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1984-12-26 CITY OF MOUND MOUND, MINNESOTA AGENDA MOUND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING 7:30 P.M., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1984 COUNCIL CHAMBERS 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Approve Minutes of December 11, 1984 Regular Meeting Pg. 3631-3638 PUBLIC HEARING; Delinquent Utility Bills for December Pg. 3639 PUBLIC HEARING; Proposed Vacation of Alley Abutting and South of 2509 Commerce Blvd. Pg. 3640-3645 Consideration of Purchase Agreements to Sell Lots 34 & 35 Auditor's Subdivision No. 167 Pg. 3646 PUBLIC HEARING; To Consider a Propose Amendment to the City Economic Development Program to Allow for an Acquisition Assistance Program with City Community Development Block Grant Funds Pg. 3647-3652 CASE ~8U-$72; Shirley Hills Elementary School, 2450 Wilshire Blvd. REQUEST:. Sign Permit Pg. 3653-3660 Setting 1985 Sewer Rates - Proposed Increase of $.70 per Month. From $7.00 to $7.70 per month Pg. 3661-3673 Request for Support from City to Develop a Parcel of Land located in Blocks 10, 11, 15 & 16, Whipple Pg. 3674-3677 Comments & Suggestions from Citizens Present Approval of 1985 Dock Program as Proposed and Approved by the Park Commission Pg. 3678-3682 Civil Defense Siren Project Approved in the 1984 Civil Defense Budget. Pg. 3683-3684 Announcement of Openings for the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Appointment of Park & Planning Commissioners for 3 Year Terms Beginning January 1, 1985. Approval of Public Works Uniform Contract for 1985 & 1986 Approval of Purchase of Police Cars Pg. 3685-3686 Pg. 36 87 Pg. 3688-3690 Pg. 3691-3701 Page 3629 17. 18. Purchase of New Insulated Doors for the Fire Station Crawford Door Sales $6,195. Lake Minnetonka Garage Door Co. $6,208. Announcement of Public Ceremony on January 12, 1985, Dedicating the Marker in Mound Bay Park Payment of Bills INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS A. Article on Skip's Outlet B. Letter to Mr. Beadle answering his questions. C. Update on Materials Re: Continental D. Thank You Note from Mr. Ray Cox E. Letter to the Mayor from Hennepin County F. American Legion Gambling Report G. Met Council Review - November 30th H. Update on Joint Salary/Task Study I. Letter from Hennepin County Re: Tuxedo Blvd. & Wilshire Blvd. J. Updates on Water Tower Maintenance K. All-Star Electric Suit Status Report L. Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Agenda & Minutes M. Financial Newsletters: - Springsted - Ehler's & Assoc. - Public Financial Systems N. Minnesota Waste Management Board Newsletter O. Wasteline Newsletter P. Twin Cities Labor Market Information - December Pg. 3702-37 10 Pg. 3711 Pg. 3712 Pg. 3713 Pg. 3714-3718 Pg. 3719-3728 Pg. 3729 Pg. 3730-3731 Pg. 3732 Pg. 3733-3734 Pg. 3735 Pg. 3736 Pg. 3737-3740 Pg. 3741 Pg. 37 42-37 57 Pg. 3758-3759 Pg. 3760-3761 Pg. 3762-3765 Pg. 3766-3771 Pg. 3772-3774 Pg. 3775-3778 Page 3630 248 December 11, 198;4 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL The City Council of Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, met in regular session on December 11, 1984, at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers at 5341Maywood Road, in said City. Those present were: Mayor Bob Polston, Councilmembers Pinky Charon, Phyllis Jessen, Gary Paulsen and Russ Peterson. Also present were: City Manager Jon Elam, City Attorney Curt Pearson, City Clerk Fran Clark, Building Inspector Jan Bertrand, Finance Director Sharon Legg, City Planner Mark Koegler, Prosecuting Attorney Jim Larson and the following interested citizens: Steve Smith, Tom Prokasky, Butch and Sherri Essig, and Robert Beadle. The Mayor opened the meeting and welcomed the people in attendance. MINUTES The Minutes of the November 27, 1984, Regular Meeting were presented for consideration. Peterson moved and Paulsen seconded a motion to approve the Minutes of the November 27, 1984, Regular Meeting, as presented. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING; PROPOSED SIGN ORDINANCE Peterson moved and Paulsen seconded a motion to set January 8, 1985, at 7:30 P.M. as date for a public hearing on the proposed Sign Ordinance. The vote was unanimously in favor. motion carried. PROPOSED ORDINANCE-COVERING TEMPORARY ELECTION SIGNS The City Manager explained that the proposed ordinance covering temporary election signs has come about because of complaints received during the last election. Councilmember Charon asked if this would be incorporated into the new sign ordinance. The City Manager answered yes. Councilmember Paulsen questioned section B.2. which states, "All temporary election signs shall be setback onto private property at least 10 feet from the curb line or if there isn't a curb at least 10 feet'from the surfaced or driven roadway", because B.1. states that no political signs may be locatd in the public right- of-way. Councilmember Paulsen felt that because the right-of- ways differ from street to street that the City might have a real problem enforcing this and making it clear to the residents. The December 11,1984 The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT The Mayor asked if there were any comments or suggestions from the citizens present. Mr. Robert Beadle, 1708 Finch Lane, state that he moved here 6 years ago and he now regrets the move for the following reasons: 1. The dock fees have increased from $25.00 to $65.00. 2. The merchants in town are rude and raise their prices before a sale so that they can make money. He and his wife do not shop in Mound anymore. 3. The taxes have risen and he has a street assessment against his property and he did not want the paved streets. 4. The Police Department was not responsive to his complaints two years ago about a 36 hour party that went on near his home. He has called about a dog that he is · afraid of and they told him to catch the dog and they would pick it up. 5. The phone rates are too high for the service given. He commended the City Manager and the City Council for their efforts in the Contel rate case. He further stated that it is just about getting to the point where he can't afford to live here anymore. The Mayor stated that he felt Mr. Beadle should come in to the City Hall and speak to the Staff about his complaints, some of' which we will be able to help solve. PAYMENT OF BILLS bills were presented for consideration. Charon moved and Jessen seconded a motion to approve the payment of bills as presented on the pre-list, in the amount of $161,597.87, when funds are available. A roll call vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CHAPMAN PLAC~ The City'Manager explained that the City Attorney has now drawn up the Conditional Use Permit for Chapman PIace which was discussed at a previous meeting. The City Attorney stated that there has been one additional to the Permit since it was submitted to the Council and this is as follows. On Page 2, after the third WHEREAS, the following should 252 December 11, 1984 be inserted: "WHEREAS, the Council is following the setback guidelines for R-4 structures, rather than the B-1 setbacks, as Chapman Place is a residential use; and" The City Manager asked Mr. Prokasky if he had seen the resolution and asked if he had any problems with it. Mr. Prokaksy stated yes he has seen the resolution and no he did not have a problem with it. He further stated that he has gotten written approval from the neighbor Mr. McClellan approving the construction. Councilmember Peterson stated that he favored the setback for the Mound Bay Park parking lot side as a 0 setback instead of the 4 feet. Paulsen moved and Charon seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION ~8q-20q RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE DWELLING UNITS IN SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 117, RANGE 24, PID $23-117-2q 14 0009, AT 2670 COMMERCE BOULEVARD, TO BE KNOWN AS CHAPMAN PLACE. .. A roll call vote was B in favor with Councilmembers Jessen and Peterson voting nay. Motion carried. CONTINENTAL PHONE RATE FILING The City Manager went over a memo from Attorney Jim Larson which explained the new filing by Continental Phone for increased rates. Jim Larson was present and explained that the rate refund case which the City of Mound won in District Court is being appealed by the Public Service Commission to the Supreme Court. The Council discussed the costs related to intervening in the new filing. The Mayor suggested that the Jim Larson and Jon Elam go to the various other cities who would be affected by the new rate increase and see if they would consider joining Mound in an intervention and share the costs if it were necessary. The Mayor also suggested that the Council hold a public hearing sometime in January to see if the residents of Mound want the City to continue to spend money fighting Contel's rate increases. No action was'taken. FIRE TRUCK TRANSFER The City Manager explained that it is now time to transfer 25'3 December 11, 1984 $23,413.97 from the Fire Operating Fund to the Fire Capital Outlay Fund for the new pumper fire truck. Peterson moved and Paulsen seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION ~8~-205 RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER $23,q13.97 FROM THE FIRE OPERATING FUND TO THE FIRE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND FOR THE NEW FIRE TRUCK PURCHASE The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. M,S,A, RESOLUTIONS The City Manager explained that the Council needs to pass two resolutions, 1) deleting one road as a M.S.A. Road,(Bradford Lane - from Leslie Road to Monmouth Road, and 2) adding Leslie Road - from Bradford Lane to Manchester Road, Manchester Road - from Leslie Road to Devon Lane, Devon Lane - from Manch'ester Road to Bradford Lane and Bradford Lane - from Devon Lane to Monmouth Road. Charon moved and Paulsen seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION $84-206 RESOLUTION REVOKING MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROADS The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. Paulsen moved and Jessen seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION ~8q-207 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL STATE AID HIGHWAYS The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. SET DATES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS Charon moved and Peterson seconded a motion to set January 8, 198q, at 7:30 P.M. for a public hearing on an application for a Conditional Use Permit for the construction of a 24 foot by 30 foot storage building on Mt. Olive Lutheran Church property at 5218 Bartlett Blvd. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. Charon moved and Jessen seconded a motion to set January 8, 1984, at 7:30 P.M. for a public hearin~ on an application for a Conditional Use Permit for kitchen and restroom expansion at A1 & Alma's Restaurant, 5201 Piper Road (PID ~25-117-24 21 0016/0017). The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. 254 December 11, 1984 BINGO ?ERMITS The City Manager explained that the Bingo Permits for the American Legion, Our Lady of the Lake Church and the Westonka Seniors expired on November 30, 1984. They wish to renew these licenses until February 28, 1985, when the State of Minnesota takes over the licensing of gambling. They have all asked to have the fees waived. Charon moved and Jessen seconded a motion to authorize the issuance of Bingo Permits to the American Legion, Our Lady of the Lake Church and the Westonka Seniors, waiving the fees. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS A. Property Sales Data for Hennepin County. B. Met Council Review - November 9, 1984. C. Hennepin County Solid Waste Report. D. Chamber Waves for December, 1984. E. M.I.S. Report - "Employee Incentives" F. School District Minutes - November 12, 1984. G. Letter Regarding Schedule for Pelican Point Development. H. 1985 and Beyond - The Challenge of Minnesota's Elderly. I. Twin City Labor Market Information - November 1984. J. Tank Restoration Project Letter. K. Letter from Spring Park regarding capacity of MWCC sewage system. L. Memo from Finance Director to City Manager on Water and Sewer Rates for 1985. M. Hennepin County Employment and Economic Development Strategic Issue Memorandum. N. Letter from Curt Pearson regarding Allied Painting and Renovating, Inc. Paulsen moved and Charon seconded a motion to adjourn at 8:05 P.M. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. Fran Clark, City Clerk Jon Elam, City Manager BI'LLS ...... DECEMBER 11, 1984 Earl F Anderson 128.25 Unitog Rental 346.38 Acro-MN 98.18 Von Klug & Assoc 373.50 Butch's Bar Supply 131.55 Wurst, Pearson, Hamitn 2,019.97 Blackowiak & Son 71.50 Water Products 46.44 Holly Bostrom 275.00 Waldor Pump 9,485.00 Bradley Exterminating 40.00 Widmer Bros. 580.50 Cargill Salt 1,226.91 Xerox Corp 82.72 Coast to Coast 96.81 _~endy Anderson 17.O5 Coca Cola Bottling 3OO.18 Custom Fire 63,925.00 City Club Distributing 4,452.05 C.H. Carpenter 92.16 Copy Duplicating Prod 15.OO Clark Oil 1,O12.50 Dependable Services 33.00 Downtown Idea Exchange 89.00 Day Distributing 3,108.40 Dept Prop Tax 59.68 East Side Beverage 3,074.03 Fire Marshall Assn 8.00 Flaherty's Happy Tyme 95.40 Griggs Cooper 1,444.10 Farmers Steel Co. 37.53 Govt Training 10.O0 Firehouse Magazine 26.97 Johnson Bros. Liquor 1,911.53 Griggs Beer 408.70 INC. 18.00 Glenwood Inglewood' 47.25 Lindstrom Cleaning 430.00 Henn Co. Treas 1,048.50 Metro Waste Control 29,986.80 Happy's Potato Chips 102.44 Metro Waste Control 2,103.75 Illies& Sons 380.00 Mound Postmaster 155.OO Island Park Skelly 65.60 Douglas Olson 5.00 N Craig Johnson 3,200.00 Ed Phillips & Sons 1,265.88 Terrence M Johnson 3,600.00 Quality Wine 1,112.40 Kool Kube Ice 42.40 Howard Simar 145.00 Lowell's 306.20 Dennis Tebben 75.71 The Laker 133.54 Allan Wiederholt 90.00 Marina Auto Parts 411.02 Minnegasco 2,O30.14 City of Mound 32.80 Metro Fone. Communlcations 35.40 Mid Central Fire 447.00 Navarre Hdwe 428.22 N.S.P. 4,543.94 Popham Haik 2,235.65 Pepsi Cola/7 UP 331.O9 TOTAL BILLS 161.597.87 Pogreba Distributing 3,912.20 Royal Crown Beverage 68.20 Rustique Decorating 8.34 Rex Distributing 275.00 Suburban Community Services 898.25 Spring Park Car Wash 48.00 SOS Printing 106.85 Swenson Nursery 938.10 Saliterman LTD 1,O70.63 Twin City Home Juice 34.41 Thurk Bros. Chev 155.66 Thorpe Distributing 4,150.51 / Delinquent ~Water and Sewer 12-19-84 22 232 2208 O1 22 232 2355 91 22 235 2401 41 22 235 2460 O1 Ron Anderson Sandra Hanson Zeb Hanson Craig Olson 22 238 4924 72 L. Gudvangen 22 238 4925 41 Doc Bosma 22 238 4933 82 ~ 22 268 5909 41 Richard Janke 22 286 5949 21 Mike Foley 22 292 6033 21 Todd Warner 22 298 2965 62 Ron Anderson 22 310 2630 91 W. J. Lang 22 310 2675 41 22 318 2861 31 22 343 2044 41 22 346 5667 21 22 373 5063 81 New owner Terry Selle Tom Eisler Robert Burlet Robert Brown(broke Contract) Colan Kelly 22 397 2539 93 Ernie Howard(broke contract) 22 397 2549 81 Robert Holz 22 404 5092 01 ?. Neuschwander 11 136 6216 61 Susan Billings $ 83.14 90.74 114.14 112.54 95.42 238.85 2208 Fairview Ln. 2355 Fairview Ln. 2401 Chateau Ln., 2460 Chateau Ln. 4924 Edgewater Dr. 4925 Edgewater Dr. ~...Paid 77.80 5909 Glenwood 90.32 5949 Hawthorne Rd. 54.42 6033 Cherrywood Rd. 56.44 2965 Oaklawn Ln. 178.03 2630 Westedge Blvd. 159,03 2675 Westedge Blvd. 75.90 2861 Pheasant Circle 84.78 2044 Commerce Blvd. 94.80 5667 Bush Rd. 117.68 5063 Woodridge Rd. 112.76 2539 Emerald Dr. 168.14 2549 Emerald Dr. 109.69 6216 Birch Ln. $2328.90 $2114.62 Delinquent.Water and Sewer 12-19-84 22 232 2208 O1 22 232 2355 91 22 235 2401 41 22 235 2460 O1 22 238 4924 72 22 238 4925 41 22 238 4933 82 22 268 5909 41 22 286 5949 21 22 292 6033 21 22 298 2965 62 22 310 2630 91 22 310 2675 41 22 318 2861 31 22 343 2044 41 22 346 5667 21 22 373 5063 81 22 397 2539 93 22 397 2549 81 22 404 5092 O1 11 136 6216 61 $ 83.14 90.74 114.14 112.54 95.42 238.85 78.4O 77.8O 90.32 54.42 56.44 178.03 159.03 75.90 84.78 94.80 117.68 112.76 168.14 135.88 109.69 $2328.90 CITY' OF MOUND Mound, Mi:nnesota CASE 84-369 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED VACATION OF ALLEY ABUTTING. AND TO SOUTH OF 2509 COMMERCE BOULEVARD, LOT 14, GUILFORD'S.REARRANGE- MENT OF LOTS IN MOUND BAY PARK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Mound will meet at the City Hall,' 5341 Maywood R~ad, Mound, Minnesota, at 7:30 P.M. on the 26th day of December, ]984 ., to consider the vacation of an alley abutting and' to the South"of 2509 Commerce Boulevard, Lot 14, Gbilford's Rearrangement of Lots in Mound Bay Park, PID # 23-117-24 11 0026. Such persons as desire to be'heard with reference to the above will .be heard at this meeting. c.r Z Francene C. Clark, C-~ty Clerk McCOMBS-KNUTSON ASSOCIATES, INC. CONSULIIN6 EN$1NEERS i~ LAND SURVF. YORS '- PLAN,';ER$ Reply To: 12200 Indus:rial Park ~ou~eva,d Plymouth, Mir, nesota 55441 (612) B5§-3700 October 17, 1984 Mr. 3on Elam City Manager City of Mound 5341Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Subject: 'City of Mound Lots 34 and 35, Auditior's Subdivision No. 167 and City Alley File #2113, General Dear Oon: As requested, we have reviewed the proposal by a private party to purchase the above City owned lots and also the application for street vacation. I am writing this recommendation under the assumption that this party is the same one requesting the vacation of the alley directly north and adjacent to Lot 34. This same party apparently owns Lot 14, Guilford's Re-Arrangement of Lots in Hound Bay Park, which is adjacent to the alley on the north side. It is our understanding that the City well on these properties has been abandoned and the line to the main in the street has been disconnected. We do not object to either the selling of these two lots or the vacation of the alley except that we would suggest the City retain an access to Lake Langdon from Commerce. The most logical way to accomplish this would be to re- tain all or part of Lot 35 for this purpose. This would leave Lot 34, the vacated alley, and Lot 14 as a combined building site. If the City does not want to retain an access to the lake, then all the City owned property could be released. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Very truly yours, McCOI48S-KNUTSON ASSOCIATES, INC. OC:sj cc: Jan Bertrand MINUTES OF THE MOUND ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOvember 19, 1984 Present were: Vice Chair Liz Jensen; Commissioners Robert Byrnes, William Meyer, Geoff Michael, Thomas Reese, Kenneth Smith and Michael Vargo; Council Representa- tive Pinky Charon; City Manager Jon Elam; City Planner Mark Koegler and Secretary Marjorle Stutsman. Chairman Frank Weiland was absent. Also present wereCouncilmember Gary Paulsen,'Bob.ShertOck of Suburban Lighting and Marlene M. Newton, P.T.O. President, Grandview Middle School. MINUTES The minutes of the October 22, 1984 Planni.ngCommission meeting were presented' for consideration. Reese moved and Byrnes seconded a motion to approve the minutes of the October 22, 1984 Planni'.ng Commission meeting as presented. The vote was unanimously in favor. BOARD OF APPEALS · Case No. 84-3~ Request for vacation of 15 foot wide alley abutting and to the South of 2509 Commerce Boulevard, Lot 14, Guilford's Re-arranagement of Lots in Mound Bay Park - PID # 23-117'24 11 0026 The applicant was not present. Planner Mark Koegler explained that what this is is an advisory public hearing and that Steve Coddon is requesting the'vacation of a 15 foot wide alley and in addition he has also requested to purchase Lots 34 and 35 of Auditor's Sub- division 167 which are presently in City ownership.and previously been used for a well location. In the City Engineer's report~ he states that from an engineering standpoint, they do not find any objection to the sale of the lots nor to the vacation of the alley. They do, however, point Out that the City may wish to consider retaining all or a portion of one of the lots to retain access to Lake Langdon. The City Manager advised that the Council approve the sale of the lots at the November 13th Counc!l meeting. Ne stated that the sale of the lots was a separate issue from the vacation . The Commission discussed that they felt the sale removed their option to accept the Staff's recommendation. The Mapager explained that's only if you want to make a public access and he stated the Council's feeling was that it was a terrible location for an access---at bend in road, there was no parking and the City has more than enough land on Lake Langdon behind the Bank. The lots are being acquired for parking and the alley will be used as a driveway. so you could still get down to the lake. Byrnes stated he has a problem giving up any land City has; like to retain some part of that land for access to the lake. Vargo thought it was not advantageous for purchaser to have the alley through the property; he stated it would be better to trade something off the end of land. The Commission had questions on trading for part of Lot 35, what other accesses there were, what happens to the well and well house structure, etc. (The Health Depart- ment requires the City to pull apparatus out, cement and cap the well. This and the removal of the well house will be done with funds from the sale of this land.) Planning Commission Minutes November 19, 1984 - Page Vargo moved and Smith seconded a motion recommending to the Clty Councll the approval of the vacation of the alley as requested. Byrnes stated that thls is a normal access during the winter months to Lake Langdon for snowmobilers and cross country skiers. Reese and Jensen also think we should retain access to the lake. Also discussed size of the lots and what setbacks were. The vote on the motion was: Charon, Meyer, Smith and Vargo in favor of the vacation; Byrnes, Michael, Reese and Jensen opposed to the vacation.. The vote was tied. After further discussion, the following motion was made: Reese moved and Byrnes seconded a motion moving the Staff recommendation to retain all or Part of Lot 35 for public access to Lake Langdon from Commerce Boulevard. The vote was unanimously in favor. The Cit~. Council will be asked to hold the public hearing in December or January. I Case No. 84-370 Sign Permit for 1730 Commerce Boulevard (Gas Sta'tion) PID # 13-117-24 22 0025 Bob Sherlock of Suburban Lighting Inc. was present. .Planner Mark Koegler stated that very recently the Commission .reviewed bast- .cally the same request for the Getty sign to replace the Gas Hut sign and now Texaco has purchased Getty and wish to place their logo on signs rather than Getty. Their sign is slightly smaller than the existing Getty one and meets the intent of the ordinance draft. The Staff recommends approval of the signage as requested. Reese moved and Meyer seconded the motion to accept the Staff's recommenda- tion and approve the signage as requested. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. This will be on the Council agenda of November 27, 1984. Case No. 84-371 Sign Permit for 1881 Commerce Boulevard (Grandview Middle School) PID 14-117-24 14 0005 Marlene Newton, P.T.O. President, was. present. Planner Mark Koegler stated that Grandview Middle School is requesting a sign which is basically an addition to the sign that they presently have; the proposed sign ts to be a little over 25 square feet in area. It will be on 6 by 6 wooden posts with an unspecified height. In looking at what the sign ordinance draft would'permit, the property where it actually sits.is R-1 and is somewhat of an island; it is surrounded by B-2 and R-4 properties. B-2 permits larger signage than residential zones do; R-1 allows 24 square feet; the B-2 would allow 48 square feet. In reviewing the total, the Staff has recommended the sign be approved as it serves the public purpose and it seems to be basically kind of an isolated zoning pattern so it would be re- commended providing the sign not exceed 10 feet in height. APPLICATION FOR STREET VACATION CITY OF MOUND //171 3/84 CASE NO. _,F¢ FEE $150.00 DATE FILED PID // LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY APPLICANT: LOT I? BLOCK '--' SUBDIVISION ~zut STREET TO BE VACATED ~ta ~ a~7~ ~ ~r~ SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT .~V~~ Residents and owners of property abutting the street to be vacated: (Please attach list. CertiFied mailing list can be obtained from Hennepln County by calling 348-3271) Recommended by Utilities: NSP ~ ; Recommended by City: Public Works~ Minnegasco ~ ; Continental Telephone ~. ; Fire Chief cA-- ; Englneer~.~z;.~.; Police Chief ~-~ ; Cable Systems (~. ; Other Departments go._~ ~ .~ _ ~.~ 1) Planning COmmission Recommendation: Approval of the vacation of the alley as requested. 2) Moved Staff Recommendation to retain all or part of Lot 35 for public access to Lake Langdon 'from Commerce Boulevard. Date Nov. 19, 1984 Public Hearing set for .December 26, 1984 at 7:30 P.M. Council Action Resolution No. Date MOUND 85 9 - 3?&¢O£e~.- ON f · '53 , Minn., ~ 1984 Received of STEVEN CODDON the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, check to be deposited upon acceptance, as earnest money and in part payment of the purchase of property in the 2900 block of Commerce Boulevard situated in the City of Mound, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, and legally described as follows, to-wit: Lots 34 ~ Auditor's Subdivision No. 167 all of which property the undersigned has this day sold to the buyer for the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty (~ Donars, which the buyer agrees to pay in the following manner: Earnest money herein paid ~ ~. cash, on~~ ~^,~-)~0~ ,the date of closing. Subject to performance by the buyer the seller agrees to execute and deliver a Quit Claim Deed conveying only such title as the City of Mound has on the date of closing. The buyer shall pay the real estate taxes due in the year 1985 and any unpaid installments of special assessments payable therewith and thereafter. Seller warrants that real estate taxes due in the year 1985 will be non-homestead classification. Neither the seller nor the seller's agent make any representation or warranty whatsoever concerning the amount of real estate taxes which shall be assessed against the property subsequent to the date of purchase. The delivery of all papers and monies shall be made at the office of Curtis A. Pearson, 1100 First Bank Place West, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. I, the undersigned, owner of the above land, do hereby approve the above agree- ment and the sale thereby made. (SEAL) Mayor (SEAL) City Manager I hereby agree to purchase the said property for the price and upon the terms above mentioned, and subject to all con- ditions herein expressed. (SEAL) Buyer , Minn., , 1984 Received of STEVEN CODDON the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, eheet< to be deposited upon acceptance, as earnest money and in part payment of the purchase of property in the 2900 block of Commerce Boulevard situated in the City of Mound, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, and legally described as follows, to-wit: Lots 34 and 35, Auditor's Subdivision No. 167 all of which property the undersigned has this day sold to the buyer for the sum of Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty ($4,280.00) Dollars, which the buyer agrees to pay in the following manner: Earnest money herein paid $500.00; $1,540.00, cash, on ; and $2,240, cash, on , the date of closing. Subject to performance by the buyer the seller agrees to execute and deliver a Quit Claim Deed conveying only such title as the City of Mound has on the date of closing. The buyer shall pay the real estate taxes due in the year 1985 and any unpaid installments of special assessments payable therewith and thereafter. Seller warrants that real estate taxes due in the year 1985 will be non-homestead classification. Neither the seller nor the seller's agent inake any representation or warranty whatsoever concerning the amount of real estate taxes which shall be assessed against the property subsequent to the date of purchase. The delivery of all papers and monies shall be made at the office of Curtis A. Pearson, 1100 First Bank Place West, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402. I, the undersigned, owner of the above land, do hereby approve the above agree- ment and the sale thereby made. Mayor (SEAL) (SEAL) City Manager I hereby agree to purchase the said property for the price and upon the terms above mentioned, and subject to all con- ditions herein expressed. (SEAL) ~uyer PROPOSED RESOLUTION CASE NO. 8/4-302 RESOLUTION NO.' 8/4- RESOLUTION VACATING CERTAIN ASEMENT FO R--T-H E-C-I t:Y-' ~A -20' FO 0T-WAbKWAY ~' EA S EM E NT--AT" TH E-i~ENT E R-0 F- THE VACATED EXCELSIOR ROAD WHEREAS,-Minnesota Statutes, Section 412.851 provides that the City Council may by resolution vacate any street, alley, public grounds, or public way, or any part thereof, when it appears in the interest of the public to do so, and : WHEREAS, the City of Mound has claimed a~~ easement over the fol- lowing described land: ff ..... ~'~'.'~ ' '~'~-'~ That' part of Excelsior.Road .according to the recorded plat of Seton, Henne- pin County,. Mi_zua~a~--~hl-~~"~'n"'~'H~terly'~xtensions of the nort~th lines of Block 31, said Seton WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on F-~ru~Fy 14,'I'98~, as required by law, and WHEREAS, it has been.determined that good a~ea planning requires that this easement be vacated and that it would be in the public interest to do so NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CO~NClL~F THE C~ITY ~F MOUN'D, MINNESOTA: i. Hereby vacated the ~ easement kaown as Excelsior Road in the plat ~ ~adjacent toLots ~ Block ~, Scion a~--.Lo.~..l..~a~d .18 Block $1.,...Seton from-Wilshire Boulevard north to Cavan public right-of-ways. in nt r st. to r t in ~'"centeF of the right-of-way as af~m~tioned.~, described as That part of ~~[or Road.-accordi~ to the recorded plat of Seton, Hennepin County, N~~' which lies between the easterly extensions of th~ north and-soU~]-~ of Block 31, said S~ton. R~s~ving for publi~purpoSes a~,2'G foot~ay'~'e~ent over, under and across th~ abo~e d-escribe~Excelsior Road,~b~lO¥O0'~ on each side of the center of ~above descrY.bed right-of-way. ~. A certified copy of this resolution shall be prepared by the City " Clerk and shall be a notice of completion of the proceedings and shall be recorded in the office of the County Recorder and/or the Registrar of.Titles as set fort'h in M.S.A. 412.851. December 26, 1984 RESOLUTION NO. 84-210 RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FUNDED IN PROGRAM YEAR X UNDER TITLE I OF TNE HOUSING AND COMMUN- ITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 AS AMENDED WHEREAS, the City of Mound has executed a Joint Cooperation Agreement with Hennepin County establishing participation in the Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant Program; and WHEREAS, the City has developed an amendment to its Economic Development Program funded in Program Year X under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to notice being given, a public hearing was held in accord with Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, on December 26, 1984, at 7:30 P.M. in the Mound City Council Chambers; and WHEREAS, this public hearing was held to obtain views of citizens on the proposed Program amendment entitled "Acquisition Assistance Program" and to provide the citizens the opportunity to comment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mound, Minnesota, does hereby approve an amendment to the Economic Development Program, entitled "Acquisition Assistance Program" (EXHIBIT 'IA"), funded in Program Year X under Title I of the Housing and Community Develop- ment Act of 1974 as amended. The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember Charon and seconded by Councilmember Paulsen. The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative: Charon, Jessen, Paulsen and Po~ston. The following Councilmembers voted in the negative: none. Councilmember Peterson was absent and excused. Mayor Attest: City Clerk HEI inc. VICTORIA, MINNESOTA 55386, U.S.A. · PHONE (612) 443-2500 · TWX 910-578-3961 December 15, 1985 Mr. ·Jon' Elam City Manager City of Mound 5351 Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Dear Mr. Elam, Please accept HEI, inc. request for a $25,000 2% loan with terms of 20 years to.provide partial down payment to urchase the fo Dee's building. ' P rmer Ms. Curr.ently, HEI has committed financinz from the WavzRt~ R,~w & TruSt for $290,000. O0 for a total purchase ~rice of $368~1J~0~-- HEI is leasing part of this facility at this time, and has had a Research Team of six people at this location since April, 1984. We intend to continue Research programs at this facility if the purchase of the property is consummated. Additional uses that HEI intends to utilize this facility for are 1. Storage. 2. Stock of inventory. 3. Final assembly of two new researched products. 4. Service Center for servicing our products. 5- Preliminary operations such as cable preparation, etc. 6. Proto and pre-production processing and assembly research. With the above usages.~ HE! .would be employing primarily assemblies and technician type personnel. Our assembly people would be given training in assembly techniques, soldering skills and testing. Mr. Jon Elam December 14, 1984 Page 2 The estimated timetable for use is to have approximately 8 to 12 persons employed by the May timeframe. Expansion of this work force would be to a maximum of 25 to 30 people by May of 1986. Further parking requirements would be necessary, and satisfactory arrangements for this would allow us to expand to an estimated total employment of 40 to 50 assemblers. Thank you for your help in aiding HEI, inc. in the purchase.of the Ms. Dee building. Sincerely, Robert L. Geib Chairman CITY OF MOUND RESOLUTION #84-210 EXHIBIT "A" ACQUISITION ASSITANCE, PROGRAM As Mound's development efforts have grown, the need for an additional program of economic assistance has developed. In 1983, Mound went through one of its roughest periods of economic adjustment with two of its largest businesses moving from the City and leaving behind large, empty buildings. A new need then developed which includes trying to seek out new businesses to move to Mound to replace the many Jobs that were in existence when these two large businesses closed and left Mound.. i.e. Ms. Dee's - 23 jobs Tonka Toys - 814 jobs They also left behind a total of 422,000 square feet of empty office and manufacturing space. Many different businesses have visited and discussed the availability of this space, but it always seems to come down to what kind of incentives can the City provide to help offset Mound's locational problems. One area is to provide similar assistance to that which has been provided over the last year to retail business, i.e. interest long term loans, but have the assistance directed for space and building acquisition instead of limiting it to building rehabilitation. The first opportunity to utilize this type of effort has been with a corporation called H.E.I., Inc., which is interested 25 in the former Ms. Dee's Building. H.E.I., Inc. is proposing to acquire'this building and establish a research, assembly and storage facility. H.E.I. produces optical readers, optical switches, light pens and integrated hybrid circuits. They are estimating start-up employment will be from 10 to 16 employees. With the complete use of the building, H.E.I. anticipates having approximately 40 employees. In this case, if we could use CDBG funds to assist this company in acquiring the facility, the result wo~ld be a stronger, growing business than the former business and an employment base a good deal larger. In addition, with the building purchase price of $B60,000; a $25,000 - 2% acquisition loan is leveraged 14.4. to 1 and the public cost of each new job created is ~bout $625.00. A cheap price to pay compared to the jobs often generated through the retail part of this program. Similar.ratios of leverage funds vs. jobs generated should be expected in the vacant Tonka space. Most important of all is that the jobs being developed are jobs relating to assembly work and these not only benefit low and moderate income residents, but directly replace the type of jobs which were eliminated in the Ms. Dee's and Tonka closings. 26 Procedurally, the rules and regulations of the existing 2% Program will be applied, with specific targeting as follows: 1. Program will be limited to vacant structures when they are being acquired for permanent permitted business uses. 2. Be targeted to high priority sites, such as the former Ms. Dee's Building and Tonka Toys or any vacant building within the Central Business District (CBD). 3. A high priority of assistance will be provided to those new businesses where a portion of the new jobs that will be developed benefit low and moderate income residents. 4. A financing ratio of private to public assistance will~ be at least 2:1. 5. No loan will have a term longer than twenty (20) years. J 2. 