at 7 p.m., at Washburn High School Auditorium, 201 West
49th Street, Minneapolis.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for public examination 30 days
from the dale of this notice and prior to the public hearing at the following locations:
Minneapolis -Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Avenue South; Bloomington- Oxboro
Library, 8801 Portland Avenue South; Richfield -Augsburg Park Library, 7100 Nicollet
Ave.; St. Paul -Highland Park Library, 1974 Ford Parkway; Hastings -Hastings
Community Library, 830 Vermillion Street, and Pleasant Hills Library, 1490 South
Frontage Road; Eagan-Westcott Library, 1340 Wescott Road; Farmington -Farmington
Library, 325 Oak Street; Red Wing -Red Wing Public Library, 225 East Avenue; and,
Prescott WI -Prescott Public Library, 800 Bomer Street.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is also available for review at the City Halls
of Apple Valley, Bloomington, Burnsville, Coates, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Farmington,
Hampton, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota, Mendota Heights,
Miesville, Minneapolis, New Trier, Prescott, WI, Richfield, River Falls, WI, Rosemount,
St. Louis Park, St. Paul, West St. Paul and Vermillion; the Townships of Cannon Falls
Township, Castle Rock Township, Denmark Township, Douglas Township, Empire
Township, Hampton Township, Marshan Township, Nininger Township, Randolph
Township, Ravenna Township, Vermillion Township and Welch Township; and the
Counties of Dakota County, Goodhue County, Hennepin County, Pierce County, Ramsey
County, St. Croix County and Washington County.
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement are due by February 13, 1996.
Please direct all comments and inquiries to Ms. Jenn Unruh, Metropolitan Airports
Commission, 6040 28th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55450. MAC will accept
comments on behalf of FAA and MAC. Copies of the document are available upon
request from MAC, (612) 726-8189.
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The two percent confusion
Andrea Atherton
If your city has created or modi-
fied a tax increment district after June
30, 1994, please take note. As a result
of confusion over a 1995 statutory
amendment, certain cities may be
choosing a tax increment penalty
alternative that will cost the city more
than necessary or, in a worst case
scenario, potentially stop a proposed
TIF project from going forward.
The 1995 Legislature provided
cities with an alternative to the LGA/
HACA penalty. Under the change, tax
increment authorities are allowed to
make an annual local contribution to
the tax increment district instead of
having LGA and HACA payments
reduced. The amount of the local
contribution is equal to 10 percent of
the annual TIF revenues for economic
development, housing, renewal and
renovation districts. Redevelopment
and other districts require a contribu-
tion amount equal to 7.5 percent of the
annual increment revenues. The local
contribution alternative to the LGA/
HACA penalty was intended to
preserve local accountability on the use
of tax increment financing.
The law also provided that the
local contribution amount cannot
exceed two percent of the adjusted net
tax capacity of the city. This provision
was intended to soften the impact of
the local contribution alternative for
smaller communities or communities
with weaker property tax bases.
However, some development and city
advisors are interpreting this provision
to disallow the local contribution
alternative if the amount would exceed
two percent of the city's adjusted net
tax capacity.
In a letter to the League of
Minnesota Cities, Representative Ann
Rest (DFL -New Hope) Chair of the
House Taxes Committee and Represen-
tative Ted Winter (DFL -Fulda) Chair of
the Property Tax and Tax Increment
Division of the House Taxes Commit-
tee, stated that they only intended the
two percent provision to limit the
required contribution by any individual
city, not to disqualify a city from using
the local contribution alternative. The
Minnesota Department of Revenue has
agreed with this interpretation. Conse-
quently, our advice is that cities
considering creation of tax increment
districts should always evaluate the
Page 4 — New Board members
Page 7-8 — Correction
The LMC Board of Directors filled
Dates in the 1996 Budget Guide
four vacancies at their December
are incorrect. Corrected forms are
meeting.
printed on pages 7 and 8.
s
benefits of the local contribution
alternative to each project.
Representatives Rest and Winter
will introduce legislation in 1996 to
clarify this and other points in the new
law. However, at this point no other
changes in the tax increment law are
anticipated. If you have any questions
regarding the two percent provision,
please contact Andrea Atherton at (612)
281-1258.1r
Contents
The two percent confusion........................................................ 1
Federal drug and alcohol testing refresher
onsatellite............................................................................... 3
Minnesota Cities note............................................................... 3
New Year brings new members to LMC Board ....................... 4
4MFund update......................................................................... 4
Personal communications services move closer to
Minnesotacities...................................................................... 5
Volunteer firefighter lump sum benefit ....................................... 6
Correction of dates in Budget Guide ........................................ 6
Billsummaries............................................................................ 6
Budget Guide insert pages ................................................. 7 & 8
Training/Conferences................................................................. 9
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
information and registration ......................................... 10 & 11
Municipalads........................................................................... 12
The Cities Bulletin is a publication of the League of Minnesota Cities and includes
an update of state legislative, administrative and congressional actions that affect cities.
Executive Director Editors Typesetting and design
Jim Miller Tim Busse Gayle Brodt
Erica Norris
Associate Executive Director Circulation
Sharon Klumpp Laurie Brown
League of Minnesota Cities, 145 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55103
Phone: (612) 281-1200-.(800) 925-1122; Fax: (612) 281-1299; TDD: (612) 281-1290.
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Board of Directors 1995-96
PRESIDENT
Karen Anderson
Mayor
Minnetonka
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Bob Benke
Mayor
New Brighton
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT
Millie MacLeod
Councilmember
Moorhead
DIRECTORS
Joe Biemat
Councilmember
Minneapolis
Chuck Canfield
Councilmember
Rochester
Robert J. Demuth
Mayor
Worthington
Sharon Feess
Councilmember
Brooklyn Park
Delvin Haag
Councilmember
Buffalo
Kenneth Hartung
City Administrator
Bayport
Blaine Hill
Clerk -Treasurer
Breckenridge
Susan Hoyt
City Administrator
Falcon Heights
Gail Lippert
Administrator -Clerk -Treasurer
Greenfield
Roberta Megard
Councilmember
Saint Paul
Douglas Peterson
Mayor
Bemidji
Joy Tierney
Mayor
Plymouth
E\ OFFICIO
Chuck Winkelman
LMC Past President
Mayor
St. Cloud
Joan Campbell
AMM President
Councilmember
Minneapolis
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Page 2 LMC Cities Bulletin
Federal drug and alcohol testing refresher on satellite
The Minnesota Counties Insurance
Trust (MCIT) will be conducting a
satellite training session on the AMC/
MCIT/Medtox Drug and Alcohol
Testing Program. The training session
for AMC/MCIT/Medtox Drug and
Alcohol Testing Program participants
will be held at 10 a.m. to noon on
January 25, 1996, from the MnSAT
studios at the World Trade Center in St.
Paul.
This will be a refresher course and
does not satisfy the mandated supervi-
sory training requirements for the
regulation.
Speakers include:
- Ron Roberge, Medtox Sales
Representative, who will discuss
administrative aspects of the program
that are the employer's responsibility;
- Daniel Mulder, DOT Regulatory
Consultant at Fleet Facts, who will
provide background informatior on the
regulations; and,
- Dr. Gary Hemphill, vice presi-
dent - Medtox Labs, who will focus on
issues of importance to employees
being tested.
Program participants will be able
to phone in their questions to be
answered by the speakers.
Cities and townships need to make
arrangements for accessing the
program by contacting their local
community college or technical
college. Not all local community and
technical colleges will be automatically
offering the training session, thus it is
important to contact the college
representative (please see following
list) as soon as possible to discuss the
possibility of offering the session.
The law requires that all employers
with less than 50 safety -sensitive
drivers comply with the U.S. Depart-
ment of Transportation drug and
alcohol testing requirements by
January 1, 1996, or risk fines and
penalties. Employers with more than 50
safety -sensitive drivers were required
to comply by January 1, 1995. I'
Technical college contacts:
Albert Lea
Alexandria
Anoka
Austin
Bemidji
Brainerd
Canby
Dakota County
Detroit Lakes
Duluth
East Grand Forks
Eveleth
Faribault
Granite Falls
Hennepin/Brooklyn Park/Eden Prairie
Hibbing
Hutchinson
Jackson
Mankato
Minneapolis
Moorhead
Northeast Metro
Owatonna
Pine
Pipestone
Red Wing
Rochester
St. Cloud
St. Paul
Staples
Thief River Falls
Wadena
Willmar
Winona
Sharon Jahnke, (507) 373-1758
Shirley Schultz, (612) 762-4501
Deb Brude, (612) 427-1880, ext. 314
John O'Rourke, (507) 433-0841
Sue Ludwig, (218) 755-4284
Lynn Hegstad-Tuomi, (218) 828-5385
Carolyn Fransen,(507) 223-7252
Jon Peterson, (612) 423-8439
Alecia Bement, (218) 847-1341
Ken Sorensen, (218) 722-2801
Gert Hodge, (218) 773-3441
George Walters, (218) 744-3302
Ala Garlinski, (507) 334-3965
Rosalene Mooney, (612) 564-4511
Bill Leto, (612) 550-7104
Jan Borra, (218) 262-7290
Dennis Schroeder, (612) 587-3636
Wayne Stoltz, (507) 847-3320
Eileen Darling, (507) 389-7234
Steve Uppman, (612) 370-9492
Marlyce Likness, (218) 299-6530
Gin Vier, (612) 483-4227
Christopher Glen, (612) 779-5826
Carol Waggoner, (612) 779-5749
Jim Wagner, (507) 455-2318
Wes Wiedenroth, (612) 629-6764
Larry Schemmel, (507) 825-5471
Paul Anderson, (612) 388-8271
Chris Kuhn, (507) 285-8645
Kathy Friedrich, (612) 854-5068
Rosie Rhines, (612) 221-1391
Lynn Hagstad-Tuomi, (218) 894-1051
Cindy Cedergren, (800) 222-2884
Doug Schwartz, (218) 631-3530
Yvonne Johnson, (612) 231-2941
Paul Anderson, (507) 454-4600
Minnesota Cities note
The next issue of Minnesota Cities magazine is the
combined January/February issue.
Look for it in your mail in late January.
