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01-28-85 agenda CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 33 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: February Special City Council ~9eeting Schedule Council Members: The City Manager and staff recommend that the City Council approve of the February schedule for special City Council Meetings listed below: 1. February 5th (Tuesday) 7:00 p.m. Joint Meeting with the Planning Commission; 2. February 11th (Monday) 5:30 p.m. Study Session on City Administration Proposal for Financing Storm Sewer Operations, Maintenance and Construction; 3. February 19th (Tuesday) 7:30 p.m. Joint Meeting on Legion Lake Comprehensive Development Plan Proposals with HRA, Community Services Commission and Planning Commission; (Monday, February 18th is a holiday) and, 4. February 25th (Monday) 5:30 p.m. (tentative) Study Session on the Community Survey questionnaire results. Respectf ~ Submitted, John G. Cartw~~ht City Manager CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 32 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Appointments to City Advisory Commissions Council Members: On January 22, 1985 the city council interviewed a number of residents interested in being appointed to one of the city's advisory commissions. Appointments to the advisory commissions has been scheduled for the January 28, 1985 city council meeting. ' Attached to this council letter is a list of the number of vacancies in each commission, and a list of the persons seeking appointment. Copies of the new applications were previously furnished to council members and are not included in this council letter. In summary, the appointments are as fellows: Advisory Board of Health There are six vacancies for this board. Five persons have indicated an interest in being appointed to this commission. Civil Service Commission There is one vacancy, and the incumbent, who is the only applicant, seeks reappointment. Community Services Commission This commission has three vacancies, and seven persons are seeking appointment. Energy Awareness Commission This commission has three vacancies, (two for full three- year terms, and one for an unexpired term) and three applicants. Human Rights Commission . There are three vacancies on this commission, and four applicants. It should be noted that Tollie Flippin, wha is seeking reappointment, was appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1984 and has served only a few mont'ns on this commission. -2- Planning Commission There are three vacancies on this commission, and eight persons are interested in being appointed. Senior Citizens Commission This commission has four vacancies; three for full three- year terms, and one unexpired term. Six persons have applied for appointment to this commission. Sister City International Three persons have been appointed to this commission thus far, leaving six vacancies to fill. Three people have applied for appointment to this commission. Respectfully submitted, fN John G. Car rig ` City Manager JGC/eja • BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMEPJTS ~d. APPLICANTS NUMBER OF VACANCIES TERM EXPIRES ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH Marian Boehnke (served one term, seeks reappointment) 1. January 31, 1987 Mary Brekke (served two terms, seeks reappointment) Anne Kinley (served one term, seeks reappointment) 2. ~ January 31, 1987 Martin Kirsch (also interested in Planning & Senior Citizens) Carol E. Olson 3. January 31, 1987 u, January 31, 1987 5, January 31, 1987 6, January 31, 1987 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION George Karnas (served one term, seeks reappointment) 1. January 31, 1988 COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ~:,-Ethel Naslund (served one term, seeks reappointment) 1. January 31, 1988 Laura Baldwin (also interested in Human Rights Commission) Swan Berzelius (also interested in Energy Awareness & Planning Comm)2. January 31, 1988 :,E'c~wina Garcia (also interested in Planning Commission) Paul Kaiser 3. January 31, 1988 Susan Rosenberg ;,F,~ri~1 Sh i pka ENERGY AWARENESS COMMISSION Richard Holt (served one term, seeks reappointment) 1. January 31, 1988 Janet Jacobson (served one unexpired term, seeks reappointment) Susan Berzelius (also interested in Community Ser. & Planning) 2. January 31, 1988 3, January 31, 1987 APPLICANTS NUMBER OF VACANCIES TERM EXPIRES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Tollie Flippin (served only few months, seeks reappointment) 1. January 31, 1988 Laura Baldwin (also interested in Community Services) Karen Finne Y January 31, 1988 B.J. Gersey (also interested in Sister City and Senior Citizens) 3• January 31, 1988 PLANNING COf~IMISSION Mark Ahlquist ( served three terms, seeks reappointment) 1 . _ ~~',~~y, ~/r~.~~~1lla uary 31 , 1988 0 Vern Luettinger (served one term, seeks reappointment) ' Susan Berzelius (also interested in Community Services) 2.(~~,,~ ~~,~~Qp,/~.JJanuary 31, 1988 Edwina Garcia (also interested in Community Services) Martin Kirsch (also interested in Health and Senior Citizens) 3. .-,~~~~,~O~January 31, 1988 Timothy Kuck ~ ~ - ~ Lean Lunas Thomas Thompson SENIOR CITIZENS/HANDICAPPED M na Hammer served one term seeks r Yr ( ea intment PIS ) 1 Januar Y 31 , 1988 Dale Rusk served one ter s ( m, eeks reappointment) B. J. Gerse also interested in uma ( H n Ri hts & Sister Cit Y g Y) Martin Kirsch (also interested in Planning & Ad. Bd. Health) 2. January 31, 1988 Mary Knudsen Nancy J. Tjornhom 3• Januar 1 1988 Y 3 , w 4. January 31, 1986 SISTER CITY INTERNATIONAL B. J. Gersey (also interested in Human Rights & Senior Citizens) 1. (Terms to Be Set) Joni Matthews - J. Albert Oster 2, v ~i i ~ ~ - 4. ' 5. 6. • CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 31 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Reallocation of Year X Community Development Block Grant Program. Council Members: As part of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) allocation in program Year X (July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1985) the city allocated $25,000 to the Community Center remodeling project and $10,000 to the recycling project. It is now requested that $3,000 be reallocated from the community center remodeling project to the recycling project. The recycling project was set up on an experimental basis to run through August of ..1985• The program is being funded by a $10,000 allocation f~^m the CDBG and an additional $20,000 from Hennepin County. The CDBG funds were designated for a part-time person to coordinate the program and for promotional materials. It was anticipated that the person hired would set up the program and train volunteers to eventually take aver the coordination duties. The funding for that position ended on December 31, 1984. The program has been successful, but it has been determined that the part-time position is necessary to continue the success. The volunteers need a coordinator. Therefore additional funding is necessary to continue the position. At this time, an additional $3,000 is being requested to fund the position through the end of June, 1985• Funds to continue the position for the period beginning July 1 will be requested as part of the Year XI CDBG allocation process. One of the improvements to be funded by the CDBG for the Community Center was the construction of a bus turn-out and drop-off area on 70th Street. However, those improvements were funded from Municipal State Aid funds. The CDBG red tape to process specifications, bidding and implementation was tao time consuming so city staff switched to MSA for this work. The cost of this project was approximately $10,000. Because of this change in funding source, additional CDBG funds are available far Community Center remodeling. The $7,000 balance will be used to purchase and install new carpeting on the first floor. The existing carpet is 10 years old and is severely worn. It is requested at this time that $3,000 of the approximate $10,000 be reallocated to fund the recycling project. -2- It is recommended that the City Council approve the reallocation of $3,000 of the Year X Community Center remodeling project to the Year X recycling project. This would decrease the Community Center remodeling project from $25,000 to $22,000 and increase the recycling project from $10,000 to $13,000. Respectfully submitted, 1 ~~t~// ~ ~L~~ John G. C rtw ght City Manager JGCleja CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 30 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: MAMA Joint Comparable Worth Study Council Members: BACKGROUND Last week, you received Council Memo No. 9 which presented background information on the current Joint Comparable Worth study. This study is being undertaken by the Metropolitan Area Management Association (MAMA) ar.d Control Data Business Advisors, a subsidiary of the Control Data Corporation. Minnesota's "Comparable Worth Act" requires that cities and other political subdivisions establish equitable compensation relationships on the oasis of "comparable work value." Section 3 (471.993) requires that an Employer's compensation structure must provide for organization on t'ne basis of "skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions" and for "reasonable relationships" between compensaticn for the Employer's positions and compensation for "similar positions" of other Employers. Section 4 (~71.99~t) requires Employers to use a job evaluation system in order to determine "comparable work value." Since the early 1970's, approximately forty Twin City Metropolitan area suburban cities ranging in population from 5,000 to 82,000 have been engaged in multi-employer joint bargaining or coordinated bargaining efforts with unions representing public works and public safety 'oargaining units. It is the intent of these cities to continue their cooperative efforts in the field of compensation, both in collective bargaining and i^ setting salaries unilaterally where no exclusive representative of employees exists. 