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Home My WebLink AboutCouncil Information Memorandum 03-29-2018CITY OF PLYMOUTH COUNCIL INFO MEMO March 29, 2018 EVENTS / MEETINGS Planning Commission Agenda for April 4th ....................................................... Page 2 Official City Meeting Calendars .................................................................... Page 3 Tentative List of Agenda Items ..................................................................... Page 6 CORRESPONDENCE Charter Commission Appointment ................................................................. Page 8 Summer Teen Volunteer Program Seeks Applicants .......................................... Page 11 Drop-Off Day Set for April 21st ................................................................... Page 12 Kids Garage Sale Set for May 6th ................................................................ Page 14 REPORTS & OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST High Water Opens Sinkholes, Shifts Foundations in South Minneapolis, StarTribune ..... Page 15 Page 2 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 3 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 5:30 PM COUNCIL/EQC MEETING Organics Recycling Medicine Lake Room 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 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 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 7:00 PM HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING Medicine Lake Room 29 30 June 2018 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 OFFICIAL CITY CALENDAR Phone: 763-509-5000 Fax: 763-509-5060 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers 7:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE MEETING Medicine Lake Room 7:00 PM PARK & REC ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING Plymouth Creek Center 7:00 PM PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Council Chambers SUN TUES MON WED THUR FRI SAT CHANGES ARE NOTED IN RED 7:00 PM REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers Absentee Voting begins for State Primary Election Page 5 Tentative Schedule for City Council Agenda Items 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) •Approve Site Plan Amendment and Conditional Use Permit Amendment for a building addition and parking expansion at Ascension Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 15870 46th Avenue (Wayne A. Jeske Associates, Inc. – 2018008) •Approve Conditional Use Permit to allow an indoor commercial recreation use in the I-1 Zoning District within the existing building located at 3580 Holly Lane (Wesley Herold and Mike Korf – 2018009) •Consider Site Plan for a new elementary school in the Wayzata School District on property located on County Road 101 north of Creekside Hills 2nd Addition (Wold Architects and Engineers – 2018004) •Approve purchase of a new sewer jet •Accept utilities for continual maintenance in Ferndale Terrace (2014011) April 24, Council/Planning Commission/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 •Announce Fire Department Waffle Breakfast on May 6 at Fire Station III 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) •Project and assessment hearing for the 2018 Public Works Mill and Overlay project (ST189004.001) May 22, Council/EQC Meeting, 5:30 p.m. Medicine Lake Room •Organics recycling May 22, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers •Project and assessment hearing for the State Highway 55 frontage road construction project (13002) June 12, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers June 26, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Page 6 July 10, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers July 24, Regular, 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Page 7 Memorandum To: Mayor and Councilmembers From: Sandy Engdahl, City Clerk Date March 27, 2018 Item: Charter Commission Appointment Peter Bartling resigned from the Charter Commission in December 2017. The vacancy was noticed and published in the City’s legal newspaper. David Buonfiglio was recently appointed to the Charter Commission to serve the remainder of Mr. Bartling’s term that expires on September 25, 2019. Attached is the updated Charter Commission roster which consists of 15 members. If you have any questions, please contact me. Attachment Page 8 Officers Anne Andreasen Chair Richard Norman Vice Chair Karl Neset Secretary Name Appointed Term Expires Robert Fandrich 11720 50th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55442 7-17-15 7-17-19 Anne Andreasen 1830 Comstock Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 6-8-07 4-23-19 Karl Neset 2400 Black Oaks Ln. Plymouth, MN 55447 7-1-15 7-1-19 Richard Norman 15015 48th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55446 7-17-15 7-17-19 Thomas E. Murphy Jr. 4810 Orchid Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55446 9-18-98 4-27-19 Christian Preus 17330 Co. Rd. 24 Plymouth, MN 55447 6-19-99 6-19-19 Plymouth Charter Commission Page 9 James G. Willis 16511 26th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 6-19-99 6-23-19 Dharam Bobra 16105 39th Place N. Plymouth, MN 55446 8-25-99 8-25-19 David Buonfiglio 12855 34th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55441 2-13-18 9-25-19 Gregg Fishbein 3660 Xenium Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55441 7-9-09 2-5-20 Jeremy Mauritson 16000 27th Place N. Plymouth, MN 55447 2-5-16 2-5-20 Richard Dunn 17815 4th Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 3-1-04 2-5-20 Matthew