January 5, 1996 Page 3
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New Year brings new members to LMC Board
Jim Miller
The New Year is unique in that it
brings four new members to the
League of Minnesota Cities Board of
Directors. Normally, Board turn -over
is a summer occurrence with new
members chosen at the June Annual
Conference. This year, for a variety of
reasons, the Board of Directors was
asked to fill the spots of Frank Salerno,
Samantha Orduno, Dan Elwood and
Lyle Hanks at the December 21 Board
meeting.
New Brighton Mayor Bob Benke
and Moorhead Councilmember Millie
MacLeod have agreed to serve as First
and Second Vice Presidents until June,
and then step down. Greenfield
Administrator Gail Lippert is now the
Small Cities representative on the
Board. And Falcon Heights Adminis-
trator Sue Hoyt will complete the term
of retiring Lyle Hanks.
Each of the departing Board
members played an important part in
shaping the future of the League. On
behalf of the League, I want to thank
4M Fund update
An investment alternative sponsored by
the League of Minnesota Cities
What is the 4M Fund?
The 4M Fund is a short-term money market fund specifically designed to address the
comprehensive cash management needs of Minnesota cities and their instrumentalities.
Backed by the objectives of providing safety, liquidity and a competitive yield, the Fund is
comprised of the highest quality, short-term investments allowable under Minnesota
Statutes 475.66.The short-term nature of the Fund serves to minimize the effect of changes
in interest rates.The Fund is managed and serviced by Insight Investment Management and
MBIA -Municipal Investors Service Corporation. A fixed rate program administered by Dain
Bosworth Incorporated is available to 4M Fund participants, offering such alternatives as
certificates of deposit, U.S. Treasury and agency securities and commercial paper.
Market update—December 18 through December 29, 1995
The interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve on December 19 kept alive the
expectation that the central bank would impose additional rate cuts, perhaps as soon as next
month. Some economists suggest that the current economic climate will further promote
expansion without generating inflationary pressures. Such a climate would allow the
Federal Reserve to lower rates.
As the year drew to a close Standard & Poors confirmed some of the credit pressures felt
by the Japanese banks by lowering the ratings on five of the largest institutions.These banks
have received substantial press regarding their perceived diminishing credit quality. One of
the banks, Fuji Bank Ltd., was lowered to below a top -tier status ofA-2 short term andA- long
term. Although there has been some yield incentive in purchasing these credits, it has not
been adequate compensation to the risk -adverse investor for the likelihood of these down
grades.
Daily Rates— December 18 through December 29, 1995
'Interest rates are net of all applicable fees.
Daily interest compounding, free checking, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment systems and
investment educational opportunities are among the services offered by the Fund. For more information,
please call Stefanie Adams of Insight Investment Management at (800) 333-0813 or (612) 371-7275.
Page 4
them for their insight, their vision, and
their commitment to the cities of
Minnesota. I also want to welcome the
new members, and hope you get an
opportunity to do the same soon.
While it is somewhat disruptive to
replace four important Board members
in midstream, the League is fortunate
to be able to replace them with know-
ledgeable and dedicated city officials.
However, with the unexpected loss of
both Vice Presidents, and with expiring
terms, the challenge of filling Board
spots will almost double in June when
League members will elect as many as
seven new Board members at the
Annual Conference.
Right now, June seems like a long
way off. But I would ask that you
begin to consider if someone from your
city would be interested in serving on
the LMC Board of Directors.
As a past Board member and
League President, I can personally
attest to the time and commitment
required of Board members. At the
same time, I can honestly say the
rewards far exceed the commitment.
The perspective one gains about city
successes and issues from all over the
state is invaluable when dealing with
your own municipal issues. Likewise,
the friendships that develop also serve
as an important resource extending
beyond one's tern on the Board.
The League nominating committee
makes every effort to balance the
Board in terms of city population,
geography and gender. Ideally, elected
officials should fill a majority of the
seats on the Board, and appointed
officials from a variety of positions
should be represented. Previous
experience on League committees, at
conferences, and with affiliate organi-
zations as well as local service in city
government are important aspects that
are considered in the nomination
process.
If you need more information or
if you have any questions please call
me at (612) 281-1200 or (800) 925-
1122. t
LMC Cities Bulletin
interest
Average Maturity
Interest
Average Maturity
Date
Rate'
of Portfolio
Date
Rate'
of Portfolio
12/18
5.37%
15 days
12/25
5.39%
18 days
12110
5.400/6
18 days
12/26
5.49%
15 days
12/20
5.36%
18 days
12/27
5.31%
15 days
12/21
5.34%
18 days
12/28
5.33%
15 days
12/22
5.39%
18 days
12/29
5.38%
15 days
'Interest rates are net of all applicable fees.
Daily interest compounding, free checking, Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment systems and
investment educational opportunities are among the services offered by the Fund. For more information,
please call Stefanie Adams of Insight Investment Management at (800) 333-0813 or (612) 371-7275.
Page 4
them for their insight, their vision, and
their commitment to the cities of
Minnesota. I also want to welcome the
new members, and hope you get an
opportunity to do the same soon.
While it is somewhat disruptive to
replace four important Board members
in midstream, the League is fortunate
to be able to replace them with know-
ledgeable and dedicated city officials.
However, with the unexpected loss of
both Vice Presidents, and with expiring
terms, the challenge of filling Board
spots will almost double in June when
League members will elect as many as
seven new Board members at the
Annual Conference.
Right now, June seems like a long
way off. But I would ask that you
begin to consider if someone from your
city would be interested in serving on
the LMC Board of Directors.
As a past Board member and
League President, I can personally
attest to the time and commitment
required of Board members. At the
same time, I can honestly say the
rewards far exceed the commitment.
The perspective one gains about city
successes and issues from all over the
state is invaluable when dealing with
your own municipal issues. Likewise,
the friendships that develop also serve
as an important resource extending
beyond one's tern on the Board.
The League nominating committee
makes every effort to balance the
Board in terms of city population,
geography and gender. Ideally, elected
officials should fill a majority of the
seats on the Board, and appointed
officials from a variety of positions
should be represented. Previous
experience on League committees, at
conferences, and with affiliate organi-
zations as well as local service in city
government are important aspects that
are considered in the nomination
process.
If you need more information or
if you have any questions please call
me at (612) 281-1200 or (800) 925-
1122. t
LMC Cities Bulletin
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Personal communications services move
closer to Minnesota cities
Ann Higgins
Two FCC licensed companies that
will provide the newest generation of
wireless communications services in
Minnesota are currently investigating
sites in the Twin Cities area for
antenna, towers and other signaling
devices. The League is working to
help cities prepare for what could be a
significant number of new towers.
Sprint Telecommunications
Venture and American Portable
Telecommunications are preparing to
offer wireless digital personal commu-
nications services (PCS) to the Twin
Cities market in 1996-97. Both
companies anticipate offering PCS in
other areas of Minnesota as they
expand operations and install addi-
tional towers and antenna over the next
several years.
The impact of PCS technology on
the national landscape could be
significant. PCS will require the siting
of as many as 100,000 new towers
within the next several years. By
comparison, there are just 15,000
towers now in place for cellular phone
service.
With this in mind, the League's
intergovernmental relations staff and
several members of the LMC Telecom-
munications Task Force met with
representatives from the consulting
firms assisting the PCS providers in
obtaining information about local
zoning, permitting and other regula-
tions in metro area. The League is also
working to help cities prepare for PCS
antenna siting requests. Cities with
previous experience in siting micro-
wave, cellular and other telecommuni-
cations facilities are encouraged to
provide copies of procedures, zoning
ordinances, lease agreements and other
information that could assist local units
of government to site similar facilities.
January 5, 1996
Although PCS is similar to current
cellular phone service, it must be
implemented in a significantly different
manner. The versatility of the wireless
digital transmissions require signifi-
cantly greater antenna density than that
used by existing cellular phone
services. The deployment and installa-
tion of multiple antenna sites will
involve nearly all cities (as well as
township locations) in the seven -
county area. The consulting companies
representing Sprint Telecommunica-
tions Ventures and American Portable
Telecommunications are expected to
evaluate and identify potential sites.
City officials across the country
are working with PCS providers to
identify city -owned property for
location of such facilities. By using as
much public property as possible, the
impact on residential areas is reduced.
Co -location is also an important
consideration in reducing the number
of sites needed for PCS operations.
Master lease agreements in cities in
other parts of the country have also
provided revenues and access to those
services for city communications and
other uses.
PCS is expected to enhance and
compete with the cellular phone
services that are now available
throughout the state for local and long-
distance phone and paging functions.
According to industry publications,
PCS will offer wide-ranging, portable
and versatile functions including
wireless paging, voice, fax, video and
data transmission. A key advantage
promoted by PCS providers is the
availability of a single phone number
that subscribers use for all transmis-
sions whether they are in the local area
or elsewhere throughout the country.
PCS providers also claim that the
digital technology will provide greater
privacy protection as well as more
accurate and faster transmission of data
and information. t'
Volunteer firefighter lump
sum benefit
The maximum volunteer firefighter lump sum pension is now
at $4,000 per year of service. The amount was raised in four steps
of $250 each over a four year period ending December 31, 1995.
Some cities have commented that this amount is still too low and
limits their ability to attract firefighters. It has been proposed that
this limit be increased in $250 increments over the next three years
to a level that compares with the current monthly benefit limit.
Please contact Stan Peskar at the League office, (612) 281-1215 or
(800) 925-1122, with your comments on the proposal. Ir
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Correction of dates in Budget Guide
The League has learned that some of the dates
printed in the Budget Guide were inaccurate. Please
remove pages 83 and 84 of your Guide and replace
them with these new pages of this Bulletin. We
apologize for any confusion or inconvenience
caused by this error.
Bill summaries
Elections
Nonbinding ballot questions
S.F. 1774 (Kelly, Pappas, Betzold,
Langseth, Limmer) (Ethics & Cam-
paign Reform) would require the
Secretary of State to place nonbinding
questions agreed to by the Legislature
and governor on the ballot following
proposed constitutional amendments.