4 According to a 198 amendment passed by the Minnesota Legislature, such comparable worth study must be done by each city on or before October 1, 1985• JOINT STUDY The joint study includes an overwhelming majority of all of the metropolitan communities, as well as several out-state communities. The result of such a massive cooperative effort, is that a complete study, which will render uniform job -2- valuations which would cross municipal lines can be purchased at a very reasonable price by each of the participating municipalities. Additionally, the technique employed by Control Data Business Advisors utilizes input from employee representatives from each of the municipalities which participate in t'ne study. Richfield will have ample opportunity for input into this process. It should also be noted that a Personnel Committee has been working with the Control Data Business Advisors group since late in December, in developing and coordinating the process to be used in this comparable worth study. To that end, Richfield~s Administrative Services Director has been an active participant, and once again, provides additional representation for Richfield. The amount each City pays for the study is based on a formula utilizing a base charge of $3,000, plus a charge per employee of $35 per full-time permanent employee. Richfield has been assessed along with the other cities a one-time $200 fee to cover t'ne costs for the consultant selection process. The total cost of the study to be shared by t'ne participating communities is approximately $500,000. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution, authorizing participation in the Joint Comparable Worth Study, and authorizing the $10,305 as Richfield~s share of the cost of the study, (based on 203 full time employees). Respectfully submitted, John G. Cartwright . City Manager JGC/bcc • RESOLUTION N0. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTROL DATA BUSINESS ADVISORS, INC. JOINT COMPARABLE WORTH STUDY. WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 471.991 enacted in 1984 requires all political subdivisions in the State to establish equitable compensation relationships among its employees; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Area Management Association, the Coalition of Outstate Cities, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association and other related public jurisdictions desire to meet the requirements of the law through a joint job evaluation study; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Area Management Association in consultation with representatives of autstate cities and after meeting and confering with representatives of organized lobar screened and selected Control Data Business Advisors, Inc. as the consultant to perform the study; and WHEREAS, the cost of the study is to be divided among the participating jurisdictions in the following manner: Each entity will pay a base charge of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) and a charge per employee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) per person. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Richfield, that it hereby approves participation of the City in the Joint Comparable Worth Study to be conducted by Control Data Business Advisors, Inc. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sum of $10,305.00, based on the above specified formula, be transmitted to the City of Golden Valley, Minnesota which city has offered to serve as the fiscal agent and contractor for the duration of the study. Dated this 28th day of January, 1985. John Hamilton Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City manager January 14, 1985 ~ Council Memorandum ido.9 The Honorable Mayor and members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Pay Equity Plan for Local Governments Council Members: In 19$4, the Minnesota legislature passed a bill extending pay equity or the principle of comparable worth to local governments of the State, including cities, counties, and school districts. The law requires t'nese public employers to report their pay equity plans to the Department of Employee Relations by October 1, 1985. The Department, in turn, is required by law to report to the legislature on information gathered frcm local governments, including a list of local governments which did not comply with the reporting requirements of the law. In response to this law, the metropolitan Area Management Association (MAMA) undertcak a joint study to select a consultant to assist that organization. and its member ccmmur:ities in developing a pay equity or comparable worth plan. Several consultants were interviewed by the MAMA group and ultimately the Control Data Business Advisers Corporation was selected to assist the MAMA cities in developing a comparable worth plan. At the present time, there are approximately eighty-eight cities that are participating in the MAMA joint study. Staff ` frcm the City of Richfield enthusiastically supports this joint ur~dertakir~g. The study should ultimately render one compre'nensive comparison of municipal jobs applicable to all L ~ L L L Y. ~ r H O a +io i T i ra p~~ ticipa~i..o commu~...~ies. .n_s is in co:,~~ ..s~ ~o „v,.ry city attempting to establish an individual study. Such an alternative would be very costly and ultimately result in job comparisons which would not be uniform from community to community. The latter situation wou'_d undoubtedly lead to problems and possible litigation. At the council meeting of January 28, city staff will be recommending that the City officially participate in. the Control Data/L1AMA joint compensation study. The cost to the City of Richfield will be approximately X10,000. -2- Ir, conjur_ction with this study, the Metropolitan Area Management Association is presenting an informatior:al meeting fcr elected officials. ibis meeting will take place Trledr~esday, January 10, 1985, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Roseville City Hall. City Council Members who are interested in attending this session, which will present a basic description of the joint compensation study, should notify me so that I can may notify the MAMA Committee of attendance at that program. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact either Steve Devich, Administrative Services Director, or myself. S'ncere'y ~ 1 John G. twr~i ht City Manager l JGC:sb r~ ~ C=~ l~ ~ ~ ~ r F~ X91} Y~ x`i G T January 3, 1985 T0: MAi~,IA CITY MA!dAGEF~S OF CITIES PARTICIPATING IN JOINT C0~9PE1VSATION STUDY FRO";i: William S. Joynes, Chairmar. ",tAttA General Labor Relations Committee SUBJEC'T': ",iEETING FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS REGARDING THE MA4fA JOINT CO't1PENSATIO`+ STUDY An informational meeting for the benefit of City elected officials has been scheduled for the following date, time and location with regard to the `•tA";iA Joint Compensation Stuay. Representatives of Control Data Business Advisors will be available to discuss their program. • DATE: Wednesday, January iii, 1985 TI!~tE: 7:OG P.!~l. PLACE: Roseville Citv F:a11 Council Chambers 2660 Civic Cente^ Drive Roseville, Minnesota. City '.lar.aaers should notify their City elected officials of this ,<<eetin and also contact Helen Campbell at Labor Relations Associa~_es, 540-1=170, '•vi th how many elected officials ~ui 11 be attendi:,o from their city. If you have any questions please contact tine ~.~~riter at the City of Golden U'alley, 545-3781. WSJ:hfc • CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA ~ Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 29 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: 1985 League of Minnesota Cities Proposed City Policies and Priorities Council Members: The LMC Legislative Study Committee has developed proposed city policies for the 1985 legislative year. Each policy has an A,B or C priority. The city staff has reviewed these proposed policies which will be acted upon at the January 29, 1985 Legislative Conference at the St. Paul Radisson Hotel. The comments below are on a few policies which staff believes the City Council may wish to oppose. 1. Policy No. LMC Policy GSGL 13 UNIFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION DAY (B) LMC Comments The League opposes the designation of a uniform local government election day. Home rule charter cities currently have the authority through their charters to designate when they want to hold their local elections. Statutory cities may establish either an odd or even year November election date. Decisions affecting only local units of government should be made at the local level unless an overriding state interest can be demonstrated. The League believes that there is no statewide necessity to provide for a uniform local government election day. However, if the legislature enacts a uniform local government election day, the following features must be included: 1. Home rule charter cities should retain the' option of setting their own election date. -2- 2. Municipal primary elections should continue to be optional. 3. All direct costs of state-mandated c'nanges and additions to present city election duties s'nould be paid by the state. Staff Comments A uniform voting day would simplify the election process, particularly in the Metropolitan Area and enhance voter response. 