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Council Information Memorandum 03-15-2018
CITY OF PLYMOUTH COUNCIL INFO MEMO March 15, 2018 EVENTS / MEETINGS Planning Commission Agenda for March 21st ..................................................... Page 2 Official City Meeting Calendars .................................................................... Page 3 Tentative List of Agenda Items ..................................................................... Page 6 CORRESPONDENCE Environmental Quality Committee Chair and Vice Chair for 2018 ............................ Page 8 Olympic Gold Medalists from Plymouth Honored ................................................ Page 9 Some Garbage Haulers Offer Organics Recycling in Plymouth ............................... Page 10 Water Main Flushing Set to Begin in Early April ................................................ Page 11 REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST Polaris CEO Talks Trade Wars, Employee Bonuses and Winning Over Adversity, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal .................................... Page 12 ‘Active Adult’ Rentals: Don’t Call It Senior Housing, Finance&Commerce................. Page 14 Whatever Happened to Fridley Mixed-Use Plan, Finance&Commerce...................... Page 19 Will Minnesota’s Worker Shortage Be Eased by Apprenticeships, Finance&Commerce .. Page 22 Page 2 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Healthy Living Fair Plymouth Creek Center 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 31 March 2018 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 MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Medicine Lake Room CANCELLED 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Metro Cities Update and Allen property on Highway 55 Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Industrial/ Redevelopment Study Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers Page 3 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April 2018 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Hennepin County Open Book Meeting Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT CHANGES ARE NOTED IN RED Primavera Plymouth Creek Center 5:30 PM COUNCIL/HRA/Planning Commission MEETING Housing Study/TIF District update/Senior Building Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Medicine Lake Room Primavera Plymouth Creek Center 5:30 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Hotel Licensing 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2018 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 MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Medicine Lake Room SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT MEMORIAL DAY CITY OFFICES CLOSED 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 6:00 PM Walk with the Mayor Plymouth Creek Center 5:00 PM SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Fire Dept. Update Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 10:00 AM Bark in the Park Hilde Performance Center 8:00 AM-12:30 PM Fire Department Waffle Breakfast Fire Station III Page 5 Note: Special Meeting topics have been set by Council; all other topics are tentative. EDA refers to the Economic Development Authority Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items March 27, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Industrial/Redevelopment Study March 27, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Authorize purchase and installation of a new playground at East Medicine Lake Park (PR189003.001) •Consider Sand Companies housing project •Approve catering contracts at the Plymouth Creek Center •Approve purchase of additional tractor for Parks CE-20-500X •Approve Wetland Replacement Plan Application for Wayzata Public Schools New Elementary School – Co. Rd. 101 •Approve 2018 Refuse Hauler Licenses •Approve Hot Mix Asphalt Prices for 2018 •Order and Accept Preliminary Engineering Report, Declare Costs to be Assessed, and Set Assessment Hearing for the 2018 Public Works Mill and Overlay Project (ST189004.001) •Approve acquisition of permanent easement for street, drainage and utility purposes for the State Hwy. 55 Frontage Road Reconstruction Project (13002) •Award Contract 2018 Sanitary Sewer Lining project •Consider Planned Unit Development Amendment to allow a second freestanding sign at 2700 Campus Drive (Eniva Health - 2018005) •Consider Lighting Zone Map Amendments for three City parks (City of Plymouth – 2018006) April 10, Special, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Hotel licensing April 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Utility Rate Study •Consider Rezoning and Preliminary Plat for “The Woods at Taylor Creek” (David Hackenmueller and Tim Hidani – 2017110) April 