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HomeMy WebLinkAboutweekly Notes-October 15th 2021 if CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS—WEEKLY NOTES for: October 15th, 2021 • TO: City Council Members& Staff (/ FROM: Eric Johnson City Administrator Zoning&Development Items: 1. No new development applications have been received. 2. STARBUCKS submitted a final plan for their stacking issues ...we hope to see them under construction very soon...see enclosed. 3. The Clty is still seeking site compliance with O'Neil Electric—see enclosed. We do understand their space is small and they have a growing operation, but they then need to consider renting off-site storge space, or building a garage addition versus these metal storage containers. 4. Tim Nolde's Development—Oakgreen Villas—all five phases is approaching final City sign off. We have confirmed all the tree inventory is addressed and outstanding public infrastructure is completed.We are only awaiting final sign off on the AS BUILTS of the utilities. Once that is done the Clty will release the final $100,000 escrows. This has been 10+years of development, inspections, moving buildings and financial reporting. COVID-19 Matters: • This is the Governor's - PORTAL https://mn.gov/covidl9—Many documents/Exec. Orders can be found. Washington County has initiated a County Dashboard containing more localized COVID-19 Impacts and rates LINK->> HERE. Other Items: • The City Police Dept received a kind thank you for their work with an injured student at the Ponies game.—see enclosed • In consultation with Lee Mann and Chief Hansen,the Clty has responded to the inquiry about 20 MPH speed in the Boutwells area— NOLAN AVE. See enclosed. • The Council asked for copies of the Norell Ave. Public Meeting Power Point—that is enclosed.We do expect to seek Council approval of the final layout on 10/26. • City Financial Update for the end of September,2021 • Information on the MET COUNCIL—Sewer Access Charge - SAC— rate changes for 2022. (for the most part-one SAC unit= one single family home—in terms of averaged gallons of sewerage) • Lookout Trail paving has been completed—only street stripping is pending. Please take a drive through the area. • Enclosed is a copy of the SEPTEMBER Tennis Sanitation - recycling tonnage. It provides a snapshot of the items picked up curbside broken down by commodity for the 1098 units (homes) • Mayor McComber and Councilmembers Johnson and Runk attended the ribbon cutting of the Washington County Historical Society; if you have a chance stop by and check it out as it really is well done! Mayor McComber Provided 1. Updates from the NLC- 10/9 and 10/13 "Weekly Notes"is an internal/inter-departmental memo limited in scope to share brief updates and information among City Departments,City Consultants and Elected Officials regarding various topics. 1 of 58 YZ z z N t 9 �Qw' Z =Og ¢¢ s 5 s C Q o q O= ga-g s 9 y F g a 4 LLL®W 0(5 \ Offi. - \ \ oaQmo ooQ - LLJ � o i i� /\Y i Aix i m i i i Q J w J z Z o O � I o� � Q i i a E e CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS 1W`-1 14168 DA Pdrk Boulevard North 4 Gak Park Heights, hfN 55082 Phone:651/439-4439 • Far: 651/439-0574 October 14, 2021 Daniel & Ashley O'Neill O'Neill Electric 6143 Osgood Ave. N. Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Re: Container& Outside Storage CERTIFIED MAIL 6143 Osgood Ave. N., Oak Park Hcights, MN 55082 Dear Daniel & Ashley: On July 8, 2021 you were mailed a copy of the Conditional Use Permit granted for your property use and were requested to: 1. Remove the storage container that is in place at the rear of your lot, alongside the existing garage structure: 2. Remove all exterior stored material and equipment, with the exception of the bucket truck; and 3. Provide a trash enclosure plan for the two trash containers on site. The July 8th request asked that the above items be attended to prior to August 9''. Ashley reached out on July I3'h as to the communication, noting business growth and inquired as to the acceptability of retaining the container and screening it with a fence. City Administrator Johnson followed upon on July 14th, advising that City Ordinance does not allow such an accessory structure with or without the fence and allowed for an extended compliance date to August 31St