2. PPS-7 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL (B) LMC Comments The League opposes any increase in state standards for the recruitment, training, and conduct of law enforcement personnel. The current uniform state licensing system establishes adequate minimum standards for law enforcement personnel. The League supports the continued flexibility provided in the system to employ a class of peace officers who meet specified requirements which are less than those or full-time officers and allows upgrading of part-time officers to fully licensed status, as well as allowing the POST Board to grant variances for political subdivision in having particular difficulties in complying with licensing standards to permit phased compliance. Cities should retain responsibility for personnel matters and the state should not unnecessarily complicate local personnel practices which have worked well in the past. Staff Comments Placing a "cap" upon the professional competence of Police Officers is detrimental to the welfare of our community and citizens, particularly considering the complex changes and technology in law occurring on an annual basis. • -3- 3. PP S8 FIRE PERSONNEL STANDARDS (B) • LMC Comments The League apposes any additional state established mandatory or suggested physical, physiological, educational, or compensation standards for retirement or continued employment of firefighters. Fire suppression has traditionally been a uniquely local function in Minnesota. Not only are firefighting problems vastly different from one community to another, but well over ninety percent of Minnesota commun- ities rely primarily on volunteer firefighters for ire suppression services. The League believes that local governing bodies are best equipped to determine the nature of local fire risks, the level of local fire prevention efforts, and the practical availability of firefighting personnel. Efforts by the state to improve firefighting capabilities should be undertaken through increased financial assist- ance to provide improved programs or by direct employment of specialized personnel at the state level with such personnel made available to assist local units of government. Staff Comments To oppose minimum mandatory standards for firefighters is similar to allowing auto mechanics to conduct brain surgery. The concern with regard to firefighter standards relates to the very large number of volunteer firefighting organizations in the state. Rather than ignoring the standards, differential training approac'nes s'nould be developed far professional and volunteer firefighters. 4. PPS-9 MODIFICATIONS TO THE STATE FIRE CODE (B) LMC Comments The League supports legislation which would clarify that it is the responsibility of the state to inspect facilities open to the public such as schools, hotels, lodging houses, hospitals, nursing homes, dry cleaners, and • motion picture theaters, whether or not it contracts with local units of government to perform the actual inspection. The League also supports legislation allowing cities which do not have the building • code to require the installment of masonry fire walls between buildings in the downtown business district or other high risk areas as an alternative to adopting the more stringent fire code in the state building code. All foam insulation sold in Minnesota should be required to clearly state on its packaging that state law requires the foam be covered by fire resistant material. Staff Comments In most urban areas a comprehensive fire protection/preventive inspection program must work in harmony. Therefore, local control over this activity is particularly critical. 5. PPS-11 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LMC Comments The league supports the current statutory minimum requirements for ambulance vehicles, equipment, and attendants' training but o(~poses any additional requirements unless the state provides adequate funding or funding sources. Cities as a group are the single largest provider of ambulance services in the state and form a vital part of the network of emergency services. To maintain and improve the emergency services network for all residents of the state the legislature must provide funding for training and equipping emergency medical personnel. State grants and aids should be available to enable all cities to have access to adequate emergency medical service. Additionally, with the increasing interest in paramedic services, the legislature should assist in providing easily accessible training on a statewide basis at minimum cost in order to meet appropriate qualifications. Staff Comments The proposal would maintain current standards, however, it would not provide a system for modifying these standards to meet the rapidly changing demands of the medical service profession. -5- 6. PPS-12 WORKERS' COMPENSATION (B) LMC Comments The League requests the legislature to eliminate the presumption that heart and lung ailments of police and fire personnel arise from their employment. Existing workers' compensation statutes create a presumption that heart and lung ailments of police and fire personnel arise from employment. Improved equipment and methods of fire fighting and law enforcement and increased statistical data as to personal risk factors affirm that presumption no longer reflects reality or serves a public purpose. Staff Comments The courts have acknowledged certain medical problems in the Police and Fire area as being inherently related to the stress factors of the job. The current position of the issue should not be changed. • It is recommended that the City Council endorse the LMC policies noting any exceptions and instructing the City's delegate to vote accordingly. R ectfu y' ~bmitted , ~ ohn G. Cart rigYYt City Manager i , JGC/eja CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 28 Agenda: January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Repeal Of Water Standby Service Charge For Fire Protection Systems Council Members: For many years the city has maintained a water standby charge assessed against properties with fire protection sprinkler system installations. By ordinance, this annual charge ranges from $30 to $100. When the charge was originally established, it appears that the basis for the charge was t'nat the water supply for fire protection systems was of some measurable value to the property involved. However, in the event of fire, the amount of water required for fire fighting purposes by the Public Safety Department is many times greater than the amount of water needed to control a fire in a property protected by a fire sprinkler system. Therefore, our current standby charge policy would seem counter productive to the efforts of the city to encourage the installation of sprinkler systems. If we compare two hypothetical fires, the validity of abolishing the annual sprinkler system charge becomes more evident. If the fire division uses 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish a fire in a commercial building, the owner pays nothing for the water pumped from fire hydrants, since no one is charged for water used to fight fires. This gallonage is easily reached when we are pumping over 1,000 gallons per minute with our fire apparatus, and we do so in buildings with no sprinkler systems. sprinklered buildings, on the other hand, might use 20 gallons per minute for 30 minutes, using a total of only 600 gallons of free water. In addition, our manpower and equipment expenses are extremely high for unsprinklered buildings relative to sprinklered ones. Thus, while the sprinklered buildings save the city a great deal of money (manpower and equipment), the owner of the sprinklered building is being charged anywhere from $30 to $100 annually for having the built-in safety system, while the owner of the unsprinklered building pays nothing for a building with -2- This type of situation defeats our objective to encourage • building owners to convert their buildings to a sprinkler system. The amount collected from the annual fee was $x,730 in 1982 and $5,060 in 1983. This revenue is not an important revenue source yet it does serve as a cost that discourages building owners from protecting their buildings with a sprinkler system. The cost to the city's water system is a minor cost. A meter reader reads the detector meter on the sprinkler system once a quarter. Water division personnel also exercise (turn on and off) the valves on the service once per year. The Public Safety Department staff believes a substantial public interest can be served by the installation of private fire protection systems in properties throughout the community. The cost to the city of providing fire protection for buildings without automatic sprinkler systems is substantially higher than fire protection costs for buildings with such systems. In future years the expansion of private fire protection systems in the city will directly impact upon the level of public fire protection required to address the potential fire hazard problems in our community. Therefore, any effort by the city to aggressively encourage the installation of private fire protection sprinkler systems would have a very positive long term benefit to all taxpayers. It is the request of the Director of Public Safety, in which I concur, that the city council give favorable consideration to first reading of the attached ordinance amendment abolishing the annual water standby charge for private protection sprinkler systems. Respectfully submitted, hn G. Ca~wr r~ht City Manager JGC/eja A A1~IENDMENT TO CHAPTER VIII, PART IV OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD City of Richfield Does Ordain: Chapter VIII, Part IV, Section 8.23 of the Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield entitled "tiVater Rates" is amended by repealing Subdivision 5 thereof, which provides for an annual fee for standby service for connections to automatic sprinkler systems, and is entitled "Standby Service" and by renumbering the remaining subdivisions of said Section 8.23 accordingly. Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this day of 1985. John N. Hamilton, Mayor ATTEST: Sylvia K. Bergh, City Clerk • i ~ i 1 1 ~ir~ ~r®~~ctior~ ~la~er Stated ~'ar ~ ~ JA~~t t~~ P~~~~ ~r~t~r~st by BRIAN R. SNUTE, Attorney at Law f 3 3, Reprinted from fhe NAS & FCA Winter 1979-1980 Sprinkling of News A high fire death rate is peculiarly an A.merica.n In Anchorage, Alaska, in 1977, the Public Utilities problem. No other industrialized nation comes close to Commission approved a new tariff for the Anchorage the American fire death rate. Fire deaths and injuries Water Utility. As a result, the utility required owners o; per million population in the United States are nearly private fire protection systems to make a monthly three times that of Sweden, which has the next highest payment for merely having an automatic sprinkler sys- death and-injury rate by fire. tern connected to the utility water supply. fibs owner In 1978 over 3 million fires caused over ~4 billion was required to pay even when he did not use any worth of fire losses. The dollar value of the damage water at a1L and destruction by fire does not even begin to approxi- ~ It came to the attention of the Water Conservation mate the actual losses because serious fires create in- Association that the monthly charges in some cases direct business and community losses such as: were so high that they were in excess of insurance ! (a) Lass of customers savings realized through installation of the system. Consequently, some owners were deciding to turr. off (b) Loss of profits their fire protection system because it had become un- • •(c) Cost of retaining key personnel during ahutdoR-n economical to mair_tain. The Water Association was also _ aware of some new constrsction for which plans for (d) Loss of taxes on destroyed property installation of private fire protection systems had been t Finally, there are indirect losses of a personal nature. cancelled because the stiff water standby charge was These may be even more difficult to estimate, yet their too high In relation to the savings which could be t ~ realized by havins the systems installed_ importance should not be neglected. In addition .a financial losses incurred through temporary unemploy- The Water Conservation Association took the position meat and expenses Lncurred in finding and moving to new housing, there is the destruction of irreplacable that the standby charge which owners of private fire personal belongings. protection systems were being required to pay wan not in the interest of conservative water usage, was not in Water is sr. adispensable commodity when it comes the interest of increasing the fire worthiness of the to fighting fir~•. Fires cause bi]lions of gallons of water general Anchorage municipal area, and did not further Lo be consumed putting them out. Consequently, given cooperative planning to solve the interrelated proolema the compelling social goal of avoiding the catastrophic of providing adequate fire protection and water supplies _ fi.-t losses, together with the absol~ite necessity of water to the City. for basic human existence, a municipality should develop policies which maximize its ability to provide both fire The Water Conservation Association prepared a protection and adequate water supplies. memorandum to more full}, explore whether the ataadby charge fire protection owner$ were being required to According to the National Fire Protection Association, pay was in the public interest. A detailed fact digest private fire protection systems (of which automatic was compiled. As a result of its study, the Water Con. sprinkler systems are the backbone} are the most ef- servation Association concluded that the standby festive means of controlling fires in buildings. Not only charges ware not in the public interest and, con- do private fire protection systems put out fires, they sequently, should either be eliminated or alternative do not require nearly as much water to extinguish fires methods found t.o restore the economic incentives for on the average as is required by the Fire Department. installing private fire protection systems so the water The expenses of the Fire Department incurred fighting conserving and fire loss reducing characteristics can aprinklered fires are much leas, and the chance for in- be promoted. ry to firemen as a result of fire is almost negligible aprinklered buildings. Aa a result of its effortr, the Water .Conservation Association has apparently succeeded in getting the Municipality of Anchorage to agree to a potential of a _ ]F!r[an R. Shute !s an Anchorage, Alaska attorney. Hr. reduction in standby charge of as much as i5 percent represents the ~;'a ter Conservation Association of or more. However, the Association would like to set the Anchorage. charge eliminated completely for the following reasons; ~ PRIVATE FIRE PROTEC710N SYSTEMS BOTH ISO is presently in Anchorage reevaluating the fire flow CONSERVE AVAILABLE WATER SUPPLIES requirements. The 1972 fire flow guide has been re- i AND GREATLY REDUCE LOSSES CAUSED vised since the last fire flow study ivas done for ~ Anchorage in 199. ISO engineers indicated that the BY FIRES. reduction in fire flow requirements for a building can be even greater than 50 0, to as much .as 75 a, given the right kind of building construction. 1. Rriva#e fire pro#eclion systems Conserve water i Supplies. It was the opinion of the ISO engineers that although the ISO methodology did not enable a precise computa- ~ Statistics showing the effectiveness of automatic lion of the reduction in Anchorage fire flow require- ? sprinkler protection a.re phenomenal. Only in rare in- meats caused by the private sprinkler protection, it was p y significant. ISO indicated that the sprinkles installation stances do automatic s rinkler s stems fail to control fires in sprinklered buildings. The failures are seldom in the central business district alone made Anchorage's due to the sprinklers, but rather the lack of water, central business district a much better fire risk. often because the system has been turned off either Finally, ISO engineers indicated that with sil of Lhe intentionally or by vandals, A complete record of fires factors of the Itiunicipai grading schedule taken into ac- in spr•inklered buildings would show that their efficiency count, they were hopeful that the required fire flows for i probably approaches 100%. Of all the fires controlled Anchorage would be less than the 1969 studies indi- ~ by sprinklers more than 900 of them are controlled by sated. However, the investigation work for the study I has not been completed, and consequently the fire flow } threes or less sprinkler heads. The effectiveness of automatic sprinklers stems from requirement is still to be determined. their presence at the potential scene of afire before In 1969, I50 engineers completed a report on Anchor- the fire starts. They can apply water immediately where age. It is significant that one of the improvements it is needed because there are no problems of access recommended by ISO was installation of automatic to the seat of the fire or interference with visibility for sprinkler equipment in all basements exceeding 2.500 ~ fire fighting due to smoke. Sprinklers r4n extinguish square feet. 1 fires much earlier than a Fire Department could ever respond to an alarm. The amount of water necessary Ehcamination of the respective quantities of water to put out afire in its beginning stages is nowhere needed by the FSre Department versus sprinkler systems to extinguish fires, the 25''~ to 75`"o discount for fire near the amount required for the Fire Department to flow required for a given building, and a study of the put it out after it gets going. Municipal Grading Scl•.edule atI indicate that the amounts Performance characteristics of sprinklers indicate that of water demanded to maximize Anchorage's fire pro- ataadard automatic sprinklers discharge anywhere from tection efforts are reduced by widespread installation to 55 gallons of water per minute, depending on the of private fire protection s}-stems. The conservation ressure at the sprinkler Bead. In comparison, aheavy- aspects of private fire protection are significant and A attac}c two and one-half inch mobile hose line in oiler- should be encouraged. ation can consume more than two hundred gallons per ~ minute. L the fire is not put out in its infant stages (as occurs over 90`'~ of the time when automatic sprinklers are deployed? it may take a number of heavy- PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION REDUCES THE COST attack lines hours to co:~.rol the fire, if the water supply OF OTHER PU8L1C SERVICES. holds out that long. In addition to the water conservation aspects of auto- " matic sprinkler systems, and the significant savings in 2. The total required fire flow far a municipality life and property, there are other public benefits from widespread installation of private fire protection syB- . is reduced with the widespread installation terns. Among these are: of private fire prate=tion systems. 1. Eoth the economic and physical burden of the fire The traditional method for estimating the water sup- department are dec_*eased since private fire protection ply required to serve a municipality's fire protection generally puts out the fire before the fire department needs is by computing fire flow requirements. The latest even arrives. This also decreases the hazards of fight- develooments in estimating fire flow requirements are ing fire. found in the Guide for Determination of Required FSre Flow pub]ished by the Insurance Services Office {ISO} 2. The cost of manpower and time fighting fire is re- in 1972. The fire flow formula reflects significant water duced and therefore the money necessary to operate the , conservation propensities of private fire protection. De- Fire Department itself is also lessened. pending upon the flamability of a given building, the S, private fire rrotection decreases fire insurance cost ' fire flow required is reduced by twenty-five to fifty for the entire city. . percent when a sprinkler system is present in a building. The guide for determining required fire flow just 4. Private fire protection increases municipal tax referred to is a determination made for apeciflc build- revenues by encouraging property improvement. ings. The ISO utilizes this formula for determining fire 5. Private fire protection increases a community's total ~w requirements for Anchorage as a City. The proce- re for making acity-wide fire flow determination is fire protection security, preventing conflagrations and more fully described in the ISO Municipal Grading exposure fires. Schedules 6. Private fire protection results in lessening the cost ' The last analysis of Anchorage fire flow requirements of capital improvements to the water utility ainct wide- . wss performed and summarized by ISO ins 1969 report. spread installation of private fire protection decreases _ _ ~3- ~ ' the required fire