27 CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota CASE NO. 84-372 Planning Commission Agenda of December 10, 1984: Board of Appeals Applicant Case No. 84-372 School District No.' 277 Location: 2450 Wilshire Boulevard Shirley Hills School Legal Desc: Metes & Bounds Desc. of Shirley Principal Robert Hyytinen Hills Unit D; PID 24-117-24 12 0059 2450 Wilsh|re Boulevard Request: Sign Permit Mound, MN. 55364 Zoning District: R-1 Phone: 472-1600 Ext. 320 The applicant is requesting that the fee be waived for their sign request. At the present time, they do not have a drawing of the sign. They do not know the height or location: I woul~ recommend approval of their sign upon the condition that they meet the sign ordinance draft requirements for quasi-public in the R-1 Zoning District. Jan Bertrand Building Official JB/ms MINUTES OF THE MOUND ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING December 10, 1984 Present were: Chairman Frank Weiland; Commissioners Robert Byrnes, Liz Jensen, William Meyer, Geoff Michael, Thomas Reese, Kenneth Smith and Michael Vargo; Council Representative Pinky Charon; City Manager Jon Elam; City Planner Mark Koegler and Secretary Marjorle Stutsman. Also present were the following interested persons: Councilmember Gary Paulsen, Fire Marshal Gerald Babb, Natalie Keintz, Henry Relnitz, Ross NelsQn, Merritt and Daryl Geyen, Scott'Miles,.John Adams, ~Oran Powell, Earl Sween, John Winston, Francis Hagen, Paul Madson and Netl Weber. The Chairman opened the meeting and welcomed those in attendance. MINUTES The minutes of the Planning Commiss'ion.meeting of November 19, 1984 were presented for consideration. Eeese asked that the 3rd paragraph of Case No. 84-369 be cor- rected to read, "...Council'approved the sale..." Reese moved and Jensen seconded a motion to approve the minutes of t--he November 19, 1984 Planning Commission meeting as corrected. The vote was unanimously in favor. BOARD OF APPEALS Case No. 84-372 Sign Permit for Shirley Hills School, 2450 Wilshire Boulevard Metes & Bounds Description, PID # 24-117-24 12 0059 Natalie Keintz was present representing ShiP'ley Hills School. Ms. Keintz explained that they are planning on purchasing a standard 8 by 4 foot sign; enclose it in rough cedar making a permanent sign that you can see from both directions to be used for messages from the School to the public. Letteringi will be enclosed and llt from inside with a white background and black letters. Discussed direction of sign and whether lighting would bother neighbors. It was 'suggested that before installing permanently, they check out to see how it affects neighbors. It was suggested lighting be on a timer. Applicant thought it should be lit all the time to prevent vandalism. Byrnes moved and Charon seconded a motion to approve as long as it meets the sign code draft for quasi-public in the R-1 Zoning District. The Planner stated the applicant should be aware the sign code doesn't permit a 4 X 8 foot sign. It does permit a 4 X 6 foot sign or 24 square feet; not a 32 square foot sign. The applicant stated the standard sized sign seems to be 4 X 8 and they haven't been able to find one that is 4 X 6 feet. Jensen ques~ tioned the total size of sign when cedar added to it. Applicant stated that it comes with aluminium or metal encasing the sign; they are just going to cover the metal with rough cedar. It will be supported by cedar posts. It is a typical sign that comes on a snowmobile trailer. They do have plexiglass in front of it; .she didn't know whether it can be locked; she thought if i't were lit all the time, it would be a deterrent to vandalism. The vote on the motion was all in favor. Motion carried. This will go to the City Council on December 26, 1984. CITY OF HOUND ', Date Fi led APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COHHISSlON (Please type the following information) That part of BIk. 2 lying NEly of Cry. Rd. 125 and SWly Legal Description of Property: of SWI¥ llne of Tract G. R.L.S. No. 7t9 and the extended except street. Addition Shirley Hills Onit D PID No. 24-117-24 12 0059 Applicant (if other than own~er): ~ Name J~ j/~J) L~...v'YL//y//I HOI'"J' J~, J4(' ~]~ / Day Phone'No. ~7~-/~~~ ~ Type of Request: ( ) Variance ( ) Conditional Use Permi~ ( ) Am~ndmen~ ( ) Zoning Interpretation & Review (~) Sign Permit (') ~etland Permit ( ) P.U.D. ( )*Other *if other, specify: ~esent Zoning' District ~-! Existing Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional ~e permit or other zoning procedure for this property? ~ ~ If so, list date(s) of list date(s) of application, action taken and provide Resolution No.(s) Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. I certify that all of the above statements and the statements contained in any required papers or plans to be submitted herewith are true and accurate. I consent to the entry in or upon the premises described in this application by any authorized official of the City of Hound for the purpose of inspecting, or of posting, maintaining and removing such 'Plan~ing Commission Recommendation: To approve $.igq permit request the si~n code draft for quasi'~.publi:c in the R-.1 Zoning District. (4 X 6 Foot sign) Date 12-10-84 Cc il Action: Resolution No. Date APPLICATION .FOR SIGN PERMIT -- CITY OF. MOUND Street' Number City Zip That part of Blk. 2 'lying N~ly of Cry & S~y ot Swly line'o~ Tract G., R.E.~.~39 and the same extended except street. PLAT ~vn5n PARCE~ 2720 ZONING R-I PLEASE DESCRIBE REQUEST ' ' ~ ' SIGN SIZE BEING REQUESTED LENGTH OF TIME SIGN TO BE ERECTED: PERMANENT / TYPE OF SIGN: WALL MOUNT TEMPORARY (Temporary sign not to be for period in excess of two months) PYLON FREE STANDING PORTABLE OTHER Does it'conform to all setback and other requirements relating to the Zoning Ordinance? Is sign for a community organization and does it meet all the standards(Ord. 440)? If additional information is attached, please 'submit 8½" X ll" maximum sized drawings.. 'Recommendation: Approved: City Manager SEC~ICN ~. DISTRICT PJ~GULATIONS 6.01 In addition to those signs permitted in all districts, signs as herein designated shall be penn.itted in each specified district and shall conform as to size, location and character according to the following requirements: Single-family Residential (R-i) (1) Address, Name Plate and/or Identification Signs - One sign not to exceed two (2) square feet in area for each dwelling unit, indicating only name and address. (2) Institutional, Recreation or Quasi-public Signs - One sign or bulletin board ~er street frontage for each permitted or conditional use in said R-'I District. Such sign shall not exceed twenty-four (24) square feet in area, said sign shall not be placed closer than ten (10) feet to any street right-of-way line and shall not exceed ten (10) feet in height. (3) Area Identification Sign - One sign 'not to .exceed twenty-four '(24)- squat,e feet in area for each development district entrance'Provided, however, s aid sign does not exceed six (6) feet in height and be placed within ten (10) feet of any right-of-way. 6.02 Sing'le-family Residential .(R-2) (1) Same regulations as outlined in Section 6.01. 6.03 Two-family Residential (R-3) (1) Same regulations as outlined in Section 6.01. 6.04 Multi-family Residential (R-4)" (Ii Name Plate Signs -'One sign not to exceed two (2) square feet in area for · each sir~le, family detached dwelling or six (6) square feet'in area for each multiple family building. Said name plate sign shall indicate only name and address. L CASE NO. §4-372 RESOLUTION NO. 84- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A SIGN VARIANCE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 277, PID # 24-117-24 12 0059 WHEREAS, Shirley Hills School has requested a sign variancel and WHEREAS, said sign would be erected as a free standing bulletin board at 2450 Wilshire Boulevard and will be 24 square feet in area, setback atleas~ 10 feet f.rom the property line, and less than 10 feet in height as shown on "Exhibit A"; and WHEREAS, said sign would identify the location of Shirley Hills School at 2450 Wilshire Boulevard described as that part of Block 2 lying North- easterly of County Road 125 and Southwesterly of Southwesterly line of Tract G, R. L. S. # 739 and the same extended except street, PID # 24-117-24 12 0059. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mound, Minnesota, does hereby approve the sign variance as requested for 2450 Wilshire Boulevard and described on Exhibit "A".' Alsowaiver'the required application fee as requested by the applicant, P. Robert Hyytinen, Principal. CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND. MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 December 6, 1984 TO: Jon FROM: Sharon RE: Water & Sewer Rates for 1985 · Water Rates: I have done work trying to determine .if we should rai~ present rates from .80/1,000 plus the $3.00 service charge for 'i985. Based on assumptions, we do not have to raise water rates for 1985. We will have an operating loss of about $45,000, which will be partially offset by projected interest earnings of $28,000 (based on 8%) and connection fees of $7,000. The 1985 net loss will be in the area of $10,O00, not enough to worry about. It appears that the Water fund should have a net loss of about $7,250 for 1984. I will monitor this, and at some point should I determine that my assumptions were wrohg, I'll re-examine the situation at that time. Sewer Rates: Once ~gain, the Sewer Fund is losing money. The fund will have a net loss of approximately $55,000 for 1984. I anticipate that 1985 will have a loss of about $123,000 if we do not raise rates. We should decide if and how much we should raise rates for 1985. To break even, we would have to raise rates 30%. I laid out some revenue and expenditure projections with various rates on the attached page. I have not changed the rate structure at all - just increased both the present minimum and charge per 1,O00 gallons. I am suggesting that we raise rates 10% for 1985. If we do, we would have an operating loss of $125,984 and a net loss of $77,937. If we could again raise rates on 1986 by 10%, we would at least begin tO reduce tha amount that we lose each year and still allow us enough cash. There are many factors that can change this pro- jection, of course, but each year we will monitor rates. Also attached is a resolution which should be passed if rates are to be raised. If you would like any additional information, let me know. SEWER FUND PROJECTIONS BASED ON YEARLY, 10% RATE INCREASES REVENUES Customer excl. of Tonka Toys Tonka Toys EXPENSES Personal Services Other Charges Disposal Charges Depreciation iOPERATING GAIN (LOSS) NON-OPERATING REVENUE Tonka Back Charges Interest from Tonka Toys 'Interest from MWCC Interest on Investments Misc NET INCOME (LOSS). CASH BALANCE AT END OF YEAR #Est. Disposal Charges Prior year final cost allocation Net disposal cost PROPOSED PROJECTED ACTUAL ACTUAL 1987 1986 1985 198~ 1983 1982 57.5632 57.5632 523300 475729 432481 382101 398214 125074 43696 523300 47 57 29 432481 50717 5 441910 75630 72028 67951 63738 79414 75632 72030 74316 453318 433880 408397 348990 52000 52227 53335 51840 660362 633767 601713 538884 -84730 -110467 -125984 -106403 93967 70840 58453 65564 396720 303074 52971 52810 602111 492288 -94936 -5037.8 lg0694 8470 10663 12261 13850 15427 16999 18563 281' 52 28514 3119? 25056 19005 18236 3000 3000 3000 3000 127' 07 5157 8 42415 43775 4804? -42315 51953 239405 88377 -66692 -77937 -54450 144469 37999 388158 3556 41 411343 3786 96 2298? 1 136896 402308 383393 315791 -53318 13327 -12717 348990 396720 303074 Rates/quarter Minim~ for first 10,000 gallons Per 1,000 gallons over minimm~ 27.90 25.41 23.10 21.00 18.00 18.00 1.80 1.67 1.52 1.38 1.20 1.20 SEWER FUND PROJECTIONS BASED ON VARIOUS RATE INCREASES FOR 1985 REVENUES Customers EXPENSES Personal Services Other Charges Disposal Charges Depreciation OPERATING GAIN (LOSS) NON-OPERATING REVENUE Tonka Back Charges Interest from Tonka Toys Interest from MWCC Interest on Investments Mist NET. INCOME (LOSS) 30% 15% 5% 0% 562225 497353 454105 432481 67951 67951 67951 67951 72030 72030 72030 72030 408397 408397 408397 408397 53335 53335 53335 53335 601713 601713 601713 601713 -39488 -104360 -147608 -169232 13850 13850 13850 13850 34034 32182 31078 29226 3000 3000 3000 3000 50884 49032 47928 46076 11396 -55328 -99680 -123156 Rates/quarter Minimmu for first 10,000 gallons Per 1,000 gallons over minimun 27.30 24.15 22.00 21.00 1.70 1.60 1.45 1.38 CITY OF M6UND, MINNESOTA WATER AND-SEWER BILLING STATISTICS AS OF DECEMBEE 15, 1983 BUILDINGS ~ingl~ family dwellings 2963 Duplexes 29 Three unit dwe11'ings 3 Fou~ unit dwellings 13 Five to ten unit dwelllngs 2 11-19 unit dwellings 11 20-49 unit dwellings 2 50 units or more 4 Mobile home parks 1 Other.incl. commercial, medical, etc.' 97 3125 Total: qUARTERLY BILLINGS Single Units* Multiple Units (2-4 units) Number Percent N~mber Percent 1043 34.5 6 18.8 1211 40.0 12 37.5 550 18.2 5 15.6 147 4.9 5 i5.6 53 1.8 4 12.5 20 .6 0 3024 100.0 32 * Includes some small businesses lO0.O 2963 58 52 13 148 87 ' 348 15 Consumption 0-10 11-20 · 21-30 31-40 41-5O 51 & over MONTHLY BILLINGS Single Units Multiple Unit Accounts 6 8 5 8 3 3 O 2 O 13 10 24 34 Consumption 0-12 13-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51 & o_ver CITY OF MOUND WASTEWATER FLOW SCHEMATIC 0 Z .r z F_A. HICKOK & H YDJ:K)LC)C~"~S - EN(IBEER~ MINI~ APOLIS - MINI,~SOTA ~ / '? / / ,~;;' I · ' / /'-'~'~( m \ I / ~ ....... ~ - ] ~o-,, -~\ ,,./ / /~.- ....~'~.?,, ~:~-x ~ ~, / z~,-n / ~ \r --~, I "' I It'-_.(/ ./ oz. r I --_ )v, r,.-, \ -- / I_-aL~-/ ~ o. - -, // / I --~ ' / / ~~ I / · / I ' . , ,' I 545 Indian Mound Wayzata, Minnesota 55391 (612) 473-4224 December 20, 1984 Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager City of Mound 5341Maywood Road Mound, MinnesOta 55364 Re: Mound Sewer Charge Analysis Dear Jon: At your request, we have prepared this chronology of events regarding our investigation of MWCC's sewer charges to the City of Mound. A summary of all meetings, field work, telephone conversations, and correspondence regarding this project are listed by date and follow: June 29 Meeting with Mike Kloss and Ray Odde of MWCC; John Lichter and Kirby Van Note of Hickok and Associates; and Jon Elam, Greg Skinner and Sharon Legg with the City of Mound to discuss the discrepencies in MWCC flow records with the water records from the City of Mound. After a lengthy discussion concerning the accuracy of the MWCC flow meters, Ray Odde agreed to calibrate MWCC's metering equipment which included the following: 1) Performing drawdown test at each lift station. 2) Checking the accuracy of the recorder units (hour clocks) of each lift station. 3) Check the calibration of the magnetic flow meter at the old Mound Sewage Treatment Plant. July 11 MWCC performed drawdown tests at the following lift stations: and Hal stead Bay, Jennings Bay, L-51 (Minnetrista), L-50 (Enchanted July 12 Iscano) and Shorewood #15. Each pump was checked but only one or two tests were performed on each and none of the lift station drawdown tests were performed with both pumps running. Due to the fluctuating flow rate entering the Enchanted Island, it was difficult to run an accurate test at this station. Larry Schuler from MWCC who was undertaking the test agreed the upstream line should be plugged and the test should be re-done. To our knowledge, this was never done. None of the hour clocks were checked only the drawdowns were performed. In addition, a drawdown test was not undertaken at the Spring Park lift station. Eugene Al Hicko~.; and Associates, Inc Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager December 20, 1984 Page Two September 18 October 5 October 8 October 11 November 8 December 3 Pace Laboratories performed a calibration test on the magnetic flow meter at the Mound Sewage Treatment Plant. Pace used fluorometrics which consisted of injecting fluorescent dye into the force main just beyond the magnetic flow meter at a known rate and concentration. The amount of dilution of the dye in the sewer is a function of the flow rate thus samples obtained after the dye has been diluted in sewer makes it possible to determine the flow rate through the force main. Samples were taken at a one minute interval. At this time, Hickok and Associates still had not received the results from the lift station drawdown tests. Mike Kloss of MWCC stated he would forward us a copy of the testing results. Phone conversation with Mike Kloss of MWCC to check on the test results performed by Pace Laboratories. Mike had not received the test results but would check on it and send a copy to the City and to us when the results are received by MWCC. Mike would also send a copy of the lift station drawdown tests which we had still not received. They had not checked the drawdown results with previous information to determine if there are any discrepencies in the pump rates used to determine flow volumes. Ray Odde was making the calculations and checking the test results. Results of the testing on the magnetic flow meter were sent out in a letter from Pace Laboratories. The MWCC metered flow rate was found to be 1.6% higher than the fluorometric flow rate. The difference was within the expected limits of the testing accuracy. Hickok and Associates finally received the results of the lift station drawdown tests from MWCC and no attempt was made to check the pump rates used to calculate MWCC flow metering with the results of the July 11 testing. Phone conversation with Ray Odde of MWCC. Ray was asked about the results of the lift station data and what was to be done about the event recorders (hour clocks) at each lift station. Ray would look at the data and publish results. Phone conversation with Ray Odde of MWCC. Ray had looked at the data and couldn't see any problem on discrepancy in the data. He would mail a letter to the City documenting this. We asked about the hour clocks and his position was they worked or they didn't. There was no concern from Ray that the recorders could run fast or slow. Eugene A. Hickok and Associates, Inc. Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager December 20, 1984 Page Three December 13 December 19 Phone conversation with Ray Odde of MWCC. Ray wanted us to know he was sending a letter to the City stating the testing accomplished this summer indicated his meters were operating properly and were in calibration. He wanted to know if anyone was looking into the discharges from Tonka Toys. We told Ray the results of his testing will determine the way we will proceed on our evaluation. We expressed concern about the down time of the meters and the flow estimates used when the meter is not in calibration. Ray assured us the MWCC uses historical data to estimate flows during these periods. Phone conversation with General Electric who manufactured the lift station event recorders used by the MWCC. General Electric sold the business and a local sales representative for the equipment indicated the hour recorders would not likely run fast or slow. It is difficult to believe any mechanical instrumentation could be free of maintenance problems which does not affect accuracy. We are continuing to investigate this question. We have not received the letter prepared by MWCC as of yet but most of the details are known as per phone conversations {See notes for December 13}. We feel there are still many unresolved questions here that MWCC should respond to. Therefore, we believe it is necessary to once again meet with MWCC officials to resolve some of these concerns and complete the testing they agreed to perform back in June. We will be available to answer any questions or comments at the council meeting on December 26. Si ncerel y, EUGENE A. HICKOK AND ASSOCIATES crs mETROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL commission Twin Cities Area December 17, 1984 METRO/OUARE BLD~, 7TH & ROBERT ITREET! ,AINT PAUl mn 55101 Mr. Jonathon R. Elam, Manager City of F~und 5341 Maywood Ro~d Mound, ~ 55364 Dear Mr. Elam: This letter is in response to discussions between City and Commission representatives earlier this year regarding the ~astewater flow volumes frcm the city. The wastewater flow for the City of Mound is determined by the measurement of flow at MWCC Lift Station Number 38 by Mster Number 423. This meter mmasures the flow fr~n Mound, Spring Park and parts of Minnetrista and Shorewood. Therefore, it is necessary to subtract the flow from these oommmities to obtain the total waste~mter flow frc~ your city. We are enclosing an annual sxmmary sheet of waste%~ter flow for 1984, which includes an estimate of the flow w~ expect in the xonth of December. It is expected that the flow frc~ the city of Mound will be 464 million g~llons (M~) in 1984, based on the first eleven m~nths of flow data. This flow volume is about eight (8) percent higher than the 430 MG flow estimated in the Stat~nent of Charges f~r 1984. This is about the sam~ as the n~tro area flow is over our estimate. These increased flows are due to wet weather as precipitation was nearly 10 inches above normal in 1984 and followed 1983, which was over 12 inches above normal in precipitation. Based on this relationship, the actual cost for sewer service in the Final Cost Allocation should be about equal to that in the estimate. It is expected that the total sewer costs will be at least tw~ (2) percent lower in the Final Cost Allocation than what you paid in the Statement of Charges, in that it appears we will underspend the budget by about that amount. Based on our previous discussion and a review of flow data, we are concerned about the total amount cf flow originating within the city in 1984, in~ view of the fact that Tonka T~ys did discontinue its manufacturing facility operation about the end of 1983. Yet, despite this change in service, the m.=asured flow frc~n the city increased in 1984. Mr. Jonathon ~{. Elam, Manager Decamber 17, 1984 Page 2 In response to this concern we have reviewed and evaluated the operation of Meters Number 423 and 422 (Spring Park) ~k~r~ng the year. M-4 23 is a 16-inch magnetic flow meter located in the discharge piping of the L.S. Number L-38. Magnetic flow meters are the best state of the art equipment available at this time and we have confidence in their ability to measure flow. Our calibrations have shown the meter to be operating properly and we believe the flow to be accurate. To provide a check on this meter the Commission contracted with Pace Laboratories, Inc., in October, 1984, to check the accuracy of our meter by use cf the fluorometric dye test. The dye test flow rate and the flow rate m=-asured by M-423 differed only slightly and were within the accepted +2.5 percent accuracy of our meter. We have installed a new meter (M---422) at the Spring Park lift station and the measured flow, as shown in the sun~ sheet, is believed to be accurate when ccmpared with previously measured flows in Spring Park. The unmetered flow frc~ Minnetrista and Shorewood is determined based on the calibration of lift station capacity ~ultiplied by the time period that the pump operates. The calibration was done by our personnel with representatives from Mound and Minnetrista present. Based on calibrated capacity of pumps times the pump running time, the expected flow from these unmetered areas is as shown on the summary sheet. We believe these flows to be accurate and have discussed them with representatives of Minnetrista. In summary, we believe the total flow expected in 1984 from the City of Mound to be about 464 MG. We realize this may se~u high in view of the fact that Tonka Tc~s did discontinue their manufacturing operation at the end of 1983. Perhaps the building structure still may have some discharge to the sewer system such as domestic uses, line leakage, etc. If not, the most likely source of extraneous flow is inflow/infiltration (I/I) into the sewer lines within the city. Please contact the Cu~ission if you have any questions in regard to this letter. S inc erely, · Louis J. Breimhurst Chief Administrator Cu,at~[ssioner Ray Siebenaler, ~CC R. L. Berg, M~CC M. V. Kloss, ~ Enclosures IJB: RAO :CLL FINAL SEWAGE FLOW DETERMINATION 1972 TOTAL ~ 1977 TOTAL 1973 TOTAL ~, 1978 TOTAL 1975 TOTAL ~ 1980 TOTAL 1981 ~ 1982 ~/~./ 1983 ~ 1985 CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATED FLOW t ...... METER' NUMBERS AND FLOW VOLUMES (MG) MONTH r~/I ° ~-~)~- .~ TOTAL FLOW Feb. ~,~ 7..~ ~3.~ June &~.~. IL~ Imm Nov. ~, ~ ~,~ QUARTER METERED FLOW *UNMETERED FLOW TOTAL FLOW 1. /.~/,.~ -/~ 2. /7~.q -z~ .... - 3. IO¢ , o -/'7 z,o 4. __ / ~ ~.~ -/'7 t~9,~' *UNMETERED FLOW -- Basis of unmetered sewage flow (see reverse side) FLOW TO: UNMETERED FLOW UNMETERED FLOW (MG): SUBTOTAL: FLOW FROM: UNMETERED FLOW (MG): SUBTOTAL: 7& 7~ TOTAL: December 26, 1984 RESOLUTION NO. 8~- RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 1985 SEWER RATE SCHEDULE WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 20.10 of the City Code of the City of Mound, the rates and charges for use and service of the sanitary sewer system are to be established by resolution; and WHEREAS, the last rate increase took effect January 1, 1984, per Resolution #83-226; and WHEREAS, it is necessary for sewer rates to be raised based on projections of revenues and expenses. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED that the City Council of the City of Mound, Minnesota, hereby increases the sewer rates as follows effective the first billing in January 1985. RESIDENTIAL QUARTERLY CHARGE Quarterly sewer charge For 10,000 gallons or less ~. 0 minimum All over 10,000 gallons, per 1,000 gallons .$ 1.92 Minimum Quarterly Bill $ 23.10 Note: The above minimum applies to each single family dwelling or apartment which is in accordance with existing Sewer Dept. policy. COMMERCIAL~ INCLUDING LARGE APARTMENTS MONTHLY CHARGES Monthly Sewer Charges (Large Users) For 3,000 gallons or less $ 7.70.. All over 3,000 gallons, per 1,000 gallons $ . 1.92 Note: Minimum Monthly Bill per Apt.~___7_J_t minimum Single Family Dwelling - The sewer rate shall be based on the actual usage or the first quarter actual water usage, whichever is less. Two-Family Usage and Multiple Dwelling Usage - Is com- puted on the same basis as a single dwelling, except that the total quarterly charge on all such properties shall not be less than the number of units multiplied by the $ 7.70 per month, minimum charge per unit. Water used but not placed into the sani- tary sewer may be deducted providing it is metered. Dwellings Connected to Sewer but not Connected to Muni- December 26, 1984 c~pal Water - Shall pay a quarterly rate of ~ 2y.5o . If such users wish to pay sewer rates based on gal- lons of water used, they can purchase a water meter from the City and have their own plumber install the meter on their well. Commercial and Industrial - The quarterly sewer rate is based on the actual amount of water used each month on the same cost scale as residential (see above). Water used but not placed in to the sanitary sewer may be deducted providing it is metered. Availability Charge - All dwellings not connected to the sanitary sewer must pay an availability charge of $ 23.~0 per quarter whether occupied or vacant. Late Fee Penalty - For all bills not paid on or before the due date specified on the bill, a 10% late fee will be added. The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember and seconded by Councilmember · The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative: The following Councilmembers voted in the negative: none. Mayor Attest: City Clerk November 26, 1984 Architecture interior desisn sraphic design land plannin~ research Richard Schwarz N e. il Weber 3601 Park Center Boulevard Minneapolis Minnesota :~ 't16 Jonathan Elam, City Manager City of Mound 5341Maywood Rd. Mound, MN 55364 Dear Mr. Elam: Thank you very much for taking the time to see to me and let me explain what I like to dO with the Hiller property that I have purchased. I have worked a year and a half to purchase that property. I realize that there are many things that need to be worked out. I believe that what I would like to-do will be a good thing for Mound. As I explained to you, ! have talked to your City Planner, City Engineer., Building Official, DNR Watershead District and utilities. These people seem to think that it would be a good idea that I would have the land directly adjacent to my property to the north. This is the land between the wetland elevation of 929.5 ft. and Block 15 (which is my property). This would give me the flexibility of planning my access from Drummond Road. That Would allow me to maintain that land visually and. it would put that land back on the tax roles. After talking to you ! talked to the County Tax Forfeited Land Department. TheY indicated to me that indeed, it would be impossible for the City to sell that land as it presently stands. I discussed the possibilities with them for over an hour. We came up with the following soluton. I hope that the City will be willing to work with me to solve this problem. It should be noted that the idea of an easement doesn't work across this pro- perty since FHA will not accept an easement across publicly owned land. What would need to be accomplished for me to continue working on this pro- ject would be as follows: The City Council would pass a resolution which would pass the land back to the State for a private land sale to the adjacent land owner (me). The resolution would indicate that the reconveying of the land would be for access purposes, which is a change in land usage. 2. The resolution would be signed by the City Manager and the Mayor. 3. The resolution would be sent to the Henn.epin County and the State and they would act on it. 4. The State would then appraise the land and arrange for a private sale to the adjoining land owner. Fbr that reason the legal description of the property to be transferred should be only adjacent ,to my property. To accomplish that condition I would ask that at the same time the City transfers the land to the State. The City would then vacate and give to me the Drun~nond Road right of way which is directly north of my Block 15. Also, both of these right of ways will never be constructed. I have included a copy of the area that we are talking about. It includes the legal .description of the land above the 929.5 ft. wetlands elevation desi gnation. Once the resolution is passed by the City of Mound, I would hire an engineer'to do'a boundry sdrvey of the property, which would indicate the 929.5 elevation line. ' The County suggested that we use this approach. We need to know that the City agrees with this approach before hiring an engineer to do survey work. I am not interested in buying wetlands area. I am only interested in t~uying land above the wetlands elevation. 'I am interested in cleaning up the wetlands by removing the debris that has been dumped in~o it. I want the beauty of the wetlands tobe maintained, Once this ~rocess is accomplished and ! own the land, ! will have achieved the access directly from the end of existing Drummond Road. ~ would then come before the City Council and the City Planning Commission and present a Planlned Unit Development of Single Family detached homes, I would like to maintain lots that are larger than 10,000 SF which is significantly larger than what is achieved in that area. I would work with all of the City, State and County agencies to insure that everyone is in favor of what I am doing. If you have any questions or if you would like me to appear before the City Council on this matter, please feel free to give me a call. ! am interested in helping out and cooperate in any way possible. Sinc r. el y, NW/yr/L.t4/A2 P.S. Enclosed you will find a copy of the plat and a legal description of what we are trying to do. I hope that it is self-explanatory. ! Legal .description of "land to be returned to State, and County for purpose of private sale to owner of Blocks 15 & 16 of WhiPple addition, Hennepin County; Land shall be the easterly 35' of Lots 3 & 22 Block 11, and all of lots 1, 2, 23, 24 Block 11, lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 above the wetlands elevation of 929.5. Whipple Addi ti on, Hennepi n County. Legal description of my property; All of the Blocks 15 & 16 Whipple Addition, Hennepin County. ,e :' ~ .~, ,~* .' ~ e~ ,* .- e~ ~ .'.' ." .." .* ~' Street ~o be vacated and given to State with the'jther land and Gobden Lane directly between Blocks 10 &..11 Whipple Addition, Hennepin County. Street to be vacated and given to owner of Block 15 Drummond Road, directly between Blocks 10 & 15 Whipple Addition, Hennepin County. feet l.ll ,: . ! I I I I )ND RD JURY ~ RD Legal description of land to be returned to State, and County for purpose of private sale to owner of Blocks 15 & 16 of Whipple addition, Hennepin County; Land shall be the easterly 35' of Lots 3 & 22 Block !1, and all of lots 1, 2, 23, 24 Block 11, lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 above th.e wetlands elevation of 929.5. Whipple Addi ti on, Hennepi n Legal description of my property; All of the Blocks 15 & 16 Whipple Add'ition, Hennepin County. ~ S~r66t to be vacated and given to State with the ~ther land and Gobden Lane directly between Blocks 10 & .11 Whipple Addition, Hennepin County. ~F. Street to be vacated and given to owner of Block 15 Drummond Road, directly between Blocks 10 & 15 Whipple Addition, Hennepin County. RD RO SUGGESTED CHANGES FOR MOUND COMMONS DOCK PROGRAM IN 1985 (Items have been approved by the Park Commission and ppesented at Publ~ Meeting on 12/13/84) 1) New dock application with changes infees as follOWs: (Samples of each 1 & 2 attached) Late filing fee increased from $2 to $10 Straight dock fee ..... $85.00 L or T dock fee ..... 135.O0 U or H dock fee 160.OO These fees include a $10.00 increase from last year to cover the new L~CD $10.OO water craft availability unit (WAU), that the City will be charged with this year. We are also suggesting flat fees for the L or T and U on H dock sizes, to eliminate the cumbersome per foot charge used in the past. 2) New mooring Buoy appllcati:on for the 13 Sailboats we have in the Mound system. This is the first time this group has been asked to file and pay a fee. 3) Dock sites 00145 & 00155 on Canary Lane to be kept for handicapped people. If others are needed, it is to be arranged by the Dock Inspector. 4) Add one site~-0-~at end of 3pts. Blvd., 4 spots instead of 3. Requested b~ick Linlan~, July 1984. ~~ 5) Eliminate site #22910 (near Apple Lane) No access, due to erosion. 6) Eliminate site #30310 (Avon Park) not room for 2 spots, use only #30300 as a shared dock with last years application having first chance at sharing this site. 7) Eliminate site #04090 on North Beachside, site 04070 - OK, remember 04110 to 04100 making 2 spots instead of 3 (area to crowded) 8) Eliminate site #40570 (Avalon Park) and renumber sites to 40510,40535 40560, 40585, 40610 so they will be 25' apart to help crowding. Site being eliminated will not be requested by 1984 applicant as he is moving. 9) Add site #60700 ( Idlewood Park Access) to existing site #60720, room for spot OK and much needed in this area. Total cost for the municipality, includin§ all equipment and labor, will be $1806 per siren if purchased during the ~rst year. and $1gBO per siren if purchased during the second year. Federal reimbursement for 50% of these costs is assured, and there is a possibility of up to 25% State reimbursement. Equipment operational capabilities include: I~I Simultaneous activation of all sirens in Hennepin County. Simultaneous activation of all sirens within any desired rog~9_Ug_of Hennepin County municipalities. (3) ~ultaneous activation of all sirens within any of six (6) predesignated groups of Hennepin County muncipalities. (4) Simultaneous activation of all sirens within any on~ muncipality in Hennepin County. (5) Activation of any one individual siren. (6) A two-way system tha~ provides a computer generated display on a "CRT" and a printout, at the County Warning Point after each siren activation or test. (7) A silent test of the system that on command a test signal can be sent to each siren and a return signal received' and displayed on the CRT and a printout indicating the system is ready to sound the siren on the correct command. A full 12 month warranty for all equipment will be provided that commences on the date the equipment was first placed into-~tisfactory operation. All equipment will be installed by the contractor, Healy-Ruff. If your community wishes to commit calendar year 1984 funds, we suggest that you immediately contact Robert C. Reiss, P. E., Vice-Rresident, Healy-Ruff, telephone 633-7522. For more information about the system, you may call Mr. Reiss, H. P.'