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83-07-05
CITY OF HOUND Hound, Hinnesota AGENDA MOUND CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, July 5, 1983 7:30 P.M. - Council Chambers 1. Approval of Minutes of June 21, 1983, Regular Meeting 2. Application to Vacate Fire Lane between Lots 13 & 14, Skarp & Lindquists Ravenswood - WITHDRAWN 3. PUBLIC HEARING: On the review and adoption of Tax Increment Financing Policies for the City of Mound PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS 4. CASE #83-230 - William M. Micheal, 5865 Grandview Blvd. - Part of Lots 85 & 86, Mound Shores Request: Front Yard Variance MAP 4-B 5. CASE #83-231 - Tim Anderson, 3066 Dundee Lane - Lots 32 & 33, Block 10, Arden Request: Recognize existing accessory buildings and basement entry MAP 12-D 6. CASE #83-232 - Lewis & Deborah Sacks, 4625 Island View Drive Lot 10, Block 1, Devon Request: Expand the building (2nd story) to allow the existing 1.5 foot sideyard MAP 14-A 7. CASE #83-233 - Brian R. Johnson, 4363 Wilshire Blvd. - Lots 24 to.27, Incl., Block 3, Shirley Hills Unit "F" Request: 20 foot variance to R-4 requirements and site plan review Map 5-C 8. CASE #83-234 - Getty Refining & Marketing (Gas Hut), 1730 .Commerce Blvd. - Part of Lot 27, Lafayette Park Request: Sign Permit 9. CASE #83-235 - Harold T. Kenefick, 2113 Belmont Lane - Lots 3 & 4, Block 8, Lakeside Park Crocker's 1st Div. Request: Lot Size Variance Map 5-A Comments & Suggestions from Citizens Present Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Temporary Sign for Incredible Festival Set Date for Special Council Meeting with Housing & Rede- velopment Authority - July ]2, 1983 Reschedule August Council Meetings from the 1st and 3rd Tuesday Nights to the 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights (Change to August 9 and August 23) ]0. 11. 12. 13. Pg. 1687-1695 Pg. 1696-1703 Pg. 1704-1715 Pg. 1716 Pg. 1717-1723 Pg. 1724-1731 Pg. 1732-1739 Pg. ]740-1746 Pg. 1747-1752 Pg. 1753-1757 Pg. 1758 Pg. 1759 Pg. ]685 14. CBD Parkin§ Lot Lease for Coast to Coast Lot 15. Final Payment Request for Peabody Road Storm Sewer 16. Gambling'Permit (Raffle) - Our Lady of the Lake Church 17. Charitable Organization 3.2 Beer Permit - Our Lady of the Lake Church - August 6 and 7, 1983 18. Payment of Bills 19. Accept Resignation of Gordon Swenson from City Council and Declare Vacancy 20. INFORMATION/MISCELLANEOUS A B C D E F G H. I. J. K. L. Suggested Questionaire Railroad Update via Hutchinson MACI Alcohol Guidelines Artic'le, League of Cities Article on Creativity Letter of Resignation Metro Council "Review" Article on Swimmer's Itch Watershed District Meeting Notice & Minutes 1983 pOpulation Figures on City of Mound Labor Market Information July Calendar Pg. 1760-1764 Pg. 1765-1766 Pg. 1767-1771 Pg. 1772 Pg. 1773 Pg Pg Pg Pg Pg Pg Pg Pg. 1774-1775 Pg 1776-1780 Pg 1781-1782 Pg 1783-1788 Pg 1789-1795 1796 1797-1798 1799-18OO 18o1-18o8 1809-1812 1813-1816 1817 Page 1686 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City or. Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota, was held at 5341Maywood Road in said City on June 21, 1983, at 7:30 P.M. Those present were: Mayor. Bob Polston, Councilmembers Pinky Charon an8 Russ Peterson. Councilmembers Gary Paulsen and Gordon Swenson were absent and. excused. Also present were: 'City Manager Jon Elam, City Attorney'Curt Pearson, City Planner Mark Koegler, City Engineer John Cameron, City Clerk Fran Clark and the following interested citizens: Kenneth & Deborah Smith, Paul Henry, Phil & Sharon Haugen, Tim & June Johnson, Tim Chamberlain, Rock Lindlan, Ron Gehring, Steve Smith, Sylvia Ogren, Jon Nelson, Tom Morris and Steve Collins. The Mayor opened the meeting and welcomed the people in attendance. MINUTES The Minutes of the June 7, 1983, Regular Meeting were presented for consideration. Peterson moved and Charon seconded a motion to approve the Minute~ of the June 7, 1983, Regular Meeting as presented. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. The Minutes of the June 14, 1983, Board of Review were presented for consideration. Charon moved and Peterson seconded a motion to approve the Minutes.of the June 14, 1983, Board of Review as presented. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. CASE #83-225 - PAUL HENRY - 5056 SULGROVE ROAD - LOTS 7,8,13,14,15 & PART OF 6, BLOCK 28, WHIPPLE - PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT The City Manager explained that the applicant is asking to be allowed to construct a 936 square foot detached accessory building on his property. Mr. Henry lives in an R-2 zoning district and Section 23.407(3) states, "No accessory building shall exceed 10% of the lot area, and in no case exceed 840 square'feet of floor area except .by Conditional Use Permit." The Planning Commission has reviewed the request and does recommend approval with conditions: t. The combination of the above aforedescribed property parcels; 2. The accessory building is to maintain a minimum elevation of 933.5' above sea level (minimum flood elevation) with Minnehaha Creek Watershed District approval. 3. The accessory building ls to be used for the applicant's personal belongings and vehicles. The City Attorney suggested that one more condition be added to the resolution: 4. That no other accessory building will be allowed. The Council agreed. The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for. any comments for or against the granting of this Conditional Use Permit. June Johnson - 5238 Sulgrove Road - asked about the specific location of the property. The City Manager explained. June 21, 1983 There were no other comments. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Charon~moved.and Peterson seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION #83-107 RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A 936 SQUARE FOOT DETACHED ACCESSORY BUILDING ON LOTS 7,8,13,14,15 & PART OF 6, BLOCK 28, WHIPPLE - PID #'s 25-117-24 12 0184/0185/0190/0191 & O198 The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. CASE #83-223 - CATALYST PROPERTIES, INC. - PART OF LOT 27, LAFAYETTE PARK LAKE MINNETONKA - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA & VARIANCE FROM THE MINIMUM SIZE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 23.412.'2(!) The City Manager reported that the Developer Jon Nelson has met with all the surrounding property owners, addressed their concerns and the Planning Commission has recommended approval with the following conditions: 1. No conveyance shall occur until the property is platted in conformance with the subdivision ordinance of the City of Mound and MSA 462.358 and that all bylaws, home owner's association articles of incorporation, and protective covenants must be approved by the City Attorney and filed with the recorded plat. . 2. Cash in the.amount of $5,500 in lieu of land shall be accepted in fulfillment of the open space and park land dedication requirements as outlined in Section 22.37 of the City Code. 3. All improvements required under Section 22 of the City Code shall be constructed by the developer'at his/her.sole cost.. A surety bond shall be required in an amount, designated by the City Engineer. 4. An escrow account in the amount of $3,000 shall be established to cover all engineering, administrative and legal expenses pertainlng to the processing of the PDA. Any balance remaining upon completion of the project shall be' returned to the depositor. 5. Approval is contingent upon the review and approval of City Staff of the final landscaping, utilities, grading, and drainage plans and City Council's approval of the preliminary plat and developer's contract. 6. The applicant shall secure the necessary access easements from the City after review and approval of plans by the State Health Board."EXH. A" Any other access except the easement depicted on the West side of the City pumphouse shall required further review and approval by the City Counci. 7. The applicant shall be required to secure all approvals from other agencies such as the Watershed District, LMCD, etc. The City Planner explained that if this is approved it will be the preliminary approval and the final approval in one resolution. June 21, 1983 Jon Nelson, Catalyst Properties, Inc. explained that he has developed residential, commercial and industrial areas. They have been working on this project'since early this year, have met with the City Staff and the Planning Commission, revised their plans and now feel they have a viable plan. They would construct 9 condominiums and 1 twin home. It will have 13 indoor parking spaces and 11 outdoor spaces. The twin h'ome will be for the caretaker and a caretaker's assistant. The platting will Consist of 9 condominiums and 1 twin home with the remainder of the land to be Commons area. The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for any comments for or against this item. Sylvia Ogren - 1755~Lafayette Lane - owner of home and vacant ~lot East of the pump house stated the following: 1. She is against a road on the East side of the property. 2. She does~not want over crowding.~ 3. Would like to work with the developer in landscaping " the area that abuts her property. Tom Morris - 1838 Commerce Blvd. - stated he was not officially notified of this project until this public hearing notice. He is against the increase in channel use this development will cause. The developer assured Mrs. Ogren that he will work with her on the land- scaping of the property abutting hers. The City'Manager explained toMr. Morris that the City does not. have to notify persons around a proposed development until the public hearing. As far as the lake use goes,'.the LMCD and~the Watershed District govern that, nOt the City of Mound. The Mayor.closed the public hearing. There was discussion on the easement for the driveway on the west side of the property. The developer will secure the necessary access easements from the City after review and approval of.plans by the. State Health Board. Charon moved and Peterson seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION #83-108 RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA AND A VARIANCE FROM THE MINIMUM SIZE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 23.412.2(1) OF THE CITY CODE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NINE UNIT RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM AND ONE TWIN HOME BY CATALYST PROPERTIES, INC. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING - REALLOCATION OF 1982-83 CDBG FUNDS The City Manager explained that the purpose of this reallocation is to make minor adjustments in the existing funds. The changes will incorporate the purchase of the senior citizens housing property and the paint-up, fix-up grants. June 21, 1983 The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for comments from the citizens present. There were none. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Peterson moved and Charon.seconded the following resolution: RESOLUTION #83-109 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REALLOCATION OF THE CITY OF MOUND'S YEAR XIll (1982-83) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING - DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLS The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for any comments from the citizens present on the list of delinquent utility bills. There were none. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Charon moved and Peterson seconded the following resolution. RESOLUTION #83-110 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DELINQUENT U$1LITY BILLS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,392.34 AND AUTHORIZING THE STAFF TO SHUTOFF WATER SERVICE FOR THESE ACCOUNTS The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. PROPOSED SUBDIVISION - LOST LAKE ADDITION - SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING Charon moved and Peterson seconded a motion to set July 19, 1983, at 7:30 P.M, for a public hearing on the proposed subdivision of the Lost Lake Addition. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. COMMENTS & SUGGESTIONS FROM CITIZENS PRESENT There were no comments or suggestions from the citizens present. MAINTENANCE· PERMIT - KENNETH R. SMITH - BRIGHTON COMMONS The City Manager explained that Mr. Smith is requesting permission to rebuild the bank, terrace it and rebuild the washed out retaining walls in front of his home on Brighton Commons. He would also like to build stairs down to the lake. The Park Commission has recommended approval of the Maintenance Permit. Peterson moved and Charon seconded a motion to authorize the issuance of a Maintenance Permit to Kenneth R. Smith, 2927 Cambridge Lane for work as described above on the Brighton Commons in·front of his home. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. LIQUOR LICENSES The City Manager explained that applications have been 'received for the renewal of the following liquor licenses: 1. Donnie's on the Lake - Class A - On Sale for Restaurant Class B - Sunday License June 21, 1983 2. Minnetonka Post 398 (American Legion Post) - Club On Sale Liquor License Chamberlain-Goudy VFW Post 5113 - Club On Sale Liquor License 4. A1 & Alma's Supper Club - Wine License and Set-Up Permit 5. Three Points Tavern - Set-Up Permit The renewal period for above licenses is July 1, 1983 through June 30, 1984. Peterson moved and Charon seconded a motion to approve the renewal ~and issuance of the above liquor licenses. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. REPURCHASE OF 2 CEMETERY LOTS - ELLENGENE GILLESPIE-FISHER The'City Manager explained the Ellengene Gillespie-Fisher has asked that the~City repurchase 2 cemetery lots from her. There is a provision in ~' Chapter 5, Section 5.035 of the City Code covering this repUrchase of Cemetery lots by the City for the original.sale price. In this case each lot sold for $200. Peterson moved and Charon seconded a motion approving the City's ~epurchase of 2 cemetery lots from Ellengene Gillespie-Fisher for $200.00 each. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. APPOINTMENT OF MARK KOEGLER AS CITY CONSULTING PLANNER The C~t¥ Manager stated that Mark Koegler of VanDoren, Hazard & Stallings has submitted a proposal to be the City of Mound Consulting Planner. Mark has presented this proposal to the Planning Commission'and they have recommended approval. Polston moved and Charon seconded the following resolution. RESOLUTION #83-111 RESOLUTION APPOINTING MARK KOEGLER AND THE FIRM OF VAN. DOREN, HAZARD & STAL'LINGS AS THE CITY OF MOUND CONSULTING PLANNERS. The vote was unanimously in'favor. Motion carried. REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY HOME -'2121 GRANDVIEW The City Manager explained that Steve Collins is requesting approval to place a travel trailer at 2121Grandview Blvd. for 90 days. The reason for this request is to repair their home at that same address which was damaged by fire. He will be receiving electric power from the neighbor until his is restored; his water and sewer is provid~ome. Peterson moved and Charon seconded the following resolution. RESOLUTION #83-112 RESOLUTION APPROVllIG THE PLACEMENT OF A TRAVEL TRAILER AT 2121 GRANDVIEW BLVD. FOR 90 DAYS The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. June 21, 1983 LEASE AGREEMENT - DOW-SAT OF MINNESOTA - ANDERSON BUILDING The City Manager explained that Smith Heating and Air Conditioning is vacating the Anderson Building on June 30, 1983. Dow-Sat of Minnesota, our cable T.V. company, would like to lease this space until their building is built. They will be using the space for cold storage only. Charon moved and Peterson seconded a motion to authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to enter into a lease agreement with Dow-Sat of M~nnesota for approximately 1,OOO square feet of the Anderson Building. The lease to be on a month to month basis. The rent per month to'be $1OO.O0. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. TENNIS COURT PETITION - THE BLUFFS The City Man~er presented a petition, signed by 25 residents of The Bluffs, requesting that a tennis court be bui'lt on the land presently called "The Tot Lot" on Bluffs Lane. They would like the costs to be against the residents of The Bluffs over a period of up to 10 years. Peterson moved and Charon seconded the following resolution. RESOLUTION #83-113 RESOLUTION DECLARING ADEQUACY OF PETITION FOR IMPROVEMENT AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF REPORT ON PARK AND RECREATION IMP.ROVEMENTS - (TENNIS COURTS- THE BLUFFS) The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ~ CHAPTER 46 'OF THE CITY CODE The City Manager reported that Section 46.29, subd. 57 (aa) currently reads as follows: "No parking on the west side of Cardigan Lane from Denbigh Road south to the dead end." Because Cardigan Lane is an extremely narrow street with housing only on the east si'de of .the street, this ordinance allows residents to park'in front of their homes. The Fire Department has advised the residents not to park in front of their home because if there were a fire, parking there would Prohibit a fire vehicle from being in the best position to suppress a fire and aid injured persons. The Police Chief has therefore recommended the ordinance be changed to permit 'parking on the west side of Cardigan Lane and prohibit parking on the east side.' Peterson moved and Charon seconded the following: ORDINANCE #451 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 46 OF THE CITY CODE BY REP'EALING SECTION 46..29 (b), SECTION 57, SUBSECTION aa. AND AMEI~DING SECTION 46.29 (b), SECTION 46 BY ADDING (b.) UNDER "AND NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CARDIGAN LANE FROM DENBIGH ROAD SOUTH TO THE DEAD END" The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. June 21, 1983 CONTINENTAL TELEPHONE RATE INCREASE The City Manager reported that Continental Telephone has filed for a $7,212.120 annual rate increase. This would put $4.9 million into effect on July 26, for and overall increase of 23.25 percent. The remaining $2.3 million will not go into effect on July 26, but will go into rates should the Commission act favorably on that aspect of their filing. What this means to the City's telephone users is a residence would increase from $21.90 now to $28.30 per month. The City of Mound spent $20,000 last year to intervene and only gained $1.60 per month off their proposed increase per month. The City Manager asked the Council what their thoughts were on intervening again this year. Mayor Polston stated he would be interest in the public's reaction on Whether they desire to have the Council take on another intervention this year. The remainder of the Council agreed. No action was taken. SIDEWALK SAFETY PROGRAM The City Manager reported that Police Chief Wold and Officer'Gary £ayo, Police Explorer Advisor, have developed a program using the Explorers to monitor the crosswalks. This would involve the Explorers getting.license numbers of cars failing to yield at the crosswalks and the police department then following-up and contacting the offenders to let them know of the infraction. This monitoring would be done during the peak hours of 12:00 Noon to.l:30 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Weekdays and 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. on Saturdays. The Council thought this was a very good idea- and thought i~t~should start as soon as possible. PAYMENT OF BILLS Charon moved and Peterson seconded a motion to approve the bills as Presented on the pr.e-list in the amount of $68,042.29, when funds are available. A roll call vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. MISCELLANEOUS/INFORMAT. ION Special Meeting of the Park~Commission -.June 23, ]983, at 7:30 P.M. regarding a special tribute to Councilmember~Gordon Swenson. who has submitted his resignation due to health reasons. B. Final copy of Lake Minnetonka Task.. Force Report C. Letter from City Prosecuting Attorney - Regarding recent prosecution legislation. D. Clipping on Tonka Corporation ~ June 6, 1983, St. Paul Pioneer Press/ Dispatch. League of Cities Convention.Handouts - regarding staying out of court: planning and zoning F. Westonka Chamber Waves - June 1983. / 73 June 21, 1983 G. Metropolitan Council - Review - May 27, 1983 H. Minnehaha Creek Watershed District - Notice of Meeting June 21, 1983 and Minutes of May 19, 1983 meeting. I. Local Planning Assistance Newsletter - Spring 1983 J. HUD Grant Approval - City of Mound for.$1OO,O00 for "Revolving Loan Fund" for the business district. K. WOODCREST SUBDIVISION The City Attorney advised that First Southdale National. Bank has agreed to settle with the City for the costs of bringing Deerwood Drive and Setter Circle up to City of Mound standards. The amount agreed upon is $7,336:86 and will cover all the City's expenses except the attorney's fees. If the Council agrees to the settlement, they should authorize the Cit~ Attorney to execute release on behalf of the City. Charon moved and Polston. seconded the following motion authorizing the City Attorney to execute a release on behalf of the City,regarding the Woodcrest Subdivision; releasing the letter of credit from the First Southdale National Bank; and. accepting the $7,336.86 the bank has agreed to pay the City. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. L. APPLICATION FOR LAWCON GRANT The City Manager suggested that'we keep as many options as possibl.e .going for the Lost Lake area. In doing that, we could.have Mark Koegler,- Planner, prepare a small Lawcon application proposing the Lost Lake area for a nature area. The money for this would not be available until 1984. The Council thought..this was a good idea. Peterson moved and Charon seconded a motion to adjourn at 9:00 P.M. The vote was unanimously in favor. Motion carried. Jon Elam, City Manager Fran Clark, City Clerk BILLS .... JUNE 21, 1983 .Badger Meter 110.67 B]acko~iak & Son 105.O0 Bryan Rock Prod 334.15 Bill Clark Standard 3,532.76 Robert Cheney 334.00 Continental Telephone 1,141.62 Dept Employee Relation 69.00 Jon Elam 172.77 Empire Crown Auto 105.11 Feed Rite Controls 290.72 Glenwood Inglewood 59.80 Hawkins Chemical 1,198.54 lilies & Sons 4,850.00 Robert E. Johnson 31.90 LOGIS 1,428.62 The Laker 651.16 Long Lake Ford Tractor 29.51 Marina Auto Supply 453.12 "Minnegasco 132.75 Mound Fire Dept 3,387.80 Navarre Hdwe 154.36 N.S.P. 5,292.15 Don Rother 15.00 Shepherds Rug Rent 26.50 Spring Park Car Wash 128.70 Unitog 233.42 Water Products 52.05 Duane's 66 12.OO Firemen 7 @ 275 1,925.00 Griggs Cooper 2,579.74 Johnson Bros. Liquor 3,169.14 Johnson Paper 143.50 Mound Postmaster 600.00 City of Mound 82.51 MN Assn Cable Tv ll.O0 Old Peoria 2,696.92 Ed Phillips 1,883.11 Police Officers 6 @ 160.00 960.00 Registrar-Dept Conferences 220.00 Nels Schernau 24.20 Greg Skinner 182.68 Air Comm 100.00 Earl F. Andersen 2,222.35 Badger Meter 118.59 Holly Bostrom 144.OO Burlington Northern 533.33 Bury & Carlson 344.00 Jan Bertrand 57.00 Borchert Ingersoll 19.44 Coast to Coast 111.33 Davies Water Equip 810.10 Jon Elam First Bank Mpls Farmers Steel Gerrys Plumbing Eugene Hickok & Assoc Lyman Lumber Lyman Lumber McCombs Knutson Minnegasco Wm Mueller & Son Munitech, Inc. MN Recreation & Park Minn Comm Mpls Oxygen Jack McLard Hoist N.S.P. Oswald Fire Hose Popham Haik Quality industries Marjorie Stutsman Suburban Tire Thurk Bros. Chev Widmer Bros. Westonka School Dist 277 West Henn Human Serv Westonka Community Serv Xerox 10.15 16.O0 62.35 41.75 2,518.97 5.82 30.40 4,623.00 122.70 2,369.95 7.5O 7O.OO 28.75 21.00 259.96 4,135.80 614.11 1,247.94 4,441.50 15.00 386.56 85.25 2,160.64 55.00 388.00 57.OO 996.07 TOTAL BILLS 68,042.29 June 21, 1983 Mr. Jon Elam City Manager City of Mound Mound, MN 55364 Dear Mr. Elam: Please accept th~s letter as our petition to withdraw our request to have the Firelane between Lots'13 and 14, Skarp & Lindquists Ravenswood vacated. It is our understanding per Mr. Moodie's conversation with you on this day that all or part of the original $100.00 fee which we paid to apply for the Firelane vacation will be returned to us. Thank you very much for your time. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this matter further please contact us at the following numbers: Doug Moodie Mike Beatty 47227554 (Home) 472~5931 (Home) 378-9621 (Work) ~ou~. Moodie ~chael~. Beat~y Mrs. Lucille Wood 4895 Edgewater Drive I 0und, innes0ta 55364 Mound City Council Administrative Office 5341 Maywood Road Mound, Minnesota 55764 Dear Mound Council Members: This letter is written to object to the closing, of the public access, on Edgewater Drive known as the Sandy Lane access. .~ This access is only one of two, left on Edgewater Drive. When I moved here this neighborhoo~ had five. One was at Babler's Resort now known as Martin and Son, and it was a nice flat access which allowed residents to launch their boats. Also, it had a nice swimming beach for the children. Then Babler asked for a vacation. As neighbors, we appeared several times to protest this action, but our requests fell on "deaf ears". We were told that the matter couldn't be voted on because Babler wasn't present at the meetings. Another meeting must ~ve t~en called, and the neighborhood was not notified of this meeting, because the next thing we knew Babler'. had taken over for his boating business. A second access was down on Arbor Lane. We were allowed to have docks for some of our boats here. This access now has only one docking space. The Hickory Lane access was closed some years mgo. I would like to share a little histo~-y about the Sandy Lane access. When I moved here, the men, in the neighborhood took very good care of it every year. We had nice wooden stairs with hand rails. Also we had a nice sturdy dock. Since then we have t~en told that we could not have a dock. After these good carpenters and cabinet makers, moved away or died, this access went into a state of disrepair. Yet one neighbor, and his sons, and others worked hard and pat in cement block stairs and tried to keep it up. On our property deeds it states, that we have right of access to the lake. Now if you take away all our accesses, on Edgewater Drive, where are we to go to get to the lake? One way to clear up this uncertainty about our rights would be to post a sign, stating this as a public access. The newspaper stated that the Lake Minnetonka Task Force has decided that Minnetonka needs more accesses, not only for residents but for the general public. We are only asking for the two left on Edgewater Drive to remain open, for it's residents. Also if they were plainly marked we would feel free to use them. As it is now residents are being harassed and threatened by some lakeshore owners, when they have tried to use the access. Now this is scary, because until recently, this has alway~ been a peaceful, friendly neighborhood and everyone has always been considerate of each others rights. I pray that you give thin,matter serious consideration. Let us keep our two remaining access lanes open, for au~ use and for our enjoyment. Also, may we please have "Public Access" signs on the Sandy Lane access and also at 5042 Edgewater Drive. Further, it would be nice if a sign were posted at the Fairview Lane access. I have always been a shy person, who has never wanted to "make waves" but I feel that I must speak up this time. Thank you for considering this issue for me, and for my neighbors, who are not lakeshore owners, but who en3oy the take very much. After all that is why we choose to live here and not elsewhere. Sincerely, Mrs./ Lucille Wood TO: The Honorable City Council of Mound We, the undersigned property owner and or residents request that you do not vacate the S~dy Lane lake access'. We further request that this and other access areas be plainly marked with signs, and maintained by city crews, for the publics use. SIGNATURE ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER "/7 ;~-' -~ 3~--~' dTz- 575'I c47 - O TO: The Honorable City Council of Mound We, the undersigned property owner and or residents request that you do not vacate the Sandy Lane lake access. We further request that this and other access areas be plainly marked with signs, and mainta&ned by city crews, for the publicA use. SICNATURE ADDRESS : PHONE NUMBER ./-/2,-~- M?~ z.t,?.z-.z,~? o ( i'z/70- ~'~ ~ 4 7a TO: The Honorable City Council of Mound We, the undersigned property owner and or residents request that you do not vacate the Sandy Lane lake access. We further request that this and other access areas be plainly marked with signs, and maintained by city crews, for the publics use. ~NATURE ~ ADDRESS PHONE NUMBER ! ~-,~? -~.)