Doherty 3940 Zircon Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55446 5-30-13 5-31-21 Steven Hoeft 2720 Queensland Ln. N. Plymouth, MN 55447 8-26-13 6-24-21 Lisa Vertelney 13866 54th Ave. N., Unit 4 Plymouth, MN 55446 8-25-17 6-13-21 City Staff Sandy Engdahl, City Clerk 763-509-5080 Appointments are made by the Hennepin County Chief Judge. Annual meetings are held the second Wednesday in December at 7 p.m. in the Medicine Lake Conference Room. Page 10 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 22, 2018 Contact: Jackie Maas Volunteer Coordinator City of Plymouth 763-509-5230 jmaas@plymouthmn.gov Plymouth Summer Teen Volunteer Program seeks applicants Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth is seeking applicants for the Summer Teen Volunteer Program. Applications are due Friday, April 27. The Summer Teen Volunteer Program is geared toward teenagers ages 14 and older. Volunteers can gain leadership skills and job experience while working with children in summer recreation programs, such as playgrounds, theater, sports, art and more. Applicants may select the programs, locations and times that interest them. Transportation is not provided. After submitting an application, potential volunteers will be interviewed. References will also be called. A mandatory training session is set for 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 13. All teen volunteers must attend. Additional training sessions may be required, depending upon placements. For more information or to apply, call 763-509-5230 or visit plymouthmn.gov/volunteer. Cutline: The City of Plymouth is seeking applicants, ages 14 and older, to work with younger children in the Summer Teen Volunteer Program. Applications are due April 27. -30- Page 11 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 26, 2018 Contact: Derek Asche Water Resources Manager City of Plymouth 763-509-5526 dasche@plymouthmn.gov Plymouth Drop-Off Day set for April 21 Plymouth, Minn. – The annual Drop-Off Day in Plymouth is set for 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at the Plymouth Maintenance Facility, 14900 23rd Ave. N. The event provides an opportunity for residents to get rid of unwanted items, including appliances, electronics, tires, bicycles, bulky items and more. The event is for Plymouth residents only; identification for proof of residency is required. How it Works Drop-Off Day participants are routed into one of two lines – one for disposal items and one for recycling and reusable items. Cost for the disposal line is $20 per vehicle, per trip, while the recycle and reuse line is free. Vehicles should enter on 23rd Avenue from Fernbrook Lane only. The gates will close to all vehicles not in line by 12:30 p.m. No left turns or U-turns. For safety reasons, residents are asked to remain in their vehicles while at the site. Disposal Line ($20): Items accepted in the disposal line include tires, scrap metal, mattresses and box springs, vehicle batteries, electronics, appliances, bulky items, remodeling material and construction debris. Recycle & Reuse Line (Free): Items accepted in the recycle and reuse line include bicycles and bicycle parts, textiles and home goods, paper to shred, light bulbs and household batteries. Textiles and Home Goods Textiles and home goods will be accepted at Drop-Off Day by Simple Recycling, a company that helps reduce landfill waste. All materials donated are graded and sorted based on quality and condition. Top quality materials are resold to local thrift outlets, while “unusable” items are processed for raw materials (insulation, carpet padding, etc.). Items with mold contamination will not be accepted. -More - Page 12 Accepted items include clothing, coats and jackets, shoes and boots, jewelry, purses, hats, toys, pictures, mirrors, blankets, pillows and sleeping bags, drapes and curtains, backpacks, small furniture, tools, silverware, dishes and glasses, and pots and pans. More Information The Plymouth Yard Waste and Recycling Drop-Off sites will be closed April 21. For more information, visit plymouthmn.gov/dropoff. Cutline: Plymouth residents can get rid of electronics, appliances, bicycles, bulky items and more at the annual Drop-Off Day, set for Saturday, April 21 at the Plymouth Maintenance Facility. -30- Page 13 City of Plymouth News Release For Immediate Release March 26, 2018 Contact: Alyssa Pink Recreation Program Coordinator City of Plymouth 763-509-5226 apink@plymouthmn.gov Kids Garage Sale set for May 6 Plymouth, Minn. – The City of Plymouth will hold a Kids Garage Sale noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6 at the Plymouth Creek Center, 14800 34th Ave. N. This “for kids, run by kids” sale provides an opportunity for children ages 6-13 to develop their entrepreneurial spirit. Children may rent tables at the sale to sell items, such as toys, clothes and games. Cost to rent a table is $15 for residents or $20 for non-residents. There is no cost to browse the merchandise and the sale is open to the public. To register, call the Plymouth Parks and Recreation Department at 763-509-5200 or visit plymouthmn.gov/recreation. -30- Page 14 MINNEAPOLIS 477651563 High water opens sinkholes, shifts foundations in south Minneapolis Residents near Lakes Hiawatha, Nokomis demand answers from government agencies. By Eric Roper Star Tribune MARCH 23, 2018 — 10:20AM More than 100 people gathered at Nokomis Community Center Wednesday night to Hear about Nokomis and Hiawatha water issues. People who live around Lake Nokomis and Lake Hiawatha are demanding answers about why water