HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000 09-05 CCP Work Session AGENDA
September 5, 2000
6:00 P.M.
WORK SESSION
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
I. CITY COUNCIL BUDGET STUDY SESSION WITH FINANCIAL COMMISSION
1. General Discussion of Destination Park Plan and Capital Improvement Funding Levels
2. Further Discussion of Preliminary 2001 tax levy
3. Further Discussion of Draft 2001 Budget.
II. GENERAL WORK SESSION
1. Utility Hook -Up Charges
2. Massage Therapists (Mayor Kragness)
3. Miscellaneous
4. Adjourn
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To: Mayor Kragness and Council Members Hilstr , Lasman, Nelson and Peppe
From: Michael J. McCauley
City Manager
Date: September 1, 2000
Re: Destination Park Discussion
At the September 1 Ith City Council meeting, public input has been solicited on the Destination Park
Plan. The September 5th City Council joint work session with the Financial Commission is for the
purpose of preparing for that public input. Ms. Spector has received a few written comments.
Ms. Spector has provided a number of documents outlining a potential Destination Park
implementation that would require substantial increases in funds allocated to parks. Not included
in that analysis is what the operating impacts would be of substantial increases in the facilities to be
maintained.
My view of the destination park process has been that we need to prioritize the funds that are
available, while using additional funds judiciously. In the next 5 years, on to 2 major destination park
improvements are possible between a combination of re- allocation of park capital spending and the
potential infusion of additional monies from other sources. Those sources could include grants, a
one -time transfer from the Capital Reserve Emergency Fund of $200,000 (this would be an item to
bring to the Financial Commission for review and recommendation since we will be $200,000 +
above the target fund balance for this fund), and other transfers depending on the needs for street
projects and the final cost of Civic Center needs. With the last major building project now being
undertaken, I would recommend a cautious approach to additional capital commitments.
I have attached two spreadsheets to summarize Ms. Spector's materials that provide greater detail.
These sheets support a view toward prioritization, which would include additional work as funds
became available, but not to implement the whole plan at this time without further study of operating
implications and other capital needs. The current review of the street program indicates it will need
additional funding. One of the major costs in the next few years will be street projects with
substantial City property frontage that will mean the City will be responsible for the special
assessment portion for those properties through some funding.
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This meeting is to begin the process of Council input into the prioritization and funding of future
park improvement after the public input solicitation on September 1 lth.
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2001 2002 11 114 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Scheduled Work $17,000 $14,500 $75,158 $51,282 $32,687 $17,000 $124,343 $26,095 $24,201 $0 $0
Major Projects $325,000 $298,245 $325,000 $326,593 $508,739 $280,000 $302,668 $269,720 $192,137 $232,685 $232,685
Incl. Destination & Ne
Total: $342,000 $312,745 $400,158 $377,875 $541,426 $297,000 $427,011 $295,815 $216,338 $232,685 $232,685
Average Scheduled: $34,751 11 Years
Average Major: $299,407 11 Years
Average Overall: $334,158 11 Years
Current Capital Improvement Plan:
111 2001 2002 11 114
Plan Amount $226,200 $227,600 $229,500 $287,000 $214,500
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Park Improvements
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Scheduled Im rovements $17,000 $14,500 $75,158 $51,282 $32,687 $17,000 $124,343 $26,095 $24,201 $0 $0
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Total: Maitenance: --
Evergreen field lights $200,000
Garden City Lighting $50,000
Grandview soccer $75,000
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2001 Major Project $325,000
Grandview baseball lights $100,000
Grandview playground $50,000
Grandview other $15,000
Lions Tennis Court $38,245
Twin Lake Park $70,000
Twin lake parking lot $25,000
2002 Major Project $298,245
Central Park Tennis $90,000
Grandview Shelter $200,000
Grandview Tennis Court $35,00
2003 Major Project $325,000
Evergreen scoreboards $11,593
West Palmer Lake light $15,000
West Palmer shelter $300,000
2004 Major Project $326,593
Central Field Light $238,810
Evergreen running track $20,000
Riverdale $35,000
Shingle Creek Trail $214,929
2005 Major Project $508,739
Brooklane shelter $90,000
Kylawn light $15,000
Kylaw shelter $_1 75,000
2006 Major Project $280,000
Central Scoreboards $12,668
Northport Lights & Shelte $155,000
Orchard Light & Shelter $135,000
2007 Major Project $302,668
69th Irrigation $58,715
Central shelter $45,567
Freeway shelter $30,000
Garden City Shelter $125,000
Northport shelter $10,438
2008 Major Project $269,720
Arboretum light $8,063
Evergreen lights $94,074
Willow Lane shelter $90,000
2009 Major Project $192,137
Central Playground $30,000
Central Shelter $150,000
Garden City Igiht $27,685
Palmer picnic shelter $25,000
2010 Major Projects $232,685
2011 Major Projects $0
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 31, 2000
TO: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Diane Spector, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Destination Park Plan
City staff and the Park and Recreation Commission have met several times to consider the details of a
Destination Park Plan. The draft of the plan for new improvements has been reviewed a few months ago.
We have now completed the analysis of the 20 year needs for park improvements, and have incorporated
the results of that study into the attached draft Destination Park Plan.
The purpose of this plan is twofold: first, to determine if there are enhancements or improvements to the
Destination Parks to meet future recreation needs and to provide the parks with focus; and second, to
determine the City's fiscal capacity to continue the program of park improvements already begun, and to
expand upon that program to incorporate Destination improvements.
Enhancements to Destination Parks
In summary, the proposed enhancements which go beyond what would be in the ongoing replacement
schedule are as follows:
Central: build a permanent bandshell; make better use of the pool patio; expand the playground;
reconfigure the area between the Community Center and Central Park Plaza so they are better connected.
Evergreen: light the ballfields; irrigate the ballfield outfields; pave a running track.
Kylawn /Arboretum: continue upgrading the landscaping in the Arboretum
West Palmer: build a substantial "lodge type" shelter plus an open picnic shelter
Grandview: replace the two softball fields with a soccer /football field; expand the playground; build a
substantial youth- oriented shelter building
Analysis of Fiscal Capacity
Park improvements are funded through the Capital Improvements Fund, and supported by an annual
$75,000 transfer from the Liquor Fund and a $125,000 transfer from the General Fund year end surplus.
The CIF fund balance has been contributing about $25,000 annually to the program.
Based on the needs identified in the 20 year plan, the current level of funding is insufficient to meet both
those needs and the proposed Destination park improvements. An additional $50,000 transferred from
other sources would meet the needs plus the cost of the enhancements, but would bring the Capital
Improvement Fund balance to zero. $100,000 transferred from other sources would be sufficient to meet
the needs plus enhancements and provide a reasonable fund balance in the Capital Improvements Fund.
Other sources of funds might include additional funds from the Liquor Fund; water tower antenna
rentals; Golf Course Fund excess balance; and the General Fund.
Alternatively, the plan could be scaled back to extend in length, or some combination of scaling back
plus additional funds could be used to fund the implementation of the program. Another compromise
could be the size and quality of buildings. The plan as proposed assumes larger, higher quality buildings
at Grandview and West Palmer than those at other parks.
Impact of Specific Funding Levels on Specific Improvements
Attached is a listing of the proposed improvements to be made to the parks over the next ten years under
the "full funding," $300,000 scenario, followed by a review of how the plan might look if no increase in
funding for park improvements is made. In general, the $300,000 level allows us to complete the
destination park improvements and also to keep up with replacements of existing facilities as necessary
over the next ten years. With the no increase scenario, we could continue to replace existing facilities,
but over a longer time frame, and the only Destination Park improvements would be at Grandview Park,
with the rearrangement of facilities, construction of a new soccer field, and increasing size of the
playground. An annual funding level in between those amounts would require some decisions to be
made on a park by park and year by year basis. Some additional Destination Park improvements might
be able to be fitted into the schedule, but the schedule would also be lengthened.
Council Discussion
Given the plan, the financial analysis, and options for additional funding, identify what improvements
are desired, and which level of funding is achievable.
Destination and Other Park Improvements
Proposed Long -term Improvement Plan: Based on $300,000 Per Year
2001 -S325,000 Destination Park Irn provenis,
Grandview: soccer /football field Begin Grandview
Evergreen: ballfield lighting Complete Evergreen
Garden City: trail light replacement
2002 - $27a.245-
Grandview: replace baseball lights,
move & pave hockey rink, expand Continue Grandview
playground
Twin Lake Park: replace shelter with
picnic shelter, repalce playground and
lighting, remove beach
Lions: rehab tennis court
2003 - $325,000
Grandview: replace shelter, rehab
tennis court Complete Grandview
Central: rehab tennis court
2004 - $326,600
_ West Palmer: replace shelter, lighting,
basketball, add storage bldgs Complete West Palmer
Evergreen: replace scoreboards
Central: replace ballfield lighting
Evergreen: pave running track
Riverdale: repalce shelter with picnic
shelter, replace lighting
2006 - .0,000
Kylawn: replace shelter & lighting
Brooklane: replace shelter Complete Kylawn
Central: replace pond boardwalk
2007 - $302,700
Central: replace scoreboards
Northport: replace shelter, lighting
Orchard Lane: replace shelter, lighting
2008 -,%295,900 Destination Park Improvements
69th Avenue Parkway: replace irrigation Complete Garden City
system
Central: replace picnic shelter
Freeway: replace picnic shelter
Garden City: replace shelter
Northport: replace picnic shelter
2009 - %192,100
Arboretum: replace trail lighting
Evergreen: replace football/soccer
lighting
Willow Lane: replace shelter
2010 - S232,700
Central: expand playground, add Complete Central
bandshell
Garden City: replace rink lighting
Palmer Lake: add picnic shelter
s to Propo Plan if Only $200,000 Continues to Be Available
At $200,000, the plan would be lengthened and scaled back. The only "Destination Park quality" type
improvements would be at Grandview with the rearrangement of facilities, the addition of a soccer field,
and the expansion of the playground.
2001 - Complete soccer field at Grandview, add ballfield lighting at Evergreen softball fields only;
postpone Garden City trail lights ($200,000)
2002- Complete Garden City trail lights, complete Twin Lake improvements, complete Grandview
playground and hockey rink, complete Lions tennis court; postpone replacing Grandview
baseball lights ($223,000)
2003- Replace Grandview shelter with scaled back shelter; postpone Grandview and Central tennis
courts ($175,000)
2004- Replace Grandview baseball lights, rehab Central tennis courts, replace Evergreen scoreboards;
postpone West Palmer improvements ($180,000)
2005- Complete Grandview tennis courts, replace Riverdale lighting and picnic shelter, eliminate
paving Evergreen running track, replace Central softball field lights; postpone Central baseball
lights ($200,000)
2006- Replace Central baseball lights, replace Brooklane shelter; postpone Kylawn improvements
($200,000)
2007- Replace West Palmer shelter with scaled -back shelter, replace lot and trail lights, eliminate
picnic shelter; postpone Orchard Lane and Northport shelters and lighting, postpone Central
scoreboards ($200,000)
2008- Replace shelter and lights at Kylawn; postpone 69th Avenue irrigation replacement, Central,
Freeway, and Northport picnic shelter replacement, Garden City shelter replacement ($200,000)
2009- Replace Northport shelter and lights, replace Central scoreboards, replace Freeway picnic
shelter; postpone Arboretum trail lights, Evergreen football light replacement, Willow Lane
shelter ($200,000)
2010- Replace Orchard Lane shelter and lighting, replace Central and Northport picnic shelters;
postpone Central bandshell and playground expansion, Garden City rink lighting, and adding a
picnic shelter at Palmer Lake Park ($190,000)
At this point, we have completed through 2008 of the plan, with the exception of replacing the irrigation
system on 69th Avenue Parkway ($60,000). We have scaled back the buildings at West Palmer and
Grandview, and have eliminated the additional picnic shelter at West Palmer. We have eliminated
paving the running track at Evergreen.
We have not completed replacing the shelter building at Willow Lane, replacing the football /soccer
lighting at Evergreen, replacing the Arboretum trail lights and the rink lights at Garden City, and we
have not been able to add a bandshell at Central or expand the playground. We have not been able to add
a picnic shelter at Palmer Lake Park.
Destination Park Plan D R A F T 8/31/00
The City Council has established as a goal for 2000 the development of a Destination Park Plan.
This plan would be used in the development of the 2001 -2005 Capital Improvement Program.
This Plan 1) reviews existing facilities in Destination Parks; 2) establishes recommended
improvements to Destination Parks; 3) evaluates current fiscal capacity to implement such a
plan; 4) reviews miscellaneous other improvements to parks; and 5) makes recommendations.
Destination Parks: A Definition
Destination or Community Parks are described in the Comprehensive Plan as:
Relatively large parks serving as a recreational focus for a neighborhood of the City.
Community Parks are noted for having a wide variety of leisure and recreational options, and
are fully accessible to persons of all abilities. Lighted areas for evening play are provided.
Daytime recreational programming and playground supervision are provided in the summer
months. Heated, enclosed park shelter buildings provide for recreational spaces and warming
houses.
Service area: A neighborhood or quadrant of the City
Desirable size: 25 acres or more
Acres per 1, 000 pop: 5.0
Site characteristics: Easily accessible from all parts of the neighborhood or quadrant. Should
be located on collector or arterial streets to provide adequate access for
residents, and should be well - buffered from adjacent residential areas.
The five Community Parks designated in the Comprehensive Plan include: Central/Garden City,
Evergreen, Grandview, Kylawn/Arboretum, and West Palmer. These parks are intended to serve
roughly the four quadrants of the City, to supplement the "flagship" destination park of Central
Park, adjacent to the Community Center.
It is important to note that a focus on Destination Parks does not mean that Neighborhood Parks
would be neglected. Neighborhood Parks would continue to be routinely improved in the CIP,
and would continue to include such facilities as playgrounds, basketball courts, and picnic areas.
Some neighborhood parks also contain ballfields and tennis courts. Many neighborhood parks
would continue to contain general skating rinks, although at most parks there would be no longer
be a warming house.
The intent of the Destination Park Plan is to focus costlier facilities in certain parks.
September, 2000 Page 1 Destination Park Plan
I. Review of Existing Destination Park Facilities
The review of potential Destination Park improvements included a review of existing facilities to
determine if any major types of facilities was "missing," or if there was a demand for a new type
of facility, such a additional soccer fields. The following is a short summary of the types of
improvements in each of the Destination Parks.
CentrallGarden City Evergreen
2 lighted softball fields (C) 2 softball fields
1 lighted baseball field (C) 1 lighted baseball field
4 tennis courts (C) 1 football /soccer field
Archery range (GC) Playground (joint with school)
2 playgrounds (C, GC) Warming house
Warming house (GC) Paved hockey rink
Picnic shelter and picnic area (C) General skating rink
Hockey rink (GC) Basketball court
General skating rink (GC)
Basketball court (GC) West Palmer
Trail loop
Plaza area with pond and pergola (C) 2 softball fields
Adjacent to Community Center 1 baseball field
Basketball court
Grandview Warmin g house
General skating rink
2 lighted softball fields Playground
1 lighted baseball field On Palmer Lake Trail
Warming house 2 tennis courts
Hockey rink
General skating rink KylawnlArboretum/Preserve
Playground
Part time football/soccer field 2 softball fields
Sliding hill 2 tennis courts
Basketball court Warming house
2 tennis courts Playground
Hockey rink
General skating rink
Basketball court
Arboretum
Wetland walking paths (Preserve)
September, 2000 Page 2 Destination Park Plan
II. Recommended Destination Park Improvements
As can be seen above, the Destination Parks currently include a wide range of facilities. The
Park and Recreation Commission and the Park Maintenance and Recreation staffs have reviewed
the planned improvements as well as discussed additional improvements, and have developed a
Destination Park Plan. Each park has been given an identity or theme. Central /Garden City is
the flagship park of the system, with substantial improvements which serve the entire
community. Evergreen focuses on team sports; Kylawn/Arboretum builds on its nature areas of
the Arboretum and the Preserve; West Palmer is seen as a prime family picnic and outings area;
and Grandview's focus is on youth and winter recreation.
The following is a park by park discussion of improvements in addition to those already
included in the CIP which are recommended to be considered.
Central/Garden City:
1) It is recommended that the City Council
change the name of Garden City Park to
Central Park. It is believed that the current
naming system is confusing, and that many
people think of the whole park area as
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2) A permanent bandshell with a concession
stand should be constructed in Central An example of a permanent bandshell.
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Park. This bandshell would be used for
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Days, special programming, and
community events such as weddings and
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3) The patio area of the Community Center
is underutilized. Suggestions for use of The Community Center patio.
this space include an outdoor water play
area, or a playground (or both). The water
play area could be a zero depth area of
spray devices which does not require
filtration and requires only a drain to
sanitary sewer. This water play area _
would be open in summer, and would
provide a seasonal attraction for younger
swimmers. Ideas for the remainder of the An example of a water play area
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patio are: a parents' lounge, a sunning area, or (separate from the water play area) a small
playground. The playground would be used by preschool and by special events users such as
birthday parties.
4) The playground at Central gets a surprising amount of use and should be expanded. It is
possible that the south parking lot could be reconfigured when it is reconstructed to
remove one row of spaces and provide more room for playground expansion.
5) The Community Center and the Plaza are "disconnected" by the ring road. It is
recommended that the Council look at #,
options better connect the building to the
park. One option is to regrade and repave
the area between the west doors and the
park, creating a more visible link than is
currently the case with the grade
differences. Another, long -term option is
to relocate the ring road to the front of the
Civic Center and eliminating the back
ring road. This would allow the
Community enter to flow naturally into
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the Plaza and the Park. The drainage
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ditch in the front of the Civic Center ( "the The ring road "disconnects" the Community Center from
moat ") could be culverted under a ring Central Park and the Plaza.
road, and retaining walls added to contain
the slope.
Evergreen:
1) It is recommended that instead of replacing
the ballfield lights at Grandview as
scheduled in 2003, the ballfields at
Evergreen be lighted. This would
consolidate the "team sports" at Evergreen
and allow the facilities at Grandview to be a
rearranged to provide more facilities for
youth.
2) Recommended maintenance improvements
include irrigating the softball fields and
adding as well as paving a
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running track.
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Kylawn /Arboretum:
1) A long -term planting plan for the Arboretum has been established through the help of an
ecologist. This plan includes both native �t . "Z
wetland plants to be added to the shores of a
the ponds as well as upland plants and flower
beds in the other areas of the park. A
planting plan has been established to
stabilize the eroding slopes on the west side
of the park. A gardening club continues to
work on the flower beds, and volunteer
groups from Daytons/Mervyns have in the
past provided labor. Much of this work is
being completed by volunteer labor,
including several Eagle Scout projects.
The Arboretum in full Fall color.
2) Boardwalk improvements have recently been
completed in the Preserve. Crystal
provides most of the chipped walkway
maintenance. On going monitoring is
necessary to determine if future
improvements should be made.
3) No other improvements aside from already- A
scheduled replacement of the shelter and
lights are proposed.
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West Palmer The new boardwalk in The Preserve.
1) It is recommended that two new buildings be constructed in the area of the existing
shelter building and the basketball court. One building should be a large open picnic
shelter, while the other should be a substantial four season "lodge type" building suitable
for indoor gatherings, as well as having a picnic overhang. The enclosed building could
be used by reservation for family gatherings; special recreational programming such as
nature programs; or for small meetings. These buildings would be suitable for large
picnics and other gatherings.
2) Add storage buildings near ballfields
3 ) Relocate the basketball court and expand the playground
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Grandview:
1) When the softball fields at Evergreen are lighted,
then the softball lights at Grandview can be
removed. Staff also suggests that the softball fields
be removed and replaced with a lighted i4�
soccer/football field. It is also suggested that
amphitheater" type seating be constructed by
regrading the side of the sliding hill facing the
softball field.
The potential soccer field area. Existing
2) It is recommended that the playground be baseball field is in the background.
substantially expanded in size to provide a
"destination" playground. The shelter building
which would replace the existing building as part
of regularly scheduled improvements should be
suitable for providing youth programming.
3) Relocate and pave the hockey rink. "Smooth" out
the grade of the sliding hill to provide a safer hill.
4) The Park and Recreation Commission suggests
investigating the possibility of adding aggressive "Amphitheater" Style seating can be
skating facilities to one of the parks, and staff constructed by regrading the side of the hill.
recommends this park. However, before going re
forward, staff recommends that the experience
other cities have had with these types of facilities
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be studied, as the experience has been mixed.
111. Evaluation of Estimated Costs and Fiscal
Capacity
Parts of the hill should be regr d to ade
Each year approximately $225,000 is budgeted from the provide a "smoother," safer sliding hill.
