HomeMy WebLinkAboutweekly n otes - April 1 2022 CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS-WEEKLY NOTES for: April 1st,2022
TO: City Council Members& Staff
FROM: Eric Johnson,City Administrator
Zoning&Development Items:
1. No new applications have been received for the April Planning Commission meeting date.
2. Please see the CODE ENFORCEMENT letter related to a home on Paris Ave.-piles of junk
3. The City has received word from MNDOT-indicating that they have approved the Cooperative Construction Agreement for the Norell Ave.
Project-Accordingly the City has issued the award to EUREKA Construction for the project.The next steps are to coordinate a pre-construction
meeting and look forward to commencing construction.
Please see the award letter from Lee Mann.
4. The former White Castle site is seeking a direct STATE HIGHWAY 36
connection to the frontage road-attached in this image MN DOT R/W PCAT NO. 82-95
here is their latest site plan submitted to MNDOT.Staff
has discussed this and determined that it would not
require a full Amended PUD;but we are awaiting ORTH
MNDOT approval.
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Other Items:
The City's Legislative Consultant-Ann Lenczewskihas incomred .—
us that the Senate Bill SF 4269-Omnibus Energy/Utility Bill will r
include Se. Housley's bill of SF 2156-requiring Xcel Energy to
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provide a detailed timeline to detail a decommission and
demolishing of the Plant. See enclosed note and Omnibus -— mmmmmmmmommim-
language.We do not know the immdaite status of the House side.
Chief Hansen has provdied the March Police Activity Report-See Enclosed.
Mayor McComber Provided
1. NLC Updates for March 26th and 30th
2. MNDOT Updates for their planned work on STH 36 this summer-largely a MILL AND OVERLAY.
"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.
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® Stantec Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
733 Marquette Avenue,Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402
March 31, 2022
Mr.Alan Ames
Eureka Construction, Inc.
20141 Icenic Trail
Lakeville, MN 55044
Re: City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota
Norell Ave. North Improvements
Stantec Project No. 193805171
Notice of Award/Contract Documents
Dear Mr. Ames:
You are notified that your Bid dated February 4, 2022, for the above-referenced Project has been
considered. You are the successful Bidder and are awarded a Contract by the City on March 31,
2022, in the amount of$3,130,886.04 for the Total Base Bid. Enclosed are four Contract Documents
between you and the City of Oak Park Heights covering the above-referenced Project. Please
complete Specification Document 00 52 10 Agreement Form, Document 00 61 13.13 Performance
Bond, and Document 00 61 13.16 Payment Bond. The insurance and indemnity requirements shall
be provided. After the bonding company has completed the Contract Documents, forward them
to the attorney listed below who will review them for the City of Oak Park Heights:
Kevin Sandstrom
Eckberg Lammers
1809 Northwestern Avenue So., Ste. 110
Stillwater, MN 55082-7521
After the necessary officials have signed the Contracts, the City will distribute the Contracts as
follows:
2 copies Eureka Construction, Inc. (1 -your file, 1 -your bond company)
1 copy City of Oak Park Heights, Attention: Eric Johnson
1 copy Stantec, Attention: Lee Mann
Upon receipt of a signed Contract and a filed Certificate of Insurance, approved by the City of
Oak Park Heights's attorney, a pre-construction conference will be scheduled with you and the
City of Oak Park Heights to review the Project.
Sincerely,
Lee M. Mann, PE
City Engineer, City of Oak Park Heights
Enclosures: Four Contract Documents
cc: Eric Johnson, City of Oak Park Heights
Kevin Sandstrom, City Attorney
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Design with community in mind
City of Oak Park Heights
14168 Oak Park Blvd. N.
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Phone:651.439.4439
Fax:651.439.0574
April 1, 2022
Laurie Kittelson
6315 Paris Ave. N.
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
RE: Yard Waste Bag at Paris Ave. N.
Dear Laurie:
There is a yard waste bag and tarp with what appears to be construction material placed at the curb
that the snow and ice have melted, allowing the material to be move
Of your home. This material has been in place over the winter months and needs to be removed no w
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Outside of presenting a safety hazard, this accumulation of rubbish is a violation of City Nuisance
Ordinance 1109.03. A full copy of Ordinance 1109 is enclosed.