~7) ,, Zi-TZ 44 ~5 ¥7~ 7 /?o/ TO: The Honorable City Council of Mound We, the undersigned property owner and or residents request that you do not vacate the Sandy Lane lake access. We further request that this and other access areas be plainly marked with signs, and maintained by city crews, for the publics use. SIGNATURE ADDRESS : PHONE NUMBER 5r7~- 77~o ~ TZ -3 7 5-,7 TO: The Honorable City Council of Mound We, the undersigned property owner and or residents request that you do not vacate the Sandy Lane lake access. We further request that this and other access areas be plainly marked with signs, and maintained by city crews, for the publics use. PHONE NUMBER LEGAL NOTICE City of~ Mound-, Minnesota NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Mound City Council will conduct a Public Hearing at 8:00 P.M. on July 5, 1983, at the City Hall, 5341Maywood Road, Mound with regard to considering a City Policy relating to considering proposals for Tax Increment Financing. Copies of the proposed Policy are available for review at the Westonka Branch of the Hennepin County Library and at the Mound City Hall. Anyone wishing to speak with regard to this Policy is urged to attend this meeting. Francene C. Clark City Clerk Publish in The Laker June 20, 1983 ' ' 'CITY OF HOUND POLICY STATEMENT " 'TAX.INCREMENT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Minnesota Statutes 'place the responsibility for appqov]ng Tax Increment Redevelopment Projects with the City Council, Besid'e this approval, the financial planning of such projects require the Close involvement and approval of the Planning Commission and the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. The day to day administrative responsibilities for such approval may rest with; the Mound Housing and Redevelopment Authority (H~A).l'or:be retained by the City. Council. Because. different projects require different approaches, it is necessary that the City have a policy with regard to all proposed projects. The purpose of this.poiicy statement is to establish the City's position with r~spect to the processing of requests for, and the creation and implementation' of, tax increment'financing districts for redevelopment purposes. STATEMENT OF POLICY APPLICABILITY I~ is the policy of the City of Mound to remove, Prevent, or reduce blight, blighting f~tors or the causes of blight (M.S.A. 462.421, Subd. 13) in order to.protect-values and the tax base of the City. in order to do that it ~ay be necessary to create tax increment redevel-opment districtsl, in selected portions of the City and to fund public improvements or public redevelopment costs.for private development ~ithin such districts. Creation of tax increment redevelopment districts or requests for tax increment funding of improvements may come as the ~esuit of City:initiative, Houslng and Redevelopment Authority actions, or,.a private proposal. It is in the public interest that the creation of tax increment districts' and the financing of improvements with tax increments be made only after the City has been fully informed concerning the proposal and its current and future prospects, and has been able to thoroughly investigate it. Where a company or individual is requesting creation of a tax increment district or.the financing of improvements via tax increments, thatcompany or individual will be required to furnish all .information needed for such investigation and may be required to assist in the costs of the City's analytical efforts. It shall be the expressed intent of the City to expedite to the greatest extent feasible the processing of all requests for tax increment .projects s° that no undue delays are experienced by the applicant. However, -1- / nothing herein shall be construed as re'presenting a commitment'on the part of the Ci~-y to approve the creation of tax increment districts. POLICY .. '- The following policies will be observed in the Councils'consideration of tax increment 'projects: 1. Benefit to the City.: For purposes of determining benefit of a proposed tax increment district or project, both economic and non-econo~ic benefits shall be-considered. The economic Ben'fit' is the increased tax base that will result, not only in terms of the absolute increase in the tax base, but also with'respect to how'great an increase will be received from a given'public investment. Equal'iy important is the contribution the' proposal m~ke~ to'eliminating blight, preventing the spread of blight, or supporting other parts of a City redevelopment plan that achieve those ends. The removal of particularly detrimental land uses or buildings, o~ the pro- vision of especially needed servi.ces or types of. development'are benefits that will be considered in evaluating requests. 2. Character of .Improvement: A viable project should typically be able to pay the cost of utility services,' site preparation, etc. Other requirements' ~uch as streets~'storm.sewer~ etc. may be specially assessed against the project site.' It is recognized., however;.that redevelopment.projects often · involve extraordinary costs not associated kith typical development projects. Costs to acquire and remove existing'structures and co~ts associated with changing the image of a de~lining area are examples of such extraordinary costs. In determining improvements to. be funded wi'th tax'increments, the City will consider the extent to..which these improvements are, or are the result of circumstances, unique to a redevelopment situation'. Demonstration of Need: A request for tax increment financing shall demon- strate that feasible alternative financing is not available and that the assistance applied for is needed in the amount requested. As such the developer will be asked to'submit a prospectus explaining the project in detail, an estimate of the costs and revenues of the projec't, and other information as deemed essential for analysis by the City. The review of such information will either be made by City Staff'or through a private consultant when considered necessary. 4. Risk to the City: in addition to the other considerations, favorable consideration for tax increment financing will be based on when the -2- development"is expected to occur and the certainty that the tab increment wil.1 be received. Tax Increment General Obligation Bonds will bE used tO fund imp'r, ovements to be repaid with the tax increment. Applicants for tax increment financing of improvements will be required to sign an acceptable written agreement with the City of Mound setting forth the responsibilities of the applicant with respect to the project. The performance of the applicant under such contract shall be supported by presentation of suitable financial guarantees regarding the tax increment. GUIDELINES TO BE USED WHEN ~VALUATING TAX IN'cRE~EN~ PROPOSALS: a. A proposed redevelopment project should not be reasonably expected to occur in the'foreseeable future except through the use of tax increment financing. b. 'The'-~stimated captured assessed value for the proposed tax increment district, as indicated in the financing plan, should ~ot exceed 5% of the total currect assessed value of taxable real p[bperty in the City. (1983 AsSessed'Value is $60,258,249 - 5% equals $3,O12,912") c. Tax increments districts should be completed and terminated in the shortest'possible time, keeping in mind the viable requirements of the district and .the need'to keep the tax increment district finan- cially and aesthetically healthy for the full term of any. tax increment financing.. PROCEDURE The following procedures will be utilized in reviewing redevelopment tax increment financing pro~°sals:~ ~' A written request shall be submitted to.the~City Manager's office by the person or firm requesting the City and HRA to utilize their tax increment financing capacity. 2. Upon submission, the request shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of the City Planning Consultant, City Consulting Engineer, Finance Director and HRA Executive Director and its Chairperson, and chaired by the City Manager to determine, on a preliminary basis, whether the proposal appears to be feasible. 3. The application and supporting financial data shall be submitted to the City's financial advisor for review. 4. A meeting with the developer who submitted the request shall be held to go over all questions that come from the City Review Committee. o 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Following this, the preliminary proposal shall be placed o0 the next regularly scheduled agendas of the HRA and the City Council for their preliminary review. At those times the developer may make a presentation an'd the Staff will make preliminary comments concerning the perceived feasibility of the project. Based on the preliminary review, the applicant may elect to file formal application with the City, accompanied by a fee of $100.00 which shall only be refundable at the time of signing a redevelopmen~ contract in the event the project is..approve~. Upon the filing of a formal 'application, Staff'shal'l proceed to complete tax increment financing analysis which shall examine in detail, the propqsal's financial viability, benefit to the community, etc. The developer shall be responsible'for holding at least one (1) meeting with residents and property owners in and within 350 feet of the proposed tax increment district and to formally report the results of such a meeting or meetings-to the City'Council, Planning Commission and HRA'at the time that the tax increment financing analys~s is presented to the Planning Commission, City Council and HRA, as discussed in Step 9. Public'.hearings are held by the HRAand the City Council reviewing the redevelopment'plan and .the financing Rlan. Upon completion of the hearings, a recommendation will be made. Based upon that recommendation, the Council and HRA mayauthorize the City Staff tocommence final negoti.ations for a redevelopment project. Final negotiation of the redevelopment contract prepared by the~'City Attorney and City Staff. Simul.taneously With the negotiation of the redevelopment contract, a tax increment financing~plan and redevelopment ~lan will be finalized by Staff with notification being provided to Hennepin County and the School District.. The HRA will be asked to approve the redevelopment contract and t~e final tax increment financing plan and redevelopment plan. The City Council will be asked to approve the redevelopment contract and final tax increment financing plan and redevelopment plan. The adopted plans will be filedwit~ Hennepin County and the State of Minnesota. Tax increment bonds are issued. CITY OF MOUND' APPLICATION TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ASSISTANCE AC KGROUND INFORMATION Legal name of applicant: Address: Telephone Number: Name of contact person: DISTRICT INFORMATION Addendums shall be attached hereto addressing in detail: I ' Location - include a location map with exact boundaries of projected " development as proposed. 2. Size - describe the size of the'proposed project in terms ~f acres. parcel boundaries, if known. 3. Use - describe the exist'lng and proposed uses for the property, by parcel, if known. Show 4. Value - list the estlmated ma.rket value to result from the project by year and by parcel, by building or other appropriate spatial subdivision. 5. 'Timing - describe the timing of the development improvements. Public improvements - identify the public improvements requested to be financed through the district and the timing of'such improvements. 7. Impact -'to the extent feasible, identify: a. New jobs to be created. ~ b. Valuation to be added. c. Other assets to accrue to the community. 8. Need - explain why the improvement is not one that would normally be financed by a private developer and why the full costs of the improvement cannot be paid by the applicant. OTHER INFORMATION: Provide any further information you feel may assist the City in assesslng the merits of this proposal. .6-20-83 CITY OF MOUND POLICY STATEMENT TAX INCREMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS The purpose of this policy is to establish the City"s position with respect to the processing of requests for, and the creation and imple- mentation of tax increment financing districts, for economic development purposes. APPLICABILITY It is the policy of the City of Mound to insure stable employment and a stable tax base. New industrial, commercial and residential development can assist the City in achieving these objectives. In a limited number of cases, the C. ity will consider applications from qualified companies or individuals for the creation of a tax increment district to provide all or a portion of the funding for the public improvements necessary for such devel- opments. Such applications will.be considered where it can be financially shown that the project will not take place without the assistance of a program of tax increment financing. Additionally,'funding for such improvements will only be considered where it would be consistent with the applicable provisions of State law and this Policy, where the public benefit of th'e improvement Kan be ~learly demonstrated, and where the cost of such improvement is considered by the City Counci'l to be extraordinary. Creation of tax increment redevelopment districts or requests for tax increment fundin~ of improvements may come as the result of City initiative, Housing and RedeveloPment Authority actions, or'a private proposal. It is in the public interest that the creation of tax increment districts and the financing of improvements with tax increments be made only after the City has been fully informed concerning the proposal and its current and future prospects, and has been able to thoroughly investigate it. Where a company or individual is requesting creation of a tax increment district or the financing of improvements via tax increments, that company or individual will be required to furnish all information needed for such investigation and may be required to assist in the costs of the City's analytical efforts. It shall be the expressed intent of the City to expedite to the greatest extent feasible, the processing of all requests for the creation of tax increment districts so that no undue delays are experienced by the applicant However, nothing herein shall be construed as representing a commitment on the part of the City to approve the creation of tax increment districts. -1- POLICY STATEMENTS Th~ following policies will be observed in the City's consideration of the creation of these tax increment districts. 1. Benefit to the City: For purposes of determining benefit of a proposed tax increment district, both economic and non-economic benefits shall be considered. The economic benefit is the increased tax base that will result, not only in terms of the abselute increase in tax base', but also with respect to how great an increase will be recei.ved from a given public investment. Equally important is the non-economic contributions the proposal makes to supporting the City's overall development, aesthetically as well as to the expansion of commercial or business services. The developer will normally be expected to pay for municipal service Costs attributable to the project during the tax increment's life, except in those instances when the City Council deems such contributions as unnecessary. 2. Character of Improvement: Only extraordinary costs.associated with the installation of public improvements shall be considered for financing through taxincrement. A viable project should typically be able to pay for the cost of specific project related street extensions, utility services and site preparation relating to specific building construction, i.e. earth work, landscaping, etc. 3. Demonstration of Need: A request for tax increment financing shall demonstrate that feasible alternative financing is not available and that the assistance applied for is.needed in the amount requested. As such, the developer will be asked to submit a prospectus which would include an. estimate of costs'and revenues of the project and any other infor- mation as deemed essential for analysis by the City. The review of such information will either be made by City Staff or through a consultant when deemed necessary. Size of Prqject: Because of the time and cost involved in analyzing a request for tax increment financing, and because tax increment financing should only be used in those instances where the project will have a demonstratable positive impact'on the community as a whole, requests for economic development tax increment financing of less than $100,000 will not be considered, as a general rule. Project Certainty/Financial Guarantees: In addition to th~ other factors, favorable consideration for tax increment financing wi'll be based on when the devel'opment is expected to occur, the demonstrated capacity of the apPlicant to successfully complete the development and the certainty that the tax increments will be received. Tax Increment General Obligation Bonds will be used to fund the improvement to be repaid with tax increments. Applicants for tax increment financing of improvements.will be required to sign an acceptable written agreement sett!ng forth the responsibilities· of the applicant and the City with respect tO ~he ~roject. The performance of the applicant under such contract shall be supported by presentation of a financial guarantee in. the form of an irrevocable letter of credit, covering the City's liability of the tax increment bond payments. GUIDELINES TO BE USED WHEN EVALUATING TAX iNCREMENT PROPOSALS: a. A proposed development project should not be reasonably expected to Occur in the foreseeable future except through the use of tax increment financing. b. The estimated captured assessed value for the proposed tax increment district, as indicated in the financing plan, should not exceed 5% of the total current assessed value of taxable real property in the ~. City. (1983 Assessed Value'is $60,258,249 - 5% equals $3,O12,912.) c. Tax increment districts should be completed and terminated in the shortest possible time, keeping in mind the viable requirements of the district and the need to keep the tax increment district finan- cially and aesthetically healthy'for the full term of any tax increment financing. PROCEDURES The following procedures will be utilized in reviewing economic development tax increment financing proposals: 1. A written request shall be submitted to the City Manager's office by the person or firm requesting the City to utilize its tax increment financing capacity. The request shall contain, at a minimum, the information specified in the pre-application form. 2. Upon submission to the City Manager's office the request shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of the Planning Consultant, City Consulting Engineer, Finance Director and other consultants as deemed necessary, and chaired by the City Manager to determine, on a preliminary basis, whether the proposal appears to be feasible. -3- 10. 11. The developer shall submit to the Staff Committee the answers to any question~ that appear unanswered in the preliminary application, Af.ter Staff review and the applicant completes all information require- ments, the preliminary proposal shall be placed on the next regularly scheduled agenda of the City Council for their preliminary review. At that time, the developer may make a presentation to the Council, and Staff will make preliminary comments concerning the perceived feasibility of the project. Based on the City Council"s'preliminary reviewi~th~ applicant may elect to file a formal application, accompan.ied by a refundable fee of $I00.00, after'the signing of a development agreement. Upon the ~iling of a formal application, Staff shall proceed to complete a tax i~crement financing analysis which shall examine in detail the proposal's financial viability, benefit to the community, e~c. The developer shall be responsible for holding at least one [1) meeting with residents and property owners in and within 350 feet of the proposed tax increment district and to formally report the results of such a meeting or meetings to the City Council at the time that the tax increment financing analysis is presented to the City Council, as discussed in Step 4. The developer shall Submit the overall plan to the City Planning Commission for its review and recommendations as to the appropriateness of the proposed project within the context of the City's Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance and any other applicable City ordinances. Included in this shall be the comments relating to planning that came from the Staff Committee reviewing the tax increment proposal. Upon completion of the tax increment financing analysis, a recommendatio~ will be made to the City Council. Based upon that recommendation and that of the Planning Commission, the Council may authorize the City Attorney and City Staff to commence final negotiation of a development contract. Final 'negotiation completed on the development contract prepared by the City occurs. Simultaneously with the negotiation of the development contract, a tax increment financing plan and development district plan will be finalized by Staff, with notification being provided to Hennepin County and the School District. 12. The City Council will be asked to ~pprove a development contract, tax increment financing plan, and development district plan, after public hearings with published notice and notice mailed to residents in and within 350 feet of the project. 13. The adopted plans will be filed with Hennepin County and the State of Minnesota. 14. Tax increment bonds are issued. -5- ~BACKGROUND ·INFORMATION Legal name of applicant: Address: CITY OF MOUND APPLICATION TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ASSISTANCE Telephone Number: Name of contact person: ". DISTRICT INFORMATION Addendums shall be attached hereto addressing in detail: 1. Location - include a location map with exact boundaries of projected development as proposed. 2. Size - describe the size of the proposed project in terms of acres. parcel boundaries, if known. 3. Use - describe the existing and proposed uses for the property, by parcel, if known. OTHER I. NFORMATION: Show 4. Value - list the estimated market value to result from the project by year and by parcel, by building or other appropriate spatial subdivision. 5. Timing - describe the timing of the development improvements. · 6. Public improvements - identify the public i'mprovements requested to be financed through the district and the timing of such improvements. 7. Impact - to the extent feasible, identify: a. New jobs to be created. b. Valuation to be added. c. Other assets to accrue to the' community. 8. Need - explain why the improvement is not one that would normally be financed by a private developer and why the full costs of the improvement cannot be paid by the applicant. Provide any further information you feel may assist the City in assessing the merits of this proposal. O#OuO I ?1~' CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota CAS~ NO. 83-230 Planning Commission Agenda of June 27, 1983: Board of Appeals Case No. 83-230 Location 5865 Grandview Boulevard Legal Desc.: Part of Lots 85 and 86, Mound Shores Request: 7 Foot Front Yard Variance Zoning District R-3 Applicant: William M. Michel 5865 Grandview Boulevard Mound, MN. Phone 472-2368 The applicant., Mr. Michel, has requested a 7 foot front yard variance to construct an attached 26 foot by 24 foot garage (two story - 624 square feet) 13 feet from the Sunset Road'right-of-way property llne with it proposed to be 19.4 feet from the street curb line. Pursuant to the ZoningCode Section 23.408(5) IILots which abut on ~ore than one street shall provide the required front yards along every street except for lots of record which shall Provide'a side yard setback abutting the street based on the lot width (see definitions for lot, width) as follows: Lot width 51-80 feet equals 20 feett'. (69 feet± width at the building setback of 30 feet from Grand- view). Recommend: Due to the topography of the lot and shape of the property, I would recommend approval as requested. The abutting neighbors have been notified. Jan Bertrand Building Official JB/ms ~ j-j CASE NO. 83-230 ?'~ CITY OF. MOUND i~. ~j~J 0 I~3 APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (Please type the following information) 2. Legal Description of Property: Lot. ~ / ~ ~ Mound Shores Add i t i on 4. Applicant (if other than owner) Nam~ Application No. Fe~' Paid '~ '~". ~ 0 .6-10-83 Date Filed PID No. Block 14-117-24 42 O107 .Day .Phone No. Day Phone No. Address 5. Type of Request: (~)~) Variance ( ) Conditibnal Use Permit ( ' ) Zoning Interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. *If other, specify: e., Present Zoning District 7. Existing 'Use(s) of Property 8. ( )'Amendment ( ) Sign Permit ( )*Other '. Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional use permit or · other zoning procedure for this property?. ~O If So, list date(s) of .list date(s) of apPlication, action taken and provide Resolution No.(s) Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. BOARD OF APPEALS ~/~7/~3 ~~ 1. Case No. 83-230 7 Foot Front Yard Variance - 5865 Grandview Boulevard Part of Lots 85 and 86, Mound Shores William Michel was present. The Building inspector rev?ewed the request; the lot's shape and topography make i't difficult to place a garage. The applicant presented a note from neighbors stating that i't was okay for Mr. Michel to build a garage as planned. Applicant plans to have a room underneath the garage with an overhead door open['ng on north.side for a boat and storage plus the vehicle entrance from the Sunset Road si'de. The Plannt'ng Commission di'scussed, topography and whether a car could be parked in front of proposed garage wJthout extending into the street. There will be 19 feet 4 inches to Back of curb. Reese moved and Michael seconded a motion to approve the request for a 7 foot front yard variance. The Yore was unani'mously in favor. ~/~ .-. Date 'Aeque'st fo~ Zoni.ng Variance Procedure (2). Case # '8.3-230 D. E. F. Location of: Signs, easements, underground utilities, etc. Indicate North compass direction Any'additional information as may reasonably be required by the City Staff and applicable Sections of the Zoning Ordinance. iil. Request for a Zoning Variance A. All.information below, a site plan,.as described in Part Il, and general .. application must be provided before a hearing.will be scheduled. B. Does.the present'use of. the property'conform to all use regulations for the zone district in which it is..located? Yes'(~) No ( )' If !'no", specify each non-conforming use: Do'.the exl~ting-structures comply, with all area height and bulk.regulations for the zone district'in'which i't'ls.located? Yes (~) .No.' ( ) ....... If."no", specify ~ach non-conforming use: D.' Which unique physical characteristics of the subject propert~ prevent.its reasonable'use for any of the uses.per~ed in that zoning district? (.) ..Too narrow (.) TopographL~) ( ) Soil (~0 Too. small :' ( ) Drainage.. ~ /. ( ) Sub-surface Too shal'low (~X) Shape' ( ) Other: Specify: Was ~he hardship described abo~e 'created by. the action of ~nyone having property interests in the land after ~he Zoning Ordinance was adopted? Yes ( ) No (x~) If yes, explain: Was the hardship created by any'other man-made change, such as the reloca- tion of a road? Yes ( ) No (~(~) If yes, explain: Are the conditions of hardship for'which:you request a variance peculiar only to the property described in this petition2 Yes (..bO No ( ) If no, how many other properties are similarly affected? What is the "minimum" modification (variance) from the area-bulk regulations that will permit you to make reasonable use of your land? (Specify, using maps, site plans with dimensions and written explanation. Attach additional sheets~ if necessary.) /~.~ ~ '~ /u'-R.^~.~.-~-,.-, ~ .~ Will granting of the variance be materially detrimental to'property in the same zone, or to the enforcement of this ordinance? · . S~NCHMA~-;K sional Engineer under the Laws o'f tt~e Sm~e of DESCRIPTION Minnesota. ~,o L'~.(~~ , Ja~ H. Parker, Minn. Reg. No. I >o / CASE NO. 83-230 ./ CASE-NO. 83-230 GRANDVIEW ,LCREST RD ~ /7~ 18 ~0 Z 75.,~ Z7~.~ 22 RD' ELM RD RI PROPOSED RESOLUTION Case #83-230 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE FRONT YARD 7 FOOT VARIANCE AS REQUESTED FOR PART OF LOTS 85 and 86, MOUND SHORES (5865 Grandview Boulevard) WHEREAS, the owner, William M. Michel, of the property described as Pt. of Lots 85 and 86, Mound Shores, PID # 14-117-24 42 0107, has appl'ied for a 7 foot front yard variance for a lot of record to allow the construction of an attached garage 26 ft. by 24 ft. two story ( lower area to be used for storage) within 13 ft. of the front property line facing Sunset Road, and WHEREAS, the City. Code Section 23.408(5) for "Lots which abut on more than one street shall provide the required front yards along every street except for lots of record which shall provide a side yard setback abutting the street based on the lot width: 50 to 80 feet require 20 foot setback", and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommend approval of this variance due to the shape of the lot and topography. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the City Council does hereby concur with the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the front yard variance of 7 feet as requested for Part of Lots 85 and 86 Mound Shores, 5865 Grandview Boulevard CASE.NO. 83-231 CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota Planning Commission Agenda of June 27, 1983: Board of Appeals Case No. 83-231 Location 3066 Dundee Lane Legal Desc.: Lots 32 & 33, Block 10, Arden Request: Existing accessory buildings have non-conforming setbacks as well as basement entry to house Zoning District R-2 Applicant: Timothy Anderson 3066 Dundee Lane Mound, MN. 55364 Phone 472-3417 The applicant, Mr. Anderson, is requesting that the CommlssJon recognize the existing non-conforming accessory buildings as well as the enclosed basement entrance to the house. He wants to construct an approximately 24 foot by 28 foot addition to the rear of his home 7 feet from the south lot line and 45 feet plus to the north lot line. Pursuant to the Zoning provisions of the R-2 single family district, the lot area, building size, and setbacks of the addition will be conforminq. The princi- pal building requires a front setback of 20 feet, side yards of 6~6 and I0 feet for lots of record and a 15 foot rear yard. The enclosed basement entry is 2.7 feet to the south lot line. The accessory buildings require a 20 foot setback to the front, 6 feet to the side (in the front yard), 4 feet to the side (in the rear of the lot) and 4 feet to the rear property line. Recommend: I would recommend approving the variance as requested as the addition and remodeling will be in conformance. Also, recognizing the existinq buildings' non-conformancies. The abutting neighbors have been notified. Jan Bertrand Bui'Iding Offi.'ci'al .jB/ms CASE NO. 83-231 Planning Comm]~slon Minutes June 27, 1983 Case No, 83-231 Nonconforming setbacks on existing accessory buildings and basement entry to house at 3066 Dundee Lane Lots 32 and 33, Block lO,.Arden Timothy Anderson was present. The Building Inspector explained that applicant wants.to construct an addition unto h~s home. Presently he has an existing detached garage 15~ feet from the front lot line with the garage'doors facing Dundee; a shed in the rear yard is .5 feet to-the rear yard and the existing roofed entry on house to basement is 2.7 feet to the south lot line. The applicant is asking for a variance of the above nonconformanci'es.' The proposed addition will meet all setback require- ments. The Commission discussed the nonconformancies'--the garage being an eyesore. Applicant present a letter signed by all (5) neighbors stating they have no objection to "any of the existing building or the proposed addition" Jensen moved and Fillbrandt seconded a motion to recommend approval recog- nizing the existing nonconformancies and should existing garage and shed be improved or expanded structurally, applicant will come back to the Planning Commission. The vote was unanimously in favor. 3 i'Y OF MOUND 37730/5455 CITY OF MOUND Fee Paid · CASE NO. 83-231 .. Date APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (Piease type the following information)' Street Address of Property 2 '~ ~ t '~) I~,~ ~ ~ ~'~ ~/&l/~ Legal Desc'ripti.on of Property: Lots 32' and 33 Block 10 Addition Arden PID No. 24-117-24 44 01!7 Applicant (if other than owner): Name ' ' Day Phone No.- -Address Type. of Request: (C~j>Vari'ance ( ) Conditi6nal Use Permit (' ) Zoning Interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. ( ) Amendment ( ] Sign Permit ( )*Other *l'f other, specify: {,.,. Present Zoning'Distr.ict 7- .Existing Use(s). of Property Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional use permit or other zoning procedure for this property? /~)..~ If so, .list date(s) of list date(s) of application, action taken and provide Resolution No.(s) Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. ! certify that all'of the above statements and the statements contained in any required papers or plans to be submitted herewith are true and accurate. $ consent to the eh.try in or upon the premises described in ·this appiica.tion by any authorized official of the City of Mound for the' purpose of inspecting, or of posting, maintaining and removing such notices as may be required by law. Signatur.e of Applicant C Date ~,-/~-~ Planning Co'mm[ssion Recommendation: Date Coancil Action: Re§olution No. 17~g Date Request for Zoni..ng Variance Procedure (2) Case # 83~231 D. Location of: Signs, easements, underground utilities, etc. E. Indicate'North compass direction F. Any additional information as may reasonably be required by the City Staff and applicable Sections of the Zoning Ordinance. III. Request for a Zoning Variance A. All information below, a site plan, as described in Part II, and general application must be provided before a hearing.will be scheduled. B. Does.the present'use of. the property conform to all,use regulations for the zone district in which it is located? Yes If !'no", specify each n~n-conforming use: C. Do-.the existing structures comply with all area height and bulk.regulations for the zone district in'which i't is.located? Yes ( ) No~' (~ If ~'no'i, specify each non-conforming use: D.. Which unique physical characteristics of the subject propertY prevent reasonable use for any of the uses.permitted in that zoning district? ( ) .Too narrow ( ) Topography ( ) Soil ( ) Too. small ( ) Drainages. ( ) Sub-surface ( ) Too shallow ( ) Shape ( ) Other: Specify: Ee Was the' hardship described abOve created by the action of anyone having property interests in the land after 'the Zoning Ordinance was adopted? Yes ( ) No (~P~' if yes, explain: Fe Was the hardship create8 by any'other man-made change, such as the reloca- tion of a road? Yes ( ) No ( ) If yes, explain: Are the conditions of hardship for'which:you request a variance peculiar only to the property described in this petition? 'Yes (~ No ( ) If no, how many other properties are similarly affected? H..What is the "minimum" modification (variance) from the area-bulk regulations that will permit you to make reasonable use of your land? (Specify, using maps, site plans with dimensions and written explanation. Attach additional sheets, if necessary.) Will granting of the variance be materially detrimental to'property in the same zone, or to the enforcement of this ordinance? Certificate of Survey for Timothy C. Anderson of Lots 32 and 33, Block 1S, Arden Henneptn County, Minnesota CASE NO. 83-231 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct representation / of a survey of the boundaries of Lots 32 and 33, Block 10, Arden, the locatien of all existing buildings thereon. other improvements or encroachments. It ~nes :/.,t ..... rt tc show Scale: 1" = 30' Date : 6-8-83 o : Iron marker GORDON R. COFFIN CO., INC. Gordon R. Cof.fin Reg. No. 6064 Mark S. Oronberg Reg. No.12755 Land Surveyors and planners Long Lake,. Minnesota I 61 .~ : '~ 9~ CIN~I-I~J~BVYlgO ~ ~s~ow IiO s! Xoolq s!q.L · ON ose3 PROP. OSED RESOLUTION Case //83-231 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE YHE EXISTING NON-CONFORMANCE OF THE ACCESSORY AND PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS VARIANCE AS REQUESTED FOR LOTS 32 and 33, BLOCK 10, ARDEN (3066 Dundee Lane) WHEREAS, the owner, Timothy Anderson, of the property described as Lots.32 and 33, Block 10, Arden, PID //24-117-24 44 Ol17, has applied for a variance to construct an approximately 24 foot by 28 foot addition to the rear of his home 7 feet from the south lot line and 45 feet plus/minus to the north lot line and to recognize the existing non-conforming accessory buildings setbacks and the enclosed basement entrance setback, and WHEREAS,the City Code for the R-2 district requires 6 foot setback for the principal bldg. to the side yard for lots of record; 4 foot setback to the rear property line, 6 foot to the side property line in the front yard location, and 4 foot to the side property line in the rear yard location for accessory buildings, and WHEREAS, the requested addition to the principal building will have setbacks conforming to the City Code, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommend approval of this variance to afford the owner reasonable use of the property with certain conditions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the Ci:ty Council does. hereby concur with the Planning Commission ~ecommendation to approve, the existing non-conformancy variance for the. structures-as requested for Lots 32 and 33, Block 10, Arden, [3066 Dundee Lane) conditioned upon that the existing garage and shed cannot be structurally improved, expanded, or repaired without applying for a variance We the neighbors of Tim and Leanne Anderson of 3066 Dundee Lane, do not have any objections to any of the existing buildings or the proposed addition at 3066 Dundee Lane, Mound FJ_unesota. 1731 CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota Planning Commission Agenda of June 27, 1983 CAS~ NO. 83-232 Board of Appeals Case No. 83-232 Location 4625 Island View Drive Legal Desc.: Lot lO, Block l, Devon Request: Expand the building (2nd story) to allow the existing 1.5 foot sideyard Zoning District R-2 Applicant: Lewis & Deborah Sacks 4625 Island View Drive Mound, MN. Phone: 472-6037 The applicant.is requesting to construct a second story over the existing. 778 square .foot home. The distance between his structure and the neighbors is 8 i/2.feet. The Zoning Ordinance Section 23.605.5(3) requires a setback to the side yards in the R-2 district for lots of record of 6 feet instead of 1.5 feet. The minimum floor area required by Section 23.410 is 840 square feet for a single family dwelling instead of 778 square feet. The lot area and width, and other setbacks of the principal structure are in conformance with the present code. A garage variance was previously granted on June 28, 1977. Section 23.404(7) states "Normal maintenance of a building or other structure containing or related to a lawful non-conforming use is permitted, including necessary non-structural repairs and incidental alterations which do not extend or intensify the non-conforming use. Recommend: The owner is not requesting to extend into the non-conforming Side yard any farther than it presently exists. By allowing him to add a second story, the structure will be more energy efficient and it would also allow him reasonable use of his property. 'The mini'mum floor area would be met by the addition. The neighbor's structure is a two story home. Abutting neighbor has been notified. JB/ms OF MOUND CASE NO. 83-232 CITY OF MOUND APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (Please type the following information) Application No. Fee Paid ~,_C'. ~ 0 1. Street Address of Property 4625 Zslanaview Dr., Mound 2. Legal Description of Property: Lot ]0 Block 1 Addition Devon PID No. ~O- //?..- 2..~- ZZ_ 0 005 3. Owner's Name Lewis & Deborah Sacks .Day .Phone No. 472-6037 Address 4625 Islandvi.ew Dr.., Mound, MN 55364 4. Applicant '(if other than owner): Name ' Day Phone No. Address · 5. Typ~ of Request: (X) Variance ( ) ConditiOnal Use Permit ( ) Zoning interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. 'if other, specify: \ ( ) Amendment ( ) Sign Permit ( )*Other resent Zonin9 District- Existing Use(s) of Property R~sidence Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional use permit or .other zoning procedure for this property? Yes If so, list date(s) of .list date(s) of apPlication, actibn taken and provide Resolution No.(s) J~ne:lg77 Sideyard setback variance requested to build garage. Granted. Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. Case No. 83'-232 Expansion of bUilding (2nd story) to allow the existing 1.5 foot sideyard - 4625 Island View Drive Lot 10, Block 1, Devon Lewis Sacks was present. The Buildlng Inspector reviewed this request. The structure is 1.5/1.6 feet from the north lot line; the neighbor is 7 feet from the lot line. Applicant had a variance to construct the garage. The size of the existinfl house is a little undersized. Applicant is requesting to build a second story and plans an enclosed stairway to the second floor and one window on the north side. Applicant' presented a letter from the neighbors on the north stating they have no objections to the addition based on the plans shown. He stated neighbor also has a two story home and that he is surrounded by two story homes. Jenben moved and Reese seconded a motion recommending to Council the approval of the'addition of a second story with the 1½ foot side yard. The vote was unanimously in favor. · . Dat Request fo~ Zoni.n.'g Va.riance Procedure (2) Case # 83z232 D. Location of: Signs, easements, underground utilities, etc. E. Indicate North compass direction F. Any'additional information as may reasonably be required by the City Staff and applicable Sections of the Zoning Ordinance. II!. Request for a Zoning Variance A. All.information below, a site plan,.as descr'ibed in Part II, and general · application must be provided before a hearlng.will be scheduled. B. Does.the present'use of. the property'conform to all use regulations for the zone district in which i't is located? Yes '( )' rio (~ If !'no", specify each n~n-conforming use: Do-.the existing structures comply, with all area height and bulk.regulatlons for the zone district'in'which i't ls.)ocated? Yes (~')~No.' ( If !'no", specify each non-conforming use: D.' Which unique physical characteristics of the subject propert~ prevent.its reasonable~use for any of the uses.permitted in that zoning district? ( ) ..Too narrow (.) Topography ( ) Soll ( ) Too. small ~. ( ) Drainage.. ( ) Sub-surface ( ) Too shallow (.) Shape' (~ Other: Specify: Was 'the hardship described abOve 'created by,the action of anyone having property interests in the land after, the Zoning Ordinance was adopted? Yes ( ) NO (~lf .yes, explain: F. Was the hardship created by'any'other man-made change, such as the reloca- tion of a road? Yes ( ) No (~ If yes., explain: Are the conditions of hardship for'which:you request a variance peculiar only to the property described in this petition? Yes (~- No ( ) If no, how many other properties are similarly affected? What is the' "minimum" modification (variance) from the area-bulk regulations that will permit you to make reasonable use of your land? (Specify, using maps, site plans with dimensions and written explanation. Attach additional sheets, if necessary.) Will granting of the variance be materially detrimental to'property in the same zone, or to the enforcement of this ordinance? CASE NO. 83-232 "for Lew M. Sacks of Lot 10, Block 1, Devon. Hennepin County; Minnesotm '%. ' of ~e ~a~es of ~t 10, ~ck l,- ' ':' ' 0~ /.~ ' ~von, and the ~cation of a~ e~sting / . b~ldings thereon.. It does show other im~ve~nts or encroac~nts Scale: 1" = 30' Da%e : 5-13-77 o : Iron marker Cordon R. Coffin Reg. 6064 Land Surveyor and P!~uner Long Lake, Minnesota ROANOKE LA LA ~ ON. 3$VD 4617 Island View Drive Mound, MN 55364 June 27, 1983 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Re; Case No. 83-232 We are next door neighbors to Lewis and Deborah Sacks, 4625 Island View Drive, and have discussed with them their intention to add a second story to their home. Mr. Sacks has shown us the proposed plans for the addition. Based on those plans and discussions, this letter will confirm that we have no objections to their proceeding with the addition. Frederick & Patricia Ludden CASE NO. 83-232 RESOLUTION NO. 77 - 280 RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A FOUR FOOT SIDE YARD VARLANCE WHEREAS, there are circumstances that involve a safety hazard in back- ing out onto Island View Drive for property 'described as Lot .10, Block 1, Devon, and '~VHEREAS, there is an exi~.~ing maple tree, coupled xvith a drainage pro- .. blerm, and VfI-tEI~EAS, said erection of a garage with an entrance facing Island View Drive would require a variance of 1Z feet as now presented. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT i~ESOLVED BY THE CITy COUNCIL OF MOUND, MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the Council concurs with the l°lanning Commission recommenda- tion to approve a four £oot side yard variance, and That the entrance be placed to the side' of the garage but that it can be b~{l_t on the existing concrete slab. Adopted by Council this ZSth day of June, 1977. PROPOSED RESOLUTION Case #83-232 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE EXISTING NON-CONFORMANCE OF THE 1.5 FOOT SIDEYARD TO ADD A SECOND FLOOR ADDITION AS REQUESTED FOR LOT 10, BLOCK 1, DEVON (4625 Island View Drive) WHEREAS, the owners, Lewis and Deborah Sacks, of the property ~escrlbed as Lot 10, Block 1, Devon, PID#30-117-23-22 0003, has applied for a variance to construct a second story over the existing 778 square foot home within 1.5 feet to the side property line, and WHEREAS, the City Code for the R-2 district requires a 6 foot setback for the principal building to the side yard for lots of record and a minimum floor area of 840 sq. ft., and WHEREAS, the lot area and width, and other setbacks of the principal structure are in conformance with the present code and a garage variance was previously granted, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission recommend approval of this variance as the second story will not extend into the nonconforming setback any farther than the existing 1.5 feet and granting of the ~4.5 ft. variance will afford the owner reasonable use of the property and result in a conforming minimum floor area of the living space. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the City Council does hereby concur with the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the variance as aforementioned for the structure as requested for Lot 10, Block 1, Devon (4625 Island View Drive) CASE NO. 83-233 CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota Planning'Commis'sion Agenda of June 27, 1983: Board of Appeals Applicant: Case No. 83-233 Brian R. Johnson Location 4XXX Wilshire Boulevard 4363 Wilshire Boulevard # 110 (Corner of Maywood Road & Wilshire Bl~d.) Mound, MN. 55364 Legal Desc.: Lots 24 to 27, Incl.; Blk, 3, Phone: 472-7546 Shirley Hills Unit F Request: 20 Foot Variance to R-4 (Multiple Dwelling~and Site Plan Review" zoning District B-1 The applicant, Brian Johnson, has requested a 20 foot setback variance to the abutting R-4 re$identally zoned property to construct an approximately 2800 square foot cable systems office and storage garage. Pursuant to the B-1 Central Business District Section 23.625 the use of the prop- erty is permitted. Section 23.625~5 permits a height of 45 feet, lot size of 7500 square feet, and side and rear setbacks as per B-2 (Section 23.630.5), if abutting residential district, of 50 feet.. The property to the north and east is zoned B-1. .The property to the west and south is R-4 and R-l, residentially zoned. Mr. Johnson is. proposing a 30 foot setback to the rear lot line with an alley of 20 feet between the property line of the apartment property and the property of the Cablesystems office facility. Note: (Yard, Rear - The portion of the yard on the same lot with the principal building located between the rear line of the.buildinq and rear lot line and extending for the fu)! width of the lot.) He will be presenting at the meeting the landscaping, exterior storage, building design, etc. that the owners intend to construct. The parking spaces required for the facility is 2800 · 400 = 7 spaces. They will store the serving vans in the garage portion of the building. Recommend: I would recommend granting the variance requested; as the intent, feel, is to maintain open space between the residentially zoned prop- erty and the commercial use. There will be a street right-of-way to the south and an alley to the west between the residential zoning. Section 23.603 District Boundaries states "District boundary lines as indicated on said Map follow lot lines, the center line of streets, the center lines of streets projected, the center line of railroad right-of-way, the center of water courses or the corporate limit lines, all as they exist, upon the effective date of this Section." The abutting property owners have been notified. J'an Bertrand Building Official Case No. 83-233 Planning Commission June 27, 1983 Minutes Case No. 83-233 20 Foot Variance to R-4 (Multiple Dwelling) and Site Plan Review for property at 4XXX Wilshire Boulevard (Corner of Maywood'and Wilshire) Lots 24 to 27, Incl., Block 3, ShirleyHills Unit F Brian Johnson and also Stewart Gibson of Dowsat were present. The Building'.lnspector reviewed the request to construct an office and storage garage for Dowsat of Minnesota, cable company. She stated no setbacks were required except toward the residential. They are requesting a 20 foot variance to allow a 30 foot setback to the rear lot line. The request was discussed. Reese stated he'd like to see elevations; but thinks this is good use of the land. Johnson showed the Commission a more developed plan and reviewed the design they are proposing. Building will be all one story. The garage part will be cut down into the ground to allow 12 foot ceiling. They will have a 40 foot communication tower in front of building and the lightinq will be with exterior floods onto dishes. Discussed whether this would come back to the Commission. Reese moved and Jensen seconded a motion to recommend approval of a 20 foot setback variance to the abutting R-4 residentially zoned property. The vote was Michael against; all others in favor. MOtion carried. Michael would like to see full site. plan and everything laid out. The applicant stated that hopefully by the time of the Council meeting they would have what Michael is asking for. CITY OF MOUND 5'tr~et'Addre'S'S o'f ? CITY OF HOUND CASE NO. M3-23~ee ~aid/~j.~_' 00,- APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMHISSION (Piease type the following information) Legal Des~riptipn of Property: Date Filed 6-15-83 o~erty 4xxx Wilshire Blvd.. (Corner of Haw~ood Rd, and Hilshire 81vd., Lot 24,25,26,27 Block 3 Addition Sh. jrley Hills Unit F Owner's Name Dowsat of Hinnesota, Inc, Address 4583.Shoreline Blvd. Hound, rin. PID No. 13-117-24 34 0046/0047/0048 ~ 0049 .Day Phone No.:472~6394" Appl. icant (if other than owner): Name .. Hr. Brian R. Johnson -Address 4363"Hi'lshire Blvd. #110 Mound~ tln. 55364 Day Phone No. 472-7546 Type. of Request: (X)' Variance ( ) Conditibnal Use Permit ( ) Zoning Interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. ( ) Amenamen: ( ] Sign Permit ( )*Other *l'f other, specify: Present Zoning'Distr.ict B-l' .Existing uSe(s), of Property Vacant Land' Has an appl|cat[on ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditlonal use permit or other zoning procedure for this property? No. If so, .list 'date(s) of Ii'st date(s) of application, action taken and provide Resolution No.(s) Co~ies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. I certify that all'of the above statements and the statements contained in any required ~apers or plans to be submitted herewith are true and accurate. I consent to the eh.try in or upon the premises described in .this appllca~ion by any authorized official of the City. ~f Mound for the' purpose of inspecting, or of posting, maintainln9 and removing such notices as may be required by law. Signature of Applicant ~ff~'~~ ~..~-'~~~ Planning Commission Recommendation: Date Council Action: Re~olution No. R~q~est fo~ Zo~i~g'¥arlance Procedure (2). Case ~ 1.83-233 D. Location of: Signs, easements, underground utilities, etc. E. Indicate North compass direction F. Any. additional information as may reasonably be required by the City Staff and applicable Sections of the Zoning Ordinance. Il. Request for a Zoning Variance A. All..information below, a site plan,.as descr'ibed in Part II, and general . application must be provided before a hearing.will be scheduled. B. Does.the present'use of. the property'conform to all use regulations for the zone district in ~hich i~ is..located? Yes(x ). )1o ( )' If !'no", specify each n~n-conforming use: C. Do'.the existing 'structures comply, with all area height and bulk.regulatlons for the zone district'in'which )'t'is.located? Yes { x) · No ' { ) If :'no", specify ~ach non-conforming use: iArea i~ Oumstion i~q current, ly vnrnnt D.'. Which unique physical characteristics of the subject pFopert~ prevent.its reasonable'use for any of the uses.permitted in that zoning district? (. ) ..Too narrow (x) Topography ( ) Soil ( ) Too. small '- ( ) Drainage.l ( ) Sub-surface (x) Too shallow (.) Sha. pe' ( ) Other: Specify: A fifty fbot.'setback uses Up-almost 0ne-half of the site creatin0 a na'rkin0 pr0b · E. Was 'the hardship described above created by the action of anyone having property interests in the land after, the Zohing Ordinance was adopted? Yes ( ) No (x) If .yes, explain: F. Was the hardship create8 by'any'other man-made change, such as the reloca- tion of a road? Yes ( ) No (x) If yes, explain: Are the conditions of hardship for'which~you request a variance peculiar only to the property described in this petition? Yes (x If no, how many other properties are similarly affected? What is the "minimum" modification (variance) from the area-bulk regulations that will permit you to make reasonable use of your land? (Specify, using maps, site plans with dimensions and written explanation. Attach additional sheets, if necessary.) We would like the setback on rear let lin~ adj~)ttpd {mm ~' ~n~,~n fn'30', Will granting of the variance be materially detrimental to'property in the same zone, or to the enforcement of this ordinance? NO. Civen the particular site t0p0graph~, it sh0ul, d enhance the desiqn... /7 /J CASE NO. 83-233 Exhibit B Proposal for Variance (Setback). 4xxx Wilshire Blvd., Mound, ~In. The site in question is zoned B-1 which requires a 50' setback on the backline if abutting any Residential District. The site across the alley is a spot- zone of R-4, that is, it contains ~ small apartment project. The owner, DOWSAT of ~innesota, has retained an Architect to study the feasibil- ity of placing an office/communications facility on the parcel that they have recently purchased. ~WSAT is the cable television company that will be servicing the llound area and wish to place a building of approx. 2800 Sq. Ft. Gross Area on the .~orner lot. The building as proposed, consists of three major parts. There is a utility por- tion which needs 10-12 Foot ceilings, an office portion which requires an 8-10 Foot ceiling, and an outdoor communications array consisting of two 5 ~eter re- ceiving dishes and possibly a forty foot height triangular tower. The initial design concept places the taller profile utility portion at the back of the lot and depresses it slightly into the embankment that exists on-site. This allows the office areas and public spaces to be at the fon~ard portion of the prop- erty which also become the backdrop for the receiving dishes and tower. The existing 5'0 Foot setback would place the building to far fo~ard on the site to allow any on-site parking as this setback uses up almost one-half of the prop- erty... If the rear setback line is moved back from 50 Feet to 30 Feet'it will allow the building to be properly located allowin~ the. required 7 Parking spaces in the for- ward area. It should also be noted the the oarage is a service garage which will contain their two service vans keeping them out of sight from the more public up- per parking and entry area.~ This plan allocates a total of 9½ Parking spaces on-site. (Seven outside and 2½ on the inside area). It sheuld also be noted that the site contains a stee~ ridge running full width a- cross the back 10-30 Feet. This prevents the parking of cars on this back portion of the property without extensive site excavation. Also, such a parkin§ area would be visually unappealing to the residents of the apartment complex across the alley. The proposed design places all of the parking on the opposite side of the building, well separated from the R-4 Area. This should allow a nice buffer zone for land- scapino on the west area of the site... DRJ-brj 3510 L ¢?._' °., . EDEN I Ir · ~u~{ I~ }:i,~4~TM ~g/[ NOTE, All rood data along Co.R&No.t5 shown as ~ is taken from Co,Hw~[~=~ , . plan. Projecl No.4904 ..... /go~.o .... nD PROPOSED RESOLUTION Case #83-233 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE 20 FOOT SETBACK VARIANCE AS REQUESTED FOR LOTS 24 to 27 INCL., BLOCK 3, SHIRLEY HILLS UNIT F (4xxx Wilshire Boulevard) WHEREAS, the applicant, Brian R. dohnson and owner, Dowsat of Minnesota, Inc. of the property described as Lots 24, 25, 26, and 27, Block 3,~. Shirley Hills Unit F, PID #'s 13-117~24 34 0046/0047/0048/0049, has applied for a variance to construct an approximately 2800 square foot cable systems office and storage garage within 30 feet of the west property line, and WHEREAS, the City Code for the B-1 Central Business district requires a 50 ft. setback, if abutting residential district, and ~WH~REAS, the Planning Commision recommend approval of this variance because the intent is to maintain open space between the residentially zoned property and the commercial and recognizing the existence of a 20 foot public alley way plus the building setback of 30 feet to the property line will provide 50 feet of open space. