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• CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
June 9, 1997
7 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Invocation
4. Council Report
5. Presentation
- Legislative Update from Our Legislative Delegation
- Speaker Carruthers, Senator Scheid, and Representative Carlson
6. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda
-The following items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted
by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember
so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and
considered at the end of Council Consideration Items.
a. Approval of Minutes
- Councilmembers not present at meetings will be recorded as abstaining from the vote
on the minutes.
1. April 23, 1997 - Special Work Session
2. April 28, 1997 - Regular Session
3. May 12, 1997 - Regular Session
b. Resolution Accepting Bid and Awarding a Contract, Improvement Project No. 1997-
04, 05, & 06, Contract 1997 -F, France Avenue Street, Storm Drainage and Utility
Improvements
C. Resolution Awarding a Contract for Construction Staking and Inspection Services,
Improvement Project Nos. 1997-04,05,-& 06, Contract 1997 -F, France Avenue Street,
Storm Drainage and Utility Improvements
d. Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for
Bids, Improvement Project No. 1995 -05, Contract 1997 -G, 69th Avenue, Shingle
Creek Parkway to Dupont Avenue Landscaping
• e. Resolution Declarin g g a Public Nuisance and Ordering the Removal of Diseased Trees
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f. Licenses
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7. Open Forum
8. Public Hearing
a. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances Regarding
Telecommunications Towers and Telecommunications Facilities
-This item was first read on May 12, 1997, published in the official newspaper on
May 21, 1997, and is offered this evening for a second reading and public hearing.
- Requested Council Action:
-Open the public hearing.
-Take public input.
-Close the public hearing.
- Motion to adopt ordinance.
b. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 4 of the City Ordinances Relating to the Collection
of Water and Sewer Charges
-This item was first read on May 12, 1997, published in the official newspaper on
May 21, 1997, and is offered this evening for a second reading and public hearing.
• - Requested Council Action:
-Open the public hearing.
-Take public input.
-Close the public hearing.
- Motion to adopt ordinance.
C. An Ordinance Granting to Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota Corporation,
Its Successors and Assigns, Permission to Construct, Operate, Repair and Maintain
in the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, an Electric Distribution System and
Transmission Lines, Including Necessary Poles, Lines, Fixtures and Appurtenances,
for the Furnishing of Electric Energy to the City, Its Inhabitants, and Others, and to
Use the Public Ways and Public Grounds of the City for Such Purposes
-This item was first read on May 12, 1997, published in the official newspaper on
May 21, 1997, and is offered this evening for a second reading and public hearing.
-Requested Council Action:
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-Open the public hearing.
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-Take public input.
-Close the public hearing.
- Motion to adopt ordinance.
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9. Planning Commission Item
a. Planning Commission Application No. 97006 submitted by Spiritual Life Church.
Request for Site and Building Plan approval to construct a 900 seat church on the
vacant 4.4 acre parcel of land located at the southwest quadrant of Shingle Creek
Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North. The Planning Commission recommended
approval of this application at its May 29, 1997 meeting.
-Requested Council Action:
- Motion to approve Planning Commission Application No. 97006 submitted by
Spiritual Life Church subject to the conditions recommended by the Planning
Commission.
10. Council Consideration Items
a. Proclamation Declaring August 17, 1997, to be Honor -Our- Police Sunday
-Requested Council Action:
- Motion to adopt proclamation.
b. Set Dates for City Council Work Sessions
-Requested Council Action:
- Motion to set City Council Work Sessions:
• • Monday, June 16, 1997, at 4:30 p.m. as a work session to meet with
Commissioner Opat
• Wednesday, June 25, 1997, at 7 p.m. as a general work session
C. Mobile Computing. Device (MCD) - State of Minnesota Connection Update
-Requested Council Action:
- Representatives from LOGIS will make presentation.
d. Report on Rehabilitation Loan Program: CDBG
-Requested Council Action:
- Information only.
e. Mayoral Appointments
1. Housing Commission
2. Planning Commission
-Requested Council Action:
- Motion by Council to ratify the nominations by Mayor Kragness to appoint
commissioners.
f. Discussion of Building Options
-Requested Council Action:
- Council discuss.