(Harry) Hillegas of Hennepin County Communications at 348-5555, Max Seeker or Corky Stevenson of Emergency Preparedness at 827-5687 or any representative local community member of the Siren Conversion Advisory Committee. It is anticipated that the new system will begin to come on line next Spring 1985. Operational criteria and procedures for the new system are yet to be established. Local input will be sought by the Advisory Committee in developing the criteria and procedures. HENNEPIN DATE.: TO: _IL FROM: SUBJECT: BUREAU OF PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 3524 Hennepin Av. South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408 827-5687 December 13, 1984 Local Community Directors Emergency Preparedness Siren Conversion Project On 4 December 1984 the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved the bid, and contract number 4776 was awarded to Healy-Ruff for the Hennepin County system to activate outdoor warning sirens'by radio tone. Over the past three years a Siren Conversion Advisory Committee, consisting of Hennepin County professional staff and members from representative local communites, have spent considerable time and effort in researching, screening and recommending the system that wa~-approved by the County Board.' Local community members of the committee are Maple Grove Police Chief Bob Burlingame, Golden Valley Deputy Public Safety Director Dean Mooney, 'Bloomington Police Captain Dick Porth, Eden Prairie Public Safety Captain Keith Wall and Communications Advisor Paul Linnee of Richfield, and Minneapolis Police Sergeant Pete Zierman. Each of the above individuals is either Emergency Preparedness Director or Coordinator for his community. The Hennepin County Siren Control system will place into operation the transmitting and encoding equipment needed to broadcast, by radio signals in the VHF frequency band, discrete control signals for each of the approximate 160 sirens now in service. As individual sirens are converted to radio control, they can be completely isolated from any "leased telephone company supplied circuits." The new system will provide for siren activation from the present County Warning Point at the Hennepin County Sheriff's Radio Division, 9300 Naper Street, Golden Valley, with backup control using completely different equipment at another lcoation. At the Golden Valley location, the siren control encoder will also be duplicated, each completely independent of the other. Under the contract, Hennepin County will purchase all equipment necessary to generate and broadcast the discrete siren control signals. Under the same contract, individual municipalities will purchase at firm prices, for each of the next two consecutive years from the date of the contract award, the required equipment to convert their individual sirens to receive the discrete control signals. HENNEPIN COUNTY an equal oppodunlfy employer CITY OF RESOLUTION ! ~' WHEREAS, there is inadequate capacity in the interceptbr sewers of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission serving the western Lake Minnetonka communities; and WHEREAS, there are two alternate proposals before the Metropolitan CoUncil to provide additional sewe-r capacity to this area, known as the Lake Virginia Forcemain Project and the Lake Ann Project; and WHEREAS, furth, er delay in providing additional sewage capacity to this area will result in the postponment of orderly economic development and possible increased pollution, NOW) THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Metropolitan Council be requested to expedite the decision making process and promptly choose the alternative to provide additional sewer capacity to the western Lake Minnetonka area which will best serve the needs of this area and which can be constructed in the least amount of time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Chairperson 'of the Metropolitan Council and to the Chairperson of the Metropolitan Waste Control Co~mission. .... .,. 'l cm MOORING BUOY APPLICATION Dear Mound Resident: Please complete and return before March 1st. Applications received after March 1st are subject to a late fee of $10.00 and placed in the 3rd priority category. Ail blank lines & boxes pertaining to you must be filled in or permit will be delayed. NAME PHONE ADDRESS WORK ~ Permanent Resident ~ Summer Resident ~--~ Ren'~er ~ Owner not residing at address Mailing address if summer resident 1984 Permit #. ~ Renewal New Application REQUIRED INFORMATION; List Owner, license #, type and length of boat moored at your buoy. (must include a photocopy of your DNR w__a tercraft 1 ice.~...se) ...... hUN~ESOTA DEPART~Z~T . OF NATURA~ R~SOU~CES ~ICEN~E HUMBER I EXPIRES LAST 0~' · Any false information given or violations of Dock Ordinance $332 shall be reason for denial or revocation of permit. I understand if I allow boats not registered to permitholder to be moored at my site, I violate City of Mound Ordinance #332. This is an application only and no buoy can be installed until a location is granted. SIGNATURE FEE PAID ear Mound Resident: 1985 DOCK PERMIT APPLICATION CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA lease complete and return ef~ March 1st. Applications received after March e subject to a late fee of $10.OO and placed in the Brd priority category. .ank lines and boxes pertainig to you must be filled in or permit will be lelayed. IAME PHONE # ~DDRESS WORK # - ~-~Permanent Resident [-~Summer Resident ~--]Renter ~-~Owner not residing at address ~aiIing address if summer resident. 1984 Permit # ~-] Renewal [--] New Application (Shown on address label on envelope) ~EQUIRED INFORMATIOn: List owner, license #, type and length of each boat moored ~t your dock (include a photocopy of your boat registration form). fou may share a dock with another MOUND RESIDENT ONLY[ I am sharing a dock with Address Phone # REQUIRED INFORMATION: Boat license #, type and length (including a photocopy of your DNR watercraft license). Payment of fee must ~ application._ DOCK SIZE PERMIT FEE Straight Dock (Not less than 2 ft. wide or more than 4 ft. wide) 85.00 L or.T Dock any width $135.00 U or H Dock any size (see diagram on back) $160.00 Minimum fee for a permit is $85.00. Senior citizens (65 or older) pay $42.50 for a straight dock. Date of birth for Senior. citizen status: Do you have a physical disability? Describe Any false information given or violations of Dock Ordinance #332 shall be reaso, for denial or revocation of permit. I understand if I allow boats no~ registered to permit holder to be moored at m~ dock, I violate City Of Mound Ordinance #332. (see statement on back) is an application only and no dock can be installed until a location is ~ed. SIGNATURE FEE PAID DATE LATE PENALTY (SEE OTHER SIDE) , DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED.DOCK ;traight Dock "L" Dock "T" Dock' "U" Dock .(CHECK ONE) OTHER (MAKE SKETCH) Fee and legality will be determined by Dock Inspector or Park Commission Please estimate size in feet on dock of your choice ~OTE;, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A DOCK PERMIT HOLDER INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS Put in your own dock that meets the Mound specifications for safety, size and materials. Maintain the cleanliness of the Commons area by your site, including grass cutting and weed trimming. Boats, ddck sections, pipes, posts, tires and other materials cannot be stored on Commons during the boating season. They must be in the Water or removed from Commons property. Winter storage is allowed in most areas, if neat and orderly, obstructing area or creating a hazard. ~ot Response to request to correct infractions must be made during time stated or dock permmit will be in Jeopardy. Attach photocopies of all valid watercraft licenses (boats) to be kept at this dock site· If not attached, permit will be delayed. I Section 26.9304, Subd. 13~ of the Mound Dock Ordinance #332 "Dock licenses and permits issued by the City are personal in nature and may; be used only by the licensee or members of their household. No dock licensed by the City or located on public streets, roads, parks or public Commons may be rented, leased or sublet to any person, partnership or .corporation. If the licensee or permit holder rents, leases or sublets or in any manner charges or receives consideration for the use of the dock, She license shall be revoked." ~ ...... MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT. OF N~TURAL RESOURCES · WATERCRAFT LICENS£ ' BUREAU OF PUBLIC SERVICE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 3524 Hennepin Av. South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408 827-5687 DATE.: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: December 13, 1984 Local Community Directors Emergency Preparedness Siren Conversion Project On 4 December 1984 the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approved the bid, and contract number 4776 was awarded to Healy-Ruff for the Hennepin County system to activate outdoor warning sirens by radio tone. Over the past three years a Siren Conversion Advisory Committee, consisting of Hennepin County professional staff and members from representative local communites, have spent considerable time and effort in researching, screening and recommending the system that w~-approved by the County Board.' Local community members of the committee are Maple Grove Police Chief Bob Burlingame, Golden Valley Deputy Public Safety Director Dean Mooney, 'Bloomington Police Captain Dick Porth, Eden Prairie Public Safety Captain Keith Wall and Communications Advisor Paul Linnee of Richfield, and Minneapolis Police Sergeant Pete Zierman. Each of the above individuals is either Emergency Preparedness Director or Coordinator for his community. The Hennepin County Siren Control system will place into operation the transmitting and encoding equipment needed to broadcast, by radio signals in the VHF frequency band, discrete control signals for each of the approximate 160 sirens now in service. As individual sirens are converted to radio control, they can be completely isolated from any "leased telephone company supplied circuits." The new system will provide for siren activation from the present County Warning Point at the Hennepin County Sheriff's Radio Division, 9300 Naper Street, Golden Valley, with backup control using completely different equipment at another lcoation. At the Golden Valley location, the siren control encoder will also be duplicated, each completely independent of the other. Under the contract, Hennepin County will purchase all equipment necessary to generate and broadcast the discrete siren control signals. Under the same contract, individual municipalities will purchase at firm prices, for each of the next two consecutive years from the date of the contract award, the required equipment to convert their individual sirens to receive the discrete control signals. HENNEPIN COUNTY an equal oppodunlty employer Total cost for the municipality, including all equipment and labor, will be $1806 per siren if purchased during the first year, and $1980 per siren if purchased during the second year. Federal reimbursement for 50% of these costs is assured, and there is a possibility of up to 25% State reimbursement. Equipment operational capabilities include: (1} Simultaneous activation of all sirens in Hennepin County. {2} Simultaneous activation of all sirens within anN 'desired _ro~RUg~.of Hennepin County municipalities (3) Simultaneous activation of all sirens within any of six (6) predesignated groups of Hennepin County muncipalities. (4} Simultaneous activation of all sirens within anN one muncipality in Hennepin County. {5} Activation of any one individual siren. {6} A two-way system that provides a computer generated'display on a "CRT" and a printout, at the County Warning Point after each siren activation or test. {7) A silent test of the system that on command a test signal can be sent to each siren and a return signal received' and displayed on the CRT and a printout indicating the system is ready to sound the siren on the correct command. A full 12 month warranty for all equipment wi'll be provided that commences on the date the equipment was first placed into'~tisfactory operation. All equipment will be installed by the contractor, Healy-Ruff. If your community wishes to commit calendar year 1984 funds, we suggest that you immediately contact Robert C. Reiss, P. E., Vice-Rresident, Healy-Ruff, telephone 633-7522. For more information about the system, you may call Mr. Reiss, H. P.'(Harry) Hillegas of Hennepin County Communications at 348-5555, Max Seeker or Corky Stevenson of Emergency Preparedness at 827-5687 or any representative local community member of the Siren Conversion Advisory Committee. It is anticipated that the new system will begin to come on line next Spring 1985. Operational criteria and procedures for the new system are yet to be established. Local input will be sought by the Advisory Committee in developing the criteria and procedures. DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJi:C T: November 26, ~g84 All Commissioners Kay Mitchell, Clerk of the Board MEMBER AT LARGE APPOINTMENTS - 1985 As required under Resolution No. 77-2-126 and 77-2-126R and amended under Resolution 80-6-571, attached is the annual list of all Member-at-Large appointments that are due to expire in 1985. jc Attach: CC: Ted Farrington Dale Ackmann Chuck Sprafka Bob Rohl f Jim Kemp Mel Simm, Sec. Water Resources Fred Richards, Attorney- Watershed Districts Various Municipalities Jerry Weiszhaar Lisa Roche Sue Zuidema Bill Brumfield Commissioner Elect Keefe 1985 SCHEDULE FOR COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS MEMBERS AT LARGE TERM COMMENCES COMMITTEE/BOARD INCUMBENTS LENGTH OF TERM JANUARY i/2/85 JANUARY 1/31/85 MARCH 3/8/85 MARCH 3/22/85 JULY 7/30/85 SEPTEMBER 9/29/85 *Personnel Board Duane R. Elvin 4 years Jerome W. Coughlin Vacant *Library Board Eris Lundin Young 3 years Jack Cole Roxanne Swenson Gustin ~Minnehaha,.Creek~ Michael R. Carroll 3 years Watershed District Albert L. Lehman Lower Minnesota River William Jaeger, Jr. 3 years Watershed District Riley-Purgatory C~eek Howard Peterson 3 years Watershed District Nine'Mile Creek Dr. Eugene D. Davis 3 ye Watershed District DECEMBER 12/31/85 Agricultural Extension Joan B. DeMeulis 3 years Committee Florence H. Larson DECEMBER 12/31/85 DECEMBER 12/31/85 DECEMBER 12/31/85 * NOTE: Capital Budgeting Robert Reznick 4 years Task Force Maryclaire Richardson Community Health Services Advisory Committee TEA Private Industry Currently announced Dan Donahue Walter Fehst David Lurie Susan Brill Mary Ann Schneider *Vacant William Roberts Thomas E. McMullen Lonni McCauley Terry Anderson Edward P. Lue *Vacant *Vacant *Vacant 2 years 3 years NOV :3 ? 1984 CITY of MOUND December 20, 1~84 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY CLERK The following are.people whose terms will expire on December 31, 1984. They are all three year terms and need to be reappointed. PLANNING COMMISSION 1. Liz Jensen 2. Bill Meyer 3. Kenneth Smith PARK COMMISSION 1. Cathy Bailey 2. Andy Gearhart 3. Lowell Swenson unidog lB 2306 Washington Ave. No. Minneapolis. MN 55411 ac 612 · 588-2701 December 13, 1984 Mr. Jon Elam City of Mound 5341 Maywood Road Mound, Mn. 55364 Dear Mr. Elam: In reference to confirmation of your understanding of our contract proposal, Unitog confirms the following: New Red Cap Pants, shirts (long and short sleeve), full length Jackets, and coveralls would be ordered at the beginning of the renewal contract on January 1, 1985· On May 1, 1985 and 1986, Unitog will, change over from long to short sleeve shirts. Each person will receive ? sets of pants and shirts, 3 changes per week and two (2) Jackets With liners. e Unitog will not increase their prices in 1985 over 1984, but will build in a 7% increase for 1986 and again in 1987. The City of Mound's cost per employee, will be $271.00 for 1985. This would be broken down accord- inly: work shirts work pants work Jacket work liner work coverall $1.80/week - 3 changes 1.95/week - 3 changes 1.50/week - 1 change .50/week ' I change 3.?5/week - 3 changes The City of Mound's total cost for 1985 is based on $5.75 x 52 weeks = $299.00/year, munus $28.00 (14 weeks during the summer when Jacket/liner charges of $2.00 per week are taken off) for a total of $~?1.00. In order for Unitog to break even on any item (shirts, pants, coveralls, etc), Unitog must have that item in service for at least 18 months. And because the City of Mound is a change over customer, those items would only be in service for about 9 months, which means Unitog cna not agree to paragraph #2 which states: After eighteen (18) months (July 1, 1986), these items will again be replaced with similar new shirts ( short and long sleeves), pants, Jackets (with liner) and coveralls. However, Unitog will replace all worn out items, as the need arises. Please note in paragraph #1, we replaced the word "provided" with "ordered". This was done because Unitog can not order, receive and process the uniform between the date of this letter and January 1, 1985. Sincerely, Richard Boik Route Manager RB/dk ~ i::::.!::: '~::~:~ TELEPHONE: 612/37~4:3880: ::'.,:: 212 JAMES AVENUE NORTH · MINNEApOLiS,' MINN. 55405 i:.,:~::: <:...., your .=ss 't be disa 'e the revision u=~z, normal no cOst to proposal I ~rticle ~ing that become~ worn. "dUring"any timeof' the .agreement""~ Beca~ do .ngeover from short sleeve . .:ong .', ,e:'sh~rts, we one:'~change of jackets at $I';25 each person wou as' follows:- Unif°~~ ~pants &. sh~rts) 3 'changes,~.~.;---$4:~25 per Jackets.: ~.s'easonal~'¥1~'B8'W~ekS} 1' chan~,-~$1..25 per' week ..~.~:~.~,~..~, ..~-- $5 50 per week; ~°tal cost is $268;50 per year,' 'b~r person X 10 people = $~,685.00 annual Unifo~ cost. · ~ ~.,. ..- /? Please call if"you ha~e any. questions.. I"ll contact you shortly. Yt Leef Bros., ~.'Inc. Bob Lisser::':~, .~: Sales Represent~ BL/lv ' - UNIFORMS . SHOP TOWELS * DUST CONTROLS . ENTRANCE MATS . WASHROOM SERVICE CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 December 21, 1984 TO: Jon Elam FROM: Joyce SUBJECT: Uniforms In the letter dated December 13, 1984 from Unitog they stated they would not be able to replace the shirts, pants, jackets and coveralls after 18 months. After talking to Richard Boik they now have agreed to replace all the clothes after the 18 month period. They stated they would increase the shirts by .15¢ per person per week. This makes their total $5.90 per man. Unito~ $5.90 X 52 weeks X 10 men = $3,068.00 minus $280.00 (14 weeks during the summer when jacket/liner charges of $2.00 per week are taken off) for a total of $2,788.00 Unitog offers the short and long sleeve shirts, jackets with zip out lining and new clothes after 18 months. Leef Bros. $5.50 X 52 weeks X 10 men = $2,860.00 minus $175.O0 ( 14 weeks during the summer) for a total of $2,685.00 Leef Bros. do not offer the long and short sleeve shirts, their jackets do not have the zip out lining. Leef Bros. contract is for two years, Unitogs is for three years. The difference between Unitog and Leef is $103.00 per year. We have found that shirts and pants can not last even 24 months without them getting stained with blacktop, grease and just plain wearing out. ren a (e 2306 Washington Ave, No. Minneapolis, MN 55411 ac 612 · 588-2701 Decmeber 21, 1984 Mr. Jon Elam City of Mound 5B41 Maywood Road Mound, Mn. 55346 Dear Mr. Elam: In reference to confirmation of your understanding of our contract proposal, Unitog confirms the following: New Red Cap pants, shirts (long and short sleeve), full length Jackets, and coveralls would be ordered at the beginning of the renewal contract on January 1, 1985. Re After eighteen (18) months of uniform use, these items will again be replaced with similar new shirts ('short and long sleeves), pants, Jackets (with liner) and coveralls. e On May 1, 1985 and 1986, Unitog will chage over from long to short sleeve shirts. Each person will receive ? sets of pants and shirts, 3 changes per week and two (2) Jackets with liners. Unitog will not increase their prices in 1985 over 1984, bUt will build in a 7% increase for 1986 and again in 1987. The City of Mound's cost per employee~will be $271.00 for 1985. This would be broken down accord- ingly: work shirts work pants work Jacket work liner work coverall $1.95/week - 3 changes 1.95/week - B changes 1.50/week - I change .50/week - 1 change 3.90/week - 3 changes The City of Mound's total cost for 1985 is based on $5.90 x 52 weeks = S306.80/year, minus $28.00 (14 weeks during the summer when Jacket/liner charges of $2.00 per week are taken off) for a total of $278.80. ?lease note in paragraph #1~ 'we replaced the word "provided" with "ordered". This was done because Unitog can not order, receive and process the uniform between the date of this letter and January l, 1985. Sincerely, . Richard Boik Route Manager RB/dk INTEROFFICE MEMO ~n Elam DATE ~/~ ,lgR4 FROM: Len Harrell SUBJECT: 1985 Proposal for Squad Cars In November 1984, Hennepin County opened up the bidding process for squad cars for the Hetropo]itan area. The iow bid for the Chevrolet Celebrity Police Package was Thane Hawkins Chevrolet .in White Bear Lake. I am recommending the change to the Celebrity because of my'previous experience with the vehicle and because of the economic savings that can be realized by the change from a full-size vehicle to the mid-size Celebrity. The Celebrity is a very maneuverable vehicle with front-wheel drive and has very good performance capabilities for our City. I have discussed the possibi]ity of a change with Dick, at the garage, and he states that he has been dissatisfied with the present full-size Fords because of transmission problems and the lack of availability of parts. The current full-size Fords are averaging 7 to 9 miles per gallon; the Celebrity is rated at 22 miles per gallon for city drivlng. Once fully equipped, the Celebrity can be expected to get approximately 16 to 18 miles per ga]lon. The estimated rue] savings over the 60,000 mile life of a squad is $4,500.00 (gas price of $1.20/gal.). Thane Hawkins Chevrolet bid the Celebrity, with the options we desire, at $10,766.OO. The low bid for a full-slze vehicle was from Elk River Ford; and with similar options'the bid was $11,462.00. The purchase price of the Celebrity would be a savings of $696.00 per vehicle. I have sent similar."specs' to. area.Chevrolet dealers; Star-West, Village, Thurk Bros'., and Jim Bain (who ~rks through Suburban). The closest area bid was from Star- West at $10,960. I recommend that the City purchase 2 Chevrolet Celebrity Police Package vehicles from Thane Hawkins Chevrolet. The.1985 Police budget has $12,600.00 allocated in capitol outlay for a police vehicle and set-up costs. I am planning on sending two existing vehicles to auction in the spring that will be replaced by the.new cars. Conservative estimates for the 1978 Halibu and a 1983 Ford were $1500.00 and $7,300.00 respectively. The delivery date of the Celebritys is in Hatch or April. The total price of purchasing t~o vehicles would be $21,532.00. The sale of the existing squads plus the 1~85 budget allocation is $21,400.00. $4?/ MID-SIZE POLICE SEDANS BODY Style: Seating: Features: 4 Door Sedan. HD bucket seats, vinyl trim. Factory installed air conditioner with high temperature high pressure cutout. Tinted glass throughout. Day/night interior mirror. Remote I.H & RH mirrors. " Factory installed electric rear window defroster. LH spotlight. '' Power decklid release. -'-Power windows - master control at driver's position. Power door locks. Power windows, master control at driver's location. Power door locks. Tilt steering wheel. Interval wipers. Police type speedometer, O-120mph in 2mph increments· Roof drip moulding. Cigarette lighter. Bumper guards. HD front rubber floor mats. mm All cars for each Instrumentality to be keyed alike. Power steering with auxiliary cooler. CHASSIS Wheelbase: Brakes: Frame: Suspension: Transmission: Differential: Tires: ENGINE COMPARTMENT Engine: 'Hood Release: 105" - 109". Power, disc front, semi-metallic lining. Shall'meet IACP requirements. Automatic parking brake release. Heavy duty-reinforced ~rame for police usage. Police car suspension as currently advertised. Automatic, low gea~ lockout, heavy duty.cooler. Locking type. Radial, high performance, polic~ special. 2.8 liter minimum, maxlmu~ cooling radiator. Intertor~ ELECTRICAL Battery: Alternator: Lights: Radio: COLOR Maintenance free, heat shielded, 70 amp hour minimum. 60 amp minimum. Halogen headlights, trunk and underhood lights. Manufacturer's standard. OPTIONS 1. Bench seat in lieu of bucket seats. 2. Split bench in lieu of bucket seat. 4..Delete power windows. 5. Delete powe~ doo~ locks. 6. White doors and roof. 7. Add RH spotlights. ~8. AM/~ Radio. 1985 CHEVROLET THURK BROS. CHEVROLET CO. ST. BONIFACIUS, MINN. 55375 446-1082 'SERVING THE AREA SINCE 1928' December 18, 1984 POLICE CAR BID 1985 Celebrity Sedan Police Car Equipment 45/45 Seat Heavy Duty Cloth front seat Heavy Duty Vinyl Rear Seat Power Trunk Voltmeter and Temp Gages Rear Window Defogger Tinted Glass Air Conditioning Lighting-Auxiliary Left -hand Remote }lirror Right-hand Mirror Speedometer PoliCe Type Rear Door handles Inoperative Door Edge Guards Tilt Wheel Power Door Locks Rubber Floor Mats Special Performance Brakes Automatic Transmission First Gear Blockout Police Car Suspension Power Steering 195 X70 R14 Steel Belted Police Car Tires V-6 2.8 Liter Gas Engine Engine Oil Cooler Power Steeri ~ Cooler Heavy Duty Battery 69 Amp. 108 Amp Generator AM/FM Ra dio Special t{iring 5 inch Left-hnad Spot Light Transmission 061er NOTE: Due to Police Car Equipment Changes, the transmission oil cooler is now required. All vehicles keyed alike-not available. Tires are P195 X 14 Steel Belted Blackwall (5) Parts& Service Iianuals not included in price,but available. Price does include freight. Continued ~t~ ~"' 1985 CHEVROLET THURK BROS. CHEVROLET CO. ST. BONIFACIUS, MINN. 55375 446-1082 'SERVING THE AREA SINCE 1928' Total Sale Price: $11,100 No te: This price is for up to and including four like vehi cl es. Five or more like vehicles would reflect bid ~sssistance from Chevrolet Motor Division and muld decrease the cost per unit accordingly. If five or more vehicles are desired please contact Ron Gothmann at Thurk Bros. Chevrolet Co. "The Country Store" GHEVFlOLET-OLDiMOBILE! IN(:;. U.S. HWY. 12 P.O. BOX D1 DELANO, MINNESOTA 55328 PHONES: Metro 479-2541 · Delano 972-2984 December 14, 1984 City of Nound 5541 i.~ywood Road c/o Lan Harrell, Police Chief Mound, I~N. 55564 Bid For 1985 squad cars (Price the same for 1 to 4 units) 1985 Char. Celebrity 4D Sedan Fr eight ~5/45 Front seating (6C4) Required % Cloth upholstery Front/vinyl rear (6R8) options ~ Police speedometer w/2 mph increments and on a ~/ instrumentation package (?Z2) Celebrity~ 108 amp alternator (?KS) Police ~ H. D. rear seat (6C2) ~ial / Power steering cooler (7L9 ~cage / , ~ine oil cooler (TP~) ] (9A~)speedometer cable adaptor ~ H.D. trans, oil cooler inter~l (8E5) olice special package (9C1) Rear defogger (c49) Tinted glass (AO1) Air conditioning (C60) Trunk light (7X4) LH remote and RH man. mirrors (D55) Rear door handles inoperative (6B2) Vehicles keyed alike (6E2) Door edge guards (Bgl) Tilt steering hheel (N55) LH spotlight (71~7) Rubber Floor mats front and rear (6A5) Power ~oor locks (AU5) Auto. transmission (1,~1) First gear lock out (1KS) Police use radial tires P195/70x14 Black (DST) V-6 engine 175 cu. in. 2.8 liter (LE2) H. D. Cooling (Included in 9C1 police pac~ge) H. D. Battery (69 amp included in 9C1 police pac~ge) Special wiring to roof (6E5) Roof rei~orcement (6G2) Power trunk release (AGO) Two piece speedometer ~ble (6Z1) S7152.54 414.00 229.50 5e.6o 69.70 114.75 19.55 28.05 1.7o 28.o5 744.60 119.o0 95.5o 62o.5o 20.40 10.20 Not avail. 21.25 95.5o 144.5o 20.40 148.75 561.25 11.90 88.40 221.00 69.70 56.55 17.O0 54.oo 17.8~ -competitive adjustment - 1~7..~4 SELECTION & PRICE & SERI;ICENet bid price 010~960.00 .... ~.1 -~,~ +~= ~m= 'h,]'f. ar~ r~aulred with various ootions. "The Country Store" CHEVROLET-OLDSMOBILE, INC. U.S. HWY. 12 P.O. BOX D1 DELANO. MINNESOTA 55328 PHONES: Metro 479-2541 · Delano 972-2984 (page 2 ) Price increases are quite likely on 1-1-8~. These are todays prices. Delivery would be expected in the ~ to ~ month area accordingly from Chevrolet Dist. Dept. on 12-11-8~. The price on ~ or more units would be approx. $200 less. Ail vehicles would have to be identical and would have to be billed to the same name. I imagine a local buying ~roup could be used for the name. Example: West Suburban Police Co-operative. Respectively submitted, Dean A. Bergland, Gen. Sales Manager Star ~!est Chev.-Olds., Inc. Delano, MN ~5~28 SELECTION & PRICE & SERVICE ALL POLICE VEHICLES TO BE MANUFACTURED AT SAME RUN BY CHEVROLET DATE 12 12 MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER DEALER OFFICER CUSTO~R SUBURBAN CHEVROLET FL]~W.T DIVISION BRAD BLAHA MOUND POLICE EEPARTMENT AS AGREED UPON AS A FIRM COM]~/TT~T TO SELL OR LEASE AND ~ELIVER TO CUSTOF~R MOUND POLICE DEPARTMENT .... , BRAD BLAHA OFFICER OF DEALERSHIP SUBURBAN CHEVROLET FLEET DIVISION QUOTED TO JIM BAIN OF "BAIN" COMPANY THA~ TF]~ FOLLO~fiNG VEHICLE WOULD BE SOLD/LEASED, INCLUDING ALL FOLLOWING OPTIONS, EQUIP)ZNT AND OTHER ITEMS AT A FINAL ALL INCLUSIVE PRICE OF $ VEHICLE ONLY DELIVERED ~ 11~1~.~ DELIVERY WOULD BE PRIOR TO DAY, MARCH/APRIL MONTH, 85 YEAR. FACTORY ITeM (CODE) AW 19 9 C 1 & R 6 6 C ~ A 90 Z 53 c A 01 D 35 7 Z 9 6 B 2 1585 1985 1985 198~QUIPMENT CHEVROLET CELEBRITY DELIVERED POLI~ SPECIAL PACKAGE CLOTH/VINYL CLOTH FRONT VINYL REAa REAR HEAV~_' POLICE DUTY FRONT SEATS ~5'~-*~5 POWER TRUNK EULL GUAGE PACKAGE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER TINTED GLASS (ALL) MIRRORS SPORT _DRIVER REMOTE 2~H INCREMENT SPEEDOMETER _ NOT_ Q~P_E_N ~EAR DOORS~ TRUNK LIGHT (2) FACTORY CODE ITEE N 33 ? W 8 AU 3 GA 3 ! K ? L 8 E ? K U 69 6 Z 1~ 6 E 3 6 G 2 7 P 8 C 60 Le 6 5 ST 6 ¢ 2 A 31 ] J EQUIP~F, NT DOOR EDC:g C11AI:i'T~ TILT STEF, RTNG WTal~.~T, SPOTLIGHT ( R" )..TTT.~? ~,TEA__q~D PONER LOCKS FLOOR MATS FRONT/REAR RUBBER AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AUTO LOCK OUT 1st GEAR .; POWER STEERING COOLER TRANSMISSION COOLER SPEEDOMETER GEAR CHANGE (TIRE RESPONSE) HEAVY DUTY ALTERNATOR 108/A5 FM STEREO UPBRA~E TO uu9 NO CHARGE DUAL CABLE SPEEDOMETER CABLE 6 (12) 2 (16) CUAGE ROOF WI~S r~OOF REF~NCORGED FOR CABLES ENGINE OIL COOLER AIR CONDITIONER MULTI POINT FUEL INJECTED 3: 18 REAR A~.~, (QUICK RESPONSE) 195/70 RADIAL 1~." 5 TIRES NOT SS ( ~iCH ARE 600$ MORE ErPENSIVE) HEAVY DUTY REAR SEAT POLICE SEAT POWER WINDOWS SHCP DISCONECT ( 3 WINDO~ ~ TOTAL IT~MB $700 OTHER ~1~_~MB INCLUDED A~D QUOTED IN~URCHASE OR MONTHLY LEASE AMOUNT DEALER PROFIT TITLE, REGISTRATION :~%ND 0Tk?~R E~HICLE REQUI MOTOR VEHICL~-~I$~SE **TOTAL ALL INCLUDED VEHICLE COST AND OTHER 'ITEMS FINANCING TERMS QUOTED "AS CLOSE AS P~SSIBLE" 1' URCHASE: '" CONTRACT MONTHS CONTRACT INTEREST RATE FIXED VARIABLE FINANCIAL LENDING INSTITUTION INITIAL CASH ih~EST~NT MONTHLY PAYmeNT CLOSED Eh~Y ...... OPEN END COh'TRACT MONTHS LEASING C OM~:ANY TITLE HOLDER .... '~ INITIAL CASH IS"gEST~,~.NT MONTHLY PAYmeNT INC. TAX ESTIYATED RETURN PRICE DEALER/~LES50~ QUOTE FIRM FOR CUSTOMER/DEALER SIGNATURE UNTIL A~ INCLUDING DLA~R OFf' CUS TOM~R CRAWFORD DOOR SALES CO. Twin Cities 1641 Oakdale Avenue WEST ST. PAUL. MINN. 55118 Phone 455-1221 November 9,1984 Mound Fire Department 2415 Willshire Mound,MN 55364 ATTN: Bob Chaney RE: New O.H. Doors & Operators We propose to furnish and install the following, as herein stated: (3) Model ThermoSpan steel ~nsulated doors suitable for the following opening sizes. (3) 14x12 We INCLUDE the following: Polyurethane insulation 3" Double track, low headroom, angle mounted track, 4-24x6 vision lites, Lexan glazed. White exterior & interior painted 'Remove old door~,leave on'job site ~$6195.0J~ ALTERNATE #1: . ~ Same doors only Thermacore. Galv.aluminum & steel~ with polyurethane insulation. 4-24x12 Vision lites, Lucite SAR glazed. ~$6741.00 ALTERNATE #II: . ' Same doors only Crawford 16 gauge with polystyrene /\ insulatiOn & alum. back panels. Same price as Thermacore. / ALTERNATE #III: / T 50-11-12 % H.P. 115 V ~ Link Operators with 3 butto~___.._/ control only. Remove old operators, leave on job s'.~e. ~ / ~1599.0J~ / PLEASE NOTE: Allow about 4 weeks for delivery I recommend Thermospan.77_~~~_...--_ 3 doors & 3 operators $ Thank you for requesting this proposal, I hope to hear from you soon. WE PROPOSftofurn~h ~rand material--comp~tein accor~nce with above specifications, and subject conditions ~undon both si~softhisagreement, forthesum oh dollars ($, ). Payment to be made as follows: Net 30 days ACCEPTED. The above prices, specifications and conditions are satisfec. tory and are hereby accepted. You are authorized to do the work as specified. Payment will be made as outlined above. (Read reverse side). Date of Acceptance By Respectfully submitted, CRAWFORD DOOR SALES CO. Clark Ltndstrom Note:This proposal may be withdrawn by us if not accepted within30 a thermal break and have an independently testecl U-value of .11 conducted under ASTM C-236-66. The ends of ERMOSPANTM DOORS each section are protected by an 18 ga. galvanized steel cap, mounted in a manner maintaining the door's thermal integrity. The exterior skin will be hot-dipped Galvalume,· pre-painted with an epoxy primer and with a w~. ire acrylic finish coat. The interior skin will be Galvalume.~pre-painted with white polyester, and include two 1-314 ' ribs formed into the back of each section. Thermal break Pre-painted Interior skin Solid polyurethane Insulating Two 1-3/4' ~ each section 2' nominal thlckne~ Hardware plates at' i' '.--!~" :;?'!: ...~ ' : '!': '-" '~ ' · .......... ':"': ':~ ..... "?':' · '-':': --" ' · · ' ::' ' In our patented manufacturing process, polyurethane /. Is poured and cured between the Inner and outer steel skins, forming a homogeneous ssndwich of urethane/steel. Because of this manufacturing tach-. · nique, the polyurethane produces outstanding thermal strength and bonding characteristics. Close Inspection ~ Pre-painted exterior, epoxy coat and white Extedor skin acrylic finish coat Oalvalume® shows that every part of ~he finished composite Is " completely filled with polyurethane Including the two ' Integral horizontal ribs on each section. . . - Each rugged Thermospan section Is ·lightweight, all0:w':' lng easier handling at the job site. All glazing and seals are Installed at the factor. Every component needed for Installation, Including door sections, hardware, and track are shipped as a package. Thermospan is a unique product with a remarkabl~ tasted U-value of .11. The outstanding Insulation char° acteristics are combined with unusual rigidity, strength, ease of Installation and long life. When is an · nsulated door really insulated? Placing Insulation between two pieces of metal is not the answer. Because the outer surface on a conventional door wraps around and becomes a part of the inner door surface. The inside skin assumes the temperature of the outside skin, greatly reducing the effectiveness of the Insulation material. Independently tested U-values of the conventional insulated door range between .33 and .51. Thermospan features a tightly packed polyurethane core; but most Importantly, It features a non- conductive thermal break between the outside and Inside skins. The thermal break stops cold or hot outside temperatures from being transmitted to the Inside. Combining this with specially engineered joint, top, bottom, and side seals, the remarkable tested U-value of .11 Is achieved. The void between interior skin and exterior skin will be completely filled by a tightly packed polyurethane core and separated by a rigid vinyl thermal break. Door will be equipped with joint seals between sections, perimeter seals on the ends of the exterior surface, a top seal on the top section to seal against the header, and an astragal on the bottom section. Air infiltration shall be independently tested at less than or equal to .06 CFM per square foot of door area, in accordance with ASTM E283-73 at a pressure difference of .112 ' H=O (15 MPH). All seals will be factory instailed to · assure proper insulating qualifies. 8.9/Waw Utes will have a 1/4 ' air space between two acrylic sheets set in an extruded rubber gasket. Doors shall meet or exceed windload (15 lbs./sq, ft.) standards established by ANSI bulletin A216.1 1077 and NAGDM publication 102-1976. A tot l"in ulating system' . .'