HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Information Memorandum 05-11-2017CITY OF PLYMOUTH
COUNCIL INFO MEMO
May 11, 2017
EVENTS / MEETINGS
Environmental Quality Committee Agenda for May 10th .................................................................. Page 2
Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission Agenda for May 11th ................................................... Page 3
Official City Meeting Calendars ......................................................................................................... Page 4
Tentative List of Agenda Items ........................................................................................................... Page 7
CORRESPONDENCE
Police Recognized for Bravery, Innovation by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association ........... Page 10
Hennepin County Now Offers Online Homesteading ....................................................................... Page 12
Minor Variance for 5144 Black Oaks Court North (2017047) ......................................................... Page 13
REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Deal Struck in Twin Cities Transit Board Break Up, Star Tribune ................................................... Page 14
Hilton Home2Suites is Latest Hotel Drawn to Plymouth, Finance & Commerce ............................ Page 16
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE
AGENDA
May 10, 2017
WHERE: MEDICINE LAKE ROOM
Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Boulevard
Plymouth, MN 55447
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed on the consent agenda* are considered to be routine by the Environmental Quality
Committee and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items
unless a Committee member, or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from
the consent agenda and considered in normal sequence on the agenda.
1.7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER
2.7:00 P.M. PUBLIC FORUM – Individuals may address the Committee about any item
not contained in the regular agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allotted for the Forum.
3.7:15 P.M APPROVAL OF AGENDA - EQC members may add items to the agenda for
discussion purposes or staff direction only. The EQC will not normally take official action
on items added to the agenda.
4.7:20 P.M. CONSENT AGENDA*
A.
B.
Approve April 12, 2017 EQC Meeting Minutes (Asche)
Approve DRAFT 2016 Solid Waste Annual Report (Asche)
5.7:30 P.M. GENERAL BUSINESS
A.Organics Recycling Presentation (Asche)
6.REPORTS AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS
A.
7.FUTURE MEETINGS: June 14, 2017
•Organics
•Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
8.8:00 P.M. ADJOURNMENT
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PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY
COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3.OPEN FORUM:
4.PRESENTATIONS (NON-ACTION ITEMS):
4a Volunteer Services Program – Jackie Maas (Volunteer Coordinator)
5.NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/NON ACTION ITEMS):
5a Turfgrass Management – Jerrod Brunelle (Parks & Forestry Manager)
5b Future Trail Gap Projects – Sonya Rippe (Project Coordinator)
5c Draft Capital Improvement Program Review (CIP)
5d 2017 Strategic Plan Update
5e Park Tour
6.COMMISSIONER/STAFF UPDATE
Upcoming Community/Special Events
7.ADJOURNMENT
DATE & TIME: Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Plymouth City Hall, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447
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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
HRA Meeting
Medicine Lake Room
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, Lodging
Tax
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
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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
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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
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Tentative Schedule for
City Council Agenda Items
May 23, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
• Financial Plan and budget goals
• Brief discussion on lodging tax
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
• Public hearing on liquor license violation for The After Midnight Group III, LLC, d/b/a Cowboy
Jacks, 4120 Berkshire Lane North
• Award contract for 2017 Miscellaneous Utility Maintenance and Restoration
• Revise Engineering Guidelines to allow for underground storage and vaults as an approved
surface water treatment option
• Approve application for Refuse Hauler License
• Public Improvement and Special Assessment Hearing for the 2017 Public Works Mill and
Overlay Project (ST179004.001)
• Public Improvement and Special Assessment Hearing and Award Contract for the Schmidt Lake
Road from Peony Lane to Fernbrook Lane Mill and Overlay Project (ST179002.001)
• Approve Site Plan Amendment and Conditional Use Permit Amendment for building expansion
at Meadow Ridge Elementary School at 17905 County Road 47 (Wold Architects and Engineers
– 2017025)
• Approve Comprehensive Plan Amendment for commercial location criteria clarification (City of
Plymouth – 2017034)
• Approve Planned Unit Development Amendment for sports and fitness facility at 2155 Niagara
Lane (Inspired Athletics LLC – 2017039)
• Consider Rezoning, Site Plan, and Conditional Use Permit for Plymouth Memory Care at 18040
Medina Road (MACO Properties, LLC – 2017021)
• Adopt findings of fact for approval of Variance for property located at 4130 Juneau Lane
(Matthew Dunn – 2017022)
• Deny the request for an amendment to the development contract for Fretham Twenty Third
Addition (Lake West Development – 2014035F)
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
• Public hearing on Wine and On-Sale 3.2 Malt Liquor License applications of GC 8028 LLC,
d/b/a Kai & I, 3355 Plymouth Boulevard #180
June 27, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room
• Police body-worn cameras
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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
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
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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
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2017
Contact: Tammy Ward
Public Safety PIO
City of Plymouth
763-509-5163
tward@plymouthmn.gov
Plymouth Police recognized for bravery, innovation by the
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association
Plymouth, Minn. – The Plymouth Police Department, its chief and two officers were recently recognized
for bravery and innovation by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association.