11. Adjournment
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EDA AGENDA
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
June 9, 1997
7 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
-The following items are considered to be routine by the Economic Development Authority
and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items
unless a Commissioner so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the
consent agenda and considered at the end of Commission Consideration Items.
a. Approval of Minutes
- Commissioners not present at meetings will be recorded as abstaining from the vote
on the minutes.
• 1. May 12, 1997 - Regular Session
4. Commission Consideration Items
a. Resolution Authorizing Administrative Settlement for Acquisition of Property in the
53rd Avenue Development and Linkage Project
- Requested Commission Action:
- Motion to adopt resolution.
b. Resolution Approving Relocation Claim for Property in the 53rd Avenue
Development and Linkage Project
- Requested Commission Action:
- Motion to adopt resolution.
5. Adjournment
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• MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY
OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
SPECIAL WORK SESSION
APRIL 23, 1997
CONFERENCE ROOM B
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in a special work session and was called to order by
Mayor Myrna Kragness at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Myrna Kragness, Councilmembers Kathleen Carmody, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman,
and Robert Peppe. Also present: City Manager Michael J. McCauley, Community
Development Director Brad Hoffman, and Council Secretary LeAnn Larson.
I. COUNCIL ITEMS:
• COUNCILMEMBER CARMODY: EDA LOAN PROGRAM
Councilmember Carmody discussed the use of the Home Rehabilitation Program (deferred loan
program). The program has been in existence since 1978 and has rehabilitated over 200 homes
in that time. The maximum grant was for $10,000 until 1993, when it increased to $15,000 and
the loan deferral was extended from five years to ten years. There was a priority placed on
grants for exterior work after the life and safety issues have been resolved.
Presently, the deferred loan program conforms to Hennepin County guidelines which provide
for a 30 -year lien period with a maximum $15,000 loan. For households with income over 50
percent of median income up to 80 percent of median, loans will accrue three percent interest
for a period of ten years with a 30 -year lien. For households of 50 percent of median or below,
no interest is charged.
Councilmember Carmody explained the compilation of statistical information on the grants for
the last ten years. While doing this, she realized that the Council may need to decide if the
purpose of this Program was to maintain housing values and the housing stock, or to keep
people in their homes and, therefore, be more of a social service program.
Councilmember Carmody stated that the budget for this Program was $60,000 for this year,
which translates into rehabilitation work on approximately four homes. She expressed concern
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that the original intent of the Program -- upgrading the housing stock - -was not being
accomplished as the grants are consumed by interior work (the life, health, and safety issues). •
Community Development Director Hoffman and City Manager McCauley fielded several
questions relating to this issue. Upon discussion, the Council agreed to put this issue on the
next City Council agenda for further discussion.
II. STAFF ITEMS:
HERITAGE CENTER OPEN HOUSE
City Manager McCauley updated the Council on the progress of plans for the Earle Brown
Heritage Center open house in June.
DISCUSSION OF POLICE/FIRE DESIGN /OPTIONS/MEETINGS
City Manager McCauley gave an update of the Police/Fire design/options /meetings issue.
Several different options are being explored. A public forum will be presented May 28, 1997,
addressing the three or four major concepts possible. Pros and cons will be discussed for these
concepts.
The Council took a break at 9:12 p.m. and reconvened at 9:17 p.m.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Councilmember Hilstrom asked to discuss the upcoming modification to Tax Increment
Financing District No. 3. Councilmember Hilstrom discussed her thoughts regarding whether
the Council wished to study this issue further and the long -term implications of the proposed
modifications in the Tax Increment Financing District in general. She also raised the issue of
the process and whether the Council would be interested in additional review and discussion
of the proposed modifications to the Tax Increment Financing Plan.
There was general discussion among the Council regarding the issues involved in the proposed
modification to Tax Increment Financing District No. 3, the current process involved with
Brookdale and its current market value, and the specific proposal to modify the district.
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ADJOURNMENT
• A motion b Councilmember Carmody y armo y and seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom to adjourn
the meeting at 9:50 p.m. passed unanimously.
City Clerk Mayor
Recorded and transcribed by:
LeAnn Larson
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• MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY
OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
REGULAR SESSION
APRIL 28, 1997
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in regular session and was called to order by Mayor
Myrna Kragness at 7:1 5 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Myrna Kragness, Councilmembers Kathleen Carmody, Kay Lasman, and Robert Peppe.