Capital Improvements Fund to make park capital
improvements. In support of this, about $125,000 has been transferred annually from the
General Fund and $75,000 from the Liquor Fund to the Capital Improvements Fund specifically
for park improvements. The General Fund transfer is made late in the year when the General
Fund budget surplus can be more accurately estimated.
To more accurately estimate the potential future costs of all park improvements, park
maintenance and engineering staff have developed a detailed inventory of the facilities in the
parks, and estimated their useful life and cost to replace. Added to the inventory was the
proposed Destination Park improvements and their estimated cost. This inventory was used to
developa 20 year CIP with the estimated costs of the proposed Destination and other park
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improvements as scheduled. It is attached as Exhibit A. The cost of the improvements over 20
years is about $7 million.
These improvements have been divided into three categories: As Needed, As Scheduled, and
With Projects. The As Needed improvements are those that are evaluated every year and usually
pushed back, and are more likely to be accomplished through the operating budget, or through
the capital line items in the operating budget. Some of those are large enough that at some point
they would have to be added to the Schedule. The As Scheduled are those improvements which
are proposed to be included in the CIP as part of the annual park improvement projects. The
With Projects category are improvements that would be rolled into other projects, such as park
parking lots being rolled into a street improvement project, or a pedestrian bridge abutment
repair into a trail improvement project.
Attached as Exhibit B are spreadsheets evaluating the City's fiscal capacity for these
improvements. Option 1 assumes that the City's contribution from the General Fund and liquor
remains unchanged. Option 2 assumes it increases by $50,000 per year, and Option 3 by
$100,000 per year.
Option 1 shows that we would be unable to go forward with the Destination Park Plan as is at the
current level of funding. Even if the plan were scaled back or extended in length, the total long-
term need exceeds the funding available. Park improvements quickly bankrupt the Capital
Improvements Fund.
Option 2 assumes a modest increase of $50,000 per year. While this is very nearly sufficient, the
Plan would have to be scaled back so that the Capital Improvements Fund balance would not go
to zero. Even at that, we would lose any flexibility in the CIF, such as taking on new
improvements not included here, or if estimates for future needs are too low.
Option 3 assumes a larger increase to $100,000. This allows the Plan to go forward without
scaling back, and does retain flexibility. More importantly, when improvements in the second
half of the plan are lighter, the Capital Improvements Fund regains fund balance.
While the Parks CIP extends beyond 2020, projections for other improvements such as building
improvements beyond that time become very difficult to estimate. For example, at about that
time some of the major systems at the new Police and Fire buildings, such as roofs, generators,
and HVAC, will be due for replacement. Long -term costs for improvements at the Central
Garage are also difficult to estimate, as at that time the building will be 50 years old.
To implement Option 2 or Option 3, additional sources of funds are must be found. For
example, it may be possible to transfer additional funds each year from the Liquor Fund. An
analysis of how much might be available cannot be done until more history of the Cub Foods site
is available. Another source of funds is revenue being generated from rental of the water towers
for telecommunications antennas. Four sites are being rented, with revenues which could total
about $65,000 in 2001. Some portion of that could be transferred to the CIF for parks. However,
it should be noted that telecommunications technology is changing very rapidly, and that revenue
September, 2000 Page 7 Destination Park Plan
should not be counted on for the entire twenty year program. Additional funds might be
available from the Golf Course Fund when the Golf Course has a good year. The Golf Course
Financial Plan states that once the Golf Course reaches and maintains its cash balance target, any
excess revenues should be dedicated to park improvements. Again, it is difficult to predict from
year to year how much might be available, and it should not be looked upon as a guaranteed
source of funding.
It is possible that these sources might be able to contribute in total an additional $50, 000 per
year, which is Option 2. An additional $50, 000 per year would be required to fully implement
the Destination Park Plan.
IV. Miscellaneous Improvements to Other Parks
1) Twin Lake Park and boat accesses: staff recommends closing the Lakebreeze boat access
but keeping the Upper boat access. Twin Lake improvements are scheduled for 2002.
Recommended improvements include: constructing, using a DNR grant, a fishing pier;
constructing a slightly larger parking lot; removing the ballfield and shelter building;
constructing a small picnic shelter; replacing the playground with a small tot playground
similar to Wangstad Park; and removing the beach.
2) Storage: many of the warming house type park shelters are also used to store recreation
and maintenance items. As some of these are demolished to make way for open picnic
shelters, that storage is lost, leading to a need to find new storage spaces. Staff reviewed
a number of options for storing these materials, including:
a) Storing items in City Hall, either in the former police station or in space vacated
in upper City Hall when some offices move to lower City Hall;
b) The long -term CIP includes an additional cold storage building at the Central
Garage. That construction could be accelerated, and park maintenance items and
some recreation items such as softballs, nets, etc stored in that building, and the
balance of recreation items such as special event decorations and summer program
materials stored in a smaller dedicated space at City Hall; or
c) Accelerating the construction of the additional cold storage building, and storing
all park maintenance and recreation items there.
Staff prefers b above, mainly because it reduces the amount of fetching and hauling of
items from parks to the Community Center that park maintenance provides for recreation.
Park Maintenance suggests that the existing salt storage building be converted to a cold
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storage building through installation of a storage mezzanine, and that a simple shelter be
constructed in the existing materials storage yard to store salt. The displaced materials
would be relocated to the Camden wellhead site.
September, 2000 Page 8 Destination Park Plan
V. Recommendations
While this report has so far focused exclusively on park improvements, it should be noted that
recreational programming improvements complement the facility improvements, and should be
considered as well. Little detail has been developed on the recreation recommendations as actual
programming improvements would depend upon the direction the Destination Park Plan takes
and the funding which is available. Several of the recreation improvements will likely have an
operating budget cost which is not included or estimated in this report.
The following recommendations of the Park and Recreation Commission and staff address both
park and recreation improvements:
1) It is recommended that the City Council proceed with the Destination Park Plan as
outlined in this report, implementing the proposed schedule by increasing annual funds
available for capital improvements. If $50,000 additional is available, then direct staff to
scale back the Plan accordingly. The Park and Recreation commission recommends that
the full plan go forward if an additional $100,000 is available for investment.
2) As park improvements continue to be made, additional effort must be dedicated to
maintaining those investments. The Park and Recreation Commission recommends that
an additional park maintenance position be considered in the 2001 budget.
3) Few facilities are identified in the Destination Park Plan specifically for teens. As
facilities are constructed and programming is developed, it may be necessary to add a
program supervisor to focus exclusively on teen programming utilizing existing or
planned facilities as well as school district and other facilities (see below).
4) It is recommended that the City partner with at least one school district to provide
supervised afternoon and evening programming specifically for teens, such as open gym,
computer lab, arts, and "hang out" space.
5) Several park name changes are recommended. It is recommended that Garden City Park
be renamed Central Park, and that Brooklane Park be renamed Garden City Park. It is
also recommended that Grandview Park be renamed Cohen Park.
6) It is recommended that additional funds be considered to provide additional hours of park
supervision by park leaders. Also, as improvements are made in Destination Parks,
additional recreation programming should follow to complement those improvements.
This will likely have an operating budget impact, especially if that programming is low or
no cost aimed at children and teens versus adult sports which pay their own way.
7) Vandalism has been a growing problem at our Parks. It is recommended that additional
police time be dedicated to patrolling Parks and participating in park programming to
help curb the destructiveness of the vandalism.
September, 2000 Page 9 Destination Park Plan
Park CIP By Scheduled Replacement Year
Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2000
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
53rd Avenue Green Signage $1,500
Arboretum Landscaping $5,000
Central Landscaping $2,500
East Palmer Lake Fountain $1,800
Firehouse Fountain $1,800
Firehouse Signage 2 $3,000
Freeway Fountain $1,800
Garden City Hockey rink Pavement $7,500
Happy Hollow Backstops 1 youth softball $2,000
Happy Hollow Fountain $1,800
Twin Lake Signage $1,500
Willow Lane Restroom enclosure $5,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $35,200 -------- - - - - --
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arboretum Other Misc improvemetns $5,000
Central Lighting Trail $30,000
Central Other Kiosk $4,000
Central Other Tables & benches $5,000
East Palmer Lake Lighting Lot/trail $15,000
East Palmer Lake Picnic shelter Replace shelter $30,000
Firehouse Lighting Parking lot & trail $15,000
Firehouse Picnic shelter Replace shelter $25,000
Freeway Lighting Lot/trail $10,000
Garden City Other NEW Soccer goals $2,500
Happy Hollow Lighting Parking lot $7,500
Happy Hollow Picnic shelter Replace shelter $20,000
Lions Lighting Lot/trail $15,000
Northport Other NEW Soccer goals $5,000
West Palmer Lake Tennis Court $35,000
Willow Lane Lighting Lot $3,000
-------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $227,000 -------- - - - - --
WithProjects -------------------------------------- --------- ------ ----- -- - - - - -- -------------------------------------------------------
Garden City Parking Lot 1 $10,000
--------------------------------------------- --- -- --- --- -------- ---- - - - - -- With Projects Subtotal $10,000 = -------------
2000Subtotal $272,200
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2001
As Needed
Central Signage $5,000
East Palmer Lake Storage Bldg NEW $7,500
Garden City Signage $1,500
Lakeside Signage $1,500
Marlin Signage $1,500
----••------------------- •------ --- ------ -- -••--- - - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $17,000
As Scheduled
Evergreen Field Lighting NEW 2 SB, 1 BB $200,000
Garden City Lighting Trail $50,000
Grandview Field Lighting NEW Soccer $52,500
Grandview Irrigation NEW Soccer $15,000
Grandview Sod NEW Soccer $7,500
----------- -----------•-••--•---- -•••..... As Scheduled Subtotal $325,000
2001 Subtotal $342,000
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2002
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grandview Basketball $7,500
Grandview Signage $5,000
Twin Lake Fountain $2,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $14,500 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grandview Field Lighting 1 baseball $100,000
Grandview Other Move /pave /boards $15,000
Grandview Playground EXPANSION $50,000
_ Lions Tennis Court $38,245
Twin Lake Lighting Lot/trail $10,000
Twin Lake Other remove beach, etc $10,000
Twin Lake Picnic shelter Replace shelter $25,000
Twin Lake Playground $25,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $273,245 --------------
WithProjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Twin Lake Parking Lot 1 $25,000
-------------------------------------------- --- ---- ---- ------------ ----- -- With Projects Subtotal $25,000 -- --- --- - - - ---
'
2002 Subtotal $312,745
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2003
AsNeeded ------------------------------------------------------------------ •------------------- - -- - -- --- - - -- --
Central Restroom enclosure $5,628
Evergreen Restroom enclosure $5,628
Evergreen Trash enclosure $5,628
Grandview Fountain $2,000
Grandview Trash enclosure $5,628
Kylawn Restroom enclosure $5,628
Kylawn Trash enclosure $5,628
Lions Trash enclosure $5,628
Northport Trash enclosure $5,628
Palmer Lake Restroom enclosure $5,628
Twin Lake Trash enclosure $5,628
West Palmer Lake Restroom enclosure $5,628
West Palmer Lake Trash enclosure $5,628
Willow Lane Trash enclosure $5,628
----------•--------------------------------- -- -- --- ---- ---------- --- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $75,158 - ------- - - - ---
AsScheduled ---•------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•---------------------------------
Central Tennis Court $90,000
Grandview Shelter EXPANSION $200,000
Grandview Tennis Court $35,000
---------•-•---------------------------------- ---- ----- ----- --- --- -- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $325,000 -------- - - - - --
2003 Subtotal $400,158
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2004
AsNeeded ----•---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bellvue Restroom enclosure $5,796
East Palmer Lake Trash enclosure $5,796
Evergreen Fencing Football /soccer $17,389
West Palmer Lake Basketball $8,000
West Palmer Lake Fountain $1,800
West Palmer Lake Signage $5,000
West Palmer Lake Storage Bldg NEW $7,500
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $51,282
As Scheduled
Evergreen Other Scoreboards $11,593
West Palmer Lake Lighting Lot/trail $15,000
West Palmer Lake Shelter EXPANSION $300,000
---------------------------------•---------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $326,593
2004Subtotal $377,875
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2005
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Backstops 1 Baseball $7,761
Garden City Hockey rink Boards $11,463
Kylawn Hockey rink Boards $11,463
Riverdale Fountain $2,000
-------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $32,687
----- - - - - -- -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Field Lighting 2 SB, 1 BB $238,810
Central Other Plaza concrete $0
_ Evergreen Other NEW Running track $20,000
Riverdale Lighting Trail /rink $5,000
Riverdale Picnic shelter Replace shelter $30,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $293,810 -------- - - - - --
WithProjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments 69th Ave $35,822
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments Central middle $35,822
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments Central north $35,822
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments Central parking lot $35,822
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments -, Central south a $35,822
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments CR 10 $35,822
----------------------------------------------- ---- --- ----- ---- ----- -- ---- With Projects Subtotal $214,929 --- -- --- - - - - --
2005Subtotal $541,427
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2006
As Needed
--------------------------------------
Kylawn Fountain $2,000
Kylawn Hockey rink Pavement $8,000
Kylawn Signage $5,000
Willow Lane Fountain $2,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $17,000 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brooklane Shelter $90,000
Central Other Boardwalk $0
Kylawn Lighting Lot/trail $15,000
Kylawn Shelter $175,000
-------------------------------------------- -------- ------ -- -------- - - ---- As Scheduled Subtotal $280,000 ------- - --- ---
2006Subtotal $297,000
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2007
AsNeeded -----------------•-------------------------------•------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brooklane Restroom enclosure $6,334
Central Trash enclosure $12,668
East Palmer Lake Restroom enclosure $6,334
Evergreen Fencing 2 SB, 1 BB outfield $19,002
Evergreen Restroom enclosure soccer $6,334
Firehouse Restroom enclosure $6,334
Freeway Restroom enclosure $6,334
Garden City Restroom enclosure $6,334
Grandview Restroom enclosure $6,334
Happy Hollow Restroom enclosure $6,334
Lions Restroom enclosure $6,334
Northport Fountain $2,000
Northport Restroom enclosure 2 $12,668
Orchard Lane Fountain $2,000
Orchard Lane Restroom enclosure $6,334
Riverdale Restroom enclosure $6,334
Twin Lake Restroom enclosure $6,334
--------------------------•--...-------------------------------- •--- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $124,343 - • - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Other Scoreboards $12,668
Northport Lighting Lot/trail $30,000
Northport Shelter $125,000
Orchard Lane Lighting Trail /rink $10,000
Orchard Lane Shelter $125,000
------••-----•----------------------------------------------------- • - - -... As Scheduled Subtotal $302,668
WithProjects --------------------•---------•--•---------------------------------------------------------------------------•------------
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments GC south $38,003
------------------------------------------------ ----- ------- --- -- --- - - - - -- With Projects Subtotal $38,003 ---- -- -- - - - - --
2O07Subtotal $465,014
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2008
As Needed
Lions Fencing 2 LL Outfield $13,048
Northport Fencing 2 SB outfield $13,048
---------------------------•--•------------------------------------ • - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $26,095
AsScheduled ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•---------------------
69th Avenue Parkw Irrigation $58,715
Central Picnic shelter $45,667
Freeway Picnic shelter $30,000
Garden City Shelter $125,000
- _ Northport Picnic Shelter $10,438
------------------------------------------- --- -- --- --------- -------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $269,820 ---- ---- - - - - --
2008Subtotal $295,916
2009
AsNeeded --------------------------------•----•------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Firehouse Ballfield $4,043
Willow Lane Basketball $20,159
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $24,201 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arboretum Lighting Trail $8,063
Evergreen Field Lighting Football /soccer $94,074
Willow Lane Shelter $90,000
--------------------------------------------- •---------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $192,138 -------- - - - - --
20O9Subtotal $216,339
2010
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Other Pergola $0
Central Playground EXPANSION $30,000
Central Shelter NEW bandshell $150,000
Garden City Lighting Rink $27,685
Palmer Lake Picnic shelter NEW $25,000
---------------------------••-------------- -•- ••••- •••••--- •- --........... As Scheduled Subtotal $232,685 -------- -- - - --
2010Subtotal $232,685
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2012
As Needed
Palmer Lake Fountain $2,937
---- • --------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $2,937
As Scheduled
Evergreen Playground With school $22,028
Lions Bleachers 3/3 row (Little League) $6,608
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $28,636 -------- - - - - --
2012Subtotal $31,573
2013
As Needed
Belivue Basketball $7,563
Evergreen Fountain $3,025
Evergreen Hockey rink Pavement $11,344
Lions Backstops 2 Little League $30,252
------------------------------ - ------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $52,184 -------- - - - - --
As Scheduled
Central Playground $22,689
Freeway Playground _ $45,378
Lions Shelter Concession stand $151,259
Northport Playground Includes containment $75,629
--------------------------------------------------- •---------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $294,955 -------- - - - - --
WithProjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Palmer Lake Parking Lot 1 $40,840
---------------------------------------- - - - - -- --------------------- - - - - -- lath Projects Subtotal $40,840 -------- - - - - --
2013 Subtotal $387,979
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2014
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Fountain $2,659
Firehouse Basketball $10,127
Lions Fountain $2,496
Northport Hockey rink Pavement $11,685
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck CR 10 $7,790
Willow Lane Hockey rink Pavement $11,685
--------------------------------------------------- - ---------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $46,441 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
53rd Avenue Green Irrigation $34,275
Central Irrigation 2 SB, 1 BB $53,621
Central Irrigation Extras $642
Firehouse Playground $38,949
Lions Playground $62,319
Orchard Lane Playground $62,319
Willow Lane Playground With Willow Lane Schoo $85,688
------------------------------------------- --- -- ----- -------- ------ - -- -- -- As Scheduled Subtotal $337,813 -------- - - - - --
2014Subtotal $384,254
2015 '
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cahlander Signage $16,047
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As NeededSubtotad $16,047
WithProjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Orchard Lane Parking Lot 1 $8,024
------------------------------------------------ -- ------- ----------- -- - - -- nth Projects Subtotal $8,024 ---- ---- - - - - --
2015Subtotal $24,071
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2016
As Scheduled
Brooklane Playground With Garden City School $33,057
Garden City Playground $57,850
Grandview Playground $82,642
Kylawn Lighting Rink
$33,057
Kylawn Playground $41,321
Marlin Playground $41,321
Northport Tennis Court $57,850
Riverdale Playground $57,850
West Palmer Lake Playground $66,114
----------•--------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $471,062
-------- - - - - --
2016Subtotal $471,062
2018
As Needed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------
Evergreen Storage Bldg $13,151
Palmer Lake Signage $2,630
------------------------------------------------ ----- ------- -------- - --- -- As Needed Subtotal $15,782 ----- --- - - - ---
As Scheduled
Bellvue Lighting Trail /rink $26,303
Bellvue Playground $52,605
East Palmer Lake Playground $52,605
Evergreen Lighting Lot/trail $26,303
Evergreen Lighting Rink $35,070
Garden City Field Lighting Hockey $35,070
Happy Hollow Playground $43,838
Northport Field Lighting Hockey $35,070
------- °-------- ---------- - °-- As Scheduled Subtotal $306,864
2018Subtotal $322,645
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2019
As Needed
Bellvue Signage 2 $5,418
East Palmer Lake Fencing 2 SB outfield $11,400
Firehouse Fencing 2 SB outfield $13,546
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $30,364 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bellvue Other Swing $1,611
Central Other Boardwalk $9,063
Central Other Engineering $5,924
_ Central Other Misc $300
Central Other Pond $37,394
Northport Lighting Rink $36,122
Other Playground Swings $6,755
Wangstad Playground $40,466
Wangstad Playground Fibar $4,768
Willow Lane Lighting Rink $28,246
Willow Lane Playground Tot $7,091