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the City Council does hereby concur with the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the variance as requested for Lots 24 to 27 Inclusive, Block 3, Shirley Hills Unit F (4xxx Wilshire Boulevard) C. JTY OF MOUND Address~of Property CITY OF MOUND APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (Piease type t~e following information) Legal'Des~riptl.on mf Property:' Lot Part of Lot 27 Addition Lafayette Park, Lake Mi'nnetonka Appl. icant '(if other than owner): D~te Filed Block PID No. 13-117-24 22 0025 ~1690/8140 .Day Phone Day Phone No. ~D~-7~/d/O .. · Address ~0 77 ZF~ S/MO I~W A/~ '~ T//_Z~p',,~,, /'Y'/¢, ~0,7(~ Type. of Request: ( . Variance ( ) Conditi6nal Use Permit ( ) ~endmen~ ( ) Zoning Interpretation & Review (~ Sign Permit ( ) Wetland Permit (. ) P.U.D. ( )*Other *if other, specify: Zoning Di str.ict B=2 Existing Use(s). of Property..~-~j'~-'~//'/C~. .~'F-~'-/c~/b/ ..' l-t~s an app~ic~l:ion ·ever been made for zonlng~ varlance, or conditional use perm|t or other zoning procedure for this propertyl Yes if so, .list Idate(s) of l(st date(s) of application, action taken and provide Resolution ~o.(sl 72-46 Co~ies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. Piannin2 Commission "inures of June 27, l~Sj 5. Case No. 83-234 Sign Permit for 1730 Commerce Boulevard Part of Lot 27, Lafayette Park, Lake Minnetonka Robert Sherlock of Suburban Lighting, Inc. was present. The applica'nt stated that as of July 1st, the Gas Hut Stations will become "Getty" stations. He reviewed the size of the present sign with the proposed. Present sign is on a 14 foot pole; base of sign to top is 6 feet and it is 11½ feet wide - approximately 69 square feet. The proposed sign for Getty will be on the same base; has a 15 foot pole, base to top is 5 foot 7 3/8 inches hiqh and is 8 feet 2 7/8 inches across or approximately 46:square feet. This will give more room to edge of road; has less overhang. Sign will have a more rec- tangular face. No lights or motion will be added. Paulsen moved and Jensen seconded a motion to approve the sign as requested on the existing base. The vote was unanimously in favor. ~-~ 'ON 35¥3 RESOLUTION NO. 72-46 CA~E NO. 83~234. RESOLUTION GRANTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR GASOLI~E SERVICE STATION (Pia~ 61690, Parcel 0140) by Resolution No. 72-16, adoptod January 11, 1972, a hearing was .... ~iled for a Special Use Permit for a gasoline service station on tho southeast corner of the Lutorseotion of Three Points Boulevard and County Highway ~ll0 for Febzu~y 8, 1972, and . .~ by Resolution No, 72-32, adopted February 8, 1972, the hea~ing was hontinued to February 29,' 1972 and was held, .~ NOW, T~M~0RE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNOIL OF MOUND, ~0UND, NIk~S 0TA: :' ' That the owner of Plat 61690, Parcel 8140 be g~anted a Special. Use Permit for a gasoline service station with the following stipulations: . . ..' 1. This Special Use Permit is for the constructio~ of a a gasoline fillLug station as shown on site plan marked, "Exhibit A" and pictures marked, "Exhibit B, ¢, D, E and F." '2. Site improvement of bituminous~ p~vement and.landscaping ...~ shall be Lu conformance with "Exhibit A." ~. Structures and signs shall be painted or of brick. 4. Ingress and egress shall conform to the requd~e~nts of Hennepin County Highway Department. '5. All structures shall meet the requirements of the Mound Building Code and State Regulations. 6. This Special Use Permit is authorized for the operation of a g~soline filling station and the sale of related products. Automotive repair shall be limited to carburetor and ignition work and replacement of external engine parts, and other minor repair ~ork. Heavy repair work and body work, disassembly or replacement of engines, transmissions· or differentials are not authorimedunder the provisions of this permit. 7. The posting of a performance bond in the amount of $2,500 Zo assure installation and maintenance of the land'~caping and maintenance of the structure is to besoms a part of this permit. The bond is'to be for 18 months after certi- fication of occupancy.is issued. CASE NO. 83-.234 ~~ / 7Jo New sign to be erected at same location as present sign. PROPOSED RESOLUTION Case #83-234 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE A SIGN PERMIT FOR(1730 Commerce Blvd. ) PT. OF LOT 27, LAFAYETTE PARK, LAKE MINNETONKA WHEREAS, the owner, Getty Refining & Marketing, and the applicant, Suburban Lighting, Inc., of the property described as Part of Lot 27, Lafayette Park, Lake Minnetonka PID# 13-117-24 22 0025 has requested a'~-~m variance, and' WHEREAS, said sign would be erected on the S.W. portion of the property and' be of the size described on exhibit "B" and in the location as described on exhibit "A" mounted on a free standing pylon, and WHEREAS, said sign would identify the location of the Getty Service Station. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the City Council does concur with the recommendation of' the Planning Commission and does hereby approve the sign variance as requested provided it be placed at the same location as the p~esent pylon sign. OF MOUND CASE NO. CITY OF HOUND APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMHISSION (Piease type the following information) Street Address of Property. 2113 Belmont Lane oo Date Filed 6-24-83 · Le. gal'Des~ripti.on of Property: Lot 3 & 4 Block 8 Addi lion Lakeside Park Crockers 1st Div. PID No. 13-117~24 ~2 0109 Owner's Name Harold T. Kenefjck .Day Phone No. "472-2152· Address · 21~3 Belmont Lane Applicant '(if other than owner): Name Same" · Address Day .Phone No. Type. of Request: ( .~" Variance ( ) Zoning Interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. 'f other~ specify: ( ) Conditibnal Use Permit ( ) Amendment ( ] Sign Permit ( )*Other ent Zoning'Distr.ict R-] .Existing Use(s)· of Property. Dwelling -. .- Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional use permit or other zoning procedure for this property? If so, .1]st'date(s) of list date(s) of application, action taken and provide Resolution No.(s) Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request· I certify that a]l'of the above statements and the statements contained in any required papers or plans to be submitted herewith are true and accurate· I consent to the en.try in or upon the premises described in ·this applica.tion by any authorized official of the City of Mound for the' purpose of inspecting, or of posting, maintaining and removing such notices as may be required by law. Case No. 83-235 Lot size variance for deck at 2113 Belmont Lane Lots 3 and 4, Block 8, Lakeside Park A. L. Crockers 1st Division Applicant, Harold T. Kenefick~ was not present. The Building Inspector explained that Mr. Kenefick was elderly and not able to be prusent and that he had wanted to build a 10 by 23 foot deck on the rear of his house on the southwest side; but then found out lot was undersized. The deck is conforming and meets all setbacks. Paulsen moved and Fillbrandt seconded a motion for approval of the lot size variance to allow construction of the deck. The vote was unanimously in favor. £ " Reques't for Zoni..ng Variance Procedure (.2) Case D, Location of: Signs, easements, underground utilities, etc. E. Indicate North compass direction .F. Any additional information as may reasonably be required by the City Staff and applicable Sections of the Zoning O.rdinance. Ill. Request for a Zoning Variance ' A. All.i~formation below, a site.plan, as descr'ibed in Part II, and general application must be provided before a hearing.will be scheduled. Does.the present use of. the property'conform to all use regulations for the zone district in which it is located? Yes ( )- No (~' If "no", specify each n~n-conforming use: Do .the ~x!sting structures comply, with all area height and bulk.regulations for the zone district'in'which it'is.located? Yes (~) No,' ( ) If ~'no", specify ~ach non-conforming use: De Which unique physical characteristics of the subject property prevent its reasonable use for any .of the.uses.permitted in that zoning.district? ( ) .Too qarrow (.) Topography ( ) Soil (~) Too. small ( )' Drainage.. ( ) Sub-surface ( .) Too shal'1ow (.) ShaPe ( ) Other: Specify: Was .the'hardship described above 'create~ by the a~tion of anyone having p~operty interests in the land after 'the Zoning Ordinance was adopted? Yes ( ) No (~) if yes, explain: Was the hardship created by'any'other man-made change, such as the reloca- tion of a road? Yes ( ) No (~) If yes, explain: Are the conditions of hardship for'which:you request a variance peculiar only to the property described 'in this petition? Yes (g) No ( ) If no, how many other properties are similarly affected? What is the "minimum" modification (variance) from the area-bulk regulations that will permit you to make reasonable use of your land? (Specify, using maps, site plans with dimensions and written explanation. Attach additional sheets, if necessary.) Will granting of the variance be materially detrimental to'property in the same zone, or to the enforcement of this ordinance? NO. g3-23g II ' ON 3 PROPOSED RESOLUTION Case #83-235 RESOLUTION NO. 83- RESOLUTION TO CONCUR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE LOT SIZE VARIANCE AS REQUESTED FOR LOTS 3 AND 4 BLOCK 8, LAKESIDE PARK CROCKERS 1st DIVISION (2113 Belmont Lane) WHEREAS, the applicant, Harold T. Kenefick, of the property described as Lots 3 & 4, Block 8, Lakeside Park Crockers 1st Div., PID # 13-117-24 32 0109, has applied for a lot size variance to construct an unenclosed deck to the rear of the present principal structure, and WHEREAS, the City Code requires a minimum lot size of 10,000 Sq. ft. in the R-1 single family dwelling district, and WHEREAS, the setbacks, size of dwelling, and lot width are conforming to,the City Code, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request and does recommend approval of the requested variance to afford the owner reasonable use of the property with the stipulation that the deck is not to be enclosed or expanded without variance approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUND, MINNESOTA: That the City Council does hereby concur with the Planning Commission recommendation to approve the lot size variance of 2,000 sq. ft. as requested for Lots 3 and 4, Block 8, Lakeside Park Crockers 1st Division, 2113 Belmont Lane. ~.~..~.m,.~l~..~.~,~.a.~ 176'7 CITY OF HOUND -Fee Date Filed APPLICATION TO PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION (Piease type the following information) Street Address of Property Legal Descripti.on of Property: Lot Block Addition Owner's Name Address PID No. .Day Phone No. Applicant (if other than owner): -Address /~OC~/~)/ ~x~4,4.. ~-~- /Z~ , Day Pho.e No. ( ) Amendment ~Sign Permit ( ) *Other Type. of Request: (.)' Variance ( ) Conditional Use Permit (' ) Zoning Interpretation & Review ( ) Wetland Permit ( ) P.U.D. Has an application ever been made for zoning, variance, or conditional use permit or other zoning procedure for this property? ~ If so, list date(s) of list date(s) of application, action t~ken and provide Resolution ~o.(s) 3~,~ K~. Copies of previous resolutions shall accompany present request. I certify that all'of the above statements and the statements contained in any required papers or plans to be submitted herewith are true and accurate. I consent to the eh.try in or upon the premises described in .this applica.tion by any authorized official of the City of Mound for the' purpose of inspecti~gl, or of posting, maintaining and removing such notices as may be required by~J~aw~ / / ' ~-L "?r~ - e o~e//L'-~dn ion: ~/~ ' ~ · · · , . Planning' Commission R c t' : Date Council Action: Re~olution No. Date CITY of MOUND MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 July 1, 1983 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER RE: MEETING WITH HRA I've finally gotten the meeting with the HRA on Tax Increment Financing scheduled for July 12, 1983, at 7:30 P.M. in the City Council Chambers. I've notified the City Planner and the City Attorney as the resolution suggested. I will forward the Tax Increment Financing materials that I gave all of you prior to the meeting so they can familiarize themselves with the subject and process. JE:fc / June 28, 1983 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: FROM: CBD PARKING COMMITTEE JON ELAM Today I received the CBD Lease from the Coast to Coast Store for'the parking lot in front of it. As you will note, it will add $907.20 to the CBD assessment costs because of the size of the lot. If you have any problems, questions, etc., please let me know by July 5, 1983. Otherwise I will put it in the Council Packet for their review and approval. Thanks. JE.' fc enc. LEASE FOR MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITIES CITY OF MOl]ND THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , 1983, by and between CONCO INC., party of the f}rst part, hereinafter called the Lessor, and the City of Mound, a Minnesota municipal corporation, party of the second part', hereinafter called the Lessee. The party of the first part in consideration of the rents and covenants hereinafter set forth, do hereby Demise, Lease and Let unto the said party of the second part the following described premises situated in the City of Mound, County of Hennepin, . and State of Minnesota: That portion of the property encompassed within that certain lease running between Burlington Northern and Conco, Inc., dated March 1, 1973; designated as Burlington Northern, term ]ease number 211,229, described as follows: The paved parking area consisting of the westerly 189 feet of said leased property and being approximately 96 feet in width from north to south and abutting on its northern most boundary, the property owned by Piggly Wiggly of Mound, Inc. (subject to a lease in favor of the City of Mound dated December 8, 1971), all within the City of Mound, County of Hennepin. The party of the second part shall have and hold the above-described premises for and during an indefinite period and terminable on 30 days written notice from and after the first da.v of March, 1983. The said Lessee agrees, to and with the Lessors to pay as rent for the above-mentioned premises the'sum of Nine Hundred Seven and 20/100 Dollars ($907.20) per year payable on November 1 each year (said sum is based on a ]ease price of 5e Per square foot per year). Rent during the first partial year shall be payable pro rata in the amount of $680.40. It is agreed by and between the parties that the Lessee shall use the afore- described premises for municipal parking facilities to serve the Mound central business district. The Lessee also agree~ that it will be responsible for snow removal and general maintenance of the aforedescribed parcel The Lessors agree to be responsible for annual special assessments for such maintenance in accordance with a formula which shall he applied to all other properties located in the central business district. It is agreed that this lease does not prohibit the Lessors from constructing additional structures on any portion of the land encompassed within that certain parcel ]eased by Conco, Inc. from Burlington Northern Railroad (indefinite term lease number 243,765) not subject to this ]ease; subject to applicable building and zoning ordinances. It is further agreed by and between the parties that the leased property being used for munic'ipa] parking facilities shall not be re]eased or used for constructing any building or structure without the Lessee's written approval The Lessee will re]ease aU or any portion of the leased premises to construct or extend the current buildings located on the leased premises but only if the Lessor, its heirs or assigns complies with the foUowing conditions: )Sufficient parking spaces provided replace spaces additional shall be to the lost by said construction and in addition thereto, sufficient additional spaces shah be required to meet the Lessee's requirements for off-street parking as established by the City Code for the new structure or extension. Said additional space shall abut on an existing municipal parking facility. 2. The Lesso. r, its heirs and assigns, shah provide the Lessee with a valid and binding lease for the additional parking area for at least the same period of time as is contained in this agreement or any extension thereof. The area referred to in this Subsection shall be acquired by the Lessor and provided at no cost to the Lessee. 3. The Lessor, its-heirs or assigns, agrees to improve the new parking area and spaces so that said area is at least as good as the municipal facilities it is replacing. .4 And it is h, rther agreed by and between the parties that should the said Lessee fall to' make 'the above-mentioned payments as herein specified, or to pay the rent aforesaid when due, or fail to fulfill any of the covenants herein contained, then, and in that case, it shall be lawful for the said Lessor to re-enter and take po~ession of the above-rented premises. And the said Lessee also covenants and agrees to and 'with the said Lessor not to assign this Lease, or underlet the above-rented premises or any part thereof, without first obtaining the written consent of the said Lessor, and that it will, at the expiration of this ]ease, quietly yield and surrender the aforesaid premises to the said Lessor, its heirs and assigns. And the said Lessor does covenant that the said Lessee, on paying' the rent and performing the covenants aforesaid, shall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the said demised premises for the term and for the purpose aforesaid. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, both parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first 8hove written. In presence of: CITY OF MOUND Bv Robert Polston, Mayor By By John Elam, City Manager Vice President STATE OF MINNESOTA ) )ss. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) On this day of , 1983, before me appeared Robert Polston and John Elam, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did say that the.v are respectively the Mayor and City Manager of the City of .Mound; that the sea] affixed to the foregoing instrument is the City seal of said City and that said instrument was executed in behalf of said City by authority of its City Council; and said Robert Polston and John Elam acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said City. Notary Public STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) On this ~day of J~-~ , 1983, before me a Notary Public within and for---~]-d county, personally appeared Peter W. Johnson to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn did say that he is the Vice President of the corporation named in the foregoing instrument, and that said instrument was signed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its Board of Directors,..~.and said Peter W. Johnson acknowledged said instrument robe the fr~/.~/~poration. Notary Publj(/~ ~ - ~ / 30/32 /?;? CONSULTING ENGINEERS · LAND SURVEYORS · PLANNERS INC. Reply To: 12800 Industrial Park Boulevard PLymouth, Minnesota 55441 (612) 559-3700 June 29, 1983 Mr. Jon Elam City Manager City of Mound 5341 Maywood Road Mound, MN 55364 Subject: City of Mound Peabody Road Storm Sewer Final Payment Request File #6510 Dear Jon: Enclosed is Widmer Brothers Final Payment Request in the amount of #3,121.95 for the above project. Since this work is fully completed, we are not recommending any amount be retained. We have reviewed the project and find that it is in accordance with the plans and specifications. It is our recommendation that the contractor be paid in full for this project. If you have any questions, please contact us. Sincerely, McCOMBS-KNUTSON ASSOCIATES, INC. amero~~n~ JC:bb mxa. 0 (DOC) OOO 000 _IWLd 000 000 (D (D D O o r- D C ~ (D (D O-U~ D n' ~ -' O C O4O0_ 0 000~00 E~ ~6 0 000~00 O~ O~ ~O~C CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: FROH: DATE:' SUBJECT: Jon Elam, City Manager Licensing Department June 24, 1983 Gambling Permit and Charitable Beer Permit Applications have been received from Our Lady of the Lake Church for a Gambling Permit'and a Charitable Beer Permit for their Festival on August 6th and 7th. They are requesting that the fee for the Gambling Permit be waived. Marjorie Stutsman $15.00 sidgle Permit CITY OF MOUND Mound, Minnesota APPLICATION FOR GAMBLING PERMIT Our Lady of the Lake Church Name of organization , 2385 Commerce ~lvd. Address Mound MN , a ChUrch-non profitorganization, hereby applies for a sing 1 e annual/single occasion gambling permit. Date to be used August 6/7/ of 1983 Phone Number of Organization 472' 1284 Date Organization was organized 1909 Purpose of Organization Church- s choo 1 Type of Gambling to take place: Paddlewheel Yes No Tipboard Yes No Raffle Yes XX No Wheel of fortune Pull tabs Money tree Location of' Gambli.ng: .~ Address: 238% Cnmmmrc~ Blvd. Name of Building Owner OLL Church Is the buildi.ng owned or leased by the organization Date ownership was acquired 1909 If leased, expiration date of lease (Copy of lease must accompany application) Gambling Manager: Name of Gambling Manager Howard Watkins owner Home address 3110 Donald Drive Mound MN Home Phone 472 1179 Is Gambling Manager an active member of organization Yes (Required) Date membership acquired August, 1978 Is Gambling Manager paid by the organization for handling the gambling No (The answer to this question must be no - Sec. 43.40) Amount of bond furnished by Gambling Manager $10,000 (At least $10,000.) Name of Company furnishing Bond .~AFECO agree to file a copy of the bond with the City Clerk. Name of Bank where gambling funds will be kept Mound State Bank and we (2) .: . Bank Account Number for gambling funds 00132050 Are funds in the above' account mixed w]th other funds Nn (Answer must be "No") AGREEMENT Th~]r T.~rlv oF tt~e TJ~l~e C~nurc]~ hereby agrees that if the license hereln Nam& of Applicant is granted that the OLL Church will save the City, its officers. Name of Applicant and agents harmless against any claims or actions and the cost of defending any claims or actions arising out of or by reason of the granting of the license or the conduct of any of the activities authorized by the license. It is further agreed that monthly reports shall be furnished the.City by the Gambling Manager as directed in the ordinance and the OLL Church Name of Applicant hereby authorizes the Bank named above as the keeper of gambling funds to allow the City access to the figures and activity of account number 00132050 listed above. Signed by authorized Officer of Organization Ti tlePast°r D The above application is made on behalf of the (~ /__~ ~ and all information given herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Date Annual Licenses: Expire on January 31 of each year. Fees are not prorated for licenses purchased after February 1. SAFECO CONTINUATION CERTIFICATE SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF 'AMERICA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA FIRST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA HOME OFFICE: SAFECOPLAZA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98185 .,..,~r~.v~, A. J. Gallagher SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Seattle. Washington, Surety upon a certain Bond No. 4322878 dated effective 6-25-82 (MONTH - DAY - YEAR) on behalfof Our Lady of the Lake Church (PRINCIPAL) and in favor of City of Mound: Mfnneso/:a (OBL~I(;EE) · .does hereby continue said bond in force for the further period beginningo. 6-25-83 (MONTII-DAY- YEAR) and endingon 6-75-84 (MONTH - DAY - YEAR) Amount of bond Ten thousand and no/100 ..... Description of Bond: Gambling Manager Dollars,'($ 10: OO0.OO Premium: $ 30.00 PRO¥1DFD: That this continuation certificate does not create a new obligation and is executed upon the express condi- tion and provision that the Surety's liability under said bond and this and all Continuation Certificates issued in connection therewith shall not be cumulative and that said Surety's aggregate liability under said bond and this and all such Continua- tion Certificates on account of all defaults committed during the period (regardless of the number of years) said bond has been and shall be in force, shall not in any event exceed the amount of said bond as hereinbefore set forth. :' Signed and dated on M~v ? 1 q8q '{M(5t~TI~: 15AY - YEAR) SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA Denise L. Dahlke Attorney-in-Fact |)RINTJ~ D IN POWER OF ATTORNEY SAFECO SAFECO I1NSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA HOME OFFICE: SAFECO PLAZA SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98185 5390 No. KNOW ALL'BY THESE PRESENTS: That SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and GENERAL INSURANCE COMPAN~Y OF AMERICA,each a Washington corporation, does each hereby appoint · DENISE L. DAHLR. E its true and lawful attorney(s}-in-fact, with full authority to execute on its behalf fidelity and surety bonds or undertakings and other documents of a similar character issued in the course of its business, and to bind the respective company thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREO. F,, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA andGENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA have each executed and attested these presents this 20th day of June , 1980 . CERTIFICATE Extract from the By-Laws of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA: "Article V, Section 13. -- FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS... the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, and any Assistant Vice President appointed for that purpose by the officer in charge of surety operations, shall each have authority to appoint individuals as attorneys-in-fact or under other appropriate titles with authority to execute on behalf of the company fidelity and surety bonds and other documents of similar character issued by the company in the course of its business... On any instrument making or evidencing such appointment, the signatures may be affixed by facsimile. On any instrument conferring such authority or on any bond or undertaking of the Company, the seal, or a facsimile thereof, may be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced; provided, however, that the seal shall not be necessary to the validity of any such instrument or undertaking." Extract from a Resolution of the Board of Directors of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and of GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA adopted July 28, 1970. "On any certificate executed by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company setting out, (i) The provisions of Article V, Section 13 of the By-Laws, and {ii) A copy of the power-of-attorney appointment, executed pursuant thereto, and (iii) Certifying that said power-of-attorney appointment is in full force and effect, . -. . . the signature of the certifying officer may be by facsimile, and the seal of the Company may be a facsimile thereof." 1, W.D. Hammersla, Secretary of SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and o4 GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AM ERICA, do hereby certify that the foregoing extracts of the By-Laws and of a Resolution of the Board of Directors of these corporations, and of a Power of Attorney issued pursuant thereto, are true and correct, and that both the By-Laws, the Resolution and the Power of Attorney are still in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the facsimile seal of said corporation this 2nd day of May , 19 __ 83 '7,-914 t~9 9fMI PRINT[D IN U S A APPLICATION FOR ITABLE ORGANIZATION 3.2 BEER PERMIT FEE: $10.00 - 3 Days + 2.00 Per Day ~or each additional day. 1. Name of Organization Our Lady of the Lake Church 2. Address of Organization 2385 Cormnerom Blvd. 3. Name of Person Applying for Permit Irene Spauldlng 4. Organization Title' of Person Applying for Permit Business Admn. 5. Dates Permit Will Be Used: From8/6 19 83 To 8/7 19 83 6. Address at which Permit will be used 2385 Commer(;e 7. Does the Organization carry Liquor Liability Insurance Yes 8. If answer to No. 7 is YES, please list: (a) Name of Insurance Company Gall_agher Basset Agency (b) Amount of Coverage $ 2;~-~-I~'0 .... ':9 If this application to sell 3.2 Beer is on property owned by a public agency, other than the City of Mound, written notice from the public agency giving permission for such sales must accompany this application. (a) Is such written permission attached? 