24, Council, Planning Commission, and HRA Meeting, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Draft Housing Study •Senior Building Cash Flow and Maintenance Schedule •Tax Increment District update April 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers May 8, Special, 5:00 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Fire Department update May 8, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Project hearing on the Kilmer Park Street Reconstruction project (189001.001) May 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Page 6 June 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers June 26, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers July 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers July 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Page 7 Page 8 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 13, 2018 Plymouth Ice Center Contact: Erik Halverson Plymouth Ice Center Manager City of Plymouth 763-509-5251 ehalverson@plymouthmn.gov Olympic gold medalists from Plymouth honored at March 17 reception Plymouth, Minn. – Plymouth residents Dani Cameranesi and Kelly Pannek brought home gold medals from the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang with the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team. A reception welcoming the athletes back to their hometown is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Plymouth Ice Center, 3650 Plymouth Blvd. The public is invited to help celebrate the athletes’ accomplishments and meet or take photos with Cameranesi and Pannek. Plymouth Mayor Kelli Slavik will present a proclamation declaring March 17 as Dani Cameranesi and Kelly Pannek Day in the City of Plymouth. In PyeongChang, Pannek and Cameranesi helped the United States win its first gold medal in women’s hockey in two decades. Pannek played in all five games, registering two assists. Cameranesi recorded three goals and two assists in five games. -30- Page 9 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 14, 2018 Contact: Derek Asche Water Resources Manager City of Plymouth 763-509-5526 dasche@plymouthmn.gov Some garbage haulers offer organics recycling in Plymouth Plymouth, Minn. – Some garbage haulers now offer curbside organics recycling in Plymouth, and, to help reduce waste, residents are encouraged to sign up. Organics recycling is a great way to reduce trash, manage waste responsibly and conserve resources. It involves separately collecting food scraps, nonrecyclable paper and other compostable products to turn into compost. For information about organics recycling and food waste reduction – including resources for meal planning, storage tips and recipes – as well as haulers that offer curbside organics recycling in Plymouth, visit plymouthmn.gov/organics. Help Reduce Food Waste The best option is food waste reduction. It's more beneficial to the environment than recycling because it conserves resources such as the water, labor and fuel needed to grow, produce and distribute food. In Hennepin County, more than 25 percent of trash by weight is comprised of organics – including food scraps and food-soiled paper products. According to Save the Food, a partnership between Ad Council and Natural Resources Defense Council, an average American family of four spends more than $1,500 per year on food it doesn't eat. Across the food production and consumption chain, up to 40 percent of food in the United States never gets eaten. Turn Organics into Compost Organics can be turned into compost – an organic-rich soil amendment that is used to improve soils, prevent soil erosion and runoff, and capture carbon dioxide for climate protection. Plymouth residents may compost materials such as grass, leaves, garden waste, uncooked food and more. For details, visit plymouthmn.gov/compost. Residents may also bring organics to the Hennepin County Recycling Center and Transfer Station, 8100 Jefferson Highway, Brooklyn Park. For details, visit hennepin.us. -30- Page 10 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 14, 2018 Contact: Kevin Mastey Utility Maintenance Supervisor City of Plymouth 763-509-5998 kmastey@plymouthmn.gov Water main flushing set to begin in early April Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth will begin its annual spring water main flushing in early April. The schedule is as follows: •April 9-11: Industrial areas, both sides of I-494, south of Highway 55 •April 9-25: Residential areas west of I-494, except areas along both sides of County Road 47 west of I-494 •April 30 through May 15: Residential areas east of I-494, and areas along both sides of County Road 47 west of I-494 Residents may notice discolored water throughout this time, but it is more likely on days where flushing is nearby. Residents are