83-02-01 CITY OF MOUND
AGENDA
Mound, Minnesota
MOUND CITY COUNCI~
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, February 1, 1983
7:30 P,M. - City Hall
Pledge of Allegiance - Mayor Polston
Proposed resolution covering Application to Amend Conditional
Use Permit to Allow a Class I'Restaurant and Dance Hall
Tom Watson - 5558 Auditor's Road (CITY ATTORNEY WILL SEND EACH
COUNCILMEMBER T~'-PROpOSED'RESOLUTION TODAY BY MAIL)
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Report on status of water meter situation - verbal report =
City Manager
Comments & Suggestions from Citizens Present
Information/Miscellaneous
A. National League of Cities Congressional-City Conference
B. Metropolitan Counci.1 "Review"
C. Legislative Bulletin - League of Cities
D. Dist.-277 School Board Minutes - 1-10-83 Meeting
E. February' 1983 Calendar
F. "LPA News" - State of Minnesota
G. Twin Citi'es Labor Market Information - January 1983
H.' Misc. LMCD Information
'l. Legislative Program'Approved by AMM Membership
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February l, 1983
C ITY of MOUND
5341 MAYWOOD ROAD
MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364
(612) 472-1155
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY MANAGER
Following last weeks hearing, I decided to check more closely into Mr. Watson's
Arcade and see if he has been meeting City requirements.
Much to my chagrin, I find he is in violation of two City requirements. The
first is that he presently has:
16 Electronic Video Games
5 Pin Ball Games
2 Pool Tables
1Foos Ball Game
Under City Ordinance No. 36, each of these machines must have a City License.
As of January 31, 1983, he has licensed 10 machines. Thus he is in violation
of this ordinance.
Even worse though, as you will note from my correspondence in last weeks
packet, getting him to pay for his licenses on time has been a problem.
He had promised when he got his original license that he would keep the City
informed as to the type and number of machines changed. He has not done that.
Second, he has moved a number of the above machines into his expanded area
without a Certficate of Occupancy. The Certificate of Occupancy would not
have been difficult to get, but he did have to install lighted exit signs, etc.
This has yet to be done so he is operating in violation of the State Building
Code.
We have not received any information from Mr. Watson answering the questions
left over from last week regarding Mr. Thompson. The same machines still
occupy the Arcade and no new information has been supplied.
Because of the above, I would ask the Council to deny this Conditional Use
Permit. Also you will note that these are a continuation of the types of
problems the City has had with Mr. Watson, and maybe as my wife said, 'lyou
would think that someone who is trying to get something from the City would
at least insure that what he already had was in order". That may be the best
perspective I've seen on this whole matter.
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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT GRANTED BY RESOLUTION 82-85 AND AMENDED BY
RESOLUTION 82-277, AUTHORIZING AN E.XPANSION OF
THE FACILITY AND FURTHER EXPANDING THE ACTIVITIES
AUTHORIZED ON THE PREMISES TO INCLUDE A DANCE FACILITY
AND A RESTAURANT
WHEREAS, Mr. Tom Watson applied in 1981 for a conditional use permit for a
youth center/arcade and this Council approved such permit on a temporary basis, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 82-16 (January 12, 1982) this Council approved a
conditional use permit with certain stipulations and by Resolution 82-58 on March 2,
1982 this Council directed a temporary suspension and ordered a due process hearing
to consider permanently revoking the special use permit, and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 1982 the Council adopted Resolution 82-85 approving a
conditional use permit for the Arcade at 5558 Auditor's Road with the stipulations
contained in Resolution 81-338, and
WHEREAS, on October 8, 1982 Tom Watson wrot~ to the City Council and ask. ed"
them to amend the conditional use permit by expanding the hours which he could be
open, he als? stated in his letter:
~i'm also at this time requesting the City Council members to permit me
to expand the youth center. A rough 'pla~ is 'attached with this letter?
A rough sketch showed about a 50% expansion, and
WHEREAS, this Council adopted Resolution 82-277 (October 12, 1982) amending
Resolution 82-85 "Extending the Hours as Requested", in the Whereas provisions of the
resolution it was mentioned that the applicant was proposing to extend his operation
into an adjoining area, no permission for such expansion was contained in the Council's
resolution which is on file in-the City offices, and
WHEREAS, Watson states that he assumed he had been given permission to
e{<pand his operation and he went to the Building Inspector and obtained a building
permit stating that $~" would be spent, in late November, 1982 city staff
members learned that a major expansion was taking place and Watson was ordered to
cease construction, and
WHEREAS, Watson then produced a new set of plans and obtained a second
building permit stating that $~-- of construction would take place, he was
advised by the City staff that he heeded an amendment to his conditional use permit
to expand the operation, he also needed a public dance permit and a restaurant license
to operate what he was planning and he was proceeding at his own risk, and
WHEREAS, Watson executed three applications for
1) an amended conditional use permit
2) a dance permit
3) a restaurant license
on all three original license and permit applications Watson indicated that another
party had a financial interest in the business, and
WHEREAS, Section 36.15 "Arcade Licenses" establishes the procedures, standards
and regulations under which arcade licenses may be granted, and the City Code requires
that applications be referred to the Chief of Police for investigation and
recommendations and further indicates that if the applicant, manager or persons owning
the licensed activity is not a person of good moral character and repute they are
ineligible for a license, and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police investigated the person listed on the application
as having a financial interest and he found and reported to this Council that the person
had been convicted of a felony, four misdemeanors relating to the use of drugs,
disorderly conduct and damage to property and 15 traffic violations and further had
current bench warrants outstanding for his arrest, and
WHEREAS, Watson filed amended application~ for the licenses and these
applications indicated that no one else has a financial interest in the operation of the
arcade but he does indicate that the person who was originally listed on the application
owns $50,000 of machines in the arcade and that the profits from the machines will
be split 50/50 between Watson and the owner of the machines, and
wHEREAS, this Council is very concerned that people who deal with and supervise
youth using the arcade (16 to 18 year olds) be persons of good moral repute and
responsible, and
WHEREAS, an arcade and a dance hall which cater to youth have a potential
for serious problems in the neighborhood and a number of neighboring business persons
~and residents have testified before this Council that the area has been littered, the
youth who are attending, the"arcade have harassed and threatened persons in the
neighborhood and have caused other problems which have been and will be injurious
ta.the uses and enjoyment of other property in the area, and
WHEREAS, this Council has many s~rious reservations about locating an arcade
in this area because of traffic, noise, litter and is ·even more concerned by expanding
the use from t762 square feet to 4,072 square feet, and
WHEREAS, this Council wants to provide an activity for the youth of this City
which will provide good clean fun and provide a place of recreation without drugs,
alcohol and other social vices which create police and social problems and
WHEREAS, this Council has established these facts so there will be no
misunderstanding in the future that if the arcade/dance activities or restaurant activities
are causing problems for the neighborhood, the youth, the police or are deemed to be
adverse to the public's health, safety and general welfare, this Council will not renew
lieenses or will act to revoke existing licenses. This warning is contained herein as
an effort to impress upon the operator/!ieensee the need. to maintain strict eontrois
within and near the facility.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mound City Council:
1. Ail conditions, restrictions and regulations contained in Resolutions 81-338,
82-85 and 82-177 shall be applicable to this conditional use permit unless modified or
changed or specifically deleted by the terms of this resolution.
2. The conditional 'use permit requires that the applicant provide parking for
150 cars and that insofar as these spaces are provided by the Central Business District
parking lots or spaces, the applicant will be responsible for special assessments to
cover lease costs, maintenance or any other costs relating to and for municipal parking
facilities. The fee owner of the property shall be advised of these provisions because
it is the property which will be specially assessed.
3. The applicant shall as much as possible tailor the facility and its activities
for local youth in the 16 to 18 year old age range. ~
4. If the applicant holds a public dance permit from the City the following
conditions shall apply:
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Dance hours will be limited as follows:
7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on all eveninKs except Friday and Saturday.
7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.
No live music or bands.
The applicant shall arrange through the Chief of Police to hire.police
officers who shall be an ~on-duty" officer who will patrol the interior
and exterior areas during dance hours and who shall remain in or about
the facility for at least 45 minutes following each dance. All expenses
f~)r said officer shall be paid by the licensee in advance.
Customers shall--not be allowed to re-enter the building after exiting
without paying a second admission.
All coats, outerwear and purses shall be checked at the time of admittance.
Occupancy will be limited to 240 people.
5. No loitering signs shall be posted outside 'the facility at the sole expense
of the operator.
6. Lighting as required and determined by the building inspector and the city
engineer shall be placed in the following areas:
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At the current entrance to the arcade.
In the parking lot located west of the arcade.
]. The operator shall strictly enforce a dress code restricting customers to
standard school attire.
8. All intoxicating and non-intoxicating liquor and all drugs or controlled
substances are totally banned from the facility. The operator shall post signs so
informing the public and shall further expel anyone found with said substances and
shall further inform the youth that theY are subject to arrest and prosecution for
having said liquor or controlled substances in their possession.
9. There will be no smoking allowed in this building.
10. All City ordinances, health codes and other regulations shall apply to the
facility including specifically, heating air conditioning and noise controls.
11. If the applicant l~olds a valid restaurant license from the City the fort,wing
conditions shall apply:
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Foods shall be limited to ice cream soda type drinks, pop, coffee, milk,
hot cocoa, etc. and microwave heated sandwiches, pizza and other deli
express type food.
Food shall not be taken out from the building.
The food preparation area shall meet all state, county and city health
codes.
The facility shall be conducted as a Class I restaurant as defihed {~ the
city zoning code.
.~ Food and drinks shall be served in disposable containers and ade.quate
'facilities shall be provided for disposing of said containers and litter.
12. The operator shall be responsible for picking up any litter, inside or outside
· the facility and in the parking areas located near and serving the facility. The operator
shall maintain the premises in a neat and clean fashion at all times.
13. The Building Plans and Specifications on file for Building Permit numbers
82-6150 and 82-6177 are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this permit. The
owners and operators shall not enlarge or change anything contained in said plans
without the approval of this Council. Any amendment to this conditional use permit
shall be referred to the City Planning Commission for their advice and recommendations.
The owner/operator shaH. seal off the entrance to the basement ramp at the northwest
corner of the' building. The materials and method of sealing this ramp shall be approved
'- by' the Building Inspector.
14. This conditional use permit and any licenses for the facility shall not be
valid until the operator has filed with the City Manager a sworn statement setting
forth the following information:
Name and address of Operator/License hOlder of the facility and the type
of entity responsible for the operation, i.e., individual, partnership,
corporation.
All persons having a financial interest in the facility shall be listed and
their names, addresses and interest shall be clearly shown.
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Any change in the financial interests shall be reported to the City Manager
in writing within 5 days after said change.-..Vendors to the facility'are
not included in this section unless the vendors remuneration is based on
a share of the profits and/or losses. It is the intent of this section to
inform the operator .that the City is concerned that only persons of good
moral character and repute be involved in serving the youth of this
community.
]5. This Council is hopeful that the facility and the activities conducted on
or about the facility be a positive influence on our youth. The Council further states
that it will move immediately for a revocation of all licenses if the operator does not
strictly adhere to the conditions contained in this conditional use permit.
?ebru~ l, 1~83
City Council of ~ound:
Today I read the article in The Laker on-the ~ound Arcade and
its apparent owner Tom Watson. I'd like to bring you up to
date as to my involvement with Watson and his building.
First of all, I am John Drews, owner of Mound Electric. I was
hired by Mr. Watson to do electrical work at the Moy building.
I took out a state permit and began installation about a month
ago. To make a long story short, Watson issued a bad check to
me which he later made good. From that time on he has been on
a cash in advance basis. He has not paid the $ 800.00 he owes
~dound Electric for wiring completed, nor the $ 600.00 due to
complete, the wiring. I intend to file lien on the building
this week and am having the state withdraw the electrical
permit.
Secondly, there is need of a ventilation system in the'building
which to date has not been installed. Depending on the size, I
suspect the existing available service-may not be adequate to
service the required load. I suggest an engineers opinion.
Thirdly, the exit and emergency system must be on a separate
circuit and interconnected. It is Watson's intent not to do
so. I suggest you require it.
Fourthly, the state requires adequate general lighting and
excellent lighting in food areas. Watson has no general lighting
and inadequate lighting in the concession areas. It would seem
obvious the city should require an electrical engineers layout
of an ~rea this big where safety of our children is at stake.
Finally, Howard Thompson is and intends on being financially
involved with this arcade. I don't think a letter from Watson
or Thompson alone to mislead the city is enough to overlook
situation. There are many companies offering video and gaming
equipment in the Einneapolis area. I think a qualifying require-
ment of Watson should be to contact one ~ these reputable
businesses and have their business set up the arcade with machines.
This would remove further suspicion that Watson and Thompson are
still partners.