10. If this application is a request to sell 3.2 Beer on City property, the City requires Liquor Liability Insurance with limits of $300,000. .Our Lady of the Lake Church ' Date 122.Z_ BILLS ...... JULY 5, 1953 Earl F. AnderseN'& Assoc Arnie's Tree Service Ben Frankl in Holly Bostrom Bradley Exterminating Bowman Distribution Jan Bertrand Chapin Publishing Dependable Services Driver ~ Vehicle Services Finley Bros. Enterprises Feed-Rite Controls Gopher Oil Co. Genuine Parts Henn Co. Treas. Henn Co. Sheriff Dept Heiman Fire Equip Wm Hudson Jones Chemical' Robert E. JQhnson J & R Radiator Litfin Trucking Lathrop Paint Supply Lutz Tree Service MacQueen Equip Mound Super Valu Pitney Bowes Credit Tom Rockvam Don Rother Real One Acquisition Shepherds Rental Rugs SOS'Printing Rick Sorenson Swenson Nursery Thrifty Snyder Drug Village Chevrolet Water Products Co. Widmer Bros. R.L. Youngdahl ASsoc Ziegler, Inc. 30.0.4 5O.OO 125.75 260.00 38.OO 118.64 18.36 408.60 33.OO 24.75 1,685.OO 120.82 127.96 5.76 465.25 134.64 310.25 7.66 114.40 55.71 327.89 75.OO 103.47 1,435.OO 768.77 77.4O 26.00 3,3OO.OO 39.16 712.35 53.oo 47.6O 3O5.6O 4O.5O 14.51 28.80 12.88 1,429.O0 6,O37.OO 57.33 Dave Cook Commiss of Revenue Driver & Vehicle Serv Fidelity Bank Griggs, Cooper Bill Hudson Johnson Bros. Liq. Sharon Legg Mound Postmaster City of Mound Metro Waste Control Metro Waste Control MBL Old Peoria Co. Norwest Bank Ed Phillips Santa Fe Freight Salv U of M Registrar TOTAL BILLS 10.O0 7,093.78 8,25 1,311.55 3,477.54 1 oo. oo 3,665.25 431 .o7 1 o8. o0 38.59 3,366 00 26,126 47 558 15 954 62 37,444 10 2,520 48 196. OO 220 .OO 106,655.70 CITY of MOUND July l, 1983 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER The Mayor suggested inserting a questionaire in The Laker covering 'several topical issues I ha~e drafted the following for your review and consideration. It would be in a box and people would have to cut it out and return it to City Hall. JE:fc /77y QUESTIONAIRE The Mound City Council has been asked recently to deal with a number of complex and often confusing issues. As a way to help the City decide, these'issues, the City would like to hear your thoughts toward the following questions. 1. Should the Lost Lake Site (just east of the Post Office and SOuth of County Road 15) be developed as: A. Shopping Center B. Nature Area C. Park with Softball Diamonds, etc. D. Housing E. Remain As Is YES YES I---I NO YES YES [----1 NO YES 2. Recently a task force of people have suggested that Lost Lake (described above) should be developed into a "public lake access" for ~ishing type boats. This may not cost the Mound taxpayers any money,(the Dept. of Natural Resources would fund this). Would you encourage this type of development in Mound on Lost Lake? YES 3. For the past 18 months, the City has been trying to encourage the renewal .and expansion of the existing Downtown commercial Area. After a slow start, several businesses have started to undertake remodeling with City encourage- ment and financial assistance.' Do you feel this is something the City should continue to do? (This assistance does not come from property tax revenues.) YES l---I NO [---1 As a separate aspect of this Downtown Development effort, the City has received a private development proposal. This developer i's requesting that the City undertake a program of Tax Increment Financing to assist in the purchase of land that could be made ready for development. Using a cautious and careful approach to insure that the interests of the Mound taxpayers are protected, would you encourage the Council to pursue the renewal of the Downtown Commercial Area of the City using any State or Federal resources that are available? YES Additional Comments: Please return this Questionaire to the City Manager, 5341Maywood Road, Mound, MN. 55364 by July 29, 1983. / 77 - July l, 1983 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER I thought the attached Minutes from the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce relating to the railroad that goes through Mound was interesting. 'Sure doesn't look like abandonment will come easy, politically. JE:fc /??d HUTCHINSON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Burlington Northern Meeting of Users/Shippers CDS Hutchinson Wednesday, June 15, 1983, 1:00 p.m. Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 28th, 1:00 p.m. at CDS Bldg., 30 Glen No.- (same place) DOT - Chuck Sanft Notes: The following notes were taken at the Burlington Northern Users Meeting, June 15, 1983, Wednesday. They do not constitute actual minutes; instead they are high points to help the users save our BN Rail Road to Hutchinson. - Major interest - Hutchinson is a fair size city. - If lost RR it would be the largest city without service in Minnesota. - At this point, its marginally profitably~ and DOT must determine whether system is worth upgrading. Losing Rail would mean total dependance on trucking. - Three-party contract is possible: State - low interest loan Railroad 20% cost in-kind match Users 10-20% *RR ends up with total, actually; RR ends up paying back to shippers on a per car basis over a period of time all they have invested. - DOT wants system to be vi~ble~ and self-sustaining in order to recommend to Governor, BN, etc. upgrading. - Local Shippers make or break the line and mean a committment both in time, money, and use of RR. Question: What is it going to take to make this a viable line? DOT: - Can't speak for BN. However, BN wants $1,000 per carload revenue over cost plus 10-16%. This includes in that;a certain amount of equity[ - The line may make dollars now, but they see there will be a consider- able investment. - Cost for upgrading to category two - $7,779,000. - BN requires upgrading to their own standards: - able to take fully loaded 100 ton hopper cars - 25 mph rate - 90-115 lb. rail/all switches - current rail has no real salvage value since no one is using 56 lb. rail and cost to rip up - need certain number of cars to make it worth their chance, - 1981 revenue on our line - $2,400,000, total - 1,700 cars net profit 500,000 - included 400 cars from Tonka return on investment - 16.7% · without -Tonka,'data shows - still $500,000 net profit plus $800,000 between 1978-198~ realistic estimates with current condition of rail - still +$200,000 net profit BN won't operate long unless its a class two track · condition of track will only get worse, especially with the light rail 1777 Burlington Northern Meeting June 15, 1983 page 2 Question: DOT: Could the Rail lines be upgraded privately and cost be trimmed? Yes, especially if you use union labor, but only with BN's OK since they own it. Independent contractor's available, but cost is nearly the same. Question: DOT: Is it possible to own the line and operate with BN? Yes, it's being dOne in So. Dak. under certain conditions. QuestiOn: What is the average haul? DOT: 637 miles - date based on a 1% sample Question: DOT: How close are your figures? Even if some of-the figures are incorrect, basically it comes very close and is modeled by other RR companies. Question: DOT: Question: DOT: What is the return on investment for BN? generates the number from BN figures, bed, line, and equipment. What is current value of this line? 'Es'timate~ salvage - $762,000 · ReA~sonable return on investment 1617%~on~this lineJ~- Question: DOT: Is that figure, $762,000, one that BN would sell the line for? This figure is a DOT estimate, but we're usually close. BN would have to answer on sale. Question: DOT: -How can BN sell land under RR? If the RR owns the land outright, they could sell it - like to.sell with a quick claim, if sold. Depends on many factors. Burlington North'ern Meeting June 15, 1983 page 3 QuestiOn: DOT : What we're here to do today is to see if an association is viable. Is one viable? Morris - Beardsley - branch line cost BN 4,000,000 for 40 miles of line - Rail .Wasni!t~ as bad. They guaranteed 2,000 cars - Package: 40% loan from state. 10% from Users - investors - 50% BN - debt free But BN has really borne all the cost because they pay Users back, per c~r:c~st, 5if~ of P~oject - 20 years. If they go with the Hutchinson project, BN won't go borrow $7,000,000. They'll do $7,000,000 less work somewhere else. Question; DOT: Statements: Do you h~ve money now? - 2.9 million in July through bond sale for accepted projects plus 13.9 million over next four years. - We have bonding authority and we have projects ahead of you, but if you as users put something together and DOT is convinced it is a viable project, they could go to the Governor, and sell bonds. Bond rate, possibly 5%%, would be passed on to project. - What we like to do is recover any administrative cost. Cost to state is difference. - It takes lots of work with organized shippers and viable prQject. ~ - They would be General Revenue State Bonds - 9%% or less. ,Goes out as a public offer. Standard is 20 year bonds. It needs to be mentioned that: RR has been under the Steigers Act for approximately three years, giving RR ~ight to write individual contracts with shippers, and in grain we've seen some admirable rates. Also Trucking industry was given ~tax" increases that will eventually increase rates. The shippers Can guarantee to BN enough cars to make line viable. To get to that point, we need an'association. Questfon: If BN is willinq to sign contracts, why do we need as Association? User: Need a non-profit association to request funds. Discussion:Individual shippers need to carry through and a united front is better. Statement: BN will not put any effort into finding the shippers to come up with the estimated 3,000 cars needed, plus time will bring more track outages and cost increases. /??? Burlington Northern Meeting ~June 15, 1983 page 4 Question: Is the City of Hutchinson involved and/or interested in being involved? City: We would support a person to put on this and see if we can't get the full capacity of rail service. Question: Should we get Region 6E involved? Discussion:If the right personnel helps it can be productive. The City of Darwin got a $600,000 Hud Grant through region. DOT~ You need to stay in close contact with BN. They are the key and they may stonewall the project. An association employee can keep after data, cost estimates, etc. Statement: One member from Hutchinson Community Development Corporation will sit on an association and work with committees. Statement: We need to get an Association going and hire or contract with someone to head up all information. Work with BN, DOT, and Users. Most information can be received in two-three months. .DOT: Consider: DOT has to know the data before they will decide on whether the project is viable and is worth a major investment. DOT will help in many ways to collect data - design surveys,. consultations, field work - because they have to show benefits. Shippers must participate;usual way is thru a non-profit users association. One RR car ~ three Semi-trucks. Consider cause and effect on highways.' Voted unanimously to form an association. Voted to contact Ron McGraw to prepare papers for a non-profit Association.r Voted to set a time for next meeting when the~papers will be ready for signature-2 weeks. Voted to ask $100 fee per member of Association. ~Someone to spearhead the Association; suggest Ancher Nelsen 1. Each one should be looking for someone to suggest to the Association. 2. DOT should send us information that will help our next meeting. 3. City direct city manager to be present at next meeting, June 28th. ***Next Meeting - Tuesday, June 28th, at 1:00 P.M., CDS (Central District Building) 30 Glen North, (two blocks West of Dairy Queen) July 1, 1983 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER Enclosed is a guideline developed by MACI relating to the use of alcohol by City employees. I am thinking about rewriting it and submitting it to you for the City. If I do that, it it something you feel we could use and support? JE:fc /7,¢'/ Part III- Employee Assistance Program Continuing Series Guidelines for Development of a Company Policy on Alcohol Use s~l s~p~men~ [~ on MACFs new Emplo~e Ass~e ~ on c~m~ ~pe~e~. ~ Cl w~hes ~o ~ ~H Co~y, S~ P~ Co~ No~es~ Bell Te~p~ Comply, ~ Weste~ N~I M~ l~e Core. ny ~ ~ Check ~o~ ~o~ ~ [o~ ~ p~jecL ~o~ ~ ~e Empl~ees Assuage ~gr~ w~ ~ ~ed to ~ce ~se ~ ~s~t c~a~es ~ ~ ~e~ own empl~ee ~s~e p~ ~ guidelines /or use of alcohol at company functiar~. Those imer~sted in nmki~ donations to MACFs Employee Assistance effort should conzact Mr. Jim Keenan at 612-344-8032. MA C I as part of its program of responsible hosting presen~ the attached '"Guidelines for Development ora Company Pollcy on Alcohol Use. "This policy haz been adopted by tho MA Cl Board of Directors for u~e by the Association. We recommend that ~ou adopt this or a similar policy which meets your organization's need~ We believe adopting a policy of this type is a valuable fir~t step in encow'aging the responsible use of alcohol in and by the business community. The company recognizes t.he use, and oftentimes knisuse, of alcohol is a part of our culture and our commercial system. However, each of us as a part of the company, must understand and appreciate the need for responsible behavior in our personal use of this substance. The cost to society, to families, and to the indi- vidual has been documented far too many times for us, both individually and as a company, to ignore our duty. Acknowledging that changing ingrained behavior patterns can and will take time, the · management of the company has made a ldng-term commitment to emphasize the moderate use, as well as non-use of alcohol in company-sponsored or funded events. This commitment is founded on the concept of consideration for those who do not use alcohol; consideration for those whose lives are affected by the misuse of alcohol; and consideration for those who encounter diffi- culty in their personal use of alcohol In order for each of us to adapt our planning and thought process regarding company events and the use of alcohol, the following guidelines are provided. 1. Alcohol is not essential to the con- duct of business, to closing the "big" deal, or to company-sponsored recre- ation activities. Employee %ss.is ance Program 2. The use of alcohol is a personal choice. No one should be pressured to drink or not to drink or be made to feel uneasy or embarrassed as a re- sult of their choice. 3. The person responsible for setting up the social event/business meeting is accountable for seeing that alcohol, if used, is used moderately and re- sponsibly. This person should review the event w/th appropriate manage- ment personnel 4. The use of alcohol at business lunch- eons or meetings during normal business hours is discouraged. (Many companies have decided to spec~cally prohibit the use of alcohol during business hours.) 5. Where alcohol will he used at com- pany-sponsored events, the following circumstances apply:. a. Non-alcoholic beverages should always be available in adequate variety and supply and should be presented in as appealing a man- net as beverages containing alcohol b. Food that does not act as a stimulant to thirst should always be provided with liquor. c. Bartenders should be instructed to use moderate to Light amounts of liquor in mixing drink~. Ar- rangements where the liquor provider is paid by the empty bottle are to be avoided. d. "Cocktail" or "happy" hours or "attitude adjustment"- periods should generally be scheduled for 45 minutes. The bar should close promptly at that time. e. Permit each person to accept or decline an alcoholic beverage. Avoid assumptions of w' people want to drink at me~ f. The company manager hosting or responsible for the function will ensure that these guidelines are observed. When representatives of the corn- any are present at functions spon- sored by another company where alcohol is available, professional and responsible behavior and the use of good judgement are expected. Where specific business dealings are to be discussed or concluded, the use of alcohol is discussed. Specific situations which do not fit the guidelines or which provide special problems should be discussed directly with ] T[~! I'm interested in MACI's Employee Assistance Program. [] Enclosed is my company's contribution. [] Please send sample literature packet. [] I would like to schedule a speaker and slide presentation. [] Please include my company on lists of businesses which specialize in alcohol and drug treatment. NAME COMPANY ADDRESS PHONE Clip and return to EAP Program, cio MACI, 300 Hanover Building, 480 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 5510I Cities & the "Information Sodiety" - Overview Presenter: Christopher Burns Wednesday, June 15 10:30-11:45 a.m. Great Hall East B Downtown in the future Report to the Minneapolis Downtown Council Downtown Minneapolis is being slowly changed by forces not normally dealt with in the city's long-range planning process--inter- active cable systems, personal computers and communications technologies that will work against a background of social and economic change to reshape the nature of the city's commercial center and create new opportun- ites for growth. But, we don't understand the "Information Age." We don't know whether electronic shopping and movies on cable will reduce the traffic on Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues in ten years or whether, by contrast, Minneapo- lis can establish itself as a center for this information industry growth and flourish. Last year, the Minneapolis Downtown Council created the Futurism Committee and asked it to trace any patterns in the evidence we have, and to project the maior issues that can be identified. Exploring the interplay between new technology and changing social patterns may reveal a future to today's deci- sions that might not have been seen through the traditional spectacles of research and analysis. The Forces for Change Cable and Satellites: Television certainly caused the post-war decline of all box office events--movies, sports, musical and theatrical products--and now cable television threatens to erode this further by delivering first run movies, sports and entertainment events on a pay-for-play basis. In the late 1980s it will be possible for a few direct broadcast satellites to transmit six or more television channels into every home in the U.S. The equipment required will be an antenna about thirty inches in diameter that costs about $300 today. The systems are being tested now in Germany, Japan and Canada, and the antennas are being manufactured by Sony, Panasonic and others. Comsat has an application, before the FCC to begin such service in 1986. CBS has developed and demonstrated a very large screen, high resolution format for video that could be transmitted either on cable or by satellite--uniquely suited for movies, sports and entertainment. On-Line Information Services: Since the early '/Os, businesses have been using $2,000 computer terminals to retrieve credit information, legal and economic data, financial news and a variety of narrowly defined information services. Over 400 com- panies sell information this way in 1982, and sales are estimated by the Information Indus- try Association to exceed $1 billion annually. Some of these terminals go home over the weekend with the users, and lately compa- nies have been allowing individuals to dial in from personal computers like the Apple II or Radio Shack TRS-80. The information busi- ness is growing at about 18% per year, and if the current estimates for future growth are correct, every company that has an office copier today will have an on-line computer in 1990. a few years ago new services began that were aimed exclusively at the home comput- er owner; today companies like The Source, Compuserve and Dow Jones claim as many as 75,000 home users. About fifty systems are sold in Minneapolis every week. In ten years, forecasters believe home computers will be in one out of twenty homes. In twenty years, some believe that more than a quarter of all households will have comparable equipment. The services available today are narrow in scope and cumbersome, but they show pat- terns which may. be projectable: · While all services offer a general news update, it is rarely used. Subscribers who have to pay about $1.50 to be connected for 15 minutes prefer to see special interest news on finance, agriculture, electronics or the stock market. · The present on-line services for home computer owners offer discount shopping for a wide variety of items, but there is not enough activity to indicate a trend. · Complex games are played on-line and game packages are bought, sold and deliv- ered on the network. · Some electronic mail has begun among clubs and within special user groups. · Financial, tax and travel services are available but are not yet depended upon by useI~. These are the patterns of the early adopt- ermtechnology oriented, experimental, and not especially sensitive to cost and value. The growth of on-line services may be accelerated sharply in the future by three events: the commercial availability and wide acceptance of a small video telephone for under $500 (considered likely within five years), an expansion of AT&Ts ability to handle this kind of communication (encour- aged by recent FCC and court moves toward deregulation) and the development of a small computer able to connect a dozen or more callers to a data base of information items, part catalogs, service options or mail. What is now an eccentric and expensive hobby may shortly become an early network of sophisti- cated users and high-value transactions. Interactive services are also likely to be available over new cable systems, and can be expected to offer TV program guides, com- munity calendars, home security alarm sys- tems and more limited shopping services. The Social and Economic Background: Other forces, too, keep up their changing ways. Although the committee could scarcely explore all the influences surrounding tech- nology, several trends were obvious and criti- cal. The baby boom is over and the mid-life bulge is starting to show. Student enrollment is down, housing starts are down, the number of educated persons entering the workforce will decline and more individuals will live alone. More women will be out working. More automation, along with other trends, may lead to earlier retirement programs, and better medical care will result in longer aver- age lifetimes for more senior citizens. A general cooling off of the economy over the next decade (now expected by most econ- omists) on top of a slowdown in population and household growth will encourage cut- backs in municipal services as well as house- hold budgets. Most sociologists predict more individual- ization, more adult education and a greater tendency to participate through work, recrea- tion, community action and litigation. W. W. Rostow says we will have energy costs and inflation under control in twenty years and see a re-birth of agricultural technologyJ Cecilio Morales says nationalism will fade into globalism and America's role will be reduced.~ Lou Harris says the "human dimen- sion'' will become more important,-~ and Alvin Toffler says we'll live in "electronic cottages" and be more involved in our communities, less oriented toward the big cities.4 How Will Minneapolis Evolve? Invention is not the mother of necessity. The appearance of new technology on the scene does not mean immediate adoption or a sudden change in the way things are done. There is a delay. The new home entertainment will be sam- pled the way television was. Office systems and retail outlets will have to be re-designed and re-capitalized. It will take us a while to understand how to use information to make industry.more productive the way we once used industry to improve agriculture. But within five to seven years after commercial introduction, most new technologies are ac- cepted or rejected by their intended markets. At the beginning of its work, the committee took' an informal vote on how quickly the information technologies would be adopted. It was the sense of that vote that by the year 2000 more than half of Hennepin County homes would be watching movies, concerts and sporting events on wall-sized, high resolu- tion home screens. About half the homes would have the ability to bank or shop from a home terminal. A third of the homes would be able to retrieve financial and business information as well as send and receive mail electronically. The committee thought that many routine office tasks could be done in smaller branch offices--order 15rocessing, report production, claims and applications processing and re- search, for example. When asked how much office work might shift from downtown of- fices to branch locations, the committee thought as much as 30 percent might. Changes of this magnitude would have a significant effect on downtown traffic pat- terns, on retail stores, on the entertainment business and on the location and size of the office population. In the course of our discus- sion, though, it seemed less likely that any noticeable fraction of the population would retreat into electronic villages. The question is not whether Minneapolis will survive the information age, but how its nature and rhythms will change. More eve- ning recreational activity, longer visits, more family use might significantly change the assumptions we make about light rail transit, parking, store hours and pedestrian malls. The commercial center of Minneapolis has ample opportunity to evolve toward a more efficient, more human, more attractive form than we had foreseen. But a dii£erent form, a form we can largely influence. Entertainment: While no one doubts that the new entertain- ment technology will be remarkable, it seems equally clear that part of the charm of going out is going out--particularly if the day has involved more remote processing and less human contact than before. A vital, diversi- fied entertainment center--movies, theater, music, sports, dining--will still be one of the city's best attractions. Office Work: The decentralization of work may occur, but density of service businesses and the advantages of a central location retain their value. The committee concludes that nothing in the new technology will start a flight from downtown offices. On the other hand, the technology may demand downtown telephone and computer capacity, service, temperature control, security and fire safety provisions to a slightly greater degree than the city now provides. If the symbols of early 20th-century Minneapolis were the Lumber Exchange and the Pillsbury A-Mill, the symbol of the late 20th century is likely to be a giant telephone switching frame two stories underground. Shopping: It's too early to know the degree to which electronic shopping will affect downtown. Ex- periments to date reflect the feeling that some travel, financial and possibly real estate services will be delivered electronically. Oth- ers say that books, records, cameras, comput- er equipment, even clothing and food, can be purchased as easily at a terminal as from ~. catalog. It's not too early to know, however, that there are no technical obstacles to elec- tronic shopping, that it is likely to reduce the cost of sales and that all early indicators need to be closely watched. A swing of 5-10 percent of retail sales to electronic shopping would have' real impact. Education: These days it is education that gets singled out. Computer camps flourish, talented chil- dren in Minneapolis schools vie for time on the "Apple" and a recent Time storys cited the Minnesota Education Computing Consor- tium, among others, for making imaginative applications of the computer to the tradition- al tasks of elementary education. But will all students have equal access to the costly new tools? Do we really know how to use them beyond the level of diagnostics and drill? What about the development of instructional materials at the high school, college and adult education level--is that a task for public schools and universities? In one scenario, affluent children break out ahead of the less advantaged, switch out of public schools that can't provide instruc- tion and become a new information elite. In another scenario, Minneapolis funds comput- er education, develops a broad population of adept, information-literate young people who in turn attract growing .businesses. Or cable? What role, if any, should cable have in the community's educational struc- ture, in its social service or public health systems? / Fire and Safety: Finally--particularly with cable--the new technology raises questions about how the city's fire and safety systems should evolve. Cable is capable of bringing fire, security and even medical alarms to a central station much more quickly than before, and these emergencies can in many cases be handled with smaller (and faster) trucks and equip- ment if they are detected early. Threats and Opportunities Without