AH
Initiative and referendum
H.F. 2010 (Luther, Sviggum,
Jennings, Paulsen, Peterson) would
propose a state constitutional amend-
ment to be placed on the 1996 state
general election ballot to provide for
initiative and referendum allowing
voters to enact or repeal a law, or
propose a constitutional amendment by
permitting the matter to be placed on
the state general election ballot if
sufficient numbers of eligible voters
sign petitions. Provisions would also
permit the Legislature to refer a law to
a vote of the general electorate. Up to
three laws may be referred at the same
general election. Procedures would
require that in each congressional
district at least eight percent of those
who voted for governor in that district
in the last gubernatorial election sign
petitions to place the proposal on the
ballot to enact a new law. If the
purpose was to repeal a current law,
four percent of the number of voters in
the last gubernatorial election in that
district would be required to sign the
petition in each of the congressional
districts in order to place the repeal
proposal on the ballot. The governor
would not be permitted to veto an
initiated law, but if the initiative failed
to receive support from a majority of
those voting on the question, no similar
initiative effort could be undertaken for
at least eight years. Reimbursement
would be provided for costs incurred at
the county level for verifying voter
signatures on petitions. All initiative
and referendum ballot questions would
be printed on one violet -colored ballot.
AH
Page 6 LMC Cities Bulletin
Appendix G
1996 MINNESOTA CITY SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT FOR FILING
(to be filed with State Auditors Office)
A report on Minnesota City Budgets for ALL GOVEP'gMENTAL FUNDS for which annual budgets have been adopted by the City Council Pursuant To Minn. Stat.
275.065, Subd. 6.
NAME OF CITY Phone Number
Budgets Have Been Adopted For Following Funds: General Special Revenue Debt Service Capital Projects
Signature Of City Official Title
League of Minnesota Cities 83
1995 Budget
1995 Projected
1996 Budget
REVENUES
Property Taxes
Special Assessments
Tax Increments
All Other Taxes
Federal Grants
State General Purpose Aid (e.g. LGA, HACA, etc.)
State Categorical Aid (municipal state .id for streets, etc.)
Revenue From Other Local Governments
Licenses And Permits
Charges For Services
Fines and Forfeits
Interest On Investments
Transfers From Other Funds (incl. Enterprise Funds)
Proceeds From bond Sales
Miscellaneous Revenue
TOTAL REVENUE ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
CURRENT EXPENDITURES (Exclude Capital Outlay)
General Government (Council, Administration, etc.)
Public Safety
Public Works (including Sanitation)
Public Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Urban and Economic Development and Housing
Transfers To Other Funds (incl. Enterprise Funds)
Miscellaneous Current Expenditures
TOTAL CURRENT EXPENDITURES
DEBT SERVICE - PRINCIPAL
INTEREST AND FISCAL CHARGES
TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY
TOTAL GOVERNMENTAL FUND EXPENDITURES
Signature Of City Official Title
League of Minnesota Cities 83
Appendix H
1996 MINNESOTA CITY SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION
The purpose of this Report is to provide summary 1996 budget information concerning the City of to
interested. citizens. The budget is published in accordance with Minn. Stat. 471.6965. This budget is a summary docu-
ment only; the complete budget may be examined at (title of the city office, address). The council approved this budget
on (date,)
ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
84 Guidelines for Preparing City Budgets
naining/Conferences
Festival, Event Management Course
Minnesota Festival and Events
Association
January 19-20, 1996—
March 8-9, 1996
White Bear Lake
(612)624-4947
NPDES Construction Site Storm
Water Permit Compliance Seminars
January 23—Duluth
January 25—Bemidji
January 29—Bloomington
January 31—Bloomington
February 5—North Mankato
February 6—Rochester
February 12—Brainerd
February 15—Saint Cloud
February 20—Marshall
February 22—Shoreview
February 27—Shoreview
February 29—Detroit Lakes
22nd Annual Collection System
Operators Seminar
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
January 24-26—Bloomington
Newly Elected Conference
League of Minnesota Cities
January 26-27—Grand Rapids
February 2-3—St. Louis Park
February 9-10—North Mankato
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
Satellite Televideo Technology
Training Services
The Innovation Groups
January 1996
(813)622-8484
Winnipeg Winter Cities
Exhibition '96
February 9-12—Winnipeg
(204) 228-3193
Legislative Conference
League of Minnesota Cities
February 29—St. Paul
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
January 5, 1996
Congressional City Conference
National League of Cities
March 9-12—Washington, D.C.
(202) 626-3000
Performance Benchmarking for the
Water Industry Teleconference
American Water Works Association
March 14, 1996—St. Paul, Austin,
Brainerd, East Grand Forks, Hibbing
(612)591-5407
Loss Control Workshops
League of Minnesota Cities Insurance
Trust
April 2—St. Paul
April 10—Austin
April 11—Worthington
April 17—St. Louis Park
April 23—Hibbing
April 24—Crookston
April 25—Detroit Lakes
April 30—Willmar
May 1—St. Cloud
(612)281-1200
(800)925-1122
L-Zd
Annual Conference
League of Minnesota Cities
June 11-14—Rochester
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
Clerk's Orientation
League of Minnesota Cities
August 13-15—St. Paul
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
Regional Meetings
League of Minnesota Cities
September 24, 25, 26
October 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
Policy Adoption Meeting
League of Minnesota Cities
November 22—St. Paul
(612) 281-1200
(800)925-1122
Congress of Cities
National League of Cities
December 7-10—San Antonio, Texas
(202) 626-3000
Conference Spotlight
The 22nd annual Collection System Operators Seminar, sponsored
by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, is scheduled for January 24-26,
1996, at the Bloomington Thunderbird Hotel and Convention Center.
Attendance at this seminar is worth 16 contact hours. Operators who wish
to take certification exams and meet all eligibility requirements, may do so
the final afternoon of the seminar. The seminar will offer a general session
on January 24; an exam refresher session on January 25; and concurrent
sessions on January 26 that include an examination session, a health/
retirement session, equipment display and vendor forum. The workshop fee
of $100 covers the cost of tuition, instructional materials and three sched-
uled luncheons. A full refund will be made if the registration is canceled the
Friday prior to the start of the seminar. Applicants must act quickly to
receive an application for certification exams and to reserve hotel accom-
modations. If you have any questions about certification, contact Dianne
Navratil at (612) 296-9269. For registration information, contact Emily
Armistead at (612) 296-6300.
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League of Minnesota Cities leadership Institute presents the ... . �- Zd
Conference for NevAy Elected ()Affilcials
Grand Rapids St. Louis Park North Mankato
January 26-27 February 2-3 February 9-10
P. NEWLY ELECTED? RECENTLY APPOINTED?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have taken on a very important
responsibility—to make decisions that will
have a significant impact on the future of
your city.
FEELING EXCITED BUT JUST A BIT UNPREPARED?
> IT'S NATURAL!
When you take office in January, your
constituents will look to you for
leadership. They'll expect you to know
what to do, not realizing how much there
is to learn.
> WANT TO SHORTEN YOUR ~LEARNING CURVE'?
TAKE HEART!
Avoid the wasted time and frustration of
learning by trial and error. Attend a
program that is specifically tailored to
your new duties. You'll gain a solid
foundation and know how to get future
questions answered.
> WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
YOU SHOULD!
• Newly elected mayors and
councilmembers
• Those appointed to fill vacancies
during the past year
• Officials elected in 1994 who
were not able to attend this
conference last year.
We are pleased to announce that
Carl Neu is back as a featured
presenter for all sites; his extensive
background as both an elected official
and as a dynamic speaker makes him a
much sought-after trainer around the
country.
Special features
> Experienced presenters with extensive
"hands-on" knowledge of city
government
> Special participant notebook with ses-
sion handouts and reference materials
> 10 hours of credit toward the Leader-
ship Institute Certificate of Recognition
>
Opportunity to meet other elected
officials from your part of the state
Page 10
Program Schedule
FRIDAY
Noon Registration
1:00 pm. Welcome
1:05 INTRODUCTION TO THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES AND WHAT IT OFFERS
THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
1:30 WHAT THE JOB INVOLVES: THE BIG PICTURE
• Your leadership role: Making a difference in your city
• Achieving good governance and good public policy
• Clarifying roles and responsibilities within the council
• Goal -driven leadership
Carl Neu, Former Councilmember and
Council President, Lakewood, Colorado;
Principal, Neu and Company
3:45 LEGAL REALITIES—WHAT COUNCILS CAN AND CANNOT DO
Desyl Peterson, City Attorney, Minnetonka
5:45 Dinner
7:00 FACIUTATED PANEL' WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
Featuring veteran elected officials; A different panel in each
conference location
8:30 SOCIAL HOUR/NETWORKING
Opportunity to meet newly elected colleagues from your port of the state
SATURDAY
7:30 a.m. Coffee and rolls
8:00 HOST CITY WELCOME
8:05 WHAT THE JOB INVOLVES: GOVERNMENT AS A "TEAM"
• Council effectiveness
• Working with staff
Carl Neu
9:30 WORKING WITH STAFF: CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (BY STRUCTURE/POPULATION)
• Overview—structure/roles and authorities of council and staff in your
particular form of city government
league staff
• Suggestions for success, pitfalls to avoid
Elected and staff teoms
10:45 LEGAL itUmS—OPEN MEETING LAW, DATA PRIVACY
• Featuring special open meetings video
Timothy Kuntz, Attorney, LeVonder, Gillen, Miller,
Anderson & Kuntz, City Attorney for Inver Grove Heights,
Sunfish Lake; Assistant City Attorney for South St. Paul
Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. LEGAL REAuTIES—FROM CONFLICT OF INTEREST TO PERSONAL W=JTY
Timothy Kuntz
2:15 WHAT THE JOB INVOLVES: MOW TO BE RESPONSIVE (AND RESPONSIBLE)
TO CONSTITUENTS
• The climate in today's communities: Change is coming
• Implications for us as elected officials
• What's working, What isn't
NExT STEPS
Carl Neu
4:00 Adjourn
IMPORTANT NOTE: A "REFRESHER" CONFERENCE IS PLANNED IN MARCH FOR
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE MORE THAN TWO YEARS OR WHO
WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
LMC Cities Bulletin
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Advance Registration
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
M .�-e checks payable to and mail this portion to: I
League of Minnesota Cities—Finance Department
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
145 University Avenue West
I St. Paul, MN 55103-2044
Name Title
I
Address City, State, Zip Code
(
I city
I Contact person Telephone Number
I
I Spouse
Please check the appropriate dote
Registration: City officials before January 15 $125 ❑ January 26-27—Sawmill Inn, Grand Rapids
I City officials after January 15 $135 ❑ February 2.3—Sheraton Park Place, St. Louis Park
Spouse (only if ollendino)$30 ❑February 9-1 O—Best Western Gorden Inn, North Mankato t
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Housing Reservation Form
League of Minnesota Cities
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
I Sawmill Inn
Grand Rapids
I January 26-27
Make check payable and mail to:
Reservations, Sawmill Inn
2301 South Pokegama Ave.
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
I
(Name
Representing
Address
City
I State Zip
jReservation cut-off date
I January 12, 1996
Arrival date/time
Departure date/time
Check in time 3:00 P.M.