Overall, I believe the City of 5iound needs new businesses, and
any efforts to better the lives of our children is a step in the'
right direction. The problem in this case is who are we dealing
with? Are the banks financially behind the operation? If not,
where will the money come from? The architect pulled off the
project once for non payment of their' services. Are they back
with the project and overseeing the workmanship? Have they
appeared before the council to back up Watson's stories? These
questions .have to be answered before any positive action c-an be..
taken, to let Watson open for business. Although Tuesdays are
a bad night to come to town meetings, I won't miss the next one
if Watson is on the agenda.
Sincerely,
John R. Drews -
[,,! ound Electric
BILL NETKA DOROTHY NETKA
PLETEFURNt'
2313 COMMERCE BLVD. MOUND, MINNESOTA. 55364
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23. 505
23. 505.1
(5)
No application of a property owner for an amendment to the text of the
Ordinance or the zoning map shall be considered by the Planning Commission
within the one-year period following a denial of such request, except
the Planning Commission may permit a new application, if in the opinion
of the Planning Commission, new evidence or a change of circumstances
warrant it.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
Criteria for Granting Conditional Use Permits
In granting a conditional use~permit, the Mound City Council shall-consider
the advice and recommendations~ the Planning Commission and ~he effect of
the proposed use upon the health, safety, morals and general welfare o~
occupants of surrounding lands. Among other things, the City Council may
make the following findings where applicable.
(1)
That the conditional use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment
of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already
permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within
the immediate vicinity.
That the establishment of the conditional use will not impede the normal
and orderly development and improvement of surrounding vacant property
for uses predominant in the area. ,
(3) That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and other necessary
facilities have been or are being provided.
(4) That adequate measures have been or will be taken to provide sufficient
off-street parking and loading space to serve the proposed use.
(5)
That_adequate measures have been or will be taken to prevent or control
offensive odor, fumes, dust, noise and vibration, so that none of these
will constitute a nuisance, and to control lighted signs and other
lights in such a manner that no disturbance to neighboring properties
will result.
(6) The use, in the opinion of the City Council, is reasonably related to
the overall needs of the Ci'ty and to the existing land use.
(7)
The use is consistent with the purposes of the zoning code and the
purposes of the zoning district in which the applicant intends to locate
the proposed use.
(8) The ~se is not in conflict with the policies plan of the City.
(9) The use will not cause traffic hazard or congestion.
(lO)
Existing uses adjacent will not be adversely affected because of cur-
tailment of customer trade brought about by intrusion of noise, glare
or general unsightliness.
(ll) The developer shall submit a time schedule for completion of the project.
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(12) The developer shall provide proof of ownership of the property to the
Zoning Officer.
Additional Conditions
In permitting a new conditional use or the alteration of an existing con-
ditional use, the City Council may impose, in addition to those standards
and requirements expressly specified by this Ordinance, additional conditions
which the City Council considers necessary to protect the best interest of
the surrounding area or the community as a whole. The conditions may include,
but are not limited to the following:
(1) Increasing the required ~o~'size or yard dimension. ..
(2) Limiting the height, size or location of buildings.
(3) Controlling the ]'ocation and number of vehicle access points.
(4) Increasing the street width.
(5) Increasing the number of required off-street parking spaces,
(6) Limiting the number, size, location or lighting of signs.
(7) Requiring diking, fencing, screening, landscaping or other facilit, jes
to protect adjacent or nearby property.
(8)
Designating sites for open space, Any change involving structural
alterations, enlargement, intensification of use, or similar change
not specifically permitted by the conditional use permit issued shall
require an amended conditional ~se permit and all procedures shall
apply as if a new permit were being issued. The Zoning Administrator
shall maintain a record of all conditional use permits issued including
information on the use, location, and conditions imposed by the C. ity
Council; time limits, review dates, and such other information as may
be:appropriate.
Procedure
(I) The person applying for a conditional use permit shall fill out and
submit to the Zoning Administrator a conditional use application form.
A site plan must be attached at a scale large enough for clarity showing
the following information:
a. Location and dimensions of: lot, building, driveways, and offstreet
parking spaces.
Distance between: building and fron~, side, and rear lot lines;
principal building and accessory buildings; principal building and
principal buildings on adjacent lots.
c. Location of: signs, easements, underground utilities, etc,
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Any additional information as may reasonably be required by the
Administrator and applicable sections of the Zoning Ordinance, in-
cluding but not limited to the following:
- site plan drawn at scale dimensions with setback noted.
- location of all buildings, heights, and-.square footage..
curb cuts, driveways, parking spaces.
- off-street loading
- drainage plan.
- type of business, proposed number of employees by shi~t.
- proposed floor plan with use indicated and building elevations.
- sanitary sewer and water Plan with estimated use per day.
- a lighting plan showing the lighting of parking area, walks,
security lighting and driveway entrance lights.
- a landscape plan with a schedule of the plantings.
The Zoning Administrator shall refer the application to the Planning
Commission for review.
The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposal.
Notice of the public hearing shall be published in the official newspaper
designated by the City at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing.
Notice of the hearing shall also be mailed to owners of Rroperty located
within three hundred fifty (350) feet of the outer boundaries of the
land to which the conditional use will be applicable. The notice shall
include a description of the land and the proposed conditional use.
The report of the..Planning Commission shall be placed on the agenda of
the Mound Ci-ty Council at a regular meeting following referral from
the Planning Commission.
The City Council must take action on the application after receiving
the report of the Planning Commission. If it grants the conditional
u~e permit, the City Council may impose conditions (including time
limits) it considers necessary to protect the public health, safety
and welfare and such conditions may include a'time limit for the use
to exist or operate.
An amended conditional use permit application shall be administered in
a manner similar to that required for a new conditional use permit.
Amended conditional use permits shall include requests for changes in
conditions, and'as otherwise described in this Ordinance.
No application for a conditional use permit shall be resubmitted for
a period of one year from the date of said order of denial.
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(I1)
If a time limit or periodic review is included as a condition by
which a conditional use permit is granted, the conditional use
permit may be reviewed at a public hearing with notice of said
hearing published at least ten (10) days prior to the review; it
shall be the responsibility of the Zoning Administrator to schedule
such public hearings and the owner of land having a conditional use
permit shall not be required to pay a fee for said review. A
public hearing for annual review of a canditional use permit may
be granted at the discretion of the City Council.
In the event that the applicant violates any of the conditions set
forth in this permi$, the City Council shall have the authority to
revoke the conditional'use permit.
Bond. For any required screening, landscaping or other improvements~
the City Council may request that any applicant file with the Clerk
a bond or o~her financial guarantee in the amount of one and one-
quarter times the Engineer's estimate of the cost of the required
improvement.
After the approval of the Conditional Use Permit, the applicant,
owner or developer, before commencing any ~ork or obtaining any
building permits, may be required to make a minimum cash deposit of
$250.00. The Council may establish an amount above the minimum
deposit at the time the permit is approved and this deposit ~hall be
held in a special Developer's Escrow Account and shall be credited"
to the said applicant, owner, or developer.
Engineering and legal expenses incurred by the City of Mound in plan
approval, office and field checking, checking and setting grade and
drainage requirements, general supervisions, staking, inspection,
drafting'as-built drawings and all other engineering services per-
formed in the processing of said develOpment, and all administrative
and legal expenses in examining title to the property and in re-
viewing or preparing all documents for the land being developed
shall be charged to the aforementioned account and shall be credited
to the City of Mound for the payment of these expenses.
If at any tlme..it appears that a deficit will occur in any Developer's
Escrow Account as determined by the City Manager, said officials
shall recommend to the Council that an additional deposit is required
and the Council may require that the applicant, owner or developer
shall deposit additional funds in the Developer's Escrow Account.
The City Engineer and City Attorney shall itemize all services and
materials billed to any Developer's Escrow Account, The applicant,
owner or developer making the deposit(s) in the Developer's Escrow
Account shall be furnished a copy of said itemized charges and any
balance remaining in the account upon completing the project shall
be returned to the depositor by the Clerk after all claims and
charges thereto have been pai'd.
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minnesota oities
January 6, 1983
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Mayors, Council, Managers and Clerks
(% Clerk -- please bring to attention of addressees)
Darlyne M. Lang, Office Manager.
National League of Cities Congressional-City Conference
The National League of Cities 1983 Congressional-City Conferenceis scheduled
for March 5-8, in Washington, D.C. Your city clerk has been sent an advance
registration form which outlines the program in brief. You'll note the
deadline for advance registration is February 18th and the deadline for
cancellation is February 25th. The conference will be held at the Washington
Hilton Hotel. If you're planning to attend the conference we urge you to make
your hotel reservations as soon as possible. There will not be a block of
rooms at any hotel for the Minnesota League. Rooms will be assigned on a
first-come, first-served basis, and the earlier you register and request hotel
reservations, the better chance you'll have of getting the room rate you
prefer in your first choice hotel. NLC will NOT make a hotel reservation for
you unless you have registered for the conference.
The Minnesota League will again sponsor a Minnesota Breakfast and reception.
A specific schedule will be sent registrants in advance of the conference.
In previous years, conference delegates have scheduled their arrival and
departure, on various dates, with the majority leaving om Saturday or Sunday
and returning on Tuesday or Wednesday. To accommodate these dates the League
has made arrangements for a block of space on the two alternate flights listed
below:
Flight No. 1. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, Fare $249.
Saturday, March 5, 1983.
Flight #336. Lesve Twin Cities 12:15 p.m.
non-stop.
Arrive D.C. 3:19 p.m.
Lunch,
Tuesday, March 8, 1983.
Flight #85. Leave D.C. 5:35 p.m.
non-stop.
Arrive Twin Cities 7:03 p.m.
Dinner,
Other returns are available at no increase in fare. THERE ARE NO CANCELLATION
CHARGES ON THIS FLIGHT.
183univemsiCymvenueeasC, sC. paul, minnesoCa 55101 (612) 227-5600~:~/~
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Flight No. 2. REPUBLIC AIRLINES, Fare $249.
Sundsy, March 6.
Flight #670. Leave Twin Cities 8:30 s.m.
non-stop.
Arrive D.C. 11:35 a.m.
Breakfast,
Wednesday, March 9.
Flight #677. LeaveD.C. 12:10 p.m.
non-stop.
Arrive Twin Cities 1:40 p.m.
Lunch,
MUST LEAVE AND RETURN ON THE SAME FLIGHT. IF RESERVATION IS CANCELLED OR
CHANGED WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS OF DEPARTURE, THERE IS A $25 CANCELLATION FEE.
The cost of the two flights listed is $249.' TICKETS"'WILL BE MAILED DIRECTLY
TO YOU. Advance payment is required by check.or credit card.
We must have 10 persons per flight to be eligible for the'group fare of $249.
If the minimum number of seats are not filled by February 14, you will be
notified and other arrangements will be made or your money will be refunded.
Other flights are available at the following fares r- Super Saver - $338;
Coach - $438; and a Saturday Special at $269.
Checks or credit card numbers should be issued to:
Ms. Shirley KJenholz (Telephone; 612-$81'7115)
Greyhound Travel Club
9601 Garfield Avenue South : ...
Bloomington,'MN 55420
c, O0 Metro Square Bldg.. St. Paul, MN 55 l0 {
eneral Office Telephone (612~ 291-035'-)
REVIEW
A Metropolitan Council Bulletin for Commun_:
For/nore information on items mentioned in this publication, call the Public '[hf.a~na'tioaF(Sffice at 291-6464.
January 21,1983
RECENT COUNCIL ACTIONS (Jan. 10-21)
METROPOLITAN COUNCl L
Transportation-The Metropolitan Coun. cil adopted a revised
regional Transportation Policy Plan, ending a lengthy two-year
process. The plan, which now becomes a chapter in the Coun-
cil's Metropolitan Development Guide, includes policies for
transportation investments and services in the Seven-County
Area to the year 2000. It replaces a plan that covered the
1975-1990 period.
"The plan makes better use of our existing resources, focus-
es more on people riding than driving, reorients how transit
services are provided, and emphasizes the service rather than
who delivers the service," said Dirk deVries, who chairs the
Council's Transportation Subcommittee.
The Arts-The Council selected six regional art organiza-
tiOns for outstanding achievement awards.
Chosen out of 25 entrants for the °'McKnight Exc,ellence
in the 'Arts Awards" Were Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask
Theatre, Milkweed Chronicle, Minnesota Independent Choreo-
graphers Alliance, New Rivers Press, the Plymouth Music
Series, and University Community Video. All are Minneapolis
groups except New Rivers Press, which is in St. Paul. Each
award includes a $15,000 grant provided by the McKnight
Foundation over a three-year period.
COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL
The Physical Development Committee recommended that
Medicine Lake's comprehensive plan be found in conformity
with regional plans for growth and development.