flaw necessary for adequate municipal in water conservation and increas$ in total potential • . fire protection. demand for water for five protection. f 7. Private fire protection saves billions of gaIIons of Largely through the work and application of ISO's ater which is in chronic short supply in most Cities. I~funieipal grading schedule, the Municipality of Anchor- age receives a fire risk rating which determines fire . The encouragement of private fire protection sys- insurance rates for the City. As has already been ems is consistent with the State policy of encouraging discussed, wider recd installation of fire protection devices (smoke alarms). Since private P private fire protec- fin protection reduces the cost of the fire department lion systems contribute significantly to reducing fire i for fighting fires in sprinklered buildings, State revenue 'flow requirements for Anchorage, and, therefore, play a 1 sharing money tan be used for other fire department Part in reducing fire insurance premiums to property t ~ owners in the city generally. It is those owners who do g purposes, making more efficient use of the State money. not have private protection systems who raise insurance f 9. The omission of sutomaiic sprinklers imposes upon rates, not owners who have installed such s}•stems. To ? the architect more stringent rules governing compart- penalize owners for installing private fire protection ~ mentalization, fire proofing, exit distance spacing, travel systems by requiring them to pay this standby charge distance, and exterior design requirements. It costs is to penalize the wrong people. It is the person who i more to construct without sprinklers. fails to install the apri.Zkler system who contrbutes to increased insurance rates, who requires immeasurably greater quantities of water to be consumed in putting out fires, and who creates a public hazard, since s fire BECAUSE WIDESPREAD INSTALLATION OF PR1- in a non-sprinklered building is much more likely to VATE FIRE PROTECTION CONSERVES SCARCE rage out of control and burn property of others nearby. WATER RESOURCES AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANTLY As owners and citizens of the Anchorage municpal DECREASING LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM area, private fire protection owners have a vested in- FIRE, THE MUNlC1PAL17Y SHOULD ENCOURAG'c terst in the continuing viability of both the fire protec- WlDESPREAD INSTALLATION OF THE SYSTEMS BY lion effort and the adequacy of the water supply. The PROVIDING NEW INCENTIVES FOR OWNERS 70 members of the Water Conservation Association feel that since v~zdespread installation of private fire protec- I INSTALL PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION, AND BY lion systems not only makes Anchorage a safer place to CONTINUING EXISTING 1NCEN71VE5. live, but also reduces Fire Department costs and con- y The primary incentive for voluntary installation of serves precious Rater resources, that the incentive for 1 private fire protection systems is the reduced insurance voluntary installation of sprinklers should be restored. es to the owner which enable him to amortize the There are a number of options which can be looked at ~t of installation over a period of a few years. to achieve this purpose. Because of the safety factors accompanying installs- ~ lion of automatic sprinklers and the reduced fire flow al characteristics. an oaver installing private fire protec- METHODS TO OPTIMIZE THE FIRE PRGTECTlGN ~ lion can reduce his insurance premiums when the in- EFFORT AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE WATER SER- I staliation has been approved by ISO. This incentive for voluntary i,ZStallation of private fire protection had been VICE. largely eradicated by the implementation of a flat month- The Anchorage Area Borough Assembly is empowered 1 ly charge by the Anchorage «'ater Utility of an}-w•here by the Municipal Charter to prescribe rules and proce- between 57.10 to 5254.10 per month, depending upon dunes for the operation and management of municipal i the size of pipe delivering water to the building. The utilities. Municipal Charter. Article ~Z (C) (1975). moat prevalent sizes of pipe are four, six and eight inch ~ The tii'ater Conservation Association offers the follow- pipe for which charges were x28.45 per month. $63.55 ing alternatives to the water standby charge as being per month and 5112.85 per month, respectively. These more productive aolutiors to the total municipal prob- rates nearly eat up. and is same cases entirely eliminate, ]em of providing adequate fire protection and sufficient the savings on insurance an owner achieves by install- water supply. ing private fire protection. Even when the rates do not entirely eat up the insurance savings, they eat up so - 1. Grant a tax credit to owners who install private fin much of the insurance savings that it takes too long protection systems. This will indirectl}• make those who to amortize the cost of installation, and it is uneconorni- do not voluntarily install private fire protection systems , cal to install private fire protection. pay for their counter productive and wasteful practice ~ of depending upon the resources of the lire Department But when fire protection needs and water supply re- to fight fires. This will also restore the incentive for quirements are examined in the total picture, it appears owners to voluntaril install y private fire protection Lhat the widespread installation of private fire protec- systems, which is lost when insurance savings are eaten j lion R~11 sileviate rather than create additional fire up by the standby charge. protection demands anon the water supply; the water viag capacities of automatic sprinklers will reduce 2. Simply atop the standby charge for private fire total quantity of water required to fight any given protection. The Water utility will not have the benefit tuber of fires. To levy a standby charge, whether of the alternative source of revenue from the ad valorem water is used or not, which eliminates the insurance property ta.x, but this lack of revenue will be more inns coat advantage is to create a disincentive and discourage made up by the savings which result from the public ' voluntary installation of private fire protection systems. benefits created by the incentive to install private fin Obviously, this will result .in a corresponding reduction protection systems. CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA ~ j~ Office of City Manager i Council Letter No. 2~ Agenda January 28, 1885 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Request for Illuminated Sign Permit at 6511 Nicollet Avenue Council Members: Nordquist Sign Company has requested an advertising permit for an illuminated sign to be located at 6511 Nicollet Avenue. The sign is to be an 3" by 2' wall sign with individual illuminated letters. City of Richfield ordinance code 3.u9, subdivision 19 - Illuminated Signs, provides that city council approval is required f'or illuminated signs. . The proposed sign conforms to all ordinances pertaining to signs of this nature, and it is recommended that the permit application be approved. R spectftt~~l'~~ bmitted , C.,- i _ z~ : ~~C~ ~ - ~John G. Car Wright City Manager r JGC/eja ArYfti~Vf: I I llr:NY, ~ : /!'`/i%fi'~ !L ~.rrnuvL I LLIV 1 ~ ~ ~nagerl ~ J Inspector / e Date ~ I Date ~~2'3/ APPROVE ~ DENY ~ : ~~-c~t~ APPROVE ( ~ DENY+ , t~ Planni g De artment City Council Date Z~ ~`3~ Date 4 Route to above for special approval per code General Signs APPLICATION FOR ADVERTISING PERMIT City of Richfield, Minnesota Date l/l~l Zoning Sign Erected - Yes No Fee S m t rJ~~~c_-- Address of Sign ~P,~~~ ` i,{ ~~'c-~- w•Proprietor Name :~-~d DBA .i.,'IZ 5 ~ rN a~pt~ e~ S ~ ~ Sign Erector i ~~l ~'.~~T ~l Address 1 i 1~~ ~ . ;'~-.t° . '-~i-,.; i./ TyFe of Sign Design Weather Cover Lighting h Wall ~ Single Face _ Clear Lexon _ Constant Projecting Double Face Frosted Lexon _ Flashing Ground Multi-Faced ~ Plastic Covered Revolving Roof Aerial/Blimp Shaded Traveling Pedestal Searchlight _ Neon i ~,t7 i ~ i v~trL Zip Lite Changeable Banner/Pennants X Other ~l,wtYl~NA;~~ ~ Other{Explain) Temporary ~ Portable Frame: ~ Sign Colors ~'"'`~J Trailer T ~ A ~ Post ~ ~!~?~!;c Illuminated ~ Yes No Watts Electrical Contractor Address - Phone Property Ocy-ner or his Agent Signature L~ ~ ~ ;Gf'1~t ~ ^~;w~r~-~ ~ Phone Estimated Cos ~,l!~~ Sign Width ~ -Height ? ~ Total Square Feet ii^ ~ l Position of the advertisement structure in relationship to the adjacent buildings, sidewalks, curbs, roadways, overhead utility lines, vehicle movement lines, or public facilities on drawing with significant dimensions and attached hereto of major signs. ?'~.inor signs as defined on page 2. 'Iwo blueprints of the sign, billboard, or outdoor advertising structure construction plans: including specifications, list of materials, and explicit anchoring or fastening details and a copy of the stress sheets, calculations, color of sign structure. Does the sign copy relate solely to the business, institution, or activity conducted on the premises? Will the sign, structure, or billboard restrict any sight distance under, around, or over for safe access by persons destined for or passing the subject premises? l'v'0 ~L~C~ L't ~ ~ l 6 n,' C U . Applicant's Signature and Title with Firm / Date I /i Phone Number ~ lL 9~?j- l_~~ r lkt V 8/83 PLEASE SEE REVERSE SIDE-FOR SIGN LOCATION SKETCH V ~ G~ ,z ~ ~1- Sivert Hendrickson/Building Official - 866-5061 1 r. _ _ ' ' ~l ~ . ~ ~~y annyW -mil ` ,3 x'E, ask°1#~. +.li ~ ~*,4y,~, a+ ~'3~ `.J ,p~,Sq"'~'~-'ems r S.~i~t~Npr !3~?~+~' @~'S'K~ ,`.~'?,~sj (t~ ,,..1 ~ ~ < ~ .bfi~ ~r ~ ~ ~e ~faF;"~~ .fir aN 'r`*:. r , wa` 1 4 u ~ ~ .F , x ~q~~ ,~~T t-Y~'J 1t~~11kZ11q tvF'f`1'~ CJ~C~ ~,~,,~.:tlf~ G ~~~1 -s- ' CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager • Council Letter No. 26 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Request for Permit for Illuminated Sign to be Located at 6505 Nicollet Avenue Council Members: Signcrafters has requested an advertising permit for an illuminated sign to be located at the Sherwin Willimas Paint store at b505 Nicollet Avenue. The sign is to be a 19' x 18' illuminated wall sign, single faced with constant illumination. City of Richfield ordinance code 3.