Check out time 11:00 a.m.
_ $58.00 + tax single or double
_ Smoking _ Non-smoking
I II
I will arrive after 4:00 p.m. Please guarantee the
reservotion with:
(Credit Cordl Nome, Number and Expiration Date
Phone (_(
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Please duplicate For multiple registrations
January 5, 1996
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Housing Reservation Form
League of Minnesota Cities
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
Sheraton Park Place
St. Louis Park
February 2-3
Make check payable and nail b:
Sheraton Park Place Reservations
1500 Park Place Shad.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
I
(Name I
Representing
Address
I City I
Stote Zip
jReservation cut-off date
I January 12, 1996
Arrival date/time
Departure date/time
Check in time 3:00 p.m.
Check out time 11:00 a.m. I
_ $57.00 + tax single (one person)
_ $67.00 + tax double (two people)
Smoking _ Non-smoking
I will arrive after 4:00 p.m. Please guarantee the
reservation with:
(Credit Cord) Name, Number and Exp ration Dote I
Phone )_(
Housing Reservation Form
League of Minnesota Cities
Conference for Newly Elected Officials
Best Western Garden Inn
North Mankato
February 9-10
Make check payable and mail to:
Reservations, hest Western Garden Inn
Hwy. 169 North — Webster Ave. Exit
1111 Range Street
North Mankato, MN 56003
Name
Representing
Address
City
State Zip
jReservation cut-off date
I January 25, 1996
Arrival dote/time
Departure date/time
Check in time 3:00 p.m. I
Checkout time 11:00 a.m.
_ $40.00 + tax single (one I person) _ $52.00 + tax double (two people)
_ Smoking _ Non-smoking
I will arrive after 4:00 p,m. Please guarantee the
reservation with:
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Municipal ads
Municipal ads are printed at no
charge to member cities. Ads run in
one issue only unless notice is
received to run a second time. The
Cities Bulletin is published weekly
during the legislative session and
every other week during the interim,
the time between sessions. Municipal
ads will appear in the next available
Cities Bulletin. Cities have the right
to reject any or all bids on equip-
ment or proposals, and to waive any
informalities there. Minnesota cities
are equal opportunity employers.
For information on placing an
ad, contact Gayle Brodt at (612)
2154033 (direct dial) or any
member of the LMC communica-
tions team at (612) 281-1200 or (800)
925-1122.
Positions
CHIEF OF POLICE. Minneota is
accepting applications for the position of
chief of police. Applicants must be licensed
as full-time peace officer in the State of
Minnesota and have a minimum of three
years experience in law enforcement. Salary
range is $24,000 to $30,000 depending on
experience and qualifications. Proof of
licensure, a completed resume and two
letters of reference must accompany the
application. Applications can be obtained
from Betty J. Thomsen, clerk administrator,
City of Minneota, PO Box 307, Minneota,
MN 56264. Phone (507) 872-6144.
Application deadline is January 26, 1996.
CITY CLERK/TREASURER.
Wolverton (population 158) is seeking a
clerk/treasurer. Position reports to City
Council and is responsible for day to day
operations of the city. Duties include
financial report, budget preparation,
planning, utility billing, minutes and agenda
preparation, planning, voting, taxes and
payroll. This is a part-time position from
12-20 hours per week. Municipal experi-
ence is preferred and computer experience
is required. Please send resume and salary
requirement to Box 7, Wolverton, MN
56594.
CITY CLERK/TREASURER. Walker,
a rapidly growing northern Minnesota
community, is seeking an energetic,
dynamic and enthusiastic individual who
wants to participate in the planning and
T,Zd
/��s►N SE League of Minnesota Cities
16aa•ta Goes j
9`ps�C, AV Businessl�ssociates
• Bonestroo & Associates
• CADD Specialists Corp.
• CSC Consulting & Systems
Integration
• DCA, Inc.
• Ehlers and Publicorp
• HDR Engineering, Inc.
• Honeywell Home and Building
Control
• Insight Investment Management/
Dain Bosworth
• Larson Allen Weishair & Co.
• MacQueen Equipment, Inc.
• McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc.
• Minnesota Cable Communication
Association
• Norwest Public Finance
• Orr-Schelen-Mayeron & Associates
• R.A. Morton & Associates, Inc.
• Rust Environment & Infrastructure
• Springsted, Inc.
• The Brimeyer Group Executive Search
• Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson and
Associates
For information on becoming a LMC Business Associate call Duke Addicks at
(612) 281-1221.
administration of one of the most exciting
cities in Minnesota. The oversight and
coordination of all departments, coupled
with the supervision of all city staff and the
managing and investing of city funds along
with all aspects of Minnesota Statutes
412.151 and 412.141, are just some of the
challenges that await the successful
applicant. Considerable knowledge of laws,
rules and regulations applicable to city
government; a thorough understanding of
budgeting, accounting and government
financing; and thorough knowledge of
management principles and practices are
required. Applicant should also have
complete understanding of computer
operations and programs that apply to
public sector operations. Applicant should
be able to plan and analyze city operations
and develop alternatives, prioritize the
city's needs, and coordinate department
operations and services. Minimum
qualifications include: two year degree with
course work in public administration,
planning, community development,
accounting, business and finance, or
equivalent; and three years of professional
experience in finance, management,
planning, community development, or
related field. Salary range is $26,000 to
$32,000 depending on qualifications. To
apply, send resume and cover letter to: Ken
Bresley, City of Walker, 511 Front Street,
Walker, MN 56484. Phone (218) 547-1619.
All resumes must be received no later than
January 10, 1996.
CIVIL ENGINEER. Plymouth is
seeking a civil engineer to plan, design and
direct municipal engineering projects such
as streets, sanitary sewers, water main,
storm sewers and other public improvement
projects. Requirements include: Bachelor of
Science degree in civil engineering with
two years experience in municipal engineer-
ing or certification as an engineering
technician with ten years experience in
municipal engineering. Must have experi-
ence with C.A.D. Must be able to effec-
tively communicate graphically, orally and
in writing. Supervisory experience a plus.
Class C Minnesota driver's license
required. Starting salary range is $37,996 to
$45,120. For required application, contact
the City of Plymouth, 3400 Plymouth
Blvd., Plymouth, MN 55447, or call (612)
509-5072/TDD (612) 509-5065. Completed
applications must be received by 4:30 p.m.
on Thursday, January 25, 1996.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR. Columbia Heights is seeking
candidates for highly responsible adminis-
trative and supervisory work directing the
planning, zoning, economic development,
housing, building inspections. licensing and
permit activities of the city. Work per-
formed with considerable independence
under the general supervision of the city
manager. Required qualifications include:
Bachelor's degree in regional or urban
planning, public administration or related
field, or an equivalent combination of
education and experience at a department or
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Municipal ads continued
division level, or administration of an
economic development or housing related
board. Desired qualifications include:
Master's degree in regional or urban
planning, public administration or related
field and six or more years of progressively
responsible experience in community
development or administration of an
economic development or housing related
board. Salary range is $3,892 to $4,926 per
month, plus benefits. Submit completed city
application to: City of Columbia Heights,
590 40th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights,
MN 55421. Phone (612) 782-2811. TDD
(612) 782-2806. Applications accepted until
4:45 p.m. on January 17, 1996. Resumes
will be accepted in addition to, but not in
lieu of, a completed city application.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR. Cook County/Grand Marais
Joint Economic Development Authority is
seeking an economic development director
to manage economic development projects
for the city of Grand Marais (population
1,200) and Cook County (population
4,000). Desired minimum qualifications
include: Bachelor's degree in business,
economics, planning or related field and
one year experience in economic develop-
ment or related work. Five years relevant
experience can substitute for degree. Must
have excellent communications skills and
demonstrated capacity in management/
administration. Salary range $24,000 to
$28,000. Submit resume, three references
and statement of why interested in job by
January 19, 1996 to: EDA, PO Box 597,
Grand Marais, MN 55604. Call (218) 387-
2676 for more information.
HOUSING TECHNICIAN. Plymouth
is seeking candidate for full-time position to
provide administration, technical and
program support for the Housing
Authority's Section 8 Existing Housing
Assistance program, and to assist in
development and implementation of other
housing and redevelopment activities.
Requirements include: two years experience
with Section 8 Existing Housing program,
or an equivalent combination of education
and experience administering a complex
federal or state housing program. Must have
experience in use of personal computer and
software to support Section 8 program
January 5, 1996
administration. Must possess good oral and
written communication skills. Must be able
to develop and maintain positive, effective
working relationships. Starting salary is
$12.34 per hour. For required employment
application form, please contact the City of
Plymouth, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard,
Plymouth, MN 55447. Phone (612) 509-
5072, TDD (612) 509-5065. Completed
application must be received by 4:30 p.m.
on Thursday, January 11, 1996.
MAINTENANCE WORKER.
Albertville (1,923 population) is accepting
applications for a maintenance worker 11.
Minimum qualifications include a high
school diploma or GED plus one to three
years experience in the field of public
works and/or construction. Starting salary
range is $8.50 to $11.50 per hour, depend-
ing on qualifications. To request an
application and/or to submit a resume,
contact City Clerk Linda M. Houghton,
City of Albertville, 5985 Main Avenue NE,
PO Box 9, Albertville, MN 55301. Phone
(612) 497-3384. Closing date is January 26,
1996.
PEACE OFFICER. Minneota is
accepting applications for a full-time peace
officer. Applicants must be licensed as full-
time peace officers in the State of Minne-
sota. Applications must be accompanied by
a complete resume, a letter of reference,
and proof of full-time licensure. Applica-
tions may be obtained from Betty J.
Thomsen, clerk/administrator, City of
Minneota, PO Box 307, Minneota, MN
56264. Phone (507) 872-6144. Application
deadline is January 26, 1995.
For sale
AMBULANCES. Bloomington has
two ambulances for sale. One 1984 Ford
E350 Type II ambulance, and one 1987
Ford E350 Type III ambulance. Bids will be
accepted until January 25, 1996. Please call
(612) 948-8795 for information or bidding
forms.