PUBLIC HEARINGS .
WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANT SUBJECT
OF FEB. 10 PUBLIC MEETING
The Metropolitan Council will hold a public meeting Feb. 10
on a proposed waste-to-energy resource recovery project for
Ramsey and Washington Counties. The meeting will be from 7
to 10 p.m. at Tartan High School, 828 Greenway Av. N.,
Oakdale.
The project, an estimated $55 million mass-burn incinerator,
would be built in Lake Elmo, Washington County. It would
burn about 600 tons of municipal waste daily and produce
steam for sale to 3M Co. in Maplewood-and other nearby
customers if the facility is expanded.
The meeting is to discuss an environmental assessment
worksheet (EAW) about the proiect and the scope for an
environmental impact statement that will be prepared by
summer. Minnesota Environmental Quality Board rules
require the Council to conduct an ElS on incinerators that
will process 500 tons or more of waste daily.
To speak at the hearing or submit written testimony, call
the Council at 291-6421. Copies of the EAW may be obtained
free by calling 291-6464.
'REVIEW' TO BE MAILED THIRD CLASS
To cut mailing costs in half, the Review will be mailed third
class instead of first class beginning next issue. This means it
will arrive as late as one week after publication days-still the
first and third Fridays of the month. Becauseof this change,
the Review will no longer contain a list of meetings for the
coming week. Instead, it will publish a list of meetings (with-
out agendas) for the following two weeks. Be sure to call and
verify any meeting information.
SCHEDULE SET FOR ADOPTION OF
ANNUAL HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Metropolitan Health Planning Board-Jan. 26, Council
Chambers.
5 p.m.-North Memorial Medical Center, 3220 Lowry Av.
N., Robbinsdale; certificate-of-need request to remodel its
perinatal services, at an estimated cost of $2.5 million.
6 p.m.-Catholic Services for the Elderly, Inc., St. Paul;
certficate-of-need request to build a 180-bed nursing home
near the intersection of Thompson, Carmel and Bellows Avs.,
West St. Paul, at an estimated cost of $7.9 million. This
hearing is a continuation from Jan, 12.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
The Metropolitan Council made the following appoint-
ments to its Advisory Committee on Aging:
New members: Lois DeSantis, Richfield; Karen Krahn,
White Bear Lake; Dwight Larson, Minneapolis; and James
Malley, St. Paul.
Reappointed members: Kris Bulcroft, St. Paul; Nancy
Devitt, Minneapolis; Arnold Foslien, Brooklyn Center;
Grace Nelson, Edina; and Naomi Pikul, Minneapolis.
The Metropolitan Council and the Metropolitan Health
Planning Board will begin the process of adopting the 1983
annual implementation plan for regional health care.
The revised 1983 plan contains three proposed short-term
objectives to meet long-range regional health care goals. The
objectives are:
- Collect and analyze price, cost, access and other infor-
mation from regional hospitals to establish a more competitive
health care system;
- Develop a series of health care projects designed to demon-
strate new ways to achieve an affordable regional health care
system; and
- Train an additional 3,600 persons aged 25 to 64 (for a total
of approximately 8,300 persons) who live in areas targeted for
heart disease prevention programs.
The Council and board also will ask for comment at the
hearing on the fiscal year 1983-1984 health planning work
program and budget.
The tentative schedule is as follows:
Jan. 24: Council's Human Resources Committee-review
and recommend acceptance of plan for public hearing.
Jan. 26: Planning Committee of the Metropolitan Health
Planning Board--review and recommend acceptance of plan
for public hearing,
Jan, 26: Health Planning Board-review and accept plan for
public hearing.
Jan, 27: Council--review and accept plan for public hearing.
March 2: Public hearing,
March 9: Planning Committee of Health Planning Board-
review and recommend plan adoption,
March 14; Human Resources Committee-review and
recommend plan adoption,
March 16: Hearing record closes,
March 24: Council--review and adopt final plan.
COUNCIL REVIEWS CARVER COUNTY
CANDIDATE LANDFILL SITES
The Metropolitan Council is continuing its review of Carver
County's inventory of potential solid waste landfill sites.
Under the 1980 state Waste Management Act, the Council is
rectuired to determine whether sites proposed by the seven
Metropolitan Area counties should remain or be removed from
~.ou nty inventories.
· The schedule for action on the sites is as follows:
Jan. 26: Landfill Review Subco~nmittae of the Council's
Waste Management Advisory Committee will review public -'
testimony about the sites. 7 to 9 p.m., Room E, Council offices.
Feb. 9: Council staff report on site evaluations and recom- -
mendations released. For free copies, call 291-6464.
Feb. 16: Waste Management Advisory Committee will
review final staff reports and make site recommendations to
the Council. 7 to 9 p;m., Council Chambers.
Feb. 17: Council's Physical Development Committee will
recommend action on each site. 1:30 p.m., Council Chambers.
Feb. 24: Council will take final action on each candidate
site.
If you have questions about sites or the review schedule,
call Lynne Takemoto, Council environmental planner, at
291~412.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY
.COMMITTEE SEEKS APPLICANTS
The Metropolitan Council is accepting applications for eight
~racancies on its Criminal Justice Advisory Committee.
Membership for two-year terms is open to Twin Cities Area
residents working in the criminal justice field, and to local
elected officials, business people, educators and interested
citizens. Minority applicants are urged to apply. Meetings are
at noon on the first Friday of each month. Applications will
be accepted until Feb. 4.
The 17-member committee advises the Council on ways to
prevent and control crime and delinquency and to improve
the quality of justice in the Twin Cities Area. For information
or application, call 291 ~359.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Metropolitan Council 1982 Annua/ Repor~ to the Minnesota
'State Legislature. Jan. 1983. No. 08~34301; 22 pp.; no charge.
Appendix to Metropoliran Council Annual Repor~ to
Minnesota Stare Legislature. Lists 829 proposals the Council
received for review in 1982, Council financial information,
.1982 publications, advisory committee members and metro-
politan commission comments on Council plans. Jan. 1983.
No. 08~3q302; 40 pp.; no charge.
1983 Legislative Districts, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
Jan. 1983. 17x22 in. map. No. 08q~2q390; no charge.
Minority Enrollment Trends in Twin Cities Area Schools,
1971-1981. Jan. 1983. No. 01~24332; 26 pp.; $1.
COMING MEETINGS {Jan. 24-Feb. 4)
Human Resources Commi~ee--Monday, Jan. 24, 3:30 p.m.,
Council Chambers. The committee is expected to act on appli-
density homeownership program, and on bylaw amendments.
The commi~ee is also expected to approve the revised 1983
annual implementation plan and the Metropolitan Health
Planning Board's work plan and budget.
Executive Committee--Tuesday, Jan. 25, B p.m., Confer-
ence Room A. The committee is expected to approve collateral:
for investments for December 1982, and an additional deposit.
ory for Council investments. The committee is also expecte'
to act on revised bylaws for the Metropolitan Health Planni,
Board, a community development block grant Section 107
· grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Energy,
Planning and Development, and authorization and application
for an Economic Development Administration technical.
assistance grant.
Metro HRA Advisory Committee--Wednesday, Jan. 26,
8:30 a.m., Metro HRA Conference Room 25, lower level. The
committee will discuss the Metropolitan Housing Fund. The
committee also is expected to discuss and act on an alternative
committee meeting date.
Metropolitan Health Planning Board-Wednesday, Jan. 26,
'4 p.m., Council Chambers. The board is expected to act on:
recertification of 25 hospital beds from the intermediate care
level to the skilled care level in Friendship Village of Bloom-
ington; acquisition of a linear accelerator to replace a cobalt
machine for the University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics;
and a certificate-of-need waiver for a two-level building for
ambulatory surgery at the Regina Memorial Hospital. The
board is also expected to adopt amended bylaws for the board
and appoint a West Metro Hospital trustee council representa-
tive to the Evaluation Committee.
Metropolitan Ridesharing Board--Thursday, Jan. 27,
9:30 a.m., Metropolitan Transit Commission Chambers. The
board is expected to act on solicitation of members to serve on
the Marketing Committee and on the Project Management
Board.
Metropolitan Area Aggregam Resources Technical Advisory
Group--Thursday, Jan. 27, 9:30 a.m., Conference Room A
The group.will discuss a revised draft of the final aggregate
resources group.
208 Water Quality Management Advisory Committee--
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m., Conference Room E. The
committee will discuss a status report on surface water man-
agement planning. The 208 and the clean waters work pro-
grams will be introduced at the meeting.
Physical Development Committee--Thursday, Jan. 27,
3 p.m., Council Chambers. The committee will discuss the
scope of a study for regional structure and finance.
Metropolitan Council-Thursday, Jan. 27, 4 p.m., Council*
Chambers. The Council will act on recommendations from its
Human Resources, Physical Development and Executive
Committees.
Advisory Committee on Aging--Friday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m.,
Council Chambers. The committee will discuss: a draft report
on local coordination of long-term care planning and service
delivery, commit'tee organization for 1983, and legal services.
Landfill Abatement Subcommittee--Tuesday, Feb. 1,
noon, Council Chambers.
Compensation and Mitigation Subcommittee-Tuesday,
Feb. 1, noon, Room E.
Light Rail Transit Steering Committee-Tuesday, Fib. 1,
2 p.m., Conference Rooms C and D.
Technical Advisory Committee {transportation)--Wednes-
day, Feb. 2, 9 a.m., Council Chambers.
Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Sludge Ash
Abatement and ElS Subcommittee-Wednesday, Feb. 2,
11:30 a.m., Room A.
Expanded Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory
Committee-Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2 p.m., Council Chambe.
Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Committee
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2:30 p.m., Council Chambers.
Cable I nterconnection Task Force--Wednesday, Feb. 2,
4 p.m., Conference Room A.
Physical Development Committee-Thursday, Feb. 3,
3 p.m., Council Chambers.
Criminal Justice Advisory Committee--Friday, Feb. 4,
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League of Minnesota Cities
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Bulletin
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contains the following sections:
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of the Bulletin requiring every
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Week in Review
reports on recent legislative actions
and the progress of major bills. Re-
quests for immediate action are
detailed here.
Summary of Major Bills
contains a brief analysis of recently
introduced legislation of importance
to cities. Major amendments to such
legislation will be reported in the
Week in Review as they are included
in the progress of such bills during
the legislative session.
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committee assignments, and committee chairmen and phone numbers.
All area codes are 612
Summary of Major Bills
Major classifications used in this ~'ection are: courts, election laws, eminent domain,
energy, environmental quality, finance and revenue, general government, housing, human
services, local government structure, liquor and beer laws, pensions, personnel administra-
tion, planning and development, public safety, transportation, utilities. Occasionally, a bill'
will be summarized under a special heading when appropriate.
S-1
Courts
Surety bond requirement repeal. S.F. 54 (Spear, Reichgott) (Judiciary
Committee) would repeal the law which allows a public body to seek an order
requAring a person bringing an action against a public body to obtain a surety
bond. Repeal of this law would remove a significant protection of public
bodies against nuisance or harassment litigation. Passage of this bill would
tend to make challenges of municipal decisions easier to pursue.
Finance and Revenue
Gravel tax. S.F. 33 (Chmielewski) (Taxes and Tax Laws) would amend present
law to give counties of extraction the option to impose a tax on gravel
removal. -~If the county of extraction chooses not to impose a tax, the bill
Would prohibit the county to which the gravel is transported to impose a tax
on the gravel. Currently law requires counties to impose the tax (except the
tax is optional for specified small operations). Municipalities which now
receive a grave] tax distribution could lose that revenue if the county chose
to remove the tax.
General Government
*Orderly annexations by resolution. S.F. 39 (Davis, Bernhagen, Renneke,
Bertram, Olson) (Local and Urban Government Committee) would prevent' the
Minnesota Municipal Board from altering the boundaries of an orderly
annexation if a joint resolution of one or more townships and one or more
municipalities has designated an area for orderly annexation and states that
no alteration of the boundaries is appropriate. If a joint resolution
designates the area in need of orderly annexation, provides for the conditions
of annexation, and states that Municipal Board consideration is not necessary,
the bill would require the Municipal Board to immediately order the annexation
in accordance with the terms of the resolution.
Contracts subject to the open biddin~ law. S.F. 62 (Davis, Kamrath, Adkins,
Renneke, Bertram) (Local and Urban Government Committee) would increase by
$5,000 the dollar amount of contracts subject to the open bidding requirements
of the uniform municipal contracting law. The new limits would be as follows:
contracts over $15,000 would need sealed bids; contracts from $10,000 to
$15,000 would need sealed bids or direct negotiation; for contracts less than
$10,000, the governing body would have discretion to make the contract either
upon quotation or in the open market.