knowing the pace and direction of change in each of these areas, the committee identified several trends in common and ex- pressed a few'over-arching concerns. First, the new technology contains the means and perhaps the motivation for a decline in the traditional purposes for visiting downtown: entertainment, business, shopping. Some of these activities can be done electronically, but they have such complex motivation--and our experience is so scanty--that no useful forecast can be made. We have to watch and wait. Second, we suspect that along with other social and economic changes commonly pre- dicted the new technology will encourage, rather than discourage, the kind of gregari- ous coming together of people that has al- ways generated the warmth and excitement of cities. To the extent that technology may reduce the travel and socializing done at work, it may increase the need for those activities at other times. This is the key to the committee's generally optimistic view. Third, the new technology will change the nature of the business that goes on in Minne- apolis. Others have eloquently described the changes brought on by the Information Age6, describing how industry will give way to a service economy, blue collar to white collar jobs, a reduction in speculative manufactur- ing and redundant distribution, a shift from cheap labor to predictable skill levels. Cities based on industrial production will decline while' cities that attract service and high technology businesses will grow. Minneapolis is fortunate to find itself, at this moment, in the second category, but staying ahead of other cities will require develop~ Finally, the new technology will change the nature of those links which connect Minne- apolis to such neighbors as Duluth, Fargo, Sioux Falls and Des Moines. The importance of highways, railroads, institutional ties and even media orientation will recede as geogra- phy ceases to be the basic definer of inter- city relationships. We bank in North Carolina to increase float, we incorporate in Dela- ware, recruit in New York, hold staff meet- ings in California and manufacture in Ire- land. Distances are measured in travel time: two hours to Mankato, three hours to down- town New York. And in toll charges: $1.39 for 3 minutes with Bemidji, $1.52 for Boston. Unless Minneapolis forges the new links of electronic communication, finance, educa- tion, fashion and information, it will become less accessible to the rest of the region and less relevant. Issues and Recommendations Most of the discussion to date has'revolve,i around five basic issues of direct interest to the Downtown Council: The Commercial Center:. The consensus of the committee is optimis- tic, urging progress toward more pedestrian malls, more evening and weekend activities, increased o p p o rt"--'--'-"-"u~n i t i ~ and visitors to walk, talk, drive, shop, play, go to class, catch a show, get help, meet friends. Our working lives may increase our need for this interaction--and more than offset any shift of traditional shopping, entertainment and office work to home terminals. There are directly related issues of high- way access, parking, and transit facilities which the committee could not resolve but the consensus is that trips downtown will be longer, more diversified in nature, and more leisure-oriented. It is no longer useful to think of a person driving up to the curb and run- ning in to buy a shirt or cash a check. The city should not be a grid of streets, but a rejuvenated place for living, shopping, dining, entertainment, education, medical care, rec- reation and people-watching. It's not enough for Downtown to serve people, because in the future they can serve themselves. Downtown has to pull people. More than the intersection of roads, it has to be the reason for them. Residential and Office Space: More center city housing seems an attrac- tive answer to the increasing needs of single professionals, retired persons and office workers. More office space integrated with the commercial area appears justified by the growing information economy; at the same time the city could reduce industrial uses, eliminate the armory and recycle ware- houses. Implied is the continued need for support and expansion of parks and recre- ational facilities to diversify opportunities for visitors and residents as well as to attract more office buildings. The School Connection: In the Information Age, business goes where the brains are, and brains go where the good schools are; this theorem has two corollaries. The university is important in supporting high technology businesses which thrive on research, application and an ex- change of information. That critical joining of the academic and business cultures has be- come vital to modern economics, medicine, agribusiness and electronics. A strong univer- sity, participating visibly in the community's business and social life, may find new sources of support and in turn help the city attract businesses with the highest future growth potential. The second aspect is the need for excellent public education, particularly in science, in order to develop a highly skilled labor force and attract the kinds of professionals who stimulate the economy. Although it never came to a vote, the feeling of the committee was tl~_~._good schools at elementary, second- aJy, colleg~ and continuing education were_ likel.y...to have significantly greater logy- term imPact On the Minneapolis economy t_'2h-an SUCh convenuonai nlunicina~--~re.qources a~s good highways._ Municipal Services: An unexplored issue is how the future tech- nologies might change the nature of the tire and police services provided by the city. What obstacles or opportunities are present- ed for administration; if the city changes this way, how will its government change. Growth: The last issue is one to which we returned again and againmMinneapolis faces an ex- traordinary opportunity to grow with the ser- vice economy, the information industry, com- munications, computer and medical science. The city needs to nurture those resources that will draw such companies: schools, rec- reation areas, a talented labor pool, appropri- ate municipal and communications systems, a major research facility and active profes- sional communities in areas of science, eco- nomics and computer technology. At the same time it should promote its activities in related areas in order to establish itself na- tionwide as a growing center for information and high technology development. Nor should Minneapolis miss the chance to become involved internationally with infor- mation and high technology activities. With the abiding assistance of its government, the Japanese micro-electronics industry is rapid- ly gaining momentum. In Germany, the tele- phone company is greatly expanding commu- nications networks for cable, electronic mail and two-way information delivery. In France, the government provides legal shelter and financial incentive to businesses starting out in electronic publishing and has just creatod an international center for the development of consumer information products--led by several of America's most prominent infor- mation scientists. The competition is interna- tional, and so is the market. When the committee stood back from its discussions and asked what could be done, now, to bring about the future we wanted, the answers were not surprising: (a) none of us could choose an outcome that we knew for certain would be best. The best may be be- yond our vision. (b) We discovered no obvi- ous and compelling argument for such famil- iar (and obdurate) problems as 1-394, light rail transit, or a solid waste resource recov- ery facility. What we found were new facets to those issues. (c) We found, as others have, that more communication is necessary dur- ing a time of change. New Directions: 1. A program of public education may help to bring the sometimes complex future issues within reach of businessmen, city planners and administrators, educators and communi- ty groups. · A smart market will attract the best tech- nology. · Most of the actions that can be taken now are within the scope of one existing organiza. tion or another--they need only to know more about the problem and its alternatives. · Anxiety about these issues can be re- duced; curiosity and pride in our resources and accomplishments can take its place. /7 2 · A series of public seminars, a presenta- tion for community groups and organizations may provide the vehicle. 2. On two or three key issues there is an obvious need to conduct research and moni- tor the progress of experiments--particularly on the question of how electronic shopping might evolve. Perhaps the Downtown Council can initiate or recommend such research to a national organization or university. In areas like office facilities needs in the future and the future of leisure time needs, the Council might initiate or encourage similar studies. 3. There is clearly a need for at least one inter-organizational conference on future is- sues. We discovered that several groups are working independently on directly related studies and while we couldn't expect to corn- Christopher Burns, Chairman Associate Publisher Minneapolis Star and Tribune Mr. Fred Asher, Vice President Dayton's Mr. O.D. Gay Downtown Council Mr. C. Todd Heglund Principal Associate Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. Mr. John S. Holten Faegre & Benson Mr. Earl. C. Joseph . Futurist Sperry Univac Mr. Stuart MacIntire Executive Vice President First Bank Systems Ken Lampert Control Data/City Venture Corporation bine any of them, we could at least create an opportunity for each to describe its activities to the others. We recommend that the Downtown Council re-constitute the committee for the purpose of convening an inter-organizational confer- ence on future issues for Minneapolis. The committee should also be asked to identify subjects for further research and an agenda for increasing public awareness. In the end, the future is not something a committee reports on, it's a perspective from which we can gain a new and valuable view of the future-ness of today's issues and deci- sions. We are grateful to the Downtown Coun- cil, and particularly to John .Holten, past chairman, for having created the opportuni- ty. Respectfully submitted, Mr. James Nermyr Vice President, Controller B. Dalton Bookseller Mr. G.J. Regnier General Manager, Industrial Sales North western Bell Telephone Co. Mr. Lyall Schwarzkopf Minneapolis City Coordinator Ms. Carol Wold Sindt Northern Cablevision Dean Roger Staehle Institute of Technology University o! Minnesota Guests: Ms. Jane Preston White Bear Lake, Minn. Mr. Art Naftalin Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Rod Engeland Barton-Aschmann Associates, Inc. Footnotes 1. Eugene Rostow, Working in the 2lst Century 2. Morales, Working in the 215t Century $. Louis Harris, Working in the 2Jst Century 4. Toffler, Alvin, The Third Wave;, by contrast, Erskine Caldwell predicts (ha! by ]999 the U.S. capital will have moved to Minneapolis, including "White House, taxis, spies and call girls.' 5. Time magazine, "Vid Kids," cover s~ory. 6. Bell, Daniel, The Coming of the Post. Industrial 5ociet)', New York, Basic Books, 1973. June 21, 1983 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: FROM: RE: CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER ARTICLE ON CREATIVITY Last week as I listened to Pinky report on the League of Cities Conference on Professional Management, I paused and tried to think about why we've been able to be pretty effective (for a City) when other cities are having a hard time. The answer, I think, is reflected in the enclosed article. The skills talked about are the crucial ones that every City Council ought to be looking for in their City Manager. Somehow it is finding a way to be creative when you have that angry citizen on the line or solving a problem that helps the employees feel good about it, so they themselves think they really have a stake in Mound's future. Anyway, all of this is somewhat esoteric I realize, but the one thing above all else you need to encourage your City Manager to do is to take time to think, to urge him or her to visit others and learn to be a creative problem solver. Sorry for this little philosphical sermonette. JE:fc Issues a Observations Volume 3, Number 2. CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP May 1983 Creativity in the Everyday Business of Managing Managing seldom receives recognition as a creative act -- even by 'managers themselves -- yet this demanding profession often re- quires a subtle and skillful exercise of creativity. The following is taken from Dr. Kaplan's presentation last September to Creativity Week V. Robert E. Kaplan, Ph.D. Dr. Kapkm is Behavioral Scientist/Project Manager at the Center. Asked to list different types of creative professionals, the participants in Crea- tivity Week V mentioned writers, scientists, artists, engineers, architects, inventors, musicians, poets, psycholo- gists, creativity specialists, and en- trepreneurs. No one mentioned mana- gers. But managers -- at least the good ones -- are creative all the time. They have to be to meet the confusing, fast- changing procession of demands on their intelligence, adaptability, and.' ':' people-handling skill. Creativity is evident in the process of management -- the moment-to- moment and day-to-day flow of events in the manager's worklife. Claiming that management texts have ignored the management process, Leonard Sayles (1979) described it as: ... the actual day-to-day behavior and fragmented give-and-take, and the art of coping and negotiating with the unanticipated, the ambigu- ous, and the contradictory. First-rate managers ... seek to or- chestrate ... the behavior of aggrega- tions of personnel, some motivated, but many obtuse and recalcitrant. The nimble and complex behavior patterns of these superb managers is a delight to behold as they move to motiv'ate, integrate, and modify the structure and personnel that sur- round them. Yet few texts capture the spirit of excitement and chal- lenge [Sayles might also have said creativity] inherent in these tasks. (p. iv) Sayles used language that evokes images of management process as an art form. Although often overlooked~ the artistic qualities of the effective manager deserve their share of api>reciation. Creating Rhythms in the Manager's Workday Managers are busy, beseiged, har- rassed, in demand, and verging out of control. A manager's day is a miscel- lany of activitiis: scheduled meetings, impromptu conversations, reading, writing, making presentations, going on tours. Manage. rs jump from one thing to another, from one person or group to another. To fashion order from this potential chaos is a creative act. 2 Issues & Observations managers, create are' rhythms, or alternations between giving in to the swirl of events and getting out of the swirl. Three of these rhythms are the alternation between accessibility and inaccessibility, the alternation be- tween activity and reflection, and the alternation between work and leisure. Rhythm: Accessibility and Inac- cessibility. Interruptions pose a dilemma because, although they are the bane of the manager's existence, they are also the lifeline to fresh and necessary information. Managers can afford neither a truly open-door policy, which would rip their workdays to shreds,nor can they afford to close themselves off entirely and .miss impor- tant news while alienating the very people upon whom they themselves rely for ready accessibility and instant responsiveness. Effective managers create an ebb and flow; they regulate their boun- daries, making them more and then less permeable, admitting intrusions then resisting or deferring them. boundaries become more or less permeable depending on the competing pressures -- the individual's need to focus on the task at hand versus the pressure to respond to people and events impinging from outside the bounds of the task at hand. Robert ToWnsend (1970), former president of Avis Rent-A-Car, handled incoming phone calls by having them taken by a secretary until 11:00 a.m., when he returned the calls and accepted addi- tional calls. He used the same method in the afternoon, having calls taken for him from noon to 4:00 p.m., then an- swering them for the next hour. His was a highly structured way of achiev- ing a rhythm of accessibility and inac- cessibiliyy. Other, more flexible methods can be equally effective. Rhythm: Activity and Refleco tion. For managers, the time for reflection is hard to come by. Barbara Tuchman (1980), writing about work- ing for the government, observed: Given schedules broken down into 15 minute appointments and staffs numbering in the hundreds and briefing memos of never less than 30 pages, policy makers never have time to think. For some managers, the only respite from the swift currents of activity comes when they are away from the office -- at home, traveling between home and work, on trips. But those who manage their days creatively find havens from activity while at the of- fice. President Nixon had a knack for this (Webber, 1982). He would escape from the White House to a hide-away office across the street in the Executive Office Building where, with his yellow legal pads in front of him, he would concentrate on the }urger issues. As Warren Bennis discovered while he was president of the University of Cincinnati, routine work commonly drives out non-routine work; only . creative managers avoid having the lfirger issues banished by the details (Bennis, 1976). Nevertheless, the bustle of the man- ager's day is not entirely to blame. While sheer activity can overwhelm managers, so can it tempt them. Man- agers may allow themselves to be se- duced by mere activity when the alter- native is the anxiety-provoking chal- lenge of reflection and creativity (Ashkenas &. Schaffer, 1981). Effective managers find the time to reflect de- spite being busy and despite the temp- tation to stay that way. Alternating rhythmically between action and reflection is partly a matter of making dexterous transitions from one to the other. Managers struggle, after a long bout of activity, to face the unsettling quiet of contemplative work. But activity need-not inhibit reflection afterwards, if the period of activity is short. A short burst of ac- tivity to start the day can build the momentum needed to glide into reflec- tion later on (W. ebber, 1982). The 'key is keeping activity in proportion. Rhythm: Work and Leisure. Managers work long and hard; "brute persistence" is important to their suc- cess (Peters, 1980). Even so, all work and no play can dull a manager's wits and dampen creativity. According to a board chairman: When I hear a man talk about how hard he works, and how he hadn't taken a vacation in 5 years, and how seldom he sees his family, 1 am almost certain that this man will · not succeed in the creative aspects of the business, and most of the im- portant things that have to be done are the result of creative acts. (Mackenzie, 1975, p. 8) \Vhen managers proclaim proudly that they haven't taken a vacation in years, the implication is that they are highly committed to their work and uncom- monly loyal to their corporation--._/~ Issues & Observations 3 qualities that are indeed necessary to career advancement in large organiza- tions (Kanter, 1977). But what does a single-minded devotion to the job sac- rifice in the long run? Vaillant (1977) studied 100 men from their college years into their 50's and found that success (in career and family) was associated with, among other things, taking interesting vacations. May (1975) called this pattern the "alterna- tion of the marketplace and the moun- tain'' (p. 65). Sticking tenaciously to the task can be counterproductive; one can't always attack pro. blems frontally. That may be why Einstein was prompted to ask, "Why is.it I get my best ideag in the morning while I'm shaving?". Perhaps because "the mind needs the relaxation of inner controls -- needs to be freed in reverie or daydreaming -- for the unaccustomed ideas to emerge" (May, 1975, p. 67). Creative managers achieve this rhythmic interplay between work and diversion in fashioning their workdays and their worklives. If work is fight and diversion is flight, then the diver- sion considered here is what John Glidewell called constructive flight -- not escapism, but a renewal through involvement in other spheres of activi- ty or inactivity. With these three rhythms, managers attempt to exercise a modicum of crea- tive control over forces that would control them. The rhythms constitute an order that managers with a talent for orchestrating workday and worklife create out of the disorder of their jobs. Giving Shape to Problems - Despite the play given in the man- agement literature to the solving of problems, managers are equally chal- lenged to find, in the first place, the problems in need of solving. (I mean here, problems as situations to resolve or exploit, difficulties or opportunities.) "Problem finding is no less important a task than problem solving" (Livingston, 1971). This is not to sug- gest that all of the items on a mana- ger's short- and long-range docket are there because the manager sought them out. Certainly, a sizeable propor- tion of a. manager's work comes already defined. But, to varying degrees, managers are responsible for ferreting out problems -- for being at- tuned to the cues that indicate trouble or opportunity, and for developing a sense of what the cues mean and what action is indicated. Finding and defining problems is a creative act with similarities to the visual arts. The manager gives form to a problem in the way a potter sees and then shapes the possibilities in a lump of clay. The difference is that mana- gers practice their craft using an in- tangible medium -- information. Whether they are employed in an organization that manufactures goods or offers services, managers are more or less removed from the reality of making the product or service. Mana- gers function in a social-informational or low in this organization? Are women and minorities treated fairly or unfairly in this organization? Does the future of this organization look rosy or bleak? To qtiestions like these, which are the substance of the manager's job, answers are developed -- reality is con- structed -- by a complex mental, emo- tional, interactive, political process; ultimately, by a creative process. One way in which managers con-. struct reality is by setting agendas. The notion of agenda setting as a major task of management was developed in an intensive study by Kotter (1982) of 15 general managers. Kotter found that these high-level managers all entered their new positions with only a half- 1'o/~ . milieu, in which reality is constructed. In other words, managers often decide what is real and what is not. John F. Kennedy and his cabinet interacted in such a way that they came to believe, wrongly, that an invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs would meet with no significant opposition (Janis, 1972). When reality has an indisputable phys- ical basis, there is less room for argu- ment -- or construction -- although social psychologists have shown that, in a certain percentage of cases, a group can lead an individual to deny the evidence of his or her senses (Asch, 1956). By contrast, social reality is up for grabs. Was the meeting we just attended a productive one or a waste of time? Is morale high, medium formed idea of what needed to be done. It was in the first 6 to 12 months on the job that these mana- gers developed a firm sense of their short- and long-range goals and the projects that would serve as vehicles to achieve those goals. The GM's formed their agendas through an elaborate, continuous, and incremental process in which they ag- gressively collected information -- primarily from people, not documents, and to a large extent, from people with whom they already had relation- ships. In addition they sought informa- tion constantly and certainly did not limit their quest to formal planning meetings. Finally, they shaped plans using a combination of analysis and in- Issues & Observations Out of this searching, sifting, and shaping came a loose and largely unwritten configuration of goals, plans, and projects (Kotter, 1982). In this way the GM's created their sense of what the reality of their organization was and should be. John DeLorean, whose recent fall from grace should not erase his earlier accomplishments, provides an example of how a GM goes about creating such an agenda (Wright, 1979). Upon taking over the reins as general manager of General Motors' Chevrolet Division in 1969, DeLorean knew the division was in trouble but he didn't know why. Profits were dropping, budgets were be- ing overspent, departments were not coordinating well. To discok~er the causes of the problem and to give direction to his executive strategy, DeLorean set out on a three-month personal inquiry into the Chevy situation. What distinguished his search was its inclusiveness. By no means did he ~it himself to the people in the im- organizational vicinity. Instead he visited plants and talked to mana- Issues & Observations Published by Center for Creative Leadership 5000 Laurinda Drive Post Office Box P-1 Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-1660 Kenneth E. Clark, President W..H. Drath, III, Editor J.C. 