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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Information Memorandum 04-27-2017CITY OF PLYMOUTH COUNCIL INFO MEMO April 27, 2017 EVENTS / MEETINGS Planning Commission Agenda for May 3rd ........................................................................................ Page 2 Official City Meeting Calendars ......................................................................................................... Page 3 Tentative List of Agenda Items ........................................................................................................... Page 6 CORRESPONDENCE Kids Garage Sale Set for May 7th ....................................................................................................... Page 9 Planned Unit Development Amendment for Inspired Athletics LLC Located at 2155 Niagara Lane North (2017039).......................................................................... Page 10 REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST Pelican BioThermal Awarded United Kingdom's Most Distinguished Business Honor .................. Page 11 DiaMedica Lands Another $2 Million for Urine-Linked Drug, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal ........................................................................................ Page 13 Recalls (and Worries) Mount for Polaris, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal .......................... Page 15 Brine Seen as Possible Solution to Winter Salt Problem, Star Tribune ............................................ Page 17 Page 2 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 6:00 PM Walk with the Mayor Plymouth Creek Center 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kids Garage Sale Plymouth Creek Center 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2017 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE (EQC) MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION (PRAC) MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (HRA) MEETING Medicine Lake Room SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT MEMORIAL DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Financial Plan and Budget Goals Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Lodging Tax and Sexual Predator Ordinance Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Bark in the Park Hilde Performance Center Page 3 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 12:30 PM Northwest Green- way Ribbon Cutting Vicksburg Lane Pedestrian Bridge 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June 2017 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Review future trail projects Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE (EQC) MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION (PRAC) MEETING Plymouth Creek Center 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (HRA) MEETING Medicine Lake Room CHANGES ARE NOTED IN RED 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Music in Plymouth 5K Run/Walk Hilde Performance Center 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Police Body-Worn Cameras Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers Page 4 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 July 2017 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE (EQC) MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (HRA)MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 30 31 INDEPENDENCE DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM Music in Plymouth Hilde Performance Center Page 5 Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items May 9, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Lodging tax •Sexual Predator Ordinance May 9, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Review Cowboy Jack’s Place of Last Drink (POLD) incidents •Consider approval of Final Plat for Meadow Ridge Ponds •Approve Wetland Replacement Plan application for Agora •Approve Wetland Replacement Plan application for Meadow Ridge Ponds •Approve Payment No. 2 and Final for the 2016 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project (16009) •Approve Preliminary Plat, Site Plan, Conditional use Permit and Variances for Home2 Suites by Hilton on property located at 3000 Harbor Lane (Plymouth Hotel Group, LLC-2017019) •Consider denial of Preliminary Plat and variance for “Garland Meadows” to allow the subdivision of a 0.83 acre parcel located at 1415 Garland Lane (Ken Heyda Design LLC - 2017010) •Consider denial of a variance to allow a second accessory building over 120 square feet in area and 28 feet in height for property located at 4130 Juneau Lane (Matthew Dunn - 2017022) May 23, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Financial Plan and budget goals May 23, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Oaths of Office to Police Officers Kasey Beran, Brady Hector, Paul Nystrom, and Brianna Bannon •Update from County Attorney Mike Freeman June 13, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Review future trail projects June 13, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Continued hearing on lodging tax •Announce Music in Plymouth and 5k Run June 27, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Police