advised to avoid doing laundry on that day. If water is discolored, residents should let their outdoor water faucet run until the water is clear. To find out which day an area will be flushed, check the map at plymouthmn.gov or call 763-509-5950 after April 2. -30- Page 11 3/8/2018 Polaris CEO Scott Wine talks trade wars, employee bonuses and winning over adversity - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/03/08/polaris-ceo-talks-trade-wars-employee-bonuses-and.html?s=print 1/2 NANCY KUEHN Polaris CEO Scott Wine From the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/03/08/polaris-ceo-talks-trade-wars-employee-bonuses-and.html Polaris CEO talks trade wars, employee bonuses and winning over adversity Mar 8, 2018, 12:55pm CST Polaris Industries Inc.'s CEO Scott Wine spoke with Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money, on Wednesday about a range of issues, from how tariffs would affect the company to what Polaris is doing to stay competitive. Polaris (NYSE: PII) spends about $330 million on aluminum and steel, so Trump's tariffs would mean about a $3 million increase, which Wine said the company could withstand. Polaris doesn't want a trade war, but Wine said it can handle any challenges thrown its way. "We've built a team and we've built a company that can handle a lot of adversity," he told Cramer. FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF BLANDHAUSER@PLYMOUTHMN.GOV MENU Account Page 12 3/8/2018 Polaris CEO Scott Wine talks trade wars, employee bonuses and winning over adversity - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/03/08/polaris-ceo-talks-trade-wars-employee-bonuses-and.html?s=print 2/2 CEO of top snowmobile maker: Innovation sells—we're spending $260 million on it this year from CNBC. The company had a disappointing last quarter, partially because of the lack of snow this winter, he said. Still, employees are benefitting from the company's performance. Last Friday, its 11,000 employees got more than $90 million in bonus checks and ESOP profit-sharing payouts. "They are owners in the company and really they provide the best advice on how we run the company better," Wine said. Looking ahead, Polaris will spend about $260 million on research and development this year, which could ultimately boost sales. "Innovation sells in this industry," he said. Watch the full interview here. Britt Johnsen Staff reporter Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Page 13 3/13/2018 ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/active-adult-rentals-dont-call-it-senior-housing/1/5 Trammell Crow’s 55-plus apartments rising at 5220 Eden Ave. and 5150 Brookside Ave. in Edina will offer a beauty salon among other services targeted to the active adult. (Submitted image: ESG Architects) ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing By: Brian Martucci March 12, 2018 6:50 am 0 Is a full-service beauty salon the face of the coming “active adult” rental housing surge in the Twin Cities? Largely absent from the millennial-friendly communities that the active adult category mimics, the salon is a major selling point for Trammell Crow’s 55-plus community rising at 5220 Eden Ave. and 5150 Brookside Ave. in Edina. Though it won’t have full spa facilities, third-party services may offer spa-like services there, said Mary Lucas, Page 14 3/13/2018 ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/active-adult-rentals-dont-call-it-senior-housing/2/5 Trammell Crow Co. will build anamenity deck and a park into its HighStreet Residential project on part ofthe parking lot in front of RidgedaleCenter’s J.C. Penney store inMinnetonka. The project is aimed atthe age 55-plus demographic.(Submitted image: ESG Architects) development and investment associate at Trammell Crow’s Midwest office, in Oak Brook, Illinois. Developed by Trammell Crow’s High Street Residential division, the 165- unit Edina property is the leading edge of a wave of upscale 55-plus communities in the metro. It’s one of several proposed or under- construction projects designed by Minneapolis-based ESG Architecture & Design, the architect of record for the Midwest Business Unit of Dallas- based Trammell Crow. A leasing office and full kitchen/bathroom model will be ready by late summer 2018 at a location near the Edina site, said Lucas. Another Trammell Crow proposal, for a 168-unit development at Ridgedale Center, is wending through the Minnetonka approval process. Elsewhere in the Twin Cities, Trammell Crow received approval last year for a traffic study around a proposed 150- to 164-unit active adult development on three vacant lots owned by the city of Mendota Heights, according to city council records. The status of that project is unclear, and company representatives declined to discuss. Just don’t