*Supported by the League of Minnesota Cities
S--2 '
Liquor and Beer LaWs
Towns permitted to issue off-sale liquor licenses. 'S.F. 64 (Davis, Adkins,
Renneke, Bertram, D. Johnson) (Public Utilities and State RegUlated Industries
Committee) would expand the power of towns to issue off-sale liquor licenses.
Currently towns over 1,200 population with platted portions and towns with
platted areas within 20 miles of the Minneapolis .or St. Paul city halls have
power to issue ~he licen~es. The bill would allow .any town. with. over 1,000
population toissue 0ff-sale liquor licenses.
Off-sale license fee increase. S.F. 56 (Spear, Jude, D. Johnson, Dieterich)
(Public Utilities and State Regulated Industries Committee) would prohibit a
manufacturer from selling non-intoxicating malt liquor to anyone other than a
municipal liquor store, a g6vernment instrumentality, a holder of a license
issued under the non-intoxicating malt liquor act, or a person described in
Minnesota Statutes, section 340.02, subdivision 10. The bill would expand the
items exclusive 'liquor stores could' sell to include products 'for the
preparation of alcoholic drinks, including glassware.
S.F. 56 would remove' the current restriction., on the number, of off-sale
licenses cities of th~ first class can grant. In all other cities, the number
of off-sale licenses a city issues would remain a matter for local
determination. ~ .'..
The maximum license fees for City off-sale licenses~would increase as follows:
cities of the first class-,from $1,000 to $1,500; cities over 10,000
population, except cities of the first class--from $200 to-$1,O00; cities
between 5,000 and 10,.000 population--from $150 to $750; cities less than '5,000
population-'from $~00 to.$500. ~
The proposal would, prohibit manufacturers and wholesalers from selling
intoxicated liquor to anyone other than municipal liquor stor&, government
instrumentality, or a holder of a license issued under the intoxicating liquor
act. The bill would also prohibit retail dealers or municipal liquor stores
from selling intoxicating'%iq~or to a'person_'for the purpose of .resale, except
with the written p6r~issi0~ of the commissioner of public safety; clarify that
a licensee, may Prohibit an obviously intoxicated person or a person to whom
law prohibits sale _f=om being on the licensed premises; a~d -make other
miscellaneous changes.
Local ~overnment powers in off-sale liquor licensin~ requirement. S.F. 57
(Spear, Petty) (Public Utilities and State Regulated Industries Committee)
would remove the requirement that th6 commissioner of public safety approve
any off-sale license a municipality issues. Instead, the bill would require
any local government .body issuing an off-sale license to submit various
information to the commissmoner of public safety; and remove the requirement
that the commissioner of public safety approve on-sale licenses municipalities
issue for the sale of intoxicating liquor in hotels, clubs, restaurants, and
on-sale exclusive liquor stores. The.bill would also remove the requirement
that the commissioner approve on-sale wine licenses municipalities issue, and
would allow local governments to issue bottle . club licenses without
commissioner of public safety.approval.
The bill would increase the maximum allowable fee from $150 to $300 per year,
and remove one of the bases for suspending operation of a municipal liquor
store. Under current law, suspension can result if a municipal officer or
employee of a city is convicted of selling intoxicating liquor for consumption
$-3
off-the-premises, for less than the price law requires. The bill would remove
this clause from the statute. S.F. 57 would abolish the liquor control
division of the department of public safety; make provisions for the
commissioner of public safety to continue to carry out the liquor control
d~vision's responsibilities; repeal several sections of law, including M.S.
340.983, which requires brand owners or wholesalers of distilled liquor or
wine to file a schedule of wholesale prices with the commissioner of public
safety; and make other miscellaneous changes.
Public Safety
*County attorneys: prosecution of offenses. S.F. 52 (Bertram, Stumpf, Jude)
(Judiciary Committee) would require county attorneys other than those from
Hennepin and Ramsey counties to prosecute petty misdemeanors and misdemeanors
as .well as ordinance violations. The bill would repeal the section of
Minnesota Statutes which requires cities, if they have an attorney, to
prosecute misdemeanors or violations of municipal ordinances, charter
provisions, and rules or regulations. This bill is consistent with proposed
1983 League legislative policies. See po]icy number PHS-13. For further
information, see Week i~ Review.
Transportation
Trunk highway bond authorization. H.F. 60 (Jenson, Mann, D. Carlson, ~.
'Anderson) (Transportation Committee) would authorize the commissioner of
finance to sell Minnesota trunk highway bonds'in the principal amount of $400
million. Funds would go to a special highway improvement account in the trunk
highway fund. Under the bi!l, the commissioner of transportation may not
expend more than $100 million in any fiscal year, and must give highest
priority to 66 trunk highway segments which the bill specifies.
Revenues from gasoline taxes in excess of 13 cents per gallon would go into a
highway improvement bond account within the trunk highway fund. The bill
would impose an excise tax on gasoline. The tax would increase from 15 to 18
cents per gallon over the next four fiscal years. The portion of the
increased excise tax going into the trunk highway fund would first pay
principal and interest on the trunk highway bonds the bill authorizes. It
appears that a share of the revenues the additional excise tax would generate
would be available to municipalities whose municipal street aid revenues come
out of the Highway User Fund which the excise.tax funds. (The Trunk Highway
Fund is part of the Highway User Fund.)
*Supported by the League of Minnesota Cities.
al-'P nni'ng AsSit --
· What's Coming in 1983 Legislative Session .... .
-m Planning for Manufactured Homes in the .~80s
· Council DevelOPing Local FisC~ Data Baz~ - '~
· Fiscal Impact Analysis.for Blaine .......
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What's Coming in 1983 Legislative Session
by Vic Moore' - ' · ' ' ~ '~;' ':-' ' '::: ""
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(F.4iitor'$ Note: Vic Moore is the assistant to Minnesota
Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe.) -' ' ". *' ; - ·
In 1983, Minnesota lawmakers may well be facing the
m~st difficult challenge ever az a state legislature.
Legislators'will be'attempting.to provide the- needed-
stimulus for economic growth and job development, -
While at the same time addressing a biennial budget based
on revenue forecaSts that are expected to be in deficit.
While each of these goals is a complex legislative matter,
together they represent nearly incompatible objectives
within the overall legislative prOcess. . --. ;;- .... . ..
To gain a more comprehensive understanding of some
potential short- and long-range solutions, Minnesota . ..
lawmakers plan to take time out from'their legislative '
duties Jan. 18, 19 and 20 to attend a unique three-day .
seminar on current and future social, eCOnomic and ' '
physical aspects of our state.' ' .... J'. ' ~- *
The program, known as "Minnesota Horizons'1983," is
being designed to give House and Senate members a
broad overview of where the state has been,.Where it
is currently, and what issues are likely to'dominate the
scene during the lf~80s. Experts and specialists from
across the state will address this special joint session on
such timely issues as the economy, population, housing,
transportation, energy, education, natural resources,
human services and government finance.
The program will be jointly sponsored by the Legislature,
the planning division of the State Department of Energy,
Planning and Development, and a number of private
foundations and corporations. It will be carried live by
KTCA-TV, and rebroadcast over a number of cable
television stations throughout the Metropolitan Area.
Local government and regional o£ficiais in the area are
encouraged to watch.
As far az the session is concerned, it is speculative., at
best,.to predict what may be coming.~I would suggest -.-
that-you pay particular attention.to the economic ~ .
development and local financing.areas. L..;.,. ; :..>.-: . ..:.
Local Government Aids/Property Tax--The Senate.has -
established a subcommittee of the Tax Committee that.
will deal extensively in the area of local government ::.:
finance. Undoubtedly, there will be discussions about
building equity, into the aid formula and equalizing ._-..: *..
the burden of prOperty taxes within, itsclassificatio,~s~:'..*
It is a primary objective of Senate Majority.Leader- ...-
Roger Moe to return predictability tb the .local finance
Economic Development--Since i:he'Mi~neso~a'~onomy
is closely tied to national and international economies, .it
wiU be essential for the Legislature to understand what
actions may.or may not have an impact on Minnesota's.
economic development. Some areas of interest to Moe
include: retraining people whose former skills lie in an...
economic sector least likely to recover fxom the .~ :.
recession; identifying creative ways of capital formation
for small business; developing a revolving farm loan
program; protecting the economies of border cities;
imprOving out'energy situation; and developing a state-.
wide capital improvement program. The latter may be of
particular interest to local and regional officials.. . -.
Moe has suggested that we' need to pool the remaining
resources of the federal government targeted toward
reconstructing our nation's infrastructure, and "see to
it that these funds are allocated in the most meaningful
way for Minnesota communities." This could be done
through a statewide capital improvement program
implemented by an investment strategy developed in the
Legislature. The strategy would include state goals, such
as providing employment, and would provide a common
allocation process based on planning at all appropriate
levels. Also included would be some reinforcement of an
A.95 review at the regional and state levels.
0
Possible federal approval of funding for infrastructure
renewal Projects across the country next year is a sign of
good things to come if this program can be expanded to
include similar projects at the state level. The primary
advantage of such a program, beyond the immediate
rehabilitation of our crumbling structural system, is to
foster economic recovery by providing jobs and facili.
rating more efficient transportation systems.
Sewer and water capacity also must accompany
economic recovery, with the physical backbone for new
economic development following close behind.
In the energy area, most studies say the availability and
cost of energy are prime factors in the success of any
state economic development efforts. The energy-rich
states currently have tremendous advantages from an
export tax and SUpply basis. Minnesota needs to achieve
'greater energy self-SUfficiency, both by practicing
conservation (district heating) and by developing
innovative, public/private working relationship is
enhanced at all levels of our society and governance. We
need to look at new and creative ways to finance coop-
eratively the structural and systemic changes that are
bound to occur, such as leveraging public funds to get
Private money through a state Urban Develppment
Action Grant (UDAG) pm/ram. .:
.To SUm up, we must recognize that Minnesota is not, as
Choate has said, "America in Ruins." But this is not to
say that we shouldn't use some vision and planning when
dealing with the infrastructure, economic development
and local government needs in the future. We must .....
recognize that we are not a "quick fix" kind of state.
Overcoming our problems will require the Planning,
initiative and cooperative efforts of everyone involved
in the Public and private sect0rs. Of..soci.:ety:.
alternative energy.sources.
........ ~ ............. ": ............... The use of manufactured homes for permanent housing
Another important economic consideration receiving
a great deal of public and legislative expoSUre'is the issue
of workers' compensation and its high costs in Minnesota
compared with neighboring states. A serious proposal - -
could be conipbsed in 1983 legislation calling for the
creation of a state competitive workers~: compensation
fund. Such a fund could save small employers in the-
state as much as 50 percent in returned premiums
through self-inSUring, similar to what many larger' ..
corporations and legal units of government ate already.
Overall, if the "New Federalism". proposal of the Reagan
Administration to turn many. programs back to the:
states is carried out, we will need to make better and'
more practical decisions at the state and local levels of
government. We will.need to allocate availableresource/
efficiently to the priorities before us. A statewide capital
improvement program will be a major priority in the
future, Moe says,'and investment and marketing strategigs
Debate will likely enSUe as to howbest to finance short-'
term-improvements in the state's infrastmcture,.SUch .as
by bonding for highway and railroad improvements,;
which is now possible by lifting the lo/n interest and -~ -
spending limits on bonds. Debate will also continue-
over the options of charging strict user fees, borrowing
into the future~ or some combination of both to pay
for infrastructure. .' "-
Retooling and Labor,Force--in general, it will be crucial
for states and industries to begin retooling plants and
retraining people to prepare for changes from an
industrial-based economy to an information and "high
technology" economy. This will require sincere efforts
also to retrain unemployed people, especially those who
axe leaving industries that will never fully recover from
the short-term recession and the major economic
transition.
Public-Private Cooperation--Above all, most of the goals
we have set for ourselves will not be achieved unless an
has increased rapidly since World War Il. In our highly . . .
mobile society, manufactured homes fill a need for ..
housing that is less expensive than conventional housing.
Also, in times like thi~, when money is tight and interest :.
rates are high, they have become the only type of- ·
housing a large segment of the population can afford.'
The quality and variety of manufactured homes has ...i ~
improved with the growth of the industry. OriginallY,.
the only type available was the "trailer h0mg," which ..:
was relatively .small and birmy mobile. As the units were.'.
improved in size and quality, and became semi-permanent
housing that remained on one site, the ~rms "mobile. ....
Today's m~duh~r units, which are'0fte~ longer and' twice'
as wide'as their pred.eCessors, axe similar;to cOnventional` _
housing. These units are built much 'like 'traditional
mobile homes, but are not intended to be mobile, after':"
placement on a site. ' .... ' ....
An Overail approach to planning f~r manufactured hous:':
ing has been reCOmmended by noted planning-conSUltantI.
Frederick H. Bait, who has written extensively on the
subject. First, he suggests, a city should recognize that it
has an obligation to provide az wide a range of housing' .-
opportunities az poss~le, and to protect the public
interest from discriminatory decisions against certain"
uses by administrative boards.