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Fundamentally, it is a worldly version of the artistic in- stinct that enabled Michelangelo to see and sculpt the statue of David out of Carrera marble. Creating Social Arrangements When we consider the products of creative endeavor, we tend to think of things -- physical objects like industrial products or works of art, or mental objects like ideas. We don't often think of an arrangement as being the creative product itself. But good managers regularly create social arrangements. Although organi- zational structure is an obvious exam- ple of social creativity, it is a semi- permanent structure that becomes an object. More to the point here are the temporary arrangements of people around a task. These arrangements vary from a task force that exists for months, to a group that meets one time on an issue of common concern, to the sequence of people that a mana- ger calls upon during the course of a day to solve a problem. Creating relationships is a basic form of social creativity, upon which the rest of the manager's work is built. There is no alternative to the develop- ing of relationships; managers depend on a whole host of others without whom they can't perform their jobs at any level of effectiveness (Kaplan & Mazique, 1983). Making up the net- works of job-relevant others of the general managers Kotter (1982) studied were hundreds and sometimes thou- sands of people in and outside of the organization. Relationships are not bestowed upon a manager; they are developed as a product of individual roles and per- sonalities. A good relationship exists when the manager can depend on an- other pers6n for a cooperative re- sponse. The othe. r person will tend to respond cooperatively when .the mana- ger has something to offer. In other words, relationships are based on ex- change, whether of tangible or intangi- ble commodities. Effective relationships are reciprocal. An appreciation of the need to develop reciprocal relationships is shown by an executive who several years ago faced the challenge of in- troducing computers to the several divisions of his corporation. He headed a new staff function and none of the division heads reported to him. "I spent a lot of'time on the opposing forces trying to build credibility -- my own and my group's. It was a slam- dunk operation, not loved. I saw us as a change agent, and my approach was to teach a need, induce a need. I tried to build relationships when we weren't in a fight so that when a burning issue came up, you've got money in the bank. When fires broke out, we fought them with face-to-face meetings with our antagonists." This executive had a knack for building relationships under adversity. He gained influence with the division heads by making them aware of how the new function could meet their needs, built trust by interacting when there wasn't conflict, dealt with conflict by sitting down face to face. Creating contact is what the man- ager must do to build or to call upon relationships. The episodes in which a manager and others come together can be likened to a dance. Sayles wrote vividly about how the parties to an ef- fective interaction coordinate their movements. They simultaneously move and respond to the other's movement. As he puts it, "These verbal strokings, this mutual adaptation, appeal to the basic animal nature that calls for rh. ythmical give-and-take" (1979, p. 67). Just as managers can synchronize their interactions, can dance together, they can also be out-of-step. Managers show a clumsiness on the dance floor of interactions when they only talk and rarely listen, when they only listen and hardly talk, when they can't hold anything but long drawn-out conversa- tions, or when the5' can only converse on the run. / Issues & Observations 5 If contact is dance, then part of creating contact is choosing a suitable stage on which to 'perform the dance. A plant manager tells the story of how, when he first took over the plant, his predecessor brought him · along to a meeting with the union bargaining committee. The adversarial relationship between union and man- agement was demonstrated by the haranguing between the old plant manager and the union president from opposite ends of a long conference table. After his predecessor had left for good, the new man went to the next union-management meeting and sat down immediately beside the. union president, who began as usual to shout and gesture dramatically. But, because it is difficult to yell at a person sitting next to you, the union president mod- erated his tone and approach, and the relationship between union and man- agement'eventually became more co- operative. Thus, by his choice of seating, the manager created a contact with his opposite number that sig- nalled the relationship he wanted. Although his predecessor sought to usher him into the hostile tradition, the new manager saw a choice where others might have thought none existed. Activating relationships is another dimension of creating social arrangements. With relationships at their disposal, managers get work done by' mobilizing these relationships at particular times, in particular ways (some of which have to do with creat- ing contact), around particular tasks. If contact is dance, then activating relationships is choreography. To begin a'project, managers must decide whom to bring on stage to work on which piece of the larger task, in what com- binations actors are to be brought together, in what sequence these sub- groups .are to be convened, and what mode of contact (telephone, written communication, scheduled meeting, impromptu conversation) is to be used among the manager and the others. The manager as choreographer, how- ever, has nothing like a set script to follow, but must improvise the ar- rangements as he or she goes along. Something of the quality of the social choreography managers per'form is evident in the observation by Bennis (1976): To function properly, the leader must have an "executive constella- tion'' [which works] through tem- porary systems of assembling task forces for a particular assignment, then reassembling others for a dif- ferent task. (p. 135) Friend, et al. (1974) also recognize this choreographic talent: Knowing how to make effective use of a network is ... the mobilization of decision networks in an intelli- gently selective way, which depends on the capacity to understand both the structure of a problem and the structure of organizational and political relations that surround them. (p. 364) The choreographic art lies in activating relationships in light of the structure of the problem being attacked. Rosabeth Kanter (1982), writing from research on 165 innovative middle . managers from five corporations, shows how the success of a project hinges upon the manager's ability to activate relationships. To keep up the commit- ment of key players over the long course of a project, innovative middle managers make use of briefings, assign- ments, meetings (both formal and in- formal), team-building, praise, new structural arrangements, timely ap- pearances by high-level supporters, and the careful management of the impres- sions of higher-ups (Kanter, 1982). When to resort to which of these and other involvement-building mechan- isms is part of the skill of activating relationships. Thus, managers who are creative in the social sphere invent what we might call microsocial structure -- small scale and often ephemeral arrangements of people -- designed in such a way as to enlist the help of others in the per- formance of the bits and pieces of larger tasks. The Manage~r as Artist Managers exhibit creativity in the way they arrange and rearrange, col- lect and disperse information, ideas, tasks and people. Managers are forever making small departures, and some- times radical departures, from what has been. Drawing on their talents, energies and history, they make up their responses to situations as they g. along. Like the jazz musician, effective managers play variations-within a larger thematic framework; they im- provise in dealing with problems and people.* Ineffective managers replay the same tune, use the same instru- ment, operate in a narrow band men- tally and interpersonally. Versatility separates the effective from the ineffec- tive manager. But let's not romanticize creativity. It takes energy to create, more energy than it does to follow routines. Crea- tive challenges also provoke anxiety. The stress takes a pure form in artists like Giacometti who suffered visibly as. he painted, despairing of capturing on canvas his vision of the subject: "May- be the canvas will become completely empty; then what will become of me? 1'11 die of it!" (Lord quoted in May, 1975, p. 93). Managers may not agon- ize as much or as obviously but they do worry about the tough issues that march steadily in their direction. Anx- iety in the face of creative tasks can tempt managers to escape into the fas paced routines of their job. *See "Jazz Improvisation and Group Creativity" elsewhere in this issue. -- Ed. Issues & Observations No joyride for the manager, creativ- ity often carries with it a certain de- structive element. Picasso observed that "every act of creation is first of all .an act of destruction" (May, 1975, p. 63). For this reason, established in- dustries tend not to make the next technological advance. The manufac- turers of manual typewriters did not invent the electric typewriter, and the manufacturers of electric typewriters did not invent the word processor. The huge capital investment in' existi~ng technology works as a disince.ntive to develop truly new technology (Galbraith, 1982). The next t~chnologio cal breakthrough is, in this sense, destructive. In a small way managers destroy an old idea when they adopt a new one, reject one colleague when they choose another for a desirable assignment. We can a(~oid making a fetish of ~tivity if we recognize the limits of ltivity for creativity's sake. Execu- s with a talent for innovation can do more harm than good if they take over a stable, effective organization and immediately go to work revamping it. Creativity has value to the extent that it is directed to useful purposes. One participant in the Looking Glass simulation, overwhelmed by the mater- ial.and feeling out of his element, ad- justed to his plight by putting on a show of playing his role. Stumped by a question at one point, he excused himself from the meeting and went back to his office to consult his calen- dar about a time to meet the next day (there was no next day). Observing this, I admired the ingenuity but regretted this manager's response to his ignorance, which was to invent ways to save face. The manager demon- strated creativity, but it was put in the service not of job performance but of defensiveness. Effective managers regularly perform unrecognized creative acts. But to this underrated talent in the of managing, and to harness the talent for useful purposes, is no mean feat. Like any artist, the manager puts in years of practice honing skills to a fine edge, but few managers performing their everx,,day art get the acclaim ac- corded artists in other fi'el&. References Asch, $.E. Studies of independence of con- formity. A minority of one against a unanimous majority. Psyeholo~.i~l Mono. graphs, 1956, 70(9, Whole No. 416). Ashkenas, R.N., & Schaffer, R.H. Mana- gers can avoid wasting time. ~aruard Business Review, 1982, 60(3), 9~104. Benn~s, W. The unco~clom co~pirao.: Why ~ ~n~ le~. New York: AMACOM, 1976. Friend, ].K., 'Power, J.M., ~ Yewlen, C.J.L. Public p~nning: The int~co~orate direction. London: Tavistock, 1974. Galbraith, J..R. 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A~ptation to life. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1977. Webber, R.A. The art of construction pr~ crastination (Manager's Journal). The ~all St,eet Joumal, August 23, 1982. Wright, J.P. ~ a clear ~y you can see Gmeral Motors. New York: Avon, 1979. /?7,3-" CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 June 27, 1983 Jon El.am~ & All Concerned, P~ease accept this as ny resignation effective August Don Rother Dock Inspector 300 Metro:Square Bldg.· St. Paul. MN 55101 General Office Telephone t612) 291-¢ eREVIEW A Metropolitan Council Bulleti~[~r' Community ~eaders For more hz?brmation on ite;n:3~n;e,rtiO~7ed;O~ tlfis lmbticat~on, call the Public lnformatio;~ Office at 291-6464. F June 10, 1983 ~ ~ECENT OOUNOIL AOTIO~S (M~y 23-~une 10) METflOPOLITAN COUNCIL members, there was no Council meeting June 9 nor any meet- ings of the Transportation, Physical Development, Human Resources or Executive committees. The next full Council meeting will be June 23. See item on selection of Council members below. PERPICH APPOINTS NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS Gov. Rudy Perpich appointed 6 current and 10 new members to the Metropolitan Council on June 8. The appointments give the Council nine women and seven men plus the chair, Gerald Isaacs, appointed by Perpich in January. The state Legislature this year redrew Council district lines to reflect the 1980 census, and gave the governor authority to appoint all 16 members at once. Council members in even-numbered districts wili se;ye until January 1987; those in odd-numbered districts, until January 1985. The reappointed members, the district they now represent and their date of first appointment are as follows: -- Joan M. Campbell, 947 17th Ay. SE., Minneapolis; district 6; June 1973. - Marcia Bennett, 654 48th Ay. NE., Columbia Heights; district 8; January 1975. - Alton J. Gasper, 5406 Hampshire Dr., Minneapolis; district 5; Jan,Jarv 1975. - Dirk deVries, 18600 Woolman Dr., Minnetonka; district 13; April 1978. - Patricia J. Hasselmo, 4520 Strawberry Lane, Golden Valley; district 11; October 1979. - Mary M. Hauser, 616 Hall Ay., Birchwood; district 7; April 1981. In announcing the appointments, Perpich said he would support legislation to have the Council elected, beginning in 1986, with staggered terms. The new members and their occupations are as follows: District 1: Mary E. (Liz) Anderson, 914 Parkview Ay., St. Paul; chairs the St. Paul Planning Commission, of which she has been a member for six years. District 2: Michael W. McLaughlin, 275 Summit Ay., St. Paul; owner and manager of Summit Manor, a mansion where receptions, fundraisers and other events are held, and a former Honeywell employee. District 3: C.Sarles W. WiDer, 2630 E. Burke Ay., North St. Paul; assistant chief executive officer for the Minnesota Medical Association and a member of the North St. Paul- Maplewood-Oakdale School Board. District 4: Carol Flynn, 4741 Elliot Ay., Minneapolis; associate director of Council 6, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and a member of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. District 9: Josephine Nunn, 401 Elm Creek Rd., Champlin; mayor of Champlin and president of the League of Minnesota Cities. District 10: Philip C. Carruthers, 7852 Yates Ay. N., Brooklyn Park; an attorney with the law firm of Nichols, Kruger, Starks and Carruthers. District 12: Gertrude Ulrich, 7601 Aldrich Av. S., Richfield; a franchise consultant for cable television. District 14: Raymond J. Joachim, 109 W. 6th St., Jordan; a semi-retired insurance salesperson. District 15: Carol Wold Sindt, 1323 Bayard Av., St. Paul; director of community relations for Northern Cablevision. District 16: Patrick J. Scully, 1617 Ashland St., Hastings; president of Hastings Sanitary Disposal, Inc., and former member and chair of the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. The Council appointees were to be sworn in by Chair Isaacs at a special meeting June 16. COUNCIL TO SELECT COMMISSION MEMBERS The newly-appointed Metropolitan Council is expected to set a public hearing for July 18, 19 and 20 as part of its selection of eight new members for each of three metropolitan commissions. The Council will hear public comment and presentations by applicants for membership on the Metro- politan Transit Commission, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission and the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. The new commission members are expected to be appointed at a Council meeting July 28. PUBLIC HEARINGS Metropolitan Health Plannino Board-,lune 22, 5 ri.m., Council Chambers. Certificate-of-need request by Mercy Medical Center, 4050 Coon Rapids Blvd., Coon Rapids, to expand space for its perinatal services, intensive care unit, adolescent mental health services and installation of a cardiac catheterization laboratory at an estimated cost of $5 million. Metropolitan Council-July 7, 3:30 p.m., Council Chambers. The Council will hold a public hearing to discuss transfer of $500,000 in capital improvement funds to com- plete the Hyland Lake picnic area at Hyland-Bush-Anderson Park Reserve, Bloomington. The money was originally ear- marked for developing Bryant Lake Regional Park in Eden Prairie. The Hennepin County Park Reserve District would use the funds tO: build a road.off Bush Lake Rd. to a boat launch, picnic areas and trailhead; rehabilitate existing parking lots, connecting road and the lake's picnic area; and build a boat launch and parking lot near the lake. Persons may register to speak by calling the Council's public hearing coordinator at 291-6482. Free copies of the proposed amendment may be obtained by calling 291-6464. TWIN CITIES AWARDED HEALTH CARE GRANT The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a New Jersey-based private organization, has awarded a $100,000 grant to an 18-/-~-~ month project to demonstr-ate wJ~ys to make the Twin Cities Area'[ health care more affordable. The grant recipient is the Minnesota Coalition on Health Care Costs, one member of a consortium that includes repre- sentatives from hospitals, commercial insurers, employers, labor, physicians, health maintenance organizations, govern- ment, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and comsumers. Included is the Metropolitan Council/Metropolitan Health Planning Board, which contributed $5,000 to the required $50,000 local match. The Twin Cities project has four objectives: -- Redesign health benefit plans to encourage people to seek the most appropriate level of care; - Set up and study a pre-paid program for people who are ineligible for Medicaid but who have trouble paying for health care; - Explore the need for a pool of funds for providers to use in switching to more cost-efficient facilities and programs; and - Look at ways to support long-term care projects currently under way in the Area. The project will be a candidate for a multi-year follow-up grant to implement ideas developed during the demonstration phase: - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TASK FORCE MEMBERS NEEDED The Metropolitan Health Planning Board of the Metropoli- tan Council is seeking nominations to fill three vacancies on its Developmental Disabilities Task Force. The task force advises the health planning board and the Metropolitan Council on needs of people who are develop- mentally disabled and helps coordinate planning to meet those needs. The 25-member group includes persons who are substantially handicapped by severe mental or physical disabilities that originate before age 22. it also includes, parents of disabled children, developmental disabilities service providers and the general public. Members serve three-year terms. The board invites applications from representatives of minority groups and lower-income neighborhoods in the Seven-county Area. Nominees must be available to attend meetings on the second Tuesday of alternate months from 1-4 p.m. and serve on at least one committee. Appointments will be made in September 1983.. Those wishing to apply should send information on volunteer or employment experience in the developmental disabilities area by June 24 to Toni Lippert, Metropolitan Health Planning Board, 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. For more information, call 291-6364. GUIDELINES FOR MC KNIGHT ARTS AWARDS AVAILABLE Twin.Cities Area a~ts organizations interested in applying for the "McKnight Excellence in the Arts Awards" may obtain guidelines and eligibility information from the Metro- politan Council. The first step in the application procedure is filing a letter of intent with the Council's arts program. The deadline is July 15, 1983. Organizations that meet the guidelines will then be eligible to apply for the awards. Later this year, the Council will give six awards of $15,000 each to professional arts organizations with budgets under $300,000. The awards will be given in recognition of the organizations' achievements and contributions to the cultural vital.ity of the Twin Cities Area. The Council is the designated Regional Arts Council for the Twin Cities Area. Call the Council at 291-6571 for more infor- mation and copies of the guidelines. JOHN MCBRIDE RECOMMENDED FOR METRO PARK POST Metropolitan Council Chair Gerald Isaacs announced he has recommended the appointment of John McBride of St. Paul to chair the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. McBride would head the nine-member commission, which advises and assists the Council in developing long-range plans and funding for regional park and open space facilities in the Seven-County Metropolitan Area. Isaacs said he will bring his choice for the four-year post before the Metropolitan Council for action at its June 23 meeting. McBride is an attorney with the Paul G. Donlin law firm in St. Paul and formerly was associated with St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. and the Geimer and Rice law firm. He is a lg77 graduate of the Hamline University law school. McBride would succeed Elliott Perovich, who has chaired the commission since the advisory body was created in 1974, The regional system today consists of 47,000 acres of park- land. The acreage includes 35 regional parks and park reserves and 4 trail corridors in operation, Another 10,000 acres is planned for acquisition. Some $120 million has been invested in the system since 1974. COUNCIL OFFERS AFFORDABLE HOUSING EDUCATION PROGRAM Where will our children live? This is the theme of an affordable-housing education program being offered upon request by the Metropolitan Council to local Twin Cities Area civic groups. The program is about today's housing market and the need to provide more affordable housing. The program consists of a 45-minute presentation including a slide show and discussion of such topics as: trends that affect housing, current housing costs, how regulations affect hous costs, housing in the 1980s, and common concerns and misin- formation often associated with more dense housing. Where possible, current housing issues in a community will be high- lighted. The program provides an information kit, booklets and staff available to work with local civic leaders. For more information, call Council housing planners Guy Peterson or Aha Stern at 291-6472. NEW PUBLICATIONS Employment in the Twin C/t/es Metropolitan Area, 1980- I£81. May, 1983. Construction employment lost 6,000 jobs and manufacturing, 4,000, Employment in services and in finance, insurance &nd real estate grew slightly but at a slower pace than in previous years. No. 01q~3-059; 15 pp.; $1. COMING MEETINGS (June 20-July 1) (information be/ow i$ tentative. To verify, call 291-6464.) Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission- Monday, June 20, 3 p.m., Council Chambers. Air Quality Committee-Tuesday, June 21,9:30 a.m., Conference Room B. Metropolitan Health Planning Board--Wednesday, June 22, 4 p.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan R idesharing Board-Thursday, June 23, 9 a.m., Council Chambers. Metropolitan Council- Thursday, June 23, 4 p.m., Councll Chambers. Advisory Committee on Aging--Friday, June 24, 9 a.m Room E. Metropolitan Council (orientation for new members, not a regular meeting)- Friday, June 24, 1:30 p.m., Council Chambers. Compensation and Mitigation Subcommittee of the Metropolitan Waste Management Advisory Board- Wednesday, June 29, 10 a.m., Room A. July l, 1983 CITY of MOUND 5341 MAYWOOD ROAD MOUND, MINNESOTA 55364 (612) 472-1155 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: CITY MANAGER In my endeavors to keep you informed of things big and small, I am enclosing a clipping outlining the causes and affects of swimmer's itch. Since we had to close Pembrook Swimming Beach last week because the problem had grown so serious, I thought you might get a call on it and this explains it in detail. JE:fc ' ' 11ll ,J J~JllJllJ~lJlk ~ J_-. Need.i~lo~m~tio~?. Fi~it will insw~ your questions, or hetp yo~ ~el ~w~s. Wr~e F~, ~ ~re ol I~ . ~Q. ~et .~u~s swim~r's ~? ~ ~rs~ee ~ to How s~uld E ~ treat~? Is t~e ~nea~eay~~... ~e ~ Y~ ~Y ~ ~P- [any~to~ot~mY~fr~E? ..'.[ t~'wat~. Y~y have a ~ ~ ~ r~ y~ ~ of A; Swim~r's ~ (~histos~ der- ..y~ ~y. WeEs ~t ~k ~ke ~t~is) is ~us~ by minute ~ra~tes quEo ~ may ~ up ~hin 24 .~ ~ a ~r~ t0w~. Y~ ~y 'in the Water. ~ey are t~ ~ae ~f ~ ~ ~y ~ ~e as ~ ~ ~o ~ a~e to ~ off ~ ~ ~f~e ~ain schist~s (~.flukes);~'= :~Stoa~, · ~y ~ffow~~in. ' The~ ~rasEes, in their aduE p~'"~ ................ '" )'~ M~nesota D. epa~ent of Heal~, live in the ti~uea of ~n wat~ ' Y~ ~n get s~'s ~ ~ ~ ' 71Z SE. Delaware St., Minnea~ birds and r~nts (~ ducks, mi~ ~t any ~ ~ y~r ~y. a~ muskrats). .. "' lik~ to ~r ~e ~ ~ ~Hng bird* m~rati~s,: usually in the sympt~, Y~ ~ mis~ke ~ Jail, schistosome ~gs are de~t~ ~ ~ ra~,' ~.~. ~:.'~ o~. j ~ in lakes; There ~ a dliat~ embwo ~ in~ ~es.~ .~ ~--;: ' ' -- : ea~ .:~g. 'W~n they- hat~, ~ey ' ' ~ " ' ' mu~'~trate into the ti~ues' of *a .... S~m~r's E~ ~:~t :.suita~ ~ies of. snail (not NI s~..: ~ .~; :~e are ~.wa~ · ~s hair ~ ~ra~te). T~y live t~s, ~ ~ ~t ~t~. d~nt in'y~ ~ls ~ta ~ ~xt,. is u~slly ~ ~e ~ ' s~i~: ~ t~y leave ~ir ~ts, ~ ~ ~tea. ~=~ ~ They must r~nt~ ~e fi~ea of ~ · ofl~ is u~ to ~ ~ E~,.. ; ~o~r anim~-- to ~plete,' ~r: I~e ' · ~' ' ,.... :- ;~';' ;; "- ~'- · -~cle.'Man is ~ a sultan' ~t, a~ ' ~ ~t way 't~v~ the ~ra~tes die within 24 h~s al- Ech is to ~ay"~ ~ lakes ~ ~.~ ,tar they ~rrow. under the skin. ~asEea are ~gi~ '~D~ring the su~r~e~", th~'sn~iJls [Jsu~y live on a shelf in the lake. They might 'be in water from a few inches to f.our .feet deep. You may find them in' coves or behind rock ledges that pro-_ tect them from prevailing winds. Ge~, sna~. *Fr~se lakes give little .trouble ~ in the early spring and late summer.,? ~ If you do swim 'in paras~{e.~nfes'ted waters, swim as far away as possible. from the snail beds.' Avoid afternoon or early evening bathing when' there erally, the parasites float above or ,, is the highest,concentration pf. pare. near the. snail beds. However, they.- sites in the water. Good swimmers re-: -a~e'easity'shiffed.about.bywind and duce their chances of getting swim- Water currents, so outbreaks do oc-: -' mat'S itch by'swimming in deep wa-- cur a long way from the beds. tar. MEETING NOTICE A special'meeting of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District will be held on Thursday, July 7, 1983, at 4:00 p.m., in the conference room of Eugene A. Hickok and Associates, 545 Indian Mound, Wayzata, Minnesota, for the purpose of conducting a work session of the managers to review Chapters V-VIII of the District's Overall Plan, as part of the Chapter 509 management planning process. 0227o MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ~NAGERS OF THE MI~NEF~o~% CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT June 9, 1983 A special meeting of the Board of Managers of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District was called to order by Chairman Cochran on June 9, 1983, at 7:40 p.m. at the Wayzata City Hall, Wayzata. Managers Present: Cochran, Lelunan, Thomas, Carroll and Andre Also present were board advisors Panzer and Peterson and rep- resentatives-from the cities of Minnetonka and Minneapolis. Boundaries of the District The engineer reviewed his most recent analysis of the proper hydrologic boundaries of the district compared with the existing legal boundary. He reported that for the western areas he had used contour maps with ten foot intervals and that this was not as accurate as the two foot contours that had been available for a large portion of the northern boundary. He indicated that these boundaries would be further checked with the municipalities involved. Milt Christensen discussed with the managers several areas in Minneapolis which he recommended should be included within the Minnehaha Creek District. The managers discussed at length the appropriateness of incorporating the airport's property, which does not in fact drain into the District. With the exception of that property, the managers voiced no objection to the incorporation of the areas recommended by 5~. Christensen. He indicated that he would assume those those changes would eventually be made because he must establish a boundary for a new water management unit to be formed in Minne- apolis. The managers also discussed with Don Asmus, from the City of Minnetonka, the fact that the boundary plotted by the District's engineer was based on the city's storm water management plan as if it were fully completed. Mr. Asmus noted that it would be several years before that was accomplished. The managers indicated that they would set the boundary from a practical viewpoint and amend the boundary later as the city's plan is implemented. Work Plan The managers' reviewed a revised work plan prepared by the engineer. It was determined by the managers that the legal and engineering tasks should proceed on parallel paths and ~_ha% ~he wor~ plan be revised to include the development of permanent guidelines and the rule revision in 1983 tasks. The cost~ to be incurred should also be revised accordingly. With those changes, the managers approved of the proposed work plan. Advisory Committee Mr. Panzer re.ported that letters had been sent to all of the municipalities asking'for· representatives .for-the technical Ad- . visory Committee. He indicated that several responses have been received. He reported, that the work plan had a tentative date for the first meeting of the Advisory Committee on July 6, 1983. The managers decided to review 'this further at the' next regularly scheduled Board meeting when more information was available. Statistical Data The engineers reviewed a chart of statistics regarding the valuation of property, population and land area within the District according to local governmental unit. The managers found this chart to be quite helpful, and it was placed on file. Bank Authorization Manager Carroll offered the following resolution, seconded by Manager Thomas: RESOLVED, that Wayzata Bank & Trust Co., hereinafter some- times called the Bank be and it hereby is designated as a dep- ository for the funds of this corporation'and any officer of this corporation is hereby authorized, to open or cause to be opened an account or accounts with said Bank on such terms, conditions and agreements as shall be required by said Bank, to endorse or cause to be endorsed, in the name of ~his corporation and to cash, to negotiate.or to deposit~or Cause to be deposited in such account or accounts any money, checks, drafts, orders, notes and 'other instruments for the payment of money and to make any other agreements deemed advisable in regard thereto. RESOLVED FURTHER, that checks, drafts or other withdrawal orders issued against the funds of this.corporation on deposit with said Bank may be signed by any two of the following: M.R. Carroll, D. H. Cochran, A. L. Lehman, Camille A. Andre and John E. Thomas, and said Bank is hereby fully authorized to pay and charge to the account of this corporation any checks, drafts or other withdrawal orders, so signed, including those payable to the individual order of the person signing the same and including also checks or other withdrawal orders payable to the said Bank or to any other person or corporation, which are applied in pay- ment of 'any indebtedness owing to said Bank from the person or persons who signed such checks or other withdrawal orders. RESOLVED FURTHER, that any two of the following: M. R. Carroll, D. H. Cochran, A. L. Lehman, Camille D. Andre, John E. Thomas, be and hereby are authorized to borrow money for and on behalf of and in the name of this corporation; to make any agree- ments in respect thereto; and to sign, execute and deliver pro- missory notes, acceptances or other evidences of indebtedness therefor, or.in renewal thereof, in such amounts and for