body-worn cameras June 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Proclaim August 1 as “Night to Unite” July 25, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Announce Kids Fest on August 3 August 8, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Page 6 August 15, Special, 6:00 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Budget and CIP August 22, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Budget and CIP August 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers August 29, Special, 6:00 p.m. Medicine Lake Room (if needed) •Budget and CIP September 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Announce Plymouth on Parade on September 23 •Approve 2018 proposed budget, preliminary general property tax levy, HRA levy and budget hearing date September 26, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers October 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers October 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers November 14, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Budget November 14, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers November 28, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers December 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Public hearing on 2018 budget, general property tax levy, HRA levy, and 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Program •Approve 2018 Target and Trap Shooting License renewal •Approve 2018 Amusement License renewals •Approve 2018 Tobacco License renewals Page 7 Budget Calendar 2018-2019 Biennial Budget Preparation & 5-yr Capital Improvement Plan Date Category Description April 17, 2017 Budget Departments receive budget instruction May 23 at 5:30 p.m. Budget Council Study Session – Financial Plan & Budget Goals April – June 2017 Budget Departments prepare budgets June 2, 2017 Budget Personnel changes submitted to HR June 12, 2017 Budget Budgets submitted to Finance June 26 – July 14, 2017 Budget Department meetings August 4 Budget Council receives budget materials for upcoming meeting August 15 at 6 p.m. Budget & CIP Council study session (Budget & CIP meeting #1) August 22 at 5:30 p.m. Budget & CIP Council Study Session (Budget & CIP meeting #2) Council Regular Session (Financial Overview & Audit Presentation) August 29 at 6 p.m. Budget & CIP Council Study Session (Budget meeting #3) (if needed) September 12, 2017 Budget Council adopts preliminary levies & budget (Budget meeting #4) October 4, 2017 CIP Planning Commission public hearing November 14 at 5:30 p.m. Budget Council Study Session (Budget meeting #5) (If needed) December 12, 2017 Budget & CIP Budget Public Hearing, CIP, Budget & Levy Adoption December 26, 2017 Budget Levy is certified with Hennepin County Page 8 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release April 21, 2017 Contact: Paul Pearson Recreation Supervisor City of Plymouth 763-509-5228 ppearson@plymouthmn.gov Kids Garage Sale set for May 7 Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth will hold a Kids Garage Sale noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at the Plymouth Creek Center, 14800 34th Ave. N. Families have registered for tables to sell items, including children’s toys, clothes and games. There is no cost to browse the merchandise and the sale is open to the public. For more information, call the Plymouth Parks and Recreation Department at 763-509-5200. -30- Page 9 Page 10 PELICAN BIOTHERMAL AWARDED UNITED KINGDOM'S MOST DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS HONOR Apr 21, 2017 / Press Releases Leader in cold chain for pharmaceutical and life sciences wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise - Innovation (MINNEAPOLIS – April 21, 2017) – Pelican BioThermal is pleased to announce the company’s Royal recognition as a winner of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Innovation, the United Kingdom’s most distinguished business awards, which celebrate enterprise excellence. As a Queen’s Awards winner, Pelican BioThermal, which does business in Europe under the name Peli BioThermal, is recognized for its exceptional performance in the innovation award category and as exemplars in its field. The global cold chain leader was awarded for the development of Chronos™ Advance, an innovative range of high performance single-use shipping systems utilizing advanced insulation and phase change materials. “We are delighted to announce Pelican BioThermal is the winner of the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Innovation,” said David Williams, president of Pelican BioThermal. “This is a momentous occasion for the entire company, including the highly skilled engineers involved in the design of our Chronos Advance system, which successfully set new standards within the temperature controlled packaging industry. Pelican BioThermal prides itself on constantly striving for excellence and pushing the boundaries of innovation with pioneering products.” Page 11 To be eligible for consideration, Pelican BioThermal had to meet a range of criteria including presenting an innovation that hasn’t been sold before, show outstanding commercial success as a result of that innovation over two years and demonstrate strong corporate social