call these new active adult developments “senior housing.” Developers like Trammell Crow and Charleston, South Carolina-based Greystar, whose Overture unit operates more than a dozen such active adult communities across the Sun Belt, take pains to contrast the product with traditional senior housing. In the Twin Cities and elsewhere in the Midwest, the defining characteristic of the latest crop of active adult housing is the absence of on-site continuum of care facilities. Traditional senior communities cater to an older, frailer population and offer independent living, assisted living and memory care for the later stages of aging on the same property. Developers of properties branded as “active adult” might also operate continuum-of-care properties elsewhere, said Mary Bujold, president of Maxfield Research, but true active adult communities are discrete. They’re often difficult to distinguish from market-rate, non-age-restricted housing. Newer active adult communities, including Trammell Crow’s Twin Cities projects, cater to affluent, independent and age 55-plus people in established bedroom communities, said Aaron Roseth, president of ESG Architecture & Design. Page 15 3/13/2018 ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/active-adult-rentals-dont-call-it-senior-housing/3/5 Whereas traditional senior housing attracts residents in their early to mid-80s, who typically move at the urging of their adult children, the archetypal active adult resident is in her early 70s. She rents by choice, has strong ties to the local community, and does not want to live down the hall from noisy 20-somethings. “Edina is a home run because it’s an affluent community with a strong identity,” said Roseth. “Longtime residents who’ve raised their kids there are certainly willing to downsize and free up family housing for the next generation, but they’re able to live completely independently and don’t necessarily want to leave town.” More amenities, less supervision Active adult communities are more amenity-rich than market-rate, non-age-restricted apartment communities, said Roseth, though there’s plenty of overlap. Both product types typically feature pools, pet areas, barbecue grills, outdoor decks, fitness rooms, BYOB bars and ample common space. Finance & Commerce reported last November that Trammell Crow’s Edina property would have a fire pit, yoga studio, business center and club room, among other amenities. Active adult communities with 160 or 170 units, a typical complex size, have seven to eight full-time employees, compared with three to four at non-age-restricted projects with the same unit count. That’s reflected in their pricing: New Twin Cities active adult communities will likely set rents around $3 per square foot, said Roseth. Local market-rate communities target $2 per square foot, while traditional senior housing commands $4 to $5 per square foot. Unlike traditional senior housing, active adult housing follows an “a la carte” service model, said Lucas. Communities might have three or four scheduled social events per day: cooking classes, happy hours, theater outings. They have full-time activity directors or event planners. Their onsite services, such as the salon and spa at Trammell Crow’s Edina property, go beyond what’s available at non-age-restricted properties. But they lack familiar senior housing amenities, like commercial kitchens with full-time chefs serving regularly scheduled meals. As active people with lives of their own, residents are expected to manage their own time. “Our core demographic is socially active: going to the Y, to book club, out to dinner,” said Roseth. “The amenities [offered by active adult communities] complement and enrich their existing social lives.” Page 16 3/13/2018 ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/active-adult-rentals-dont-call-it-senior-housing/4/5 Marketing an active lifestyle Amenity-rich senior housing isn’t revolutionary. Del Webb pioneered massive, country club-like 55-plus communities across the Sun Belt in the 1970s and 1980s. What’s new is the focus on active living and socialization. “To the extent that there’s been a sea change in this segment, it’s the promotion of a ‘second youth’ lifestyle,” said Bujold of Maxfield Research. This emphasis might one day lead to a lower average resident age in active adult housing. Presently, older adults tend to remain in their family homes for years after their children move out, leaving only when they’re ready for a major lifestyle change, said Bujold. As the active adult rental market heats up, traditional senior housing developers are cozying up to the segment. Marketing materials for Oppidan’s The Pillars of Prospect Park, a 283-unit continuum-of-care community set to begin construction later this year at 22 