." - .., Rigid integral strength Thermospan Is a total system. We didn't stop With ~ thermal break and Exceptional strength Is built Into the Thermospan Joint seals. Incorporated into the system are vinyl Jamb seal, top seal, and bottom astragal permanently attached to the door sections. All seals, Including the astragal, are f. actory Installed to minimize air Infiltration. This prevents Inadvertent exclusion of seals In field. system. The use of high yield steel, a solid polyurs- thane core and the Incorporation of two 1-3/4' rlbe on the Inside of each section result In exceptional strsngth-to-welght ratios. Stiffeners o~ "U" bars ars not required on doors up thru 20'because of the Integral struts. A stiffener capped over the Integral ribs pro- rides additional strength for doors up to 40'wide. Reln- fomement plates are built in at hinge, lock bar, and . operator draw attachment locations. Outstanding Impact resistance Is obtained by Thermospan's steel/polyurethane steel sandwich construction. Insulated vision lites Double-glazed 24' x 8' acrylic lites are standard. A 114' air space separates two acrylic sheets, glazed In a rubber gasket, maintaining the thermal integrity of the Thermospan system. Full-view sections and most types of glazing materials are also available. All lites are factory Installed. Maintenance free, long life Virtually maintenance free. The exterior skin is Galvalume· and pre-painted with an epoxy primer coat topped with a white acrylic finish coat. The interior skin is Galvalume · and pre-painted with a wash coat of white polyester. Because of the thermal break, the inside skin of the door remains at inside room temperature, preventing condensation and frost, thereby resisting corrosion. Standard, commercial.grade, heavy-duty galvanized hardware also contributes to Thermospan's long service life. ? LITES Any Wayne- Dalton sectional door can be equipped ~ various types of window lites in n~qy different glazing materials. Styles range from full view to small slit style. Material ranges from standard SSB to wire glass and polycarbonate. TH optional 24' x 6' double g lites. Also available, double and single gla~ed lites of 1~8; polycarbonate. DSB, 1/4" acrylic, 1/4' polycarbonate, and 1/4' wire glass available only as single glazed. FULL VIEW SECTIONS shall feature single glazed lites, maximum size of 38" x 21', with 3/16' acrylic, polycarbonate and DSB, or 114' acrylic, and polycarbonate. WOOD PANEL doors shall have single glazed window lites using 1/8' acrylic, DSB, SSB, polycarbonate, 114' wire glass, acrylic, polycarbonate. Window size shall vary depending on the size of the door panel Insert. WOOD FLUSH doors shall have single or double glazed 24' x 8' Insert or built-In lites of 1/8' acrylic, polycarbonate, DSB; 114: wire glass, acrylic, polycarbonate. STEEL doors shall have available 24' x 8' single or double glazed rites of 1/8' acrylic, polycarbonate, DSB; 114' wire glass, acrylic, polycarbonate; or full view sections having a maximum size of 38' x 21 ' featuring single glazed lites of 1/8' or 114' polycarbonate, acrylic or 3/16' plate glass. Both styles of lites will have glazing material set In place using EPDM ozone resistant, 2-piece automatlve type :: glazing rubber. ' :'.:' Uninsulated Insulated ALUMINUM FULL VIEW SECTION Nominal 2" thick sections are extruded 6063T5 aluminum alloy, with a minimum wall thickness of .062'. Sections can be single glazed with 1/8' or 3/16' polycarbonate, acrylic and plate glass or double glazed with 112' double insulated glass. Bottom sections are available to make-up service station doors. Maximum width through 14' 2'; maximum height through 16'1'. FIBERGLASS doors shall have available 24' x 8' single or double glazed lites of 1/8' acrylic, polycerbonate, DSB; 114' wire glass, acrylic, polycarbonate. Utes will have glazing material set In place using EPDM ozone resistant, automotive type glazing rubber. Proposal. Date Name: AddreSs: ATTN: TNE FIRST LAKE MINNETONEA GARAGE DOOR CO. 3314 Tu~xedo Blvd. Mound, MN. 55364 (612) 472-6259 Proposal N~ber: c/o NOTE: Only circled statements apply. . We propose to furnish and install the following, as herein stated: We propose to furnish the following labor or service only, as herein stated: ~.-We propose to furnish the following materials only, i.e.; no la~or, transpor- ~tation or any other related expe We propose on this date. the O M~terials Warrsnty:~ Special note: ~.~ We exclude from this proposal: .1) unloadin~ of materials at job site and protective storage thereof. ~Y. Thank-you for requesting this proposal. Z hope to hear from you soo ~ Amount due:~ ~_~O~. O~) _ Terms of pa~r~ent~'7~O.~)O~~ The below signed party fully understands and agrees that THE 1st LM~E ~,~NETOR~A G.D. CO and proprietor thereof, will not be held responsible for any misuse, abuse or malfunction of any product or service rendered by LK. MTKA. GAUGE DOOR CO. ~ Signed: Date: Title: . Please return this original pzoposal signed and dated before order will be processed. M~e a copy for your records. Thank-you for placing this order with us. We look forward to working with you. Hot dipped galvanized steel painted both sides /o Ongue and groove roll rmed .meeting rail Aluminum extrusion rubber astragal Model C24ST - 24 gauge Ribbed C20ST - 20 gauge Ribbed Model Hot dipped gal~anized steel C21ST - 20 ~au£e Flush. painted both sides c16ST - 16 gauge Flush and groove roll meeting rail liner Aluminum extrusion u'd rubber astragal Steel Sections Specifications Ribbed steel s~'tions are available in 24 and 20 gauge. Flush steel sec~ons are available in 20~nd 16 gauge. Hot dipped galvanized steel has a baked finish on both sides, (white ex- terior, gray interior). Paint is con.~idered a orimer, scrat_d~ are t~ot.considered a defect. Sections are roil'formed from a con, tinuous sheet of s~eei wi~h tongue and groove meeting rafts to provide a weather tight seal between sections. Z-shaped center stiles provide ~rength yet allow full insulation of door with no insulation voids. All vertical s~les are 16 gauge galvanized material, spot welded to rails and riveted to outside pans. Aluminum retainer and U'd vinyl astragal along the bottom of the door provides an excellent floor seal. Doors are available in 3" height increments only. Twenty (20) and sixteen (16) gauge doors are not available in heights of 6'6", 6'9", 8'Y', 8'6", and 10'3". See page ten for options, Steel Door Panel and Section Schedule Panels Wide Sections High Width No. of Height No. of Panels Sections Thru 9'2" 2 Thru 8'0" 4 9'3" - 12'2" 3 8'3" - 10'0' 5 12'3" - 16'2" 4 10'3" - 12'0" 6 16'3" - 20'2" 5 12'3" - 14'0" 7 20'3" - 24'2" 6 14'3" - 16'0' 8 Larger size doors are available, Consult distributor. Steel Doors Insulation and Back Covers (Optional) Expanded polystyrene or isocyanurate foam board insulation can be installed in any steel section. Polystyrene in a ribbed door is grooved to provide maximum insulation. Isocyanurate foam is not grooved and flat board stock is used in ribbed doors. Back covers include 26 gauge galvanized steel, 2~ gauge painted (gray) steel, ,024 painted (white) aluminum and ~' hardboard. Hardboard is not available with isocyanurate foam. Window Lites. Steel Plexiglass and aluminum framed lites ~or ~0" x 11") can be installed in any panel or sectional door. Single .~iazed lites are used in non-insulated doors and double glazed lites are used when the'door is insulated. Full vision aluminum sections are also available, but are limited, depending on door size. Optional glazing materials are available. Hardware Graduated hinges, bottom fixtures, adjustable top fixtures and struts are made from heavy gauge galvanized steel. Hinges have full-gusseted side plates to e~ninate stretching. All rollers have ten ball bearings with case-hardened inner and outer races to assure long life and ease of (~peration, Doors are reinforced as re- quired with steel s~ts and are designed to deflect less than of the door width when in the open position. Struts vary in size depending on the size and weight of the door. Two and one- quarter inch and three-inch hemmed U-bar struts are the smallest, Four-inch and six-inch deep tapered channel trusses are used for the larger doors. Inside slide bolt lock is standard equipment. It can be mounted on either side and is provided with a padlock hole. Keyed lock (optional) is a five-pin cylinder with a steel lock rod engaging the track. Ribbed R.factor U-factor Polystyrene/26 ga. St. 6.83 .146 Polystyrene/I/8" hard board 6.98 .143 Isooyanurate/26 ga. St. 8.89 .122 Not Insulated .85 1.176 Flush Polystyrene/26 ga. St. 6.83 .146 Polystyrene/I/8" hard board 6.98 .143 Isocyanurate/26 ga. St. 10.67 .094 Not Insulated .85 1.176 Tracks Tracks are manufactured from heavy gauge galvanized steel in two-inch or three-inch sizes depending on door size and weight. ~ay be used on any door and should be used on all-hfgh-usage doors. Vertical tracks are fully adjustable and taper out as they rise to provide a wedge action weather seal. Bracket mounting or continuous angle mounting (leg out) is sup- plied for wood jambs. Continuous reverse angle mounting (leg i~.) is supplied for steel jambs. Horizontal tracks are reinforced with galvanized angle, sized as required by door weight, For more detail track information, see page eleven, Counterbalance Door counterbalance is supplied with oil tempered, helical wound and stress relieved torsion springs. Springs are mounted on a continuous cross header steel sh~t and supported by ball bearing brackets. Optional high-cycle springs are available in 25,000, 50,000 and 100,000 cycles (up and down once equals one cycle). Cables are 7 x 19 strand galvanized aircraft type with a minimum safety factor of 8 to 1. ~ 118-3 Av~l~;f4ft~ ~lnc~Groto~,M~01450 RIDGE DOOR SALES CO. Sales & Service Since 1923 811 West 77~ St. RICHFIELD, MINN. 55423 Phone 869-7509 PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO Mound Fire STREET Box 37 PHONE 472-4793 Department JOB NAME Fire Department I DATENov. 20, 1984 CII'Y. STATE AND ZIP CODE JOB lOCATION Mound, ~*~ nn. 55364 2~15 Wi 1 shire ARCHITECT [ DATE OF PLANS I We hereby submit specifications a~d estimates for: Take off the present (3) doors at the Mound Fire Station,leave doors ........... ..a**t**..t..~.**e** job site; JOB PHONE Furnish and install three (3) Steel insulated flush overhead doors 1~'8" 'de x 12'0" hig ,h model C21SA;all double end hinges; 50~000 cTcle springs; ............ i:~......~ ............................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................... four (~) windows 24 x 5 in third sectio~ of each doorlstrut on ever~ section; ..................... bar joists;weatherstrip doors all around NO SALES TAX INCLUDED for the sum of ...... .............. $57~2.00 Take off the present threee (3) oRerators and leave on the job;furnish and .... i~.~.~....?.~?.....(..~.)....new o erators Model T31-B:~O WIRING OF MOTORS O~ COntROL STATIONS BY US: NO SALES TAX INCUDED~ for the ~. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ $!362. O0 hereby to furnish material and labor --complete in Payment to be made as follows: Net 30 days after completion accordance with above specifications, for the sum of: dollars ($ ). manner according to standard practices. Any alteration or deviation from above specific, a- Authorized is guaranteed to be as specified. All work to be completed in · workmanlike tions involving extra costs will be executed only upon written orders, and will become an extra charge over and above the estimate, All agreements continEent upon strikes, accidents or delays beyond our control. Owner to carry fire, tornado and other necessary insurance. Our workers are fully covered by Workmen'$ Compensation Insurance. Signature Note: This proposal may be withdrawn by us if not accepted within 60 days da~. Atceptan e Iro os ! the prices, specifications · ~. ........... :_ _~ ............ ~ v~,, ~r~, m~h~rized Signature · Hot dipped galvanized steel painted both sides /oOngueand roll groove rmed meeting Hner Aluminum extrusion rubber astragal Model C24ST C20ST Hot dipped galvanized steel painted both sides and groove roll formed meeting rail liner Aluminum extrusion U'd robber astragal Model C21ST- 20 gauge Flush C16ST- 16 g~mge Flush 8 I0 4 Mayor Jerome P. Rockvam 471-9515 Councllmembers Ellie Heller 471-8304 Don Dill 471-9311 Ron Kraemer 471-7339 Carl Widmer 471-9429 P. O. BOX 452, SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA 55384 · Phone: 471-9051 · ON LAKE MINNETONKA December 21, 1984 Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager City of Mound 5341 Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Dear Jon: Enclosed find a sample resolution for which we ask your support in adopting. At the Mayor's meeting on December 18th, the Cities of Waconia, Minnetrista and Victoria were in agreement with this con6ept of urging the Met Council to move from dead center one way or another to alleviate the bottleneck sit- uation at the Lake Virginia pumping station. It will be a long enough time as is once the decision is made, but to delay further on this issue is critical, not only for Spring Park, but the other upstream cities including Mound. Any consideration you can recommend to your council will be appreciated. A meeting is anticipated in the latter part of January between Met Council, Waste Control and all cities involved to discuss the alternatives. Watch for the announcement of this meeting as it will be most important. Also enclosed is a copy of a letter from the Waste Control on the capacity status of the cities involved, but more importantly, is the lack of actual pumping capacity at Lake Virginia. Sincerely, Patricia Osmonson Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer Enc. CITY of MOUND December 27, 1984 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 Ms. Pat Osmonson City Administrator City of Spring Park P. O. Box 452 Spring Park, MN. 55384 Dear Pat, Enclosed is a copy of the signed resolution you forwarded last week to the City of Mound regarding the sewer interceptor issue. Hopefully all the other cities will also pass it and we can work in harmony to push forward on a solution. Sincerely, G,i ty Manager JE:fc enc. P.S. Copies were forward to the Metropolitan Council c/o John Harrington and MWCC c/o The Chair December 26, 1984 RESOLUTION NO. 8q-217 RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SEWER CAPACITY WHEREAS, there is inadequate capacity in the interceptor sewers of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission serving the western Lake Minnetonka communities; and WHEREAS, there are two alternate proposals before the Metropolitan Council to provide additional sewer capacity to this area, known as the Lake Virginia Forcemain Project and the Lake Ann Project; and WHEREAS, further delay in providing additional sewage capacity to this area will result in the postponment of orderly economic development and possible increased pollution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Mound, Minnesota, requests that the Metropolitan Council expedite the decision making process and promptly choose the alternative to provide additional sewer capacity to the western Lake Minnetonka area which will best serve the needs of this area and which can be constructed in the least amount of time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Chairperson of the Metropolitan Council and to the Chairperson of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. The foregoing resolution was moved by Councilmember Charon and seconded by Councilmember Jessen. The following Councilmembers voted in the affirmative: Charon, Jessen, Paulsen and Polston. The following Councilmembers voted in the negative: none. Councilmember Peterson was absent and excused. ss/Robert D. Polston Mayor Attest: City Clerk CITY OF RESOLUTION WHEREAS, there is inadequate capacity in the interceptbr sewers of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission serving the western Lake Minnetonka con~nunities; and WHEREAS, there are two alternate proposals before the Metropolitan Council to provide additional sewer capacity to this area, known as the Lake Virginia Forcemain Project and the Lake Ann Project; and WHEREAS, furth,er delay in providing additional sewage capacity to this area will result in the postponment of orderly economic development and possible increased pollution, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Metropolitan Council be requested to expedite the decision maktng process and promptly choose the alternative to provide additional sewer capacity to the western Lake Minnetonka area which will best serve the needs of this area and which can be constructed in the least amount of time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Chairperson 'of the Metropolitan Council and to the Chairperson of the Metropolitm-. Waste Control Commission. mETROPOLITRfl WRITE CONTROL (omml/'/'lON Tvw'~ Cites I~lr~o December 6, 1984 meTRO $OUARE BLD(~. 7TH & ROBERT/TREET! SAINT PAUL mN 551OI 612 222-842) Ms. Patricia Osmonson Admi nis t rato r-C1 erk-Treas urer City of Spring Park 4349 Warren, Box 452 Spring Park, MN 55384 Dear Ms. osm°nson: As per yo. ur request in a meeting of November 27, 1984, with Mr. Donald Bluhm of the Commission's staff, the following is a list of the communi- ties located upstream of the Lake Virginia Lift Station, their flow data for 1983 and 1984, and the Metropolitan Council's 1990 projected waste- ware r flows: 1983 1984 MC 1990 Waconia .43 .46 .42 Victoria .15 .16 .23 ~und i. 1.20 1.28 1.37 Mi nnetrista .18 .18 .29 Spring Park .29 .31 .31 St. Boni faci us .079 .088 .08 Although there appears to be unused capacity within the system as project- ed by the Metropolitan Council, it should be noted that the Lake Virginia Lift Station is operating at near capacity. During times of heavy rain- fall, the capacity of the facilities has been exceeded. The only answer to this problem is the construction of facilities to provide more capacity downstream of the Lake Virginia Pump Station (i.e., Lake Ann Interceptor). If we can be of any further assistance, please call. Si ncerely, Odde Conmunity Services Manager cc: Karl Burandt, Metropolitan Council RAO:DSB:CLL The three Gambling Licenses expiring Feb. 1, 1985 are: Americfin Legion #398 NWTonka Lions VFW#5113 There would be a $75.00 fee on each of these for one month only as we would be licensing them until Feb. 28, 1985. The State takes over licensing these also. CITY of MOUND Z~K'~41 M,.%YVC(X)I) ROAi) MOUND, MINNESOTA 5~'x364 612/472-1155 Date of application: CITY OF MOUND CIGARETTE LICENSE APPLICATION (Print or type only) Annuai Fee: $12.00. License Period: 3-1-8 2-28-8 to Applicant Name: ~0~::>~/,~-- (First) Applicant Dare'of Birth: ..~-~) -~ ~O~1 7~/'/ Original / Renewal .(Mi ddle) '(Last) m33 C'~y: ~~ Zlp:.~~ Home Phone Number:. /7/'7;~---~'~',~- .Social Security Number:,~J'~--~ -~-~y i' ~' , ~ ' Company Name ~Uas~. I]~n~ ~ompan Telephone Number:~7~-~ ~S~ .Company Address:..~ . City: ~o~ ~ Zip:~-~ Company Zae J,' . . (L st) (First) (Middle) ' '('~i rst) (Middle) (Date of Bi r. th) (Last) (Date of Bir~h) of Ordinances, City of Mound., Minnesota August, 1~60 Chapter 37 - Licensing and Regulation of Certain Sales Part A Cigarettes, Cigarette Wrappers, Cigars, Pipe Tobacco, Cigarette Tobacco, Snuff, Chewing Tobacco Section 37.04 Restrictions No such license shall be issued except to a person of good moral character, No license shall be issued I to any applican? at any place o~her than his established,place of business.' No l~cense shall be ~ssued for a vending machine for theI vending of cigarettes, cigarette.wrappers, cigar; pipe or cigarette tobacco, snuff or chewing tobacco,.except tha~ such 'vending machinej be located in such place where'persons under the age of ]8 years' ar~ prohibited from entering. No person' except a bona fide and duly liceSsed and registered pharmacist or physlclan shall keep for sale sell or dispose of in any form any opl. um, morphine, jimson weed, be]la donna, strychnia, cocoaine, marijuana, or any deleterious or poisonous drug except nicotine. Signature of Appl~ant 3ffice Use Only Department ApprovalJDenial (Submit memo if denied) ~'prova'l' ~n ~olice Dep.t. ~dministrative' Street Dept. Bldg. Insp. Park Dept, Sewer/Water. Dept. Fire Dept. John Burger District 43A Hennepin County Committees: Education Environment and Natural Resources Financial Institutions and Insurance General Legislation and Veterans Affairs Minnesota House of . Representatives Harry A. Sieben, Jr., Speaker December 19, 1984 Bob Polston Mayor of Mound Mound City Hall 5341Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Dear'Bob, You, your council members and city employees are cordially invited to attend a public ceremony and accompaning festivities at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 12,1985. The occasion is the dedication of a marker in Mound by the Minnesota Historical Society and the local Westonka Historical Society. The marker designates Lake Minnetonka a state historical site, and will be erected at the Mound Depot, where the program will take place. Activities surrounding the 40-minute dedication ceremony include food, music by the Westonka High School band, decorations and an historic art, artifact and photograph display in the depot. Brief comments by Russ Fridley, Director of Minnesota Historical Society; Mayor Bob Polston of Mound; Buzz Sykes, President of Westonka Historical Society; and one or two other concerned officials will comprise the dedicatory program, which we hope Roger Erickson of Boone and Erickson, WCCO Radio, will emcee. We're planning to introduce such notables as Mayors and Council Members from other Lake Minnetonka cities, Hennepin County Commissioner Bud Robb, Congressmen Bill Frenzel and Gerry Sikorski, and others we can't now name until we know for sure who's coming to our party. In any event, we expect a great crowd of notables from the area and we will introduce for a greeting those who attend. Please call Dorothy a~ 296-9552 to let us know who will attend from your city. We'll have a chair on the platform for your top representative. A printed program will be made up after we receive confirmation of those attending. Cordi al ly, John Burger State Representative Reply to: [-] 367 State Office Building, St, Paul, Minnesota 55155 3711 Office: (612) 296-9188 [] 3750 Bayside Road, Long Lake, Minnesota 55356 Home: (612) 473-3559 BILLS ..... DECEMBER 26, 1984 Acro-MN 97.94 Holly Bostrom 147.O0 Burlington Northern 533.33 Contel 1,198.96 City Wide Services 5.50 Cash Register Sales 35.90 Communications Auditors 36.46 Clean Step Rental Rugs 38.50 Dav'ies Water Equip 22.80 Dictaphone Corp 74.00 Decker Supply 197.90 Flexible Pipe Tool 125.27 Fl'oyd Security 19.40 Ford Tank & Painting 675.00 Fire Engineering 14.95 Henn Co. Chiefs Police Assn 525.00 Henn Co. Sheriff Dept 8,OO1.43 Eugene Hickok & A-soc 2,580.70 J. B. Distributing 80.40 Internatl Assn of Fire Chiefs 60.00 LOGIS 1,984.30 Louisville Landfill 14.OO City of Minnetrista 48.00 McCombs Knutson 1,818.OO Minnegasco 145.80 Mound Medical Clinic 27.00 Mound Super Valu 73.17 Wm Mueller & Sons 1,967.64 MN Dept Public Safety 40.00 Monarch FoodService 45.36 Minnetonka Sportsman 50.00 Mpls Oxygen 21.00 MN MFOA 10.OO N.S.P. 4,458.68 NW Bell Telephone 263.07 Old Dominion Brush 3,140.OO Office Products of MN 185.OO Pitney Bowes 186.OO PaPer Calmenson 490.62 Pitney Bowes Credit 26.00 Precision Business Systems 729.00 Reo Raj Kennels 364.00 Stevens Well Drilling 8.20 Sterne Electric 45.70 · SOS Printing 196.75 Thurk Bros Chev 32.99 Van Doren Hazard Widmer Bros Water Products Xerox Corp Wendy Anderson Gayle Burns Donald Bryce Bryan Rock Prod Commlssioner of Robert Cheney First Bank Mpls Fire Dept Officers Judy Fisher Griggs Cooper Girl Scout #137 Wm Hudson doh,nson Bros Liquor Mound Postmaster I! I! fl Mound Fire Dept Natl Registry EMT Ed Phillips Quality Wi ne Secretary of State James Thompson Univ of MN Village Ins. Co. TOTAL BILLS Stallngs Revenue 1,392-.75 942.O1 15.40 16.30 100.00 640.81 4,793.53 367.oo 6.O0 3,1OO.OO 27.19 3,665.39 4O.OO 33.8O 6,676.O6 600.O0 100.00 103.20 3,924.25 15.00 3,080.30 2,941.51 1.00 4oo.35 9o.oo 2,548.99 67,802.66 3'7/.Z. I; December 13, 1984 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 Mr. Robert Beadle 1708 Finch Lane Mound, MN. 55364 Dear Mr. Beadle: Thank you for coming to the City Council Meeting this week. The concerns you shared are important.. I have done some research on them which I hope is useful and informative. Your property at 1708 Finch Lane consists of three lots (Lots 16-18, Block 14). From our records, you purchased it June 20, 1979. Your taxes have been as follows;'over the years:. : 1980 - $ 295.38. 1981 - $ 337.42 1982 - $ 422.93 1983 - $ 448.00 1984 - $ 481.32 The increase over five years i.s $185.94 or $37.19 per year. Your street assessment has changed as follows: 1980 - $ 484.00 1981 - $ 410.44 1982 - $ 394.95 1983 - $ 379.95 1984 - $ 363.98 The street assessment will. continue to go down by $15.00 each year thru 1994 when the assessment will be paid. There are several reasons why your property taxes have increased. The most obvious one is that each of the various taxing authorities, i.e. School District #277, Hennepin County, City of Mound, M.T.C., Me~ Council, etc., have increased their levy or the amount of dollars collected. In 1984 over 1983, that increase was 5.7t or $369,295. In total, property taxes levied in 1984 equalled $6,850,003.90. After subtracting Homestead Credit, the net paid by Mound residents was just over $3.0 million. Page 2 Mr. Robert Beadle December 13, 1984 Another reason was an increase in property values. changed over. the years as follows: LAND + BUILDING Your ProPerty has = TOTAL 1980 $ 8,600 + $18,~00 = $25,100 1981 $16,800 + $30,400 = $47,200 1982 $17,800 + $32,200 = $50,000 1983 $20,800 + $33,900 = $54,700 1984 $20,800 + $33,900 = $54,7OO It has more than doubled in market value over the five years you have owned it.. This, in part, reflects the $52,370 you paid for it in 1979, but also pressure from the State Legislature to try and increase market values to the levels that reflect the'actual real estate market was responsible. The person you bought your' home from came out having the best of both worlds, low market value (i.e.' low taxes), but selling high. He bought the house in 1977 for $33,000. This occurred regularly in the late seventies and early eighties. Today sales values appear to be much more in line with market values. Whenever I talk about taxes, I try and mention what share of this the City of Mound is, i.e. City of Mound School District #277 Vocational School Mics. Levies Watershed District Hennepin County 16.10% 49.52% 1.35% 4.98% · 26% 27.79% 100.OO% I'f we took your 1984 tax bill (minus the street assessment) of $48'1.32, you will have paid out the following: City of Mound School District #277 Vocational School Misc. Levies Watershed District Hennepin County $ 77.50 $238.35 $ 6.49 $ 23.96 $ 1.26 $133.76 $481.32 On an attached sheet I have' broken down your City rate by Department which will give you the amount each service is costing you in 1984. A quick review, I think, shows some pretty good values. In summary, on the tax issue, your property today is worth $2,300 more than you paid for it in 1979. I don't think an increase of $460 per year (less than 1~ per year) is either to fast or does it come close to the inflation rate for this same period. The cost of your tax increase came about because of the difference in value between what it was on the books for in 1979 ($25,000) versus the $52,370 you paid. Page 3 Hr. Robert Beadle December 13, 1984 Your dock #12790, is presently shared with Elmer Lind. Your fee is shared equally and .in 1984 was $37.50. We have tried to encourage this sharing arrangement,not only. because it saves' money for the applicants, but provides opportunities for. more Hound residents to have access to the Lake. In 1984 nearly 20~ of all residents had a dock in the City. The area around your dock that you said was turned to mud was improved this year-at the request of the residents that live along the lakeshore. They' were concerned about the stagnant water that was forming in pockets which were created by repeated wave action. We hauled in a course dirt, filled in those low spots, cleaned up and leveled.the area and Seeded it. Our hope is that by next Spring this will be grown in.and a scenic improvement added to the area. I am sorry you found it offensive; but the calls I received after it was done thanked us. If it is causing any hardship for you at your dock slte, please let us know so we can find you a better site. The fee was increased in 1983 to the present level of $65.00. An additional $10.00 charge for capital improvements on the Commons was initiated in 1984. The 1985 fees have'not been set yet, but the Park' Commlssion has recommended a fee of $85.00 to reflect the new $10.00 per dock, fee the Lake Hinnetonka Conservation District initiated starting January 1st. If the new fees are implemented, your shared cost. for 1985 will be $42.50. The income from the fee covers the Dock Inspector's salary ($10,000), related Commons improvements~ I..e. diseased tree removal, dredging, some rip-rapping, stairs, etc. Before 1983, the Commons Dock Program was heavily subsidized by the property taxes. To insure services that should carry themselves do, the fees were increased to reflect actual Park Department costs. The same thing has occurred wi. th Planning and Zoning fees. There is little I can add regarding the Street Improvement Program. You were a part of the.1978 Street Project. It had probably been set up and appr6ved before you bought your house in the Summer of 1979. Often times today, as a condition of the sale, the'seller of the house agrees to pay off all outstanding or anticipated special assessments. Since the seller of your house made nearly. S20,000, that may have been an opportunity to deal with the specials. In 1983 because of problems similar to those you mentioned regarding the dog incident, we re-established the Dog Patrol program. I think that it has worked very effectively for the last year. I am sorry that it took so long to do this but by using salary savings we have generated the money necessary to now operate a program that could have met your problem. Page 4 Mr. Robert Beadle December 13, 1984· Hopefully, the issue with the party will not be repeated either. Our present Chief, Lennie Harrel), would be delighted to meet with you to discuss this kind of a problem and I think he could provide you with more effective solutions than you received in the past. The downtown issue particularly hurts because I have spent alot of time trying to reinvigorate the commercial area. I think major improvements have occurred and new operators, with more sensitivety, have come, but the process is slow. Please do not give up on downtown. If'you have problems, please call me. I meet regularly with the business community and share these types of concerns with them. I assure you, I will pass on your comments. Finally, and perhaps best of all, thanks for your. concern and encourage- ment regarding Continental. The fights have been long and tddious and seem to continue on and on, but we will endure. If You would like to go over any of this, please let me know. Sincerel,y, Jon Elam City Manager JE:fc enc. BREAKDOWN OF CITY COSTS FOR 1984 CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER/CITY CLERK ELECTIONS ASSESSING FINANCE. LEGAL POLICE PLANNING & INSPECTIONS CIVIL DEFENSE STREETS CITY GARAGE PARKS CITY PROPERTY CONTINGENCY FIRE BONDS & INTEREST TOTAL 1.53 4.3O .40 1 5.68 3.o4 23.35 3.86 .O5 15.00 2.02 5.52 3.63 .64 3.42 3.10 $ 77.50 1.97% 5.55% .52% 2.53% 7.26% 3.89% 3o.14% 4.98% .16% 19.35%. 2.61% 7.13% 4.68% 4.41% 4.00% lOO.OO% 37/ HUBERT H. HUMPHREY. !II ATTORNEY GENERAL TATE OF ] IlI E6OTA OFFICE OF THE A'I~I'OP~'V~' GI~NI~RAI, ST. PAUL ADDRESS REPLY "I'O: 340 BREMER TOWER SEVENTH PL. AND MINNESOTA ST. ST. PAUL, MN ,55101 TELEPHONE: (61o9 December 13, 1984 Mr. Randall D. Young Executive Secretary MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 780 American Center Building 160 East Kellogg Boulevard St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Re: Continental Telephone Company MPUC Docket No. P-407/GR-84-724 Dear Mr. Young: Pursuant to your letter dated December 3, 1984, the Attorney General makes the following comments on the filing in the above-referenced matter. Continental Telephone Company's ("Continental") filing in this case is an excellent example of how a telephone company can abuse its right to select a test year and assure that little, if any, actual data will be contained in the record to support its proposed revenue increase. For the reasons set forth below, the filing should not be accepted by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ("Commission"). In short, Continental's filing is defective in that (1) the proposed test year is inappropriate: and (2) it is inapprop~iate to use a projected test year and rely on end of period data. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ~ 7/? Mr. Randall D. Young Executive Secretary December 13, 1984 Page 2 Continental filed its rate application on November 30, 1984. In its filing, Continental uses twelve months of projected 1985 data and annualizes the December 31, 1985 projections in deriving its test period. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. ~ 237.075, subd. 2 (1982), the Commission's final order in the case is due on or before September 29, 1985. The first reason for rejecting Continental's filing is that it uses a test year which is so far into the future that little meaningful actual data will be contained in the record. The Commission is well aware of the difficulties which arise when the proposed teSt year in a filing is based on data which is projected. Indeed, in the last Continental rate case, the Commission had difficulty in determining the cash unreserved issue precisely because insufficient actual data was available at'the time of the evidentiary hearing. In that case, the Commission rejected the particular adjustment recommended by the Attorney General and defended its action on appeal by arguing that without knowing the amount of interest revenues for the entire test year, it could not make the adjustment. See Continental.Telephone Company, Minn. Ct. App., CX-84-1035 at 11 (November 13, 1984). Given the time schedule associated with the current Continental rate filing and its projected test year, not only will twelve months of actual data not be available at the time of the evidentiary hearings, but such data.Qill not be available until at least three months after the statutory deadline for deciding the Mr. Randall D. Young Executive Secretary December 13, 1984 Page 3 rate case. A realistic estimate is that the evidentiary record will contain only two to four months of actual data. Therefore, the Commission will have but a modicum of actual data in the record to assess whether Continental's proposed projected investments, revenues and expenses are accurate. The Attorney General submits that under these circumstances it will be extremely difficult for the Commission to render a meaningful decision on the reasonableness of Continental's rate proposal. Indeed, given the Commission's reasoning as explained to the Court of Appeals (that the reasonableness of an adjustment cannot be determined without twelve months of actual test year data), it will be impossible for the Commission to determine the reasonableness of the rate proposal since twelve months of actual data will never be in the record. The second reason why the Commission should not approve Continental's filing is that Continental couples an end of period rate base with its future test year period. The effect is to compound the uncertainty factor in the case. In the past, the Commission has generally allowed utility companies to use an end of period test year when a historical test year was used. This is to insure that the investments, revenues and expenses of the company are more closely matched to the time period when the rates were to be in effect. When a utility proposes a future test.year, the Commission generally requires that an average beginning and ending rate base be used. This allows the Commission to consider the actual beginning balances of the rate base and some months of actual data from the income statement when the Commission deliberates. Mr. Randall D. Young Executive Secretary December 13, 1984 Page 4 In this case, Continental has combined the end of period test year concept and the forecasted test year concept in a manner which is unjustified and unreasonable. By using an end of period test year, Continental is not only forecasting its investment and expenses fourteen (14) months into the future, it is compounding any error in its forecasts by annualizing the data for the fourteenth (14th) month. More specifically, Contlnental has based its rate increase request on an end of period 1985 test year which means that it is utilizing s rate base reflecting December 31, 1985 investment. Furthermore, Continental has included in its rate base "Committed Construction" projects which will not be completed until December, 1986. This is over two years from the filing date of this rate increase and in fact, the Commission's order in this case would be made a year and three months prior to these projects being completed and useful to ratepayers. Continental is also annuallzlng its revenues and expenses as of December 31, 1985 and making adjustments to its expenses which will take place in 1986 and 1987. For example, Continental is increasing its depreciation expense for its Committed Construction projects which will not be completed mntil December, 1986. Therefore, the depreciation expenses on the Committed Construction are included in the rate filing but will not be booked until 1987. Simply stated, it is inappropriate in this case for Continental to project twelve months of 1985 data, and then treat the twelfth month (December, 198.~) as being representative of the test period. 