--------------------------------------------------- ---- ------- ------ --- - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $177,739 -- -------- - - --
With Projects
West Palmer Lake Parking Lot 1 $63,214
--------------------------------------------- -- ------ ------ --------- - --- -- With Projects Subtotal $63,214 --- --- -- - - - - --
2O19Subtotal $271,318
2022
WithProjects --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments GC middle $39,472
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge abutments GC north $39,472
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- With Projects Subtotal $78,943 -------- - - - - --
2022Subtotal $78,943
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2023
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belivue Picnic shelter Replace shelter $40,656
Evergreen Bleachers 7/5 row (softball) $49,803
Evergreen Shelter $203,279
------------------------------ - ------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $293,739 -------- - - - - --
2023Subtotal $293,739
2024
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Backstops 2 softball $23,764
East Palmer Lake Backstops 2 softball $8,375
Firehouse Backstops 2 softball $23,032
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $55,171 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central Bleachers 6/10 row $125,627
Central Picnic shelter Ballfield $111,915
Central Sod $38,471
East Palmer Lake Bleachers 2/3 row $6,281
Evergreen Bleachers 4/10 row (soccer) $67,001
Firehouse Bleachers 2/5 row $14,656
Grandview Bleachers 2/5 row $14,656
Kylawn Bleachers 213 row $6,281
Lions Picnic shelter Replace shelter $66,639
Northport Bleachers 2/3 row $6,281
West Palmer Lake Bleachers 4/3 row, 1/5 row $19,891
Willow Lane Bleachers 2/3 row $6,281
--------------------------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- ---- ----- ---- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $483,981 --- ----- - --- --
2024Subtotal $539,152
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2032
As Scheduled
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure 69th Ave $66,308
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure Central middle $66,308
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure Central north $53,047
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure Central south $66,308
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure CR 10 $53,047
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure GC middle $53,047
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure GC north $53,047
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge structure GC south $53,047
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $464,159 -------- - - - - --
2032 Subtotal $464,159
2035
AsScheduled ----------------------------------------------------------------•---------•-----------------------•-----------------------
Central Ped bridge structure Pond bridge $43,474
------------------------------------------- - ------------------------ - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $43,474 -------- - - - - --
2035Subtotal $43,474
Plan Subtotal $7,065,727
1983
AsNeeded ----•---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evergreen Hockey rink Boards $10,560
Northport Hockey rink Boards $10,560
---------------------------------- - - - - -- --------------------------- - - - - -• As Needed Subtotal $21,120 -------- - - - - --
1983 Subtotal $21,120
1984
As Needed --------------------------
Bellvue Fencing Perimeter $25,850
---------------------•-•-------•------------------------------------ - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $25,850 -------- - - - - --
1984Subtotal $25,850
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
1985
AsNeeded ----------------------------------•-•----------•---------------------------------------------------------•----------------
Wangstad Basketball $7,150
-------------------•----------•--------------------------------- •--- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $7,150
-------- - - - - --
1985Subtotal $7,150
1986
AsNeeded -----------------------------------------------------------------------•--------------------------------------------------
Northport Basketball $7,150
-
-----------------------------•-•----------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $7,150
1986Subtotal $7,150
1987
AsNeeded -----------•---•--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•-------------
Grandview Backstops 1 baseball $7,150
Willow Lane Backstops 2 softball $4,400
---------------------------------------------- •-- ------- ----- ---- --- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $11,550 -------- - - - - --
1987Subtotal $11,550
1989
As Needed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------
Bellvue Backstops 1 youth softball' $7,150
Riverdale Fencing Perimeter $5,500
- - - - -• As Needed Subtotal $12,650 -------- - - - - --
1989Subtotal $12,650
1990
As Needed -
Kylawn Basketball $7,150
Lions Basketball $7,150
Willow Lane Hockey rink Boards $10,560
------------------------------•------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $24,860 -------- - - - - --
1990Subtotal $24,860
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
1991
As Needed ---- - - - - --
Willow Lane Fencing Perimeter $5,500
----------•--------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -• As Needed Subtotal $5,500 -------- - - - - --
1991 Subtotal $5,500
1992
AsNeeded -------------------------------------------------•--------------------------------------•---•-----------------------------
Evergreen Backstops 2 softball, 1 baseball $11,550
Garden City Basketball $7,150
Kylawn Backstops 2 softball $4,400
Northport Backstops 2 softball $4,400
Orchard Lane Backstops 1 youth softball $2,200
West Palmer Lake Fencing 2 SB, 1 BB outfield $11,550
--------------------------------- - - - - -- ---------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $41,250 -------- - - - - --
1992Subtotal $41,250
1995
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
East Palmer Lake Basketball $7,150
Freeway Basketball $7,150
Happy Hollow Basketball $7,150
Riverdale Basketball $7,150
Twin Lake Basketball $7,150
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $35,750 --------------
1995Subtotal $35,750
1996
AsNeeded . -----------------------------------------------------------•----------------------------------•---------------------------
Orchard Lane Basketball $7,150
------------•------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $7,150
1996Subtotal $7,150
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
1997
AsNeeded ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•---------------------------------
Arboretum Fencing Perimeter $22,000
Bellvue Fountain $2,200
Brooklane Fountain $2,200
Garden City Fountain $2,200
Riverdale Backstops 1 youth softball $2,200
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck 69th Ave
$5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck Central middle $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck Central north $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck Central parking lot $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck Central south $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck GC middle $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck GC north $5,500
Shingle Creek Trail Ped bridge deck GC south $5,500
West Palmer Lake Backstops 2 softball 1 baseball $11,550
----------------------------------------------------------------- •-- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $86,350 -------- - - - - --
1997Subtotal $86,350
1998
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------- -------------------- '
Freeway Backstops 1 youth softball $4,400
-----------------------------•---•---•------------------------------ - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $4,400 --------------
1998Subtotal $4,400
1999
AsScheduled -----------•--------------------•-••-----•--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evergreen Irrigation Soccer $16,500
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $16,500 -------- - - - - --
1999Subtotal $16,500
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
2000
AsNeeded --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arboretum Signage $1,650
Brooklane Signage $1,650
Central Fencing 1 BB outfield $5,500
Central Storage Bldg 2 $16,500
East Palmer Lake Signage $1,650
Evergreen Basketball $7,150
Evergreen Signage 2-1980,1-1999 $4,950
Freeway Signage $1,650
Happy Hollow Signage $1,650
Lions Signage $1,650
Northport Signage 3 $4,950
Orchard Lane Signage $1,650
Riverdale Signage $1,650
Shingle Creek Trail Signage $1,650
Wangstad Signage $1,650
Willow Lane Signage $1,650
-------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- As Needed Subtotal $57,200 -------- - - - - --
AsScheduled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Evergreen Tennis Court $38,500
Kylawn Tennis Court $38,500
---------------------------------- = --------------------------------- - - - - -- As Scheduled Subtotal $77,000 -------- - - - - --
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Park Name Facility Replacement Cost
WithProjects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- -------- ---- --------- - - - - - -- f
Arboretum Parking Lot 1 $27,500
East Palmer Lake Parking Lot 1 $29,700
Evergreen Parking Lot 3 $95,150
Firehouse Parking Lot 2 $26,400
Freeway Parking Lot 2 $22,000
Grandview Parking Lot 3 $81,400
Happy Hollow Parking Lot 1 $16,500
Kylawn Parking Lot 1 $16,500
Lions Parking Lot 1 $55,000
Northport Parking Lot 3 $66,000
Willow Lane Parking Lot 1 $27,500
------------------------------------------- ------------- ---- ------ -- - - - --- With Projects Subtotal $463,650 -------- - - - - --
2000Subtotal $597,850
Plan Subtotal $905,080
Grand Total $7,970,807
Friday, September 01, 2000 Page 21 of 21
Option 1: Continue at about same level
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND `
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ 8,743,342 $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 475,627 $ 408,162 $ 285,572 $ (246,741) $ (297,891) $ (337,781) $ (461,839) $ (496,749) $ (455,727)
Revenues 1 i a
Investment Interest $ 354,228 $ 255,900 $ 216,430 $ 23,780 $ 20,410 $ 14,280 $ (12,340) $ (14,890) $ (16,890) $ (23,090) $ (24,840) $ (22,790)
Arbitrage rebate $ (90,000)
Other $ 2,521,004 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ -
Change in fair market value $ (177,721) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 60,000
Liquor store loan payments $ 32,562 $ 24,640
Transfer from GF /Liq fund $ 550,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ 7,718,493 $ 1,188,265 $ 3,600,000 $ 343,245 $ 395,000 $ 801,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 365,168 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
East fire station $ 696,879 $ 100,000
West fire station $ 2,130,897 $ 300,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _ $ -
Police station $ 3,227,497 $ 500,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _ $ _
Civic Center impr $ 62,751 $ 3,200,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _
Park improvements $ 243,467 $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
Central Garage impr $ 26,740 $ 2,100 $ 75,000 $ - $ - $ 225,000 $ - $ - $ 62,500 $ -
EBHC improvements $ 1,330,799 $ 23,606
Equipment $ (537) $ - $ - $ 70,000 $ 70,000 $ 250,000 $ - $ - $ - $ -
Ending Balance $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 475,627 $ 408,162 $ 285,572 $ (246,741) $ (297,891) $ (337,781) $ (461,839) $ (496,749) $ (455,727) $ (451,202)
Estimated cost of needed park proj 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Do As Scheduled - $ 227,000 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
2 Do As Needed $ 441,430 $ 35,200 $ 17,000 $ 14,500 $ 75,158 $ 51,282 $ 32,687 $ 17,000 $ 124,343 $ 26,095 $ 24,201
3 Do With Projects $ 463,650 $ 10,000 $ 25,000 $ 214,929 _. - $ - 38,003 f-
4 Estim cost of scheduled park impr $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
5 Contribution for park impr $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balance $ 125,000 $ 73,245 $ 125,000 $ 126,593 $ 93,810 $ 80,000 $ 102,668 $ 69,820 $ (7,862) $ 32,685
Option 1: Continue at about same level
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ (451,202) $ (213,762) $ 6,912 $ (22,693) $ (96,636) $ 163,534 $ (34,348) $ 228,932 $ 117,737 $ 145,888
Revenues m
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Investment Interest $ (22,560) $ (10,690) $ 350 $ (1,130) $ (4,830) $ 8,180 $ (1,720) $ 11,450 $ 5,890 $ 7,290
Arbitrage rebate
Other
Change in fair market value ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 60,000 $ 60,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000
Liquor store loan payments
Transfer from GF /Liq fund $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
East fire station
West fire station
Police station
Civic Center impr
Park improvements $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ _ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
Central Garage impr
EBHC improvements
Equipment
Ending Balance $ (213,762) $ 6,912 $ (22,693) $ (96,636) 163,534 $ (34,348) $ 228,932 $ 117,737 $ 145,888 $ 353,178
Estimated cost of needed park prof 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Do As Scheduled $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ 471,062 $ 322,645 $ 177,739
2 Do As Needed $ 2,937 $ 52,184 $ 46,441 $ 16,047 $ 15,782 $ 30,364
3 Do With Projects $ 40,840 $ 8,024 _. _. - $ 63,214
4 Estim cost of scheduled park imp $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
5 Contribution for park impr $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balanc $ (200,000) $ (171,364) $ 94,955 $ 137,813 $ (200,000) $ 271,062 $ (200,000) $ 122,645 $ (22,261) $ (200,000)
Option 2: $50,000 increase to $250,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2U64 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ 8,743,342 $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 52'x,627 $ 510,662 $ 443,192 $ (31,241) $ (21,611) $ 2,309 $ (54,739) $ (19,299) $ 95,603
Revenues
Investment Interest $ 354,228 $ 255,900 $ 216,430 $ 26,280 $ 25,530 $ 22,160 $ (1,560) $ (1,080) $ 120 $ (2,740) $ (960) $ 4,780
Arbitrage rebate $ (90,000)
Other $ 2,521,004 $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _ $ - $ _ $ _
Change in fair market value $ (177,721) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 60,000
Liquor store loan payments $ 32,562 $ 24,640
Transfer from GF /Liq fund $ 550,000 $ 200,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ 7,718,493 $ 1,188,265 $ 3,600,000 $ 343,245 $ 395,000 $ 801,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 365,168 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
East fire station $ 696,879 $ 100,000
West fire station $ 2,130,897 $ 300,000 $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ - $ _ $ _ $ _
Police station $ 3,227,497 $ 500,000 $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _ $ _ $ _ $ _
Civic Center impr $ 62,751 $ 3,200,000 $ - $ - $ _ $ _ $ _ $ _ $ _
Park improvements $ 243,467 $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
Central Garage impr $ 26,740 $ 2,100 $ 75,000 $ - $ - $ 225,000 $ - $ - $ 62,500 $ -
EBHC improvements $ 1,330,799 $ 23,606
Equipment $ (537) $ - $ - $ 70,000 $ 70,000 $ 250,000 $ - $ - $ - $ _
Ending Balance $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 525,627 $ 510,661 $ 443,192 $ (31,241) $ (21,611) $ 2,309 $ (54,739) $ (19,299) $ 95,603 $ 177,698
Estimated cost of needed park proj 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Do As Scheduled $ 227,000 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ _ 304668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
2 Do As Needed $ 441,430 $ 35,200 $ 17,000 $ 14,500 $ 75,158 $ 51,282 $ 32,687 $ 17,000 $ 124,343 $ 26,095 $ 24,201
3 Do With Projects $ 463,650 $ 10,000 $ 25,000 $ 214,929 $ 38,003
4 Estim cost of scheduled park impr $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
5 Contribution for park impr $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balance $ 75,000 $ 23,245 $ 75,000 $ 76,593 $ 43,810 $ 30,000 $ 52,668 $ 19,820 $ (57,862) $ (17,315)
Option 2: $50,000 increase to $250,000
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ 177,698 $ 496,578 $ 802,772 $ 862,957 $ 883,2J4 $ 1,242,454 $ 1,148,512 $ 1,520,942 $ 1,524,947 $ 1,672,828
Revenues
Investment Interest $ 8,880 $ 24,830 $ 40,140 $ 43,150 $ 44,160 $ 62,120 $ 57,430 $ 76,050 $ 76,220 $ 83,640
Arbitrage rebate
Other
Change in fair market value ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 60,000 $ 60,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000
Liquor store loan payments
Transfer from GF /Liq fund $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
East fire station
West fire station
Police station
Civic Center impr
Park improvements $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
Central Garage impr
EBHC improvements
Equipment
,Ending Balance $ 496,578 $ 802,772 $ 862,957 $ 883,294 $ 1,242,454 $ 1,148,512 $ 1,520,942 $ 1,524,347 $ 1,672,828 $ 2,006,468
Estimated cost of needed park proj 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Do As Scheduled $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ 471,062 $ 322,645 $ 177,739
2 Do As Needed $ 2,937 $ 52,184 $ 46,441 $ 16,047 $ 15,782 $ 30,364
3 Do With Projects $ 40,840 $ 8,024
$ 63,214
4 Estim cost of scheduled park imp $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
5 Contribution for park impr $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 250,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balance $ (250,000) $ (221,364) $ 44,955 $ 87,813 $ (250,000) $ 221,062 $ (250,000) $ 72,645 $ (72,261) $ (250,000)
Option 3: $100,000 increase to $300,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 _ 2003 2004 2605 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ 8,743,342 $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 575,627 $ 613,162 $ 600,822 $ 18 $ 254,669 $ 342,399 $ 352,351 $ 458,15 "1 $ 646,923
Revenues
Investment Interest $ 354,228 $ 255,900 $ 216,430 $ 28,780 $ 30,660 $ 30,040 $ 9,210 $ 12,730 $ 17,120 $ 17,620 $ 22,910 $ 32,350
Arbitrage rebate $ (90,000)
Other $ 2,521,004 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _
Change in fair market value $ (177,721) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 52,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 55,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 58,000 $ 60,000
Liquor store loan payments $ 32,562 $ 24,640
Transfer from GFILiq fund $ 550,000 $ 200,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ 7,718,493 $ 1,188,265 $ 3,600,000 $ 343,245 $ 395,000 $ 801,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 365,168 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
East fire station $ 696,879 $ 100,000
West fire station $ 2,130,897 $ 300,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _
Police station $ 3,227,497 $ 500,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _
Civic Center impr $ 62,751 $ 3,200,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ _ $ _
Park improvements $ 243,467 $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
Central Garage impr $ 26,740 $ 2,100 $ 75,000 $ - $ - $ 225,000 $ - $ - $ 62,500 $ -
EBHC improvements $ 1,330,799 $ 23,606
Equipment $ (537) $ - $ - $ 70,000 $ 70,000 $ 250,000 $ - $ - $ - $ -
Ending Balance $ 4,264,922 $ 3,607,197 $ 575,627 $ 613,162 $ 600,822 $ 184,269 $ 254,669 $ 342,399 $ 352,351 $ 458,151 $ 646,923 $ 806,588
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Estimated cost of needed park proj 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1 Do As Scheduled $ 227,000 $ 325,000 $ 273,245- $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 30Z668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
2 Do As Needed $ 441,430 $ 35,200 $ 17,000 $ 14,500 $ 75,158 $ 51,282 $ 32,687 $ 17,000 $ 124,343 $ 2' 6,095 $ 24,201
3 Do With Projects $ 463,650 $ 10,000 $ 25,000 $ 214,929 $ 38,003
4 Estim cost of scheduled park impr $ 262,559 $ 325,000 $ 273,245 $ 325,000 $ 326,593 $ 293,810 $ 280,000 $ 302,668 $ 269,820 $ 192,138 $ 232,685
5 Contribution for park impr $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balance $ 25,000 $ (26,755) $ 25,000 $ 26,593 $ (6,190) $ (20,000) $ 2,668 $ (30,180) $ (107,862) $ (67,315)
Option 3: $100,000 increase to $300,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND
Starting Balance (Net Current Assets) $ 806,588 $ 1,206,91$ $ 1,598,632 $ 1,748,607 $ 1,863,224 $ 2,321,384 $ 2,331,392 $ 2,812,962 $ 2,930,967 $ 3,199,77'$
Revenues
Investment Interest $ 40,330 $ 60,350 $ 79,930 $ 87,430 $ 93,160 $ 116,070 $ 116,570 $ 140,650 $ 146,550 $ 159,990
Arbitrage rebate
Other
Change in fair market value ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Golf course loan payments $ 60,000 $ 60,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000 $ 65,000
Liquor store loan payments
Transfer from GF /Liq fund $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
Expenditures
Capital Outlays $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
East fire station
West fire station
Police station
Civic Center impr -
Park improvements $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $
Central Garage impr
EBHC improvements
Equipment
Ending Balance $ 1,206,918 $ 1,598,632 $ 1,748,607 $ 1,863,224 $ 2,321,384 $ 2,331,392 $ 2,812,962 $ 2,930,967 $ 3,199,778 $ 3,659,768
Estimated cost of needed park proj 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Do As Scheduled $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ 471,062 $ _. _. 322,645. -$ 177,739
2 Do As Needed $ 2,937 $ 52,184 $ 46,441 $ 16,047 $ 15,782 $ 30,364
3 Do With Projects $ 40,840 $ 8,024
$ 63,214
4 Estim cost of scheduled park imp $ - $ 28,636 $ 294,955 $ 337,813 $ - $ 471,062 $ - $ 322,645 $ 177,739 $ -
5 Contribution for park impr $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000 $ 300,000
6 Amount coming from CIF balance $ (300,000) $ (271,364) $ (5,045) $ 37,813 $ (300,000) $ 171,062 $ (300,000) $ 22,645 $ (122,261) $ (300,000)
City of Brooklyn Center
A great place to start. A great place to stay.
To: Mayor Kragness and Council Members Hil asman, Nelson and Peppe
From: Michael J. McCauley
City Manager
Date: September 1, 2000
Re: Continued Budget Discussion
Since the joint meeting with the Financial Commission, I have surveyed some of the surrounding
cities regarding wage and levy increases. Enclosed is a chart showing the results of that survey and
a copy of an article on the discussions at Hennepin County. A number of cities are contemplating
levy increases similar to the Draft 2001 Budget and some are going considerably higher. Wages and
benefits also show a range of amounts, though a significant number are at 3 %.
At the meeting we will have additional analysis to illustrate the options discussed at the last meeting
on this topic.
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By Mark BrunswNok
Star Tribune Staff Writer
With the costs of running a
new jail looming, Hennepin
County is proposing a maximum
property tax levy next year that is l:_ss; s
4.95 percent higher than this "` ->
Hennepin Coun Administra- ` "'
for Sandra Vargas said antidpat-
_ . ed costs of the new jail, ached- y F:
uled to open in the summer of V Y
2001; the increased health care ;< #_
costs for employees, and the ris-
ing costs of uncompensated care
at county-run medical facilities
are amon the items creating the
potential for
rataalncrease. �_- :: • -:.
The roposal would mean the
county's. share of taxes on a-
$104,000, median- valued home in' =f; ==y `
Minneapolis would Increase by `, '•�_'-
about $24 The Impact on a me-
dian-valued $145,000 home in _ _ "
the suburbs would be an increase `::. ".
of about $37 in county property
taxes. Both figures reflect limits- 1 "
lions by state law on how high
property taxes can increase from
one year to the next •- - - �'
No tax increase or budget pro-_
osal has been made. Setting the . r�
maximum levy is: a procedural
move, required by state law, in s' ' <1
preparation for September re-
lease of the county administra=
toes budget proposal and late -fall
truth -in- taxation hearings. Truth. %
in- taxation statements are mailed
to taxpayers in November.