The department took home three awards from the organization’s annual statewide conference,
including the Medal of Honor, Excellence in Innovation and the Richard W. Schaller Award.
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor was presented to Plymouth police officers Quincy Grabau and Steve Larson for their
bravery, tactical knowledge and selfless dedication to public safety during the Feb. 12, 2016 incident in
which they were required to search an apartment complex for a gunman suspected of killing his fiancé
on a busy county road.
The suspect fired at officers and hit Officer Grabau, though his vest stopped the bullet from penetrating.
Both officers returned fire and held their positions, protecting all who live at the apartment, until the
gunman was no longer a threat. Nineteen agencies responded to the incident.
Excellence in Innovation
The Plymouth Police Department was awarded the large-agency Excellence in Innovation Award for its
three-pronged approach – mind, body, spirit – to officer wellness.
“There’s no doubt it’s challenging to be a law enforcement leader right now, but Minnesota’s police
chiefs and their staffs are coming up with forward-thinking solutions to a variety of issues,” said Andy
Skoogman, MCPA Executive Director. “The Chiefs Association designed this award to highlight those
agencies and ideas that are improving public safety, and Plymouth should be proud to be among the
state’s leaders in innovation.” Nominees for the award included other highly regarded police
departments, including Shakopee, Bloomington and Albert Lea.
Richard W. Schaller Award
Plymouth Public Safety Director/Police Chief Mike Goldstein was awarded with the Richard W. Schaller
Award for his “unwavering dedication to improving public safety across the state of Minnesota and his
overall commitment to the MCPA, its membership and the law enforcement profession.”
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The award is given to police chiefs who are active and respected in their communities, and have had a
statewide impact on policing.
“Chief Goldstein is incredibly well respected by his law enforcement peers, community and business and
legislative partners,” said Skoogman. “His candor is refreshing and his ability to network and build
consensus is critical to the association’s positive reputation.”
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The Plymouth Police Department recently received the Excellence in Innovation Award from the
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association. Pictured left to right: Deputy Chief Dan Plekkenpol, Chief Mike
Goldstein, Sgt. Angela Haseman, Officer Amy Goodwin, Officer Steve Thomas, Captain Jeff Swiatkiewicz.
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Plymouth Police officers Steve Larson (left) and Quincy Grabau (center) received the Medal of Honor
from the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association. Plymouth Police Chief Mike Goldstein (right) received
the Richard W. Schaller Award.
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City of Plymouth
News Release
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2017
Contact: Kayla Bromelkamp
Hennepin County Communications
612-348-8536
kayla.bromelkamp@hennepin.us
Hennepin County now offers online homesteading
Plymouth, Minn. – Plymouth homeowners now have the option to apply for homestead tax
classification online. Qualifying for homestead may reduce property taxes.
A process which previously required in-person paperwork, filing for homestead classification online
offers additional flexibility and convenience for residents. Applications can be completed at
hennepin.us/homestead.
Hennepin County uses a secure server with login and password, which allows applicants to track the
status of the application. Information provided is not shared with outside parties.
A valid email address is required to apply, and users will receive email notifications throughout the
process.
How to Qualify
Homeowners may qualify for homestead tax reduction if they own and occupy a home in Plymouth as
their primary residence. Some relatives of the owner may qualify if they live in the owner’s house.
Applications should be completed at the time a homeowner moves into their home. The deadline to
submit homestead applications is Dec. 15 for homeowners who moved in by Dec. 1 of that year.
For assistance, contact Hennepin County at 612-348-3046 or ao.homestead@hennepin.us.
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LOCAL
Deal struck in Twin Cities
transit board break up
By JANET MOORE , STAR TRIBUNE May 08, 2017 - 9:25 PM A local board that contributed more than $1 billion to metro-area transit projects has agreed to dissolve itself — following months of squabbling over the terms of the breakup. The move by the Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) comes after its members reached an agreement over how much Dakota County should be paid in the dissolution. Following negotiations over the weekend, the compromise breakup fee is $21.3 million, according to CTIB Chairman Peter McLaughlin, who is also a Hennepin County commissioner. While the full CTIB board must approve the tentative agreement, the news appears to fend off a forced dissolution that is part of the omnibus transportation bill pending at the Capitol. "This removes any uncertainty about CTIB," McLaughlin said. CTIB raises money mostly through a quarter-cent sales tax for transit that is levied in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka and Washington counties. The board consists of representatives from the counties, as well as the chair of the Metropolitan Council. By dissolving the board, the CTIB counties could legally raise the tax to a half-cent, raising more money for transit projects, including the Southwest and Bottineau light rail lines. Only Hennepin and Ramsey are expected to raise the tax, however. Dakota County voted last year to leave the board by 2019, claiming it contributed more to CTIB's coffers than it received. CTIB moved earlier this year to dissolve itself, but Dakota County said the amount of money it was getting in the breakup wasn't enough. The suburban county initially said it was owed $29.1 million, while the CTIB board said the figure was more like $16.5 million.