Please clean up the site and contact your hauler to have it collected no later than Fida Aril 1
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If you have questions regarding this request or wish to discuss the matter, contact me immediately.
Your prompt attention is requested, y
Sincerely,
PLANNING & CODE ENFORCEMENT
Jueeultman,
Buifding Official
Enclosure
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Eric Johnson
From: Lenczewski,Ann T. <atlenczewski@locklaw.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:10 PM
To: Mary McComber; Eric Johnson
Cc: Sheehan, Cullen; Lymon,Jae-Lah L.
Subject: great news
We have earned inclusion of our decommissioning transparency bill (sf 2156) in the Senate Energy Omnibus
bill. A long way to go but we are in there in the Senate!
See section 22 of the bill summary.
Here is the bill summary:
https://www.senate.mn/committees/2021-
2022/3092 Committee on Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy/Bill%20Summary%20SF4269.pdf
Ann Lenczewski I State Government Relations
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Senate Counsel,Research,and Fiscal Analysis
TomBottem Director Senate
Minnesota Senate Building State of Minnesota
95 University Ave.W.Suite 3300
Sr.PAUL,MN 55155-1800
(651)296-4791
www.scnate.mn/scrfa
S.F. No. 4269 — Omnibus Energy and Utilities Policy and Finance (As
amended by the SCS4269A-2)
Author: Senator David H. Senjem
Prepared by: Carlon Doyle Fontaine, Senate Counsel (651/296-4395)
Date: March 31, 2022
Section 1 (S.F. 4119, Senjem) adds $5,000,000 per year in 2023 and 2024 to the current allocations
to total $10,000,000 for each of those years, and then allocates $10,000,000 in 2025 to add an
additional year of funding for the solar energy production incentive program (known as Solar
Rewards).
Sections 2 and 19 (S.F. 4269, Senjem) modifies due dates for reports on utility customer
disconnections under the cold weather rule and the telecommunications access report.
Section 3 (S.F. 225,Kiffineyer) abolishes the prohibition that the Public Utilities Commission may
not issue a certificate of need for the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating
plant.
Sections 4 to 12 (S.F. 4262, Senjem) provides a process for the issuance of a financing order by the
Public Utilities Commission to enable a natural gas utility to recover extraordinary event costs
through the issuance of extraordinary event bonds.
Section 13 (S.F. 3225, Senjem) increases the acquisition cost limit that require Public Utilities
Commission approval from $100,000 to $2,000,000.
Section 14 (S.F. 4089, Senjem) specifies that$8,000,000 will be withheld in 2024 from transfer to
the renewable development account by Xcel Energy for the solar for schools program.
Sections 15 to 17 (S.F. 3060,Weber) adds farmland to the definition of"qualifying commercial
real property" for purposes of the commercial PACE loan program. Reflects that"land and water
improvements" are included in the program. Requires notice and written consent from the mortgage
lender prior to financing improvements or imposing any assessment on qualifying commercial real
property.
Section 18 (S.F. 3661, Benson) sets forth a state carbon capture policy.
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Section 20 (S.F. 2185,Kiffineyer)prohibits political subdivisions from banning or preventing a
utility from connecting or supplying natural gas or propane to a building or utility customer.
Section 21 (S.F. 4163,Mathews) requires the commissioner of commerce to conduct an advanced
nuclear study.
Section 22 (S.F. 2156,Housley)requires Xcel Energy to provide a plan and detailed timeline to
decommission and demolish the Allen S. King power plant located in Oak Park Heights. The plant
is currently scheduled for retirement in 2028.
Section 23 (Appropriations) appropriates money for the following purposes:
• Advanced nuclear study ($150,000, general fund in FY23) (S.F. 4163, Mathews)
• Solar for schools ($4,150,000, general fund in FY23, $5,700,000, general fund in FY24)
(S.F. 4089, Senjem)
• Granite Falls hydroelectric generating facility ($2,290,000 from the Renewable
Development Account in FY23) (S.F. 3508,Dahms)
Section 24 (S.F. 3023, Senjem) repeals the sunset of recovery of gas utility infrastructure costs.