ELECTRICAL SWITCH -GEAR
EQUIPMENT. Lakeville is accepting bids
for electrical switch -gear equipment, circa
1970. Includes: One automatic transfer
switch; one 200A 600v manual transfer
switch; two 200A 250v fusible safety
switches; one 400A 250v fusible safety
switch. Was used with standby generator at
municipal hospital. City of Lakeville (PO
Box 900, Lakeville, MN 56150) will accept
sealed bids until noon on January 31, 1996.
For further information or to set up an
appointment to inspect, call (507) 662-
5457. Mark envelope "SwitchGear." the
city reserves the right to reject any and all
bids and waive formalities.
GENERATOR. Lakeville is accepting
bids for a Kohler Diesel 12 -Lead Generator,
circa 1970.24 volt system. 100 KW, 85
KW continuous. 120/208v 30. Hercules
D4800 -BT engine. 335 hours on meter. Was
used as standby generator at municipal
hospital. City of Lakeville (PO Box 900,
Lakeville, MN 56150) will accept sealed
bids until noon on January 31, 1996. For
further information or to set up an appoint-
ment to inspect, call (507) 662-5457. Mark
envelope "Bid for Generator." The city
reserves the right to reject any and all bids
and waive formalities.
PAINT MACHINE. Rochester has for
sale a 1977 M.B. self-propelled small
striping paint machine (city vehicle #215)
and trailer. 10 H.P. Tecumseh gas engine
with re -coil starter. 20# bead dispenser. 10
gallon paint tank. Two paint/bead guns,
capable of painting 4 inch to 24 inch line,
or two separate 4 inch to 12 inch lines. Air -
atomizing type system. 48 inch wand for
stenciling included. Asking price is $500.
Please call Steve Molstad (507) 254-7705
or fax (507) 281-6022, with any questions.
TRUCKS. Blooinington has three
Peter Pirsch custom pumper trucks with
enclosed cabs for sale. Trucks are 1970,
1971 and 1972 models (one each). Bids will
be accepted until January 25, 1996. Please
call (612) 948-8795 for information or
bidding forms.
Available
COMMUNICATION/LIGHT
TOWER. Hopkins has one 60 foot and one
66 foot tower available, free of charge.
Both towers are three section, bolted angle
iron towers complete with top maintenance
framing and internal ladder. Towers must be
disassembled and relocated at interested
parties' expense. If interested, contact Ray
Warman at (612) 939-1382. t'
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Ghon promoting asaonancp
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St. Paul, AIN 55103
Phone: 612-281-1200
Fax: 612-281-1299
TDD: 612-281-1290
1-800-925-1122
The League of Minnesota Cities publishes the Cities
Bulletin weekly during the Legislative session and
bi-weekly during the interim, the time between
sessions. Subscriptions: members -S40; non-
members -$60. Contact: Communications
Department, League of Minnesota Cities.
Where to get information at
the Capitol
Copies of bills
House Chief Clerk's Office -
296-2314. Rm. 211 *
Secretary of Senate's Office -
296-2343, Rm. 231*
Bill status, authors, companion,
committee referral (by bill number,
author, or topic)
House Index - 296-6646,
Rm. 211*
Senate Index - 296-2887,
Rm. 231*
Weekly committee schedules, bill
introductions, and summaries of
committee and floor action
House Information Office -
296-2146, Rm. 175**
Senate Information Office -
296-0504, Rm. 231*
Recording of the following day's
committee schedule and agenda,
(after 4:30 p.m.)
"House Call" - 296-9283
Senate Hotline - 296-8088
To trach a member on the House
or Senate floor
House Sergeant at Arms -
296-4860
Senate Page Desk - 296-4159
To notify the governor's office of
your concerns
Governor Ame Carlson -
296-3391, Rm. 130*
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League of Minnesota Cities staff working with legislative issues
Jim Miller, Executive Director
Stan Peskar, General Counsel
Pensions
Gary Carlson, Director of Intergovernmental Relations
E-mail: GARYC226@AOL.COM
General revenue sources for cities
Local government trust fund
Aid to cities
Property tax system
Andrea Atherton, Intergovernmental Relations Representative
Tax increment financing
Land use
Ethics
Economic development and redevelopment
Fiscal issues
Housing
Ann Higgins, Intergovernmental Relations Representative
Telecommunications
Housing
Elections and ethics
Utility service districts
Joel Jamnik, Senior Intergovernmental Relations Representative
Growth management and land use
Environmental protection
Personnel and labor relations
Public safety
General municipal governance
Eric Willette, Legislative Policy Analyst
Mary Diedrich, Legislative Secretary
Mickey Marx, Legislative Secretary
Wednesday, January 31, 1996-7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Minneapolis Convention Center ■ Minneapolis, Minnesota
Co-sponsored by:
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■ Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities ■ Minnesota Chapter, American Planning Association
■ Minnesota Chapter, Urban Land Institute
■ Minneapolis Urban Design Committee, American Institute of Architecture ■ City of Maple Grove
FOCUS
Developers and planners in other parts of the country have had success creating
developments that break from standard post -World War H development prac-
tices.
The principles they have followed are collectively termed "New Urbanism," an
approach that can result in communities that accommodate both the pedestrian
and the car, and foster a sense of place and community.
New Urbanism includes many elements that are not really new—it employs
some traditional planning techniques commonly used before widespread use of
the car. And, it is not exclusively urban—its principles apply to urban, suburban
and rural locations..
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Because the New Urbanism approach is an interdisciplinary one, we
have invited practitioners in -housing development, design, market-
ing and the public sector to share their experiences with projects that
employ New Urbanism principles.
The program is co-sponsored by a diverse group of organizations
whose membership
believe_rOis deyelo meat technique deserves
scrutiny and d' ion t9r its possible application in the Twin Cities
region. Werie you i i Join in this ducit�t�on.
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Daniel M. Cary, South Florida Water Management District
Daniel Cary is currently the Director of the Planning Department of the South Florida WVl�nagemeat District. Prior t his, he spent 12-1/2
years at the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, including nine years as its Executiv Direr or. During hi�.associal'ion with the Regional
Planning Council, he became a strong proponent of the new urbanism concept and has appli $pttpeiplesio h velopment and a variety
of different urban redevelopment and revitalization projects. Although Mr. Cary's focus for t decade een on urban problems, his
background is in biology and he is now working to merge urban and environmental planning processes regionally.
James Constantine, Community Planning & Research, Princeton, NJ
Mr. Constantine is a practicing planner with a focus on qualitative research and design orientation. He developed "Curb Appeal Research" to merge
consumer preferences with market-based design for new communities and housing alternatives. Mr. Constantine has worked on a diverse range of
projects, including suburban development, mixed-use urban waterfronts, traditional neighborhood development, redevelopment, historic infill and
rural neotraditional villages. He is a regular speaker before planners, developers, realtors, and lendors and serves on the NAHB's Land Developers
Committee.
Robert J. Gibbs, Gibbs Planning Group, Birmingham, MI
Mr. Gibbs is a landscape architect, specializing in retail development and new town planning. He has extensive development planning experience
in largecities and small towns throughout the United States and Canada, including the recent collaboration with Andres Duany in Markham, Ontario.
Mr. Gibbs is a frequent university lecturer and widely published in retail planning, development design and the New Urbanism movement. He was
formerly the siteplanning coordinatorwith the Taubman Company, the regional shoppingcenter developers, and project planner with JJR, a national
planning and design firm.
Curtis Johnson, Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities
Mr. Johnson has been chairman of the legislatively re -organized Metropolitan Council since January, 1995. He is an author and national consultant
on regional policy and urban issues. His current focus is on housing affordability and livable communities. He is a participant in the national Congress
for New Urbanism. Mr. Johnson was formerly senior policy advisor and Chief of Staff to Governor Arne Carlson. He was also director of the
Citizen's League for 11 years.
Todd Zimmerman, Timms m Volk Associates, Clinton, NJ
Mr. Zimmerman is a real estate advisor, specializing in market feasibility and trend analysis. The firm's proprietary target market analysis technique
is designed to be a vital tool in understanding the critical residential, recreational, retail and civic space dynamics required for a successful Town center.
Mr. Zimmerman has 25 years of experience in traditional town planning, housing affordability and sustainable development. He is frequently quoted
in national publications and has lectured at Columbia, Rutgers and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He has addressed groups throughout
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Reservation for: New Urbanism a January 31
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Member/S40
Mail to. Sensible Land Use Coalition Reservations madeand Guest/$40
not honored will be
PO Box 284, Excelsior, MN 55331-9998 billed unless cancellations
Nonmember/$65
Register by calling Pat Arnst at (612) 474-3302 a' advance.
received hebarourr i"
advance. aci-9. rge TOTAL ENC.
jo► invoicing.
Fax reservations to: (612) 474-3993 (I will:• enclose cbeck,_send check, or _ being to door.)
Coming February 28: "Transportation Planning—Moving Away From Level
of Service as a Standard" a 11:30 am -2:00 pm 0 Holiday Inn North
Member Rates
(please check if applicable)
_Sensible Land Use Coalition*
Metropolitan Council
MN Chapter, APA
Mpls. Urban Design Committee, AIA
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Dean Johnson, President, Sensible Land Use Coalition
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8:05-8:40 PLANNING FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES:
Zimmerman Volk Associates
TWIN CITIES OVERVIEW & CONTEXT
10:15-10:55
HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD
Curt Johnson, Chairman, Metropolitan Council
DEVELOPMENT
8:40-8:50 INTRODUCTION TO NEW URBANISM
James Constantine, Principal
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Community Planning and Research
Town Planning Collaborative
10:55-11:35
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some obstacles and challenges to developing this way and how have they been handled? ■ What are the opportunities? ■What advice can those who have
experienced the 'learning curve" give to developers and planners who would like to incorporate New Urbanism principles in Twin Cities Developments? ■ How
does this type of development relate to regional plans andpolicies in the Twin Cities? ■ How can the Livable Communities Act promote more livable communi-
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"NEW URBANISM
An Alternativefor
Building Livable Communities
January 31, 1996
Minneapolis Convention Center
DWIGHT JOHNSON
CITY MANAGER
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD
PLYMOUTH MN 55447.1482
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Governments can Provide Services
Feb. d on
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Friday, Jan. 5
An expert on small town organization and financing will speak Feb. 6 in downtown
St. Paul on ways local gpvernments can provide citizens with more services at a
bine when there are feii�er resources available. The talk, sponsored by the Land
Stewardship Pr6j.ect'�5"7,17(1(1 Friends of Minnesota, Thv' Landmark Series .and the St.