Also present: City Manager Michael J. McCauley, Assistant City Manager Jane Chambers,
Planning and Zonina Specialist Ron Warren, Community Development Director Brad
Hoff Public Services Director Diane Spector, Finance Director Charlie Hansen, City
Attorney Charlie LeFevere, and Council Secretary LeAnn Larson.
• Councilmember Hilstrom vas absent and excused.
NVOCATION
Invocation was given by Pastor McKinley Moore, Jehovah Jireh Church.
COUNCIL REPORTS
T\- , Iavor Kragness welcomed the new Assistant City Manager Jane Chambers.
Councilmember Peppe noted the Park and Recreation Commission's work to designate
destination parks. Also, the city -wide spring clean-up went well.
Councilmember Lasman noted the success of the recent Crime Prevention Awards Night,
honoring a number of local heros.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
Councilmember Peppe requested that item 5.f. be removed from the consent agenda for
discussion.
• Councilmember Carmody requested that item 91 be removed from the agenda pursuant to the
staff request.
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A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Lasman to approve
the agenda and consent agenda as printed passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Lasman to approve
minutes of the March 18, 1997-- Council/Park & Recreation Commission; March 24, 1997- -
Regular Session; and March 31, 1997 -- Special Work Session as printed passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -73
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION APPOINTING KRISTELLE BERG AS ALTERNATE TO THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF LOGIS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Lasman
and passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-74
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: •
RESOLUTION APPOINTING JANE CHAMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Lasman
and passed unanimously.
APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY BEER LICENSE ST ALPHONSUS CHURCH
A motion was made by Councilmember Carmody to approve the application for temporary beer
license to St. Alphonsus Church. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Lasman and
passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -75
Member Carmodv introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AW ARDh,TG A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANI AGENIE.NT, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1997 -
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• The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Lasman
and passed unanimously.
LICENSES
Mechanical Svstems
Air Conditioning Associates, Inc. 689 Pierce Butler Route, St. Paul
Flare Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. 9303 Plymouth Avenue North, Golden Valley
Gilbert Mechanical Contractors, Inc. 4451 West 76th Street, Minneapolis
Sabre Heating & Air Conditioning 14505 21st Avenue North, Suite 230, Plymouth
Motor Vehicle Dealership
Brookdale Dodge 6800 Brooklyn Boulevard
Iten Chevrolet Company 6701 Brooklyn Boulevard
Rental Dwellings
Renewal:
Arlene Sutton 7106 France Avenue North
Jack & Nancy Wold 5907 -09 June Avenue North
Norbert & Dolores Volbert 4207 Lakeside Avenue North, # 122
Sharon Haugen, Julie Haugen,
• Dorothy Janssen 4806 Twin Lake Avenue North
Mark Johnson, Reza Vojoodi 5211 Xerxes Avenue North
Outreach Community Center 507 69th Avenue North
OPEN FORUM
Paul Williams, President of Tried & True Tools, Inc., asked the Council to consider addressing
possible ordinance modifications for Second Hand Dealers. Mr. Williams stated that his
company is looking to relocate from Fridley to Brooklyn Center but felt that current ordinances
governing Second Hand Dealers would be costly, restrictive. and cumbersome.
Councilmember Carmodv asked that this item be discussed at the next Council work session.
PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLUTION APPROVING MODIFICATIONS NO 1 AND NO 2 TO THE TAX
I1N'CREMENT FINANCING PLANT FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO
3. AND MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT THERETO
City Manager McCauley introduced Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat. Mr. Opat
noted Hennepin County's support for this TIF modification.
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City Manager McCauley explained that the modifications would remove six parcels from the •
district. The six parcels to be removed have had significant reductions in value since the
inception of the district. These same six parcels would then be reinstated in the TIF district.
The result of the actions would be to reduce the base value of the district to reflect the current
market values of the properties in question.
At the time the district was established, a base value, or total market value of the property in
the district, was established. The base value represents one of the criteria upon which a TIF
cash flow is determined. TIF is based upon additional value above the base value. Also, at the
time the district was established, the tax rate at the time became the other criterion determining
TIF cash flow. TIF is determined by the set tax rate times the net tax capacity above the base
value. TIF does not capture increases in tax rate.