August 2"d, Ashley communicated working on having the container removed by the end of August and was provided information with regard to contractor and permitting requirements. August 10, Ashley provided an update as to activity at the site and exchanged communication with regard to the garage. City Administrator Johnson inquired as to the size of the existing garage and advised her that a site plan, showing the location on the property, relative to the property line was needed, and that that it should show the distances to scale. He provided an aerial map for use, noting that the aerial map was not a true survey_ August 30th, Ashley emailed with an update as to things still being in the works, with a note included in the email to Dan, asking for the information City Administrator Johnson noted being needed on August 10th and asked that it be provided by Thursday of that week. 3of58 Tree City U.S.A. As of today, the site remains non-compliant and follow through has not been made. This letter serves as the City's final request to the compliance as requested on July 8, 2021 and noted in items 1 through 3 above. Compliance shall be fully addressed no later than Friday November 5th, 2021, Failure to do so will result in the matter being directed to the City Attorney for further review including the possibility of revocation on the CUP issue to your site. Additionally, in event of failure to comply with the items above, as requested, the City may also pursue the remedy of the items under its own forces and as such will recover all such costs of doing so under a special assessment as outlined in City Ordinance 1 ]09.07, plus all administrative fees. There will be no issuance of building permits or consideration of plan review for this site unless and until such time, it is first brought into compliance. A site review shall be made promptly after November 5, 2021. Please contact myself or City Administrator Johnson immediately with any questions. Sincerely, PLANNING& CODE ENFORCEMENT Julie Hultman, Eric Johnson Building Official City Administrator c; ""Eric Johnson, City Administrator Steve Hansen, Chief of Police Kevin Sandstrom, City Attorney 4 of 58 From: Steve Hansen To: Eric Johnson Subject: FW:Thank You to Your Officers Date: Monday,October 11,20218:37:08 AM Weekly notes -----Original Message----- From:Alison Egger<alison.egger@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday,October 9,20217:00 PM To: Steve Hansen<SHansen@cityofoakparkheights.com> Subject:Thank You to Your Officers Good Evening Chief Hansen, I wanted to take the time to let you about what happened Friday and how grateful my family is to your officers that were at the Stillwater Ponies Football Game. Our son,Leighton,was involved in an accident where some kids were running through the crowd not paying attention to where they were going and ended up colliding with him sending him into the fence,where he attempted to protect himself by grabbing the fence.Unfortunately this turned out to be his downfall as his finger got severely lacerated. My husband,Nick,brought Leighton over to your officers at the entrance and they were immediately attentive, caring,and compassionate to both of them. I was just pulling into the lot when Nick called and I was able to pull into the Handicap lot right by their squads to load him to be seen at Lakeview Emergency Room for stitches. Your Officers(Paradise and unfortunately o didn't get the other officers names)made this experience way better than it could have been by how they helped Leighton,myself,and Nick.They even went with Nick after Leighton was loaded to help locate his cell phone that was lost in the collision and following chaos. Please pass on our appreciation to them and let them know that even though Leighton ended up with 11 stitches he was very grateful for all they did for him while he was stunned and very concerned with his injury.They went above and beyond with our family and were great representatives of the City and the force. Sincerely and Grateful, Alison Egger 5 of 58 TVA- City of Oak Park Heights 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N•Oak Park Heights,MN 55082•Phone(651)439-4439•Fax(651)439-0574 October 14th, 2021 TO: Mr.Jon Walsh FROM: Eric Johnson, City Administrator RE: Inquiry of Speed Limit Signs—20 MPH—NOLAN AVE :. a ` The City has received your letter. I have visited the site / area and can . offer to you the following: • There was not a documented speed limit established for the area when it was constructed in the 2004-2005 era and subsequently there are no speed limit signs on Nolan Ave. This is not uncommon; as it then falls to MN STAT 169.14(2).1 being a 30 MPH in an Urban District. This speed criteria remains the prevailing method on most roads in the State and :mm under their auspices. Cities have limited standing to deviate from this process. la rA< 4 • For good or bad, Nolan Ave. was designed at that time by VSSA with a wider-width as it planned to be a connector route to the lands lying south-west for a then-contemplated addition to the Boutwell's Campus. This also required the placement of sidewalks on both sides of the street. ti'S J s N N N 5697 PHils alrk • Notwithstanding the above, MN Stat. 169.14 5.h. does 665 $ o %i If offer the City at least some latitude to consider a given 655ti N w W speed, but that a limit below 30 MPH would likely be q5 `�1r s N s�o r� Y, difficult to justify (and enforce) given the required y' parameters and conditions such as—width of the roadway, S S, sidewalks, number of driveways on the roadway, existing s 2 5593 l 5597 crash data and national urban speed limit guidance. ' Nagy 5595 C" Further this would be a$100,000+endeavor for the City to59 0 6 M w V sasn evaluate all streets to make comparative and defensible °' ' 426 findings about appropriate speed. Frustratingly, it would azo _ as p 541) be conceivable that more formally collected data could , ;m.W 5396: 5399 even suggest a "higher" speed. Next Development 536274 /L`� 5399 ' 39� l`2131 Yn-✓5393 53511 Gonnection? 53a/w�_ y � 20 MPH SIGN 533 �r o �� • 59 Knowing that even if the speed limit was lowered to 20 5312 (53 5 N 9�a �� 5257 5310 53(13 N,s.,n. _ _ 61 5255 MPH, "frequent violators" would similarly ignore such 53,12' 531' &�11 2 526 26 5253 53'uE) 5251 9 posting as well. Thus, it really ends up being an issue of 5295 11 A - enforcement of whatever speed is posted. So, at least for w starters... we can officially post 30 MPH State-Defined posting and thus at least-likely legally defensible in court relative to that posting process. 6 of 58 • The City will post 30 MPH signs along Nolan Ave and Norwich Parkway and we would expect reasonable enforcement based on available time and resources...It is hoped this would address most concerns—and 30 MPH will mean 30 MPH. The 20 MPH Speed limit sign that is on the corner of Nolan Parkway is an unenforceable sign as this was not installed legally per the 169.14 statute I note above and was not installed by the City; this will need to be removed. Lastly, if there is a particular time of day that you would note is more prone to "violations" please let the City know and we can likely adjust enforcement times. • You have already likely seen our City's speed trailer and which can help if utilized from time to time. • The City will investigate the posting of "a recommended speed" — these are YELLOW signs, but these would not be enforceable but maybe would help? In conjunction with this, I surmise that the vast majority of cars on this roadway are driven by Boutwells residents, staff, or visitors with very little traffic being people just passing through. So... perhaps you could also engage your community to inform everyone to perhaps mind the established speed limits and simply slow down? I suppose in the end we are bound with the realities of budgets,the law and simple roadway layout from years ago. Please let me know if you have any questions on this material. Kind regards, Eric MORE DATA FOUND HERE: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/speed/ or MN STAT 169.14 5h—(a 2019 Statute change) Fengineermig. d. 5h, Speed iiiutias on city streets. A citv tnat establish speed limits for city streets under the cihy�s jurisdiction than the limits provided m sufxil�°isit�n 2 vthout conducting an engineerulsr and tracer investigation.This subdivision does not applyto town roads;count highways.or trunk higlx� av s in the city_A cite that establishes speed rsuant to this section must implement speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. 