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Until a few days ago, a compromise seemed unlikely. McLaughlin said Dakota County called to renew discussions. Part of the tentative agreement involves the Met Council paying $1.4 million in annual operating costs for the Red Line even after the board dissolves. The bus-rapid transit line connects the Mall of America to an Apple Valley transit station. "I think this is a very positive outcome," said Mike Slavik, chairman of the Dakota County board. "We're moving in the right direction." The Dakota County board will consider the deal at its May 23 meeting, he said. Other member counties are expected to vote on the pact as well. In related news, the deadline for companies to submit bids for the $1.9 billion Southwest light-rail civil construction contract was delayed for a third time. The new deadline is June 6. Laura Baenen, spokeswoman for the Southwest project, said the deadline was extended "due to continued intense interest from potential bidders who need more time to complete their bids." She said bids would be awarded in August, with construction on the 14.5-mile line starting in late summer. The contract covers the construction of 29 new bridges for light rail, roadway and freight rail; six pedestrian tunnels and tunnels under Hwy. 62 and in the Kenilworth corridor; 117 retaining walls; a parking ramp, seven surface lots, 15 stations, sidewalks and trails; the modification of seven existing bridges; reconstruction of freight rail tracks; road improvements, and landscaping. It is unclear how much the work will cost. Mark Fuhrmann, Metro Transit's New Starts program director, told CTIB members last week the contract will be "nine places left of the decimal point." The Southwest line could still be derailed by a pending federal lawsuit filed by a Minneapolis nonprofit group that seeks to block the project. It must also win $929 million in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration. Janet Moore • 612-673-7752
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A 102-room Home2Suites by Hilton is slated for 3000 Harbor Lane N. in Plymouth, just a few blocks away from
the Highway 55 and Interstate 494 interchange. (Submitted image: Cities Edge Architects)
Hilton Home2Suites is latest hotel
drawn to Plymouth
By: Clare Kennedy May 11, 2017 7:02 am
Like much of the Twin Cities area, Plymouth is seeing an uptick in hotel construction, and the latest
entrant will be a five-story, 102-room Home2Suites by Hilton.
The hotel is slated for a 9-acre site at 3000 Harbor Lane N., just a few blocks from the Highway 55
and Interstate 494 interchange.
The Plymouth City Council on Monday approved the proposal from Eden Prairie-based Plymouth
Hotel Group LLC, which shares an address with THG Properties. The council OK’d the preliminary
and final plat, site plan, a conditional use permit and variances for the project.
The 62,807-square-foot Home2Suites will go up next to a Comfort Inn constructed in 1980, which
also is owned and operated by THG. The site is in an area that already has a high concentration of
hotel stock. At present, Plymouth has seven hotels, Plymouth Economic Development Manager
Danette Parr said Wednesday in an interview.
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Of those, five are within a mile of 3000 Harbor Lane, not counting the Comfort Inn. Parr said two
more hotels are in the works for the Four Seasons Mall redevelopment project at 4108 Lancaster
Lane N., on the east side of Plymouth.
The placement of the Home2Suites raised some questions at a Planning Commission meeting on
April 19. Planning Commission Chair Marc Anderson described the proposal as “pretty creative.”
“I would not have picked this site for a hotel,” Anderson said. “But as to whether we need another
hotel in this town is not for us to say.”
Parr said recent market studies of Plymouth’s hotel sector have not factored in the three new
entrants, but she doesn’t think the city will have too much hotel stock.
“We have had a need due to our business community. Hotels in our area say they see demand
because of the corporate players we have in med-tech and manufacturing,” Parr said.
Plymouth is home to several major corporations, including Smiths Medical, which recently moved its
Minnesota headquarters from Arden Hills.
Corporate clients are the target audience for the Plymouth Home2Suites, said Alex Timm, who
represented THG at the April meeting. The brand caters to business travelers who are in town for an
extended period of time, according to parent company Hilton Worldwide. Units come with kitchens,
and each location has free Wi-Fi and flexible workspace.
The Plymouth Home2Suites was designed by Cities Edge Architects of Willmar, according to city
documents. Construction on the building will wrap up in spring 2018.
In addition to the Plymouth Comfort Inn, THG has five other hotel properties in its portfolio,
according to its website: a Days Inn in Eagan; a Holiday Inn Express & Suites in New Berlin,
Wisconsin; a newly-opened Home2Suites in Eden Prairie; and two Country Inn & Suites locations,
one in Red Wing and another in St. Paul.
The Plymouth Home2Suites will be THG’s seventh hotel. The company also owns an
office/warehouse building in Lino Lakes.
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