Malcolm Ave. SE in Minneapolis, emphasize the property’s “active” amenities, like a seventh-floor roof deck with a fire pit, grill, golf simulator and a bean bag toss area. The expected average age in Pillars’ independent living component is 72, said Susan Farr, vice president of business development at Ebenezer, a division of Fairview Health Systems, which will operate the property. But the entire community’s expected average age will be about a decade older, in line with other continuum-of-care properties. Pillars’ emphasis on active, social amenities echoes existing Ebenezer continuum-of-care properties, such as Cherrywood Pointe at Lexington, in Roseville. Cherrywood Pointe at Lexington, developed by United Properties, is one of the only 55-plus communities anywhere in the Twin Cities with a licensed bar – a step up from BYOB “liquor lockers,” said Farr. Adapting to an uncertain future Active adult apartments resemble non-age-restricted stock: similar square footage, layouts and finishes, with a bit more storage space for residents who have downsized. The biggest difference is renter density. Single occupancy is more common in the active adult segment, regardless of configuration, said Roseth. “You can basically plan for at least one renter per bedroom in [non-age-restricted] market-rate communities,” he said. In active adult communities, “renters often keep a spare bedroom for visiting kids, grandkids, friends.” Page 17 3/13/2018 ‘Active adult’ rentals: Don’t call it senior housing – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/active-adult-rentals-dont-call-it-senior-housing/5/5 Parking allowances follow suit. In suburban market-rate developments, 1.5 parking spaces per unit is typical. In active 55-plus communities, 1.2 to 1.3 spaces will be enough. Many units have just one car, said Roseth, and some residents don’t drive at all. ESG designs active adult units and common areas with a range of future users in mind. Display kitchens, originally built to accommodate smaller-scale social cooking and classes, feature powerful exhaust hoods capable of supporting cafeteria operations. Should early residents choose to age in place, rather than move on to traditional senior housing, they’ll eventually need onsite food service. By the same token, should demand for age-restricted housing lessen, community designs are “adaptable enough to accommodate conversion to non-age-restricted market-rate [housing] with fairly subtle finish changes,” said Roseth. But that’s not likely to happen in the short term. About 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age every day, according to Pew Research, driving intense and sustained developer interest in the active adult segment. Boomers are more active, discerning and – perhaps most importantly – healthier than previous generations, meaning they’re likely to live longer. “Baby boomers will be aging for the next 20 years or longer,” said Lucas. Related Trammell Crow set to start senior apartments in Edina Apartment developers target Ridgedale Center Tagged with: EDINAEDINA GREYSTARGREYSTAR MAXFIELD RESEARCHMAXFIELD RESEARCH MINNETONKAMINNETONKA TRAMMELL CROWTRAMMELL CROW Copyright © 2018 Finance and Commerce | Suite 2300, Campbell Mithun Tower, 222 South Ninth Street,Minneapolis, MN 55402 | (612) 333-4244 Page 18 3/14/2018 Whatever happened to Fridley mixed-use plan? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/whatever-happened-to-fridley-mixed-use-plan/1/3 Duluth, Georgia-based Curtis 1000 will consolidate several of its Twin Cities locations into a 250,000-square-foot warehouse Industrial Equities is building at 5601 E. River Road in Fridley. (Submitted rendering: Industrial Equities) Whatever happened to Fridley mixed-use plan? By: Matt M. Johnson March 12, 2018 5:31 pm 0 Editor’s note: The “Whatever happened to” feature, which appears occasionally, dusts off proposals and projects we haven’t heard about for some time. Page 19 3/14/2018 Whatever happened to Fridley mixed-use plan? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/whatever-happened-to-fridley-mixed-use-plan/2/3 A 27-acre parcel at 5601 E. RiverRoad in Fridley, which was onceconsidered a good location for officesand housing, will be the site of twoindustrial warehouse buildings byNovember. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz) A 27-acre Fridley redevelopment site once destined for housing, office and industrial space is on its way to becoming the site of two massive warehouses. Five years ago, the city approved a plan by Minneapolis-based Industrial Equities to build a transit-oriented, mixed- use campus including a 134,192-square-foot high-tech industrial complex, a 130-unit apartment or assisted-living building, and up to 400,000 square feet of office space at 5601 E. River Road. The site is about a half-mile south of the Fridley Northstar commuter rail line station and is in the northwest quadrant of Interstate 694 and University Avenue Southeast. But a shift in the market and interest from a potential warehouse tenant has Industrial Equities changing its plan. The company is dropping the housing and office space components after finding no interest in those uses, despite years of marketing to potential tenants including car dealerships, big-box retailers, and TCF and Wells Fargo, according to city documents. Housing, in particular, was a poor fit. Industrial Equities approached numerous developers, said Industrial Equities CEO John Allen, and got the same answer from all of them. “They just did not see a residential component working on this site,” he said in an interview Monday. Instead, Industrial Equities plans to build a 250,000-square-foot office warehouse for Curtis 1000, a Duluth, Georgia-based direct mail marketing company. The company plans to consolidate several Twin Cities locations and will bring 300 employees to the area, Allen said. Industrial Equities also will build a second, 156,000-square-foot warehouse on the property. The developer is currently in discussions with a potential tenant, Allen said. The two buildings together will be called the Fridley Interstate Park of Commerce. Construction will start around April 1. The buildings will be complete in November. Industrial Equities purchased the property in 2013 for $1.375 million. It was previously the site of a 450,000-square- foot warehouse and production facility built in 1969, according to city documents. That building has since been Page 20 3/14/2018 Whatever happened to Fridley mixed-use plan? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/whatever-happened-to-fridley-mixed-use-plan/3/3 demolished. The newest project received its first approvals on Feb. 21, when the Fridley Planning Commission approved a recommendation to rezone the property for heavy industrial use, and to remove transit-oriented development zoning. The property is currently zoned as a shopping district. The City Council was scheduled take up the matter on Monday night. Industrial Equities has already developed other warehouse projects in Fridley, including a two-building, 202,808- square foot Fridley Interstate Rail Distribution Center at 5110 Main St., and the 87,600-square-foot North Park Business Center at 350 73rd Ave. The warehouses planned for the East River Road site will be required to have road-facing facades that have their profiles broken up by architectural details, said Julie Jones, Fridley’s planning manager. This “façade articulation” will help the buildings blend better with surrounding properties including restaurants, a Home Depot and other retail. Industrial Equities purchased the long-vacant East River Road site after Jerry Trooien’s JLT Group lost it to receivership, according to Finance & Commerce archives. Trooien paid $10.3 million for the property in 2002, but his plans for a retail center never materialized. Related: Just Sold: Developer John Allen buys Trooien’s former site in Fridley Copyright © 2018 Finance and Commerce | Suite 2300, Campbell Mithun Tower, 222 South Ninth Street,Minneapolis, MN 55402 | (612) 333-4244 Page 21 3/14/2018 Will Minnesota’s worker shortage be eased by apprenticeships? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/will-apprenticeships-ease-worker-shortage/1/4 “I do what I love to do at work and they pay me for it and they give me great benefits,” said Dionte Henley, a first-year apprentice with Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 who works at Maplewood-based MG McGrath Architectural Surfaces. (Submitted photo) Will Minnesota’s worker shortage be eased by apprenticeships? By: Todd Nelson March 13, 2018 1:50 pm 0 With Minnesota facing a projected shortage of 400,000 workers by 2024, state officials, industry advocates and employers attending the state’s first Apprenticeship Summit touted the benefits of “earn while you learn” programs to develop the next generation of skilled employees. Page 22 3/14/2018 Will Minnesota’s worker shortage be eased by apprenticeships? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/will-apprenticeships-ease-worker-shortage/2/4 About 450 people attendedMinnesota’s first ApprenticeshipSummit, where state officials,industry advocates and employerstouted the benefits of “earn whileyou learn” programs to develop thenext generation of skilled employees.