~9, subdivision 1g Illuminated Signs, provides that city council approval is required for illuminated signs. The proposed sign conforms to all city ordinances pertaining to signs of this nature, and it is recommended that the permit be approved. Respectful ubmitted, rkL~Z ~ 'John G. Car Wright City Manager ;J JGC/eja _ _ _ _ r/ ~ ~t t~pPROGE ~ + DENYIX ~,~/~.j/~;`,"7/(•~ APPROVE U DE\rYl I. ~-c--~''~'"'r~ • ,,l - Ci' y ager r p ~ G,( In~pectgi~~ r- Da~e " \ I / 1 ' .ZJ •0`~" Date/ APPROVE I ~I T~EN'Y~ n APPROVE f DENY Planning Department City Council ~r~~~`~~" Date 11~}I' S Date Route to above for special approval per code General Sirs APPLICATION FOR ADVERTISING PER_~1IT City of Richfield, Afinn~sota Date S Zoning ~ ~ Sign Erecte -Yes No 1/ Fee Address of Sign ~ ~ S Prop~~ r Lame ~ DBA Sign Erector J~~~'?~~/~ Address l~ 75 i~~~'J~ilZ Type of Sien ~ Desion Weather Cover Li~htina Wall ~ Single Face Clear Lexon Constant Projecting ~ Double Face ~ Frosted Lexon ~ Flashing Ground Multi-Faced Plastic Covered I Revolving Roof ~ AerialJBlimp A Shaded ~ Traveling Pedestal Searchlight Neon ~ Zip Lite Changeable Banner/Pennants ~ Other j Other(Explain) Temporary _ Portable Frame: ~ ~ Sign Colors Trailer ~ T ~ A ~ Post lluminated Ye No Watts ~ p ~'j fjQ G t ~ ctrical Contractor _-~i1Gi.L/.C./~o~.~l~-s-- Address777S i~2~/,~ir~~honel~~lfZ'! ~J Property Owner or his Agent Signature ~Q,t~~~~ Phone ~7~"Zg~~ Estimated Cost ~(g~ p Sign k`idth /Q ~ Height ~ Total Square Feet ~..I~,~ - Position of the advertisement structure in relationship to the adjacent buildings, sidewalks, curbs, roadways, overhead utility lines, vehicle movement lines, or public facilities on drawing with significant dimensions and attached hereto of major signs. Minor signs as defined on page 2. Two blueprints of the sign, billboard, or outdoor advertising structure construction plans: including specifications, list of materials, and explicit anchoring or fastening details and a copy of the stress sheets, calculations, color of sign structure. Does the sign copy relate solely to the business, institution, or activity conducted on the premises? /7i1~ ~ ~ . Will the sign, s1 ucture, or billboard restrict any sight distance under, around, or over for safe acces by pe- s destin d for or passing the subject premises? ~ , Applicant's Signatu//re and Titlq~/with Firm _ ~I~~~Q Date ~ Phone Number 1 h t 8/83 PLEASE SEE P.EVERSE SIDE FOR SIGN LOCATION SKETCH Sivert Hendrickson/Building Official - 866-5061 r___-~ y . . ,..y - -•7 .q'-\j~jcl s~t~ 1-~~- fy~j '7E +~~J~~ ,t~--~--_~^_~ ~ , r 1 ! ~ 1 ! ~ \ ~ r+. rt `T_ _,~~J-l1r~...wr,H -`~rM y `}u ~ ,1~ L ~ ~ Je] ~ Z y r w _ r t 2 ~ : ~ + . r r rt j ff y r .~'a ~ at, 'e t l e 1y i 1- f as j 1~ ~ i sj , p h I y y y 'r C' l L ~ -1 - f- l f ^y ~ ti 'i . 1 t y, f r t ' f s ~ i ~ . { ~ r CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager i Council Letter No. 25 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: ?urchase in excess of $5,000 Council Members: The city council policy resolution on purchasing provides that when the purchase of merchandise, materials, equipment or construction exceeds the amount of $5,000, the authority to purchase shall be submitted to the city council for consideration. There is one such item on the January 28 agenda . WELL 4~4 The city has been in the process of systematically renovating wells which supply water to~the local system. Well X64 was last renovated about ten years ago. The practice of pulling a well motor and pump on a regular maintenance and check up schedule is a sound practice in order to avoid more costly repairs due to neglect. The adopted 1985 budget includes $18,000 for work at Well ~~4. Five written quotations were received: E. H. Renner & Sons, Inc. $11,366.00 Bergerson-Caswell Inc. $12,685.00 Keys Well Drilling Co. $15,700.00 McCarthy Well Company $i5 ,657.68 Layne Minnesota Company $14,170.00 It is recommended the city council authorize the renovation of Well 4~4 by E. H. Renner & Sons, Inc, in the amount of $11,366. Respectfully s, mitted, L ohn G. Cartes 'ght City Manager JGC/eja CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager Council Letter No. 24 Agenda January 28, 1985 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City cf Richfield Subject: Annual Richfield-Bloomington Watershed Management Organization (WMO) Meeting, 6:00 PM Council Members: In 1984 the first meeting of the newly created Richfield- Bloomington Watershed Management Organization was held at the City of Bloomington. This, the second annual meeting, is scheduled for 6:00 PM in the council chambers of the Richfield City Hall. The agenda for the meeting is attached. The city managers of Richfield and Bloomington propose, if time permits, a discussion on two additional issues of mutual interest to our cities: the Solid Waste Transfer Station location and the Airport South Development following the adjourment of the WMO meeting. spectf~l-3;,y ~~bmitted , ~ . , ~ ~~~~~'L{.LLGL~ZC John G. Ca twrightl~ City Manag~ / JGC/eja ~ ~ ~ ~ AGENDA FOR THE ANNUAL RICHFIELD-BLOOMINGTON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION (WMO) January 23, 1985 - 6:00 p.m. Richfield City Hall 6700 Portland Avenue South Richfield, Minnesota 5523 The members of the city councils of Richfield and Bloomington serve as commissioners. Chairman - Mark Mahon Vice Chairman - Don Priebe Treasurer - Ivan Ludeman Secretary - Neil Peterson Executive Director - John Cartwright Assistant Executive Director - Russell Langseth CALL TO ORDER: 6:00 p.m. 1. Board of Commissioners review and approve of minutes of the regularly scheduled meeting of February 13, 198. 2. Election of Officers - Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer. The bylaws allow: 1) Re-election without a limitation of the number of terms served; 2) Election of a new officer from the members of the Board of Commissioners. 3. Progress Report on the preparation of the Watershed Management Plan. Both cities have prepared a detailed engineering analysis of the quantity of storm water handled in each drainage area of their respective cities. The studies are being coordinated. The two plans are in substantial agreement on the quantity of water leaving Richfield and draining into Bloomington's Smith Pond. When details of any proposed changes, such as improvement to Wilson Pond in Richfield, are available, the WMO plan will be amended to reflect such changes. Assistant Executive Director Russ Langseth will give a short presentation on progress to date and answer any questions the commissioners may have. -2- .Z.. t With the work substantially completed on the analysis of quantity of water being generated and managed within the district, the staff intends to begin work on the quality of the run-off within the district in accordance wit'n the requirements of M.S.A. Section 473.878. 4. Adjournment The city managers of Richfield and Bloomington have included on the agenda for this joint meeting discussions on two other issues of mutual interest to both cities: the Solid Waste Transfer Station location and Airport South Development (following the adjournment of the WMO meeting). I PROPOSEO JOINT ;POWERS ~ ~ I ~ ` AGREEMENT BETWEEN N 1CHPIELD & BLOOMINGTON ; I Q c~ lSTIANI PPF3{ r _i it l I i lilli ill:¢,IE . - 1,i,j II I a ~ q 11 I h~ ~ ~ L ~ Ii J~~ I o I ~ U Z ~ ~ I Y~ SON PARK ' MINNEHAHAI' CREEK I _ WATERSNEQ: DJSTRICT ~ r---' I ~ M. A.C. i 76TH s7. ; ~ I i PROPERTY +f r--- --~I - - 1 S ~OM1~JG TO N I l ~ 1 SM17H PARK r 1f j ~ Q : POND ~ ~ I z / I - - - -1~ ~ ~ i ~ v . l ~ I r-J I I t ~ ~ WRlGHT'S LAKE i 867H S7.~~ , i ~ ~ ~ \ iii ~ I oil 1 J/ 1~ J L----- --1 Q'! EXISTING ~ ~l i I STORM SEWER-~,,, / so7H s7. I! ~ r / ,i I ~ NINE MILE ;CREEK I~ ~I PROPOSED ~ LONG WATERSHED QlSTRICT I - BOUNDARY caxW . i' / i ~ / ~ ~ n - ~--DRAINAGE DIVIDE 04~ ' ~~~r- a i; ~ p`' l ' ~ T ~ ^ i CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA Office of City Manager July 12, 1984 Council Memorandum No.108 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Richfield Subject: Solid Waste Transfer Station Council Members: City Manager John Pidgeon of Bloomington has furnished the writer with an inter-office correspondence from his staff to the Bloomington Mayor and Cit Council concernin solid waste Y g transfer stations. This memorandum reviews five possible site areas. The City Council may be interested in the proposed sites at~Crosstown East, Airport Southwest, and a site at 494 and Nicollet Avenue. The other two sites are Burnsville and a site along France Avenue in Edina at 76th Street West. The other item that I am including with this memorandum is a • copy of the Metropolitan Council bulletin for community leaders entitled "Review", which discusses transportation issues. This June 29, 1984, issue states that one possible change for 35W between Burnsville and downtown Minneapolis would be the addition of a traffic lane in each direction between South 4bth Street and Burnsville . pectfually mitted~ ~ / ~L~ John G . 'Cart fight City Manager JGC/eja h ITEM 7.7 11YliK-QI'F' 1C%. C~~LSPaNDE:vCE Date: June 21, 1984 To: uayor, City Council, City tanager From: Zobert Sharlin, Associate Planner Subject: Solid Waste Transfer Stations - General Siting Areas The Hennepin County Department of Environment and Energy has submitted to the County Board the Site Selec*_ion Study that includes recommendations for pre- fered sites for a solid waste transfer station. The 3loomington East site at 94th ,Street and James Avenue is listed as one of four"breie=red"sites. In an associated action by the County Boaxd'on June 5; 1984; the 3oard authorized the County staff to work cooperatively with the City to study feasible aiter::atives. Preliminary alternative site study activities have included the identification of general siting area alternatives as input for the County, collection of base site information, and a continuing review of evaluation criteria. At a June 15, 1984, meeting with the County staff and consultant, general siting areas were discussed. General siting areas refer to those areas in which theca is a possibility for the location of a specific site for a solid waste t_ansf2r station. The major purpose is the identification of these general areas is to allow the County to ini*_iate their transportation cost analysis. . Five general siting areas were discussed: 1. r-reewa Landfill/3urnsville. This area is the site of an existir_g solid waste landfill at I-35W and 113th Street. 