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A summary of activity is as follows: Cash and Investments: • Rates continue to remain low. 3-year CD's are being offered at .35% to .55% while 5- year CD's are at .5% to .8%. Slight increases from last months rates. • Investments are being made to mature in the months with cash flow needs. • The money is being invested with safety, cash flow, and best rates available as the criteria Budget-Revenue and Expenditures: • Expenditures are normal for this time. • Revenues for the 3' quarter Water Utility are up from $285,624 in 2020 to $327,270 in 2021. At this time the revenue is $118,000 under budget but 4th quarter billings usually run $170,000. If this is the case, then this fund should have a revenue overage of$50,000. • 31 Quarter Sewer Billing remained similar to 2020 with $261,800 as compared to 2021 $264,380. Projections to the year end will be under budget an estimated $20,000. • As the 411 quarter begins, we will monitor accounts as to stay within budget amounts. Some areas are the Computer System expenses and Water Contractual (breaks in the summer!!) If you need any more information or have any questions, please contact me. 46 of 58 City of Oak Park Heights 9/30/2021 101 General Fund 4,199,354.45 202 Forfeiture/Seizure Fund 22,857.18 204 Economic Development Authority 36,198.12 205 TIF District-Oakgreen Commons 255,865.95 206 TIF District-(#2 ) North Frontage Rd 7,489.08 207 TIF District#3 - Oakgreen V 209 Fiscal Recovery ARPA Fund (21.87) 401 Budgeted Projects Fund 230,134.46 405 Park & Rec Development Fund 4,057,818.60 557,497.61 407 Moeller Park Improvements 97,668.67 408 Allen S King Plant Decommission 43,742.72 528 G O CIP Refunding Bonds 2012A 307 97072 529 G O Capital Improvement Bonds 2014 773,475.13 565 Street Reconstruction 3,636,570.36 574 Norell and Hwy 35 Interchange 580,776.81 705 Water Fund 1,171,609.01 706 Sewer Fund 1,296,553.89 707 Storm Sewer Fund 240,221.16 710 Renewal/Replacement Fund 5,654,185.54 712 Storm Sewer Renwal/Replacement Fund 2,042,632.78 734 Water Tower Rehabilitation 861,922.04 735 Well Rehabilitation 161,335.14 736 Sewer Rehabilitation (Lift Stations/Generator) 101,931.95 902 Developer Accounts 71,176.19 903 Developer Deposits 57,800.00 Total 26,466,765.69 47 of 58 Tennis Sanitation, L.L.C. 651 -459-1887 "Recycling is Everyone's Future" RECYCLING REPORT September 2021 Dear City of Oak Park Heights Recycling Coordinator, Tennis Sanitation is pleased to provide the following monthly recycling report detailing the materials that were collected, processed and delivered to recycling markets from single family dwellings. The Community of Oak Park Heights Recycled: Single Family NET TYPE Weight(tons) Total Wgt UNIT DESCRIPTION Cardboard: 37.35% 7.70 7.70 tons Boxes Paper: 33.07% 6.82 6.82 tons Paper, newspaper, cereal boxes,junk mail Scrap Metal: 1.59% 0.33 0.33 tons Household scrap metal - Pots& pans Large Plastic: 0.55% 0.11 0.11 tons Toys and parts Z-Bale Plastic: 2.30% 0.47 0.47 tons Milk Jugs- Laundry Detergent PET Plastic: 3.33% 0.69 0.69 tons Variety of drink bottles Tin: 1.39% 0.29 0.29 tons bi-metal and tin cans Mixed Glass: 14.67% 3.02 3.02 tons Bottles and Jars Aluminum: 1.64% 0.34 0.34 tons aluminum cans linen 0.06% 0.01 0.01 tons Reusable Textiles and shoes Milk Cartons: 0.19% 0.04 0.04 tons Beverage&soup cartons Residual 3.86% 0.80 0.80 tons Non Recycable items Total Tons: 100.00% 20.61 20.61 Tons Total recycling for the month Single Family NET TYPE Weight(Ibs) Calcs. Units: 1098 1098 Units collected per week Wgt/home/mo.: 37.54 37.54 lbs Average recycling pounds per unit collected per month Trash: 91.08 91.08 tons Yard waste: 47.00 47.00 Yards Total inquiries for this month were: Summary of report: This month illustrates resident's recycling efforts for both SF and MF Dwellings. The above recycling break-out reflects the composite study based off of Tennis Recycle totals for 2020. Great job on your recycling efforts. Sincerely, �/ ,4W f1""wum City Liaison, Commodity Sales & Reports Tennis Sanitation PO Box 62 720 41h St St. Paul Park, MN 55071 48 of 58 Eric Johnson From: Mary Mccomber <marymccomber@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 7:41 AM To: Eric Johnson Subject: Fwd: What the Reconciliation Bill Means for YOUR City For weekly notes -----Original Message----- From: National League Of Cities (NLC) <news@nlc.org> To: marymccomber@aol.com Sent: Sat, Oct 9, 2021 6:02 am Subject: What the Reconciliation Bill Means for YOUR City News,resources and events for local leaders and staff. NATIONAL LEAGUE NLCOF � rale �ku w ' t n r ", e 1 The Reconciliation Bill: What's at Stake for Cities Budget reconciliation is a process used by Congress to make legislation easier to pass in the Senate. This is a political vehicle that only requires a simple majority, rather than 60 votes, to pass in the Senate. Politics aside, the current reconciliation bill under consideration includes a number of priorities that local governments have been calling on Congress to address for years, such as workforce development and affordable housing. i 49 of 58 ti A.*q�: How Cities Are Celebrating How NYC Helped Small NLC Testifies before House Hispanic Heritage Month Businesses Navigate on Strengthening Employee Ownership Communications Networks View All Articles Industry News What We're Reading: Opinion: Investing in Iowa's workers fuels infrastructure opportunities for businesses - Des Moines Register(October 6, 2021) Taking city hall `on tour' helps US mayors prioritize funding - Cities Today(October 4, 2021) Despite federal COVID aid, some cities face hurdles bringing workers back after budget cuts - News Break(October 4, 2021) 67% of Cities Plan to Use ARPA for Lost Revenue - Route Fifty(October 5, 2021) N LC releases annual City Fiscal Conditions survey -American City& County (October 5, 202 1) For Once, the Federal Government Really Was Here to Help - Governing (October 6, 2021) Biden's last big antitrust pick faces Senate Judiciary - Politico Morning Tech (October 6, 202 1) From sewers to golf courses, cities see green with new federal COVID-19 relief dollars - MSN(October 7, 2021) 2 50 of 58 • `It was exhaustion, it was sadness, it was fatigue': America's mayors call it quits - News Break(October 7, 2021) • Rescue funds buoy economic outlooks, but cities eager for infrastructure dollars: NLCreport- Waste Dive (October 7, 202 1) Announcements Addressing COVID-19 Vaccination Barriers in Hispanic Communities Learn what resources and connections NLC and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health can provide for collaboration with community health navigators, community health centers and other local organizations to address specific vaccination barriers in underserved Hispanic communities. Learn More > Leveraging City & Community Partnerships to Address COVID- 19 City leaders have been essential players in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how to harness the power of cross-sector partnerships in reaching, motivating and supporting people who still need to be vaccinated through work with your local YMCA. Learn More > Mayoral Roundtable: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act America's local leaders are ready to rebuild their infrastructure and make their cities better places to live. As Congress finalizes a long-overdue infrastructure package and a budget, hear from two mayors how these funds will help their communities. Learn More > ICYMI: What to Know About City Fiscal Conditions in 2021 Cities have weathered the last 18 months of the pandemic, demonstrating incredible resilience as they've faced fiscal challenges. 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This article outlines three key some are mounting challenges to the takeaways from the report that state and data, this article demystifies some local governments should be aware of specific elements of Census data moving forward. collection. 3 56 of 58 Ir q The Reconciliation Bill: Sign-Up for NLC Newsletters What's at Stake for Cities Want more NLC content delivered Budget reconciliation is a process used directly to your inbox? Join our by Congress to make legislation easier newsletters for Federal Advocacy, to pass in the Senate. The current Health & Wellness, Race, Equity and reconciliation bill under consideration Leadership and more! includes priorities that local governments have been calling on Congress to . - address for years. Surprise! Early Bird Rates are Here to Stay! I C I I N T.Y LC . Thanks for reading the latest articles and events from the NLC, where local leaders and their staff go to learn and grow. 'Til next time! 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