Paul League of Wo}}pen Voters, will. begin at 7 p.m. in' Cour`tro`om 317„ Landmark
Center, 75'W. Fifth St, It is free and open to the public'- .
The speaker, Beti Walter Honadle, will review trends in the structure of Minnesota
local governments during the past half -century and compare them to national
patterns. Honadle, who is a professor in the department of applied economics at the
University of Minnesota, will also introduce a wide range of options for local
Minnesota govr:rriments looking to restructure or team up with neighboring
communities in an attempt to provide better services.
A former school board member and treasurer of a small town, Honadle will present
the case of the consolidation of the Minnesota cities of Branch and North Branch to
show how active citizens can spearhead a comprehensive restructuring of local
government in. a community.
"'his part of the presentation will show how this effort was organized, how a group
of citizen -volunteers chaired by a nonresident of the .community studied the issues
and educated the public about its findings, and how citizens debated the
consolidation .question publicly before voting on, the consolidation'_question in a
high -turnout election;" said Honadle, who served as chair of the Brunch'North
Branch consolidation study commission between 1992 and 1994.
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CITY OF
PLYMOUTF+
January 8, 1996
Jeanne Weigum
Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota
2395 University Avenue West
Suite 310
Saint Paul, MN 55114-1512
Dear Ms. Weigum,
Thank you for your comments to the City concerning the tobacco ordinance. Mayor
Tierney has asked Public Safety Director Craig Gerdes to respond to your concerns.
You can expect a response from him by January 22, 1996.
Thanks again for your thoughtful letter. Please give me a call on 509-5052 if you have
not received a response by January 22.
Sincerely,
Kathy Lueckert
Assistant City Manager
cc: Craig Gerdes, Public Safety Director
C/R. file (96-01)
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Association for Nonsmokers -Minnesota
2395 University Avenue West Suite 310
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 -1512
(612) 646-3005 FAX: (612) 646-0142
January 2, 1996
Mayor Joy Tierney
17915 20th Ave. N.
Plymouth, MN 55447
High school seniors under 18 can't legally smoke. Yet their smoking rate is higher than among
Minnesota adults. Even more upsetting is that only half of these teen smokers will ever quit,
and of those who don't, half will die prematurely of smoking related diseases.
19% of Minnesota 9th graders (14 & 15 year olds) use tobacco weekly.
29% of Minnesota 12th graders use tobacco weekly.
This is a pediatric catastrophe and a public health nightmare. We will pay the social and
financial costs of these young smokers for the next 50 years.
There is no one easy answer, but cities throughout the state are working to find some solutions.
In most Minnesota schools there are state-of-the-art educational programs designed to prevent
children from beginning to smoke. Even those who develop these programs admit that
education alone has gone just about as far as it can. Schools have only a few of the answers, and
the student survey demonstrates that the other things we have been doing are inadequate. Other
solutions are needed.
Top of the list must be enforcement of tobacco age -of -sale laws. Recent surveys where laws are
not regularly enforced have found illegal rates of sale from 35 to 100%. In Ramsey county
communities which conduct regular compliance checks and fines are imposed for illegal sales,
the rates are about 10%. (See enclosed graph)
But enforcing existing laws is not all that cities can do. Other options include requiring that all
tobacco be behind the counter as a customer assisted item and elimination of tobacco vending
machines. Advertising restrictions are also an option, albeit a controversial one.
Would you consider making changes in your tobacco ordinance to begin addressing this problem
in your community? I am enclosing a chart showing what other communities are doing. I am
also enclosing a copy of the Falcon Heights' ordinance, one of the most clear and easily
enforced ordinances in the area. It provides administrative penalties for both clerks and
vendors, thus avoiding costly court involvement in almost all cases. We have additional
information including model ordinances, fact sheets, etc. which we would be happy to provide to
you. I would also be happy to meet with you to provide background or technical assistance.
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I hope you will consider the role your council can play in addressing the number -one health
problem in our community.
Sincerely,
Jeanne Weigum
cc: councilmembers
Enclosures Falcon Heights Ordinance
Ordinance grid
Ordinance options
northwest.ltr ors traveler!
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ORDINANCE PROVISIONS:
Chen•
ham
Eden Preirie
Eden
Falcon
Heights
New
Brighton
Preston
Pm
Show
view
SL Paul
License Fee
$25 1$260
s250
5250
t290
$12
$25
$250
$1W
1st Offense
10 day
May K qwd or
0
sm rm
$160
sm
sm
NAPIWW
2nd Offense
20 day
COW
aupeod
$50o Rm $ 6
day auapar"
2 dy
anon
$500
$too
Vendor Penalties
(oea Nob 3)
Std Offense
1 year
Ravoafen
6 day
$1000 or 6
30 day
macabn
aupersian
day
agwndon
4th Offense
Renm6w
$1500or6
Revwdon
daY
PAperWw
(Note 4)
1st Offense
Nob 1
Nob 1
as
Nob 1
Nob 1
$too
so
Nob 1
2nd Offense
$top
$125
$lap
Clerk Penalties
3rd Offense
Nob 1
$15625
Vending Machine Prohibiled
x
x
x
x
x
x
Vending Machine Restricted
x
x
x
No Self
x
x
Self Service
Service
Prohibitions
No Single
x
x
Packs
No sell-
x
service fess
lhan a carbn
Seller 18 or Older
x
x
Random
Compliance Checks
Unannounced
Once Yearly
(by ordinance or city
Policy)
Twice or
x
x
x
x
x•'
x
x
More per
Year
Movable place of business prohibited
x
x
x
Nob 2
x (Mohr
..lid.)
Prohibition on point-of-sale advertising
PAG"
mod wof ada i
ID bnbabm
ada «t
AW billboards
x
x
x
banned
Billboard Prohibitions
Tobacco
billboards
banned
1. State law makes it a gross misdemeanor to sell tobacco to a minor. This law is applied only to the dark a+aMa:rs.ni
2 No licenses currently issued to movable piece of business.
3. Revocation can be imposed H cigarettes are sold during a suspension.
4. Additional penalties for further violations
Drinking down, smoking U400 Pa
among students, survey says
By Maura Lerner
Star Tribune Staff Writer
Fewer kids are drinking.
Fewer kids are fighting.
And fewer kids are having sex.
But the most surprising news
from the latest state survey of
student behavior is that a lot
more Minnesota kids are smok-
ing — far more than the national
average.
A quarter of all high school
seniors said they smoke at least
once a week, according to the
Minnesota Student Survey re-
leased Thursday by the Minneso-
ta Department of Children,.Fam-
ilies and Learning.
And 39 percent of the seniors
said they smoked at least once in
the previous month, compared
with 31 percent nationwide last
year.
"Obviously the numbers are
troubling to us," said Barbara
Nerness, assistant health com-
missioner. "We're not reaching
kids the way we should."
Nerness confirmed that the
iise in smoking has occurred
while state officials have cut back -
spending on antismoking efforts,.
from $1.6 million in 1990 to
$250,000 this year.
"I couldn't say conclusively if
there is a relationship," she said.
"However, what I can say is we as
a state are somehow not ade-
quately addressing those issues."
Aside from the smoking figures
tate survey of 133,000 children
in Sixth, ninth and 12th grades
gave state officials some reason
toeer.
If you look at the numbers,
yohave to realize that most kids
invinnesota are doing very
we>}," said Patricia Harrison, co-
director of the study. "We don't
wait it to sqund like the majority
of fdolescetits are going down-
hi111 That's just not the case."
Th third purvey
his was' the third time since
19that Minnesota has con -
du ted the survey, which meas-
urep risky 4e.haviors such as drug
use, suicide attempts and abuse.
Among the good news: Stu-
dents are less likely to drink alco-
hol; have sex or become a victim
of physical abuse. They're also
lest likely to get into fights or
coi�mit va ' alism.
�inong tie bad news: A great-
er umber'of students have at- I
to pted ' ' icide, smoked marl-
jua "a andthoplifted.
is wis, also the first time the
su y hfs shown such an in-
cre a in smoking. Yet it didn't
su rise tome teenagers hanging
ou At the Calhoun Square shop -
pi mall in Minneapolis Thurs-
da} .. "Among teenagers, it's be-
come more socially acceptable,"
said Trevor Clayton, 15, a student
at Washburn High School.
Reasons for the drop
"You know why that is?" Tre-
vor chimed in. "Most of the peo-
ple have quit by the time they've
gotten to be seniors, because they
maybe see it's not as cool as they
once thought."
But Sidney Simpson, 18, who
attends an alternative high school
iii Minneapolis, said she sees no
sign of it tapering off. "Boredom
is why," she said during an after-
school snack at City Center in
downtown Minneapolis.
What might help them stop?
"I guess if they didn't sell Giga
rettes in every store you wal
into," she said.
Judy Knapp, a smoking oppc
neat, blames tobacco advertisin
for the upsurge. "We're u
against Joe Camel, billions of ad
directed at youth," said Knapf
who is executive director of th
Minnesota Coalition for a Smoke
Free Society 2000.
The survey recommended in
creasing efforts to combat tee.
smoking, including stronger en
forcement of laws against sellin
cigarettes to minors.
CIGARETTES
Currently use at least .
once a .week
18 22%22 25
14%
12
256..2.. i�
'89 '92 '95 '89 '92 '95 '89 '92 '95
Grade 6 Grade 9 Grade 12
Excerpted from the Minneapolis
Star Tribune 12-8-1995 Page 1
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Characteristics of a good ordinance
1. Charge a license fee sufficient to cover costs associated with providing twice yearly compliance
checks. Metro communities have been adopting fees in the $150 to $250 range without significant
vendor objections. In most cases fees were set decades ago and do not reflect fees paid for other licenses
and services.
2. Make it clear that all vendors are to be checked twice annually with violators checked more fre-
quently.
3. Provide penalties on the first two violations which are relatively light and easily accepted by vendors
so processing "first time offenders" does not tie up extraordinary resources in time and money.
4. Use administrative rather than criminal penalties.
5. Specify the penalty period, for example, "a second violation within a 36 month period."
6. Specify that law enforcement (or licensing division) will make an annual report back to the council
summarizing the results of compliance checks.