(Staff photo: Bill Klotz) The most compelling case for Apprenticeship Minnesota — the state Department of Labor and Industry’s registered apprenticeship program — may have come from participants themselves. A handful of active apprentices drew a standing ovation from the 450 people who crowded into the summit last week at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center. “I do what I love to do at work and they pay me for it and they give me great benefits,” said Dionte Henley, a first-year apprentice with the Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 who works at Maplewood-based MG McGrath Architectural Surfaces. Said Grace Bauman, a third-year apprentice with Iron Workers Local 512: “With the competitive wages I’m paid and the phenomenal benefits I receive, it’s made me a much more independent person.” “It’s an education that’s nationally recognized and you can take it wherever you go,” said Tiffany Schlueter, a journey worker Class A machine operator at Fridley-based Ajax Metal Forming Solutions. “Before this [I spent] 15 years in retail, and I would never go back — not for a second.” More than 11,400 apprentices were working in Minnesota in February, Apprenticeship Minnesota Director John Aiken said in a recent interview. Nearly 90 percent of apprentices work in construction, he said. To expand apprenticeship opportunities and help employers diversify their workforces, the Department of Labor & Industry is relying on $6.7 million in U.S. Department of Labor grants. The largest grant, $5 million over five years, supports the Minnesota Apprenticeship Initiative. The program offers seed money to help employers offset the cost of developing registered apprenticeship programs. Its goal is to train 1,000 new apprentices in the high-demand industries of advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care service, information technology and transportation. Another new program, the Minnesota APEX Initiative, is creating pre-apprenticeship opportunities in construction for women, minorities and veterans, Aiken said in the interview. Women, minorities and veterans represent about 7 percent, 20 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively, of apprentices although their numbers have doubled since 2010. Apprenticeship programs benefit employers and workers alike, Aiken told the summit audience. “For the employer, [it’s] a strategic advantage to recruit, train and retain top talent,” Aiken said. “For the worker, [it’s] an opportunity Page 23 3/14/2018 Will Minnesota’s worker shortage be eased by apprenticeships? – Finance & Commerce https://finance-commerce.com/2018/03/will-apprenticeships-ease-worker-shortage/3/4 to earn while learning a valuable trade and a credential and a pathway to a promising career.” Retirements among Minnesota’s aging population will contribute to a projected workforce shortage of 400,000 jobs in 2024, Allison Liuzzi, a research scientist at the St. Paul-based Wilder Foundation, said at the summit. Residents age 65 or older will account for at least 20 percent of the population in 59 of the state’s 87 counties in 2020 and 80 of 87 in 2030, she said. Two-thirds of job openings by 2024 will require education beyond high school. That education could be training, licensing or a credential but not necessarily college, Liuzzi said. The only segment of Minnesota’s population that is growing, she said, is the number of people of color, which has increased 20 percent since 2010. Sharp gaps in high school graduation rates and employment between whites and populations of color aren’t good news, Liuzzi said. “But it also points to an opportunity to ‘home-grow’ a workforce, to make more investments, to make sure that everybody is benefiting from the strong economy that we’ve grown here in Minnesota,” she said. The registered apprenticeship program is “crucial” to developing service technicians at the Plymouth location of Bühler Inc., the Switzerland-based global provider of grain milling and other food processing equipment, said Raphael Luchs, a business development manager at Buhler and summit workshop presenter. Apprentices in Bühler’s three-year apprenticeship program, launched in 2012 with Dunwoody College of Technology, receive benefits and paychecks while they’re working and attending class, Luchs said. The company pays for college courses and the apprentices receive an associate’s degree and a journey worker card upon completion, he said. Other departments often compete to hire the service technician apprentices. “It’s a success from all perspectives,” Luchs said of the Bühler program. “The customers like it; they’re happy. We are happy; we have engaged, motivated employees. And our apprentices are happy because they get all the benefits, they have no debt, and they’re very motivated.” Correction: The original version of this post misspelled the last name of John Aiken in the first reference to him. The post has been updated. Like this article? Gain access to all of our great content with a month-to-month subscription. 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