responsibility. Pelican BioThermal’s award achievement was announced alongside the 2017 list of winners, published to mark the Queen’s birthday today. Accolades are awarded to worthy businesses from a variety of industry sectors and the Queen’s Award is valid for five years. As winners, Pelican BioThermal is invited to attend a Royal reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by Her Majesty The Queen, and will be presented the award at the company site by one of The Queen’s representatives, a Lord-Lieutenant. Visit http://pelicanbiothermal.com to learn more about the wide range of Pelican BioThermal temperature-controlled packaging solutions, including the award-winning Chronos Advance. Pelican BioThermal is a division of Pelican Products, Inc., which is a portfolio company of Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco. About Pelican Products Pelican Products, Inc. is the global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance protective cases, temperature controlled packaging solutions, advanced portable lighting systems and rugged gear for professionals and outdoor enthusiasts. Their products are used by professionals in the most demanding markets including fire safety, law enforcement, defense / military, aerospace, entertainment, industrial and consumer. Pelican™ products are designed and built to last a lifetime. The company operates in 21 countries, with 22 international sales offices and six manufacturing facilities around the globe. In Europe, the company does business under the name Peli Products, S.LU. For more information, visit www.pelican.com or www.behrmancap.com. About Pelican BioThermal Pelican BioThermal LLC offers the widest range of temperature-controlled, thermally-protected packaging and service solutions to the global life sciences industry. The company’s products ensure that delicate biological materials arrive intact and effective, despite exterior environments. Pelican BioThermal is dedicated to developing innovative products designed to fulfil the complex needs of the global life sciences industry. The company’s customers benefit from its extensive expertise in ensuring that temperature stability is maintained throughout the distribution chain. The company also offers a complete portfolio of services and software to support end-to-end temperature-controlled packaging asset management. In Europe, the company does business under the name Peli BioThermal Limited. For more information, visit http://www.pelicanbiothermal.com. All trademarks are registered and/or unregistered trademarks of Pelican Products, Inc., its subsidiaries and/or affiliates and others. Page 12 INDUSTRY NEWS > HEALTH CARE DiaMedica lands another $2 million for urine-linked drug Apr 21, 2017, 2:43pm CDT Katharine Grayson, Senior Reporter at Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Biotech company gets $4M for urine-linked stroke treatment Biotech company DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. has added $2 million to its coffers as it ramps up research and development. The Plymouth-based company, which is developing treatments for stroke and diabetes- linked kidney disease, landed the capital from an undisclosed family office through a private placement. DIAMEDICA Rick Pauls, CEO of DiaMedica DiaMedica will put the capital toward R&D for one of its products as well general corporate purposes, the company said in a news release. DiaMedica is developing a synthetic version of a protein called KLK1, which in China is derived from urine. The company is betting its drug could benefit stroke patients by lengthening the amount of time they can be treated, limiting damage to the body. Page 13 DiaMedica launched in 2000 and moved its headquarters from Canada to the Twin Cities about 10 years later. It initially focused on the diabetes market, but has since changed its focus. It sold a diabetes product and related intellectual property to an undisclosed company in December for $300,000. The company raised a $4 million round of funding last year from Shanghai-based Hermed Capital Healthcare Fund. That capital went toward clinical trials. DiaMedica's stock is publicly traded on the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol DMA and on the U.S.-based OTCQB exchange under the symbol DMCAF. Page 14 INDUSTRY NEWS > MANUFACTURING Recalls (and worries) mount for Polaris Apr 24, 2017, 7:30am CDT Mark Reilly, Manager Editor at Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Polaris Industries Inc. could pay out hundreds of millions of dollars related to a lengthening series of recalls in the past year or so, but dealers worry the company's brand could face an even higher cost. The Star Tribune looks at the impact of recalls on Medina-based Polaris, which in the past two years has issued 12 recalls accounting for 338,800 vehicles. A series of problems has resulted in hundreds of fires, three deaths and dozens of injuries. Nancy Kuehn Polaris CEO Scott Wine Recalls cost the company $132 million last year, and Polaris set aside another $194 million in reserves to cover warranty costs. Page 15 CEO Scott Wine said in the company's annual report that Polaris counts safety and quality among its highest priorities and pledged to do better. But