Bait recommends' that planning'for ~nanufactured
housing be based on two principles. First, manufactured
homes should be recognized as a residential use and type
of housing highly desirable to many people and not
inherently inferior. Second, a city should plan for people,
not taxes. With pwper planning, he says, manufactured
home parks can be compatible, pleasant additions to
virtually all communities, benefiting both the COmmunity
and residents of the park.
STATE REGULATION
These changes in manufactured housing have resulted in
the need to pass new laws and alter old ones.
The State Legislature has passed ~everal laws in recent
years that city officials should be aware of. These are:
]1) a law providing a building code for manufactured
homes built in or brought into Minnesota after July 1,
1972 (Minn. Stat., ch; 327.31-33,-1980); 2) a law
providing for state licensing and regulating ofmanu- '
factured home-parks (Minn. Stat., ch. 327.10-28, 1980);
and 3) a law prohibiting cities and counties from using
zoning to exclude mobile homes (Minn. Laws, ch. 490,
1982).
The state building code has important implications for
manufactured homes. Under state law, local building. :
codes may not be used by cities to regula't~ or exclude -
manufacture.c~ homes meeting state Or federal standards.
State licensing proCedures require that an appli~.ati°n i' '
for a primary liCense fora manufactured home park be'
accompanied by an approved zoning permit frOm. the_ _
city in which it is to be located. ....
WHAT THE 1982 LAW MEANS ....
The 1982 law amends planning 'and Zoning enabling laws
for cities and counties. The law says no provision of a
zoning ordinanCe may prohibit manufactured homes
built in conformance with the manufactured home
building code, if the homes comply with all Other zoning
ordinances. At a minimum, the law forbids the exclusion
of mimufactured homes from an entire city.
The law forces local go{ernments to take a new look at -
the regulation of manufactured homes. It appears that
cities may be able to amend their zoning ordinances
without violating the legislation to establish the following:
-- Design standard~ for dwellings in residential districts
such as: minimum width, minimum square footage,
siding material, roof lines and type of foundation.
-- Residential district(s) in which only dwellings meet-
ing the state Uniform Building Code are permitted.
-- Mixed-residential district(s) in which manufactured
· homes bearing a state seal or federal label are per.
mitted along with site-built homes conforming to the
Uniform Building Code.
-- Manufactured home park district(s) for manufactured
' homes unable to meet design standards in residential
districts.
The League of Minnesota Cities has prepared an informa.
tion bulletin that discusses regulation of manufactured
homes in depth and provides sample ordinances. Copies
of the report can be obtained by contacting: League of
Minnesota Cities, 183 University Ay. E., St. Paul,
Minnesota 55101.
A joint publication of the Metropolitan Council and
Association of Metropolitan Municipalities also is
available. The report, A New Look at Mobile Homez and
Other Manufactured Housing, is available from the-
Council by calling 291-6464, at $1. A copy of the 1982
law is available free. In addition, the Council will
publish a planning brief on local control of the' '
location of manufactured housing this month.
Council Developing Local Fiscal Data Base
During the past.year the Metropolitan Council's Local
Planning Assistance staff has been developing a com-
puterized local fiscal data base~ The data base will
improve the Council's ability to provide communities
with technical assistance in the areas Of capital impmve~
merit programming and fiscal impact analysis[-The data~
base should also improve the Council's understanding '"
of local fiscal situations and its ability to take those
situations into' account in Council studies ~nd progran~:.
WHAT THE DATA BASE INCLUDES , :-"- ; -:
The data base currently includes the following informal.
tmon for each city and township.in'the Metropolitan Area:
-- Population and housing Units, from the 1970 Census;
1975 Council estimates and 1980 Census. ·' '.. :": -..
-- Revenues and expenditures by category for 1970, -~'
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980, from the
-- Assessed and market values of real and persOnal '"
property, by type (commercial, residentialietc:) for
1975 and 1980, from the Minnesota Department'of.
- Land use; 19 S and 1980, om'th
Other data to b~ added to the 'data-~e' dur~l~
1983 include the following: mill rates, property taxes,'
fiscal disparities contributions and distribution,' sales '
ratios, tax exempt land valuations, mobile home assessed
value and tax data, levy limits, local government aid and
other state aid formula distributions. The data base does_
not include school districts or counties, but these will
be added eventually. The Council is also attempting to
obtain as much county assessors' parcel (individual lot)
data on computer tape as possible.
POSSIBLE USES OF THE DATA
Use of the data by local units might include: analysis of
trends in revenues, expenditures and assessed valuation
over past years; comparison of per capita revenues and
expenditures with other similar Metropolitan Area
communities; analysis of per acre assessed valuation by
land use type and comparison with other communities;
and comparison of the costs of providing services by
land use type.
The parcel-level assessor's data is essential to the fiscal
impact analysis technique being developed for individual
community assistance. Most communities do not have
o232.
the computer capabilities to use this data, so the Council
could provide a valuable service in this area..
The Council is Using th~ fiscal data base for regional
analysis. It has grouped communities based on common
population, land uses and economic characteristics to
develop average per capita spending multipliers, to be
used for projection purposes when working with
individual communitie~ Council staff has alsoused
this data for projects dealing with energy, parks, the
developed communities and taxation. Other uses eouM
include analyses of the projected impact of changes to -
local fiscal legislation (levy limits, local aid, etc.).
The'Council's housing staff originally useci county
assessors' parcel data to compile information on housing
costs, but potential uses of the data go far beyond that.
The Council has regularly received the'computer tapes
fxom Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota Counties;. when it
obtains Anoka County's, the g~.at majority of the
Region Will be covered. With computers to analyze and
compile the large volumes of data involved, use of
assessors' data is now practical, too. For example,
extremely accurate housing unit counts have been
compiled from the Ramsey County assessor's file. These
counts could er{able the Council to do more accurate
housing and population estimates during the years -
between federal censuse~ Land use information has also
been compiled from county assessors' data, providing
realistic and current data on development trend~ While
each.county'has a slightly different approach to its
assessor's and tax data, the information is collected to
satisfy certain ~andatory assessment procedures and,
therefore; is already somewhat standardized. With a little
more effort toward standardization on the Council's
part, the data could be.used to. improve the information
upon which local and regional decisions are based.,
Since all the fiscal data has been computerized, the
Council has also discovered that it is very easY.and_ -~
inexpensive to map the data using the computer
mapping services of the State Department of Energy,
Planning and Development, Minnesota .Land Management
Information Center. Computer mapping of parcel data
will ~ be possible.
For more information about the fiscal data base, contact
Linda Tomaselli 'at 291-6517. . -
Fiscal Impact Analysis for Blaine .'
The Metropolitan Council's'Local Planning Assistance '
staff is currently working with the Blaine dty staff to ~--
analyze the fiscal impact of extending a sanitary sewer
line into the rural, northeastern part of the city. A
substantial portion of the area is unsuitable for on-si~
septic systems, but the city's planners believe much of it
would be developable if sanitary sewers were available;
The primary issue is whether there is enough developable
land to generate tax revenues that could wholly pay the'
cost of extending sewers to the area, or whether part.of
the cost woUld have to be paid from general revenues.
The extension of sewers to the area was also a major
issue in the Council's review of Blaine's comprehensive
plan.
The Blaine Study features: developing a computer model
that can be USed in similar studies for other communities.
It also features computer mapping and analysis at
property tax parcel level For this, the study is using
the services of the Minnesota Land.Management In[or-'
mation system, which is part of the State Dep~ent
of Energy, Planning and DeVelopmentlDEPD);:': ' <- ·
Since the fiscal impact study involves some new
approaches and techniques, it is being viewed as a
demonstration project. Resnits'of the study will be' ·
highlighted in a later issue of the LPA News.
A Planners' forum on local gov;rnmen'~ data ne~ds'~nd"y
computer information Services is scheduled fOr'Tuisday,
Jan..18, beginning at 9 a.m. in Conference Room E at -
the Metropolitan Council. This is th~ second in a serib'S '
of forums for local government planning and zbning'.. "'
The forum will present information on four data.sys;
tems~ In addition, planners will'have an opportunity.. -
to discuss their local data needs with Michael Munson,
manager of the Council's research program.
Metropolitan Council .
300 Metro Square Building
St. PaUl, Minnesota 55101
Bulk Rate
U.S. Post~e
PAID
.... Mpis,, Minn,
Permit No. 1610
MR, JON ELAM
MANAGER
CITY OF MOUND
5~I MAY~OOD BLVD
MOUND MN 55~b~
TWIN
LABOR
CITIES
MARKET
INFORMATION
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
Vol. 7 NO. 1 January 1983
Developments from a Month Ago
The unemployment rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area reached 7.4 per-
cent in November, up from 6.8 percent in October. A combination of seasonal layoffs
in the construction industry, cutbacks for economic reasons in the manufacturing sec-
tor, and an extremely poor job market for new entrants and reentrants to the labor
force was responsible for the higher than usual increase in unemployment between
October and November. Over the past twelve years, the number of unemployed workers
has risen by an average of 6.9 percent between October and November, compared to 10.1
percent in 1982, while the unemployment rate has increased by an average of 0.2 per-
centage points, compared to 0.6 percentage points in 1982. The weak job market is
also reflected in a 0.4 percent decrease in employment between October and November.
This decline was not as sharp as the 0.7 percent drop registered between October and
No~ember 1981. Nevertheless, it compares unfavorably with the 0.2 percent average
'ncreaseover the past twelve years.
· ' LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
(not seasonally adjusted)
AREA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT UNFJ~LOyMENT RATE
NOV.. Oct. Nov.. Nov.p Oct.O Nov.g ;Nov. Oct. Nov.D Nov.o'l Oct., No¥.m
1982v 1982R 1981~ 1982' 1982" 1981" 1982P 1982R 1981~ J1982' =1982" 1981"
Minneapolis-
St. Paul SmA* · 1,170.5 1,167.0 1,169.0 1,083.5 1,088.0 1,115.9 87.0 79.0 53.1 7.4 6.8 4.5
County:
Anoka 110;863 110,375 110,703 102,575 103,002 105,638 B,288 7,373 5,065 7.5 6.7 4.6
Carver 20,752 20,736 20,797 19,388 19,469 19,967 1,364 1,267 830 6.6 6.1 4.0
Chtsago 14,604 14,508 14,665 13,459 13,515 13,861 1,145 993 804 7.8 6.8 5.5
Dakota 109,622 109,234 109,094 lO1,588 lO2,011 104,621 8,034 7,223 4,473 7.3 6.6 4.1
Henneptn 531,862 530,980 530,718 492,686 494,738 507,396 39,176 36,242 23,322 7..~4 6.8 4.4
Remsey 260,559 259,746 260,592 240,627 241,629 247,812 19,932 18,117 12,780 7.6 7.0 4.9
Scott 25,030 24,969 24,770 22,914 23,010 23,598 2,116 1,959 1,172 8.5 7.8 4.7
Washington 63,786 63,400 64,153 59,437 59,685 61,212 4,349 3,715 2,941 6.8 5.9 4.6
Wright 33,414 33,079 33,497 30,858 30,986 31,779 2,556 2,093 1,718 7.6 6.3 6.1
City of
Minneapolis 211,142 210,808 210,925 194,137 194,945 199,933 17,005 15,863 10,992 8.1 7.~ 5.2
City of
St. Paul 154,495 153,976 154,173 141,424 142,013 145,647 13,071 11,963 8,526 8.6 7.8 5.5
Minnesota' 2,153.7 2,165.0 2,134.8 1,969.1 1,999.5 2,019.6 184.6 165.5 115.2 8.6 7.6 5.4
United States' 110,855 110.767 109,179 99,379 99,825 100,502 11,476 10,942 8,676 10.4 9.9 7.9
P · Preliminary
R - Revised
' U.S., Minnesota, and S~SA data in thousands.
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS (Continued)
,Developments from a Year Ago
The number of unemployed workers has increased significantly from a year ago as the
recession has spread from the goods producing sector (construction and manufacturing)
to the service producing sector (transportation, trade, finance, services, and gov-
ernment). As has been mentioned in previous issues of this publication, the reces-
sion has had the greatest impact on teenagers and adult males. Nationally, compared
to November a year ago, there were 801,000 fewer adult males and 525,000 fewer teen-
agers working, while employment among adult females increased by 202,000. Employment
among the typically male-dominated blue collar occupations was down by nearly two
million', but employment in white collar occupations was up by 690,000 and in service
occupations it was up by 208,000.
Percent
Unemployed Unemployment Rates Pencent
INot Seasonally Adjusted) Unemployed
1 ?" Armual Average Monthly Rates '-lq)
10-- -lO
9-- U.S.