2. Crosstown cast. This area is de=fined by the intersection of t'.^.e Crosstown Highway 52 and :!innesota 55. ~ potential candidate site could be located in several locations. 3. Airport Southwest. This area is defined by I-494 and T:377 (Cedar Avenue). potential candidate site could be lecated in the proximity of the :~!TC Bus Garage area. 4. 3looming*_on 4A. This area, within Bloomington, is defined by Exit 4A of I-494 (:~1COllet :venue L^.terchange) . The C_nt=a1 FOCUS Of the general Sting area would be in the proximity of Vicollet avenue and 79th Street ',vest. 5. Edina/?ranee Avenue. This area, within the City of cdina, is defined by the intersection or" France Avenue and 76th Street West. A five- to six- acre site could be accommodated within the general siting area. It is important to rote that the City staff understands (I} that the site location and evaluation process is the responsibility of the Count; and (2) that the County will present a preferred alternative for review and comment. Questions or concerns regarding the siting process or the general siting areas can be addressed at the June 25, 1984, City Courc_'_ reeting. 1 ~ a. t t-~ 3 a. , ,/y f i ^ ~ •J`_Y . s j1 I . - t s ,9y LI°R t okykt ~l9 ~ ua-_y~- ! ~ / '1 i- _i _ t i //a t A511 't o~x I3 ~ 1 ~ry ~ 1} ~ : 1~~~ [ \ 1'.S„yt fL--u - }-"y.--'~ tE~ Y~~ ~ 351 1 ~ ~ s s: .I~ / ~ ~ •l r•E I'AJJ _sy t S " ("I n,1`.h al a V 7 v r~ / :?W t - S` yam, ~ f. ,J ~ t- .rt.~\ - 4y,~ i ` ~ `o~ ~ ~ } ~ tfu,~- ~ ~-ty~,c~i~ I~~trtt•r"~~ ~ ~`'7" tea t t..~ - f ,..t~` .s ~ J 3~I Jl- uf~? {a.c } il'~y~ ~i ~"~{f Nj ~ip.."• . 3'j~~ 1 -~Y. i i 1f+- ~ 3t ,l~'l"2{ f>t .~--11~'~. ~L.a-. M•nn.a~tat.ynal a~.lUw\'If~ r1. NV~Ir'~ 'Q~!.a r ^Y, ~ 1 'j it-r . ~ t j`11i.,..«: Seaton = ~ "'t`r° 5 5 t,` ~ X ~ ~ ~ ? ~ b2 u~~c l,l.olb t , t Are ..o of y - ~r ~t % _.I wt t,-- J?3, +t ~ a1tmY ~5 • C1i ti~alt3hl 1 dr s_) , t : ss~y} Pa 1 \ i 1 1 ~ Y ~...t-~ t Nat.u<.at ~.7,~. anti ~ s „~T y. `l l•.-n~UrOCUA ri-- .ata. 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Included are descriptions, potential specific site locations and factors affecting solid waste transfer station development. Freeway Landfill/Burnsville This general siting area is defined, locati~nally, at I-35W and 113th Street. The ' general siting area corresponds to an existing 200-acre landfill operation. :'.ore than adequate vacant land exists for siting the development of a transfer station. The site has direct access to I-35W, The development of a transfer station would be a compatible use. The current owner/operator of the landfill is most receptive to the siting of a transfer station facility at the landfill. ~ major factor affecting the site is its location in Dakota County; a legal opinior. conceznirg the location of a facility located T.rithin an adjoining county would rave to be prepared. Crosstown East This general siting area is defined by the intersection or Crosstown Highway 62 and :~.innesota 55. ~ large, approximately 26-acre, undeveloped vacant site exists in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Highway 62 and :4innesota 55. • This parcel is currently owned by the State of uirnesota. ?s is stated ir. the cover memorandum, a potential trans~er station site of five- to si:c-acres could be located within this area. Ia general, a transfer station would be a compatible use, especially within the easterly portion of the area. There are two residential areas to the west of the potential siting area, both north and south of Crosstown Highway 62. These areas would be separated frog the site by the expressway and existing industrial-type land uses. The site would be approximately 800 feet from the closest point of a residential street. ?iowever, the above-mentioned transportation facility and land uses would allow for more than adequate separation and buffeting. ~!ajor factors affecting this siting area would be the development of the Crosstown Highway 52 and :Iinnesota 55 interchange and its location within the clear zone for Runway 4/22 of the `~inneapolis-St. Paul International airport. With regard to the interchange, Hiawatha Corridor plans show the improvement of Crosstown High*Hay 62 and a pro nosed interchange alignment. These improvements would Leave an area of approximately 15 acr_s that would be suitable for a transfer station site. ~ second factor possibly affecting the location of a transfer station on the site would be that it is currently located within the existing clear zone of Runway 4/22. A runway clear zone is an area that is recommended to be totally clear of ail obstructions for safe*_y purposes. It should be noted that development activity has occurred within this area. The future planned extension of runway 4/22 to the southwest would shut the clear zone in a similar direction. The future clear zone «ould .^.ot affect a transfer station site location. 1 c~~,a~ Q 3loomington 4-A . This general siting area is defined by E:cit 4A of I-494 (Nicollet Avenue interchange). A transfer station siting focus would include an approximate seven- acre area west o= ;Ticollet Avenue and the NSP ?Jilson Substation, between 78th Street West and 79th Street West. The area is currently zoned I-3, and can be described as being generally underutilized industrial land. The area does contain approximately 10 existing businesses consolidated within si:~ structures. A 1.b- acre vacant parcel does exist within the area and could be utilized as an initial base for a transfer station site in combination with adjacent sites. A transfer station would be a generally compatible land use. The potential site is adjac_nt to industrial uses. A transfer station would be separated from residential areas by existing industrial uses. Transportation access to I-494 would generally appear to be adequate; a note detailed analysis would have. to be. conducted. i z r . 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June 29, 19&4 ombudsman and transportation project; S147,C00 for legal services; and S112,$16 far senior center projects, RECENT COUNCIL ACTIONS SJnne 18.29) Regional Transit Beard-The Council submitted the follow- ing nominees far c+~air of the new Regional Transit Beard to Solid 1llasta-The Council decided to delay a decision on the governor: John Boland, North SL Paul; Billie Franey, the svitabiliry of-four proposed solid waste sites in Hennepin White Sear Lake; !Nalier Hansen, SL Paul; Bruce Nawroc'ci, Coumy until August. The sites-one in Minnetrista, one in Columbia Heights, Elliott Perovic7, Anoka; and Alice Corcoran and two in Independence-ors located in agricultural Rainvilla, Minneapolis. pres~srves. The Ceuncii mid it uranta*_+ the extra tiros La :Nark a•;z;-Tt:a CJI:T,Cii approved ar+,endmants to the Como out a fair and consistent way of acaammcdating the conflict- Regional Park master plan requested by the SL Paui City ing needs of ,....«cting agriasltvral land and siting landfills in Council that inducts making Gateway and W. Como Lake the rural area. In addition, the Council intends to develop Drives south of the lake two-way instead of one-way roads. plans to foster resource recovery programs to reduce the need The Coundi also approved a 5500,000 amendment for im- far landfills, provemems in roads, parking fadlities and paths at the park. The Coundl also eliminated the patrntial landfill site in The Council amended a development grant contract with Woodbury, finding that'Nashington Caunry does net carrtain the Hennepin County Park Reserve District for North arty additional satisfactory sites far solid waste disposal. The Hennepin Regional Trail. The action provides 5395,CQ0 io Council reduced the county's required complsmsnt of sites build a bridge carrying the North Hennepin Regional Trail over from three tc one. new Hwy. 1 E9, the Osseo Bypass. Transportation-The Metropolitan Council approved a Ambulance Service-The Council resumed to the Metro- 2,200-space expansion of parking faclities at the Minneapolis- palitan Health Ptannin Beard for further stu g dy an application SL Paui Intemationai Airport as part of the 19841985 capital by Lakeview E.~nargency Medipl Service to offer basic life improvements program of the M~..,,,,oiitan Airports Commis- support service to Stiltwa~r and surrounding communities. Sion. The Casnai authorized a fatal of 5110 million for Lakeview, a division of Lakeview Memorial Hospital, Stillwater, project at the airport, inducting 520 million far improved seeks to replace service currently provided by Stillwater E~rIS, parking fatalities. The gold concaursa wit} be extended at a afor-profit organization. cost of S20 mifiion, inducting a proposal by Northwest Airlines The Caurtcil approved an application by the Burnsville Pita to ins~ll "moving sidewalks" within the terminal. T'ne budget Cepartment to provide advanced life support services in inductee S14 million for secondary airpor*s, inducting those Burnsville. Services era currerrti y provided by divine Redeemer in downtown SL Paul, Crysa! and Lake EIma. Hospital, South SL Paut, whic+~ also serves Apple Valley, The Council adapted a press that will lead to improve- Lakeville and Farmirgton. menu in Inte,.,,~..~: Hwy. 35W between 8umsville and down- S,;...~..... Pay-,4letropoiitan Council chairs will no longer town Minneapolis. The Council will join with the Stair receive severance pay, the Counrai decided. It voted to retain Oepar•tment of Transt~orsatian as an equal partner in planning the policy of awarding severance pay to unclassified staff. to improve the safety and relieve the ca..~~.;on of the C.