The parcels to be removed and reinstated have lost over $20 million in value since the district
was established. That means there would have to be $20 million in new value added to the
district before any TIF monies would be generated. In order to undertake redevelopment at
Brookdale or other areas of the city, TIF modifications are necessary.
The Planning Commission, at a meeting of April 17, 1997, made a motion that the
modifications to Tax Increment Financing District No. 3 conform to the general plan for
development or redevelopment of the City as a whole..
A motion by Councilmember Carmody d seconded b C •
y y Councilmember Peppe to open the
public hearing passed unanimously.
No public input was offered.
A motion' by Councilmember Lasman and seconded by Councilmember Carmody to close the
public hearing passed unanimously.
Councilmember Carmody spoke in favor of this resolution as the decreased value of Brookdale
has been a drag on the City.
City Attorney LeFevere noted several clarifications for the minutes.
Councilmember Lasman made a motion to have the minutes reflect that, with respect to
paragraphs 3 and 4 of the resolution, the Council specifically reconfirms that the findings
qualifying the district apply independently to the area affected by modifications No. 1 and No.
2. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carmody and passed unanimously.
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• Councilmember Lasman made a motion to direct staff to administratively change page 5 of the
plan modification to conform to the resolution adopted by the EDA on April 28, 1997, which
modified the financing plan for Tax Increment Financing District No. 3. The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Carmody and passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -76
Member Lasman introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION APPROVING MODIFICATIONS NO. 1 AND NO. 2 TO THE TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO.
3, AND MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT THERETO
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Carmody and passed unanimously.
PLANNING COMNIISSION ITEMS
PLANNNG COMMISSION APPLICATION NO 97005 SUBMITTED BY TIMOTHY
THOMPSON
• Planning and Zoning Specialist Ron Warren introduced Planning Commission Application No.
97005 submitted by Timothy Thompson. This is a request for a variance approval to allow an
addition to a detached garage at 5945 Camden Avenue North resulting in an accessory building
that exceeds both the 1,000 square foot maximum size of a single accessory building and also
the ground coverage of a principal building. The Planning Commission recommended denial
of this application at its April 17, 1997, meeting.
Timothy Thompson, homeowner at 5945 Camden Avenue North, was present to answer several
questions.
A motion was made by Councilmember Carmody to deny Planning Commission Application
No. 97005 on the grounds that-it doesn't meet hardship requirements per the Zoning Ordinance.
The motion was seconded by Councilmember Peppe and passed unanimously.
Following discussion, Councilmember Peppe made a motion to direct the Planning
Commission to look at the ordinance amendment regarding businesses and sizes. The motion
was seconded by Councilmember Carmody and failed on a vote of Councilmember Peppe and
Mayor Kragness voting aye; Councilmembers Carmody and Lasman voted nay.
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PLANNING CON/JMTqVTQM A P I TI N N .97007 B TT D B POPEHN •
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (HIAWATHA RUBBER COMPANY)
Planning and Zoning Specialist Ron Warren introduced Planning Commission Application No.
97007 submitted by Popehn Limited Partnership (Hiawatha Rubber Company). This is a
request for Site and Building Plan approval to construct a 37,440 square foot addition to the
Hiawatha Rubber Company building located at 1700 67th Avenue North. The Planning
Commission recommended approval of this application at its April 17, 1997, meeting.
A motion was made by Councilmember Lasman to approve Planning Commission Application
No. 97007 subject to the conditions recommended by the Planning Commission as follows:
1) Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with respect
to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits.
2) Grading, drainage, and utility plans are subject to review and approval by the City
Engineer prior to the issuance of permits.
3) A site performance agreement and supporting financial guarantee in an amount to be
determined based on cost estimates shall be submitted prior to the issuance of permits
to assure the completion of approved site improvements.
4) Any outside trash disposal facilities and rooftop or on- ground mechanical equipment
shall be appropriately screened from view.
5) The building addition is to be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system to
meet NFPA standards and shall be connected to a central monitoring device in
accordance with Chapter 5 of the City ordinances.
6) The underground irrigation system shall be extended to all new landscape areas to
facilitate site maintenance.
7) Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City
ordinances.
S) B -612 curb and gutter shall be provided around the expanded parking and driving areas.
9) The applicant shall enter into an easement and agreement for maintenance and
inspection of utility and storm drainage systems prior to the issuance of permits.
10) The applicant shall provide appropriate erosion and sediment control devices on the site
during construction as approved by the City Engineering department.
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• 11) All work performed and materials used for construction of utilities shall conform to the
City of Brooklyn Center's current Standard Specifications and Details.
12) Additional lighting proposed for this site shall be provided in conformance with Section
35 -712 of the Zoning Ordinance.
13) A Proof of Parking Agreement acknowledging the need to install up to 36 parking
spaces on the site upon a determination of the City shall be executed and filed with the
title to the property prior to the issuance of building permits for this project.
The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carmody and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEMS
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING DONATION FROM THE BROOKLYN CENTER
LIONS CLUB FOR ARBOR DAY PROGRAM
Mayor Kragness thanked the Brooklyn Center Lions Club for their generous donation of $250
designated for the May 14 Arbor Day activities at Northport School.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -77
• Member Carmody od, introduced the followmg resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING DONATION FROM THE BROOKLYN CENTER
LIONS CLUB FOR ARBOR DAY PROGRAM
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Peppe
and passed unanimously.
DISCUSSION OF UTILITY BILLING COLLECTION PROCEDURES
City Manager McCauley explained that staff has surveyed other cities regarding their utility
billing collection practices and developed a comparison of costs of certification by special
assessment to the property taxes process versus the water shut -off process.
Finance Director Charlie Hansen noted the summary of those studies and supporting detail. He
further stated that the City could save substantial time by both the Finance staff and the Public
Utilities staff by switching to the certification process. Time saved by the Public Utilities staff
could be used to meet the increased maintenance needs of our system as it ages. Time saved
by the Finance staff could be used to compensate for the reduction of one full -time position
which was removed from the department last summer.
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Mr. Hansen stated the change would provide better service to customers and avoids •
confrontational and ote Q
p ntially dan encounters between staff and citizens. It was Council
consensus to direct staff to prepare a proposed policy and resolution relating to use of special
assessments for Council discussion.
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LOCAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
City Manager McCauley explained that this is a housekeeping measure whereby the Council
provides final approval of the City's Local Storm Water Management Plan. The Council
provided preliminary approval in June 1994. The Plan was then submitted to the Shingle Creek
and West Mississippi Watershed Management Commissions for comment and revisions. The
Plan was then resubmitted to the two commissions and Metropolitan Council for comment,
final revisions were made, and the Plan was approved by the two commissions in March 1997.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -78
Member Peppe introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE LOCAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Carmody and passed unanimously. .
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BIAS /HATE CRIME RESPONSE PLAN
City Manager McCauley stated that this Bias/Hate Crime Response Plan has been proposed by
the Human Rights and Resources Commission and takes a proactive approach to making and
keeping the City a positive place to live, work, and visit for all persons.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -79
Member Peppe introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BIAS/HATE CRIME RESPONSE PLAN
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Lasman
and passed unanimously. y
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AND POLICY AMENDMENTS
REGARDING LIFE INSURANCE
City Manager McCauley recommended that the Council authorize an addendum to the
contractual language to provide that the City will provide $10.000 of life insurance coverage •
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RESOLUTION NO. 97 -80
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AND POLICY AMENDMENTS
REGARDING LIFE INSURANCE
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Lasman
and passed unanimously.
REPORT ON CODE ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR 1997
City Manager McCauley explained that the Community Development and Police departments
would once again be working together to identify and inform owners whose properties need to
be cleaned up because they are not in compliance with City ordinances. Mr. McCauley
outlined the ordinance provisions relating to vehicles, trucks, and boats in driveways without
current license tabs, inoperable, or with missing parts or in disrepair: appliances; construction
debris; trash and garbage, dog feces; etc.
RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR
• DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMEN"I IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1997 -
10. REPLACEMENT OF SCADA AND INTRAC SYSTEMS
Councilmember Peppe asked why the low bidder would not be awarded the contract in this
case.