The maximum tax levy is a
ceiling above which the County
Board cannot raise the levy. Usu- t }
ally, board members adopt a levy �:: <•
lower than the maximum
The board did not take action ?
on the proposal but will review it q =' r•
weeks., .::::.
In two
Health care premiums for
county employees are expected'`-
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to rise by about $6 million, a 16
percent increase.
The Legislature appropriated a
one -time $3. million cushion to F=
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Hennepin County to provide:; -`
medical services - to non - county
residents who do not reimburse _
the county for their care. But that
money will not be available next
year, requiring the county to ab-
sorb the costs. 4:.
The new jail Is expected to `i F,
require $5.5 million in funding in s' .
2001, including $3 million for op-
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Overall Tax General Fund Non -Union _ _.. •_....._ —.. ..... . _.
Union Wage Police Notes
Increase I Increase I Wage Increase ,I Incr
Andover 3% 5% 3% 3%
Blaine 3%-3.5% 3%-3.5% -Other increases are still being discussed
-It will take an increase of I S% in the tax assessment to maintain the status quo
Brooklyn Park 6.5% 6.5% 3.5% 3.5%
Crystal -Wage increase is an estimation, all contracts are up for negotiation this year
4% 3.67% 3% 3%
Golden Valley 2% 3.5% 3.5% - Overall levy increase is unknown
- Private sector increase is at 4.4%
Maple Grove 7% 8% 3% 3% - Employee benefits will also receive $25 more per month
New Brighton - Increase unknown, exploring the implementation of a franchise fee which could reduce the
currentlevy
-For trending purposes, 3% has been included
New Hope 28% 3.5% Up 3% at end 3.3% -Large levy increase is to support a street and park infrastructure fund
of 2001
Osseo 4%, those with - Budgeted for a 4% increase for non -union employees
8% 11% 3.5%-4% 3 or more yrs.
3 %, those with
less than 3 yrs
Plymouth I - Non -union are budgeted at 3%, a 3.5% - 3.75% raise would correspond with a lower increase in
3.9% 6.7% 3.5%-3.75% 3%-3.5% health insurance
j OR -Some positions will increase as high as 8.5% due to labor shortage and market conditions
8.5%
Ramsey 22% 5% 6% 6% 3 %, for - Afscme union is still in negotiations, based on 2001 step plan increase is approximately 6%
j patrol officers
Robbinsdale 5%-6% 4%-9% 3% 8%-12% -City is recommending an HRA levy for 2001
OR increase in - COLA's increase is for the cafeteria plan
with HRA benefits
levy increase
8%-9%
St. Louis Park 3 %, 3.4% 3% 3% In negotiation -1% increase for Parks Capital purposes in discussion
additional 1%
possible
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 28, 2000
TO: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Diane Spector, Director of Public Worms ��
SUBJECT: Utility Hookup Charges �/
Earlier this year, the Council reviewed materials about the existing utility hookup policy and
structure (see attached memos). At that time we discussed whether the existing policy should be
amended and if some portion of the outstanding hookup charges should be canceled.
Since that time, City Attorney Charlie LeFevere has prepared an opinion (attached) regarding the
existing policy and suggestions for amendment. Based on this, I have prepared a draft amended
policy, and draft language modifying Chapter 4 of the ordinances.
Currently, there are three classes of property:
1. property which has never paid a hookup charge, mostly vacant property;
2. property which has paid a hookup charge, but for whatever reason, the charge was not
considered to be in full; and
3. property which has paid a hookup charge.
The bulk of the properties in Brooklyn Center fall into the last class. There are very few
remaining in the first class, that is, vacant property which has never paid a hookup charge.
According to the City Attorney's opinion, those properties in the middle class, that is, those
which could be said to have not paid in full, are in a grey area. There is some question as to
whether or not the City can indeed collect those charges, depending on individual circumstances.
In my review earlier this year, I determined that the amount of hookup charge we could collect,
from properties which were likely to develop or redevelop long term, was less than $45,000.
Almost all of that outstanding amount falls in the grey area of the second class of properties,
those which the City Attorney believes we would have a hard time justifying.
Therefore, I propose the following policy, which is similar to what I proposed at the time the
Joslyn hookup charges were considered. This policy would eliminate the current policy of
referring back to initial hookup to the system, and replace it with a policy of connection fees
which would be implemented uniformly across the board. In the long term, the amount collected
from these connection fees will likely exceed the amount we could have collected under the old
system.
1. The outstanding hookup charges would be dropped and replaced with a new, tiered
system of connection charges.
2. The system of charges would apply to all water and sewer connections, whether new on
vacant property or new or revised by redevelopment.
3. The connection charge represents the property owner's contribution toward the
maintenance of the utility system.
4. Charges would be established by resolution and reviewed annually as a part of the utility
rate study.
5. The initial rate structure is proposed as follows:
Land Use A rea I Water I Sewer
Commercial/Industrial >5 Acres $10,000 $5,000
<5 Acres $5,000 $3,000
Retail/Office >5 Acres $5,000 $3,000
<5 Acres $3,000 $1,500
Multi Family >5 Acres $5,000 $3,000
< 5 Acres $3,000 $1,500
Single Family Per $1,000 $500
Connection
This rate structure would be adopted with the 2001 utility rate study, and effective
January 1, 2001.
Should the Council wish to go forward with amending the policy and ordinance, the following is
the recommended schedule:
September 5, 2000 Council work session discussion
October 16, 2000 Council work session utility rate study discussion
October 23, 2000 First reading of ordinance amendment
November 13, 2000 Public Hearing, ordinance amendment
Adoption, amended special assessment policy
Adoption, 2001 utility rate schedule
DRAF
Excerpt from "City of Brooklyn Center Special Assessment Policy," as proposed to be amended
SECTION III. SUBSURFACE IMPROVEMENTS
Subsurface improvements shall include water distribution lines, sanitary sewer lines and storm
sewer lines, ponds, or other drainage improvements.
A. Standards
Subsurface improvements shall be made to serve current and projected land use. All
installations shall conform to the minimum standards therefore as established by those state,
local, or federal agencies having jurisdiction over the proposed installations. All installations
shall also comply, to the maximum extent feasible, to such quasi - official, nationally recognized
standards as those of the American Insurance Association (formerly National Board of Fire
Underwriters).
Service lines to the property line of each known or assumed building location shall be
installed in conjunction with the construction of the mains.
B. Water Mains
All properties shall be assessed their share of the cost of installing water main to serve
the property and the cost of installing the water service line between the water main and the
property line. In addition, all properties shall be assessed their share of city-wide or area
improvements such as distribution mains, wells, above ground storage, and elevated storage
tanks.
1. For those improvement projects where existing main or appurtenances are repaired or
replaced, including service replacement to the property line, no special assessments
shall be charged. The full cost of said improvements shall be financed by the Water
Utility Fund.
2. For those improvement projects where main or appurtenances are installed to provide
new service to previously unserved properties, the full cost of said improvement shall
be assessed, with the basis being the Engineer's determination of benefit to each newly
served property.
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eharged the 1 1 rate- aoL v All properties connecting to
the water system shall be charged a connection charge as per the most current
ut ility rate structure PrWerty owners shall have the option of paying the
charge in full at the time of connection, or electing to pay the charge as a
sp ecial ass ssment over a period not to exceed 10 years. Properties without
services shall be responsible for the full cost of installing service from the main
to the building.
C. Sanitary Sewer
All properties shall be assessed their share of the cost of installing sanitary sewer
laterals to serve the property and the cost of installing the sanitary sewer service line between
the street and the property line. In addition, all properties shall be assessed their share of city-
wide or area improvements such as interceptors and pumping stations.
1. For those improvement projects where existing lateral or appurtenances are repaired or
replaced, including service replacement to the property line, no special assessments
shall be charged. The full cost of said improvements shall be financed by the Sanitary
Sewer Utility Fund.
2. For those improvement projects where lateral or appurtenances are installed to provide
new service to previously unserved properties, the full cost of said improvement shall
be assessed, with the basis being the Engineer's determination of benefit to each newly
served property.
3. All properties no y ii;vlo - as , m ica i.Ytoi, O l Yal]iYiiig
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ptoperty had 1 - -: A the- rate - shall L�; " LcSidclit.aitnrit i, td Jel Y lee. 11
If tlx:, 5::y::; had not been installed, Uio r l:, r :lty ihall bea56cm the
11 - • . _ it _ Lesidential 1Cllil SC. Y 1%.1r rat;,, a ud tla�. shall be
L:.spoilSi serv'Iee from the inaiii 'Mlle
building. All properties connecting to the sanitary s ewer sys tem shall be
-charged a connection charge as per the most current utility rate structure -
Pronerty owners shall have the o ion of ,paving the charge in ftill at the time of
connection, or electing topay t� he charge as a special assessment over a en riod
not to exceed 10 years, Properties without services shall be responsible for
t he Xll cost of installing service from the main to the building.
OLO)"R A F T
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the day of , 2000,
at p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle
Creek Parkway, to consider an ordinance amending the City's policy for water and sanitary
sewer hookup charges.
Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities are available upon request at least 96 hours in
advance. Please contact the City Clerk at 569 -3300 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER
HOOKUP CHARGE POLICY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4 -201 of the Brooklyn Center Ordinances is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 4 -201. WATER CONNECTION PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Permit Application. Any property owner desiring a permit to
connect a dwelling or other building to the public water system of the City of Brooklyn Center
shall apply therefor, through a licensed plumber, at the City department of planning and
inspection.
Subdivision 2. gp;,% al Assessmeflt "---= Pavment of Connection Charge.
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for the F641 eest of the water supply lines and a pro rata share of +e weer supply system hfts been
paid or le-vied againA the prentises in the form of a speeial asses'M nt. if an assessment has not,
been paid or spread against the premises, theift Prior to issuance of a connection permit the
applicant shall be required to:
a. Pay the icc cf. -,ing `iereen- connection charge in full; or
b. Consent to the spreading of such charge against his property, in the form of a special
assessment for a period of not to exceed -210 years in equal annual principal installments with
interest payable at the special assessment interest rate established by the city council.
ORDINANCE NO.
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Section 2. Section 4 -201 of the Brooklyn Center Ordinances is hereby amended as
follows:
Section 4 -302. SANITARY SEWER CONNECTION PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Permit Application. Any property owner desiring a permit to connect
to dwelling or other building to the sanitary sewer system of the City of Brooklyn Center shall
apply therefor, through a licensed plumber, at the City department of planning and inspection.
Subdivision 2. Speeia4 Assessment Re . Pavment of Connection Charge. The
3 ho bc: paid or levied agains
the piom aid 3r lc;-:led
> t the evem 4tere are deferred assessments levied against t1te premises,
Prior to issuance of a connection permit the applicant shall be required to:
a. Pay the balanee owing thereenconnection charge in full. or
b. Consent to the spreading of such charge against his property in the form of a special
assessment for a period of not to exceed 210 years in equal annual principal installments
with interest payable at the special assessment interest rate established by the city
council.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and thirty days following its
legal publication.
Adopted this day of , 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
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CHARLES L. LEFEVERE
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June 14, 2000
Mr. Michael McCauley
City Manager
City of Brooklyn Center
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 -2199
RE: Utility Connection Charges
Dear Mike:
You have asked for my comments on the City's policies relating to collection of "deferred"
utility hook -up charges for sewer and water.
Capital costs for sewer and water utilities may be paid for in several ways. These include general
City ad valorem taxes, special assessments, connection charges, availability charges, and user
charges. The City's policies in question relate to connection charges.
I understand that the sewer and water improvements installed in the 50s and 60s were financed
with a combination of special assessments and connection charges. Special assessments are liens
against benefited properties levied under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429. Special assessments
may be u to fin.2noe canita]..Ctroiects and are generally used to nay at least part of the cost of
such common public improvements as sewer, water, streets, and sidewalks, usually at the time of
the construction of the project. To levy special assessments, the City must follow the detailed
procedures described in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429 including public hearings on the
improvements and on proposed assessments. These statutory procedures must be strictly
followed. The City has no authority to levy special assessments outside of these procedures.
For example, once contracts have been awarded for the construction of a project, the City may
not decide to levy special assessments or substantially increase the amount proposed to be paid
by special assessments since Chapter 429 requires those decisions to be made before the hearing
on the improvement and the award of a contract for construction of the project.
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It sometimes occurs that a city would like to increase the amount of an assessment a substantial
length of time after the assessment is first levied and the project constructed. For example, a
special assessment for water or sewer might be based on the number of residential units on a lot
at the time the project is constructed. Later the project might be rezoned or otherwise developed
at a much greater number of units than the number used to determine the original assessment. In
a case such as this, there is no authority to levy an additional special assessment for the
additional units.
However, it is possible to recover such costs to some extent through connection charges.
Connection charges are one of the kinds of charges authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter
444.075 (the other two are user charges and availability charges). The law provides that
connection charges may be determined "by reference to the portion of the cost of connection
which has been paid by assessment of the premises to be connected, in comparison with other
premises..."
Therefore, I believe that in the example above, if the City had a properly designed connection
charge policy, it could impose a connection charge which took previously paid assessments into
account and recover the amount which would have been charged if the original assessment had
been based on the higher number of units as the property was later redeveloped.
Connection charges should be distinguished from deferred special assessments. In certain cases,
such as unimproved property or property owned by senior citizens, the law allows the City to
levy a special assessment but defer collection until a later date. • In these cases, the full
assessment is levied, but the property owner is not required to pay it until a later date. If an
assessment search is done for the sale of such a property, the buyer will discover that there are
assessments levied against the property which must be paid at some time. The hook -up charges
which are being addressed here are not special assessments or deferred special assessments.
Rather, they are connection charges which are charges ordinarily collected at the time a property
is connected to the sewer or water system. Because they have not yet been collected, they could
be regarded as deferred connection charges.
There are a number of situations in which the City has been treating properties as owing some
amount because of connection charges that were unpaid or underpaid at an earlier date. These
underpaid connection charges fall into three categories. The first category includes properties
that have not paid a connection charge because they have not yet connected to the City's water
system. I see no reason why these properties should not be charged a full connection charge at
the time of connection to the system.
The other two categories of deferred charges may be considered together. They are: (1) cases in
which the full connection charge was not paid because of a deal that was made or a negotiated
settlement for payment of a lower amount than was called for by the general policy in effect at
that time, and (2) ases in which the full amount required b the policy was aid at the time of
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the connection but are regarded as owing some amount of connection charge because the policy
was changed at a later date to require payment of a higher charge.
In the case of these connection charges, I would recommend that the City Council consider
writing them off. There are a number of reasons why the Council could conclude that it is no
longer reasonable to attempt to collect such charges.
First, some of these charges were paid at a lower rate because of an agreement or deal that was
made with the landowner at the time of connection. Charging a higher charge at a later date
because a deal was made for a lower charge in the past may be regarded by the landowners (and
by the court if the City's practice is challenged) as a breach of the City's agreement made at the
time of the initial connection.
Second, as noted in the various staff reports on this subject, having significant connection
charges pending against a property may frustrate or prevent its redevelopment.
Third, these charges are very stale. The amount which the City has considered due is based on a
theoretical underpayment that occurred 40 or 50 years ago, and by the time they would be
collected in the event of redevelopment, they would be older still. Since these connection charge
underpayments do not appear in the public records for a property, many of these properties will
have changed hands — perhaps several times — and current owners and prospective buyers will
have no reason to believe that their properties could be subject to such a charge in the future. If
the charge were a deferred assessment that appeared on the public records, a purchaser of the
land could adjust the purchase price downward in anticipation of having to pay the assessment in
the future. However, these connection charges would not be discovered in a normal sale
transaction. Therefore, if the charges are written off, these landowners will not realize a windfall
since they probably paid full value for the property without regard to the undisclosed pending
connection charges. While it may have been fair and reasonable to charge the full connection
charge against the original owner, it may not be regarded by the landowner to be fair to charge
later owners who had no knowledge that there was a deferred charge which the landowner could
be required to pay in the future.
Fourth, some of the charges are for properties that paid the full assessment due under the policy
in effect at the time of payment, and are only regarded as having underpaid because the policy
was later changed to require a higher charge. Thus the process of collecting these
underpayments is intended to achieve a fairness by treating all properties alike. This seems to
me to be a legitimate basis for a connection charge policy. However, public improvements are
financed by a combination of taxes, special assessments, user fees, and connection charges, and
the policies and amounts collected from these sources may change many times over the years.
Each time a policy changes in each of these collection methods, it creates a situation in which
some people have underpaid and others have overpaid by comparison with the previous policy.
It is not possible to resolve all of these possible occurrences of unequal payment. Since the 50s
and 60s when these underpayments were made, many changes have occurred in the practices and
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procedures for financing public improvements in the City. In light of this, the Council might
wish to reconsider whether it is still reasonable to collect charges based on an attempt to level the
playing field 40 or 50 years ago.
Fifth, the public improvements that were being financed by the connection charges in the 50s and
60s have been fully paid for. In fact, over that period of time some parts of the utility system
may even have been replaced. There is no shortfall in public funding caused by the earlier
"underpayment" of connection charges. These pending charges are not included in a budget of
the utilities. If such connection charges are collected, they would represent a windfall of sorts for
the utility, but writing off the charges would not cause a funding problem.
Sixth, the charges are complicated and difficult for staff to keep track of and to calculate.
Therefore, there is an administrative cost to collecting these underpaid connection charges.
Given the small number of properties and the relatively small amount of money involved, and
the fact that some of these charges may not be collected for many years in the future, continuing
to collect them may not be a good use of staff resources.
On balance, I believe it would be very reasonable for the Council to reconsider the current policy
which was probably adopted 40 or more years ago and to write off all previously underpaid
connection charges.
As noted above, I see no reason why connection charges should not be charged at the time of
connection to properties that were not previously connected.
Furthermore, I see no reason why connection charges should not be charged at the time of
redevelopment of a property if the Council wishes to do so. Writing off the past underpayment
would not mean that connection charges could not be paid upon redevelopment, but only that the
previous underpayment would not be added to the charge due upon redevelopment. For
example, connection charges could be based on the number of units in an apartment complex. If
an existing apartment complex had previously underpaid connection charges because of a change
in policy in the 60s, the effect of writing that underpayment off would be to treat that property as
though it were fully paid for the number of units which now exist. On future redevelopments, if
units were added, the owner would pay for these additional units but not have to pay an
additional amount because of an underpayment in the 50s or 60s.
Please let me know if you have any further questions about any of these matters.
Very truly yours,
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Charles L. LeFevere
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cc: Ms. Diane Spector
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City of Brooklyn Center
A great place to start. A great place to stay.
To: Mayor Kragness and Co cil Members Hilstrom, Lasman, Nelson and Peppe
From: Michael J. McCauley
City Manager
Date: April 20, 2000
Re: Utility Hook Up Deferments
After November when the hook-up charges for Joslyn were set by the Council, further research was
undertaken to follow -up on that decision toward the goal of presenting potential frameworks to clean
up the current maze of deferments. Attached are materials prepared by Ms. Spector providing
additional information and research, along with a map of the properties with deferments. As
indicated in Ms. Spector's memo, many properties with deferred charges are:
- currently served by water and sewer;
- unlikely to develop;
- likely to be developed for residential uses that would be adversely impacted by large fees;
or
- areas targeted for re- development that we would not want to impact with additional charges.
I am also enclosing a copy of the materials you received in November when the fees were set for
Jolsyn. The materials prepared by Ms. Spector for the November meeting outline a possible
framework for organizing a uniform and reasonable set of charges for new hook -ups.
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Recreation and Community Center Phone & TDD Number (612) 569 -3400 • FAX (612) 569 -3494
Member introduced the following resolution and moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION SETTING WATER CONNECTION FEE FOR JOSLYN SITE
REDEVELOPMENT
wht&,t!AS, the Joslyn site is being redeveloped to reclaim a Federal s%mtind
site; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is reviewing the third connection charges
for water service that date back to the 1950s and 1960s; and
WHEREAS, overcoming the impediments to redevelopment of the superfund site
have been substantial and are requiring large multi- million dollar grants from the State of
Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council, as well as the use of tax increment financing since the
cost of reclaiming and cleaning the site so that it can be used greatly exceed the value of the site
itself, and
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WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to charge a water service connection fee that
will reflect a contribution to the value of having water available to the site, but not pose an
impediment to the redevelopment of this superfund site.
NOW,. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by. the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center that the sum of $25,000 is hereby set as the complete and-total connection fee that
would be charged for water connections from the Joslyn redevelopment site to the City's water
system to be apportioned between the three parcels.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
City of Brooklyn Center
A great place to start A great place to stay.