Characteristics of a good ordinance, Penalties, and Other important tobacco control options to consider
were prepared by the Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota (ANSR). Rie hope you will call for
further information. You are free to cop), and distribute them x.ith attribution to ANSR.
PROWFAI"N
Association for Nonsmokers -Minnesota
2395 University Avenue West Suite 310
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114 -1512
(612) 646-3005 FAX: (612) 646-0142
Penalties
Vendor Penalties
Several cities have adopted a penalty system which involves a short license suspension on the first viola-
tion.
iolation. Vendors hate it! Most vendors will fight a suspension on a fust violation. Almost none will fight a
modest fine. Loud voiced and angry vendors make unhappy councilmembers!
Large vendors claim huge potential financial losses and have trouble accepting responsibility for the
actions of their clerk. "I am responsible for the violation, I deserve the penalty," is not a typical vendor
response. Many say, "How can you expect me to be responsible for every single action of my clerks. I
can't watch them all the time. What if a disgruntled employee is out to get me? Then I am the one who
gets hurt:'
Fines tend to be more burdensome for small vendors than for large volume dealers. Suspensions tend to
be harder for large vendors to swallow. A compromise might be to have a vendor option on the fust two
violations, for example a $250 fine Dr a 3 day tobacco license suspension. On the second violation those
could be doubled.
Most people agree that after a certain number of violations a vendor should lose the privilege of selling
tobacco. Most communities which have considered it have adopted a three -times -and -you're -out ap-
proach. St. Paul provides for a short suspension on the third violation and a revocation on the fourth.
Their licensing people would have preferred no suspension but a significant fine on the third violation.
Their attorney advised them to include a suspension in the matrix. Staff indicated it takes almost as much
time to process a suspension as a revocation.
Since license suspension seems to be cumbersome it might be worth discussing with the city attorney a
matrix which includes a revocation for the final penalty without any provision for a suspension. A com-
promise might be offering a significant fine or a suspension as a vendor choice on the penultimate viola-
- tion.
In the name of passing a good ordinance without a great deal of opposition, a reasonable fine system
should be the focus of early violations. Revocation can be reserved for those vendors who have demon-
strated they are unable or unwilling to comply with the law.
Clerk Penalties
Vendors frequently complain that they are held hostage by their clerks. They state that the vendor loses
money and potentially the license to sell tobacco while the clerk who committed the violation loses
nothing. (Actually, the clerk usually loses his or her job.) It is a gross misdemeanor to sell tobacco to a
minor but virtually no one sees criminal prosecutions as an effective way of reducing illegal sales. Every-
one must be held accountable. As a fairness issue, a modest fine would seem reasonable to both the clerk
and the vendor. Many store managers are so frustrated when they fail a compliance check that they
simply fire the clerk. If there is a fine, the manager may feel less prone to fire the clerk, feeling that some
punishment has been administered
Falcon Heights and Roseville have systems that work like a traffic ticket. Clerks face a $25 fine for a first
offense and $100 for a second. They have had this system for only a few months but so far it seems to be
working.
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Other important tobacco control options to consider
Vending machines
Roseville, Falcon Heights, Shoreview and White Bear Lake all prohibit vending machine sales. Research
has shown that even very young children can easily purchase tobacco from vending machines. Although
the vending industry would prefer lesser restrictions such as placing vending machines within clear view
of an employee, or only allowing them in liquor establishments, research indicates that these provisions
are not effective. The community to most recently consider vending machine restrictions was Eden
Prairie where it was not particularly controversial and easily enacted.
Eliminate self-service of tobacco
Shoreview, Falcon Heights and Roseville currently have ordinance which restrict tobacco self-service.
Tobacco can and we believe should be a customer assisted item. That is, the product should be dispensed
like the "controlled substance" it is rather than on open racks next to the candy. Many stores now keep
their tobacco products behind the counter or, in the case of cartons, in locked cases. This method of
display virtually eliminates shoplifting, and many stores report it also almost eliminates employee theft. It
also makes it harder for minors to purchase tobacco since they must actually ask for it before they begin
to make the purchase.
Research done at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the Department of Public
Health in Petaluma, California shows that minors have a much harder time purchasing cigarettes when
they must ask for the product. Eliminating self-service is an effective way of reducing illegal sales- and
shoplifting, but it is generally strongly opposed by at least some vendors.. Their arguments against -this
provision are that it is costly or inconvenient and could involve remodeling. Health advocates are not
unimpressed with this argument considering the number of retailers who have done this on their own to
reduce shoplifting. Compromises are possible and could include putting everything less then a carton
behind the counter as a customer assisted item or a phase in of several years during which vendors. would
have to go to nonself-serve when they remodel or by a specific date.
Adults only sellers
Although minors may not purchase, attempt to purchase, use or possess tobacco, a loophole in state law
allows minors to sell tobacco. Research and common sense indicate that youthful clerks are more likely
to sell to agemates than are older clerks. Young clerks can become a ready source of cigarettes for their
friends and the pressure to be "suppliers" can be irresistible. Several communities have passed ordinances
requiring sellers to be 18 or older, the same as the age for purchasing tobacco. This is controversial as
vendors claim they have trouble filling their relatively low wage jobs with adults. When Eden Prairie
passed their ordinance vendors indicated several teens would lose their jobs. In communities where these
ordinances are in place, there does not seem to be a greater unemployment problem for youth. Adults -
only sellers plugs an important source of illegal cigarettes. However it can be a difficult vote for council
members as vendors may bring in several young people and indicate these youths will be fired if the
ordinance passes. Council members should only consider this provision if they are solidly committed to
this as sound public policy, even if a few people are temporarily inconvenienced.
Reduced license fees for vendors who install scanning -lock out devices.
Electronic scanning is now the retail norm. Itis relatively simple to` install a "lock" in the scanning
program so when a tobacco product is scanned, the clerk is alerted to check ID. The clerk must over-
ride the lock before proceeding and is a constant reminder for the clerk. Some systems display the date
before which the customer must be born to legally purchase the product. This could also be used for
beer, cigarette lighters and lottery tickets.
To date no Minnesota communities have required the installation of this equipment but its use is recom-
mended in the Working Group Findings and Recommendations of the 28 State Attorneys General (report
attached). A creative approach to this technology would be to give vendors who installed it a discount
on their tobacco license. A suggestion would be to charge $250 for the tobacco license but only charge
$150 for vendors who have scanning -lock outs installed. A discount could also be granted on the fine
schedule as this would clearly indicate a higher level of management commitment that is worth encourag-
ing.
Required training
The'tobacco industry is keen on communities requiring vendors to train their clerks. Although clerk
training seems useful, there is little indication that training alone has any effect on illegal sales. Frequent
compliance checks, by management or law enforcement, and quality supervision are more likely to reduce
illegal sales. In much of the retail industry, the turn -over among clerks is about 300% per year. That
means that mast clerks in a particular the store are essentially inexperienced. Supervision, use of tech- .
nologies.like the scanning devices, and limiting the total number of clerks handling sales, such as all
tobacco sales processed through a service counter, are all more likely to reduce illegal sales than is any
• ° requirement for.annual training. Required clerk training alone is viewed by most health professionals as a
harm".but ineffective way of reducing the supply of tobacco",Ouths.
Restrictlops on locationn-of tobacco licenses
Inmost communities an establishment must be a certain distance from schools, churches and play
grounds tQ_receive a liquor license. The same provisions should be considered for all new tobacco
licensees;;. A reasonable distance would be 500 feet. It would be -practical to "grand parent" in any exist-
ing licenses so this provision would only affect licenses issued to new establishments. The language
might read, `•No license shall be issued for a premises which is within five hundred feet of the property
line ot. any, school, church, or playground. This provision does not pertain to renewal of licenses issued
prior. to :XXX date or to a reissue of a licenses to an existing premises which has continuously held a
tobacco license for at least two years."
% CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
O R D I N A N C E
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No. 0-94-09
Date: .8/3/94
AN ORMNFNCE YENDING CERTAIN SECaIOVS OF CHAPTER 5
OF THE CITY CODE RE? .nTINGi TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS
D. Tobacco Related FYcc�_c,s
1.
L4 cense Required. No person shall keep for
retail sale, sell at retail or otherwise dispose
of any tobacco product as de -fined in this
ordinance at any place in the city without a
license. Application for a license should be
made to the city clerk on a -form supp? _ed b-., the
city. upon filing of the application and o_y:.enz
OIL the required fee as stipulated in Sect -Lon 5-
5.01 of this code, the application_ shall be
presented to the city council for consideration..
2. Definitions
a. "Tobacco related product" means
cicarettes, cigars, cheroots, stories,
perique, granulated, plug cut, crimp cut,
ready, rubbed and other smoking tobacco;
Snuff, snuff flower, caYendish, plug and
twist tobacco, fine cut and other che:+•ing
tobaccos; shorts, refuse scrips, clippings,
cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco prepared
in such manner as to be sjitable for
chewing, s::if_ing or smoking in a pipe,
rolling paper or other tobacco related
devices.
b. "Self service merchandising" means open
disp?ay of tobacco products that the public
his access to without the* intervention of an
emolovee .
C. "Individually packaged" means any
package containing only one individually
wrapped iter:. Included are single packs of
cigarettes, single bags of tobacco for
rolling, individual cars of tobacco for
chewing or sniffing. Not packaged packs of c.
cigarettes or sirmilar packages containing
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multiple cans or containers of tobacco suitable
for smoking, chewing or sniffing.
3. License Shall Be Displayed. Every license
shall be kept conspicuously posted in the place
for which the license is issued and shall be
exhibited to any person upon request.
4. License Restrictions A license shall be
issued subject to the following restrictions:
CL . No license shall be issued to any applicant
for the sale of tobacco related products at any
place other than her/his established place o=
business.
b. No license shall be issued for the sal e of
tobacco rel-ated products at a movable place of
business.
C. _Kc license shall be issued for t1ne sale of
tobacco related products at more that: one place
Of business.
d. No person shall sell or dispense any to:;acco
product through the use of a vending machine.
e. No person shall offer for sale any
individually packaged tobacco product by means of
sell -service merchandising.
f. Every licensee shall be responsible for the
conduct of its employees while on the licensed
premises and any sale or other disposition of
tobacco products by an employee to a person under
18 years of age shall be considered an act of: the
licensee for purposes of imposing an
administrative fine, l icense suspension, or
revocation.