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CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
14168 Oak Park Blvd. N.,
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
April 1 st, 2022
To: Mayor and Council
From: Chief of Police, Steve Hansen
Subject: Police Activity Report March 2022
This overview report is the activity of the Oak Park Heights Police Department during the
month of March 2022. Officers responded to and generated 372 calls for service in the City of
Oak Park Heights during this month. Quick Breakdown for some of those calls for service
include: 71 medicals, 1 fire related, 9 thefts from businesses, 14 vehicle accidents, 19 alarms, 8
disturbance/disorderly conducts, 57 traffic violations, 7 suspicious persons/vehicles, 11
mental health/suicide threats, 13 welfare checks.
With the arrival of Spring and improved weather conditions there will be increased traffic
enforcement details this spring/summer through the TZD/Safe n Sober grant initiatives. Also,
the MN State Patrol has announced their HEAT program and we plan to participate with
them throughout the summer when they are scheduled out on hwy 36 too. With the warmer
weather we hope to get the speed trailer back out onto residential streets as well.
On March 18`h, I met with the new OPH Prison Warden
William Bolin and the Associate Warden Chris Pawelk. I
assisted as part of their interview panel for the captain
position they have open. Warden Bolin is hoping to stop by a
council meeting in April to introduce himself and I will help
coordinate that.
Officer Schroeder administered and completed the annual fit
test for gas masks and N95 respirators for all officers.
We received the final audit report for our Body Worn
Cameras and have updated our BWC policy. This report will
be presented to Council in April.
Community Outreach:
Staff met with the Stillwater Area High School Facilities director and discussed upcoming
Special Olympics event. Additionally, we are starting to
plan for summer events and requests for presentations.
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Training: k
All Officers completed another joint training session with Bayport Police
this month and covered topics less lethal Pepperball launchers along
with chemical irritant. Lakeview EMS also did the annual refresher for
NARCAN use by first responders to overdosed patients. Officers Wynia
and Schroeder attended POST required pursuit/evoc driving school at
Dakota County Technical College.
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Calls for service highlights:
This is a sample of some of the cases we responded to and investigated.
1. Officers arrested a 65 you female at 1St State Bank that was involved in a large fraud
scheme of transferring/withdrawing over$300,000 using another's identity.
Investigators learned she is involved in incidents all over the country and are
working with the BCA and Federal agents.
2. Investigators executed two warrants on a suspect in OPH for production of child
pornography.
3. Officer received a complaint of fraudulent activity involving the threats of dark
magic towards the complainant if they did not send money.
4. Theft of catalytic converter from a residence in Fox Hollow development
5. Officer responded to Sunnyside Marina at 0600hrs for a report of two persons
sleeping in a vehicle
6. Panhandling complaint of a man fake playing the
violin in front of Kowalski's store. Manager just
wished for him to move along and not be --
trespassed at this time.
7. Wal mart reporting theft of$748 worth of =
Pokemon cards on 3/12/22.
S. Officer responded to Walmart for a theft suspect
attempting to push out another cart of
merchandise, later found hiding in the bathroom.
His vehicle was impounded and search warrant
executed, recovering numerous stolen laptops,
merchandise and 6 catalytic converters.
9. Officers responded twice to Arby's for employees '4
that were terminated causing a disturbance.
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MCF-Oak Park Heights
DEPARTMENT 5329 Osgood Avenue North I Stillwater, MN 55082
Main:651.779-1400 1 Fax:651.779-1385
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March 24, 2022
Steve Hansen
Chief of Police
14168 Pak Park Blvd. North
Oak Park Heights,MN 55082
RE: TI-TANK YOU
Dear Chief Hansen:
On behalf of myself and Associate Warden Chris Pawelk, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to
assist us with the interview process for hiring our Captain's vacancy.
Your time and expertise is greatly appreciated. We hope that you will reach out to us anytime we can
return the favor to you and your department.
Once again,thank you!
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Sincerely,
William Bolin
Warden
Cc: Chris Pawelk,Associate Warden of Operations
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