To: Mayor Kragness uncil Members HiLstrom, Lasman, Nelson and Peppe
From: Michael J. McCauley
City Manager
Date: November 4 1999
Re: Joslyn Water Connection
In the process of platting the Joslyn Development, approximately $100,000 + in water hook up fees
have been identified since the property would be divided into 3 parcels. As a superfund site, you are
aware that re- development of this site involves extraordinary costs that we are attempting to
overcome through tax increment and substantial grants from the State and Metropolitan Council.
$100,000 + in water hook up fees negatively impacts that effort. We are proposing for the Council's
consideration 2 options to overcome this problem:
1) Amend the tax increment agreement to increase the amount of tax increment by the
amount of the hook -up fees.
2) Waive the hook-up fees based on the unique nature of the development in a superfund site
recognizing the extraordinary obstacles to its development.
Hook-up fees were created back in the 1950's and 1960's when mains were installed. Some
properties were not required to pay the full hook up fees back in the 50's. The owners who received
Partial deferment are no longer the owners of many of these properties. Hook up fees have also been
imposed for additional connections beyond the original. Staff is reviewing all of the potential sites
subject to these fees. A number of properties have been identified and issues with those properties
that indicate that these fees may be an impediment to redevelopment. The fees do assist the utility,
but do not greatly impact the utility. This is because future main replacement is funded through
current utility rates and not through charges against specific properties. We anticipate recommending
a revision of hook up fees generally. Revisions would reduce or remove impediments to
development or redevelopment generally. Those revisions will probably include a recommendation
to remove the hook up fees from in-fill residential lots and small commercial lots along Brooklyn
.Boulevard. Larger commercial sites and potential residential developments would have lower flat
fees than the current results of long term deferral. A recommendation and report on the overall
approach should be ready next Spring.
Based on the need to facilitate the development of this superhard site and the substantial investment
of State, Metropolitan Council, and Tax Increment monies, I would suggest Option 2 as the better
option. That option would not directly impact the utilities since the fees are not relied upon in the
budget and planning process since they are unknowns dependent on redevelopment. Also, the goal
of having this property fully on the tax rolls as soon as possible would be served by waiving the
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deferred charges. A fee for connection is being proposed that would reflect a charge to have new
services, without creating an impediment to development of the superfund site. This would be
consistent with the analysis and recommendations that will be presented next year to deal with many
other lots that are affected b deferred charges for connection, man of which are developed lots.
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Garage The Joslyn Superfimd redevelopment site consists of three developable parcels: a.parcel
on which the Wickes Distribution Center is currently being built; another parcel which is
being actively marketed, and a third, smaller site which likely will not be developed for a .
Wau=W number of years. Under the existing utility hookup policy, these parcels are subject to
water hookup charges; no sanitary sewer hookup charges are outstanding. The total
amount of the hookup charges, based on 1999 rates, is $121,117. The hookup charges
are intended to represent the parcel's share of the cost of providing utility service to the
parcel; in other words, not only a share of the water main, but also the trunk main, the
wells, and the towers.
The existing policy computes charges per square foot, on'the presumption that larger
parcels would require more intensive utility use. The existing policy is also very difficult
to administer, and is confusing not only to potential developers, but also to staff. It has
long been a priority of the Public Works Department to review this policy and make
recommendations to the City Council for ways to improve this policy. This study and
policy change is scheduled to being later this year, and be for completed by March, 2000.
However, the issue of utility hookups for the Joslyn site need to be resolved now.
Where are a number of ways to approach this issue.
Superfund Site
The Joslyn site is unique in that it is a Superfund site which requires contributions of
funding from a number of sources to make its redevelopment feasible. Substantial private
funds have been invested to clean up the site, as well as additional public funds from
various grant sources. A TIP soils district has been established to provide an additional
source of funding. When work is complete and the property redeveloped, it will provide
a substantial public benefit in the form of new jobs, and when the TIF district is
dissolved, a substantial addition to the tax base.
An additional expense of over $120,000 will provide a further complicate the tenuous
financing of this improvement. Thus, the Council could consider waiving the utility
hookups for these parcels as another public contribution to this redevelopment.
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Tiered Rate
My initial thought for the structure of the revised hookup policy is that it become a tiered, flat rate, on the
presumption that the consumption, sewage collection and discharge, and fire protection needs would be
relatively similar for similar classes of properties, and the incremental differences would be negligible.
For example, the tiers and rates could be as simple as:
Land Use Are Water Sewer
Commercial/Industrial >5 Acres $10,000 $5,000
<5A $5,000 $3,000
Retail/Office > 5 Acres $5,000 $3,000
< 5 Acres $3,000 $3,000
Multi Family > 5 Acres $5,000 $3,000
< 5 Acres' $3,000 $3,000
Single Family $1,000 $500
Of course, this rate structure would require additional study, as well as a determination of which parcels fall
into which category. The established policy would have to be rewritten.
Under this type of schedule, the Joslyn site would be charged only for water hookups, as it has no outstanding
sanitary sewer hookups. Two of the parcels are in excess of 5 acres, so each would be charged a hookup fee
of $10,000. The third parcel is under 5 acres, and would be charged $5,000 at such time in the future when
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 20, 2000
TO: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Diane Spector, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Status Report on Utility Hookup Policy
When Brooklyn Center first constructed its municipal water and sanitary sewer facilities in the
late 1950s, much of this construction proceeded in the manner which is.common in developing
communities now: in residential areas the developer constructed the streets and utilities and
passed that cost along to the homeowner as part of the purchase price of the new lot or home. In
a number of cases, the Village /City did some or all of the infrastructure work, and then assessed
100 percent of that cost to the benefitting properties. Whether the Village/City or developer
constructed the improvements, all residential properties were assessed a $490 "service
connection" charge.
Many of the supply and collection facilities - wells, towers, and lift stations - were constructed
using funds generated by the "prepays" of these assessments. In other words, the Village/City
would sell revenue bonds to finance the construction of water mains and services and then assess
properties. The property owners would generally pay the assessments in full rather than over
time - a "prepay." The Village/ City would then earn interest off all these prepays, and use the
amounts not necessary to make bond payments to pay for capital improvements:
Where there were existing homes and businesses, bringing in municipal sewer and water
proceeded on a little different basis. In almost every case, the costs of sanitary sewer
interceptors, lift stations, and laterals as well as service connections were assessed at 100 percent
of the cost distributed as special assessments to all benefitting parcels. The only cases where
parcels may not have paid for sanitary sewer service are a few vacant parcels.
However, it was a story with water. Residential property owners who didn't want to
connect up to City water right away were allowed to defer their service connection charge. Many
did eventually convert from private wells to city water. There are perhaps 15 -20 properties
which are still on private wells. Generally, they convert when the homeowner wants to sell the
Property and a condition of the buyer's financing is that the property be on municipal water.
A number of commercial properties balked at being assessed for water hookup. In some cases,
this reluctance to hookup and to pay assessments endangered the feasibility of improvement
projects. In the interest of keeping water installation projects on track, in some cases adjustments
were made and in others, deals were cut. Non - residential properties were supposed to be charged
a hookup charge based on a calculation of two things: an amount per linear foot of frontage, and
an amount based on the size of the property. The linear foot charge was supposed to represent
the share of the cost of the pipe passing by the property, and the area charge was supposed to '
represent the additional burden a larger property might put on the need to provide fire flow,
irrigation flow, etc. However, for example, it might be the case that a determination was made
that a particular commercial building might be " worth" two residential units, and thus it was
assessed two times the $490 service connection charge. Or, it was agreed that a property would
be assessed the frontage portion of the assessment, but defer the area charge. The result was that
there are many properties which did not pay their fair share of hookup charges at the time of
hookup.
City ordinances provide that properties that were not assessed at the time of hookup their full
share of the cost of providing water and sanitary sewer service to the property must pay that
additional amount upon development or redevelopment. We currently have in place an arcane
and difficult to administer program to meet the requirements of these ordinances. Most parcels
in. the City have been adequately assessed, but there a few hundred parcels that still have
"outstanding utility hookups."
For commercial and industrial properties, it can take several steps to determine just what the
actual hookup charge would be. Old levy files must sometimes be consulted to determine what
the "fair share" was that the parcel should have been assessed at the time of hookup. It is
difficult for property owners and developers to understand this system, and very few staff
members fully grasp all the nuances of the program. There have been times when hookup
charges have come as an unwelcome surprise to a developer. There have also been times when
an outstanding hookup charge has been a barrier to redevelopment.
As development and redevelopment increase, it is time to look at streamlining and simplifying
the process. 'At this time, the City's water and sanitary sewer systems have been complete for
many years. Depreciation of the supply and collection facilities is fully funded or on pace to be.
At - this time it is difficult to say that developed parcels that were not fully assessed at the time of
development are depriving the utility funds of dollars necessary to pay for facilities that those
parcels are using. Those parcels are adequately served, and are contributing to funding
depreciation just as other parcels are contributing. It is difficult to say to a redeveloper "Yes we
know you have water and sewer service now and have had for decades, but you still owe us a
hookup charge of $5,000 from 1963." In addition, there are a great many parcels on which there
are future hookup charges due which more than likely are never going to be redeveloped. It is
questionable whether we ought to even continue to maintain paperwork for deferred hookup
charges which are probably never going to happen.
To look at what truly is the outstanding liability, I have performed a detailed analysis of the
information that has accumulated over the years. I have eliminated from future consideration
parcels that are likely never to be redeveloped, for example, two 40 -foot wide residential lots that
have been combined into one lot with one service with a house built in the middle on the lot line,
or an oversized lot that probably at some point in the distant future could be subdivided into two
lots if the house in the middle ever burns down. I then worked with Community Development
to categorize the remaining parcels as "Likely, Maybe, or Unlikely" to develop or redevelop.
The number of parcels and acreage is shown in the table below. I then calculated the potential
hookup fees due using the rates already established for 2000. I should note that there were
several parcels where I was unable to perform this calculation because the hookup charge would
depend on how the parcel was redeveloped and reconfigured.
As can be seen in the attached tables, the total amount that we would realistically have an
opportunity ity to collect is quite low, just under $45,000. Most of these likely to redevelop parcels
are those where the city desires to encourage redevelopment: Brooklyn Boulevard, Northbrook
Shopping Center, etc. It may be desirable to amend the amount owed, or even to consider
forgiving the amount owed as an incentive for redevelopment, such as was done last fall for the
Joslyn site. If those parcels are removed from the equation, the amount that we could
realistically collect falls to almost $0.
Based on this information, I suggest the following points for Council discussion:
1) Is the Council willing to "forgive" the outstanding hookup charges for those
parcels that more than likely will never redevelop, or will redevelop only in
the very long term?
2) Should the hookup charge policy be amended so that it relates only to vacant,
undeveloped parcels, in effect "forgiving" the deferred portion of the hookup
charge on already developed parcels?
3) Should the hookup policy be amended so that it sets forth a uniform rate that
is unrelated to past status? In other words, whether or not a commercial
property was fully assessed for hookups in the past, if it redevelops it would
be charged $x for water hookup and $y for sewer hookup.
4) Should the policy be a type of hybrid, such as #3 above, -bu*_ also including a
more costly hookup charge for vacant property hooking up to the system for
the first time? This would attempt to address a question of the fairness of #3
to parcels which have recently developed/redeveloped and paid a substantial
hookup charge, such as the Regal Theater site and the Joslyn site. Both of
these sites were combinations of parcels which were vacant and developed
parcels which may or may not have been fully charged for hookups.
5) How does the Council wish to handle single - family homes? There are a few
infill lots available that have potential future hookups. There are also a few
areas, such as the `Northeast Neighborhood," where a sizable new subdivision
could be constructed. A residential water and sanitary sewer hookup fee at
today's rates can add $5 -6,000 onto the cost of a residential lot.
6) What other concerns does the Council have?
TYPE (All) jTotal Acreage of Parcels With Outstanding Hookup Charges
Sum of ACRES REDEV I
CODE 1 2 3 Grand Total
Residential 2.051 13.195 49.589 64.835
Commercial 37.507 23.434 60.628 121.569
MultiFamily 6.833 54.597 61.43
Grand Total
39.558 43.462 164.814 247.834
1= Likely to Redevelop; 2 =Maybe Will Redevelop; 3= Llkely Will not Redevelop
TYPE I(All) jTotal Number of Parcels With Outstanding Hookup Charges
Count of ACRES REDEV I
CODE 1 2 3 Grand Total
Residential 4 14 67 85
Commercial 20 17 38 75
MultiFamily 9 22 31
Grand Total 24 40 127 191
(TYPE IV jTotal Number of Vacant Parcels With Outstanding Hookup Charges
Count of ACRES REDEV I
CODE 1 2 3 Grand Total
Residential 4 2 6
Commercial 1 1 2 4
Grand Total 1 5 4 10
TYPE I(All) Estimated Hookup Charges at Today's Rates, All Parcels
Sum of CHARGE REDEV I
CODE ? 2 3 Grand Total
Residential $ - $ 4,226.65 $ 35,371.60 $ 39,598.25
Commercial $ 44,790.10 $ 76,073.43 $ 202,920.67 $ 323,784.20
MultiFamily $ 7,474.62 $179,596.91 $ 187,071.53
Grand Total $ 44,790.10 $ 87 „774.70 $ 417 -$ 550,453.98
1= Likely to Redevelop; 2 =Maybe Will Redevelop; 3= Likely Will not Redevelop
TYPE (All) Total Parcels
Count of CHARG REDEV
CODE 1 2 3 Grand Total
Residential 4 14 67 85
Commercial 19 17 39 75
MultiFamily 9 22 31
Grand Total 23 40 128 191
TYPE IV Estimated Hookup Charges at Today's Rates, Vacant Parcels
Sum of CHARGE REDEV
CODE 1 2 3 Grand Total
Residential $ - $ - $ -
Commercial $ - $ 589.88 $ 514.01 $ 1,103.88
Grand Total $ - $ 589.88 $ 514.01 $ 1,103.88
NOTE: A hookup charge could not be calculated for all parcels; as in a number of
cases the actual hookup charge would depend on how the parcel was developed or
redeveloped.
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To: Mayor Kragness and Council Members Hilstrom, Lasman, Nelson and Peppe
From: Michael I McCauley
City Manager
Date: August 31, 2000
Re: Massage Therapists
Mayor Kragness recieved the attached letter from Dennis Opitz regarding massage therapy. A
comparison of the Brooklyn Center ordinance and the Crystal ordinance referenced in Mr. Opitz'
letter is also enlcosed.
Brooklyn Center's ordinance is geared toward prostitution prevention and the Crystal ordinance is
geared to massage therapy.
6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 -2199 • City Hall & TDD Number (612) 569 -3300
Recreation and Community Center Phone & TDD Number (612) 569 -3400 • FAX (612) 569 -3494
An Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunities Employer
June 19, 2440
Dear Mayor
With the hope that this letter will change current thinking and policies, I did want you to know
how I feel and hopefully get some discussion and research going. I would like to know your
Position and if you feel any policies will change.
To start, I would like to give you a little background.
I started doing massage when I took a short class in massage twelve years ago. The first seven
years of which I only did massage on my family, mostly on my wife who has a lot of back and
neck trouble. She was given a 10% permanent disability because her neck was very restricted
from an auto accident. She had gone to physical therapy which in this case did nothing for her.
She credits my massage therapy for full range of motion in her neck. I do not profess that
massage is better than physical therapy, what I am saying is that there is a place for theraputic
massage. I took a more extensive course in massage in 1995 which allowed me to get liability
insurance. I did not start working "professionally" until five years ago when I started working in a
chiropractic clinic, and also a massage studio one of my massage instructors had started, both
short lived (the clinic bought out the business and hived his own therapists. The studio closed). At
this time, I did have a full time job as an accountant. In Feb of 1998, the company I had worked
at for over nineteen years announced they were moving to Omaha, Ne. I decided to pursue
massage as a full time career, knowing that getting started would be very difficult. I went back to
school for a third tinge and became certified with a background in sports and deep tissue massage.
I have been working in a chiropractic clinic in Fridley since June, 1998 & also in Brooklyn Park
since last December.
My wife and I have been residents of Brooklyn Center since 1977. We have two children, sixteen
and eighteen that attend Brooklyn Center schools. I have been a volunteer doing massage at the
annual Relay For Life for four years. This year I was also asked to and did massage at the seniors
all night party June 8th.
I recently spoke to a city official about a permit to do massage at home. At that time I was told I
belonged to a select group of businesses that include pawn shops & money changers, businesses
that the city does not wain. Massage is beneficial for accident victims, sports injuries, and stress
relief. There is a difference between theraputic massage and the massage that goes' on in massage
parlors as in your current city ordinance. I was very dissappointed to hear how outdated the city
is. Caution should and must be taken if and when permits are issued, however, please do not close
Your eyes to the benefits that can be achieved through massage because massage used t o be
associated with prostitution. Like many people, I would like to have my own business. I can not
afford to rent or buy property to start a business without a client base and I am not allowed to start
a client base at home because of city ordinances.
I have a couple of enclosures with this letter that you might find �t .,A-r ,t;..g. The first from the
city of Crystal. Please note under findings a). The second is an article from the Star Tribune May
28,2000.
Sincerely,
Dennis Opitz, cmt
O Diercnts opttz
710 58th Aue N
Brooklyn Ctr, MN 55430-2707
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from something else. the patient's sensitivity to pain,
But she was sure she did not Kunkel says. .
vant what the shoulder specialist Kunkel usually begins each
At her orthopedic surgeon's prac- session.by applying heat — usu.
dice suggested: surgery or ste- � � ally. a moist heat pack —for 15 t
voids. I -m not one to take pills if � 20 minutes to the affected area.
I can help it, and to me, surgery is `
'a last resort," she says. The heat helps increase the bloc
flow, he, explains. "Then I apply
Bennett opted instead for pressure to the trigger points foi
massage therapy, going once a- Photo by Ed Landrock/7Mc about three to five s econds at a
,Week to an outpatient rehabilita- Olga Bennett, 70, of Allentown, Pa., says massage has helped her return time, working them until the
;lion service in Salisbury T
to a more active lifestyle. Shoulder pain used to keep her awake at night muscles relax, circulation im-
phip, Pa. At Affinity, a joint ven- proves, and the person feels bet
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thigh Hospital, she is treat- decent StudleS have shown that in addition Often, massage therapy is
ss Gene Kunkel, a certified complemented with stretching
Kum a therapist to relieving pain, massage therapy can reduce ph y sical the.
h h
Kunkel performs medical or exercises and other p apies, Simeon says.
therapeutic massage on Ben- • • heart rate, lower blood pressure, increase "I use it in conjunction with
`netts shoulder— and the results : other forms of therapy," said Dr.
have been impressive, she says. circulation, improve range of 'notion and Brent Millet, of Affinity. "I don't,
.. "I'm much better, almost nor- typically prescribe just massage
:mal," increase endorphins, which speed healing. y ".
therap
•: In the astfew ears medical ` .:
...............:.. The one drawback to massage
professionals have begun to rec- therapy, Millet says, is that it's a
ogmze the benefits of massage ation and are general -type mas- and the report should be used to passive form of therapy. "You lie
')herapy and are prescribing it for sages," he explains. "Medical determine future treatments. down, and someone does some-
. 0h increasingnumber'of condi- massage is being applied for a Midifcal massage treatments thing to you, as opposed to your
dons, from arthritis and joint specific condition. Medical mas- can be as often as two or three doing something for yourself. ":
_&in to headaches and sinusitis. sage is more problem - focused. times a week or as infrequently as Still, he says, "I think it's help.
It can help . conditions that are You'll see a specific area massage once a month, says Carra - Bud - ful as a stepping -stone to get-pa-
te or dhromc; says Juanita as opposed to a whole body mas- zek, a certified holistic nurse, tients into more active therapy."
1Qarra- Budzek codirector of the _ sage." yoga instructor and massage Recent studies have shown
Stress. Relief Center in Lehigh Medical massages usually in- therapist. that in addition to relieving pain,
; %ownshiP; • PaL which offers a dude a deep, kneading stroke Kunkel says some patients massage therapy can reduce
ademazked medical massage- and a friction rub, whereas salon find relief from their back, neck heart rate, lower blood pressure,
,lfherap# designed 'to relieve mus- massages may include long or muscle pain or tingling after increase circulation, improve
ular tension, spasms and pain, strokes, kneading and friction on just a few therapeutic massages, range of motion and increase en.