S. Tobacco Related Products - Sales to Minors.
No person_ shall sell a tobacco related product to
any person u-nder eighteen years of age. Any
person convicted of violating this section shall
pay a fine of $25 for the first violation payable'
to the court. Any person convicted of violating
this section twice within a 12 month period shall
pay a fine not to exceed $100 payable to the
court. Any person convicted of violating this
section more than twice within a 12 month period
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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6. Administrative Fine, Suspension, or Re voca--ion.
Any violation of the restrictions attached to a
tobacco product license shall be cause for a
suspension or revocation of such license pursuant to
the provisions of Section 5-1.02B of the Falcon_
Heights Municipal Code. The first violation shall
result in a fine of $200 to the license holder payable
to the city. Failure to pay within thirty days from
the date of the invoice shall result in a two day
license suspension. A second violation within i2
months shall result in' a fine of $500 payable to the
city and result in a 5 day license suspension.
Failure to pay the fine within. 30 days from the date
of the invoice shall result in a 10 day license
suspension. A third violation within 12 months or for
sales during a license suspension or revocation shall
result in a license revocation. Licensees whose
licenses have been revoked may not be el i c_ble for
another tobacco product license for up to one year
from the date of license revocation. The city council
may attach reasonable conditions to the reinstatement
of a suspended or revoked license including the
condition that the licensee and/or the licensee's
employees complete, at licensee's expense, a training
program, approved by the city administrator, which
includes instruction on appropriate procedures for
determining the age of customers and the effects of
tobacco usage.
7. Exce tion. A person under eighteen (18) years of-
age
fage who purchases or attempts to purchase tobacco -
related products while under the direct supervision of
a responsible adult for training, education, research
or enforcement purposes shall not be subject --to the
penalties imposed by Subdivision 1.03(D) of this code.
Moved by: Jacobs
BALDWIN 4 In Favor
GEHRZ
GIBSON TALBOT (absent)
k"USTAD 0 Against
JACOBS
Approved by:
Mayor
Aucust 3, 1994
D -ate
Attested by:31"o--C'1
Ass't Administrator
August 3, 1994
Date
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CITY OF
PLYMOUTR
January 8, 1996
Mr. Darrell Tilleskjor
16755 25th Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Tilleskjor:
As I had indicated in my previous letter, I checked with Lieutenant Twaddle regarding
the officers' response to the alarm call at your residence on October 9, 1995. Lt Twaddle
had completed his review of the incident. While both officers are extremely competent
members of this' department, at the time of your call both were new employees and did
not realize that they should leave the work assignment they were on and immediately
respond. The officers were appropriately advised through the Lieutenant of the need to
respond immediately to residential alarms at any time of day.
Thank you for bringing your concerns to my attention. If you have any further questions,
please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
rai C. Gerdes
Dir ctor of Public Safety
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Mr. Darrell Tilleskjor
16755 25th Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mr. Tilleskjor:
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I received your letter outlining your concerns regarding the City's false alarm fee schedule, as
well as your experience with response time. Your previous letter, dated October 24, 1995
regarding the false alarm at your residence on October 9th was received by the department.
Because of the concerns you expressed about response time, I assigned this to the Lieutenant in
charge of the patrol division, Lt. Twaddle, for investigation. He was also to respond to you
regarding the incident. I had hoped the lieutenant had already written to you. I will be checking
with Lt. Twaddle on this upon his return to work from his holiday vacation January 2, 1996. I
will get back to you at that time with more information.
We have also reviewed the information you provided regarding the fee schedule on false alarms.
The police department responded to over 2,000 false alarms in 1993 and over 2,350 false alarms
in 1994. In a conservative estimate, each alarm takes an officer an average of 15 minutes to
respond and check the residence or business. This amounts to over 587 staff hours per year.
False alarms are an inefficient use of staff time, especially if another emergency situation exists
within the City at the same time. In an effort to better manage the time of the department and try
to reduce the number of false alarms, I would recommend the City continue its current policy of
only allowing one free false alarm per year. It should be noted that we do evaluate each alarm
before determining its chargeability. We do not count alarms caused by weather (electrical
storms or extremely high winds), power outages, or breakage of equipment which can be verified
by the alarms companies (faulty sensors which are replaced, etc.).
Thank you for bringing your concerns to my attention. I will be contacting you again after
January 2, 1996 when I obtain further information from Lt. Twaddle on your specific incident on
October 9.
Sincerely,
Crai . Gerdes
Director of Public Safety
PLYMOUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT
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December 16, 1995
Mayor Joy Tierney
City of Plymouths
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Plymouth, MN 55447
Dear Mayor Tierney:
The purpose of this letter- is twofold:
First, to request that you and the city council consider an amendment to City Code
Section 1155 concerning Alarm Systems, specifically concerning the schedule of
fines for false alarms. Plymouth is the only community in the metro area that has
only one free false alarm pe year, and the schedule of fines for subsequent false
alarms is higher than other communities as well. Attached is a schedule of fines
and false alarm regulations of other communities in this area. If you would do a
comparison of Plymouth's code versus that of other communities, you will see that
the policy in Plymouth is much more restrictive and the fines are confiscatory. I
do not believe such a stringent posture is necessary or is in the long term interests
of the residents of Plymouth.
Second, is to bring to your attention the fact that my October 24, 1995 letter to the
Public Safety Director still has not been responded to. A copy of this letter is also
attached. I did not write a rhetorical letter. I expected an answer top what I
believe is a serious lack of timely response to an alarm, albeit a false one. I wrote
expecting a response and I still do expect a response.
Thank you for your attention to these two matters. I look forward to hearing from
you soon.
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Darrell E. Tilleskjor
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Dwight Johnson, City Manager
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October 24, 1995
Public Safety Director
Plymouth Public Safety Department
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
Gentlemen:
On October 9 we inadvertently coded in a false alarm on our security system
which necessitated a response by your Public Safety personnel. According to -the
letter we received, copies attached, the alarm was triggered at 6:56 a.m. We were
roused from our sleep between 7:20 and 7:30 a.m. We had time to go down the
stairs, let the dog out, let the dog back in, go back upstairs, and fall sound asleep
before the police knocked on our door to see if everything was all right. I shudder
to think what could have happened to us if the alarm had been a true duress signal!
That long of a response time makes me question the value of having a security
system at all. It is not only our personal property which we are attempting to
protect, it is our personal safety as well! In these days of increasing personal
violence we do not feel as secure now as we did before the false alarm was sent.
Having said all of this, I do want to advise you that the two police officers who
came to the door conducted themselves very professionally and friendly. The
questions they asked were appropriate to the situation.
I would appreciate any comments that you have on the above.
Erielowd is a completed Police Alarm User Permit Application, as requested in the
corresP onaence we receive.
Sincerely,
Darrell E. Tilleskjor
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Joy Tierney, Mayor
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, NIN 55447
Dear Mayor Tierney:
On behalf of all involved iwith TEENS ALONE, I want to thank you and the members of the
Plymouth City Council for approving our request for 52,000.
Please convey our thanks to members of the Council. We appreciate your continued support
as work together to meet the needs of homeless and runaway youth, those at -risk, and their
families in the Plymouth community.
Sincerely,
k .rrie Blevins
Coordinator
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January 10, 1996
Joy Tierney, Mayor
City of Plymouth
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
Dear Ms. Tierney:
I appreciated the opportunity to take part in the group
interview for commission and board positions on Monday evening. I
agree that it was good to see that many qualified people are
interested in working on community matters. As I have indicated,
my main interest in community involvement at this time is to serve
on the Human Rights Commission. While the experience would be new
to me, I believe I have good background knowledge and an open
attitude which would help me to serve well on the commission.
Thank you again for considering my application. I have not
obtained the addresses of the council members, Tim Wold, Ginny
Black and Christian Price, but I certainly appreciate their part in
the interview as well. Finally, I would be very happy to provide
whatever assistance I can if chosen to serve on the commission.
Sincerely,
Laura Statz
DATE: January 11, 1996
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Dwight Johnson
SUBJECT: Summary of Events of last two weeks
(For new councilmembers, this is a brief report I make about various activities several
times a month that do not necessarily relate to immediate items on our official Council
agendas.)
Ice Arena/Swim Facilities. School District 284's $24 million bid package was opened
this week and the bids were reasonably good. The School finance director tells me that
the District should be in position to approve a partnership with us on swimming pool
facilities. They have $1.5 million earmarked from last year's bond referendum for a
swimming pool. The School Board will meet next Tuesday night and plans to indicate
their approval of a partnership with us on the pools.
The architects are already putting together concepts for site plans and met with our staff
and Life Time Fitness this morning. More meetings are planned for next week. Roger
Knutson is still working on the draft of an actual agreement with Life Time, but is not
yet done. When he is done, we will call our subcommittee together to review it.
Finally, West Health continues to court Life Time and still has hopes Life Time will
switch sites and move to their campus. Life Time indicates that both offers are
interesting, but that they are farther down the road with the City.
Board and Commission Interviews were held Monday evening. About 28 interviews
were held. A new format was used, in which the applicants came in about three groups
of up to ten people. Each applicant was then given about three minutes to state their
interest and qualifications with time for a question or two. Staff believes this format
worked reasonably well. The appointments will be on the January 23 agenda.
Labor agreements. This week, we reached a bargaining table agreement with the
maintenance workers for a two year agreement. The union was scheduled to vote on it
tonight (Thursday) but it has been postponed because of the snowstorm kept the plow
drivers up last night. The vote will now be next week. I previously reported a
settlement with the Clerical/Technical/Professional employees which has been ratified
unanimously by that group. Both contracts will be coming forward to the Council for
approval on January 23 or February 7. No mediation was needed for these contracts or
for the previously settled Sergeants agreement. The police arbitration case will be held
on January 23, with the result coming perhaps 30 days later. No recent settlements for
police have exceeded 3.2 %.
Medina officials met with staff last Friday. We compared notes about the Elm Creek
Sewer and we agreed to keep them informed and on our mailing list for our Northwest
Plymouth planning efforts. We agree the our future sewer needs are closely tied
together.
The Senior Center needs analysis authorized by the Council several months ago is now
being drafted and should be ready within a few weeks. The task force has met about
five times so far and has developed interested demographic, financial, and operating
data regarding Senior Centers. The task force is in agreement that any future building
for seniors should also be multipurpose in nature.
An Employee Wellness Committee is now underway and is planning a health
assessment project for employees to identify employees with risk factors
(confidentially) and to organize educational efforts to address collective risks found
among our employees.