;-. :
:= .. '". U.S. ....,.. ~'~'"'"'"'"~'"" .... "" //-"~""/Y'- -~S~ -7
17-
s- -"
3 ~ Mpl: .-St. Paul --3
2-- Mpl$.-S%. Paul SMSA
SMSA
1--
0 . J.. I ! I ~ ~ ~ I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I q I I I J .I I I i I !
0
70 7! 7~' 7:3 74. 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 OFHAH,.1,1~SOND,1FHAM,.IOASONI)
1981 1982
Three Month Outlook
Over the upcomiog three month period, unemployment is likely to remain at a very high
level. This w~ll be due to the expected impact of seasonal factors on the construc-
°tion and retail trade industries. At this point, it also appears that manufacturing
employment will decline for another quarter before-beginning to pick up during the
second quarter of 1983.
.CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS
CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
IOvember the number of unemployment
Insurance claimants increased by 3,081
from October. The ll.8 percent monthly
increase closely approximates the past
five year average increase of 11.4 per-
cent. Almost half of the monthly in-
c-rease occurred in' the~ durable goods
manufacturing industry, primarily due to
a temporary layoff in the transportation
equipment seCtor. The construction in-
dustry, which increased by 596 claimants,
accounted for approximately 20 percent of
the monthly change. Construction typi-
cally increases from October to November
by Over 80 percent - however, this indus-
try has done 'so poorly for the past
several months that November's seasonal
factor has had less impact than normal.
Compared to a year ago, the number of
claimant in the Regular UI program in-
creased by 10,404. Also, there were an
additional 8,312 claimants in the Federal
Supplemental Compensation Program this
N(~i~nber.~ .With the exception of public
a~istration, large yearly increases
were noted in all industries. The larg-
est increase occurred in manufacturing,
with 4,954 more claimants than November
~1981, Approximately half of this increase
was in the nonelectrical machinery indus-
try. Although claima6t levels are signi-
ficantly higher than a year ago figures,
the relative difference from a year ago
was 55~1 percent, whereas for the past
three months it had been nearly 80 per-
cent. A year ago we were in.the early
stages of the recession and layoffs were
just beginning to rise rapidly whereas we
are now apparently in the trough phase of
a veryserious recession.
~ZNN£APDL]S-ST. PAUL SI~SA
~k E~tng ~/~3/~2
Percen~ C~nge
%~ustry Ind F~: Pe~ent' Pe~ent 1/ ·
~pmttonal ~nth Year of Long-Te~ ~ercent
At~c~nt ~N~ber Ago Ago Total ~plo~ W~n
To~l, All Industries 29,291 ll.B ~5.1 100.0 28.~ 33.2
Constmction 3,324 21 .B 37.0 ll.3 14.B 5.3
~nufmc~ring 11,651 1B.5 74.0 3g.B ~B.O 30.2
~rmble Goods 9,399 19.3 77.7 32.1 2g.~
~ndur~ble Go~s 2,252 15.1 60.1 7.7 22.7 43.3
Trans., C~., and
Public Utilities 1,076 -0.8 49.2 3.7 29.3 23.2
Wholesale ~ra~ 2,413 7.1 77.2 8.2 32.0 27.5
Retail Trade 3,173 2.3 39.4 10,8 31.9 40.2
Ftn., Ins., and
~al Es~te 1,0~ 5.2 39.7 3.4 ~.4 58.3
Se~tces 5,523 3.2 47.2 18.9 36.3 52.3
Public A~tn. 494 12.8 -15.7 1.7 20.9 43.)
All Other 329 62.1 44.3 1.1 10.6 15.5
Inf. ~t Available 302 18.0 153.B 1.O 4.6 30.B
To~l, All ~cupations 29,291 ll.8 55.1 lO0.O 2B.5 33.2
P~f., Tach., ~r. 5,376 1.5 65.8 lB.4 39.B 40.2
Clertcml 4,274 4.1 55.9 14.6 32.8 74.9
Sales 1,149 4.0 43.1 3.g 32.5 28.3
Se~tce 2,~9 5.7 52.1 7.0 34.3 44.1
F~., For., Fish. 253 96.1 13.5 0.9 8.3 ll.9
P~cessing 488 1.2 104.2 1.7 32.0 16.2
~chtne Trades 3,050 6.8 B3.2 10.4 28.1 17.7
Benc~rk 4,076 19.0 65.8 )3.9 26.4 43.4
St~ctural Work 4,912 34.0 36.6 16.8' .16.0 4.6
~tscellmn~us 3,560 14.1 41.5 12.2 22.5 ll.5
]nf. Not Available 104 28.4 B5.7 0~4 33.7 46.2
NOTE: Pe~en~ge$ ~ not ~tal ~ 100.0 due ~ tndepe~ent
~ Long-Te~ un~ployed ~fers ~ un~plo~nt tnsur~e clmtmnts ~o~e
current spell of un~plo~nt has lasted 15 ~ks or longer.
+300
+250
+2OO
+150
+100
+5O
0
-10
12-Month Percent C~ange In
'Blue-Collar' and ~htte-Collmr'.
Unemploy~nt Insurance Clat~mnts,
Minneapolis-St.. Paul SMSA, lg80 - lg82
"Blue-Collar'
'White-Collar"
EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS CONDITIONS
Developments from Last Month
The number of nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Minneapolis-St. Paul me%ro-
politan area continued to drop in November. Manufacturing employment dropped for the
thirteenth time in the past fifteen months as nearly every industry group declined.
The largest decrease occurred in the transportation equipment industry. The con-
struction'and service industries also recorded decreases which were slightly greater
than the usual seasonal decrease. In the service sector, the closing of recreational
services, such as golf courses, was the primary reason for the loss of roughly 1,O00
jobs..Government and trade jobs registered an increase between October and November.
However, the increases fell short of the changes which normally occur. In the
government sector, state and local education employment increased by 1.1 percent com-
pared to a twelve-year average change between October and November of 1.8 percent.
~ Lower enrollment and budget cutbacks are probably responsible for the lower growth.
In the trade sector, employment grew by 0.7 percent this year, short of the 1.O per-
cent average over the past twelve years.
Developments from a Year?go
The severity and pervasiveness of the current recession is~clearly evident in the
comparison of employment this~November with a year ago. Only the service industry
sector has managed to. sustain some job growth, although at a much slower rate than
exhibited in the past. Over the past eleven years, the service sector has grown by
an average of 5.2 percent each year compared with 1.3 percent for the~first eleven
months of this year. It should be noted that there are several service industries
which, according to the CES sample-based survey, have experienced an employment de-
crease over the past year. These include hotels, personal services, repair services,
and private 'educational services. Growth has occurred in the fQllOwing service
groups: business, leisure and recreation,~ health, legal, and miscellaneous services
· which include social, nonprofit, and miscellaneous professional services.
The manufacturing and construction industries have suffered the greatest relative job
loss in the past year. The manufacturing sector has experienced a loss of 7,000 jobs
s~nce August, nearly half of the 15,400 job decrease from November 1981.
Three Month Outlook
During the upcoming three month period, nonagricultural wage and salary employment in
the Minneapolis-St. Paul area generally drops because of seasonal cutbacks in retail
trade following the holidays and in the construction industry because of the weather.
While this same pattern will probably hold true again this year, it is likely that
these changes ~will be of a smaller magnitude because retailers have not expanded
their sales work force by as much as in previous years. Also the construction indos-
try has been operating at much lower employment levels for most of the year. Further
cutbacks would not be as large as during years of high construction activity. Lower
interest rates have renewed builder enthusiasm and buyer demand in the residential
sector which makes the outlook for next Spring brighter than it has been for the past
three years. Government employment generally remains level during the winter months.
It remains to be seen how budget cuts for the remainder of fiscal year 1983 will af-
fect employment in local and state government.
EHPLOYM£NT, HOURS AND EARN)NGS
tn the ~tnnea~s-$t.
PERCE~ PRO~CT]OH WORKERS' HOU~
EMPLOYM[NT CHA~GE
INDUSTRY (000) FROM Average Weekly Average Hourly Average Weekly
Earnings [arnt ngs Hours
Nov. Month Year Month Yesr Nov. Month Nov. Month Nov. Month
1982 Ago Ago Ago Ago 1 gB2 Ago 1 g82 Ago .1982 Ago
TOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL 1058.6 1061.4 1097.6 -0.3 -3.6 XX XX XX XX XX XX
MANUFACTURING 225.1 228.6 240.5 -1.5 -6.4 380.83 380.05 9.74 9.72 39.1 39.1
Du~able Goods 142.8 145.7 153.6 -1.g -7.1 386.72 386.16 9.62 g.63 40.2 40.1
Lumber & Wood Products 3.6 4.1 3.9 -11.4 -7.S 426.38 406.95 i10.74 lO.S7 39.7 38.5
Fu~tture & Fixtures 1.6 1.6 1.6 -O.g -1.5 300.32 287.00 8.03 7.95 37.4 36.1
Storm. Clay & Glass 2.9 2.9 3.0 -1.5 -2.6 382.93 383.66 9.67 9.62 3g.6 40.3
Primary Metals 3.6 3.6 4.4 -1.1 -18.7 325.28 32g.64 8.56 8.54 38.0 38.6
Fabricated Metals 26.7 26.1 27.0 -1.7 -4.9 464.88 470.98 lO.gg 11.03 42.3 42.7
Non-Electrical Machinery 57.7 58.3 62.6 -O.g -7.8 379.g3 372.17 9.57 9.47 39.7 39.3
Elect.r.tcal Machinery 17.4 17.4 18.5 -0.2 -6.0 345.54 343.39 8.77 8.76 39.4 39.2
Transportation Equtl~ent 2.7 3.9 2.5 -2g.6 8.6 441.17 462.18 10.92 11.44 40.4 40.4
Other Durables~ 27.6 27.6 30.1 -0.2 -B.B 362.30 363.1g 8.BB B.BB 40.8 40.9
Nondurable Goods 82.4 83.0 86.8 -0.7 -5.1 372.13 370.13 9.95 9.87 37.4 37.5
Food & Kindred P~ducts 18.4 18.4 18.7 0.2 -1.g 347.33 335.52 9.49 9.32 36.6 36.0
Textiles & ~parel 2.1 2.2 3.1 -6.9' -33.4 205.57 199.83 5:84 5.86 35.2 34.1
Paper & Allied Products 23.6 23.5 24.3 0.1 -3.0 420.58 416.66 10. I1 10.04 41.6 41.5
Printing & Publishing 23.6 23.9 24.3 -1.2 -2.9 371.60 373.75 10.74 10.74 34.6 34.B
Chemical Products 6.9 5.9 6.4 -0.8 -7.6 370.26 391.61 10.20 10.36 36.3 37.8
Petroleum Products 1.$ 1.6 1.4 -6.0 2.2 480.48 485.20 11.55 11.31 41.6 42.9
Rubber & Leather Products 7.3 7.4 8.5 -1.3 -13.B 322.56 327.22 9.01 8.82 35.8 37.1
NONMANUFACTURING 833.4 832.g 857.2 O.1 -2.81 XX XX XX XX XX XX
CONSTRUCTION 36.1 37.5 40.3 -3.6 - . ~ 493.22 547.15 15.$1 15.50 31.8 35.3
103I
Building Construction 9.9 10.4 11.6 -5.0 -14.8 479.84 534.14 14.81 14.92 32.4 35.8
Highway & Heavy Construction 4.7 4.9 5.5 -3.3 -13.5 367.73 454.65 i13.04 12.g9 28.2 35.0
Special Trades Contracting 21.S 22.2 23.2 -3.0 -7.2 522.28 570.02 16.22 16.24 32.2 35.1
TRANSPORTATION 3g.B 40.1 41.9 -0.7 -5.0 XX XX XX XX XX . XX
Railroads 6.9 6.9 7.5 0.0 -8.1 464.78 464.78 g.gl 9.91 46.9 46.9
Trucking & Warehousing 13.8 14.0 14.6 -1.6 -5.7 434.51 433.75 12.45 12.60 34.9 34.7
PUBLIC UTILITIES & COM. 19.7 19.B 20.9 -0.8 -5.g 457.43 456.66 ll.B2 ll.BO 38.7 38.7
TIUkDE 262.9 261.1 273.7 0.7 -4.0 218.60 218.74 7.41 7.39 29.5" 29.6
Retail Trade 192.2 190.4 198.7 1.O -3.2 173.55 174.58 6.50 6.49 26.7 26.9
General HerChandtse Stores 33.9 32.4 36.1 4.7 -6.1 166.04 166.69 5.93 5.89 28.0 28.3
Food Stores' 26.1 25.9 26.3 0.7 -0.8 236.32 '237.99 B.41 8.38 28.1 28.4
Eating & Drinking Places 61.2 61.8 63.3 -1.O -3.3 88.00 88.66 4.49 4.45 19.6 19.9
Wholesale Trade 70.6 70.7 75.1 0.0 -5.9 370.33 366.31 9.52 9.49 3B.g 38.6
FINANCE, INS. & REAL ESTATE 72.5 72.6 72.6 -O.1 -0.2
Finance 31.1 30.9 30.6 0.4 1.3
Insurance 28.8 28.9 29.0 -0.3 -0.7
Real Estate .' 12.6 12.B 13.0 -0.9 -2.6
SERVICE & MISCELLANEOUS 251.4 252.4 248.2 -0.4 1.3
Business & Personal Services 61.g 61.7 61.1 0.3 1.3
Repair Services ll.B ll.7 12.3 0.7 -4.0
Medical Services 74.3 74.3 72.7 0.0 2.2
Hospitals 31.2 31.5 31.9 -0.8 -2.0
Nursing H~s 20.5 20.4 20.0 0.5 2.2
GOVERNMENT 151.1 14g.4 159~5
Federal 18.0 18.0 lB.3 -0.2 -1.5
State 45.9 45.1 48.0 1.9 -4.4 .