F ocus on problem areas more superficial layers of the "I've seen a lot of results after two dorphins, which speed healing,
y, muscles, says Simeon. to three sessions," he says. Other _according to the American Mas-
, Ike any massage, medical Another difference between patients may need 10 to 12 treat- sage TherapyAssociation, based
massage involves holding and salon massages and therapeutic ments before they start feeling in Evanston, M.
inanipulating'the soft tissue and massages, Simeon says, is that better. A number of studies also indi-
applying pressure. However, medical massage is a treatment, "It all depends on how much cate that massage therapy helps
medical massage is different and thus, results are tracked, or damage has been done or how to alleviate stress. Considering
from a salon massage, says Dr, at least they should be. much trauma the patient has that 80 percent of disease is
Richard Simeon, a Monroe "In a salon, there is really no sustained," Kunkel says. "Sorge- stress - related, massage therapy
County (Pa.) chiropractor who tracking of a person's com- one who comes in with a chronic can be beneficial for almost any
teaches medical massage at the plaints, although they don't nec- problem he's had for two, five or disease, says Sandra McLanahan
Health Options Institute in essarily have complaints if 10 years is going to be tougher to a family practitioner in Bucking -
Northampton, Pa. they're going to a salon. In a treat." ham, Va., and spokeswoman for
"The types of massages you'll medical setting, there is report- The patient's attitude toward the American Massage Therapy
get in salons are more for relax- ing of how a person progresses," the success of the treatment also Association.
�f Brook Office of the City Clerk
C o n Center
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Michael I McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Sharon Knutson, City Clerk
DATE: August 14, 2000
SUBJECT: Comparison of Crystal and Brooklyn Center Massage Ordinances
Maria Rosenbaum drafted a side -by -side comparison of the massage ordinance for Crystal and Brooklyn
Center. It is attached for your review.
Attachment
6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 -2199 • City Hall & TDD Number (612) 569 -3300
Recreation and Community Center Phone & TDD Number (612) 569 -3400 • FAX (612) 569 -3494
An Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunities Employer
Ordinance Comparison
City of Crystal's Therapeutic Massage City of Brooklyn Center's Massage Parlors
The City of Crystal finds that persons who have recognized and The City of Brooklyn Center finds it necessary to provide for the
standardized training in therapeutic massage, health, and special and express regulation of businesses or commercial
hygiene provide a legitimate and necessary service to the general enterprises which offer massages to the general public in order
public; health and sanitation regulations governing therapeutic to protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to guard
massage enterprises and massage therapists will minimize the against the inception and transmission of disease. The City of
risk of the spread of communicable diseases and promote health Brooklyn Center also finds that commercial enterprises offering
and sanitation; license qualifications for therapeutic massage massages are susceptible of operation in a manner contravening,
enterprises and massage therapists will minimize the risk that subverting, and endangering the morals of the community, thus,
such businesses and persons may facilitate prostitution and other requiring close inspection, licensing, and regulation.
criminal activity in the city; and massage services provided by
persons without recognized and standardized training in massage The City of Brooklyn Center states that the number of massage
can endanger citizens by facilitating the spread of communicable parlor licenses issued pursuant to this ordinance or the number
diseases, by exposing citizens to unhealthy and unsanitary of sauna licenses issued pursuant to Chapter 23 -1600, which
conditions, and by increasing the risk of personal injury. may be in force at any one time, either licensing massage
parlors, sauna parlors, or any combination thereof, shall be no
"Massage" is defined as rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or more than a total of three such licenses.
rolling of the body of another person with the hands for the
purpose of physical fitness, health -care referral, relaxation, and "Massage" is defined as rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or
for no other purpose. rolling of the body of another with the hands for the exclusive
purpose of physical fitness, relaxation, beautification, and for no
"Operate" means to own, manage or conduct, or to have control, other purpose.
charge, or custody over.
"Masseur" means a male person who practices or administers
"Therapeutic Massage Enterprise" means a place of business massage.
providing massage services to the public for consideration: the
term does not include a hospital, sanitarium, rest home, nursing "Masseuse" means a female person who practices or administers
home, boarding home or other institution for the hospitalization massage.
or care of other human beings duly licensed under the provisions
of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 144.50 through 144.69. "Certificate" means a certificate issued by the City authorizing
the holder thereof to practice or administer massage in the City
"Therapeutic Massage Therapist" means a person who practices of Brooklyn Center.
or administers massage to the public for consideration.
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A therapeutic massage enterprise license is required to operate, A massage establishment license is required to engage in the
offer, engage in or carry on massage services. business of operating a massage parlor or establishment.
It is unlawful to practice, administer, or provide massage No person shall engage in the practice of massage nor administer
services without a therapeutic massage therapist license. or practice massage commercially or for hire, or for the
exchange of any valuable consideration without having obtained
There are exemptions for therapeutic massage enterprise licenses a massage certificate (except any person who is currently
and massage therapist licenses. registered by the State Board of Medical Examiners).
A general rule is the owner or operator of a licensed therapeutic
massage enterprise may employ only licensed therapeutic
massage therapists to provide massage services. The owner or
operator of a licensed therapeutic massage enterprise need not be
licensed as a therapeutic massage therapist unless that owner or
operator personally provides massage services.
Annual license fee for a massage enterprise is $100. An Annual license fee for a massage establishment is $3,000. An
investigation fee of $100 is charged for therapeutic massage investigation fee of $1,500 is required with application. In the
enterprise licenses. event an application is denied or the license once issued is
revoked, canceled, or surrendered, no part of the annual license
Annual license fee for massage therapist is $50. fee or investigation fee shall be returned unless by express action
of the City Council.
The application for therapeutic massage enterprise will be
verified by the City Manager and within 90 days of receipt of a Annual license fee for massage certificate application is $50.
complete application and fee make a written recommendation to An investigation fee of $1,500 is required with application. In
the City Council as to issuance or nonissuance of the license. the event an application is denied or the license once issued is
revoked, canceled, or surrendered, no part of the annual license
The application for therapeutic massage therapist will be granted fee or investigation fee shall be returned unless by express action
or denied within 90 days of receipt of a complete application of the City Council.
and fee. If applicant is denied, notice will be sent to the
applicant informing them of the right to appeal within 20 days. Both massage establishment and massage certificate applications
If an appeal is properly made, the matter will be placed on the will be reviewed by the Police Department, Planning and
next City Council agenda. Inspection Department, Health Department, and such other
departments as the City Manager shall deem necessary.
Recommendation for approval or denial will be made to the City
Council. Any appeals shall be before the City Council
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A therapeutic massage enterprise license may not be issued to an There are several conditions governing issuance of a massage
individual who: establishment license and issuance of the certificate which are as
follows:
♦ is a minor at the time the application is filed;
♦ has been convicted of any crime directly related to the No license shall be issued if the applicant or any of its
occupation licensed; owners, managers, employees, agents or interested
♦ is not of good moral character or repute; parties is a person of bad repute.
♦ is not the real parry in interest of the enterprise;
♦ has misrepresented or falsified information on the license Licenses shall be issued only if the applicant and all of
application. its owners, managers, agents, employees or interested
parties are free of convictions for offenses which involve
A therapeutic massage therapist license may not be issued to a moral turpitude or which relate directly to such person's
person who could not qualify for a therapeutic massage ability, capacity or fitness to perform the duties and
enterprise license or who is not affiliated with, employed by, or discharge the responsibilities of the licensed activity.
does not hold a therapeutic massage enterprise license.
Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who have not,
A therapeutic massage enterprise may not be licensed if the within one year prior to the day of application, have been
enterprise is located on property on which taxes, assessments or denied licensure, have had a license revoked or
other financial claims to the State, County, School District, or suspended in or by any community or political
City are due and delinquent. In the event a suit has been subdivision or the State of Minnesota and whose owners,
commenced under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 278.01 - 278.13, managers, or any interested parries have not been
questioning the amount of validity of taxes, the City Council similarly denied, revoked, or suspended.
may on application waive strict compliance with this provision;
no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any portion Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who have
thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year answered fully and truthfully all of the information
after becoming due. requested in the application, who have paid the full
license fee and fee for investigation and have cooperated
A therapeutic massage enterprise may not be licensed if the fully and truthfully with the City in the review of the
location of such enterprise is not in conformance with Section application.
515 (Appendix I- Zoning) of this Code. If the applicant is a natural person, a license shall be
granted only if such person is 18 years of age or older.
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Licenses may only be granted when in complete
conformity with the zoning code of the City of Brooklyn
Center. No license shall be granted for any premises
which is within 300 feet of, or in the same building as, or
on the same legally subdivided lot, piece or parcel of
land as a currency exchange operation, secondhand
goods dealer, pawn shop, tattoo or body piercing
establishment, another massage parlor, school, day care
center, church, hospital, on -sale liquor establishment,
halfway house, theater or residence.
Licenses shall be granted only to establishments which
can meet the safety, sanitary and building code
requirements of the City.
A license shall not be granted if granting the license (a)
would be inconsistent with the comprehensive
development plans of the City, or (b) would otherwise
have a detrimental effect upon other property or
properties in the vicinity.
Certificates shall be issued only to persons of good
repute and persons who are in good health and free from
any communicable diseases which would disqualify the
applicant from engaging in the practice of massage.
Certificates shall be issued only to persons free of
convictions of offenses which involve moral turpitude or
which relate directly to the person's ability, capacity, or
fitness to perform the duties and discharge the
responsibility of the occupation.
Certificates shall not be issued to persons who, within
one year prior to the date of application, have been
denied certification or who has had his or her certificate
revoked or suspended in or by any political subdivision,
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Certificates shall be issued only to persons who have
fully and truthfully answered all of the information
requested in the application and have paid the full
certification fee and certification investigation fee.
Certificates shall be issued only to persons 18 years of
age or older.
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Licensing restrictions include the following: Restrictions and regulations include the following:
License issued must be posted in a conspicuous place on No licensee shall employ any person as a masseur or
the premises for which it is used. A person licensed as a masseuse without first insuring that said employee
therapeutic massage therapist must have in possession a possesses a valid certificate for the administration or
copy of the license when services are being rendered. practice of massage.
License is effective only for the compact and contiguous The licensed premises, shall not be open or in operation
space specified in the approved license application. If between the hours of .11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the
the license premises is enlarged, altered, or extended, the succeeding day nor shall any person engaged in the
licensee must inform the City Manager. practice of massage be on said premises or perform any
massage or administer any such services between the
A licensed therapeutic massage therapist may perform hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on the succeeding day.
on -site massage at a business, public gatherhig, private
home, or other site not on the therapeutic massage The licensee, masseuse, or masseur and any persons in
enterprise premises. their employ or agents or officers thereof and any and all
persons with an interest in said business shall comply
A license issued is for the person or the premises named with all applicable ordinances, regulations and laws of
on the approved license application. Transfer of license the City of Brooklyn Center, the State of Minnesota, and
from place to place or from person to person is not the United States government.
permitted:
If the licensee is a partnership or corporation, the
A therapist must require that the person who is receiving applicant shall designate a person to be manager and in
the massage will at all times have that person's breasts, responsible charge of the business. Such person shall
buttocks, anus, and genitals covered with non - transparent remain responsible for the conduct of the business until
material clothing. A therapist performing massage must another suitable person has been designated in writing by
have the therapist's breasts, buttocks, anus, and genitals the licensee. The licensee shall promptly notify the
covered with a non - transparent material or clothing. Police Department in writing of any such change
indicating the name, address and telephone number of
A therapist may not intentionally massage or offer to the new manager and the effective date of such change.
massage the penis, scrotum, mops veneris, vulva or
vaginal area of a person. The licensee shall permit and allow the inspection of the
premises during business hours by any and all
appropriate City employees and agents.
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The licensed premises must be kept and maintained in a
sanitary condition defined as being free from the
vegetative cells of pathogenic microorganisms and all
equipment, personal property, tables, beds, towels,
clothing and the like used in or for the purpose of
massage shall also be maintained in a sanitary condition
as defined herein.
Any person acting as a masseur or masseuse shall have
his or her certificate displayed in a prominent place at his
place of employment and upon demand by any police
officer or other authorized officer or agent of the City of
Brooklyn Center, any person engaged in practicing
massage shall identify himself or herself giving his or,her
true legal name, correct address and phone number.
No person under 18 years of age shall be permitted upon
or allowed to be employed or to serve in any
establishment licensed under the provision of this
ordinance.
Any person practicing massage within the City of
Brooklyn Center shall initially advise the City of his or
her address and telephone number and shall further
advise the City of any changes in address or telephone
number within thirty (30) days of such change.
Any person practicing massage within the City may do
so only at premises which are licensed for the conduct of
such business as herein provided and further any person
practicing massage shall inform the City of any changes
in employment or the location of his employment within
the City within seven (7) days after such change.
It is unlawful for a masseur to practice massage upon any
person except a male and for a masseuse to practice
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Any masseur or masseuse practicing massage shall have
the upper and lower parts of his or her body covered and
completely clothed by a nontransparent uniform or cloth
at all times.
Every person to whom a certificate is issued shall appear
personally at the Police Department to receive delivery of
the certificate and upon such appearance, shall be
photographed and fingerprinted for identification
purposes. One copy of the photographs shall be
permanently affixed to the certificate and a second copy
thereof shall be kept in the files of the Police
Department.
Each licensee shall keep on the licensed premises and for
each licensed premises an occupancy or guest register
which shall contain the true correct name, address and
phone number of each patron of the licensed premises.
Each licensee, his employees, masseurs, masseuses, or
agents of them shall require each patron to identify
himself by such sufficient identification showing the true
correct name, address and phone number of said patron.
The occupancy register or guest register shall be
maintained on the licensed premises and open for
inspection by officers, employees and agents of the City
of Brooklyn Center, the State of Minnesota or the United
States government and must be maintained for a period
of not less than two years.
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Restrictions regarding sanitation and health include the Construction and maintenance requirements include:
following:
Each licensed premises shall have a separate restroom
A therapeutic massage enterprise must be equipped with and separate locker room for members of each sex.
adequate and conveniently located toilet rooms for the
accommodation of its employees and patrons. The toilet All massage rooms, restrooms and bathrooms used in
room must be well ventilated by natural or mechanical connection therewith shall be constructed of materials
methods, be enclosed with a door, be kept clean and in which are impervious to moisture, bacteria, mold or
good. repair, and be fully and adequately illuminated. fungus growth and shall be maintained in a sanitary
condition defined as being completely free from the
A therapeutic massage enterprise must provide single- vegetative cells of pathogenic microorganisms. The
service disposal paper or clean linens to cover the floor -to -wall and wall joints shall be constructed to
furniture or area on which the patron receives the provide a sanitary cove with a minimum radius of one
massage. If the furniture on which a patron receives the inch. All equipment, personal property, beds, towels,
massage is made of material impervious to moisture, clothing and the like used in the massage parlor shall be
such furniture must be sanitized after each massage. of a sanitary design and kept in a sanitary condition.
The therapeutic massage therapist must wash hands and All restrooms shall be provided with mechanical
arms with water and soap, anti - bacterial scrubs, alcohol ventilation with two cfin per square foot of floor area, a
or other disinfectants prior to and following each hand washing sink equipped with hot and cold running
massage service performed, and must be wearing clean water under pressure, sanitary towels and a soap
clothing when performing massage services. dispenser.
Massage furniture on which the patron receives the All rooms in the licensed premises including but not
massage must have surfaces that can be readily limited to sauna rooms, massage rooms, restrooms,
disinfected after each massage. bathrooms, janitor's closet, hallways and reception are
shall be illuminated with not less than thirty -foot candles
Rooms in a therapeutic massage enterprise must have a of illumination.
janitor's closet that provides for the storage of cleaning
supplies. Each licensed premises shall have a janitor's closet which
shall provide for the storage of cleaning supplies. Such
Therapeutic massage enterprises must provide adequate closet shall have mechanical ventilation of two cfin per
refuse receptacles that must be emptied as required by square foot of floor area. Such closet shall include a
this code. mop sink.
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Therapeutic massage enterprises must be maintained in Floors, walls and equipment in massage rooms,
good repair and sanitary condition and must comply with restrooms and bathrooms must be kept in a state of good
the requirements of the Minnesota Indoor Clean Air Act. repair and sanitary at all times. Linen and other materials
shall be stored at least twelve inches off the floor. Clean
towels, wash cloths and linens must be available for each
customer.
Individual lockers shall be made available for use by
patrons, with each locker having separate keys for
locking.
Such licensed premises shall provide adequate refuse
receptacles which shall be emptied as often as required.
The doors to the individual massage rooms shall not be
equipped with any locking device nor shall they be
blocked or obstructed from either side of the door.
No person while, afflicted with any disease in a communicable
form or while a carrier of such disease or while afflicted with
boils; infected wounds, sores or any acute respiratory infection
shall work in or use the services of any public massage room and
no person known or suspected of being afflicted with any such
disease or condition shall be employed or permitted in such area
or capacity.
Licenses expire annually on December 31. The license fee will The annual license fee and an investigation fee for the purposes
be prorated in 30 -day increments for licenses issued after June of issuing a license shall be as set forth by City Council
30. The City Manager must prepare an application form for the resolution.
renewal requiring information for the renewal process. The
renewal application must be made no later than November 30.
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A license anted under this section may be ended or The license may be revoked, suspended or not renewed by the
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revoked by the City Council for the reasons and under the City Council upon recommendation of the City Manager by
procedures specified in Chapter X of the code. showing that the licensee, its owners, managers, employees,
agents, or any other interested parties have engaged in any of the
following conduct:
Fraud, deception or misrepresentation in connection with
the securing of the license.
Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs
including but not limited to the use of drugs defined in
Minnesota Statutes, Section 618.01, barbiturates,
hallucinogenic drugs, amphetamines, Benzedrine,
dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants or
tranquilizers.
Conduct inimical to the interests of the public health,
safety, welfare and morals.
Engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude or
permitting or allowing others within their employ or
agency to engage in conduct involving moral turpitude or
failing to prevent agents, officers or employees in
engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude.
Failure to fully comply with any requirements of the
ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center regarding,
sanitary and safety conditions, zoning requirements,
building code requirements or ordinances, the violation
of which involves moral turpitude, or failure to comply
fully with any requirements of this ordinance.
Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude by
any court of competent jurisdiction.
Engaging in any conduct which would constitute grounds
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The licensee may appeal such suspension, revocation or
nonrenewal to the City Council. The Council shall consider the
appeal at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on or
after ten days from service of the notice of appeal to the City
Manager. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council may
order:
That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be
affirmed.
That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be lifted
and that the certificate be returned to the certificate
holder.
The City Council may base either suspension or issuance
of the certificate upon any additional terms, conditions
and stipulations which they may, in their sole discretion,
impose.
Certification may be recommended by the City Manager for
revocation or suspension or not renewed by the City Council. for
any of the following:
Fraud, deception or misrepresentation in connection with
the securing of certification.
Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs
including but not limited to the use of drugs defined in
Minnesota Statutes, Section 618.01, barbiturates,
hallucinogenic drugs, amphetamines, benzedrine,
dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants, or
tranquilizers.
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Conduct inimical to the interests of the public health,
safety, welfare or morals.
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Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude by
any court of competent jurisdiction.
The certificate holder may appeal such suspension, revocation or
nonrenewal to the City Council. The Council shall consider the
appeal at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on or
after ten (10) days from service of the notice of appeal to the
City Manager. At the conclusion of the hearing the Council may
order:
That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be
affirmed.
That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be lifted
and that the certificate be returned to the certificate
holder.
The City Council may base either suspension or issuance
of the certificate upon any additional terms, conditions
and stipulations which they may, in their sole discretion,
impose.
The City Manager may issue a temporary therapeutic massage
therapist license as provided in this subsection to a person who
is qualified to hold a massage therapist license under this
section; and has completed the required application and paid the
license fee at least seven days prior to the effective date of the
license. A temporary license is effective for four consecutive
days. A person may not be issued more than three temporary
licenses in any period of 360 consecutive days. All other
provisions of this section apply to the temporary license. .
A licensed therapeutic massage enterprise may not operate for
business between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
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No employer shall employ a person to practice or administer
massage nor permit, suffer or allow a person to practice or
administer massage unless that person has been granted a valid
certificate pursuant to this ordinance and every employer shall
require that the certification be prominently and openly
displayed on the premises in plain view.
Every section, provision or part of this ordinance is declared
separable from every other section, provision or part to the
extent that if any section, provision or part of the ordinance shall
be held invalid, such holding shall not invalidate any other
section, provision or part thereof.
Whoever does any act forbidden by this ordinance or omits or
fails to do any act required by this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by lawful authority,
be punished by a fine not to exceed $700 or imprisonment not to
exceed ninety (90) days or both, together with the costs of
prosecution. Each day that a violation exists constitutes a
separate and distinct offense.