37 2_ Mr. Randall D. Young Executive Secretary December 13, 1984 Page 5 In conclusion, the rate case filin9 of Continental is unreasonable and inappropriate. The chosen test year is so far in the future that the data necessary to determine the reasonableness of the rate request will not be available until long after the Commission is required to render its final order. Moreover, it is inappropriate to use end of period data when using a projected test year. Consequently, the Attorney General respectfully recommends that the Continental filing not be accepted by the Commission. THOMAS M. O'HERN, JR. Special Assistant Attorney General Telephone: (612)' 297-4610 ON BEHALF OF ATTORNEY GENERAL' HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, III cc- Gary S. Haugen, Esq. Craig Anderson Linda Anthony James D. Larson, Esq. Eldon J. Spencer, Jr., Esq. STATE OF MINNESOTA //~],~r IN THE SUPREME COURT Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Petitioner, City of Mound, a Municipal Corporation, and Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey, Ill, Respondents. (In the Matter of the Petition of Continental Telephone Company of Minnesota, Inc. for Authority to Change its Schedule of Telephone Rates for Customers Within the State of Minnesota) PETITION FOR REVIEW OF DECISION OF COURT OF APPEALS Appellate Court Case Nos. CX-84-1035 and C?-84-1168 Date of Filing of Court of Appeals Decision: November 13, 1984 Petitioner Minnesota Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") requests Supreme Court review of the above-entitled decision of the Court of Appeals upon the following grounds: 1. Statement of Facts and Procedural History. This petition seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed in part a decision of the petitioner Commission in an application for a general telephone rate Increase sought by Continental Telephone Company {"Continental'). Continental sought to increase its rates for local telephone service within Minnesota by $7,212,000 of additional annual revenues. By order dated July ?, 1983, the Commission authorized Continental to collect $4,?86,000 through interim rates pending its final decision on the petition. After hearings, the Commission by order of March 23, 1984 allowed Continental a final increase of $4,057,000. The Commission allowed inclusion of a cash unreserved account balance among the components of Continental's rate base. It rejected the Attorney General's contention that an offset for outside interest earned on these funds should also be made. On June 5, 1984, the Commission ordered Continental to refund the excess revenues that the telephone company had collected during the interim rate period in proportion to the interim increases which continental's customers had paid. The City of ! Mound objected. It argued: 1) that the Commission had erred in setting interim rates for Continental's metropolitan area exchanges; and 2) that any refund remaining after the error was corrected should not go to any customers whose fine5 rates were Ereater than interim rates. The Commission denied Mound's objection in an order issued August l, 1984. The Attorney General and the City of Mound each petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals for review of the Commission's orders. On November 13, 1984, the Court of Appeals reversed the Commission's decision on these issues. It remanded the Attorney General's appeal to the Commission for further hearings and it ordered that refunds for metro area customers should be recalculated according to its directions° The Commission now seeks Supreme Court review of that decision. 2. Statement Of Legal Issues And Their Resolution, a. When the evidence of record is not sufficient to support the affirmative finding that Continental was earning a double return on a cash unreserved account in its rate base, does the CommLssion. have a duty to seek additional evidence through further hearings? The Court of Appeals held yes. b. Can interim rates be found to have been set erroneously on the basis of facts not known to the Commission when the interim rate order was issued but rather discovered only during later hearings conducted on the proposed permanent rates? The Court of Appeals held yes. e. May the Commission order refunds to all ratepayers who paid interim rates without comparing interim rates to final rates? The Court of Appeals held 3. Argument. This ease presents three important questions regarding the role of courts reviewing administrative agencies and the interpretation of the law applicable to setting rates for telephone companies and gas and electric utilities, l/ In order for the SuPreme Court to clarify that law and to correct errors of the Court of Appeals, this ease should be 1/ The Commission reviews petitions for rate changes sought by gas and electric utilities under statutory language that is similar to the statutory language applicable to telephone companies. Compare Minn. Stat. $ 216B.16 (1982) and {Supp. 1983) with Minn. Stat. S 237.075 {1982) and tSupp. 1983). ! accepted for review pursuant to Rule 117, subd. 2{a), {e) and (d), Minn. R. Civ. App. Proc. (1983 Supp.). a. Cash Unreserved Account. The Commission argued before the Court of Appeals that its decision should be affirmed because no record evidence had been offered either to establish the proper amount of any interest offset or to address the appropriate rate making treatment for any interest earned on this account. The Court of Appeals agreed that "the record does not contain sufficient evidence for the PUC to make the suggested adjustment [to include an interest income offset] to cash working eapital{" and that "there is also little evidence of how the interest income should be treated for rate making purposes." Ct. of App. Opinion at 11. Despite its clear findings that the Commission could not have made the interest offset adjustment proposed by the Attorney General on the basis of the existing record, the Court of Appeals concluded that the agency should not avoid deciding this issue and remanded the matter to the Commission for additional hearings. The Court of Appeals has erred in remanding the cash unreserved account issue for further hearings. Once it had found substantial evidence to support the Commission's decision, the Court of Appeals should have affirmed the agency decision. The Court of Appeals has not clearly stated any standard of review that would justify the result found here. Before it overturned the agency decision, the Court of Appeals should have provided analysis that placed its review squarely within the standards of judicial review. Rather than engage in such analysis, the Court of Appeals appears to have exceeded its limited scope of review in this ease and substituted its judgment for that of the agency by directing further hearings. The Supreme Court should accept this issue for review pursuant to Rule 117, 'subd. 2ia), because the question of when further hearings are necessary is an important issue 'for administrative agencies that should be resolved by the Court. Moreover~ the Court of Appeals' substitution of its judgment for the agency's is a departure from the accepted and usual standard of review and is thus reviewable under subdivision 2(e). b. Interim Rates. The Commission concluded that an across-the-board interim increase should be applied to Continental's basic service rates. The Commission 3 acted upon its knowledge of the contents of the rates as of that time, which was several months before bearin 's began. However, after hearings, the Commission lowered the final metro rate increase in order to reeoKnize an implicit extended area service component in the metro basic rate. The Court of Appeals concluded that the interim rates had been erroneously set in contradiction of the Commission policy to apply the increase equally among customers. The Court of Appeals erred by not recognizing the illogical consequences of its conclusion, which required the Commission to judge the reasonableness of interim rates set at the beginning of the ten month investigation period against findings that existed only at the end of that time period. Minn. Stat. $ 237.075, subd. 3 (1983 Supp.) requires the Commission t° set interim rates ex parte within sixty days of the rate filing based on the existing rate design. Changes in those rates, such as might be contested during the hearings in the investigation period, shall be prospeetive only. Minn. Stat. S 23?.0?5, subd. 5 {1982). The Commission thus could not retroactively change interim rates on the basis of findings that were not made until the final order. This decision should be given review pursuant to Rule 117, SUbd. 2ia) because the question of the retroaetivity of the findings in the final order is an important one upon · which the Supreme Court should rule. Further, review pu.rsuant to subdivision 2(e) is necessary because the logic of the Court of Appeals' decision requires the Commission to know facts when setting interim rates that simply are not available then, and thus r.epresents a departure from the accepted and usual course of justice which csll.~ for an " exercise of the Court's supervisory powers. c. Refunds. The Commission ordered Continental to make proportionate refunds to all customers who paid interim rates. The Court of Appeals' directed refunds be made to correct the alleged error in setting metro interim rates and ordered the remainder be refunded only to those customers whose final rates were less than their interim rates. The Court of Appeals erred when it attempted to direct refunds to particular customers. The Commission has great discretion in determining the method of refunding. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company v. State, 299 Minn. 1, 30, 216 N.W.2d 841 (1974). The Commission's policy to refund excess interim rates to all customers who paid those rat? is reasonable and consistent with Minn. Stat. S 237.0?5, subds. 3 and 5. After an~, initial error in setting interim rates was corrected, the Commission should have been allowed to determine which _eustomer~~e refunds, including by an equal percentage refund plan. The Supreme Court should review this issue, because it presents an important question regarding how the Commission should refund interim rates for telephone companies, and by analogy for gas and electric utilities, and thus is reviewable under Rule 117, subd. 2ia). In addition, this issue meets the criteria of subdivision 2{d). First, a decision by the Supreme Court will help clarify the application of Minn. Stat. $ 237.075, subd. 3 and subd. 5 (1982) to refunds of interim rates and will harmonize this ease with the recent decisions in Re Peoples Natural Gas Company, Appellate Case No. C5-84-85 (Minn. App., filed Decembei' 4, 1984)'and Re Inter-City Gas Corporation, Appellate Case No. C9- 84-1169 (Minn. App., filed December4, 1984). In the lattei- cases, another panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed Commission refund orders which were made Without regard to the differences between individual interim rates and final rates. Second, this case is one of first impression in Minnesota and thus e,lls for the application of a new principle or policy. Third, since regulated telephone companies and utilities serve the majority of Minnesotans, the question has statewide application. Finally, similar issues are likely to arise'in other rate eases as is illustrated by the two other eases recently decided by the Court of Appeals. For the abOve reasons, the petitioner Minnesota Public Utilities Commission seeks an order granting review of the decision of the Court of Appeals. Dated: December 13, 1984 Respectfully submitted, KARL W. SONNEMAN Special Assistant Attorney General Attorney Registration No. 103421 ?80 American Center Building 160 East Kellogg Boulevard St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 {612) 296-0410 COUNSEL POR THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION -5- 9OOO RAY R. OR MARJORIE L. COX /~. 2953 OAKLAWN LANE PH. 472-3266 ~'/  MOUND MN 55364 / '"' 1 75-8601919 ~ ~tate ,an~~U~ · ·~// [~06~0~. 0 ~ ~6, ~000 JOHN E. DI~ltUS BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 2400 C'OVERNMENT CENTER MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA I~HON~ ~4~-~O&~ December 7, 1984 Hon. Robert Polston Mayor of Mound 5341Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Dear Mayor Polygon: ~ / On September 25 the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a Structure and Composition Plan for a Hennepin County Community Action Agency and resolved that the Hennepin County Office of Planning and Development assemble and file the necessary papers requesting official designation from the state of Minnesota. This resolution culminates several years of discussion about the possibility of initiating a CAA for suburban and rural Hennepin County and will allow access to funding for services to County residents that had previously been unavailable. The Office of Planning and Development has been working with the suburban human services councils, the County Attorney's Office, and the State to assemble the package of materials required for recognition. This package includes Articles of Incorporation for this private nonprofit agency, start up plan for the organization, demographic material describing the service area, and a description of the process used in developing the structure. The package requesting designation has been submitted, and it is my expecta, tion that the State will respond to this request early in 1985. The plan originally proposed for the CAA was reviewed in detail by the Board and a major effort was made to ensure public accountability of the new organization. The Board of Directors will consist of nine public officials (three Hennepin County Commissioners and six elected suburban officials), nine representatives from the private sector, and nine members of the low-income population. The County's open appointment process will be used to appoint the six suburban elected officials who will serve on the Board of Directors. Following the State's recognition of the CAA, the County and the human services councils will begin the important process of recruitment and selection of the initial Board of Directors and other start up activities. Letter to Mayor Polston December 7, 1984 Page Two It is our hope that you will bring this opportunity to the attention of your fellow council members so that they may consider applying for these important positions when nominations for the board are solicited. Thank you for your continuing support and interest in this important effort. ~ John E. Derus, Chairman Hennepin County Board of Con~issioners tf cc: Jon Elam American Legion Post 398 DATE Nov. 30. lqS~ Gambl ing Report CURRE,NT MONTH YEAR TO DATE , GROSS: ~3~ 20. O0 ~57./~ 50. O0 EXPE~ES: Sales tax ~182.25 Supplies 237.~ PAYOUT AS PRIZES: 195o.oo ~4515.74 20700. O0 PROFIT: ~1050.01 ~11,73A.26 DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS: Boy Scout rent ~85.00 Plant for member 23.20 r~~ ~n~o.oo ~ ay 258.20 ~8861.71. Checking Account ~520A .70 :300 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, MN 55101 Genera/0fte~ce TelenJ~one ~ 1 :~1 :~) 1 -~3,<~) MR. J0N ELAH ,o +. ..... ................... r,~/? 53ql MAYWOI:]D BLVD A ~e~opo~i~an Counci~ BuUefin for CommuniW Leade~ /:or more information on items in this publication, cae the Communications Department at 291-6464. Nov. 30, 1984 PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS RECENT COUNCIL ACTIONS (Nov. 13-30) Solid Waste--The Metropolitan Council approved Washing- ton County's 1984 solid waste management master plan. The plan, required by state law, is designed to reduce the need for land disposal of the county's solid waste. Goals include waste reduction, source separation, waste processing for materials and energy recovery and restricted land disposal of wastes. The plan includes the development, in cooperation with Ramsay County, of a waste-to~nergy facility at a site yet to be deter- mined. The plan is an interim document, to serve until the Council adopts a regional solid waste plan early next year. Water Quality-The Council approved plans for the con- struction of a $1.4 million extension of an interceptor sewer to provide service to south central Blaine. The Council advised the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission to time construc- tion of the interceptor with Blaine's construction of its local sewer lines. Aging-The Council approved 1985 amendments to the 1984-1986 Area Plan for services to older people in the region. The amendments include an estimated budget of $3.8 million for services in 1985. The plan now goes to the Minne- sota Board on Aging for approval. Telecommunications-The Council hired a consultant to study the telecommunications infrastructure in the Twin Cities Area. The study is to provide information to analyze such issues as the interrelationship of urban telecommunication systems, systems' effect on urban development, current and projected demands and accessibility to area residents. The eight-month study, to be done by the ELRA Group of San Francisco, California, is to cost $48,000. Housing-The Council said a housing revenue bond plan submitted by Anoka is consistent with regional guidelines. The plan calls for the issuance of $3.5 million in tax~xempt revenue bonds to finance development of 104 rental apartment units at Fairoak Ay. and Church St. The Council suggested the city ensure that 20 percent of the units are occupied by tenants with Iow and moderate incomes for at least 10 years. Parks--The Council increased funds in its acquisition grant contract with Ramsey County by $125,000, for a new total of about $2 million. The county will use the funds, plus others it has available, to purchase three properties in Grass- Vadnais Regional Park for a total of $270,000. Me~'odome--The Council made the following changes to the 1984 and 1985 budgets of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission: - Established a capital improvement account of $5 million to allow the commission to begin budgeting for improvements to Metrodome facilities. -- Raised the lg84 and 1985 operating reserve account requirement from $2.5 million to about $3 million to provide additional security for the operation of the Metrodome. -- Asked the commission to provide the Council with quarterly financial reports for improved monitoring of the budget. Transit--The Regional Transit Board (RTB) will hold a public hearing in the Council Chambers, 4:30 p.m., Dec. 17, to obtain public comment on a proposed interim transit service plan and financial and staffing plan. They are work plans for the next three years that include the mission, goals and policies of the RTB. For a copy, call the RTB office at 291~640. Ptanning Assistance-The Council's Management Commit- -. tee will hold a public meeting Thursday; Dec. 20, at3 p.m. in the Council Chambers to review proposed changes to the Council's planning assistance loan program guidelines. The Council extended the program for another three-year period, beginning Jan. 1, 1985. The Council is expected to act on the new guidelines Dec. 27. For more information, call Romi Slowiak, Planning Assistance, at 291-6323. NEW APPOINTMENTS The Council made the following new appointments to its Waste Management Advisory Committee. In the "citizen" category, it appointed Charles Aguirre, St. Paul; and reappointed Mary Heitzig, Brooklyn Center and Klm Boyca, Minneapolis. In the "private waste management" category, it appointed Terry Miller, Waste Management, Inc.; Ken Haselberger, resource recovery consultant; and reappointed Mary Ayda, Lake Sanitation. In the "municipal/county" category, it reappointed Gary Brown, Hastings city manager; Susan Fries, Metro- politan Inter-County Association; Bruce Nawrocki, Columbia Heights mayor; and Betty Sindt, Lakeville city council. The Council appointed Alton (Joe) Gasper, chemist at the 3M Co. and former Council member, chair of the Transportation Advisory Board, replacing David Graven. The Council also appointed Robert Sundland, mayor of St. Anthony, to the Telecommunications Task Force. VACANCIES OPEN ON COUNCIL, PARKS AND WASTE CONTROL COMMISSIONS The Minnesota Office of the Secretary of State is accepting applications from citizens of the Twin Cities Area interested in appointment to the Metropolitan Council. The Council, in addition, is accepting applications for membership on the Metropolitan Waste Control and Parks and Open Space Com- missions. All appointees would serve four-year terms beginning January 1985 and must live in the districts from which they are appointed. Members receive a $50 "per diem" on meeting days. Applicants for eight seats on the Council, to be appointed by Gov. Rudy Perpich, must live in the following Council districts: Dist. 1, northern half of St. Paul; Dist. 3, suburban Ramsay County suburbs of New Brighton, Roseville, Maplewood0 Little Canada, North St. Paul, Lauderdale and Falcon Heights; Dist. 5, southern and western third of Minneapolis; Dist. 7, northern Washington and Ramsay Counties, plus Uno Lakes and Centerville in Anoka County; Dist. 9. northern Anoka County, including the city of Anoka, plus Plymouth. Maple Grove. Champlin, Dayton and Medicine Lake in Hennepin County; Dist. 11, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Robblnsdale and Edina; Dist. 13, western Hennepln County including L.ake Minnatonks area, Eden Prairie and Hopkins; and Dist. 15, northern Dakota County plus the Highland Park section of St. Paul. The application deadline for Council seats is Dec. 11. Forms are available from the secretary of state's office, telephone 296-2805. ,3733 Ap. plican, for four seats on the waste control commission end for' four on the perks commission must live in the following commission districts: Dis. £; southern Anoke County end northern Anoke County. _ including the city of Anoka, plus Plymouth, Maple Grove, Chemplin, Dayton and Medicine Lake in Hennepin Count/; Di~. F, St. Louis Perk. Golden Valley. Robbinsdele. Edina, Richfield and Blooming~Gn; Dist. G,western Hennepin County including Lake Minnetonka area, Eden Prairie and Hopkins. and Sco~ and Carver Counties plus Burns- villa and Lakeville in Dakota County; and Dist. H, northern Dakota County plus the Highland Perk section of St. Paul and southern Dakota and Washington Counties. The apPlication deadline for commission seats is Dec. 28. The Council will hold public meetings Jan. ? end 8 on the applicants. For more information, call Sandi Linds~rom et 291-5390. NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR COUNCIL'S 'REGIONAL CITIZEN OF THE YEAR' The Metropolitan Council is seeking nominations for its "Regional Citizen of the Year" award, to be presented at the 1985 State of the Region event Jan. 30 in Minneapolis. The. winner will be selected by a committee chaired by Council Member Gertrude Ulrich. The nominee must live in the seven~ounty Metropolitan Area and have made a significant contribution to the region as a whole. Nominees in the 1984 competition ranged from a developer of innovative programs for elderly people to the chair of the original World Trade Center Commission. The 1984winner was former Metropolitan Council and Minneapolis. City Council Member Gladys Brooks. To nominate someone, send the name, address 'and phone nUmber (and the same information for the nominator) and a letter detailing their regional contributions to Lynna Williams, Metropolitan Council, 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul, MN 55101. For additional information, call 291-6511. Nominations must be received at the Council by Dec. 31. In addition to new nominations, the selection committee also will reconsider the names submitted to the last competition. COUNCIL SETS PUBLIC HEARING ON PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM The Metropolitan Council will hold a public hearing on changes in its capital improvement program (CIP) for regional recreation parks and open space Jan. 7,1985, before the Council's Metropolitan Systems Committee at 4 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The plan sets priorities for allocating parks and open space funds with revisions for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. If you have any questions about the amendment, or the tentative schedule listed below, call Jack Mauritz, parks and open space, at 291-6602. Jan. 7 Metropolitan Systems Committee holds public hearing Jan. 21 Hearing record closes Jan. 28 Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission approves CIP Feb. 4 Metropolitan Systems Committee approves ClP Feb. 14 Council adopts revi~ed ClP COUNCIL REVISES SCHEDULE ON CHANGING AIR QUALITY STRATEGIES The Metropolitan Council has revised its review schedule of proposed strategies to reduce carbon monoxide to accept- able levels at the intersection of Shelling and University Avs. in St. Paul. The strategies would amend the regional t1~nsportation policy plan. If you have any questions about the schedule or the amendment, call Ann Braden, Council transportation planner, at 291-6525. The revised schedule is as follows: Jan. 3 Council holds public hearing ? p.m., Hemline Branch Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ay.. St. Paul Jan. 17 Hearing record closes Jan. 24 Hearing report and final document available Feb. 4 Metropolitan Systems Committee approves amendment Feb. 14 Council adopts amendment COMING MEETINGS (Dec. ~0-20) (Meetings are tentative. To verify, call 291-6464.) Regional Transit Board/Metropolitan Council Committee $73 of the Whole joint meeting, Monday, Dec. 10, 4 p.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, Monday, Dec. 10, 4 p.m., Conference Rooms A and B. 1985 Legislative Briefing (Council members and legislators), Tuesday, Dec. 11,7:30-10 a.m., Holiday Inn (near Capitol). Anoka County Board of Commissioners and Metropolitan Council (Council legislative proposals), Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m., Anoka County Courthouse, 325 E. Main St., Anoka. Air Quality Committee, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m., Con- ference Room B. League of Women Voters and Council members (Council legislative proposals), Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m., 555 Wabasha St., St. Paul. Expanded Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Com- mittee, Tuesday, Dec. 11,2 p.m., Council Chambers. Housing and Redevelopment AuthorityAdvisory Committee, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lower Level Room 25. Metro and Regional Subcabinet (chaired by Sandra Gardebring), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2:30 p.m., 402 Metro Square Bldg. Environmental Resources Committee, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 4 p.m., Conference Room D. Metropolitan Health Planning Board, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 4 p.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission, Wednes- day, Dec. 12, 6-8 p.m., Conference Room C. Chair Gardebring speaking to Citizens League, Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:30 a.m., Sheraton Midway Inn, Hemline Av. and 1-94, St. Paul. Long-Term Care Task Force, Thursday, Dec. 13, 8 a.m., Council Chambers. Hennepin County Intergovernmental Relations Committee and Metropolitan Council (legislative proposals), Thursday, Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m., Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis. Metropolitan and Community Development Committee, Thursday, Dec. 13, 1:30 P.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan Council, Thursday, Dec. 13, 4 p.m., Council Chambers. Minority leadership meeting, Friday, Dec. 14, 9 a.m.-noon, Council Chambers. Ramsay County Board, Legislative Committee and Metro- .politan Council (legislative proposals), Monday, Dec. 17, 10:45 a.m., Room 356, Ramsay County Courthouse, St~ Paul. Metropolitan Systems Committee, Monday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m., Conference Room E. Chair Gardebring's meetings with union leaders, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7:30 a.m., St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market St., St. Paul. Minneapolis City Council Intergovernmental Relations Committee and Metropolitan Council (legislative proposals), Tuesday, Dec. 18, 9 a.m., Room 319, Minneapolis City Hall. Aggregate Resources Advisory Committee, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 3:30 p.m., Council Chambers. Arts Advisory Committee, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 5:15 p.m., Conference Room E. Transportation Advisory Board, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2 p.m., Council Chambers. Environmental Resources Committee, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 4 p.m., Conference Rooms A, B, C. · Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board and Metropolitan Council (legislative proposals), Wednesday, Dec. 19, 5 p.m., 31'0 4th Ay., S., Minneapolis. Long-Term Care Task Force, Thursday, Dec. 20, 8 a.m., Conference Rooms A and B. Chair Gardebring speaks to North Hennepin Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, Dec. 20, 11:45 a.m., River House Supper Club, 9510 W. River Rd., Brooklyn Park. Metropolitan and Community Development Committee, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1:30 p.m., Council Chambers. Management Committee, Thursday, Dec. 20, 3 p.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan River Corridor Study Committee, Thursday, D~*c. 20, 3 p.m., Conference Room E. Regional Transit Board and Metropolitan Systems Commit- tee, Thursday, Dec. 20, 4 p.m., Council Chambers. ITletropoli an I:lrea management I:lx/ociation of the Twin City Area December 13, 1984 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: MAMA CITY MANAGERS OF CITIES PARTICIPATING IN JOINT COMPENSATION STUDY William S. Joynes, Chairman MAMA General Labor Relations Committee JOINT COMPENSATION STUDY COMMITTEES The Joint Compensation Study Personnel Committee in conjunction with Control Data Corporation will be establishing a number of resource committees made up of Department Heads and other city employees who are experts in various occupational areas. We will need the cooperation from City Managers and these employees to spend what will amount to a considerable amount of time during the next three months in assisting in this effort. It is the intent of the MAMA Committee and Control Data Corporation to hold the cost of the study down as much as possible. To accomplish this we ask that City Managers ask their employees to participate and be willing to commit needed time. In the next two weeks we will be establishing resource committees and contacting City Managers and employees involved. If you have any questions please contact the writer at the City of Golden Valley, 545-3781. WSJ'hfc HENNEPIN IL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 320 Washington Av. South Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 935-3381 TTY935-6433 \ i December 17; 1984 Mr. Jcm Elam City Manager City of Mound 5341 Maywcod Road Mound, MN 55364 In response to your letter of Novel)er 28 regarding the intersection of County State Aid Highway 125 and Tuxedo Blvd., we have not yet finished our study of this intersection. We are considering geometric changes to improve this situation and expect to have one or more proposals to present to the City by the end of next month. If, after reviewing this, you wish scmeone to appear at a Council meeting to discuss this subject, we will be happy to do so..No one will, however, be present on b~half of the County at the December 26 meeting. Yours very truly, Traffic Operations Engineer' GFR:de HENNEPIN COUNTY an equal oppodunity employer 118 Second Avenue, S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa $2407 Phone (319)399-$700 December 12, 1984 Mr. Curtis Pearson, City Attorney Wurst, Pearson, Hamilton, Larson & Underwood 1100 First Bank Place West Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Re- Allied Painting and Renovating, Inc. Bond No. 54-26267 Obligee: City of Mound Dear Mr. Pearson: We have received a letter from Bradley Martinson, the attorney rep- resenting Allied Painting, dated December 10, 1984, on which you were copied, responding to your concerns expressed in your December 5, 1984 letter. It seems that the contractor is willing and able to fulfill his obliga- tion to the City of Mound, and in fact seems very cooperative. Mr. Martinson has detailed in his December 10, 1984 letter what the contractor intends to do to satisfy the City of Mgund. This seems reasonable to us. Please contact us if you feel further involvement by the surety is neces- sary at this time. Sincerely, UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY Larry Holden Bond Department Ralph Ruiz iBradley Martinson John C. Lichter ilJohn Elam ~ kForest Lake Ins. Agcy 22 0889 A. THOMAS WURST, P.A. CURTIS A. PEARSON, P.A. ,JOSEPH ir. HAMILTON, P. A. JAME:S D. LAI~$ON, THOMAS ~. UND£1~,WOOD, ~:~O(~F"I~ J. F~'LLOW~ LAW O~-FlCir $ WURST, PEARSON, HAMILTON,'LARSON & UNDERWOOD IIOO FIRST BANK PLAC£ WE:ST MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 December 19, 1984 (61Z) 338- 4200 Mr. Bradley J. Martinson Attorney at Law 10 Minnesota Federal Building Minneapolis, MN 55402 Re: Mound v. Allied Painting Dear Brad: I take it there has been enough correspondence back and forth at this point on the Allied/Mound matter. Your letter of December 10, 1984, indicates to me as follows: 1. Allied has agreed to pay any costs incurred by the City of Mound as a result of the leaking gasket and the problem of emptying and refilling that tank. 2. Allied has agreed to pay any additional inspection costs of Twin City Testing. 3. Allied will pay any reasonable costs incurred bY Mound in the spring of 1985 in having to drain the tank and to rework the tank. I have discussed this with our engineers, and it is their belief at this time that if we were to allow Allied to try to finish this contract, it will have to be with specific times set forth. Therefore, we are recommending that your client get in touch with John Lichter at Hickok and Associates and provide him with a · detailed schedule of completion. Your client should also work with Mr. Lichter to establish a retainage figure which will specifically protect the City of Mound for all the costs which have been incurred and will be incurred in the spring in the completion of this work. We therefore do not feel that the normal 10% retainage covers all the problems we have because of the deficient work and the extra City costs being incurred. If everything is in order at this point, we would suggest you have Mr. Ralph Ruiz contact Mr. Lichter and they can work out the details. I appreciate your assistance in attempting to resolve this problem amicably. United Fire and Casualty Company has written WURST, ~EAR$ON, ~AMILTON, LARSON ~, UNDERWOOD Page 2 Mr. Bradley J. Martinson December 19, 1984 and indicated that your letter of December 10 seems to provide a basis that both the City and the bonding company can live with for the present. Wishing you a great Holiday Season, I remain CAP:Ih cc: Mr. Larry Holden Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager Mr. John Lichter Very truly your~ Curtis A. Pearson City Attorney City of Mound 3?3? 545 Indian Mound Wayzata, Minnesota 5539,1 (612) 473-4224 December 14, 1984 Mr. Curtis Pearson, City Attorney Wurst, Pearson, Hamilton, Larson & Underwood 1100 First Bank Place West Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Re: Mound Tank Restoration Project Dear Curt: I have reviewed your letter of December 12, 1984, Mr. Martinson's letter of December lOth and the December 12 letter from United Fire Casualty Company. While I do not entirely agree with Allied's stated position, I feel the most prudent alternative would be to accept Allied's offer outlined in Mr. Martinson's letter. I would suggest that we reaffirm our request for a detailed schedule of completion and advise Allied that more than the standard 10 percent retainage will be held until deficient work and extra city costs are reimbursed. We should then offer to negotiate "a reasonable" retainage on the contract. If you would like me to handle these items, please advise. Please call if you have any questions. Very truly yours, EUGENE A. HICKOK AND ASSOCIATES ~ichter, P.E. bt cc:Z~16~6~nEl-am, City of Mound LAW OFFICES WURST, PEARSON, HAMILTON, LARSON & UNDERWOOD I100 FIRST BANK PLACE WEST MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 December 19, 1984 TELEPHONE C612) 338-4-200 Mr. Darel F. Swenson Attorney at Law 610 Twelve Oaks Center Wayzata, MN 55391 Re: All Star Electric v. Lauer, et al and City of Mound Dear Mr. Swenson: Your summons and complaint on this matter has been referred to me by the City. It is my understanding that you have joined the City because the City of Mound has a mortgage on the property. It is my further understanding that you are moving for a judgment against the City of Mound establishing your $3,266.45 as a claim against the property and ordering that the property may be foreclosed on and sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to satisfaction of your judgment. The City of Mound has no objection to that prayer for relief. If I have interpreted this correctly, you are not asking any money judgment against the City of Mound, and therefore it is not my intention to impose an answer. If I am incorrect in any way, please advise and we will put in an answer denying any claims against the City of Mound. CAP:Ih cc: Mr. Jon Elam, City Manager Ver~ truly yourzs~ /,/ Curtis A. Pearson City Attorney City of Mound MINNEHAHA CREEK ~ATERSHED DISTRICT December 20, 1984 Wayzata City Hall 7:30 p.m. 1. Call to order; present, absent staff. 