Local 87.1 86.3 93.2 1.0 -6.$
Less than .DS
l_./ Includes Scientific Instruments and Miscellaneous Manufacturing
2_/
Average earnings data are on a "gross" basis and are derived from reports of payroll for full- and part-time
production or nonsupervisory workers. The payroll is reported before deductions of any kind. Bonuses, retro-
active pay, tips, payment in kind, and "fringe benefits" are excluded.
Source: Current Employment Statistics Program (Figures rounded to nearest hundred}
THE JOB MARKET
This month's Job Market section focuses on changes in the composition of the nine-
county Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area labor force between 1970 and 1980. We
have utilized some of the 1980 Census data which has recently been received to exam-
ine changes in the numbers of females and minorities in the labor force. Also, the
occupational composition of employed residents of the nine counties is presented. A
comparison to 1970 is not readily available because of an extensive change-in the oc-
cupational classification system used in the 1980 Census.
Table 1
Minneapolis-St. Paul SMSA
Labor Force by Sex and Minority Status
1970 and 1980
To1~! ~ble F~nile Hlnortty Percent Femile Percent Hl~ortty
Humber ~ Percent C~i~ge I4~ber #~er Percent £henge Number Num4~' Percent Ch4nge Number liumbor Sn Libor Force In Libor Force
1970. 1980 1970-1980 1970 1980 1970-19~0 1970 1980 1970-1980 1970 1980 1~0 19~0
kmoka 60077S 101,731 67.4 38,715 S8,0:39 49.9 22,060 43,S92 ~8.1 429 1,~74 42.g 1.4
r-rven 9,~)7 18,829 ~.3 6,~ i1,~9 ~.1 3.233 7,?K 132.e 130 . 41,2
Ch~ 6,3~7 11,~ 82.3 4,172 6,8~ ~.3 2,195 4,7~ 116.5 18 ~ 40.9
~ko~ ~,912 I~,~ 65.9 36,272 57,857 ~.0 I~,~0 ~,2~ 126.1 2~ 1, 10 43.3 1.~
~ln 433,S10 520,~9 ~.1 2S2,2~ 263,114 12.3 181,3~ 237,33S 30.9 11,~ 23,7~ 4S.S 4.&
~y ~,4~ 240,4~ 17.~ 121,1~ 130,~0 7,6 83,3T2 I!0,T~ 32.2 S,~S I1.~ 46.8 4.8
~tt 12,3~ 21,479 ~3.3 7,878 12,S9~ 69.9 4,616 8,~ ~.7 S 189 41.4 0.~
'kshf~ 31.lK ~,~3 -81.3 20,2~ 33,~ 63.4 10,930 23,457 114.& IM ~ 41.5
~t~t .14,~$ 26,313. ~ 9~411 TS. 7~ K.~ .5,074 10,613 i~.2 6 121 40.~ 0.~
TQ~I 9
~. ~ ~,~0 1,~,474 ~.6 4~,7~ ~,~ ~.8 3~,~ 4~,~ 47.7 18,414 3g,~ ~.S 3.6
Source: 1970 and 1980 Census Population
Between 1970 and 1980 the total population of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metr°politan
area grew by 7.2 percent. The labor force, persons 16 years old and older who are
either working or actively seeking work, increased by 32.8 percent. The more rapid
growth in :the labor force .occurred as the large "baby-boom" population aged and en-
tered the job market. A second factor was the increased participation of adult women
in the labor force. The total female labor force participation rate rose to 60.2
percent in 1980 from 48.5 percent in 1970. Meanwhile, the male labor force partici-
pation rate was about unchanged at 81.5 percent. Females accounted for 58.4 percent
of the increase~ in the labor force between 1970 and 1980 in the Twin Cities area.
For certain counties the proportion was even.greater. In Ramsey County, 74.5 percent
' of the increase in the labor force was accounted for by women. In 1970, women made
up 40.1 percent of the total labor force in the Twi.n Cities, while in 1980 they com-
prised 44.6 percent. Table 2 shows that the number of women in the labor force who
has children of school age grew very rapidly between 1970 and 1980. However, the
· greatest proportion of the increase in female labor force participants, 60.8 percent,
was accounted for by women who either have no children or have children over 17 years
old.
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Table 2
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL SMSA
Number of Females in Labor Force
By Age of Children
1970 and 1980
Percent
Number Distribution
!9?q lgso lS7O
Total, All Fenmles 333,1S3 490,836 100.0
With Children less than 6 years old 46,252 65,901 13.9
With Children 6 to 17 years old 71,406 113,493 21.4
With Chtldren over 18 or no chtldren 215,495 311,422 64,7
Source: 1970 and 1980 Census of Population
Percent
Change
lgBO lg70-lgSO
100.0 47.3
13.4 42.5
23.1 58.9
63.5 44.5
Table 3 shows the occupational characteristics of employed people in the metropolitan
area counties in 1980. It is interesting to examine the occupational makeup of coun-
ties and corresponding unemployment rates. The counties with the highest unemploy-
ment rate at the t~me the 1980 Census was conducted, in April 1980 were Chisago and
Wright. Their unemployment rates were 5.7 percent and 5.5 percent respectively. The
lowest unemployment 'rate was in Hennepin county, 3.7 percent. Chisago and Wright
counties have the highest proportion of residents employed in production, craft, re-
pair; 'transportation, and laborer occupations which are highly sensitive to seasonal
and economic fluctuations. Approximately 38 percent of the employed in Chisago and
Wright counties work in the above - mentioned categories whereas only 22.4 percent of
the employed in Hennepin'county were in those categories.
Table 3
Percent Distribution of Employment
By Occupation By County
Anok, a, Carver Chisago Dakota Hennepin RamseJ~
SCOtmt' Washington Wright,
Total, All Occupations 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
l~anagerial 9.5 10.4 B.5 12.7 14,0- l1.5
Professional 9.9 10.6 9.6 12.2 14.0' 14.7 l1.0
Technicians 4.0 3.3 2.8 4.5 4.0 4.2 3.4
Sales 8.6 8.3 7.3 l1.1 12.0 9.4
Admin. Support,
incl. clerical 18.3 15.7 12.4 20.1 20.3 21.0 15.7
Service l1.6 12.0 14.0 12.1 12.9 14.2 12.1
Farming, Forestry,
Fishing 0.8 7.9 7.4 1.4 0.5 0.6 4.5
Precision Production,
Craft and Repair 14.8 13.1 14.4 11.2 g.4 9.2 13.7
Operators, Fabricators,
Laborers 22.5 18.8 23.7 14.7 13.0 15.2 20.2
Source: 1970 and 1980 Census of Population
100.0% 100.0%
12.1 7.4
13.3 9.6
4.2 2.6
9.3 7.7
18.2 14.2
13.2 12.B
1.6 7,7
l1.8 1S.4
16.3 22.6
INCOME AND PRICE CONDITIONS
Rates of Compensation Change in the Employment Cost Index1-/
Percent changes for
Series 3 months ended 12 mo. ended
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Sept.
1981 1981 1982 1982 1982 19B1 19B2
All' private nonfarm workers~/ 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.3 2.0 lO.O 7.2
White-collar workers 1 .B 2.2 1.7 1.3 2.1 lO.O 7.6
Blue-collar workers 2.2 1.B 1.5 1.3 1.9 lO.O 6.7
Service workers 1.9 1.2 3.5 1.1 1.6 9.9 7.6
Manufacturing industries 2.1 1.g 1.g 1.1 2.0 10.2 7.1
Nonmanufacturing industries 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.3 2.1 9.8 7.2
l_/ The ECI is a quarterly measure of changes in wage and salary rates, defined
as straight-time average hourly earnings, and employer costs for employee
benefits.
~/ Excludes private household workers.
Rates of change in compensation grew at.
a sharply slower rate this year than
last. The slowdown was particularly
sharp in industries and occupations ex-
periencing high unemployment. Con-
struction industry wage gains dropped
from 9.0 percent in SePtember 1981 to
5.9 percent in September 1982.
Percent Change in Major Group Components
of the Consumer Price Index*
October 1981 - October 1982
Minneapolis-St. Paul U.S. City
SMSA Average
~Items 5.5 5.0
Food and Beverages 4.2 3.4
Housing 7.2 5.9
Apparel and Upkeep 2.7 2.1
Transportation 2.0 2.8
Medical Care ll.3 10.7
Entertainment 2.1 5.9
Other 9.9 10.9
* Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers
LAKE MINNETONKA LEVELS
DISCHARGE FROM GRAY'$ BAY OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURE
DATE ELEVATION Q ( cfs )
11/1/82 928.68 0
-11/8/82 928.62 0
11/10/82 928.70 0
11/15/82 928.70 0
11/16/82 Outlet control structure winterized
11/18/82 928.80 0
11/29/82 928.88 0
12/3/82 928.90 0
12/6/82 928.91 0
12/13/82 928.87 0
12/20/82 928.87 0
12/27/82 929.00 0
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'Lake Lovers Ball'
set for Lord
Fletcher's Feb. 10
~ The fourth annual "Lake Lovers
Ball,"-a Iundraising event for the
r "Save The Lake Fund,,' will be held
s.tarting at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday,
Feb. 10 at Lord FletCher's, Spring
Park.
Open to the public, the ball is the
kick-off event for the annual drive
to support the fund sponsored by the
Lake Minnetonka Conservation
District. The LMCD is made up of
all communities which have juris-
'diction over 'Lake Minnetonka
Shoreline. There's a dozen towns
that belong and the LMCD is gov-
erned by a 12-member board of
· commissioners, one from each city.
The dinner, which is an optio.nal
costume affair, also serves as an
appreciation dinner for those who
have attempted to make Lake Min.
netonka'"cleaner, safer and mor~
enjoyable.'.'
Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar
kick off the event and dinner is at
7:30 at $16.95 a person. The menu
includes stuffed mushrooms, salad,
beef steak cheddar, vegetables,
potatoes, baked bread, mud pie and
beverage.
Reservations can be made by
calling 471-8513.
aseociation of
metr. opo[[t.an
munlclpaiii'les
January, 1983 183, University Ave. East, St. Paul, Minn. 55101 NO. 19
1983-1984
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
APPROVED BY AMM
MEMBERSHIP
President Mary Anders~n (left) and Delegates.
An extremely comprehensive set
of 83 major policies with 22 subpol-
icies was adopted by the AMM gen-
eral membership at the annual legis-
lative policy meeting Thursday,
November 18, 1982. Roseville Mayor,
June Demos, welcomed the many
delegates representing AMM cities
to the meeting held in the Roseville
city hall council chamber.
Policy is developed by committees
of local officials meeting several
times each during the late surhmer
and early fall months and then pre-
sented to the total AMM body for
discussion, modification, and final
adoption in late fali in preparation
for the legislature starting in Janu-
ary. This year the legislative program
was divided into five major categor-
ies and presented to the AMM dele-
gates by the respective standing
committee chairpersons. The com-
mittees, chairpersons, and number
of policies recommended were: Mu-
nicipal Revenue, Coon Rapids Man-
ager Bob Thistle, 31 policies; Gen
eral Legislation, Anoka Manage,
Jerry Dulgar, 19 policies; Housing,
St. Louis Park Council member Ron
Backes, 8 policies; Metropolitan
Agencies, Minnetonka Manager Jim
Miller, 16 policies; and Transporta-
tion, Minneapolis Alderman Jackie
Slater, 9 policies..
Membership reception to and ac-
ceptance of the 50 pages of policy
recommendations was excellent and
should be viewed as a vote of con-
fidence for the committee process
and the hard work and long hours of
those officials that served on them.
Only two policies generated signifi-
cant discussion. One, prosecution
by county attorneys of city ordi-
nance violations, was returned to
committee and the other, having to
do with the uniform building code in
the metropolitan area was modified
to delete references to eliminating
the state building code department.