Every person who commits or attempts to commit, conspires to
commit or aids and abets in the commission of any act
constituting a violation of this ordinance or any act, which
constitutes an omission and, therefore, a violation of this
ordinance, whether individually or in connection with one or
more persons or as principal, agent or accessory, shall be guilty
of such offense and every person who falsely, fraudulently
forcibly or willfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits
or directs another to violate any of the provisions of this chapter
is likewise guilty of such offense.
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SD -10. Providing Information to Citizens
Issue: To keep the public updated and informed, state law requires local units of
government to publish various notification documents in newspapers, and often dictates
which newspapers receive cities publication business. The number and variety of
documents required to be published and the costs of publication are burdensome.
Technological advancements have expanded the ways government can provide information
to citizens. In many cases, these new technologies are more efficient and cost effective.
Response: Cities should be authorized to take advantage of new technologies to
increase the dissemination of information to citizens and potentially lower the
associated costs. Specifically, the Legislature should authorize local units of
government to designate an appropriate daffy /weekly publication, elect alternative
means of communication such as city newsletters, cable television, and the Internet,
and expand the use of summaries where information is technical or lengthy.
Additionally, the Legislature should eliminate outdated or unnecessary publication
requirements.
SD - 11. Creating a Minnesota GIS Program
Issue: Local governments are finding geographic information systems (GIS) an essential
tool for comprehensive land use, real estate, environmental, and other land management
information. In many counties, maintenance of official land records has not been
automated, creating a barrier to GIS development. In addition, the start-up costs of GIS
implementation can be prohibitive.
Response: The Legislature should encourage local government implementation of
GIS through grants and/or the dedication of a revenue source such as real estate
transaction fees. In addition, cities should be involved_ in the development of counts
land records modernization plans.
SD -12. State Regulation of Massage Therapists
Issue. The state does not currently regulate massage therapy, an emerging and rapidly
growing profession. In order to control prostitution and to provide for health and sanitation
standards, several cities have entered the traditional state domain of health -care licensure by
enacting ordinances that require all massage therapists to obtain a local professional license.
These ordinances allow local law enforcement officers to differentiate between legitimate
massage therapists, who have a city license, and prostitution businesses fronting as massage
therapy establishments.
The lack of statewide regulation of massage therapists has hampered law enforcement
techniques, and has caused problems for cities attempting to regulate an entire health -care
profession without any statewide standards.. Currently, 25 states regulate massage therapists
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on a statewide level. Statewide regulation of massage therapists would provide a clear set
of educational standards that massage therapists must meet, and would provide local law
enforcement agencies with an easy tool to distinguish between prostitution and legitimate
massage therapy. Statewide regulation would not disturb traditional powers over land use
and business licensure.
Response: The League supports the statewide regulation of massage therapists in
order to aid local law enforcement efforts at controlling prostitution and other criminal
activity.
SD -13. Private Property Rights and Takings
Issue: The Legislature has been introducing an increasing number of bills designed to
diminish or control local governments' ability to exercise traditional planning and zoning
authority. Legislation to control cities' abilities to perform regulatory acts such as shooting
range zoning and amortization received strong support from legislators. In addition, bills
have been introduced to codify the property rights section of Minnesota's Constitution.
The Federal Swamp Buster /Sod Buster programs, the Army Corps of Engineers' dredge
and fill programs, and the State's Wetlands Conservation Act and Community Based
Planning Act, appear to be the nexus for much of the property rights and takings legislation
Pry•
The League supports local governments' ability to balance the rights of private
landowners with the interest of the public. However, the League is concerned various
legislative initiatives will adversely impact cities in two ways. First, such legislative
initiatives undermine the fundamental authority of cities to protect the public health, safety,
and welfare of its citizens. Second, if the Legislature acts to codify part of the Minnesota
Constitution, an argument may be made that the Legislature intended to create new causes of
action against cities. This would encourage more lawsuits and expose cities to the expense of
defending those cases.
Response: The League encourages the state and federal governments to improve
their regulatory programs by eliminating r r w tp rights issues that were caused by the
adoption of such laws as the Wetlands Conservation Act or Swamp Buster /Sod Buster.
The League opposes legislation that diminishes the ability of cities to act iu the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens or that creates the possibility
of additional lawsuits against cities.
SD -14. Construction Codes
Issue: Each year the Legislature addresses construction codes issues that have some
impact on local governments. The Legislature mandated bleacher safety legislation and is
exploring the idea of having both the fire and building officials approve building permits.
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Crystal City Code 1195.01 (Rev. 1996)
Secti.on 1125: Therapeutic Massage
(Added, Ord. No. 96 -10, Sec. 1)
1195.01. Findinvs. It is found and determined that:
a) persons who have n:cognized and standardized training in therapeutic massage,
health and hygiene provide a legitimate and necessary service to the general public;
b) health and sanitation regulations governing therapeutic massage enterprises and
massage therapists will minimize the risk of the spread of communicable diseases
and promote health and sanitation;
c) license qualifications for therapeutic massage enterprises and massage therapists will
minimize the risk that such businesses and persons may facilitate prostitution and
other criminal activity in the city; and
d) massage services provided by persons without recognized and standardized training
in massage can endanger citizens by facilitating the spread of communicable
diseases, by exposing citizens to unhealthy and unsanitary conditions, and by
increasing the risk of personal injury.
1195.03: Definitions. Subdivision 1. The terms defined in this section have the meanings
given them.
�. Subd. 2. "Clean" means the absence of dirt, grease, rubbish, garbage and other
offensive, unsightly or extraneous matter.
Subd. 3. "In good repo r" means free of corrosion, breaks, cracks, chips, pitting,
excessive wear and tear, leaks, obstructions and similar defects.
Subd. 4. "Massagge" means the rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the
body of another person Witt* the hands- for the purpose of physical fitness, health -care referral,
relaxation and for no other purposi;.
Subd. 5. "Operate" meaiis to own, manage or conduct, or to have control, charge or
custody over.
Subd. 6. "Therapeutic massage enterprise" means a place of business providing
massage services to the public for consideration: the term does not include a hospital, sanitarium,
rest home, nursing home, boarding; home or other institution for the hospitalization or care of
other human beings duly licensed under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 144.50 .
through 144.69.
Subd. 7. "Therapeutic massage therapist" means a person who practices or administers
massage to the public for consideration.
Subd. 8. "In the city" means pphysical presence as well as telephone referrals such as
phone -a- massage operations in which the business premises, although not physically located
within the city, serves as a point of assignment of employees who respond to requests for services
from in the city.
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Crystal City Code 1195.05 (Rev. 1996)
1195.05. icense respired. Subdivision 1. Therapeutig mgssaae enterprise,. It is unlawful
to operate, offer, engage in or carry on massage services �n the city without a therapeutic massage
enterprise license.
Subd. 2. 'TllerapPut ma avist license. It is unlawful to practice, administer or
provide massage services in the city wt out a therapeutic massage therapist license.
1195.07. xemplions. A therapeutic massage enterprise license or massage therapist license
is not require for the following persons and places:
a) persons licensed by the state to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic,
physical therapy or podiatry, provided that the massage is administered in the
regular course of the medical treatment not provided as part of a separate and
distinct massage business;
b) persons licensed by the state as beauty culturists or barbers, provided the persons
do not hold themselves out as giving massage treatments and provided that massage
by beauty culturists is limited to the head hand, neck and feet and the massage by
barbers is limited to the head and neck;
c) persons working solely under the direction and control of a person duly licensed by
the state to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy or
podiatry;
d) places licensed or o aerating as a hospital, nursing home, hospice, sanitarium or
group home established for hospitalization or medical care; and
e) athletic coaches, directors and trainers employed by public or private schools.
1195.09. xetleral rule. The owner or operator of a licensed therapeutic massage enterprise may
employ only licensed therapeutic mussage therapists to provide massage services. The owner or
operator of a licensed therapeutic: massage enterprise need not be licensed as a therapeutic
massage therapist unless that owntx or operator personally provides massage services.
1195.11. License application. Subdivision 1. Therapeutic nlassaee epterorige. The
application for a therapeutic massage enterprise license must contain the following information:
1) For all applicants:
i) whether the applicant is an individual, corporation, partnership or
other form of organization;
ii) the legal description of the premises to be licensed together with a
plan of the area showing dimensions, location of buildings, street
access and parking facilities,
iii) the floor number, street number and rooms where the massage services
are to be conducted;
iv) whether all real estate and personal property taxes that are due and
payable for the premises to be licensed have been paid, and if not, the
years and amounts that are unpaid;
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(Rev. 1996)
v) if the application is for premises either planned or under construction
or undergoing substantial alteration, the application must be
accompanied by preliminary plans showing the design of the proposed
premises; if the plans for design are on file with the building
inspector, no plans need be submitted;
vi) the name and street address of the business if it is to be conducted
under a designation, name or style other than the name of the
applican.t, and a certified copy of the certificate required by Minnesota
Statutes. section 333.02;
vii) other in:formation that the city council may require.
2) For applicants who are individuals:
i) the name and date of birth of the applicant and applicant's residence
address;
ii) if the applicant has ever used or been known by a name other than the
applicant's name, and if so, the name or names and information
concerning the dates and places where used;
iii) residence addresses of the applicant during five years preceding the
date of application;
iv) the type, name and location of every business or occupation the
- applicant has been engaged in during the "preceding five years;
v) names and addresses of the applicant's employers for the preceding
five yew-s;
vi) if the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, crime or violation
of an ordinance other than a minor traffic offense; if so, the applicant
must furnish information as to the time, place and offense involved in
the convictions;
vii) if the applicant has ever been engaged in the operation of massage
services; if so, the applicant must furnish information as to the name,
place and length of time of the involvement in such activity.
3) For applicants that are partnerships:
i) the names and addresses of general and limited partners and the
information concerting each general partner described in paragraph 2);
ii) the managing partners must be designated, and the interest of each
general aid limited partner in the business must be disclosed;
a true copy of the partnership agreement must be submitted with the
application, and if the partnership is required to file a certificate as to
a trade :tame under Minnesota Statutes, section 333.02, a certified
_i copy of that certificate must be submitted.
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(Rev. 1996)
The license if rued will be in the name of the partnership.
4) For applicants that are corporations:
i) the nose of the organization, and if incorporated, the state of
incorporation;
ii) a true ropy of the certificate of incorporation, and, if a foreign
corporation, a certificate of authority as described in Minnesota
Statutes section 303.02;
iii) the name of the general manager, corporate officers, proprietor, and
other parson in charge of the premises to. be licensed, and the
information about those persons described in paragraph 2);
iv) a list of the persons who own or have a controlling interest in the
corporation or organization or who are officers of the corporation or
organization, together with their addresses and - the information
regarding such persons described in paragraph 2). `
Subd. 2. Therapeutic alsaiather t. An application for a therapeutic- massage therapist
license must contain m following information:
1) the applicant's name and address;
2) the applicant's current employer;
3) the applicant's employers for the previous five years, including employer's
name, address and dates of employment;
4) the applicant's residence address for the previous five years;
5) the appplicant's social secu -,4 number, date of birth, home telephone number,
weight, height, color of eyes and color of hair;
6) if the applicant has ever been convicted of a felony, crime or violation of an
ordinance other than a minor traffic offense and, if so, the time, place and
offense involved in the convictions;
7) if the applicant has ever used or been known by a name other than the
applicants nanse, and if so, the name or names and information concerning
dates and places where used;
S) evidence that the applicant:
a) has cun. insurance coverage over 51,000,000 for professional
liability in the practice of massage;
b) is affiliated with, employed by or owns a therapeutic massage
enterprise licensed by the city;
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c) has completed 400 hours of certified therapeutic massage training from
a recognized school that has been approved by the city manager; or
d) has one year of experience practicing massage therapy as established
by an affidavit and can document within two years of obtaining the
license that the person has completed 400 hours of certified
therapeutic massage training from a recognized school; if such
documentation cannot be established at the time of license renewal, the
license will not be renewed and the person who received the license
based upon experience may not receive a license in the future unless
the person has the requisite certified hours;
9) other information that the city council may require;
10) the minimum requirement of massage training specified in clause 8,
paragraphs c) and d) does not apply to a massage therapist i) employed by
an establishmenr licensed for massage on the effective date of Ordinance No.
96 -10 and ii) continuously employed since that date by the licensed
establishment. (Added, Ord. No. 97 -6, Sec. 1)
1195.13. ADglication and investigation fees. The fees for a massage enterprise and therapist
licenses are set forth in Appendix IV. An investigation fee will be charged for therapeutic
massage enterprise licenses. An application for either license must be accompanied by payment
in full of the required license and i::ivestigation fees, if applicable.
1195.15. Application verification and consideration. Subdivision 1. Therapeutic massage
enterprise license. The city marutger must verify the information supplied on the license
application and investigate the background, including the criminal background, of the applicant
to assure compliance with this section. Within 90 days of receipt of a complete application and
fee for a therapeutic massage enterprise license, the city manager must make a written
recommendation to the city council m to issuance or nonissuance of the license. The city council
may order additional investigation if it deems it necessary, but must grant or deny the application
within 120 days of receipt by the city manager of the complete. application and required fees.
Subd. 2. Therapeutic massage therapist license. Within 90 days of receipt of a
complete application and fee for a 9herapeutic massage therapist license, the city manager must
grant or deny the application. Notice will be sent to. the applicant upon a denial informing the
applicant of the right to appeal to the city council within 20 days. If an appeal is properly made,
the matter will be placed on the next available city council agenda.
1195.17. Persons ineligible for license. Subdivision 1. Therapeutic massage enterprise
license A therapeutic massage enterprise license may not be issued to an individual who:
-a) is a minor at the time the application is filed;
b) has been convicted of any crime directly related to the. occupation licensed as
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 364.03, subdivision 2, and who has not
shown competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform
the duties and responsibilities of a licensee as prescribed by Minnesota Statutes,
section 364.03, subdivision 3;
C) is not of good moral character or repute;
d) is not the real party in. interest of the enterprise;
e) has misrepresented or falsified information on the license application.
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(Rev. 1996)
Subd. 2. h eu ' • pga theranist)icepise. A therapeutic massage therapist license
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may not be issued to a could not ual
perso q i fy for a therapeutic massage enterprise license
or who is not (i) affiliated with, (ii) employed by or (iii) does not hold, a therapeutic massage
enterprise license.
1195.19.
Locations i
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therapeutic massage enter on
which taxes, assessments or other financial claims to the state, county, school districts or city are
due and delinquent. In the event a. suit has been commenced under Minnesota Statutes, sections
278.01- 278.13, questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the city council may on application
waive strict compliance with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any
portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year after becoming due.
Subd. 2. Zoning comoli anc . A therapeutic massage enterprise may not be licensed
if the Iocation of such enterprise is not in conformance with section 515 (Appendix I- Zoning) of
this Code.
1195.21. General license restjictions. Subdivision 1. Posting A therapeutic massage
enterprise license issued must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises for which it is
used. A person licensed as a therapeutic-massage therapist must have in possession a copy of the
license when therapeutic massage services are being rendered.
Subd. 2. Are a. A therapeutic massage enterprise license is effective only for the
compact and contiguous space specified in the approved license application. If the licensed
premises is enlarged; altered or extended, the licensee must inform the city manager. A licensed
therapeutic massage therapist may perform on -site massage at a business, public gathering, private
home or other site not on the therapeutic massage enterprise premises.
Subd. 3. Transfer. The license issued is for the person Or the premises named on the
approved license application. Transfer of a license from place to place or from person to person
is not permitted.
Subd. 4. Cov fines. The therapist must require that the - person who is - receiving the
massage will at all times have that person's breasts, buttocks, anus and genitals covered with non -
transparent material or clothing. A thempist rfarming massage must have the therapist's
breasts, buttocks, anus and genitals covered wi a non - transparent material or clothing.
Subd. 5. " Prohibited mwaagg. A therapist may not intentionally massage or offer to
massage the penis, scrotum, mans veneris, vulva or vaginal area of a person.
1195.23. Restrictions regardin ; a ni 't ation and health. Subdivision 1. A therapeutic massage
enterprise must be equipped wM adequate and conveniently located toilet rooms for the
accommodation of its employees and patrons. The toilet room must be well ventilated by natural
or mechanical methods and be enclosed with a door. The toilet room must be kept clean and in
good repair and be fully and adequately illuminated.
Subd. 2. A therapeutic massage enterprise must provide single - service disposal paper
or clean linens to cover the table:, chair, furniture or area on which the patron receives the
massage. If the table, chair or hirniiture on which a patron receives the massage is made of
material impervious to moisture, such table, chair or furniture must be sanitized after each
massage.
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Subd. 3. The therapeutic massage therapist must wash the therapist's hands and arms
cohol or other disinfectants prior to and following
with water and soap, anti- bacterial scrubs, al
each massage service performed.
Subd. 4. Massage tables, chairs or furniture on which the patron receives the massage
must have surfaces that can be readily disinfected after each massage.
Subd. 5. Rooms in a therapeutic massage enterprise must be fully and adequately
illuminated.
Subd. 6.. A therapeutic massage: enterprise must have a janitor's closet that provides for
the storage of cleaning supplies.
Subd. 7. Therapeutic massage enterprises must provide adequate refuse receptacles that
must be emptied as required by this cede.
Subd. 8. Therapeutic massage enterprises must be maintained in good repair and sanitary
condition.
Subd. 9. Therapeutic massage: enterprises must comply with the requirements of the
Minnesota Indoor Clean Air Act.
Subd. 10. A therapeutic massage enterprise the licensed paemaese steps to prevent the
.,..J spread of infections and commune diseases
Subd. 11. Massage therapists must wear clean clothing when performing massage services.
1195.25. License term: fees; ren;.wals. Licenses expire annually on December 31. The
license fee will be prorated in 30 -da:y increments for licenses issued after June 30. The city
manager must prepare an application for consideration of the renewal. The renewal g application the manager determines necessary must
be made no later than November 30. License fees are set by Appendix IV.
1195.27. Suspension: revocation. A, license granted under this section may be suspended or
revoked by the city council for - the reasons and under the procedures specified in Chapter X of
the code.
1195.29. Temporary therapist license;. Subdivision 1. The city manager may issue a temporary
theraputic massage therapist license as provided in this subsection.
Subd. 2. A temporary massage therapist license may be issued to a person who
a) is qualified to hold a umsage therapist license under this section;
b) has completed the requdred application and paid the license fee at least seven days
prior to the effective date of the license.
Subd. 3. A temporary , licence is effective for four consecutive days. A person may not
be issued more than three temporary licenses in any period of 360 consecutive days.
Subd. 4. All other provisior.►s of this section apply to temporary licenses.
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1195.31. Hours of oneratio4. A Iii =sed therapeutic massage enterprise may not operate for
business between the hours of 9:00 p.1n. and 7:00 a.m.
Section 23 -1613. SEPARABILITY. Every section, provision or a part of this ordinance is
declared separable from every other section, provision or part to the extent that if any section, provision
or a part of the ordinance shall be held invalid, such holdings shall not invalidate any other section,
provision or part thereof.
Section 23 -1614. PENALTIES. Whoever does any act forbidden by this ordinance or omits or
fails to do any act required by this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof by lawful authority, be punished by a fine not to exceed $700 or imprisonment not to exceed
90 days or both, together with the costs of prosecution. Each day that a violation exists constitutes a
separate and distinct offense.
Section 23 -1615. LIABILITY FOR THE CRIMES OF ANOTHER. Every person who commits
or attempts to commit, conspires to commit or aids and abets in the commission of any act constituting
a violation of this ordinance _or any act, which constitutes an omission and, therefore, a violation of this
ordinance, whether individually or in connection with one or more persons or as principal, agent, or
accessory, shall be guilty of such offense and every person who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly or
willfully, induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits or directs another to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter is likewise guilty of such offense.
MASSAGE PARLORS
Section 23 -1700. STATEMENT OF POLICY. The City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center
considers it necessary to provide for the special and express regulation of businesses or commercial
enterprises which offer massages to the general public in order to protect the public health, safety and
welfare and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease. The City Council further finds
that commercial enterprises offering massages are susceptible of operation in a manner contravening,
subverting and endangering the morals of the community, thus, requiring close inspection, licensing
and regulation.
The City Council also finds that control and regulation of commercial establishments of these
types, in view of the abuses often perpetrated, require intensive efforts by the Police Department, Public
Health Sanitarian and other departments of the City and as a consequence, the concentrated use of City
services in such control detracts from and reduces the level of service available to the rest of the
community, and, thereby diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, welfare,
morals and safety of the community. In consideration for the necessity on the part of the City to
provide, numerous services to all segments of the community, without a concentration of public services
in one area working to the detriment of the members of the general public, it is hereby decided that the
number of massage parlor licenses issued pursuant to this ordinance or the number of sauna licenses
issued pursuant to Chapter 23 -1600, which may be in force at any one time, either licensing massage
parlors, sauna parlors, or any combination thereof, shall be no more than a total of three such licenses.