~L':... ~::~ed , 51:.. . ',G~;u..: C«a.:s3 'ti+i,. ::':8 . . ~ ~ n.. h ba PUBLiC eilE.aAtiYGi, PJi3U~: rdSeEi i,~GS addition of a traffic lane in Bads direction between S. 4oth SL and 8urnsvills. Health-The Metropolitan Health Planning 9oard will hold The Council ;vme~ct over the task of evaluating 11 private a public hearing Monday, July 1$, at 4 p.m. in she Metropoli- sector proposals to build a high-speed transit line between the tan Council Chambers, on changes to its statewide advanced Minneapolis and SL Paul downtowns to its Transportation life support license proposed by 8io-~tedipl Resaerch Advisory 3oarct. The board will look at the fast-link transit Associates, .'.s6 Chester SL, SL Paul. ter more irsformation, connections and financial packages envisioned by each of the cal! the board at 291-a"35Z. . American and foreign companies to see how well they meet the CounciI's guidelines. The guidelines call fora 15-minute NE'N APPOINTMETITS trip between downtown Minneapolis and St. Paui skyways, with stops at the University of Minnesota and the state The Council assigned new member Donald E. Stain, Coon capitol area. Rapids, to its Management Committee and Metropolitan Sewage Disposal-The Council approved, in part. the Systems Committee. 1984-Z98$ developmem program of the Metrapalitan'Naste Control Commission. The program, involving 22 new projects GARDEBRING CONTINUES BRE~IKPAST ME=_T1NGS ~raugt~out the ragien, is projected to cast S117 million. WITH LOCaL OFFiCJALS Funds will qme from cash on hand, investment income and new borrowing, Metropolitan Council chair Sandra Gardebring is continuing Older People-The Council awarded S12 million in federal a series of regional meetings with lopl officials in cacti or the funds to 25 spool service projects for older people in ~,e seven counties pies ~4linneapofis and St. Paui. The meetings ors region, denying funds to six projects. Recommended was an opportunity to discuss problems of mutual concern and 5984,071 far in-1'~ome services, day care, nursing home future directions for the Council. Remaining "Dutch great" ' ~ Hennepin County solid U~Taste Disposal ~ Reco~rery Coun~:y _3oard a~~~ends conce~~. ~-~n 'o r- e n n e~~ n resource-recover s ste m y Hennepin, Anoka and Dakota counties Before the vote to negotiate with NSP The county is considering two will negotiate with Northem States Power and the other rNO counties, Hennepin technologies-mass burn and refuse Co. to construct two solid-waste County's solid-waste resource-recovery derived fuel (RDF)-for the proposed processing facilities with the resulting fuel concept plan called for issuing a request Greyhound site facility. In a mass-burn to be burned in power plants, according to for proposals for an up to 2,000-tort-per- system, Hennepin would contract for the a resolution approved by the Hennepin day resource-recovery facility. construction and operation of a plant to County Board October 3t. burn garbage as it is received from The board also voted to amend the refuse-collection trucks. Under the county One of the facilities would convert a county's application to the Minnesota RDF option, Hennepin would contract for total of 1,000 tons of waste aday- Department of Energy and Economic the construction and operation of a plant approximately 500 tons from both Development for allocation of industrial at the Greyhound site to convert solid Hennepin and Dakota counties-into fuel development bonds that would be used to waste to fuel for use in new boilers, which for NSP's Black Dog power plant in finance the waste-to-energy plants. also would be located at the Greyhound Dakota County. A second plant would Because of the refuse-derived-fuel site. Either system would be a process a total of 1,000 tons of waste alternative with NSP and Dakota and cogeneration facility, producing steam for daily, with about 500 tons from Hennepin Anoka counties, Hennepin reduced its heating downtown Minneapolis buildings County and another 500 tons from Anoka application for industral development and generating electric power for sale County, into fuel for United Power bonds from 3390 million to 5251 million. to a utility. Association's Elk River power plant. P's Willmarth plant in Slue Earth The Hennepin County Board met with the Responses to the request for proposals unty would use the refuse fuel when Dakota County Board Oct. 11 and the are expected in spring 1985, followed by either the Black Dog or Elk River plant Anoka County Board Oci. 19 to discuss contract negotiations and the issuing of would be scheduled for maintenance. ways in which the counties could work bonds. County officials said construction with NSP to develop refuse-derived-fuel could begin in summer 1986, with the The board voted to negotiate with NSP projects. facilities in full operation by late 1989 or and the two other metropolitan counties early 1990. after the utility said it would provide 5200.000 as a deposit to indicate its intention to negotiate in good faith with ~~~~ti;? ~ b '°°`T-~~~~= ~ the counties. NSP estimated the "~'~~'W~~' ~'~`.,.~.~-~~'~~.a;. ~,~r r construction cost of each refuse- ~ ~ ~d~~~~~-~;. - ~,~-a~_ _ • - derived-fuel plant at about 320 million. _ = ~ Hennepin County plans to use y~~:.~,. ~t. approximately 2,000 tons of the 2,500 ~ - ' - , - - tons of solid waste generated daily in the ~ ~ ~ county as fuel in waste-to-energy r•~ _ _ L ~ F~~''`~-~-~.~. - facilities. - ~ ~ . `t : r ~ >t~k r Because of the possiblity of using 1,000 h~ ; 'fix tons of waste dail in the ower lants, ~ , ~ ~ ~ 4 Hennepin County will issue a request for 1~~~~ ~ ~ proposals from qualified companies lacer - ~ ~ ' - ~ this year for one 1,000-ton-per-day t ~-~~-v..,~ ~ _ ..;r resource-recovery plant at the Greyhound - ~~-~s"'~'""'>~~--' : ~ , r site in Minneapolis. That site is located ~ ~ ~ Y ~ ~ ~}.k ~`t~`y` between 5th Street and 7th Street North ~ f y,£>5 - and betweer, 6th Avenue North and the ~ f S <@ x ~ _ - Burlington Northem railroad tracks. A ~ ~ k : ~ ~ ~ ` s us-repair shop currently is located at the ~ - Y k ~ e. Ccmpanies that will respond to the ~~~}~r ~ qr~ b-a ~ ~ ~ - ~rs~, + ~ , .quest for proposals are firms that the ~ - _ • A"' = "*~~-5•~~ X°'`> - county has determined to be qualified t0 q portion of the waste generated in Hennepin County, approximately 500 ions a day, may design, Construct, Operate and take an be processed into arefuse-derived fuel and then burned at Northem States Power Co.'s ownership position in a large-scale Black Dog power plant in Dakota County to produce electricity. The Black Dog plant is waste-to-energy facility. 13 mites south of downtown Minneapolis. ~saurzu~aaQ s.., css v o?TQTId a~ dq pa.:sda.:d ~ ~ b 5 5 ~ P ~ a ~ } 4 ~ f ~ 68aaug pus zuaun:oztna~ ~ ~t V ~ A h ~ U ~ S ~ ~ d `C ~a 9 ;n 1uavri.radaQ ,CZ~xno~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 cndauuaH a~;o ,sodas jsloads y 3 311.'x+ 0 ~ ~ 15 7 4~ 2 fir, S ~ w +~Q ~i~=`~ no{~ ~r~~~~ uu~yy's~~oaoauwyy LZOL •~'~~,ad ~.B~S uLL~,~,'sttod~eauu~„ti ©S d d sa~ccaD ~uaatuLLano~ ~p9T ?fib'! SGd S n ~sau~ ~ luatuzo.ztnu3~;o ~!yb ~~na ;ua~ssadaQ ~unoD cr~dauuag ~ ~ } IUev~r committee to assist county Two more cities in waste-management planning start residential recycling programs Hennepin County Board has Minneapolis; John Burkland, Eden Prairie; The cities of Excelsior and St. Anthony tablished a solid-waste management Doris Conzet. Loretto; Marilynn Corcoran, started residential curbside-collection advisory committee, in accordance with Dayton; Susan Covnick, Edina; Ron programs during the summer. 1984 legislation. Dehn, Rockford: Robert Derus, Maple Plain; Margaret Fuller, Minneapolis; The Excelsior City Council, in conjunction The state law provides that each with the South Shore League of Women metropolitan county establish a Voters, approved a plan for picking up management advisory committee to Edward Grabowski, Minneapolis: Hitmer recyc;ables on the first Wednesday of aid in the preparation of the county's Hartman, Dayton; Mary Heitzig, Brooklyn each month. The firm of Frank's solid-waste master plan, ~,vhlch is to be Center; Richard Hlavka, St. Louis Park; Recycling, Salvage and Hauling is submitted to the Metropolitan Council. Phyllis Jessen, Mound: A. William providing collection service to the 500 Johnson, Eden Prairie; Carol Johnson, homes in the service area. T'ne committee will start meeting fate this Minneapolis; Barbara Kelley, year and continue through early 1985 as Bloomington; Dave Klatke, Osseo: Louise Earl Frank, the firm's owner. said that Hennepin County's master plan is drafted. Kuderiing, Minneapolis; Chuck Kutter, approximately 20 percent of the residents Minneapolis; John Leadholm, participated in August. the first month of The plan will include findings from the Minneapolis; Luther Nelson, Eden Prairie; operation. The city will review the county-wide comprehensive recycling program in six months and decide study which is being conducted. plans for whether the program wiN be continued. waste-to-energy facilities and a Josephine Nunn, Champlin: Laura !and-disposal abatement element to be Oatman, Minneapolis: Don Ostenson, Pickup of recyclables is the first Monday used in implementing the Metro Council's Minneapolis; Clarence Oster, of each month in the St. Anthony land-disposal abatement plan. Bloomington; Mike Pauling, Eden Prairie; program. Recycling Unlimited provides Rick Person, St. Louis Park; Archie Reed, the collection. Committee members include city Wayzata; Roz Shovlin, Golden Valley; representatives, citizen representatives, Hennepin County is helping to fund a pilot independent representatives, a curbside program in Hopkins and a Metrcpelitan Council board member and Paul Smith, St. Paul: Ray Stcckman. citywide recycling program in Richfield. a "Metro Council staff member. Golden Valley; Charles Thomson, The County previously helped fund Excelsior, John Whitman, Plymouth; demonstration programs in Minneapolis oers are Thomas Anderson, Hemet; John Wright, Maple Grove; and and St. Louis Park, both of which now are Alvin Galgaard. Long take: Kim Boyce, Richard Zilka, Jr., Bloomington. citywide.