A policy calling for redistricting of
Metropolitan Council districts based
on the 1980 census was added by thc
membership. While a few other poi,
cies generated some discussion,
only three were slightly modified to
clarify their meaning.
See 'Major Policy Thrust'-
Continuted on Page 2
Regional Revenues Needs
What Next?
by Vern Peterson
The Metropolitan Council orga-
nized a Regional Revenues Task
Force~n June of 1982 for the purpose
of examining present and proposed
regional expenditures, to review
alternative review sou~cfes for region-
al services, and to make recommen-
dations to the Metropolitan Council
with respect to those items. The task
force was composed of local govern-
ment officials, metropolitan agencies
representatives, legislators, state
agencies representatives, special
interest groups and members of the
public at large. 'The task force met
by-monthly through November 10th
when it adopted its recommenda-
tions for submittal to the Metropoli-
tan Council.
The initial "charge" to the task
force was to examine the regional
revenues, expenditures and revenue
sources. To its credit, the task force·
quickly determined that this was
only one-half of the equation: the
~erations. side" of','.the question
to be examined to determine if
more money was really needed for
regional services. The task force also
Major Policy
Thrust
Most of the AMM's major policy
issues concern for'1983 center on
money items. Relaxation and rea-
sonable modification of the levy limit
laws along with stabilization of local
government aid as a percentage of
state revenue is high on the list.
Other money issues concern
MNDOT highway and transit fund-
ing, MTC funding, state mandates
and formal fiscal impact statements
accompanying bills affecting local
government. Other issues of top pri-
ority are solid and hazardous waste
planning, insuring that Metropolitan
Council powers are not expanded,
and continued pressure to not allow
more inroads on local home rule
authority for cities. As in past years,
. ~l~e AMM will coordinate lobby ef-
~'ts with the League of Minnesota
"~ities on revenue issues as well as
other very important local concerns
such as PELRA, POST, IDR bonding,
Municipal GO bonding, and various
employee/employer related topics.
listened to and debated the question
Of "equity" with respect to who pays
and who benefits from the regional
services. Finally, the task force ex-
amined and discussed the merits of
a single, uniform revenue source for
all regional services such as a piggy
back sales tax, a payroll tax, etc. as a
replacement for the current multi-
source system of user fees, property
taxes; and state appropriations. In
spite of its good intention's and
dedicated efforts, due to a lack of
time, diversity of interest, and com-
.plexity of the issues involved; the
task force failed to make any sub-
stantive recommendations., in this
writers opinion. It basically recom-
mended that the Metropolitan Coun-
cil itself study the issues further. As I
see it,-the main questions remain
unanswered:
1. Is there a real need for a new
Metropolitan-wide revenue
source to fund regional serv-
ices? (Or put in a more direct
manner, are we trying to fix
something that is not broke?). ·
2. Would a single revenue source
vehicle for regional services be
better than the current multi-
source system?
3. Is there an equity problem with
respect to who pays, how much,
and who receives the benfits?
4, Are the regional services (waste-
water collection and treatment,
transit, recreation, etc) being
provided effectively and effi-
ciently?
5. Are the structures for the deliv-
ery of the regional services ade-
quate in today's environment?
Ironically, it was to find answers to
many of these same questions that
prompted the AMM to propose and
to lobby into law in 1981, the Legisla-
tive Commission on Metropolitan
Governance. This Commission sun-
set as of December 31, 1982, and it to
was unable to find any answers. As
of this writing, the Metropolitan
Council has not made a final deci-
sion as to whether it is going to study
these issues further as suggested by
the Regional Revenues Task Force.
While I would hope that answers ·
could be found to these questions
which have been .around for some
time now, I do have a major concern.
The Metropolitan Council is such an
integral part of the regional service
delivery sYStem, I wonder if it can be
unbiased and objective in conduct-
ing such a study? Lets hope so. The
AMM will monitor any such study
very carefully!
Board Meets
Every Month
The Association of Metropoli-
tan Municipalities' Board of Direct-
ors meets on the first Thursday of
every month (except when a holi-
day comes on or near that date}.
Meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and are
held in the conference room at the
Association office, 183 University
Ave. East, St. Paul.
All city officials are welcome to
attend the Board meetings, ex-
press their views on any subject
and bring any subject to the atten-
tion of the Board.
Due to security regulations, the
building front door must be locked
at 8:00 p.m. Anyone arriving after
that time, please ring the doorbell
and wait a few minutes for staff to
open the door.
For further information or to
have a subject placed on the Agen-
da, please call the Association office
at 227-5600.
AMM Board Of
Directors
With this past election, Bill Sand-
berg is serving his second term as
Mayor of North St. Paul. After gra-
duating from North High, where he
was very active in sports activities
and as president of his class, he con-
tinued his education at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota where he received
his Bachelors Degree in Mortuary
Science. He served in the occupation
· forces in Europe for two years while
in the Army. Bill is a member of and
the past president of the North St.
Paul Chamber of Commerce, Min-
nesota Area Funeral Directors, North
St. Paul Lions Club and the Univer-
.sity of Minnesota Mortuary Science
Alumnus. He has chaired the United
Fund and the North St. Paul H.R.A.
Mr. Sandberg's other activities in-
clude membership in the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post #1350, TheAmer-
ican Legion Post #39,~the North St.
Paul/Maplewood Rotary Club and
the Knights of Columbus. He and his
wife Dolores have been married for
Bill Sandberg
25 years and have one daughter,
Karen. The Sandberg Mortuary on
7th Avenue in North St. Paul is run
by himself and his brother Paul in
partnership. Bill was appointed to
the Association Board of Directors
in October of 1981 and served on the
1982 nominating committee.
Bob Sundland
Bob Sundland, Mayor of St. An-
thony, was elected to the AMM Board
of Directors in May of 1982 for a two
year term. He represents the AMM
on the Federal Surplus Property
Task Force and was elected chair-
man by its members. He was elected
to St. Anthony's City Council in 1971
and served as Mayor pro tern for
seven years. In 1981, he was elected
Mayor. Bob has a long standing
involvement in many community
activities both inside and outside of
his political avocation. He is chair-
man of the St. Anthony HRA, past
member of the Suburban Rate Author-
ity, member of the School District
282 Community Services Advisory
Board, and active in the Minneapolis
United Way Fund drives. Bob is a
past member and Keyman award
winner in the St. Anthony Jaycees.
He is currently a member of the St.
Anthony Kiwanis and the North Sur-
burban area Chamber of Commerce.
Bob has been employed at Northw-
estern Bell Telephone Company for
27 years and is a member of the
Northwestern bell Northeast/St. An-
thony Community Services teams.
Bob was born and raised in Duluth,
Minnesota, and while serving in the
United States Air Force, he attended
Denver University and the University
of Minnesota. In his spare time, what
there is of it, Bob enjoys travel, golf
and fishing.
Gary Bastian was elected to the
Maplewood City Council in 1980 and
to the AMM Board of Directors in
May of 1982. Not only is Gary a
Maplewood Councilmember, he also
serves as a Board member of the
North St. PauI-Maplewood-Oakdale
Chamber of commerce. He was recent-
ly re-elected to a second three year
term on that Board. Since ~1977, Mr.
Bastian has been the Research Staff
Director for the Minnesota State Sen-
ate Independent-Republic Caucus
and has been on the research staff
for the state Senate since 1974. In his
capacity, he advises on and coordi-
nates caucus issues, serves as liai-
son with the minority caucus mem-
bers for the caucus leadership, and
has research duties with the Senate
Finance Committee in areas of state
budget and revenues. He drafts legisla-
tive bills and amendments and advises
the caucus members on possible
political impact of various issues
under consideration by the commit-
tee. He is also assigned to the Legis-
lative Commission on Employee Rela-
tions which is the committee responsi-
ble for changes in public employee
Gary Bastian
collective bargaining laws. Prior to
his state Senate employment,- he
was the research analyst for the
Minnesota Taxpayers Association
and has been associated with Glad-
stone House, Inc., a catering com-
pany since 1973. He has served in
various capacities such as bartender,
food preparer, event manager, and
currently is Corporate Attorney. Gar'
earned a Bachelor of Science degree.
from the University of Wisconsin,
River Falls in 1970 and graduated
from William Mitchell College of Law
in 1974. He was admitted to the Min-
nesota Bar in 1975.
TATE FINANCES AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AID
One does not have to be overly
astute to recognize that the single
most important issue facing the 1983
legislature and new governor will be
creating a balanced 1983-1984 Bien-
nium Budget. The difficulty, both
real and political, will be in solving a
projected $750 million to $1 billion
revenue shortfall while not raising
taxes beyond endurance or disman-
teling all of the various state social
and educational programs, or cut-
ting county and city government
operations to a point of total non
effectiveness. That process will re-
quire a re-examination of the entire
Minnesota financial structure includ-
ing a long and hard look at school
aid, municipal local government aid,
~[nestead credit, and.the other vari-
W aid and Credit programs. In anti-
CTpation of that re-examination sev-
eral groups have formed to develop
positions ranging from a single sug-
gestion of local government aid dis-
tribution modification to sugges-
tions of sweeping changes in all
forms of aid and credit.
The most extensive change is
being proposed by a task force of
state and local officials headed by
State Representative Gordon Voss.
At the core of this proposal is the
policy which states: 'A.~y state-local
fiscal solution should assure ade-
quate fiscal resources for local units
to deliver basic services, should be
equitable in terms of taxation and
the distribution of public services,
and should guarantee the autonomy
of-local government in managing
their fiscal resources, . delivering
services, and making choices which
affect their own communities!' The
overall proposal attempts to achieve
a more balanced mill rate among all
es by feeding more aid to cities
a lower assessed value per cap-
and lowering all mill rates through
reduced school millage. The big fac-
tors are reduction of school mill rate
from 24 to 15, reduction of the Ag
credit from 18 to 15 mills, modifying
farm homestead and assessment
treatment, replacing the current
local government aid distribution
with an aid formula based on a class
of cityspending factor times population
reduced by the equivalent dollars
that 15 equalized mills would raise,
'~nd finally relaxation of levy limits
for Iow spending or. small cities and
towns..Although, this proposal re-
duces the overall property tax in
nearly all communities, it has the
disadvantage of significantly reduc-
ing or entirely zeroing LGA in many
and costing close to an additional
$300 million in 1984.
A second major proposal has been
made by a group of small cities in the
.state which would split the current
Local Government Aid pot into three,
and distribute 30% on a straight per
capita basis ($20 per capita), 35%
based on population times three year
average mill rate, and 35% based on
per capita assessed value. The small
cities have also suggested as an
alternative a straight per capita dis-
tribution of LGA. Both alternatives
are based on elimination of the
grandfather clause so many cities
aid would in fact be reduced, some
significantly. An additional factor of
the straight per capita distribution is
that in some areas the total local mill
rate would be zeroed.
A third major group has formed
within the metropolitan area and.has
taken the name of the "Losers
Group", Its purpose is to deal with
inequities in Metropolitan Fiscal
Disparities and LGA. To qualify a
member must be a significant toser
in Fiscal Disparities and receive a
Iow distribution of Local Govern-
ment Aid. Their current proposal for
LGA includes, elimination of the
grandfather clause, no incentive for
spending, and per capita distribution
with an option for a one cent sales
tax for cities losing aids.
Finally, a fourth group is propos-
ing modifications to the current
formula aimed primarily on the as-
sumption that state funding of
Local Government Aid will be re-
duced or at best remain const~-nt.
The formula will work if funding is
either increased or decreased but it
does provide more targeting to areas
with higher local property tax. It
includes: modification of the home-
stead credit and tying this plus LGA
to a percent of state revenue; elimi.-
nation of minimum LGA increases
and the grandfather clause; no state
reductions after levy certification;
levy authority to replace aid reduc-
tion; treatment of all cities within the
same formula; and adjustment of the
equalized local mill rate factor based
on revenue availability:. This final
factor is the most significant. As
revenue decreases, the mill rate fac-
tor, which is subtracted from the
local revenue base, increases so that
in areas where the assessed value
per capita is higher, the amount of
aid allotment increases less or actu-
ally decreases. In areas where the
local revenue base (primarily levy
limit pJus aids) is large and the cur-
rent ten equalized mill subtraction
.factor (based on assessed value)
tends to be Iow, the aids will continue
to increase even with increases in
the mill rate factor due to the signifi-
cantly larger aid allocation factor
after the subtraction.
Other proposals have been men-
tioned from time to time and others
will be made in 1983 to the legisla-
ture. Because of the diverse nature
of the AMM membership, there are
individual AMM members involved
in each group mentioned above. This
discussion has been presented
mainly for information as to the
complexity and range of the issue.
As the legislative process proceeds
from January through May, the AMM
will continue to inform members of
the various proposals being dis-
cussed, especially those which may
become law.