the company also has to shake off an industry-wide slump for some of its key categories, as well as newly aggressive competition. A sign of how Polaris moves forward could come this week, as Wine and other leader meet with shareholders and the company announces its latest quarterly results. Mark Reilly manages daily and weekly coverage at the Business Journal newsroom. Page 16 LOCAL 420307923 Brine seen as possible solution to winter salt problem By micah emmel-duke Star Tribune APRIL 24, 2017 — 9:14PM Those familiar carpets of blue salt crystals could soon be a thing of winters past on Minnesota roads. Instead, expect to see more brine. Liquid anti-icing agents, like salt brine, are the current stars of the winter maintenance world, while granular anti-icing agents — like sand and rock salt — get used more sparingly and for specific purposes, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, academic researchers and environmental consultants. Reducing the rock salt usage is important. A recent study projected that chloride (salt) contamination in some Twin Cities lakes will make them too salty to support native aquatic life by 2050. Experts say MnDOT is taking a step in the right direction by using more brine. "To really oversimplify, if you see an organization where the liquid use is going up and the granular use is going down, that's real progress," said Connie Fortin, president of local environmental firm Fortin Consulting. This past winter in the metro area, MnDOT used four times as much brine as it did the year before and about double its five-year average. MnDOT used more than 3 million gallons of brine statewide this winter, a mark it last reached during the winter of 2012-13 that stretched nearly to May. MnDOT's use of rock salt remained at roughly the five-year average. It's hard to say, though, if the higher brine usage meant crews used less rock salt, because winters come in all shapes and sizes. Page 17 The amount of material used each year can depend on factors that are nearly impossible to measure, like how much packed snow was still on the ground from the last storm or whether a storm started during rush hour. For Steven Lund, state maintenance engineer for MnDOT, the public safety advantages are clear. Just before a storm hits, brine can be applied to keep snow and ice from attaching to pavement. Bonus: Brine is about 75 percent water. Lund said MnDOT operators "don't just go out and blindly distribute product. They want a clean environment because they live in these communities, too." The salinity problem in the state's lakes and rivers isn't solely due to the salt on the highways. Homeowners clearing walks and private vendors clearing parking lots introduce a significant, but difficult to measure, amount of chloride into the environment, and water softeners are also a key factor, according to Brooke Asleson of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Asleson said there's no practical way to remove chloride from water on a large scale. Once it's in, it stays in. It can leave Minnesota's waters eventually, when contaminated water molecules move out into other bodies of water. Lawrence Baker, a research professor in bioproducts and biosystems engineering at the University of Minnesota, said even if we significantly reduce our salt use now, it might be decades before we see decreases in groundwater contamination. The best medicine, according to Baker and Asleson, is keeping the chloride from getting into the environment. How can we reduce salt use? Brine is a good start. Fortin's consulting firm trains winter maintenance personnel to get the same results with less salt, often recommending new technologies that allow for more precise distribution. Why can't we just use more sand? Lund, the MnDOT engineer, said the transportation industry has largely moved away from sand because it clogs ditches and drains and does nothing to break up snow and ice. MnDOT now uses sand only in specific areas — like on shaded hillsides or at crash sites — where an immediate traction boost is needed. Page 18 Asleson and Fortin both pointed to alternative pavements and road materials that could reduce the need for plowing and salting, but they said few local jurisdictions have shown interest. This all raises a tough question: Can modern humans live in winter climates like Minnesota's without having a significant negative impact on the environment? Can we keep our public safety, our drivable roads and our pristine lakes filled with lively fish? These experts all agreed it'll take some work — and lower expectations — but that it seems doable. "There may be times where [authorities] just say, 'Don't drive tomorrow morning; we can't get it off quick enough.' Or 'Drive very slowly; we're trying to do this in an environmentally sensitive way, and it'll take a little longer,' " he said. Fortin said that lowering the level of service isn't viable in our busy culture but that a better option would be to resist increasing the service level. "If I'm in Aitkin, Minnesota, and I can park in a lot that has snow on it, let's keep it that way instead of melting every snowflake," Fortin said. Micah Emmel-Duke is a University of Minnesota student on assignment for the Star Tribune. Page 19