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1. The term "massage" means the rubbing, stroking, kneading, tapping or rolling of the body
of another with the hands for the exclusive purpose of physical fitness, relaxation,
beautification and for no other purpose.
2. The term "masseur" means a male person who practices or administers massage.
3. The term "masseuse" means a female person who practices or administers massage.
4. The term "certificate" as used herein means a certificate issued by the City authorizing the
holder thereof to practice or administer massage in the City of Brooklyn Center.
Section 23 -1702. MASSAGE DISTINGUISHED. The practice of massage is hereby declared
to be distinct from the practice of medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, or
podiatry and persons duly licensed in this State to practice medicine, surgery, osteopathy, chiropractic,
physical therapy or podiatry, nurses who work solely under the direction of any such persons, athletic
directors and trainers are hereby expressly excluded from the provisions of this section. Beauty
culturists and barbers who do not give, or hold themselves out to give, massage treatments, as defined
herein other than is customarily - given in such shops or places of business, for the purpose of
beautification only shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
Sectioij 23 -1703. LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. No person shall engage in the
business of operating a massage parlor- or massage establishment either exclusively or in connection
with any other business enterprise without being first duly licensed as provided herein. No person shall
engage in or hold himself or herself out as being engaged in the practice of massage nor shall any
person administer or practice massage commercially or for hire, or for the exchange of any valuable
consideration within the City of Brooklyn Center without first having obtained a certificate as herein
provided, except any person who is currently registered by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
S cti 23 -1704. CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Application for license
shall be made only on the forms provided by the City Manager. Four complete copies of the
application shall be furnished to the office of the City Manager containing the address and legal
description of the property to be used, the names, addresses and phone numbers of the owner, lessee,
if any, and the operator or manager, the name, address and telephone number of two persons, who shall
be residents of Hennepin County and who may be called upon to attest to the applicant's, manager's or
operator's character; whether the applicant, manager or operator has ever been convicted of a crime or
offense other than a traffic offense and, if so, complete and accurate information as to the time, place
and nature of such crime or offense including the disposition thereof; the names and addresses of all
creditors of the applicant, owner, lessee, or manager insofar as and regarding credit which has been
extended for the purposes of constructing, equipping, maintaining, operating or furnishing or acquiring
the premises, personal effects, equipment or anything incident to the establishment, maintenance and
operation of a massage parlor or massage establishment.
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If the application is made on behalf of a corporation, joint business venture, partnership or any legally
constituted business association, it shall submit along with its application, accurate and complete
business records showing the names and addresses of all individuals having an interest in the business,
including creditors furnishing credit for the establishment, acquisition, maintenance and furnishings
of said business and, in the case of a corporation, the names and addresses of all officers, general
managers, members of the board of directors as well as any creditors who have extended credit for the
acquisition, maintenance, operation or furnishing of the establishment including the purchase or
acquisition of any items of personal property for use in said operation. All applicants shall furnish to
the City, along with their applications, complete and accurate documentation establishing the interest
of the applicant and any other person, having an interest in the premises upon which the building is
proposed to be located or in the furnishings thereof, personal property thereof, or the operation or
maintenance thereof. Documentation shall be in the form of a lease, deed, contract for deed, mortgage
deed, mortgage, credit arrangement, loan agreements, security agreements and any other documents
establishing the interest of the applicant or any other person in the operation, acquisition or
maintenance of the enterprise offering a massage. The application shall also contain blueprints ,
diagrams, plans, layouts and the like showing the construction, revision, remodeling, alteration or
additions of or to the premises and specifically showing the layout, design and arrangement of the
bathing and restroom facilities and the size and type of equipment and facilities to be used.
Section 23 -1705. CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE. Application
shall be made only on forms provided by the City Manager. The application shall contain the following
information together with any other information which the City Manager may require:
1. Evidence of the applicant's education qualifications, including originals or certified copies
of degrees, diplomas or certificates, if any.
2. Evidence of applicant's practical qualifications to practice massage.
3. Evidence that the applicant is of good moral character.
4. The names and addresses of two persons, residents of Hennepin County, who may be
referred to as the applicant's character.
5. Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime or offense other than a traffic
offense, and if so, information as to the time, place and nature of such crime or offense.
6. Evidence in the form of a current certificate from a licensed physician practicing in
Minnesota indicating (a) that within the past 30 days he has examined the applicant, and (b)
that such examination was for the purpose of determining whether applicant had any
communicable disease and (c) that as a result of such examination he believes that applicant
is not suffering from any communicable disease which would disqualify the applicant from
engaging in the practice of massage.
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Section 23 -17Q6. LICENSE FEE, LICENSE INVESTIGATION FEE AND LICENSE YEAR
The annual license fee and an investigation fee for the purposes of issuing a license shall be as set forth
by City Council resolution. The license fee and fee for the investigation of the license shall be paid
when the application is filed. In the event that the application is denied or in the event that the license,
once issued, is revoked, canceled or surrendered, no part of the annual license fee or fee for
investigation for the issuance of a license shall be returned to the applicant unless by express action of
the City Council. A separate license shall be obtained each year for each place of business. The
licensee shall display the license on a prominent place in the licensed premises at all times. A license
unless revoked, is for the calendar year or part thereof for which it has been issued. The fee for the
investigation for issuance of a license must be tendered with each new application for a license and
must also be paid at any time when there is a proposed change of ownership or reapplication for a
license wherein additional or different parties other than the original licensee and interested parties are
proposing to be licensed. A license for the operation of a massage parlor is nontransferable.
Section 23 -1747. CERTIFICATE FEE, CERTIFICATE INVESTIGATION FEE AND
CERTIFICATE YEAR. The annual certificate fee and an investigation fee for the purposes of issuing
a certificate shall be as set forth by City Council resolution. The certificate fee and fee for the
investigation of the certificate shall be paid when the application is filed. In the event that the
application is denied or in the event that the certificate, once issued, is revoked, canceled or
surrendered, no part of the annual certificate fee or fee for the investigation for the issuance of a
certificate shall be returned to the applicant unless by express action of the City Council. A separate
certificate shall be obtained each year. The certificate holder shall display the certificate on a
prominent place in the premises of the certificate holder at all times. A certificate, unless revoked, is
for the calendar year or part thereof for which it has been issued. The fee for the investigation for
issuance of a certificate must be tendered with each new application for a certificate and must also be
paid at any time when there is a proposed change of ownership or reapplication for a certificate wherein
additional or different parties other than the original certificate holder are proposing certification. A
certificate permitting the holder thereof to practice massage is nontransferable.
Section 23 -1708. GRANTING OR DENIAL OF LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES. License
applications and certificate applications shall be reviewed by the Police Department, Planning and
Inspection Department, Health Department and such other departments as the City Manager shall deem
necessary. The review shall include an inspection of the premises covered by the application to
determine whether the premises conforms to all applicable code requirements.
Thereafter, licenses and certificates shall be recommended for approval or denial by the City Manager
to the City Council, subject to the provisions of this ordinance. Any appeals shall be before the City
Council. A license permitting the conduct of a massage parlor or massage establishment. is
nonrenewable and nontransferable and application must be made each year for a license, permitting and
allowing the conduct of such business for the succeeding year. A certificate permitting the holder
thereof to practice or administer massage commercially is nonrenewable and nontransferable and
application must be made each year for a certificate permitting and allowing the holder thereof to
administer or practice massage for the succeeding year.
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Section 23 -1709. CONDITIONS GOVERNING ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE. -
1. No license shall be issued if the applicant or any of its owners, managers, employees, agents
or interested parties is a person of bad repute.
2. Licenses shall be issued only if the applicant and all of its owners, managers, agents,
employees or interested parties are free of convictions for offenses which involve moral
turpitude or which relate directly to such person's ability, capacity or fitness to perform the
duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed activity.
3. Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who have not, within one year prior to the day
of application, have been denied licensure, have had a license revoked or suspended in or
by any community or political subdivision or the State of Minnesota and whose owners,
managers, or any interested parties have not been similarly denied, revoked, or suspended.
4. Licenses shall be issued only to applicants who have answered fully and truthfully all of the
information requested in the application, who have paid the full license fee and fee for
investigation and have cooperated fully and truthfully with the City in the review of the
application.
5. If the applicant is a natural person, a license shall be granted only if such person is 18 years
of age or older.
6. Licenses may only be granted when in complete conformity with the zoning code of the
City of Brooklyn Center. No license shall be granted for any premises which is within 300
feet of, or in the same building as, or on the same legally subdivided lot, piece or parcel of
land as a currency exchange operation, secondhand goods dealer, pawn shop, tattoo or body
piercing establishment, another massage parlor, school, day care center, church, hospital,
on -sale liquor establishment, halfway house, theater or residence.
7. Licenses shall be granted only to establishments which can meet the safety, sanitary and
building code requirements of the City.
8. A license shall not be granted if granting the license (a) would be inconsistent with the
comprehensive development plans of the City, or (b) would otherwise have a detrimental
effect upon other property or properties in the vicinity.
Section 23 -1710. CONDITIONS GOVERNING ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE.
I. Certificates shall be issued only to persons of good repute and persons who are in good
health and free from any communicable diseases which would disqualify the applicant from
engaging in the practice of massage.
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2. Certificates shall be issued only to persons free of convictions of offenses which involve
moral turpitude or which relate directly to the person's ability, capacity, or fitness to
perform the duties and discharge the responsibility of the occupation.
3. Certificates shall not be issued to persons who, within one year prior to the date of
application, have been denied certification or who has had his or her certificate revoked or
suspended in or by any political subdivision, municipality or by the State of Minnesota.
4. Certificates shall be issued only to persons who have fully and truthfully answered all of the
information requested in the application and have paid the full certification fee and
certification investigation fee.
5. Certificates shall be issued only to persons 18 years of age or older.
Section 23 -1711. RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS.
1. No licensee shall employ any person as a masseur or masseuse without first insuring that
said employee possesses a valid certificate for the administration or practice of massage.
2. The licensed premises shall not be open or in operation between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
and 8:00 a.m. on the succeeding day nor shall any person engaged in the practice of
massage be on said premises or perform any massage or administer any such services
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m, on the succeeding day.
3. The licensee, masseuse, or masseur and any persons in their employ or agents or officers
thereof and any and all persons with an interest in said business shall comply with all
applicable ordinances, regulations and laws of the City of Brooklyn Center, the State of
Minnesota, and the United States government.
4. If the licensee is a partnership or corporation, the applicant shall designate a person to be
manager and in responsible charge of the business. Such person shall remain responsible
for the conduct of the business until another suitable person has been designated in writing
by the licensee. The licensee shall promptly notify the Police Department in writing of any
such change indicating the name, address and telephone number of the new manager and
the effective date of such change.
5. The licensee shall permit and allow the inspection of the premises during business hours
by any and all appropriate City employees and agents.
6. The licensed premises must be kept and maintained in a sanitary condition defined as being
free from the vegetative cells of pathogenic microorganisms and all equipment, personal
property, tables, beds, towels, clothing and the like used in or for the purpose of massage
shall also be maintained in a sanitary condition as defined herein.
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7. Any person acting as a masseur or masseuse shall have his or her certificate displayed in
a prominent place at his place of employment and upon demand by any police officer or
other authorized officer or agent of the City of Brooklyn Center, any person engaged in
practicing massage shall identify himself or herself giving his or her true legal name, correct
address and phone number.
8. No person under 18 years of age shall be permitted upon or allowed to be employed or to
serve in any establishment licensed under the provision of this ordinance.
9. Any person practicing massage within the City of Brooklyn Center shall initially advise the
City of his or her address and telephone number and shall further advise the City of any
changes in address or telephone number within thirty (30) days of such change.
10. Any person practicing massage within the City may do so only at premises which are
licensed for the conduct of such business as herein provided and further any person
practicing massage shall inform the City of any changes in employment or the location of
his employment within the City within seven (7) days after such change.
11. It is unlawful for a masseur to practice massage upon any person except a male and for a
masseuse to practice massage on any person except a female.
12. Any masseur or masseuse practicing massage shall have the upper and lower parts of his
or her body covered and completely clothed by a nontransparent uniform or cloth at all
times.
13. Every person to whom a certificate is issued shall appear personally at the Police
Department to receive delivery of the certificate and upon such appearance, shall be
photographed and fingerprinted for identification purposes. One copy of the photographs
shall be permanently affixed to the certificate and a second copy thereof shall be kept in the
files of the Police Department.
14. Each licensee shall keep on the licensed premises and for each licensed premises an
occupancy or guest register which shall contain the true correct name, address and phone
number of each patron of the licensed premises. Each licensee, his employees, masseurs,
masseuses, or agents of them shall require each patron to identify himself by such sufficient
identification showing the true correct name, address and phone number of said patron. The
occupancy register or guest register shall be maintained on the licensed premises and open
for inspection by officers, employees and agents of the City of Brooklyn Center, the State
of Minnesota or the United States government and must be maintained for a period of not
less than two Y ears.
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1. Each licensed premises shall have a separate restroom and separate locker room for
members of each sex.
2. All massage rooms, restrooms and bathrooms used in connection therewith shall be
constructed of materials which are impervious to moisture, bacteria, mold or fungus growth
and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition defined as being completely free from the
vegetative cells of pathogenic microorganisms. The floor -to -wall and wall joints shall be
constructed to provide a sanitary cove with a minimum radius of one inch. All equipment,
personal property, beds, towels, clothing and the like used in the massage parlor shall be
of a sanitary design and kept in a sanitary condition.
3. All restrooms shall be provided with mechanical ventilation with two cfin per square foot
of floor area, a hand washing sink equipped with hot and cold running water under pressure,
sanitary towels and a soap dispenser.
4. All rooms in the licensed premises including but not limited to sauna rooms, massage
rooms, restrooms, bathrooms, janitor's closet, hallways and reception are shall be
illuminated with not less than thirty-foot candles of illumination.
5. Each licensed premises shall have a janitor's closet which shall provide for the storage of
cleaning supplies. Such closet shall have mechanical ventilation of two cfm per square foot
of floor area. Such closet shall include a mop sink.
6. Floors, walls and equipment in massage rooms, restrooms and bathrooms must be kept in
a state of good repair and sanitary at all times. Linen and other materials shall be stored at
least twelve inches off the floor. Clean towels, wash cloths and linens must be available
for each customer.
7. Individual lockers shall be made available for use by patrons, with each locker having
separate keys for locking.
8. Such licensed premises shall provide adequate refuse receptacles which shall be emptied
as often as required.
9. The doors to the individual massage rooms shall not be equipped with any locking device
nor shall they be blocked or obstructed from either side of the door.
Section 23 -1713. HEALTH AND DISEASE CONTROL. No person while afflicted with any
disease in a communicable form or while a carrier of such disease or while afflicted with boils, infected
wounds, sores or any acute respiratory infection shall work in or use the services of any public massage
room and no person known or suspected of being afflicted with any such disease or condition shall be
employed or permitted in such area or capacity.
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Section 23 -1714. REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OR NONRENEWAL OF LICENSE. The
license may be revoked, suspended or not renewed by the City Council upon recommendation of the
City Manager by showing that the licensee, its owners, managers, employees, agents, or any other
interested parties have engaged in any of the following conduct:
1. Fraud, deception or misrepresentation in connection with the securing of the license.
2. Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs including but not limited to the
use of drugs defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 618.01, barbiturates, hallucinogenic
drugs, amphetamines, benzedrine, dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants or
tranquilizers.
3. Conduct inimical to the interests of the public health, safety, welfare and morals.
4. Engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude or permitting or allowing others within their
employ or agency to engage in conduct involving moral turpitude or failing to prevent
agents, officers or employees in engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude.
5. Failure to fully comply with any requirements of the ordinances of the City of Brooklyn
Center regarding sanitary and safety conditions, zoning requirements, building code
requirements or ordinances, the violation of which involves moral turpitude, or failure to
comply fully with any requirements of this ordinance.
6. Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude by any court of competent jurisdiction.
7. Engaging in any conduct which would constitute grounds for refusal to issue a license
herein.
The licensee may appeal such suspension, revocation or nonrenewal to the City Council. The
Council shall consider the appeal at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on or after ten days
from service of the notice of appeal to the City Manager. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council
may order:
1. That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be affirmed.
2. That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be lifted and that the certificate be returned
to the certificate holder.
3. The City Council may base either suspension or issuance of the certificate upon any
additional terms, conditions and stipulations which they may, in their sole discretion,
impose.
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Section 23 -1715. REVOCATION, SUSPENSION OR NONRENEWAL OF CERTIFICATES.
Certification may be recommended by the City Manager for revocation or suspension or not renewed
by the City Council for any of the following:
1. Fraud, deception or misrepresentation in connection with the securing of certification.
2. Habitual drunkenness or intemperance in the use of drugs including but not limited to the
use of drugs defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 618.01, barbiturates, hallucinogenic
drugs, amphetamines, benzedrine, dexedrine or other sedatives, depressants, stimulants, or
tranquilizers.
3. Conduct inimical to the interests of the public health, safety, welfare or morals.
4. Engaging in conduct involving moral turpitude.
5. Failure to fully comply with the requirements of this ordinance.
6. Conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude by any court of competent jurisdiction.
The certificate holder may appeal such suspension, revocation or nonrenewal to the City Council.
The Council. shall consider the appeal at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting on or after ten,
(10) days from service of the notice of appeal to the City Manager. At the conclusion of the hearing
the Council may order:
1. That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be affirmed.
2. That the revocation, suspension or nonrenewal be lifted and that the certificate be returned
to the certificate holder.
3. The City Council may base either suspension or issuance of the certificate upon any
additional terms, conditions and stipulations which they may, in their sole discretion,
impose.
Sectio 23 -1716. PROHIBITED ACTS. No employer shall employ a person to practice or
administer massage nor permit, suffer or allow a person to practice or administer massage unless that
person has been granted a valid certificate pursuant to this ordinance and every employer shall require
that the certification be prominently and openly displayed on the premises in plain view.
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Section 23 -1718. SEPARABILITY. Every section, provision or part of this ordinance is
declared separable from every other section, provision or part to the extent that if any section, provision
or part of the ordinance shall be held invalid, such holding shall not invalidate any other section,
provision or part thereof.
Section 23 -1719. PENALTIES. Whoever does any act forbidden by this ordinance or omits or
fails to do any act required by this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof by lawful authority, be punished by a fine not to exceed $700 or imprisonment not to exceed
ninety (90) days or both, together with the costs of prosecution. Each day that a violation exists
constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
Section 23 -1720. LIABILITY FOR THE CRIMES OF ANOTHER Every person who commits
or attempts to commit, conspires to commit or aids and abets in the commission of any act constituting
a violation of this ordinance or any act, which constitutes an omission and, therefore, a violation of this
ordinance, whether individually or in connection with one or more persons or as principal, agent or
accessory, shall be guilty of such offense and every person who falsely, fraudulently forcibly or
willfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits or directs another to violate any of the provisions
of this chapter is likewise guilty of such offense.
RAP PARLORS. CONVERSATION PARLORS. ADULT ENCOUNTER GROUPS.
ADULT SENSITIVITY GROUPS. ESCORT SERVICES. MODEL SERVICES.
DANCING SERVICES. OR HOSTESS SERVICES
Section 23 -1800. STATEMENT OF POLICY. The City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center
deems it necessary to provide for the special and express regulation of businesses or commercial
enterprises which operate as rap .parlors, conversation parlors, adult sensitivity groups, adult encounter
groups, escort services, model services, dancing services or hostess services in order to protect the
public health, safety and welfare and to guard against the inception and transmission of disease.
The City Council further finds that commercial enterprises as the type described above are susceptible
of operation in a manner contravening, subverting or endangering the morals of the community, thus,
requiring close inspection, licensing and regulation.
The City Council also finds that control and regulation of commercial establishments of these
types, in view of the abuses often perpetrated, requires intensive efforts by the Police Department,
Public Health Sanitarian and other departments of the City and, as a consequence, the concentrated use
of City services in such control detracts from and reduces the level of services available to the rest of
the community and thereby diminishes the ability of the City to promote the general health, welfare,
morals and safety of the community.
In consideration for the necessity on the part of the City to provide numerous services to all segments
of the community, without a concentration of public services in one area to work to the detriment of
members of the general public, it is hereby decided that the number of licenses issued pursuant to this
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