2. Reading and approval of minutes of the special meeting of November 8, 1984. 3. Reading and approval of minutes of the regular meeting of November 15, 1984. 4. Approval of amendment of Decelaber 20, 1984, agenda. 5. Hearing of permit applications. A. 83-112 City of Minnetonka/Minnesota DOT - 1-394 freeway and interchange construction project, Sec. 4, T.H. 12 between T.H. 101 and 1-494, Minnetonka. B. 83-126 Minnesota Department of Transportation - reconstruction of the Cedar Avenue-Lake Nokomis bridge, Sec. 13CCC, 24BBB, Minneapolis. C. 83-127 Minnesota Department of Transportation - reconstruction of the Cedar Avenue bridge, Sec. 13BCC, Minneapolis. D. 84-06 Irwin Mandel Development Corp. - grading and drainage plan for 10 mini-storage buildings, floodplain development, Sec. 17CDD, Louisianna Avenue at Lake Street, St. Louis Park. E. 84-11 Rockvam Boat Yards, Inc. - construction of a boat launching ramp, Sec. 17CCB, 4068 Sunset Drive, West Arm Bay, Lake Minnetonka, Spring Park. F. 84-181 Ted Priem - rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 17AAC, Libbs Lake, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetonka. G. 84-190 Robert S. C. Peterson - four home subdivision, Sec. 26B, north shore of Christmas Lake, east of Radisson Road and south of Covington Road, Shorewood. H. 84-194 M.B. Hagen - shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 35A, St. Albans Bay at Old Excelsior Blvd. and MacLynn Road Channel, Excelsior. : I. 84-195 City of Excelsior - rip-rap shoreline erosion protection and maintenance dredging, Sec. 34AA, western shore of Excelsior Bay, Excelsior Commons Park. J. 84-196 Frantz Klodt and Sons, Inc. - commercial development "Beltline Business Park", Sec. 6CA, east of Hennepin County Highway 100 south of the C.M.St.P. & P. Railroad tracks and north of Excelsior Blvd. abutting the northwestern shoreline of Bass Lake, St Louis Park. K. 84-197 Minneapolis Water Department - relocation of watermain, Sec. 14AD, Minnehaha Creek at Cedar Avenue So., Minneapolis. 6. Correspondence. 7. Hearing or requests for petitions by public for action by the Watershed District. 8. Reports of Treasurer, Engineer and Attorney. A. Treasurer's Report - Mr. Carroll. (1) Adminstrative Fund. B. Engineer's Report - Mr. Panzer. (1) CP-5 Painter Creek - Status Report. (2) CP-8 U.S. Highway 100 and'Minnehaha Creek - Status Report. (3) 1984 Water Maintenance & Repair Fund Project Status. (4) MCWD - City of Minneapolis Hydraulic Study. (5)St. Louis Park Stormwater Investigation - T.H. 7 and Louisiana Avenue. C. Attorney's Report - Mr. Macomber. (1) CP-5 Easement Status. (2) Hearing on Boundar~~ Changes 1/8/85. (3) Public Officials Liability Insurance Renewal. (4), Legal/Physical. Boundary - Proposed Policy.. .... ,.., 9. Unfinished Business. A. Rule and Regulation Revision/Chapter 509. B. District Initiated Maintenance Projects. C. Draft Permit Application Guidelines. 10.New Business. 11. Adjournment. 0013n MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT November 8, 1984 The special meeting was called to order by Acting Chairman Lehman at 4:55 p.m. at the St. Louis Park City Hall, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Managers present: Lehman, McWethy, Spensley and Thomas. Managers absent: Carroll, Cochran, and Andre. Also present were board advisors Panzer, Reep and Macomber. Upper Watershed Storaqe and Retention Project - Final Plans and Specifications. Acting Chairman Lehman noted that the first item for consideration was the review of final plans and specifications for Project CP-5 and called upon the Engineer to review the documents for the Board. Mr. Panzer briefly summarized the scope of the work, identifying the location of each individual project and the purposes of the individual projects. Thereafter, Mr. Panzer reviewed final plans for the flow control structures, the construction of sedimentation basins, the channel work in Painter Creek and the construction of a fish migration barrier. The Engineer then distributed a comparison of final estimated costs as of November, 1984, compared to estimated project costs when the project was ordered in September, 1983. Mr. Panzer noted that while there were variations for the individual projects, the overall construction costs of the project was within $6,000 of the preliminary budget estimate prepared in September, 1983. Mr. Panzer distributed his detailed cost estimates showing the derivation of each of the estimated project costs. Mr. Panzer then distributed project specifications and reviewed a proposal form with the Managers. Mr. 'Panzer reviewed in detail the presentation of the individual bid items in the proposal form indicating that some called for unit prices and some work was requested to be bid on a lump-sum basis. M~. Panzer distributed a proposed form of advertisement for bids and requested 'approval of the advertisement document and authorization to publish the advertisement for bids pursuant to law. Mr. Panzer explained that under the proposed time schedule, the bids would be due in the ~ngineer'~ office December 17, 1984. The Engineer stated that it was his intention to prepare a bid summary for review by the Board at its regular December meeting. Manager Lehman inquired whether winter construction was required for Project No. 7. The Engineer stated that winter construction was not required for that project. Manager Lehman requested that the contract documents be modified to provide that Project 7 would not be constructed during the winter season as would be the case for Projects 1 through 6. Manager Spensley inquired Whether any safety hazard was presented by the work associated with the outlet at Lake Katrina, noting that a Hennepin County Park Reserve District bike path existed in that area. The Engineer explained that the channel at the location of the bike path after completion of the project, would have a maximum depth of 2-1/2 feet under high water conditions and that the normal depth would be approximately 1/2 foot shallower than under existing conditions, so that there was no adverse change with respect to safety at that location as a result of the project. Following discussion and review of the plans and specifications and the foregoing issues, it was moved by Thomas, seconded by McWethy that the plans and specifications presented by the Engineer be approved with the additional condition that Project 7 not be constructed during the winter season, that the form of advertisement for bids be approved, and the Engineer authorized to publish the advertisement pursuant to law and, in addition., in appropriate construction publications.. Upon vote the motion carried. Project CP-5 - Appraisals of Value of Easements. .... Acting. Chairman Lehman noted that the next ma~ter on'. the agenda was the consideration of appraisals of the value of the easements being acquired by the District. Acting Chairman Lehman called upon the Attorney to review the status of the appraisals. The Attorney advised the Board that appraisals had now been received from Mr. William H. Cushman, rendering Mr. Cushman's opinion of the value .of the property rights being acquired by the District for Project CP-5 and any other damages as a result of the taking. The Attorney explained that Mr. Cushman had determined an underlying land value for fee title to the properties based on their highest and best use whether pasture or crop land, marsh -2- land, small or large building sites. The Attorney then explained that Mr. Cushman concluded that the flowage easements damaged the properties in question by 20% of their underlying value and that that percentage was applied to the value of the properties in question.~ The Attorney explained that the appraiser's opinion was that the easements for the flow control structures, the sedimentation basins, and the ingress and egress easements should be treated for compensation purposes as if they were taking of fee title and that the fee value of the underlying property was therefore considered to be the fair market value of the easement by the appraiser. The appraiser also valued the temporary construction easements for Project No. 7. The Attorney explained that it was the opinion of the appraiser that the ingress and egress easements on Parcels 1 and 23 caused damage to the balance of those properties. Acting Chairman Lehman noted that Mr. and Mrs. Botterill, Mr. and Mrs. Sorenson, and Mr. and Mrs. Connors and family were present at the meeting and asked whether any of them wished either to address the Board or ask questions regarding the presentations either of the Attorney or the Engineer. The residents present inquired how the appraiser knew what the extent of the increased water levels would be after construction of the project. The Engineer explained that the appraiser made the assumption that the Engineer's projected increases were in fact accurate for the purpose of preparing the appraisals. The residents asked what would occur if the Engineer's projections were wrong. The Attorney responded that the compensation proposed was based on the assumption that the Engineer was correct and if in fact the Engineer's projections were erroneous for the runoff conditions assumed in designing the projects, the owners would be entitled to compensation for whatever additional taking occurred which had not been compensated for. The residents inquired regarding assessed valuations of their properties and whether the assessed valuations would decrease as a result of the project. The Attorney explained that the assessed valuation is developed by the City Assessor not by the Watershed District Board, but that each resident had the right to request the Assessor to revalue that resident's property if the resident felt that a reduction in the assessed value was warranted. Mr. Connors objected to the inclusion in the legal descriptions of a portion of his property adjacent to Ingerson Road. Mr. Connors stated that that easement area had not been shown on the mapping which was presented to him previously and -3- stated that in his view that modification represented an improper change in the scope of the project. The Engineer explained that the small area in question could be excluded from the easement taking and that the District would be willing to enter into an agreement'with Mr. Connors to that effect. Acting Chairman Lehman explained that it is customary that, when detailed survey work is done, additional knowledge is gained t~at was not available previously. Manager Lehman stated that this was the case here since at the time the project went to public hearing in August 1983, the detailed topographic surveys were not available but that such surveys, after they were completed in April 1984, did reveal the existence of the small area on Mr. Connors' property adjacent to Ingerson Road that may be below the new flood elevation of Painter Marsh. The Attorney explained the District had an obligation to include that portion of Mr. Connor's property that would be affected by the project unless an agreement were otherwise reached with Mr. Connors, since the project could affect that property and the owner would be entitled to just compensation for any damage caused by the project~ Following discussion of the appraisals, Manager Thomas offered the following resolution and moved its adoption, seconded by Manager McWethy: . WHEREAS, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District ("District") has, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 117, commenced an action to acquire certain easements by eminent domain as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 112.43, Subd. 1(6); and WHEREAS, the District has, pursuant to Minn.'Stat. ~ 117.042, given notice of its intent to acquire title and possession of the easements following ninety (90) days notice; and WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 117.042 requires the District, prior to the taking of title and possession of the easements, to tender a sum equal to the District's approved appraisal of value; and WHEREAS, the District has received appraisals prepared by William H. Cushman, MAI, of parcels described in the eminent domain action as Parcels 1 through 25, inclusive; and WHEREAS, the Managers have reviewed the appraisals and find that the appraisals represent fair and just assessments of the damages resulting to the individual parcels as a result of the taking; and -4- WHEREAS, the District desires to negotiate all easements where possible to avoid the cost and time of an eminent domain proceeding; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. The app£aisals prepared by William H. Cushman, MAI with a valuation date of November 1, 1984, for Parcels 1 through 25, inclusive, are hereby approved by the Board of Managers of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. 2. The District staff is directed and authorized to make an offer of payment for each of the easements 1-25 based upon the approved appraisals. 3. That in the event the offer made is not acceptable to the owner, the staff take such steps as are necessary to tender the amount of the approved appraisal of value pursuant to statute prior to the date of taking title and of possession. Upon vote the motion carried. Brutqer Companies, Inc. - Permit Application No. 84-114. Acting Chairman Lehman called upon the Engineer to review the status of the Brutger Companies' project within the City of St. Louis Park. Present on behalf of Brutger Companies were Bill Meyer, Engineer for the project, Phil Blot, Architect, and Skip McQueun, Project Manager. Present on behalf of the City of St. Louis Park were William Thibault, Planning Director, Don Rye, Planning Staff, and Richard Koppy, Director of Public Works. The Engineer reviewed the chronology of the project indicating that on June 15, 1984, the applicant applied for a grading and drainage plan permit from the District and that this permit application was reviewed by the Board of Managers, July 19, 1984. The Engineer explained that the City had in place an existing stormwater system but that the Engineer's Office had not been able to determine that the City system met applicable District standards. The Engineer explained that the Board on July 19, 1984, tabled the application pending a determination of the adequacy of the City drainage system, or until the developer had revised the drainage plan to provide for on-site management of stormwater produced by the project. The Engineer stated that on October 2, 1984, the site was visited by District Staff and that project construction was observed. At. the direction of Chairman Cochran, the applicant was notified on October 5, 1984, that grading activity on the site was in violation of District requirements. The matter was reviewed by the Board of Managers at the October 18th meeting, at which time there appeared to be uncertainty about the requirements of the City of St. Louis Park regarding site drainage. As a result, the Managers directed that the matte: be placed on the agenda for this special meeting for a further report as to its status. The Engineer explained that the current status of the matter was that the City has undertaken with the District, & cooperative study to determine the adequacy of the City's stormwater system in that area. The results of that study should be available within four to six weeks. The Engineer advised that if the study indicates that the City's system is adequate, on-site ponding should not be required and that the only remaining issue would then be the adequacy of the project's erosion control measures. The Engineer also noted that a portion of the City's ponding system is now below the regional flood elevation of the Creek, although when the stormwater system was originally constructed, the area in question was not within the floodplain of Minnehaha Creek. The Engineer explained that road construction in the vicinity had created an opening whereby flood waters would back into this area unless sandbagged, thereby inundating the ponding facilities under heavy runoff conditions. Manager Spensley observed that in his view the issues were whether the existing stormwater system was adequate to meet District standards and whether the area would be protected in order to prevent flood flows from entering this subwatershed from Minnehaha Creek. The Engineer in response to a further question indicated that data thus far provided by the City indicated that if any changes were required to cause the system to conform with District requirements, those changes would probably be feasible. Mr. William Thibault, Planning Director, City of St. Louis Park, addressed the Board. Mr. Thibault stated that the City has developed a full storm sewer system for this area which went through public hearings in the mid-1970's. Mr. Thibault stated that the City's system was designed to handle adequately stormwater flows generated by that area. Mr. Thibault discussed the general process of referral of applications from the City to the Watershed District where those applications are in the floodplain of Minnehaha Creek, and indicated that the City had no procedure for referring applications outside of the floodplain to the District for review. Mr. Thibault and the Managers discussed the possibility of considering additional referral procedures between the City and the District. -6- Mr. Bill Meyer, Engineer for the project, addressed the Board. Mr. Meyer stated that the applicant had submitted an erosion control plan and a drainage plan and that the City had indicated that the City system for stormwater handling in that vicinity was adequate. He stated that it was his understanding from discussions with the District's staff that the City system might not be adequate and stated that he felt the developer was caught between potentially inconsistent views and requirements. Mr. Meyer stated that the developer was willing to implement additional erosion control measures if those were required by the District. Mr. Meyer stated that he encouraged the City and the District to promptly proceed to complete the study to determine the adequacy of the City system. Manager Spensley inquired of Mr. Meyer what action was taken when he received the October 5th letter of the Engineer. Mr. Meyer stated that he immediately called Mr. Panzer and discussed the status of the matter and inquired regarding the nature and extent of the difficulty, and the likelihood that the District might take enforcement action to stop construction on the project. Following discussion and review by the Board, it was moved by Spensley, seconded by McWethy that the permit be granted in recognition of the fact that it appeared likely that the City's stormwater facilities could prove to be adequate under District standards, and in light of the verbal assurances by Mr. Thibault that if the system were determined to be inadequate, the City would make necessary and feasible modifications to the system to bring it into conformity with District standards. Upon vote the motion carried. There being no further business to come before the special meeting, Acting Chairman Lehman declared the special meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 3441n John E. Thomas Secretary 375'0 -7- MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT November 15, 1985 The regular meeting of the Board of Managers of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District was called to order by Chairman Cochran at 7:35 p.m. on Thursday, November 15, 1984 at the St. Louis Park City Hall, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Managers present: Andre, Carroll, Cochran, Lehman, McWethy, Spensley and Thomas. Also present were Board advisors Panzer, Reep, Mahady and Macomber. ADDroval of Minutes The Managers reviewed the minutes of the regular meeting of September 20, 1984. It was moved by Thomas, seconded by Andre that the minutes be approved as distributed. Upon vote the motion carried. The Managers then reviewed the minutes of the regular meeting of October 18, 1984. It was moved by McWethy, seconded by Andre that the minutes be approved as distributed. Upon vote the motion carried. Approval of Permit Applications The Managers reviewed a memorandum from the Engineer dated November 8, 1984, indicating those applications which comply with the applicable standards of the District and which were recommended for approval on the terms and conditions as set forth in the written memorandum. Following discussion, it was moved by Thomas, seconded by McWethy that the following permit applications be approved subject to all terms and conditions as set forth in the Engineer's written memorandum: 84-170 Cal Haasken/Dan Lundahl - 60-foot building setback request on Schultz Lake, Sec. 06ADC, 7389 Lilac Lane, Victoria. 84-179 William Bohnoff - 132 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 30CAA, Upper Lake Minnetonka, Shorewood. 84-182 84-183 84-184 84-187 84-189 84-191 84-192 84-193 Upon vote the.motion carried. Norman Cohen - 90 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 12BB, Painter Creek-Jennings Bay, Minnetrista. Clayton Novak - 115 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 12BB, Painter Creek-Jennings Bay, Minnetrista. John Shay - 80 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 15C, southeast corner of Crystal Bay, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach. Hennepin Technical Centers - construction of two tile outlet water diversion terraces to control erosion of farm fields and stop pollution of stream waters, Sec. 28BD, north of the intersection of Co. Rd. 6 and Old Crystal Bay Road and east of Homestead Trail, Medina. Gary Spaulding - 40 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 13BB, northwest corner of Harrisins Bay, Mound. George Sprenkle - 225 lineal feet or rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 26C, western shore of Cooks Bay, south of Hardscrabble Point, Mound. Peter Pflaum - 103 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec. 7D, south shore of Wayzata Bay, Woodland. Charles Eitel - 90 lineal feet of rip-rap shoreline erosion protection, Sec.' 35A, southeast corner of St. Albans Bay, Excelsior. -2- Tablinq of Permit Application It was moved by Thomas, seconded by Andre that the following application be tabled until all required exhibits have been received: 84-190 Robert S. C. Peterson - proposed four home subdivision, Sec. 36B, north shore of Christmas Lake, east of Radisson Road and south of Covington Road, Shorewood. Upon vote the motion carried. Patrick Fragale - 3-house residential development, Sec. 3CA, Fairfield Road located east and south of the 1-494 and Hwy. 12 interchanqe, Minnetonka. 84-185 The Engineer reviewed the application for grading and drainage plan approval. The Engineer noted that the project was in compliance with the City of Minnetonka stormwater management plan and recommended approval with authorization to issue a permit upon receipt of an erosion control plan for road construction and culvert design computations, including the elevation of the culvert inlet. It was moved by Lehman, seconded by Andre that the application be approved subject to the foregoing condition as recommended by the Engineer. Upon vote the motion carried. Derrick Land Co. - grading and drainage plan for "Market Plaza", a commercial/residential development within the Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet redevelopment area, Richfield. 84-188 The Engineer reviewed the application for grading and drainage plan approval. The Engineer advised the Managers that hard surface coverage would remain approximately the same after redevelopment of the site. The Engineer also advised the Managers that the property drains to Richfield Lake which has no outlet, but that adequate capacity exists in Richfield Lake to handle runoff from the site. The Engineer recommended approval. It was moved by Thomas, seconded by Lehman that the application be approved as recommended by the Engineer. Upon vote the motion carried. City of Minnetonka - recreational trail from Gray's Bay Dam to Crosb¥ Road, Sec. 8D, Gray's Bay Dam, Minnetonka. 84-92 The Engineer reviewed the pending application from the City of Minnetonka for approval to construct a recreational trail across Gray's Bay Dam. The Engineer indicated that the project has been approved by the City of Minnetonka. The Engineer -3- 3 ?5 F distributed a concept plan recommending the installation of fencing upstream of the structure on both the north and south banks and fencing along the pedestrian walkway on the downstream side of the structure. The Engineer advised the Managers that the staff has been reviewing methods to limit access to the control structure and to safeguard the passage of pedestrian and bike traffic across the structure and that discussions are underway with various public agencies to secure their comments and recommendations regarding safety improvements at the site. The Managers indicated the desire to receive and review the comments from the various agencies responding prior to acting on the application. It was moved by Carroll, seconded by McWethy that the application be tabled pending receipt of comments from those agencies from whom comment has been requested by the Engineer.'' Upon vote the motion carried. Erwin Mandel Development Corporation - grading and drainage plan for 10 mini-storage buildings, floodplain development, Sec. 17CDD, Louisiana Avenue at Lake Street, St. Louis Park. 84-06 The Engineer distributed a supplement to'the Engineer's Report dated November 13, 1984, andreviewed the background of the Mandel application for grading and drainage plan approval. The Engineer advised that the Board denied the application for grading and drainage plan approval on January 19, 1984, due to the fact that the proposed facilities for stormwater management and water quality were not in compliance with District criteria. The Engineer further stated that in the recent consideration of the Brutger project (Permit Application No. 84-114), it appeared that the City's stormwater facilities in that area may meet District standards and if not, modifications would apparently be made by the City to bring the system into conformity with the District's standards. Based on the resolution of the Brutger permit, the Engineer advised the Board that it was his opinion that the reasons for the prior denial of the Mandel permit could appropriately be .reconsidered.. The Managers inquired whether the applicant had requested reconsideration in light of the Brutger permit. The staff responded that discussions had been continuing between the District staff, the City staff and the Mandel representatives regarding the project during the pendency of the Brutger action. The Managers noted that this property was now within the floodplain of Minnehaha Creek, and that although the filling issue was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the City of St. Louis Park, the Managers expressed concern that this area has been subject to high water conditions in the past. The Managers also noted a desire to receive the results of the cooperative study now underway between the City and the District to study the adequacy of the City stormwater management facilities and suggested that it -4- would be appropriate to table the application until the next regular meeting of the Board and to review it at that time in light of then available information. It was moved by Andre, seconded by Carroll that the application be tabled until the December meeting for review at that time. Upon vote the motion carried. Correspondence The Managers noted receipt of correspondence from the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts regarding the Annual Meeting of the Association to be held November 30-December 1, 1984. These included Notice of Meeting, Meeting Agenda, Certificate of Membership and Minutes of the last annual meeting and meetings of the Association's Board of Directors of June 29th and September 22nd, 1984. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was moved that Managers McWethy and Andre be elected delegates to the Annual Meeting of the Association and Manager Lehman be elected an alternate delegate. Upon vote the motion carried. Chapter 509 Watershed Boundary Revisions The Engineer distributed a memorandum dated November 14, 1984, indicating that staff has completed the preliminary mapping of the proposed legal boundary changes with adjacent watershed districts and watershed management organizations. The Engineer reviewed those changes with the Managers as they affected the common boundary between the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and Bassett Creek Flood Control Commission, the Middle Mississippi Watershed area, the Carver Creek Water Management Organization and the Pioneer Creek Water Management Organization. The Attorney recommended that, if the Board approved the recommended action, the staff prepare and submit a petition to the Water Resources Board promptly and request that the boundary changes for these areas be included for a single hearing with the petition which is presently pending with the Water Resources Board for changes adjacent to Nine Mile Creek and Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District. The Attorney indicated that the petition would be supported by resolution of the adjacent watershed areas to the maximum extent practical within these time constraints. Following discussion and review of the mapping provided by the Engineer, it was moved by Thomas, seconded by Andre that the staff be authorized to prepare a petition for submittal to the Water Resources Board requesting the changes in the common boundaries described in the memorandum of November 14, 1984. Upon vote the motion carried. -5- Treasurer's Report President Cochran called upon Treasurer Carroll to present the Treasurer's Report. Treasurer Carroll advised the Board that at his request, Mr. Steve Stewart of R. J. Lapic, CPA, was present and requested Mr. Stewart to present the report. Mr. Stewart distributed the Treasurer's Report dated November 15, 1984, a copy of which is attached. Mr. Stewart reviewed the status of the various funds and the amounts available for investment. Following review of the Treasurer's Report, it was moved by Thomas, seconded by Andre that the Treasurer's Report dated November 15, 1984, be approved and the bills paid as set forth in that report. Upon vote the motion carried. Mr. Stewart recommended that the Board act to appoint an auditor to audit the financial records of the District for the year ending December 31, 1984. It was moved by Andre, seconded by Carroll that the District appoint Randall Lapic, CPA, 15 Tenth Avenue South, Hopkins, Minnesota 55343, to audit the financial records of the District for the year ending December 31, 1984. Upon vote the motion carried. Mr. Stewart also noted that the Board has an outstanding receivable due from the City of Minneapolis in connection with the Cooperative Minnehaha Creek Channel Study. It was moved by Andre, seconded by Carroll that the staff prepare a report setting forth the facts regarding these matters and that the report be submitted to the Board at the next regular meeting. Upon vote the motion carried. The Board thanked Mr. Stewart for his attendance and presentation at the meeting. CP-5 Painter Creek - Status Report The Engineer reviewed the status of the Upper Watershed Storage and Retention Project in the Painter Creek Subwatershed. The Engineer advised the Board that plans and specifications had been submitted to those agencies required to approve the plans and specifications and that the application for the Department of Natural Resources' permit is being made. The Engineer also advised the Board that, pursuant to the action of the Board at the special meeting on November 8th, letters to individual property owners submitting offers for the easements have been mailed to the individual owners. The Attorney advised that the. Commissioners have been appointed by the District Court and distributed a copy of a letter dated November 13, 1984, sent to the Commissioners by the Attorney describing the scope of the project and requesting that the Commissioners not commence viewing of the individual properties until after December 10th in order to allow property -6- owners adequate time to review the District's offer of payment. The Attorney also advised that the District would be entitled to start construction of the individual projects after December 26, 1984, by complying with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes S 117.042 in the event negotiated agreement were not reached with individual owners by that date. Headwaters Control Structure - Lake Level Report The Engineer distributed his monthly lake level report. The Engineer advised that the discharge through the control structure has been increased to 150 cfs and that the lake level was slightly below 929.0. The Engineer advised the Board that at the present discharge rate, the lake was dropping approximately .01 to .02 feet per day and that at this rate, the lake would probably remain somewhat above the desired elevation of 928.6 when the structure is closed and winterized early in December. Chapter 509 Policy Statement The Board noted the need to set a meeting to review the draft policy statements being prepared pursuant to Chapter 509. The Managers directed that a special meetin~ be held Thursday, December 13, 1984, commencing at 4:30 p.m. ~n the offices of the District's Engineer, E. A. Hickok and Associates, 545 Indian Mound, Wayzata, Minnesota, and that notice be given of the special meeting. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the regular meeting, Chairman Cochran declared the meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, John E. Thomas, Secretary 3443n -7- THE MN Municipality Volume II, Issue I Winter, 198S S-! LETTER Bond Market Conditions The volatility of interest rates in recent years generally was absent in the market during 1984, which provided some stability. Unfortunately, the stability meant that rates stayed at fairly high levels throughout the year. A chart showing levels of key rates for early January and near year-end is shown below. January ~;t 1984 December I 0~ 1984 20-Year - Bond Buyer Index 30-Year - Revenue Bond Index Prime Rate Discount Rate 90-Day Treasury Bills One-Year CD's 9.66% 9.95% 10.13 10.47 II .00 ii .25 8.50 8.50 9.13 8.66 9.75 ~.65 Most interest rates, particularly short-term, began falling in early October and have continued to drift downward as the money supply fell below targeted growth rates and concern for a recession heightened. Those rates would have fallen further if the market had not encountered a massive year-end volume and increasing concern for the possibility of flat rates for federal income taxes. Any flat rate below 50% will lower after tax yields from tax-exempt bonds and will require higher rates for bonds. The degree of that impact is unclear, since long-term tax-exempt bonds are already at 80% and more of comparable taxable obligations. That is higher than justified based on the real current tax equivalent yield from tax-exempts. New Federal Tax Bill Proposal The media blitz on the new tax bill proposal have served to highlight many of the proposed changes. However, the proposal's impact on tax-exempt bonds has been less well publicized. As a starter, the Treasury Department has proposed the following major changes-- Virtually all tax-exempt financing would be eliminated after December 31, 1985 except for projects 99% used solely by State or local governments. This would eliminate Industrial Development Bonds. All advance refundings would be prohibited unless the prior refunded issue was retired immediately. This would eliminate effectively all such refundings. All excess interest earnings would have to be rebated to the Treasury Department, and issuance costs could not be included in calculating the permitted reinvestment yield. This would require onerous paperwork requirements and would increase the issuer's project costs through loss of interest income. Early issuance of bonds would be prohibited and a "significant part" of bond proceeds would have to be spent within one month from date of issuance. This may require multiple sales for single large projects which have an extended completion schedule. SPRINGSTED INCORPORATED PUBLIC FINANCE ADVISORS 800 Osborn Building Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 · (612) 222-4241 Many seasoned political observers feel the proposal represents a trial balloon and final action will depend in part on public reaction. We suggest you mane your feelings known, whatever your position. Tax Increment Financing There are not many Minnesota communities without tax increment bonds outstanding. Two State proposals would have a direct adverse impact on most of those bonds. One such proposal involves a State assumption of all local school costs, which would initially lower tax rates within a community. The second proposal, by the Tax Study Commission, would reduce commercial-industrial property taxes by approximately 22%. Each of the proposals_would reduce tax increment income, assuming ali other factors st&y the same. If commercial-industrial taxes are lowered by reducing the ratio of assessed to market value, any minimum assessment agreements you may have with a property owner within a tax increment financing district would not protect against revenue reduction, since these agreements by statute can only establish minimum market valuations, not assessed values. These kinds of risks increase the justification for partial debt service guarantees by developers. These changes may be necessary to provide more overall equity in our tax system but hopefully someone will remember to safeguard the tax increment bond programs which were all issued under a different set of tax assumptions. We each need to monitor this closely. If you need a calculation of the impact of proposed changes on individual bond issues for submittal to your legislative delegation we will try to provide it for you. We Need Your Help We want to continue to provide meaningful information to you on a regular basis through the use of this letter. In an effort to keep our production and distribution costs at a reasonable level we are mailing multiple copies to a key official in each community. We would appreciate your distribution of the letter to your City Council Members and to other administrative officials of your choice. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance. Farewell to Friends As time marches on, with help from the "Rule of '85," a number of good friends of S-I are leaving key municipal positions, for either full or partial retirement. We will miss you and we wish you and all others in this same position a long and joyful future. We hope you will stay in touch during this new period in your life and remember the welcome mat at 800 asham Building is always out. Holiday Greetings 1984 has been a unique kind of year, not much real good and not much real bad except in some areas of Minnesota's economy. We look forward to 1985 with guarded optimism. We hope it will be a good and prosperous 1985 for you and your family and we wish for you a particularly Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! FZLE: Financial Specialists: Ehlers and Associates, Inc. Please distribute to ~overning body aethers December 1, 1984 NEWSLETTER In early November the Bond Buyer's Index of yields on twenty 20-year bonds declined to 10.17~, which was remar[able in view of the glut of private purpose tax exempts brought to market in the fourth quarter. While this is a si§nificant improvement, these interest rates are still ~roaaly high from any historical perspective. If the supply of tax exempts could be reduced, rates on long-term bonds could be reduced to about 6.5%, inflation plus 3.5% true tax-free yield. School elections are being favorably received again. Recently proposals carried at Nahnomen, HN ($3.92 million by 67~) and at Warroad, HN ($6.5 million by 53t). Our voter profile surveys show that there is a direct correlation between how well voters understand tax impact data and how they vote. Those who understand local taxes,-who perceive a hi~her benefit/cost ratio, tend more to vote "Yes.n Ehlers and Associates have some important computer capabilities in capitalizin~ projects. Our Genesis program acts as a comprehensive checklist that will query all cost items that should be included in a bond issue. It will then compute and include in the capitalization items that are themselves part of the capital amount, such as legal, fiscal and administrative costs (a percent of the bond issue amount), interest during construction (figured on the bond issue itself), and a debt service reserve (a percent of annual principal and interest on the amount of bonds). Given construction costs and other data such as contingencies, design and inspection, etc., we can run a capitalization in minutes. We have seen many projects that result in undue stress because items were omitted or were valued too low. Ehlers and Associates are closini out our 30th year with a profound sense of appreciation to ali of you who have trusted us with over 2,000 financin§s. We than[ you very much. Wishing you all a very Nerry Christmas and a Prosperous 1985, we are FIRST NATIONAL-SOO LINE CONCOURSE Very truly yours, Robert L. ~lers FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS 507 MARQUETTE AVE. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 339-8291 (AREA CODE 612) 0ooo0000o00000 ooo0~0~o0o0 o O00oog*~0~*g'O ,? PUBLIC . FINANCIAL SYSTEMS The UN-Official Statement Vol uae 2, Number I December 1984 TAX I NCREHENT F I NANC I NG Tax Increment Financing can either be a boon or a bane to your city. Ideal ly~ tax Increment flnanclng Is one of the most useful economic development tools avallable to local government. However, a poorly conceived financing plan can leave a cl~y with many headaches. In simplest terms, tax Increment financing captures the additional property tax revenue from new development (the "tax Increment"). The added tax revenue Is used as a catalyst for development. The rationale for this 'process Is that w lthout th ls assistance the development would not have occurred. Tax Increment financing is used In three basic poi Icy areas,, Economic Development - Encouraging new business opportunities. Redevelopment - Encouraging the reuse of bi lghted or otherwise undevelopable areas. J~ts~:lg- Promoting safe, decent and affordable housing opportunities. The specific uses of tax Increment financing depend on the limitations Imposed by state law. Each state treats tax Increment In a sllghtly different manner. Some of the bas lc projects to consider for tax Increment flnanclng Include.- land acqulsltlon~ site preparation, and public Improvements. In some cases, tax Increment funds can also be used for credlt enhancements and Interest reduction programs. (Please see Increment~ Page 2) FINANCING JAIL FACILITIES .Perhaps the most pressing Issue faCl'ng county government Is the constructlon and financing of new' Jall facllitles. A recent article In The Bond Buyer estimated that over 400 counties natlon-wlde are under court order to Improve on a variety of Jail condltlons, ranging from Inadequate sanitary facll Itles to overcrowding. The traditional response, to financing these facilities has been to seek authorlty to Issue general obllgatlon bonds through a referendum, Thls remains the most common approach to Jail projects, (Publlc Financial Systems recently assisted Todd County (MN,) wlth a successful referendum on a $1,4 mil llon Jail Improvement.) However~ the time, cost and uncertainty of the referendum process have caused many counties to look for other methods of flnance. An alternative finance tool that Is gaining popularity Is lease-revenue flnanclng. Lease-revenue financing can take several forms. Statutory Authority. Lease-revenue financing can occur without referendum In several states. State law al lows another un lt of government to serve as the Issuer of bonds for the Jall, while the county leases the facility for the term of the financing. The approach provldes both Iow. cost and Iow risk. Non-Prof It Corporation. Lease-revenue financing can occur through the establ lshment of a non-profit corporation (63-20). This corporatlon (Please see Jarls, Page lncremenf (From Page Local use of this financing tool Is oSed on an establlshed tax Increment anc!ng plan. The plan Is Intended help the city address the following quest Ions= What are the obJectives for using tax Increment flnanclng? What projects should be undertaken to meet these object!vest . ..~. Are these uses of tax Increment financing permlsslble under state law? Are the ProJeCts financially feasible '.given the amount of tax Increment that will be available? ~ You might not'think of a flnanclal advlsor as a resource for the preparatlon of a tax Increment plan, but only as the one you bring Into the project when you want to sell bonds. Publlc Flnanclal Systems wants to change your concept of where to look for tax crement advlse and asslstance. Publ lc Flnanclal Systems offers a complete tax Increment f Inanclng assistance service. We can take your. project from pi an development through implementatlon of the flnanclng package. t4ost firms working in this fleld do only parts of the tax Increment process. Our full service approach has several advantages: Your plan wlll work. The work will be done efficiently. The total cost of the advisory services will be lower. Having one firm handle the complete fax Increment planning and f lnanclng process Insures the most efflclent approach. You (Please see _b3gJLQ~LeJ3_t~ Page BOND VOLUNE RECORD Did you Issue bonds tn 0ctober3 if you did then you helped to set a new recordA for new fax-exempt deb? Issued during a single month. More than $11 blillon In state and local gover.nment bonds were sold In October. According to .The Bon~[ Buyer, this marks the flrst time that more than $10 billion In municipal bonds have been Issued In one month. The previous record volume of $9.95 bill Ion occurred In November 1982, The unusually large volum~ was not caused by an Increase In the number of bond Issues, but by an Increase In'the size of the Issues.. Only three more Issues were sold In October 1984 than In October 1983. However, the average size - of the 1984 Issue was $22 bi lilon, compared with less than $14 billlon In 1983. So far In 1984= · Bond sales are keeping pace with last yearts record volume. The $68.69 bllllon In 1984 bond sales is slightly ahead of the 1983 total for thls period. · The volume of bond Issues has decreased. Through October, 16% fewer issues had been sold than In the same perlod one year ago. · 3,677 cities have sold bonds. SUIV~IARY OF NEW LONG ~RM DEBT Year To Date IiLLLL/on $) School $7.2 Water/Sewer 4.5 Industrial Aid 1.0 State/Municipal Houslng 14.9 Transportat Ion 5.0 Gas/El ectr lc 9.9 Hosp I ta I 7.6 Poi lutlon Control~ 4.8 Other ~ TOTAL $68.7 *Both Industrial & Nonindustrial Source= The Bond Buyer Jails (From Page 1) sells revenue bonds to finance the Jail, In this type of flnanclng~ the County Board can wear two "hats"~ as they serve as both directors of the Issuer corporation and as county board members, The County enters Into a year-to-year lease for the term of the flnanclng, Certificates of Participation, Thls method Is similar to the "63-20" form of lease-revenue flnanclng~ but It does not require the creatlon of a non-profit corporation; The project Is flnanced through the sale of certlflcates of partlclpatlon In the lease.. This option carrles more risk for the Investor and consequently results In a hlgher rate of Interest, .." * Regardless of the f lnanclng technique chosen for your project the financial advisor Is an Important part of the project team. The financial advisor can help you answer the cruclal questions surrounding the financing of a Jall.- Increment. (From Page 2) do not have to coordinate the key elements of the project between several flrms. This approach also keeps costs to a minimum. You are not paying two flrms to do the same thing. Perhaps the greatest advantage of the PFS approach Is that your plan will be financially feasible, The most common weakness of tax Increment flnancing Is the failure of the plans to be based on an accurate analysis of the financial potential. The Inabll lty of a community to finance planned projects with the tax Increment that wl I I be generated creates some very dlfflcult declslons. Public Financial Systems helps you avold these sltuat Ions. ~ Let Public Financial Systems bring our Innovative and technically sound approach to tax Increment financing to your community. · Which financing alternative Is best suited to your situation? · How can project financing be structured to best fit the needs of the County? · What are the tax Impacts of project financing/ · What Is the most effective approach to a referendum? · Ho~ do you solicit and negotiate lease financing packages? Public Financial Systemst qualifications to assist your organlzatlon In financing a Jail faclllty are unmatched. PFS brings knowledge of Jail financing that can only be gained from experience. We are currently worklng on ten Jail projects throughout this region. These projects run the full range of design options and project financing. This posslb ie resources to your project, 3 UNSTEADY R ! SE I N BORROIf ! NG pl:a~l~ ICTED , A recent report from Citicorp Information Services suggest that borrc~lng by state and local government will follow an unsteady path In the comlng years. -The report~ entitled "United States Economlc Forcast 1984-89 Quarterly Reviews" suggests that the net flows of state and local borrowing wlll rlse slowly over the next few years~ before dropping off near the end of the decade. This trend would Increase the amount of outstanding debt over the next few years~ but return to 1984 levels by 1989. Interest rates on long term munlclpal debt~ according to the report, are predlcted to Increase 150 basis points over the next year. The Citicorp report also forecasts a rapid rlse In state and local spending. The level of spendlng Is projected to Increase by 44% between 1984 and 1989. The 1989 figure would be almost double the amount of spend lng in 1979. Increased spending on publ lc works educatlon~ and economic development are cited as major factors In the spending grc~th. 1-2-~ ADVICE C~'~..JNITY DEVELOPHENT SHALL CITY STYI,F A growing number of local governments are becoming active computer users. One of the most popular micro-computer software programs Is Lotus 1-2-3~ a very {~rWerful and flexlble electronlc eadsheet We could spend the better part of an ;~ntlre newsletter discussing the advantages of 1-2-3. The purpose of this article Is to glve you some advice on where to look for help In using this sof~ware. We have found that the best source of advice comes from other computer users. Someone out there has encountered and solved the problem you are facing. Where. do you flnd these people? ~One of the' best sources of 1-2-3 l nformatlon we have found Is Absolute Reference~ the Journal for 1-2-3 and Symphony Users. Absol ute Reference I s a month I y publ icatlon of the Que Corporation discussing operating tlps~ models~ book revlews~ and other Information on The August Issue of the Absolute Reference contained a user tip from a member of our staff, Hark Wlnkelhake. rk~s tolfp talked about .dlfferent thods copying data within a model you would like a copy of this tip please drop Hark a I lne. ~/e would be happy to share this Information with yOU. T/iX REFORN AND HUN I C ! PAL BONDS There seems to be ever Increasing Interest In reforming our Income tax system. "Closing the tax loophole" has always been good campalgn rhetoric, but significant change appears closer now than ever before. Congress has been conslderlng a varlety of flat tax and cash flow tax systems that would ellmlnate any tax deductions of the ex I st Ing system. These proposals have caused concern In the financial Industry about potentlal consequences for municipal bonds. Some proposals would el Imlnate the tax-exempt st}tus of certain types of bonds~ such Industrlal development revenue ids. Another proposal would tend to make tax- exempt bonds a less a~fractlve Investment through substantially lower tax rates. Local government offlclals should keep a close watch on thls Issue durlng the next session of Congress, Some people bel leve that the commun1~/ development game can only be played by blgger clfles, Don~f you believe Just ask the City of Good Thunder Good Thunder Is one of only nlne communities to receive the first I~lnnesota Commun I ty improvement Program Awards. For a community with a population of 560, Good Thunder has had remarkable success. Among the City's accompllsh- ments are= -- · Receiving grants for the updatlng of local zoning ordinances, for park Improvements~ and for economic deve I opment. ' · Establ lshlng a new business revolvlng loan fund through the local development corporation. · Us Ing tax Increment f I nancl ng to remove substandard buildings from the central business dlstrlct. · Asslstlng the elementary school In seek lng a grant for a three-year educational project focusing on clvlc pr lde. · Using a graduate student Intern from Hankafo State University to work on communlly development .proJects,' Thls record should serve as example for other small cltles. Cltles of all sizes should remember the Informal motto of the Good Thunder Development Corporation: "If we aimed only at what we could reach we would reach nothing." PUBLIC , FINANCIAL !1 SYSTEMS 63 SOUTH 9TH STREET. SUITE 402 MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA 55402 TELEPHONE: (612) 333-9177 3763' ~INNESOTA ASTE ~ANAGEk BOARD ~ .1' Volume Four, Number Ten November, 1984 Introduction: Europe teaches some lessons in waste management "Who's more advanced in waste manage- ment-European nations, or the United States?" In more than four years' activity in solid and hazardous waste policymaking and facility de- velopment, the Waste Management Board has often been admonished to undertake extensive research on European waste management technologies. Some have said "Europe is way ahead of the United States" in dealing with solid and hazardous wastes, and that "Minne- sota should do what the Europeans are doing." Now come firsthand indications--obtained in recent visits by Board staff members to Euro- pean facilities--that the matter of "who's ahead" in solid and hazardous waste manage- ment may not be so easy to determine. Based on the recent visits, the track record of waste management in Europe--where advanced fa- cilities have been operating longer than any- where else in the world--does provide a history with much to teach Americans. That history, however, includes both suc- cesses and mistakes, and indicates that Euro- pean industry and government officials, just as officials in the United States, are still seeking the most appropriate answers for their waste management problems. In recent weeks the Board sent to Europe: · Bruce Hanson, Board Senior Engineer, who visited hazardous waste management facilities in seven European nations over a six-week per- iod in September and October, and who partici- pated in an international symposium on hazard- ous waste management in Odense, Denmark September 12-14, and · Ed Welsch, Solid Waste Director, one of several Minnesota officials who participated in a tour of Scandinavian solid waste facilities in October. "Many hazardous waste facilities are operat- ing in Europe, and none are perfect," Hanson Economic problems may loom for Some European waste facilities "As far as we could determine, the technologies are working very well--but, problems are ahead in terms of eco- nomics.'' Thus did Board staff member Bruce Hanson sum up the most prominent im- pression of his European tours: several European hazardous waste facilities are encountering economic problems, as they have been unable to adapt to chang- lng types and amounts of wastes, and to process those wastes cost-effectively. · Since the early-1970's large, techno- logically advanced facilities have been built to process hazardous wastes for several European nations (most promi- nently, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). For the most part the facilities are large rotary kiln incinerators, similar to the 3M Company incinerator in Cottage Visitors tour the HIM hazardous waste incinerator in Biebesheim, West Germany, where electricity is gen- erated from the energy recovered in the incineration process. 7gZ said. "European facilities have been operating, generally, since the early-1970's--longer than anywhere else--and we can learn*much from them, learning from their mistakes and apply- ing their knowledge to what Minnesota will do in the future. "The question of 'who's ahead' in hazardous waste management, however, is not really le- gitimate;' Hanson added. "In most areas of en- vironmental regulations, it appears that the United States--and Minnesota in particular--is ahead of the Europeans:' The level of interest in how to manage haz- ardous wastes worldwide has manifest in the roster of participants in the Odense Sympo- sium. Thirty-nine countries were represented, including, in addition to the U.S. and several European nations, such countries as Hong Kong, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Thailand. · ON THE INSIDE · Hazardous waste management across Europe · Denmark develops impressive waste colleCtion system · Co-composting provides an an- swer in Scandinavia Grove, Minnesota. But while the rotary kiln technology has been adopted at several locations, the scale and construction of each of those facilities was based on earlier projections of the amounts and categories of hazard- ous wastes that would be available for in- cineration. In the meantime, hazardous waste types and volumes in several coun- tries have changed, leading to higher costs for incineration and jeopardizing the quantities of wastes available for exist- ing, large hazardous waste incinerators. In Hanson's term the facilities were all, in the first place, "overdesigned;' a view shared by such international waste man- agement consultants as Bob Pojasek of the C.T. Main consulting firm in Massa- chusetts-who has advised the World Health Organization's Office fo~ ape on hazardous waste management--and Fritz van Veen of the Infraconsult firm in the Netherlands, whom Hanson spoke with on his trip. continued on three Hazardous waste management approaches .ary among countries of Europe In addition to Denmark, other European term storage of wastes for which treat- countries provided Hanson with several ment technologies are not currently avail- insights into their current hazardous waste management activities: · Finland is the site of the newest haz- ardous waste incinerator and processing facility in Europe, a large rotary kiln incin- erator near Helsinki. Hanson said the fa- cility originally encountered local siting opposition. The ownership of the Finnish incinera- tor is equally shared by the Finnish na- tional government, the municipality in which the facility is located and private waste management industry in Finalnd. Hanson observed that large quantities of hazardous wastes will be needed to support the huge facility; those quantities may not be forthcoming, however, as a result of high treatment costs for indus- try. · In Sweden, Hanson visited two haz- ardous waste management facilities, the Sakab treatment plant and landfill in the approximate center of the country, and the Grab-Kemi treatment facility in Gothenberg, on Sweden's west coast. Both are government-supported facili- ~e Grab-Kemi facility, and several other Swedish facilities, perform hazard- ous waste collection services, as well as waste treatment. In general, the collec- tion facilities seek to send as much haz- ardous waste as possible to Sakab for treatment and final disposal. The collec- tion facilities have the discretion of treat- ing wastes themselves, sending wastes to Sakab, or sending wastes to facilities in other countries, based on economic con- siderations and the available facilities to handled specific wastes. Sakab also includes a building for long- able. · England was, for Hanson, the scene of an unusual hazardous waste landfill op- eration. Approximately 30 miles east of London is a four-square-mile area oper- ated by the 'Cleanaway" waste manage- ment firm, which contains a landfill ac- knowledged to be the largest landfill in Europe. The landfill, which receives an estimated 10 percent of London's munici- pal wastes, receives waste on barges which come down the Thames River, and has an estimated 30-year capacity. Contrary to the conventional wisdom of many in the hazardous waste manage- ment field, the Cleanaway landfill accepts several types of untreated hazardous wastes, not merely for "landfilling" but for chemical and biological treatment in certain portions of the municipal landfill. Some types of liquid hazardous wastes- excluding incinerable wastes--are pumped into sections of the landfill for in- teraction with municipal solid wastes, which, the operators say, neutralizes and biologically degrades the hazardous wastes. Also, non-pumpable hazardous wastes are deposited by truck. Hanson said the co-disposal process at Cleanaway has been utilized for several years, and was partially based on a study of 20 municipal landfills around Great Britain by a branch of the country's na- tional Department of the Environment, plus extensive testing and monitoring by Cleanaway. Those studies--documented in a 1978 report--indicate that municipal landfilling at several locations had much less of an impact on the environment than anticipated, and that the hazardous wastes were effectively "attenuated" At the AVR facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. containerized hazardous waste is unloaded from barges into the environment at the landfills. British regulations place some clear prohibitions on the landfilling of certain hazardous wastes, and encourage the treatment or incineration of other wastes. Hanson noted that Britain's environmen- tal laws relieve the generators of liability for hazardous wastes when accepted at a facility. Hanson added, however, that there is apparently a disputed "gray area" of haz- ardous waste categories that can be dis- posed in landfills or treated. While treat- ment facility operators gave Hanson their views on those wastes, landfill operators had opposing opinions. Hanson characterized Britian hazard- ous waste situation as generally one of "free enterprise," although disposal of waste in landfills in that country is cheaper than in other nations; however, treatment operations are also "doing well". In Britain, as in the United States, the federal government has turned hazardous TCOllection and transfer st he beauty of Denmark's hazardous ' waste management activities lies not in the nation's hazardous waste technolo- gies-which are utilized in several other countries--but in what is virtually the most comprehensive national hazardous waste collection system of any country in the world. Denmark was one of seven countries where Bruce Hanson visited operating hazardous waste treatment, incineration and disposal facilities, and was host to an international symposium on hazardous waste management September 12-14 in the city of Odense. Mogens Palmark is Project Manager for ChemControl, the Danish firm which op- erates the nation's central hazardous waste treatment, incineration and land- disposal facility, Kommunekemi, in the city of Nyborg. He told the sumposium that the Danish waste management sys- tem was first initiated in 1972 by local au- thorities in Denmark, and includes an inte- grated treatment facility, small collection stations for hazardous wastes from households and transfer stations for in- dustrial hazardous wastes. The importance and thoroughness of the nation's waste {:ollection system was underlined by Jens Kampmannn, Director General of the Danish Agency for Envi- ronmental Protection, who told the sym- posium that today "Denmark has a suf- At the giant Bayer chemical plant in Leveri(usen, West Germany--the home of Bayer aspirin--"organi- cally polluted effluent" from chemical production is neutralized at the "Bayer Tower Biology" waste treatment plant. waste regulatory activities over to the counties--the equivalent of the individual states in the United States. The aggres- siveness of individual British counties in enforcing hazardous waste regulations varies; the nation has, however, insti- tuted an effective "tracking" system for hazardous waste shipments, under which transporters must notify the county for which a waste shipment is destined at least three days in advanced of shipment. The facility where the waste is to be shipped has the authority to refuse a haz- ardous waste shipment. · West Germany also exerts some strong government controls on hazard- ous waste management activities, both regulatorily and in government support of specific types of facilities (most com- monly, hazardous waste incinerators). As with England's counties, however, gov- ernment control in West Germany varies according to individual states. [] European facilities illustra (continued from page one) "When several of these facilities war; first built, certain waste quantities were projected for each facility, but those pro- jections haven't held up," Hanson ex- plained. "The resulting high costs of in- cineration or treatment have made it more economical to rerefine and reduce some wastes, or even, reportedly, for some companies to resort to illegal dumping." The European experience, Hanson said, is showing that hazardous waste fa- cilities must be able to adapt to changes in hazardous waste volumes and types. The waste "streams," as they are called, available to operating facilities can change for two primary reasons: · Products being produced in manufac- turing processes--such as electronics components--will, over time, themsel- ves change, changing in turn the types of wastes generated in those manufacturing processes. Also, the processes themsel- ves change as better manufacturing methods evolve. · As the cost of some materials rise, it can become cost effective to recycle )ns are keys to Denmark's hazardous waste system ficient number of facilities to enable local authorities tO assign a transfer station to any enterprise [business], or a collection station to any household, for oil and chemical waste." Kampmann said the 1972 Danish Dis- posal of Oil and Chemical Waste Act as- signed the task of establishing transfer stations to local authorities. "The decen- tralization principle of Danish environ- mental legislation," he said, led Danish lawmakers to provide municipal authori- ties with a key role in collecting and ap- proving hazardous waste shipments. Hazardous waste generators, for ex- ample, must provide to local Danish au- thorities information on whether a haz- ardous waste was the product of an accident or spill, or whether it was gener- ated in a manufacturing process. Palmark added that Denmark (which, in total geographic area, is approximately one-fifth the size as Minnesota) has 21 in- dustrial hazardous waste transfer sta- tions, all located to "take advantage of Denmark's rail system." Wastes col- lected at the transfer stations are, in turn, sent by rail to Kommunekemi, which is lo- cated in the approximate geographical center of the country. Each transfer station, he Said, must meet specifications set by ChemCon- troi-the operator of Kommunekemi--for waste loading, storage and testing. In the same way, the local waste collection sta- tions, to handle household and other smaller-quantity hazardous wastes, are also constructed under specifications set by ChemControl. Palmark explained that there is at least one collection station for each of Den- mark's 277 municipalities. Larger com- munities have more than one station; in Copenhagen, for example, approximately 6,700 tons of waste oil and chemical wastes are collected each year from both industry and households. The purpose of the small collection sta- tions, Palmark said, is to receive such household chemical wastes as paint resi- dues, acids, spent solvents and pesti-' cides. Although he commented that "in- dustries, farms and households are all generators of waste," private households are not "obliged" to deliver their wastes to collection stations, "but have the right to do so without charge." Each collection station is, typically, a small shed with a concrete floor and fire- proof walls, usually measuring approxi- mately four meters in length, five meters wide and two meters high. Palmark noted that, in most communities, collection sta- tions are located near a landfill, sewage treatment plant, fire station or other pub- lic facility. Kampmann noted that all areas of the country do not have collection services, but that the quantities of wastes at the in- dustrial transfer stations are larger in ar- eas that also have the local collection service. This shows, he said, that °'a larger portion of enterprises will abide by the rules [for proper waste collection] if we make it sufficiently easy for them." Kampmann said arrangements have been made with the association of Danish municipalities for a state-financed sys- tem of pick-up at each of the transfer sta- tions. Due to the "modest cost" of fi- nancing the collection system- approximately- 2 Danish Kroners, or 20 cents, per person, per year--Denmark has decided, he said, to overlook the "polluter pays" principle in financing the collections. From the transfer stations, wastes are shipped to Kommunekemi, which in- cludes: · a waste "receiving and emptying section," · a tank farm for waste storage, · ~ a waste oil plant, · a treatment plant for inorganic haz- ardous wastes, and · a hazardous waste incinerator. The growth of the collection and trap fer system has, over the years, fed i, creased hazardous waste quantities to the Kommunekemi facility. Kampmann said that the quantity of waste managed continued on six e need to adapt to changing hazardous waste "streams" waste materials. Common examples )uld be solvents or oils with high fuel ~nts: while an incinerator operator would expect a specific supply of such waste materials for his facility, economics might instead drive others to rerefine their oil and sell it as a product--thus reducing the supply of waste for the hazardous waste incinerator. "When material with high-BTU content drops, that can be devastating to an incin- erator,'' Hanson said. In Denmark, he noted, where two rotary kiln incinerators at the central Kommunekemi plant receive waste from throughout the country, as much as 30 percent of the material burned at the plant is supplementary fuel, such as Iow-grade oils, purchased by fa- cility operators. Necessary "adaptation" to changing hazardous waste streams, Hanson added, is apparently occuring in England and France, where smaller, "liquid injec- tion'' type incinerators and other "modu- lar'' facilities are proving more economi- cal for changing hazardous waste streams. Hanson suggested that an important reason behind the ability of French and British facilities to continue to process wastes economically has been the preva- Cs,=Of a "free enterprise" approach in e nations, with less government in- tervention there than in other European countries. "Economics also becomes a problem for some facilities when industries have the option of sending their wastes out of the country," Hanson added. A problem mentioned in Europe is the export of haz- ardous wastes by European firms to Third-World nations, which have been willing to allow the unsafe dumping of wastes in their countries for economic reasons. Other factors which have compounded the economic difficulties for some Euro- pean facilities--and which could provide an important lesson for prospective facil- ity developers in the United States--are the high construction costs of large, ad- vanced facilities, especially hazardous waste incinerators, which, Hanson noted, must be figured into the operating costs of a facility--and which can drive Fo~esite is puldiehe~, by the Minnesota Waste Management 8oard. Board mm~ Incl~e: Roan ~. C~an. ~. ~on; ~rence Hunt~. Vice-Chairmen. ~l~; Keith K~ tam. ~l Grove; ~lm K~c~er. R~fm~; MIIt~ K~ff. Ma~w~; ~ui;e K~e~ng, ~tm; Tom Rennet, ~ Rivet; A~n Eide, Hi;retrial; ~t Lu~, Gheen. N~ ~qui~e~ to Waste Ma~gement Bo~d. 7323 ~ o,h. Cwstal MN 55428: (612) 536~816 (~tstate 52-9747L ohnl~. Assistant to the Chlk~n Pat~ck Hi~goyen. E~tor a~ ~f~at~ ~ Kevin John~n. ~ty ~fmmat~n 0~ MaW Bensman. Assistant ~f~at~ Offi~ up the fees for the users of those facili- ties. At the September 12-14 Odense haz- ardous waste management symposium, Karsten Juluissen, Chief Engineer of I. Kruger A/S in Copenhagen, addressed the gathering on the comparative costs of hazardous waste incinerators in Europe and the United States. For a small plant to handle, Juluissen said, 20,000 metric tons of hazardous wastes a year, the investment costs would total $10-15 million. For a large in- cinerator, with a capacity of approxi- mately 120,000 metric tons of hazardous wastes each year, Juluissen estimated the investment costs at $40-50 million. But for similar facilities in the United States, Juluissen added, those figures would have to be increased by 50 per- cent, due to currency exchange and other factors. The final analysis, Hanson commented, poses what some waste management consultants called a "balancing act": proper waste management is needed to protect the environment and natural re- sources, but the costs of a facility must be such that it is cost-effective for an in- dustrial generator to use that facility, rather than illegally dump the waste else- where. The ult|rnate lesson of European haz- ardous waste management--as in the United States--is that effective hazard- ous waste management will require ef- fective regulatory controls, but with the availability of cost-effective hazardous waste facilities, aa The Finlands Problemavfall Ab hazardous waste facility near Helsinki, Finland (above) includes a 70,000 ton-per-year rotary Kiln incinerator, while the Sarp facility near Paris (below) includes a smaller, "liquid injection" incinerator that has proven adaptable to changing waste streams. Solid