has been inundating their neighborhood, damaging houses, washing out sewer pipes and turning some yards into swamps. Page 15 More than 100 people attended a meeting near Nokomis in south Minneapolis Wednesday night. Many want U.S. Geological Survey scientists to study the problem, akin to its high-profile work examining low water levels at White Bear Lake. “We have collected over 80 addresses that have had sewer line fractures, sinkholes, water in basements, and shifting foundations, with repair costs ranging from $5,000 to $60,000,” said resident Joan Soholt, who has been canvassing areas around Lake Nokomis. Their concerns come amid another simmering debate over whether the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board should stop pumping water from the soggy Hiawatha Golf Course, which would then flood the course and potentially some nearby basements. The course surrounds Lake Hiawatha. A number of residents believe the cause of the problem is buried somewhere in the network of dams and pipes that alter the flow of water through the Minnehaha Creek watershed, which drains Lake Minnetonka, parts of Richfield and the airport through their neighborhood. But watershed officials say there’s a simpler answer: Rain. 2016 was the wettest year on record in the Twin Cities, and the two years before that were among the top 15 wettest. ERIC ROPER Teresa Miller's yard beside Solomon Park in 2016, as the area became inundated with water. “We aren’t just seeing this in Minneapolis,” said Tiffany Schaufler, project and land manager at the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, which operates a Lake Minnetonka dam that controls the flow of water through the creek. “We’re seeing this across our whole watershed where things are still natural [and] there isn’t the human intervention piece.” Page 16 ‘Spring under the house’ Among the more visible changes has been the degradation of Solomon Park, just west of Lake Nokomis. Teresa Miller, who lives alongside the park, has pictures of canoes floating and cattails growing where her lawn once grew. She paid someone to fill it in with dirt, but now it is sinking again and a thick forest of mature trees behind it is toppling over. “I would say we’ve lost probably a third of our backyard,” Miller said. “I cried a lot. And I called. Complained. And no one helped me.” Miller and her neighbors have also had to buy flood insurance after the Federal Emergency Management Agency redrew flood maps to include their properties. For the first time in the two decades Alice Ferdinand has lived in her home, water has seeped through the fireplace and pooled in a basement family room. It also came up from below. “I’ve seen it bubbling up through the floor,” Ferdinand said. “That was the one that amazed me … it’s like there’s a spring under the house.” Sean O’Brien has also watched water seep up into his house. “My only conclusion has to be that the hydrostatic pressure from the water table has risen and it’s now getting to the point where that’s forcing water up through the center of my basement,” said O’Brien, an engineer. At Hope Lutheran Church just south of Lake Nokomis, an elevator shaft filled with 17 inches of water last winter — the first time that’s happened in Charlie Olson’s nearly two decades as property manager. “I would sump it out and then in about two days it would fill right back up,” Olson said. It dropped to eight inches last summer, but hasn’t been problematic this winter, he said. Amy Strabala, who lives near the western shore of Lake Nokomis, has video of her children flying a kite on a field that no longer exists. “That whole area used to be just a grassy area, which is now completely gone to wetland marshland. And at a very aggressive rate,” Strabala said. Page 17 Finding a cause A slew of government agencies has a role in managing water in the area. Representatives of many of them were on hand Wednesday night, including legislators, City Council members, USGS scientists, officials with the state Department of Natural Resources and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and others. The DNR is coordinating the preliminary work. “You have high precipitation in addition to all of those man-made things that have occurred within the watershed,” said Dan Lais, the DNR’s Central Regional Manager. “Is there one that’s contributing more than it used to?” Perry Jones with USGS said this situation is distinct from White Bear Lake because the Minneapolis lakes are interconnected. “It’s very complex as far as the history of what’s gone on down in this area, with rerouting of systems,” Jones said. “Here you’ve got a large, complex watershed to address. So there’s not simple answers.” Jerry Mullin, who presented Wednesday night on behalf of the Lake Hiawatha area, said the problems there are similar to those around Nokomis. He cited sinkholes, settling houses and streets that stay flooded for days. “The common thread is that we have serious groundwater high-water table issues in this part of the watershed,” he said. “And it’s not well understood as to why these problems have arisen in the last five years.” In a letter to the DNR, Rep. Jean Wagenius, DFL-Minneapolis, said heavy rains will become more common due to climate change. She also highlighted a number of infrastructure changes affecting the water flow. “I’ve represented this area for a long time,” Wagenius said. “People are telling me this has never happened before. And I’ve never heard of it before, either. So I trust what I’m hearing.” eric.roper@startribune.com 612-673-1732 StribRoper Page 18