such time, at such rate on interest and upon such terms as they see fit; and are hereby authorized to endorse, assign, transfer, mort- gage, or pledge to said Bank the bills receivable, warehouse receipts, bills of lading, stocks, bonds, real estate or Other property now or hereafter owned by this corporation as security for the payment of any money so borrowed; to assign or negotiate to the Bank any bills receivable now or hereafter owned by this corporation , and to discount the same; to unconditionally guaran- tee payment of any or all bills receivable so negotiated or dis- counted, and to waive demand, protest and notice of non-payment. RESOLVED FURTHER, that this resolution shall continue in force until express written notice of its rescission or modifi- cation has been furnished to and received by said Bank. RESOLVED FURTHER, that all transactions, if any, in respect to any deposits, withdrawals, rediscounts and borrowings by or in behalf of this corporation with said Bank prior to the adoption of this resolution be and the same hereby are in all things rati- fied, approved and confirmed. RESOLVED FURTHER, that any of the persons above-named be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to make any and all other contracts, agreements, stipulations and orders which they may deem advisable, from time to time, with said Bank in respect to transaction between this corporation and said Bank in regard to funds deposited in said Bank, moneys borrowed from said Bank or any other business transacted by and between this corporation and said Bank. RESOLVED FURTHER, that any and all resolutions heretofore adopted by the Board of Directors of this corporation and certi- fied to said Bank as governing the operation of this corporation's account(s) with it, be and are hereby continued in full force and effect, except as the same may be supplemented or modified by the foregoing. Upon vote, the motion carried. Policies and Objectives The attorney distributed a mam0randum da%¢ June reviewihg the District's present policies and objectives as outlined in the Overall Plan and the District's rules. The managers discussed the best way to proceed in reviewing the policies and objectives and determined that it would be best to start with the Overall Plan to determine which of the original goals had been accomplished, whether new goals should be set and some eliminated. The managers agreed that this should be done in short study sessions, meeting at 4:00 p.m. It was agreed that the first'of ~]es~'study sessions wqu!d, be'held on June 21, 1983, at 4:00 p.m.'in the conference room at Hickock and Associates, 545 Indian Mound Road, Wayaza, MN 55391. The goal of that meeting is to review the first four sections of the existing Overall Plan. Adjournment There being no further business to come before the managers, Chairman Cochran duly declared the meeting adjourned. Respectfully Submitted, John E. Thomas, Secretary Minutes of the Special Meeting of Minnehaha Creek Watershed District June 21, 1983 Chairman Cochran called to order a special meeting of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District at 4:10 p.m. on June 21, 1983, in the conference room of E. A. Hickok & Associates, 545 Indian Mound, Wayzata, Minnesota. Managers Present: Cochran, Lehman, Thomas, Carroll and Andre Also present were former Board member Jim Russell and Board advisors Panzer and Peterson. The managers reviewed the first four chapters of the Overall' Plan to identify items that needed revision or further consideration. In the Preface, page vi, it was suggested that "the order of priority" be eliminated and replaced by a discussion of problems and recommendations which are of continuing significance but in no set priority. The managers believed that water pollution was no longer the District's number one priority and that that section should be updated to reflect the current status of treatment plants and practice of the District in water quality control. The flood control section should be updated to include the Grays Bay Dam and the proposed Upper Watershed project. The water augmentation section was viewed as no longer a priority of the District, although it might still be appropriate for the upper watershed and the creek. The reference to the use of wells to maintain Lake Minnetonka levels should be eliminated. It was also suggested that the one-page summary be more general than in the present Overall Plan. With regard to Chapter I, Introduction, the managers stated that the location of the meetings should not be specified in the Overall Plan to allow for flexibility. The references to setbacks should be updated to reflect current law and practice. The present Overall Plan "recommends" certain regulatory activity because it was adopted prior to rules being adopted. The managers recommended that for the new Overall Plan, current regulations should be highlighted with a discussion of how they should be changed. The Plan should also list the municipal storm sewer plans which have already been reviewed and specify a means for insuring that the plans are prepared in the future. The issue of regulation of groundwater was discussed, noting that present policy is somewhat ambiguous. The managers decided that this was an issue which required additional thought and policy formulation. June 21, 1983 Page 2 The historical references on page 2 should be updated tO include the period of time between the preparation of the first plan and the new plan. On page 4, the subtitle "Municipal Government" should be changed, and it was suggested that the new title be "Municipal Data". Under Section E, paragraph 3, the managers discussed the District's role in water pollution control, indicating that the managers needed to review their policy, how they relate to other agencies, and their statutory authority for regulations or recommendations. The staff was asked to identify various environmental topics specifying where the managers have the statutory authority for regulation and where just the authority for recommendations. Mr. Panzer stated that he had numerous questions regarding the policies in the Overall Plan and stated that h~ would put those in writing to the managers. The'managers recommended that the referenCe to a cooperative program with the Pollution Control Agency on page 5 be eliminated. The managers indicated that they would like.to have specified what the municipalities have done regarding floodplains, wetlands, and other issues. It was suggested that a good way to approach this would be to have a separate section strictly for existing municipal regulations. Regarding Chapter II, Natural Characteristics of the Watershed, it was noted that the statistics needed updating. The managers discussed the reasons for the section on soils on page 7, noting that soils would have some relevance to erosion problems and wetlands. The managers asked the staff to review the policy of prohibiting building on "poor soils". The managers reviewed the section on page 14 dealing with wildlife management, noting that nothing had'been done in this area by the District. The managers noted also that this appeared to be discussing policy in a chapter which was summarizing facts and statistics. The managers stated that this was an issue that needed further consideration, including a discussion of their statutory authority. Regarding C'hapter Iii, Historical Development, the managers noted that this needed to be updated to reflect modern history. Regarding Chapter IV, Existing Development, the managers stated that this would need to be updated to reflect current population and land use. Also, it was recommended that the District reference the Metropolitan Council's Open Space Plan. On page 20, the Overall Plan discusses public access sites, and it was recommended that the recent Lake Minnetonka Task Force report regarding this issue be referenced. June 21, 1983 Page 3 As further general issues, the managers discussed whether the future plan should address combined sewers and county ditches. The staff was asked to review the District's authority in these areas, any liability, and suggest recommendations. Mr. Panzer distributed a list of designates for the Technical Advisory Committee received from various cities by June 20, 1983. The managers decided that the first meeting of the Advisory Committee would be on July 14. The managers also decided that another special meeting would be held on July 7, at 4:00 p.m., at the conference room of E. A. Hickok & Associates, 545 Indian Mound, Wayzata,' Minnesota, to review the final chapters of the Overall Plan. There being no further matters to come before the Board of Managers, Chairman Cochran duly declared the meeting'adjourned. Respectfully submitted, 0779i John E. Thomas, Secretary Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building Seventh Street and Robed Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Telephone (612) 291-6453 Office at the Chairman June 2~, lg83 TO: City Managers, Township Clerks and Planning Departments Enclosed are preliminary 1983 population and household estimates prepared by the Metropolitan Council for your community and others in your county. Also included is a fact sheet that explains how the Council calculated the population estimates. The Council is sending you these estimates to give you an opportunity to comment on them before they are sent to the State Department of Revenue July 7th. They will be used by the department to calculate the amount of aid local communities receive under the 1972 Fiscal Disparities Act and the 1983 Tax Law. The 1983 Tax Law Chapter 342 affects the method by which local government aids (Article 5) and levy limits (Article 3) are to be calculated. Change in estimated population or number of households will be used to determine levy limits payable in 1984 and subsequent years for counties and for cities of 5,000 or more population. The population or household growth factor will be used as an adjustment to the local revenue base of local government aids for cities and towns. They will also be used by the Council in monitoring population and household changes in Metropolitan Area communities. Questions concerning the levy limits and local government aids portions of the 1983 Tax Law should be addressed to Rich Gardner, Minnesota Department of Revenue, 296-2286. Let me emphasize the estimates are only tentative at this time. However, the Council must receive all comments by July 6 to comply with the state deadline. If you have any comments, please contact Dorothy Oatman of the Council's staff at 291-6332. Written comments may also be directed to Ms. Oatman at the Council's mailing address. Later in the year, we will send you a copy of the final 1983 population and household estimates for your community. Sincerely, Chairman Enclosures GJI/poc METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Su'ite 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 PROVISIONAL- POPULATION ESTIMATE - April 1, 1983 Minor Civil Division (MCD) ~%xv~k April 1, 1983 Estimated Population ~~ 1980 Census Population 1980 Population in Households 1980 Census Housing Units 1980 Census Occupied Housing Units 1980 Persons/Occupied Housing Units SingLe-Family Townh6use Total April. l, Including 1980 Uncompleted ApriI 1~ 1983 Housin$ 1980-1983 Estimated Estimated Change in Completed Occupied Occupied Units Multi family MobiLe Home TOTAL Change in Adults (18+) in New Housing Singla-Family Change Townhouse Change Multifamily Change Mobile Home Change TOTAL. CHANGE = Estimated Natural Increase Estimated Nesting Estimated Adults {above) Estimated School and Preschool Migration TOTAL = 1980 Census Population in Households 1980 to 1983 Change SUBTOTAL = Group Quarters Population TOTAL = Estimated Persons/Occupied Housing Units Households: 1980 j~%~ 1981 (est.)~\°k_ , 1982 (est.)~S~ , 1983 (.est.) ~__~l~' Suite METROPO 300 Metro Square L I T k N C 0 U N Building, St. Paul, 612-291-6359 CIL Minnesota 55101 HENNEPIN COUNTY NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS April 1, April 1, April 1, April 1, 1980 1981 1982 1983 Census Estimate Estimate ~stima~e Bloomington 28,660 29,101 29,598 30,'145 Brooklyn Center 10,751 10,802 10,865 10,913 Brooklyn Park 15,268 15,594 15,998 16,762 Champlin 2,733 2,796 2,888 2,953 Chanhassen (Pt.) 2 2 2 2 Corcoran 1,243 1,261 1,293 1,315 Crystal 8,977 8,981 8,984 9,011 Dayton (Pt.) 1,161 1,173 1,182 1,184 Deephaven 1,223 1,225 1,232 1,239 ~den Prairie 5,383 5,829 6,219 6,692 Edina 17,961 18,018 18,187 18,4OO Excelsior 1,149 1,151 1,153 1,197 Fort Snelling 17 17 17 17 Golden Valley 7,597 7,622 7,783 7,818 Greenfield 402 409 412 420 Greenwood 234 236 2~9 241 Hanover (Pt.) 64 66 66 66 Hassan Twp. 452 462 471 480 Hopkins 7,061 7,064 7,074 7,114 Independence 789 793 801 812 Long Lake 586 653 662 684 Loretto 109 118 118 139 Maple Grove 6,239 6,727 7,121 7,470 Maple Plain 465 472 478' 487 Medicine Lake 162 163 163 165 Medina 765 774 785 802 Minneapolis 161,858 161,883 161,912 162,286 Minnetonka 12,667 12,888 13,347 13,807 Minnetonka Beach 187 189 192 195 Minnetrista 974 992 Y, O06 1,028 Mound R~8~__ _ 3,419 3,457 3~.485 ~New Hop-'--~ .... 7,627 7,~ 7,734 7,860 Orono 2,291 2,307 2,331 2,349 Osseo 1,015 1,015 1,017 1,017 Plymouth 10,491 10,944 11,476 11,975 Richfield 15,258 15,298 15,340 15,431 Robbinsdale 5,705 5,717 5,728 5,728 Rockford (Pt.) 125 126 127 131 Rogers 210 213 214 216 St. Anthony (Pt.) 1,935 1,937 1,938 1,964 St. Bonifacius 281 286 305 315 St. Louis Park 17,669 17,679 18,076 18,182 Shorewood 1,484 1,507 1,526 1,536 Spring Park 684 684 684 667 Tonka Bay 495 296 500 508 Wayzata 1,560 1,568 1,574 1,590 Woodland 183 183 184 184 365,536 County Total- 368,538 372,459 376,982 Suite METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 300 Metro Square Building, St. Paul, Minnesota 612-291-6359 55101 APRIL 1, 1983 PROVISIONAL POPULATION ESTIMATES persons Per Household HENNEP IN COUNTY April 1, April 1, April 1, April 1, 1980 1983 1980 1983 Census Estimate Census Estimate Bloomington 81,831 82,490 2.82 2.70 Brooklyn Center 31,230 30,840 2.89 2.81 Brooklyn Park 43,332 46,910 2.84 2.79 Champlin 9,006 9,620 3.29 3.25 Chanhassen (Pt.) 8 10 4.00 4.00 Corcoran 4,252 4,480 3.42 3.40 .Crystal 25,543 24,890 2.82 2.74 Dayton (Pt.) 4,000 4,080 ~ 3.45 3.44 Deephaven 3,716 3,680 3.02 2.95 Eden Prairie 16,263 19,700 3.01 2.94 Edtna 46,073 45,340 2.55 .2.45 Excelsior 2,523 2,520 2.15 2.05 Fort Snelling 223 230 3.12 3.00 Golden Valley 22,775 22,380 2.86 2.73 Greenfield 1,391 1,450 3.46 3.44 Greenwood 653 660 2.79 2.74 Hanover (Pt.) 248 250 3.87 3.76 Hassan Twp. 1,766 1,830 3.91 3.81 Hopkins 15,336 15,040 2.12 2.07 Independence 2,640 2,690 3.35 3.30 Long Lake 1,747 1,860 2.89 2.64 Loretto 297 350 2.72 2.50 Maple Grove 20,525 24,230 3.29 3.24 Maple Plain 1,421 1,460 2.92 2.85 Medicine Lake 419 420 2.59 2.53 Medina 2,623 2,700 3.41 3.34 Minneapolis 370,951 364,160 2.19 2.14 Minnetonka 38,683 40,130 3.00 2.86 Minnetonka Beach 575 580 3.07 2.93 Minnetrista 3,236 3,290 3.32 3.20 7.1 New Hope 2.91 2.79 Orono 6,845 6,820 2.99 2.90 Osseo 2,974 2,890 2.66 2.57 Plymouth 31,615 35,380 2.96 2.90 Richfield 37,851 37,240 2.46 2.40 Robbinsdale 14,422 14,070 2.46 2.39 Rockford (Pt.) 380 390 3.04 2.98 Rogers 652 670 3.10 3.06 St. Anthony 5,619 5,440 2.90 2.77 St. Bonifacius 857 920 3.05 2.90 St. Louis Park 42,931 42,440 2.38 2.29 Shorewood 4,646 4,720 3.13 ~. 3.07 Spring Park 1,465 1,280 1.97 1.91 Tonka Bay 1,354 1,370 2.74 2.70 Wayzata 3,621 3,540 2.25 2.16 Woodland 526 520 2.87 2.83 Vol. 7, No. 6 JUNE 1983 LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS The unemployment rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area dropped from 7.9 percent in March to. 7.3 percent in April. While the magnitude of the change in the un- employment rate is encouraging, enthusiasm over a rapid economic recovery should be tempered for the moment. Much of the decrease in the April unemployment rate was again due to slow growth in the labor force. While the number of unemployed dropped substan- tially in A~ril, employment growth was showing only slightly better than seasonal growth. Overall,.however, data for the past two months show a positive turnaround from the trend of the previous year. At this point, it is likely that the Twin Cities area economy will experience a slow recovery similar to that of the Nation. The unemploy- ment rate is not expected to fall rapidly because the large number of people who have left the labor force during the past months may reenter the labor force as they per- ceive improvement in job market conditions. LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES (not seasonally adjusted). AREA CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT UFIEMPLOYMEET RAT~ Aprtl~ I~arch: AprilD April~ March: April: April~ March: April: iA prilj Mar. 'Aprtl~ 1983' 1983" 1982" 1983' 1983" 1982" 1983' 1983- 1982" 1983' 1983R i 1982" Mi nnempol I s- St. Paul S~SA* 1,139.3 1,136.8 1,163.5 1,O56.6 1,046.8 1,092.2 82.7 90.0 71.3 ' 7.3 7.9 6.! County: AJ~oka 109,327 109.133 111,108 100,029 99,100 103,394 9,298 10,033 7,714 8.6 9.2 6.9 Carver 20,496 20,552 20,866 18,907 18,731 19,543 1,589 1,B21 1,323 7.8 8.9 6.3 Chtsago 14,602 14,665 15,001 13,125 13,003 13,566 1,~77 1,662 1,435 10.1 11.3 9.6 Dakota 106,561 106,666 108,823 99,066 98,145 102,398 7,495 8,521 6,425 7.0 B.0 5.9 Hennepin 516,183 514,279 526,838 408,456 475,991 496,617 35,727 38,208 30,221 6.9 7.4 5.7 Ra~ey 251,880 251,042 257,856 234,654 232,474 242,547 17,226 1 B,568 15,309 6.8 7.4 5.9 Scott 24,594 24,582 24,911 22,345 22,138 23,097 2,249 2,444 1,814 g.1 9.9 7.3 Washington 62,155 61,976 64,034 57,962 57,423 59,gll 4,193 4,553 4,123 6.7 7.3 6.4 Wright 33,566 33,g17 34,049 30,092 29,B12 31,1DS 3,474 4,105 2,944 I0.3 12.1 8.6 City of Minneapolis 203,59l 203,091 209,041 189,318 187,558 195,686 14,273 15,533 13,355 7.0 7.6 6.4 City of St. )mul 148,175 147,920 152,077 137,914 136,632 142,553 10,261 ll,2BB 9,524 6.9 7.6 6.3 Minnesota* 2,117.2 2,090.5 2,168.5 1,926.0 1,877.5 1.999.7 191.2 213.0 168.B g.0 10.2 7.8 United States* ,109,875 109,873 108,814 98,840 97,994 98,858 11,035 11,879 9,957 10.0 10.8 9.2 Preliminary Revised U.S., Minnesota, and SmA data in thousands. in the Hinneapolis-$t. Paul Hetropolitar, Art. a PERCENT PkO[,UCT]ON WORKERS' tlOURS& [ARN]NGS2/ [HPLOYM£t~T CHANGE I!;~)USTIiY (0001 FROM Avera,le Weekly Average Hourly Average Weekly Fa rn i nqs Ea rnings Hours APRIL Month Year Month Year APRIL Month APRIl Month APRIL Month 1983 Ago Ago Ago Ago 1 gRR Ago 1983 Ago 1983 49O IOTAL NONAGRICULTURAL 1051.4 1042.7 1069.2 0.8 -1.7 XX XX XX XX XX XX MAt)uIAr. Tur-INr; 228.3 228.2 236.4 O.1 -3.4 382.46 395.02 9.96 9.95 38.4 39.7 D,Jrahle Goods 145.2 145.0 152.0 0.2 -4.4 382.98 402.37 9.77 9.79 39.2 41.1 Lumher & Wood Products 4.6' 4.6 3.6 -0.7 '27.1 433.29 444.96 ll.ll ll.lB 39.0 39.B )urniture & Fixtures 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.7 7.6 283.46 307.07 8.24 8.39 34.4 36.6 Stone, Clay & Glass 3.2 3.2 2.9 -0.5 7.7 371.49 365.47 9.88 9.72 37.6 37.6 Primary Metals 3.B 3.B 4.4 0.5 -13.8 324.14 342.74 8.53 8.59 38.0 39.9 F~bricated Metals 25.8 25.B 27.3 O.1 -5.4 445.11 458.71 10.83 lO.B7 41.1 42.2 . Non-Electrical Machinery 5B.B 58.8 63.6 O.1 -7.4 371.86 389.54 9.76 9.69 38.1 40.2 £1ectrical Machinery 17.6 17.6 17.7 0.0 -0.6 345.57 385.14 9.07 9.17 38.1 42.0 Transportation Equi)hment 3.2 3.3 3.4 -1.7 -4.5 444.81 518.87 ll.B3 12.18 37.6 42.6 Other Dural,lesl/ 26.8 26.6 27.7 0.8 -3.5 371.43 378.84 8.95 9.02 41.5 42.0 Nmndurable f~ods 83.1 83.2 84.4 -O.1 -1.6 ~382.42 383.90 lO.2B lO.21 37.2 37.6 Food A ~indrod Products 1B.O 17.9 17.8 0.3 0.9 347.15 353.28 g.67 9.60 35.9 36.B Textiles & App,~rel 2.3 2.2 2.8 1.7 -18.6 189.28 204.72 5.99 5.92 · 31.6 34.3 Paper & Allied Products 23.8 23.7 24.5 0.3 -3.0 430.50 431.10 10.25 10.24 42.0 42.1 Printing & P,hl!~hing 24.1 24.3 24.1 -0.8 -0.2 370.99 !376.02 11.38 11.36 32.6 33.1 Chemical Frodurt; 6.0 6.1 6.1 -0.6 -0.7 '415.06 1405.60 10.67 10.40 38.9 39.0 Petroleum Products 1.7 1.7 1.5 -0.2 10.6 567.93 487.04 12.82 11.85 44.3 41.1 ~-uhber & Leather Products 7.3 7.3 7.6 -0.4 -4.1 332.51 342.00 8.82 8.86 37.7 38.6 t~¢:';'".'" ;;tm F A Cl U R I HG 823.1 814.5 832.8 1.1 -1.2 XX XX XX XX XX XX C(~;:S1R~CIION 30.2 27.9 33.3 8.0 -9.5 490.77 551.58 15.58 15.67 31.5 35.2 Fuilding (.onstruction 8.4 7.6 9.5 10.1 -ll.6 447.90 541.73 14.93 15.09, 30.0 35.9 righway .", Ih,avy Construction 2.5 1.8 2.8 38.1 -9.5 401.76 427.95 12.96 12.89 31.0 33.2 Spr. cial Trades Contracting 19.3 18.6 21.1 4.1 -B.6 521.65 566.87 16.15 16.15 32,3 35.1 T:~ANSFORTAT I OF: 38.8 38.6 39.6 0.4 -1.g XX XX XX XX XX XX railroads 6.6 6.7 6.7 -1.0 -1.6 501.30 501.30 11.14 11.14 45,0 45.0 Trucking & Warehousing 13.0 12.7 13.7 2.0 -5.3 427.31 430.67 12.35 12.34 34.6 34.9 PUBLIC UTILITIES & CO).~.I. 20.3 20.2 21.0 0.2 -3.7 468.70 466.34 12.08 12.05 38.B 38.7 TPAD£ 258.1 255.2 261.3 1.1 -1.2 221.18 222.24 7.68 7.69 28.8 28.9 Retail Trade 185.2 182.3 186.8 1.6 -0.9 169.88 171.83 6.61 6.66 25.7 25.8 General )4erchandise Stores 30.3 30.3 31.3 0.0 -3.2 166.24 169.86 6.18 6.11 26.9 27.8 ro~d Stores 24.2 23,8 24.4 1.6 -1.0 236.32 240.55 8.41 8.47 28.1 28.4 l~tinq & ~ri,lin(j Place's 62.0 60.4 62.1 2.7 -0.2 75.33 76.25 4.28 4.26 17.6 17.9 Wholesale Trade 72.9 72.9 74.5 0.0 -2.2 377.42 374.74 9.88 9.81 38.2 38.2 FINANC£, INS. & REAL ESIAIE 73.2 72,7 73.3 0.6 -0.1 Finance 31.1 30.9 30.6 0.8 1.7 Inr. urance 29.2 29.3 29.7 -0.2 -1.6 Real Estate 12.9 12.6 13.C 2.2 -0.9 SERVICE A MISCELLANEOUS 250.2 247.8 247.4 0.9 1.1 Rusiness ~ Persnnal Services 59.6 59.0 60.2 1.0 -1.0 Repair Services 12.2 12.2 12.C -0.5 1.7 Medical Services 73.6 73.6 72.2 0.0 1.9 Hospitals 30.8 30.9 31.,~ -O.1 -1.4 Nursing Homes 19.7 19.8 lg.,~ -0.5 1.0 GOVIiRt)M£NT 152.5 151.g 156. 0.3 -2.8 ~ederal 17.0 17.1 17. -0.7 -3.4 State 47.6 47.6 47.3 -O.1 0.6 Local 87.91 87.2 92.0~ O.B -4.5 ** Less than .05 l_/ Includes Scientific Instruments and Miscellaneous Manufacturing ~2_/ Average earninq~ data are on a "qro~s" basts and are derived from reports of payroll for full- and part-time productlnn or nonsupe'rvi~orv wnrker~',. The payro)l is reported h~fnre dc, ductiuns of any kind. Bonuses, retro- active pay, tip:,, pdvr,~rnt in k)nd, and "frinqe benefits" are excluded. Source: Current [mpluyn~.n! Statistics ('rt~qrdm (Figures rounded tn ne.,rest hundred) 2 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS CONDITIONS for the first time .in many months, there was an across-the-board increase in the number ~f jobs in each of the major industry sectors in the Twin Cities metropolitan area in pril. On'a seasonally-adjusted basis, employment in each of the major industry sec- tors also registered a small increase which indicates that there was some growth due to improved economic conditions. However, the growth was very modest. Most manufacturing industries registered no change between March and April, while the length of the work- week dropped sharply, probably because o~ the blizzard which occurred during the survey refBrence week. In the nonmanufacturing industries, employment in the construction industry showed only slightly above average growth in April. The number of jobs in the trade sector in- creased by nearly three thousand, all in retail trade. The increase in trade jobs is probably due to higher levels of consumer spending. Fueled by higher personal income from wages and tax refunds, and growing optimism about the economy, consumer spending in the U.S. rose by.one percent in April, the largest jump since November 1982. It is the'opinion of. many economists that renewed consumer spending is critical for sustain- ed recovery in factory production and employment. Higher employment was registered in finance and real estate firms thanks to increased activity in' the sales of homes and refinancing of existing mortgages, Most of the growth in the service sector took place in business services and the seasonal upswing in entertainment and leisure activities such as golf courses. Government employment grew due to hiring in local government. ~ACTERISTICS OF PERSONS CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE The number of unemployment insurance claimants decreased substantially in April by 6,251.~/ The monthly decrease of -18.6 percent compares favorably with a five-year average decrease of ll.1 percent from March to April. Industries show(ng the largest decreases were con- struction and manufacturing, especially the machinery sectors. This is the first time since October, 1981, that the number of claimants in the regular UI program decreased from year ago 16vels. The yearly decrease occurred primarily in the construction and manufacturing (especially nonelec- trical machinery) industries. Dampening enthusiasm somewhat is the fact that there were an additional 13,048 addi- tional claimants in extended benefit ~grams this year compared to 4,550 in til o~1982. 1_/ Excludes 322 people living in Minn- eso'ta but claiming benefits from another' State. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IHSURED UNE)tPLOYED (Regular Benefits ProgrAm) MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL S~SA W~ek Ending 4/16/83 Percent Change Industry and From: Percent Percent 1/ Occupational Month Year of tong-lermjy Percent Attacl~ent Number Ago Ago %otal 'Unemploye~ W~n ?oral, All Industries 27,336 -18.6 -10.9 lO0.O 33.3 28.5 Construction 6,285 -23.0 -15.7 23.0 31.g 3.5 M~nufacturtng 7,475 -18.2 -23.2 27.3 37.8 33.9 Durable Goods 5,515 -20.6 -21.1 20.2 41.6 30.8 Nondurable Good~ 1,960 -10.8 -28.4 7.2 27.0 42.7 Trans., Co~m., and Public Utilities 1,407 -7.0 -5.9 5.1 23.2 17.O Wholesale Trade 2,320 -12.3 4.7 8.5 36.3 27.1 Retail Trade 3,514 -15.8 6.5 12.g 27.8 40.0 Fin,, Ins., mnd · Real Estate 906 -12.6 i-ll.0 3.3 39.3 54.2 Services 4,223 -17.4 -0.7 15.4 30.6 47.5 Public Admin. 324 -3D.2 -38.4 1.2 34.0 38.3 All Other 593 -39.9 6.7 2.2 58.5 ?.B Inf. Not Available 289 -17.0 127.6 1.1 5.5 34.6 lotal, All Occupations 27,336 -18.6 -10.9 lOO.O 33.3 28.5 Prof., Tech., ~gr. i' 4,085 -13.2 6.6 14.g 34.3 37.3 Clerical 3,360 -12.3 -4.4 12.3 31.5 74.8 Sales 1,188 -15.0 62.4 4.3 31.1 30.8 Service 1,812 -16.1 7.2 6.6 29.9 . 42.3 Farm., For., Fish. 319 -43.6 -5.1 1.2 64.3 8.8 Processtn~ 374 -20.B -28.6 1.4 34.2 19.3 ~chtne Trades 2,248 -19.3 -18.g 8.2 32.0 16.1 Benchwork 2,665 -22.1 -31.1 g.? 40.5 54.'5 Structural Work 6,616 -22.0 -~4.4 24.2 .31.5 2.4 Miscellaneous 4,595 -38.5 -11.8 16.B 32.3 11.3 Inf. Not Available 74 -43.5 -10.8 0.3 31.1 37.8 NOTE: Percentages may not total to lO0.O due to independent rounding. ~/ Long-Term unemployed refers to unemployment insurance clain~nts whose current spell of unemployment has lasted 15 w~eks or longer. THE'JOB MARKET As mentioned on Page one, even though the unemployment rate dropped significantly in April, demand for 'labor has responded slowly. Two available measures of job demand, openings listed with State Job Service Offices in the Minneapol.is-St. Paul area and the Conference Board's Help-Wanted Index, show this to be the case. The Conference Board's Help-Wanted Index for April was 32, compared to 34 in March and 35 in April 1982. The num~.er of job openings expected to last 30 days or more received by the State Job Ser- vice dropped slightly in April from the March level. However, the number of openings receiYed in April was 35.7 percent greater than in April 1982. This was the first month in which 1983 openings received have exceeded the comparable month in 1982. G~neral Information on Overseas Job Opportunities Several international organizations have job vacancies abroad for professional workers. Generally, a degree is required plus 5 to 10 years of experience in the occupation at a level indicating that the candidate is qualified as an expert senior advisor to high le~l officials. Foreign language ability is often a prerequisite. Resumes may be submitted for general consideration directly to the following: Agency ~or International Development Professional Talent Search Office of Personnel and Manpower Washington, D.C. 20523 UNESCO International Organizations Recruitment Institute of International Studies U.S. Office of Education Department of Education Washington, D.C. 20202 WHO Office of International Health Public Health Services Department of. Education Washington, D.C. 20202 FAO Office of International Organization Affairr Foreign Agriculture Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 A list of United States construction forms engaged in overseas projects may be obtained from: Chief Engineers Department of the Army Washington, D.C. 20315 Teaching positions: Department of Defense, Overseas. Teachers Program Attn: Teacher Recruitment 2461Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22331 Skill shortages in following: primary, home economics, business education, science, music, school nurses. math, Also, consult your library for the book American Firms Doing Business Abroad published by American Academy Press for the names of private sector companies which may employ people specializing in international trade. 4 o o oo