Waste_ Management candinavian co-composting plants Turn garbage into usable products Like a medieval dragon with an insatia- ble appetite, the giant yellow machine hums and clunks just outside of Stock- holm, Sweden, waiting to gobble its daily tribute of 1 O0 tons of garbage. But unlike the legendary dragons that terrorized the people and devastated the Scandinavian countryside, this waste- eating monster each year efficiently di- gests 40,000 tons of the Stockholm ar- ea's garbage into usable products-- energy, compost, and recyclable metals and paper-leaving only 10 percent of that total waste tonnage to be landfilled. This "dragon", a resource recovery fa- cility in Kovik, Sweden, was the highlight of last month's lO-day European co-corn- posting facility tour, according to Waste Management Board Solid Waste Director Ed Welsch. "There's just nothing like it in the U.S." Welsch said. "It's a huge, clean, inte- grated facility. The dust control is very good and the only time you see the gar- bage is when it's first tipped into the pit." The Kovik plant was one of seven Dan- ish and Swedish facilities on the tour or- ganized by Pope-Reid and Associates, a St. Paul environmental engineering and consulting firm. Eighteen Minnesotans, representing both local and state govern- ment as well as private industry, visited the facilities, each of which included four patented, combined co-composting/ refuse-derived-fuel systems. Co-composting--as opposed to simple composting of such homogeneous mate- rials as plant waste, manure or sewage-- is the controlled biochemical degradation of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW), usually in combination with sewage or some other nitrogen-rich additive. Like other forms of large-scale resource way to reduce the amount of waste that needs to be landfilled. But it can also pro- duce a valuable resource, resulting in such products as compost, ferrous scrap, and, with combined systems, refuse-de- rived fuel. Although there are fewer than ten com- posting facilities in the United States, the technology is well established in Europe. France has more than 100 compost plants producing 800,000 tons of com- post each year. Germany produces nearly 700,000 tons of compost annually and 24 percent, or 600,000 tons, of Swe- den's 2.5 million metric tons of MSW is composted annually. Of the remainder of Sweden's wastes, 40 percent is converted into fuel, 10 per- cent is shredded and separated, five per- cent is incinerated without energy recov- ery and only 20 percent is landfilled. In Minnesota, 96 percent of our municipal waste is still going to landfills. Several of the facilities toured by the group --such as the Kovik "dragon", a fa- cility in Landskrona, Sweden and one in Frederiksund,' Denmark-manage each area's entire waste stream (over 1 O0 tons per day in most cases). The four main co-composting systems toured by the group include: the BRINI process, developed by the Swedish PLM Sellberg Company with facilities in Malmo, Landskrona, and Stockholm (Kovik); the Swiss Buhler-Miag System, exemplified by facilities in Falkenberg and Stenungsund, Sweden; the DANO Sys- tem, also Swiss, with facilities in Fre- deriksund, Denmark and Bolange, Swe- den and the German-based Gebruder- Weiss facility in Landskrona, Sweden. The Kovik facility is the newest and most successful example of the BRINI recovery, co-composting_ is. _primarily a process. The modular waste processing A Buhler-Miag waste-eating "dragon" processes garbage into re-usable compost. The DANO waste separation system "shakes out" reusable materials from wastes which must be landfilled. system was constructed in 1982 on the site of an old dump just outside of Stock- holm. It was developed by a packaging manufacturer, the PLM Sellbergs Com- pany, which applied its technological ex- pertise to address some of the problems packaging was causing when it became part of the waste stream. The BRINI method is based on a totally automated waste separation system. Modular units shake, toss and separate the combustibles into fuel or fuel pellets, the organics into compost, and recy~' the remainder. The compost fraction--the organic waste, sand and crushed glass--is mixed with municipal sewage sludge before composting. The actual composting takes place outdoors by means of a com- posting processor which turns the mate- rial over and aerates it. The "heavy fraction" consists of metal and solid plastics, and is conveyed to a magnet which removes magnetic parti- cles and compacts them into bales for sale to metalworks. The remainder of the heavy fraction consists of material which cannot be eco- nomically recovered, and is landfilled. The beauty of this system, Welsch said, is that only three workers are needed to operate the entire facility and that the waste is completely contained within the modular processing units. Another BRINI system facility that demonstrated a different set-up for some of the same processing modules was an industrial paper recycling plant toured in Helsingborg, Sweden. In this older ver- sion of the system, built in 1974, high grade paper is separated by hand from dry industrial waste deposited at the facility. The separated paper is baled and shipp- directly to papermills for recycling and ~ other waste is processed into pellets to be used for fuel. Nearly 12,000 tons of paper is recycled annually from this facility. continued on six F/v6 DENMARK (continued) at the facility grew from 6,200 tons per year in 1972 to 43,800 tons in 1983--a increase. regulations, however, do not re- quire that all hazardous wastes be shipped to Kommunekemi, and Kamp- mann admitted that as much as 25 per- cent of Denmark's hazardous wastes is still, each year, 'outstanding,"-in other words, not reported or managed within the existing hazardous waste manage- ment system. Kampmann commented that more "rigorous" local enforcement is planned to bring more waste to Kom- munekemi, and that increased on-site waste reduction and resource recovery activities by industrial generators them- selves may also account for some of the "outstanding" wastes. Kampmann said that, for industrial haz- ardous waste generators, the price of waste treatment or disposal at Kom- munekemi is approximately $100 a ton, which, he added, is Iow compared to other European facilities. The plant, he said, is showing a profit, although it is also subsidized by the Danish govern- ment. Approximatei¥ 12 miles from Kom- munekemi, direct!y on a Danish seacoast, is the facility's hazardous waste landfill. Hanson stated that the landfill's opera- tion and location appeared to be below customary U.S. hazardous waste landfill standards. The landfill has no artificial liner to help contain hazardous wastes, and only one meter of soil separates the waste at the bottom of the landfill from the upper level of the water table. Kommunekemi has not been without CO-COMPOSTING (continued) Composting is the main event at a facil- ity built by the DANO system in Fre- driksund, Denmark. This plant, built by a seven-city cooperative, processes 100 tons per day of refuse and 40 tons per day of sewage sludge into compost, which is used to landscape public highways and buildings and to cover landfills. The group toured a similar DANO system plant brlange, Sweden. both facilities, the organics are sepa- rated from the waste inside large drums called "drum sieves." The energy frac- tion and the metal is removed for fuel and recycling, the finer, compostable material is mixed with municipal sewage and spread outdoors in piles, called win- drows, which are turned periodically for more than three months. The final product is a rich, finely tex- tured compost which, Welsch said, has no odor. Odor problems were among the major causes of the failure of another co-com- posting system, the Gebruder-Weiss plant is Landskrona, Sweden. Welsch noted, however, that composting system companies have developed a filter bed system, made of the cured compost it- self, that has proven to be 90 percent ef- fective in absorbing odors. The Swiss-based Buhler-Miag system facilities in Stenungsund and Falkenberg, Sweden are other outstanding examples of refuse composting plants. This com- pany has constructed 70 plants in the past 20 years in Europe, North Africa, South Africa, New Zealand, the Near East and the Orient, which the company's lit- erature says "can be adapted to any kind of refuse". Welsch said that the benefits of these systems far outweigh their common problems. "They're not risky and they're work- lng," said Welsch. a~R~ Minnesota Waste Management Board 7323 58th Avenue North  ~i~ Crystal, Minnesota 55428 BOARD ~ City Clerk 5341Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 its share of economic and technical prob- lems; recent studies, for example, have been needed to analyze the emissions from the hazardous waste incinerator. Where Denmark seems to be succeeding, however, is in its national waste collec- tion system. One product of that system is apparently increased knowledge of the hazardous waste issue. In a recent national survey of Danes on 11 environmental issues, 36 per- cent of respondents said that groundwater pollution was the country's most serious en- vironmental concern-a sign, Kampmann inti- mated, of the widespread national aware- ness of the need for proper hazardous waste management that has been created by the nation's visible and growing system of haz- ardous waste collection, treatment and dis- posal. [] Common problems noted at the Euro- pean facilities were the lack of markets for the compost (it cannot be used for ag- ricultural purposes) and that most of the facilities were oversized, built to handle more waste than they would ultimately receive. [] MEETING AND EVENTS November 29, December 13: Waste Man- agement Board meetings, State Capitol, St. Paul. December 7: Hazardous Waste Management Planning Council, 9 a.m., Board offices. Crys- tal. December 14, 18; Solid Waste Management Advisory Council, 1 p.m., Board offices, Cm/s- tal. Some meetings subject to change: for further information call the Board at (6121536-0816 Ioutside Twin Cities 1-800-652-9747L IBULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT No. 171 ST. PAUL, M.N. WASTELINE ... the shape of things in solid waste 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 612/291-6464 November 1984 Issue No. 4 Editor: Joan Stainmann WASTELINE REAPPEARS Since the last issue of the Waste//ne was published more than a year ago, the Metropolitan Council has launched an effort to reorient the region's management of its solid waste away from landfills and toward alternatives like recycling and waste incineration. The Wasteline will appear regularly to report on these efforts and the work of other groups, such as local governmental units and the private sector, to develop alternative waste management practices. The Wasteline will also cover other, related waste management issues of regional importance. COUNCIL STEERS REGION AWAY .FROM LAND DISPOSAL OF TRASH Legislature Will Be Asked For Help The Metropolitan Council wants to eliminate the usa of landfills for most solid waste produced in the Twin Cities Area. In the years since the passage of the Waste Manage- WHAT IS MUNICIPAL WASTE? Metals & Glass 21% Paper 33% Yard Waste (grass, branches, leaves) 18% Food Waste 17% Plastic Rubber Cloth Wood 11% Source: Land Disposal Abatement Options for So/id Waste Reduction and Recovery. Metropolitan Council, 1981 · ment Act in 1980, Council members have become frustrated with the job of approving sites for potentially harmful landfills-often on farm land-and slow progress toward alternative methods of waste management. During 1984 the C_ouncil resolved to systematically steer the region to a minimum use of landfills, as quickly as possible. To support this goal, the Council is recommending a three- part program for solid waste management to the legislature. First, it calls for a prohibition of land disposal of unprocessed municipal waste by 1990. Only by-products of waste reuse processes and unusaable materials would be accepted at landfills. Although the Council now has the authority to deny certificates of need for new landfills when it finds that there are feasible alternatives, it needs firmer and more precise direction from the state legislature to make it clear to the public and private groups involved in waste manage- ment that burying unlimited quantities of garbage in Minnesota land is no longer acceptable. The benefits of such a ban are numerous--remaining landfill space would be conserved, many fewer new landfills would be needed in the future, buried wastes would be less likely to contaminate the environment, landfills would be less offensive to nearby communities, and the economic advantages of reuse and recycling would be enjoyed. The second part of the Council's legislative program on waste management proposes that separation of compostable yard refuse and recyclable materials from the landfill-bound 'waste stream' be required by 1988. Counties and cities would use their authority to ensure that wastes like leaves, grass clippings, glass bottles and newspapers are not mixed with other trash. This requirement would assure governments and private groups that these readily useable materials will be available, so that dependable reuse programs may be developed. And a significant portion of the wastes going to landfills would be immediately diverted. The third part of the Coun.cil's recommendation to the legislature calls for two means of financing waste recovery projects. One proposal is to broaden the Council's authority to sell bonds. It may now sell $15 million in bonds for new landfills; this proposal would allow that money to be used by local governments to finance waste reduction and recovery programs. Another funding proposal request~ an increase, by appro- priation, of funds available to the Council to assist waste reuse and recovery, public education, technical assistance recycling market development projects. The Council is to receive a portion of the money collected through a landfill surcharge imposed by the legislature in 1984 for this purpose, but much of that amount won't be available until 1986--and these pro}ects are needed now. The funds appropriated to the Council to help get them off the ground would be repaid as surcharge monies accumulate. A New Plan for Managing the Region's Trash The Council is putting together a plan for solid waste management in the region that reflects its recommendations to the legislature. The new plan, which replaces one approved in 1981, will articulate the policies guiding disposal of trash generated by businesses and homes in the region that will phase out burial of unprocessed solid waste after 1990. The plan will explain how everything but "residuals"--Iike the ash remaining after waste is burned- is to be kept out of the ground, where 90 percent of the region's trash now ends up. Current law forbids the Council to authorize the expansion of landfills or development of new sites beyond what is necessary after all other feasible options have been pursued. The Council must set the standards for counties to maxi- mize efforts to keep trash out of landfills, through waste reduction, recycling and incineration. The purpose of the new solid waste management policy plan is to introduce these standards and suggest strategies cities, counties, businesses and the public may use to meet them. One of the policies in the plan supports the Council goal of separation of compostable yard wastes and recyclables from other trash by 1988. It calls for the establishment of a network of integrated processing and recycling services, tO make sepa'ration convenient and collection dependable for area homes and businesses. The plan will discuss alternatives to landfills ranging from 'low-tech' home-based activities to large-scale trash inciner- ation plants, and explain how these techniques can work side by side. A mixture of methods is the best approach to recovering resources from the different kinds of wastes that now travel together to landfills. Some unusable materials remain to be disposed of even after this variety of recovery methods has been exhausted, but the volume of these is only a fraction of that now being buried. These 'residuals' will probably still go to landfills, and in the future it will be up to the Council to decide when the practice of land disposal is necessary and to see that this "last resort" is not abused. The solid waste management policy plan is now being reviewed by the Council and its committees, and the Council plans to complete a public hearing draft in late December. A public hearing will be held 30 days later, and comments on the plan will be heard then. The Council will probably adopt the new plan in February. Persons who have comments or questions about the plan should call Paul Smith, Council environmental planner, at 291-6408. WHAT HAPPENS TO TRASH IN THE FUTURE? Land disposal of trash in the Twin Cities Area will be cut back drastically to a minimal level over the next few years if the Metropolitan Council's recommendations on solid waste are taken up by the Minnesota Legislature. And land- fills operating after 1990 would pose a smaller threat to the environment than those that now worry policy makers. There is evidence that 13 of the region's 15 operating or closed landfills are contaminating the groundwater under- neath them. The eight landfills currently operating in the area accept about 5,400 tons of trash daily, and will be full by the early 1990s if this level of dumping continues. Eventually most of the 18 potential landfill sites identified by the seven counties and approved by the Council would be needed -and many of these are now productive farmland. The Metropolitan Council is asking the legislature to set up a system that would reduce both the number of landfills and the amount of trash sent to them by at least three quarters. While it still isn't technically possible to eliminate landfills altogether, the Council proposes to reserve land disposal space for only those waste materials that can't be reused, and stop burying mixed, unprocessed solid waste. This means that only "residuals"-the materials remaining after recovery and recycling of trash-would be accepted at the landfills of the 1990s. Because these contain few or no organic substances, the range of potential contaminants would be reduced. And new or expanded landfills would be technically superior to the current generation of landfills, with liners between the fill and the earth and systems to collect liquid that seeps down through the landfill. The improved quality of the waste received and of their design would make these fewer landfills better neighbors to other types of land and increase the number of options for their use after they are full. The Council's recommendations to the legislature call for measures to build a region-wide system of resource recovery facilities to replace landfills. Specific deadlines, along with expanded financing for facilities, are the spurs for develop- ment of this system. 1990 is the most important deadline proposed to accelerate landfill abatement efforts. This is the target date for a prohibition on the burial of unprocessed waste in landfills. In the intervening years, the seven metropolitan counties must step up their efforts to plan and develop resource recovery facilities, such as garbage-burning plants. Large-scale energy recovery and co,:omposting plants will get into operation more quickly and easily if the counties cooperate with each other to meet this deadline, sharing costs and the supply of waste needed to keep facilities running smoothly. Ramsey and Washington Counties, for example, are already working together to plan a major waste processing plant. Transfer stations to relay trash to processing plants could be placed to serve two or more counties. The Council is proposing an intermediary deadline of Jan. 1, 1988, by which metropolitan counties and cities would be expected to pass ordinances requiring that recyclables and compostable yard wastes be separated from other trash. This would give area cities and counties three years to develop recyclable and yard waste collection services, already available in many communities. Such a law would provide opportunities for private entrepreneurs as well as obligations for local governments. Solid waste collection services would no. longer be confined to pickup of mixed trash but expanded to include separated materials. New processing plants would be needed to receive the recyclables, clean and prepare them for sale, and ship them to industrial buyers. Yard wastes not used by generators to fertilize home gardens and lawns would go to composting facilities, to be efficiently managed by large-capacity equipment. A variety of uses for the resulting compost product--nurseries, public works construction projects--are possible. The solid waste management system the Council wants the Metropolitan Area to adopt would cost the individual household more than the current landfill-based system- estimates of yearly bills run as high as double the present amount. But the avoided unpleasant-and often expensive -consequences of landfills and the benefits of recovering resources from wastes may offset the increase in the modest price we pay to dispose of one ton of trash per household yearly. TEAM TO HELP WASTE REUSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS GET STARTED Last July, Metropolitan Council Chair Sandra Gardebring announced a new initiative in solid waste management. She set a timetable for action to develop new ways of handling the area's trash-it's an issue Gardebring insists the Council work through in the near future. "1 want the Council to be out in front as we identify a new direction in solid waste management that will take us away from landfills to an emphasis on other methods," she said. As a part of her initiative on solid waste, Gardebring Put together a team of Council staff people to provide technical assistance and advice for resource recovery and recycling efforts, and to administer grants and loans to support them -the solid waste assistance team. The purpose of the team is to accelerate the development of projects and programs to decrease the amount of waste going to metropolitan area landfills. The team will provide technical and planning help to counties, cities and other groups, using methods modified to meet the needs of the agency or organization. Initially, the team will focus on efforts to divert recyclable materials and yard wastes from landfills through recycling programs, mulching and composting. "Hands-on" technical assistance will be given to groups requesting help at the times and places that it's needed. Assistance activities will include evaluating alternative waste recovery methods under consideration by a group and developing strategies to promote programs to policymakers and the general public. The solid waste assistance team will also provide informa- tion about various waste reuse and recovery techniques. Members plan to get involved in abatement projects already going on around the region, and serve as a clearinghouse for groups that want to know more about these programs. Team members are now gathering materials on the technical aspects of alternatives to landfills and touring solid waste facilities in the Twin Cities Area. Near the end of the year the team will be prepared to provide assistance. For more information about the solid waste assistance team, contact Katy Boone, team leader, at 291-6421.' Printed on recycled paper 3 TWIN LABOR CITIES MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS VOL. 8 NO. 12 DECEMBER 1984 The October unemployment rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area was 4.42ercent, unchanged from September. Typically over the past 14 years, the unemployment rate drops by 0.1 of a percentage point between these months. The number of employed residents increased slightly more rapidly than average in October while the number of unemployed workers increased by 1.8 percent. Normally, the level of unemployment drops by 0.6 percent. The unemployment rate has remained quite steady locally and nationally over the past six months. Nationally, the number of unemployed, seasonally adjusted, has decreased since June. Data on the reason for unemployment is collected each month nationally. Job losers, those on layoff or others whose employment end involuntarily, made up 52.0 percent of the total, about the same as in June. Job leavers, persons who quit work voluntarily, made up 9.7 percent of the unemployed. Reentrants, persons who previously worked at a full-time job lasting two weeks or longer but have recently been out of the labor ~force, made up 25.4 percent of the unemployed, up from 24.2 percent in June. New entrants, those who have not worked previously at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or more, made up 12.8 percent of the unemployed in October compared to 14.0 percent in June. LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (not se&$ona11¥ adjusted) AREA CIVILIA~ LABOR FORCE TOTAL E],~LOY~Ifr UNEI,~LOYMENT UNEI~LOYI,~EI(1' RATE OCT SEPT- OCT . OCT SEPT. OCT OCT SEPT~ OCT . OCT SEPT~ OCT 1984P 1984K 1983K 1984p 1984K 1983R 1984P 1984K 1983a 1984P 1984~ 1983R Mfnmeapol~s- 1,241.7 1,226.6 1,189.5 1,186.9 1,172.8 1,126.8 54.8 53.8 62.7 4.4 4.4 5.3 St. Paul SIVA* County: Amok& 117,586 116,392 112,822 112,364 111,031 106,674 5,222 6,361 6,148 4.4 4°6 5.4 Carver 21,946 21,711 20,999 21,238 20,986 20,163 708 725 836 3.2 3.3 4.0 Chls&9o 15,509 15,272 14,747 14,743 14,568 13,997 766 704 750 4.9 4.6 5.1 Dakot~ 116,302 114,837 111,439 111,282 109,962 105,647 5,020 4,875 5,792 4.3 4.2 $.2 Henneptn 564,748 568,085 540,674 539,702 533,299 512,375 25,046 24,786 28,299 4.4 4.4 6.2 Ramsey 276,210 272,932 264,846 263,590 260,463 250,243 12,620 12,469 14,603 4.6 4.6 S.$ ~cott 26,176 25,798 25,089 25,101 24,803 23,830 1,075 995 1,259 4.1 3.9 5.0 g&shlngt~n 67,900 66,830 65,035 65,109 64,337 61,812 2,791 2,493 3,223 4.1 3.7 8.0 Wright 35,311 34,768 33,857 33,802 33,401 32,091 1,509 1,367 1,766 4.3 3.9 5.2 Bloomington 49,025 48,S32 46,903 46,913 46,356 44,638 2,112 2,176 2,365 4.3 4.5 8.0 Nt nneapolJ$ 223,166 202,796 213,877 212,663 210,140 201,895 10,503 10,656 11,982 4.7 4.8 5.6 St. Paul 163,160 161,184 15~,095 1~4,920 153,082 147,076 8,240 8,102 9,019 5.1 5.0 5.8 Minnesota' 2,254.2 2,252.3 2,111~.6 2,133.2 2,129.6 2,046.7 121.0 122.8 135.9 5.4 5.5 6.2 United States* 114,161 113,843 11~,U42 108,261 105,792 102,659 7,989 8,051 9,383 7.0 7.1 8.4 R - Revised U.S., Minnesota, &rig SMSA d&tA tn thous4,,,is' [NPLOYMENT. HOURS ~D E~HINGS in the Mtnneapeits-St. Paul ~tropelttan Area PERCENT PRODUCT]ON WORKERS' HOURS & EARNING 151-/ EHPLOYMENT CHANGE Average Weekly Average Hourly Average Heekly INDUSTRY (OuO) FRON Earnings Earnt ors Hour~ OCT. Month Year Month Year OCT. Year OCT. Year OCT. Year .-. 1984 .__A.9o- ~ Ago Ago Ago 1984 Ago 1984 Ago 1984 Aoo TOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL 1166.8 1153.9 1100.5 1.1 6.0 XX XX XX XX XX XX KA~tUFACTURING 253.5 263.7 238.5 -0.1 6.3 419.58 417.99 10.36 10.27 40.5 40.7 Durable Goods 163.1 163.1 162.4 0.0 7.1 426.01 427.61 10.29 10.23 41.4 41.8 Lumber & Furniture 7.3 7.6 6.5 -3.1 11.7. 448.62 427.56 110.81 10.61 41.5 40.3 Stone, Clay & Glass 4.1 4.1 3.6 1.7 15.6 402.99 400.30 110.10 10.16 39.9 39.4 Primary Morals 4.6 4.5 4.3 0.6 5.4 361.17 370.53 i 9.19 8.95 39.3 41.4 Fabricated MOralS 26.2 26.6 26.6 -1.4 -1.5 498.62 488.20 i11.65 11.46 42.8 42.6 Non-Electrical ~chtnery 68.8 68.3 62.9 0.9 9.5 429.66 419.20110.23 10.15 42.0 41.3 Office & Cmaputing Equtpaent 36.6 36.2 32.7 1.2 12.1 XX XX XX XX XX XX Electrical Idachtnery 19.9 20.1 17.3 -1.0 14.9 367.77 383.14 8.97 9.21 41.0 41.6 Trdnsportation Equipment 4.2 4.1 3.7 1.5 12.4 545.27 625.35 12.74 13.11 42.8 47.7 Scientific Instruments 23.7 24.0 23.0 -O.g 3.2 411.18 419.84 9.98 10.02 41.2 41.9 Miscellaneous 4.2 4.0 4.4 7.1 -2.9 298.30 324.95 9.50 7.61 31.4 42.7 Nondurable Goods 90.4 90.6 86.1 -0.2 $.0 408.72 401.97 10.48 10.36 39.0 38.8 Food &Ktndred Products 17.7 17.9 18.1 -1.6 -2.4 384.58 364.42 9.38 9.59 41.0 38.0 Texttles& Apaarel 2.5 2.6 2.4 ~2.2 S.9 217.66 214.40 6.08 · S.sg 35.8~ .36.4 . Paper & Allied Products 25.7 25.6 24.3 0.4 5.8 4S9.02 460.51 11.08 10.81 41.5 42.6 Printing & Publishing 26.8 26.8 25.0 0.2 7.5 396.12 395.20 11.35 11.07 34.9 35.7 Chemical & Petroleu~ Products 8.4 8.4 7.9 -0.4 6.2 499.39 470.40 12.24 12.00 40.8 39.2 Rubber, Plastic, and Leather 9.3 9.3 8.5 0.1 g.7 353.60 355.27 8.84 9.04 40.0 39.3 I/ONMANUFACTUR ING 913.3 g00.2 862.0 1.S 6.0 XX XX XX XX XX XX CONSTRUCTION 48.8 48.7 41.8 0.2 16.8 618.81 597.38 15.99 15.93 38.7 37.S Building Construction 13.3 12.9 11.7 3.4 13.6 586.88 579.42 15.65 15.66 37.5 37.0 Highway & Heavy Construction 7.0 7.3 5.3 -4.2 30.8 594.93 562.80 14.44 14.07 41.2 40.0 Special Trades Contracting 28.5 .28.5 24.7 0.0 15.2 639.32 611.94 )6.52 16.45 38.7 37.2 TPaU~SPORTAT ION 46.1 45.4 41.8 1.6 10.2 XX XX XX XX XX XX Railroads 6.1 6.2 6.7 -1.6 -8.6 694.00 523.92 14.86 11.10 40.0 47.2 Trucking & I~arehous~ng 16.4 16.0 15.0 2.0 9.1 404.81 447.14 12.12 12.49 33.4 35.8 PUBLIC UTILITIES & CO~. 21.3 21.2 21.2 0.1 0.0 '$22.30 495.60 13.29 12.39 39.3 40.0 TRADE 283.6 281.7 265.3 0.7 6.9 240.90 !237.42 8.03 7.81 30.0 30.4 Retail Trade 211.4 209.1 194.5 1.1 8.7 194.15 188.21 7.06 6.77 27.5 27.8 General Morchandi.e Stores 38.9 36.1 33.2 7.6 17.0 175.56 175.39 6.27 6.09 28.0 28.8 Food Stores 25.5 25.7 24.4 -0.7 4.4 243.48 235.66 8.31 8.24 29.3 28.6 Eating & Ortnktn9 Places 67.4 68.5 62.4 -1.5 8.0 96.73 88.06 4.52 4.47 21.4 19.7 Specialty Morchandise2_/ 79.7 78.8 74.5 1.0 7.0: 271.36 263.84 8.48 7.76 32.0 34.0 I~holesale Trade 72.3 72.6 70.8 -0.$ 2.0 401.56 395.13 10.43 10.21 38.5 38.7 FINANCE, INS. & REAL ESTATE 78.7 79.0 76.1 -0.3 3.4 314.13 311.92 8.49 8.23 37.0 37.9 Finance 32.9 33.2 32.9 -0.9 0.0 331.30 328.70 8.93 8.65 37.1 38.0 Insurance 31.5 31.4 29.5 0.4 6.8 357.20 353.14 8.67 8.53 41.2 41.4 Real Estate 14.2 14.3 13.6 -0.7 4.3 189.16 192.76 6.78 6.32 27.9 30.5 SERVICE & MISCELLANEOUS 278.8 277.9 263.4 0.3 $.8 XX XX XX XX XX XX Lodging & Recreation 26.S 27.6 24.1 -3.8 10.0 166.24 135.02 6.69 S.77 24.7 23.4 Persona1 Services 11.8 11.5 11.3 2.3 4.3 XX XX XX XX XX XX Business Services 64.7 63.4 56.8 2.0 13.9 XX XX XX XX XX XX Repair Services 13.7 13.7 12.6 O.S 9.0 264.99 251.29 7.26 6.81 36.S 36.9 Health Services 72.9 73.0 73.7 -0.2 -1.1 250.67 228.51 8.44 7.99 29.7 28.6 Ho'-pitals 27.6 27.5 30.0 0.1 -8.2 278.10 267.53 9.27 9.42 30.0 28.4 Nursing Ho~s 19.9 20.0 19.9 -0.7 -0.I 19S.41 )91.39 7.08 6.86 27.6 27.9 Other Health 25.S 25.5 23.8 -0.2 6.9 XX XX XX XX XX XX Legal Services 8.9 8.8 8.3 1.1 6.8 429.95 373.76 11.9) )0.02 36.1 37.3 Private Education 15.8 15.3 16.2 2.g -2.4 Other Services3_/ 59.7 59.4 56.1 0.4 6.5 GOVERNMENT 156.0 146.3 152.3 6.6 2.5 Federal 18.0 18.2 17.5 -0.8 2.8 State 47.7 43.3 47.1 10.1 1,2 Local 90.3 84.8 87.6 6.4 3.1 t, Less than .06 I./ Average earnings data ire on & 'gross' basts and are dertved from reports of payroll for fullo and p~rt-ttM production or nonsupervtsory ~orkers. The peyro11 Is reported before deductions of any kind. Bonuses, retro- active pay. tips. pa.~ent Sn kind. and 'fringe benefits# are excluded. ~_/ Includes Building ~tertals, Automotive. Apperel, Ho~e Furnishings, Drug. ~11 Order and Miscellaneous Retailing. ' 3_/ lncludes Social Services, Membership Organizations, and Miscellaneous Servtces such as Engineering and Accounting. Source: Current Employment Statistics Program (Figures rounded to nearest hundred). EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS CONDITIONS The number of nonagricultural wage and salary jobs reached an all-time high in October led by seasonal gains in public ~d >revere education as well as continued gth in transportation and retail trade. This marks the seventh straight month that employment exceeds year-ago levels by five percent or more, a direct result of rapid economic growth in the first half of this year. With evidence that the economy is cooling off, such high percentage gains are unlikely as we move into 1985. Nearly 17,000 retail trade jobs have been added over the past year including a hefty 2,300 in October. Retail esta- blishments,..especially, general merchan- dise stores, have obviously geared up early for the holiday season by hiring a greater than usual number of workers. Experts are skeptical, however, on whether sales will be as brisk as ex- pected. Growth in retail sales has stalled since spring which usually por- tends smaller employment gains. The latest surge may be followed by wide- ~kil, read staff reductions should sales ~)il to reverse course. Industry end &ttac)ment Totll, All Zndustrles Construction Manufacturing Durable Goods Nondurmble Goo~s Trans., ~., end ~blic Utilities W~lesmle lride Retiil Tride Ftn., ]tis., led ~lces Pub1 Sc ~Sn. A31 Other In~, ~t Ava~llble O4ARACT£RISTIC$ OF T~£ INSURED UND~LOY[D (Regular Benefits Progrm) MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL $~A Week £ndlng 10/12/84 Total, All Occupations Prof., Tech., Mgr. Clerical S~les Servtce Fem., For., Fish. Processing Machine Tredes Senc~w~rk Structurel ~rk Miscellaneous Inf. Not Avatleble Percent Change F~o~: Percent Percent Month Yeir o¢ Long-Term~ #m~ber Ago Ago %ottl ~0,409 5.o -19.Z ~00.0 24.~ 664 22.2 -46.4 6.4 12.2 3,268 X~.6 -4.8 3O.4 ~,096 12.6 -X.4 ZO.I ~9.8 2,07~) 24.~ -20.9 XO.3 ~51) -Z.7 -5.7 5.3 31.4 1.,964' 23.0 -13.3 xo.~ 23.$ 1,367, 4.5 -31.6 13.1 2S.3 68S S.I 4.9 6.6 27.3 2,S20 -S.4 -22.2 24.2 29.6 ~2S -~.7 -19.~ 2.2 21.8 S7 -~.7 -42.4 O.S X.8 ~0,409 S.O -19.2 ~00.0 ~4.~ ~,67S -2.7 -~S.6 2S.7 28.6 ~,89S 3.7 -2X.2 18.2 27.4 6~2 2.2 -19.8 S.9 27.0 9SS 4.7 -23.0 9.2 28.~ 60 22.4 -6.3 0.6 ~.7 225 -3.4 30.8 2.2 27.Z 864 ~3.S -~2.6 8.3 ~9.0 ~,0S2 18.3 ~2.3 lO.~ X6.S ~3 8.7 -45.7 8.S 14.4 ~,170 10.1 -2~.0 X1.2 18 - - - NOTE: Percentages m~y not total to 100.0 due to Independent rounding. 1_/ Long-Te~m unmployed ~efers to une~plo~nent tnsurince clltmnts whose current spell of un~plol~nent has lasted 15 reeks or longer. Economic Indicators Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Latest Month Available Initial UI Claimsl/* Oct UI Claimants-ReguTarl_/* Oct Avg Wkly Hours in Mfg,/* Oct Help Wanted Index2_/* Oct Mortgage Rate3/ Oct Residential BTdg Permits4/* Sept Retail Sales (Millions}~7* Sept Consumer Price Index6_/ Oct US Employment Cost Index6-/ Sept Current Previous Percent Change Period Period Year Ago Year Ago 1,790 1,776 1,854 -3.5 14,318 12,724 17,070 -16.1 40.5 40.7 40.7 -0.5 82 80 57 43.9 12.65 11.30 11.54 9.6 1,090 1,766 1,221 -10.7 1,248 1,260 1,194 4.5 328.0 324.8 316.8 3.5 122.4 120.8 116.5 5.1 Sources: 1/ MDES, 2_/ The Conference Board, 3/ Minneapolis Star & Tribune via Data R-esources, Inc., 4/ Metropolitan C~uncil, 5_/ U.S. Dept. of Commerce, and 6_/ Bureau of LaboF Statistics. k* Denotes seasonally-adjusted data. 3777 THE JOB MARKET The sharp decrease in the rate of inflation over the past four years has generally been applaUded as a welcome reversal from its upward spiral during the 1970's. Nevertheless it has meant reduced wage gains for most workers and even wage cuts for some as companies are forced to reduce labor costs when they can no longer automatically raise prices and remain in business. The following graph shows this recent easing of wage and price increases. The year to year percent change in the CPI-w (Consumer Price Index for all wage earners), often known as the inflation rate, is plotted along with the comparable change in the ECI (Employment Cost Index), a measure of hourly wages paid by private and public employers and free from the influence of employment shifts among occupations and industries. The ECI lags the CPI-w, that is pay hikes respond to price inflation albeit slowly due to many workers being covered by labor contracts extending a year or more. Also the ECI is not as volatile as the CPI-w. In other words, wage increases follow a steadier pattern over time whereas prices can rise dramatically in some years and be virtually stable in others. For these two reasons pay increases are continuing to shrinK, yet remain above a leveled inflation rate. In September of 1980, the ECI peaked at 9.4 percent. Now, four years later, that has been whittled down to 4.3 percent. Wage earners used to getting annual raises in the neighborhood of nine percent may feel cheated by employers who now offer a "mere" four to five percent increase. The truth is that this is currently the norm and even represents a situation where workers are actually beating the cost of living. When wage gains exceed price rises as they have since the start of 1982, real income goes up. Will it continue to do so? That depends in large part on the course of inflation. A sudden resurgence of it would most likely precipitate a loss~in real income, but if price increases remain near their current level, wage gains should likewise stabilize. A drop in the CPI-w would temporarily increase real income until the ECI again responds. Were this to occur, workers would be faced with even lower raises being offered and may even welcome a four percent pay hike. 14 U.S. WAGE AND PRICE CHANGES 12 I1 10 7 4 ,3 2 CPI-',,V YR TD YR CH ,I- F..~I~:~) '1~ TI3 YI~ CH