Public Services Director Diane Spector explained that TKDA staff appeared to have the clearest
understanding of the City's system and needs. Also, TKDA's proposal more specifically
addressed detailed solutions to the City's specific needs. And, TKDA has previously been
retained to provide plans for mechanical and energy management retro -fits to existing well
pumps, thus avoiding duplication of services and potential discrepancies.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -81
Member Peppe introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, IMPROVETMENT PROJECT NO. 1997 -
10, REPLACEMENT OF SCADA AND NTRAAC SYSTEMS
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member •
Carmody and passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Peppe to adjourn the
meeting at 9:07 p.m. passed unanimously.
City Clerk Mayor
Recorded and transcribed
by:
LeAnn Larson
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MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY
OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
REGULAR SESSION
MAY 12, 1997
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in regular session and was called to order by Mayor
Myrna Kragness at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Myrna Kragness, Councilmembers Kathleen Carmody, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman,
and Robert Peppe. Also present: City Manager Michael J. McCauley, Assistant City Manager
Jane Chambers, Public Services Director Diane Spector, Planning and Zoning Specialist Ron
Warren, City Attorney Charlie LeFevere, and Council Secretary LeAnn Larson.
• INVOCATION
Invocation was given by Deacon Dave Holst, St. Alphonsus Church.
COUNCIL REPORTS
Mayor Kragness reported on recent DARE graduation ceremonies at several local schools.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
A motion was made by Councilmember Carmody to approve the agenda and consent agenda
with the addition of item 8.g. Disaster Relief and item 8.h. Brookdale Ponding Legislation
Update. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom and passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom to approve
minutes of the April 9, 1997- -Joint Council Session and Human Rights and Resources
Commission as printed passed. Councilmember Hilstrom abstained.
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A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom to approved i
minutes of the April 14, 1997 -- Regular Session; and April 21, 1997 - -Board of Equalization as
printed passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-82
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK AND AUTHORIZING FINAL PAYMENT,
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1996 -18, WELL #10 ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Hilstrom and passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-83
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PROJECT NO. 1997 -09, 1997 SEALCOATING,
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
The motion for the adoption of the fore going resolution was duly seconded b member •
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Hilstrom and passed unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY A
MINNESOTA CORPORATION ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS PERMISSION TO
CONSTRUCT OPERATE REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN
CENTER. MINNESOTA AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND
TRANSMISSION LINES INCLUDING NECESSARY POLES, LINES FIXTURES AND
APPURTENANCES FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY,
ITS INHABITANTS AND OTHERS AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC
GROUNDS OF THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES
City Manager McCauley explained that this is the reauthorization of the NSP franchise and was
tabled from the February 10, 1997, and February 24, 1997, Council meetings. This ordinance
is offered for a first reading and sets June 9, 1997, for public hearing and second reading.
A motion was made by Councilmember Carmody to set June 9, 1997, for public hearing and
second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom and passed
unanimously.
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LICENSES
Amusement Devices - Operator
Brooklyn Center Community Center 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Mechanical Systems
Anderson Heating & Air Conditioning 4347 Central Avenue NE, Columbia Heights
Brooklyn Air Heating & Air Conditioning 5801 Lyndale Avenue North, Brooklyn Center
Harris Contracting Company 2300 Territorial Road, St. Paul
River City Sheet Metal, Inc. 10105 Linnet Street NW, Coon Rapids
Rental Dwellings
Initial:
David P. Wagtskjold 6854 West River Road
Renewal:
Irvin & Ruth Schloff 4819 Azelia Avenue North
Douglas & Kathleen Williams 5107 Drew Avenue North
Heidi & Lonnie Amundsen 2816 67th Lane North
Sian Hanger
Leroy Signs, Inc. 6325 Welcome Avenue North, Brooklyn Park
Minnesota Sign Company, Inc. 791 South Garfield Street, Cambridge
Signart Company, Inc. 2170 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights
Taxicab
Presto Express Taxicab No. 121 6843 Colfax Avenue North
OPEN FORUM
Curt Lund, President of the Brooklyn Center Police Association, requested a current needs
assessment for the police and fire department in relation to the possibility of building new
facilities.
Rick Arntson, 4224 Lakeside Avenue, spoke of the current parking restrictions in his
neighborhood by Twin Lake. A temporary parking permit may be necessary for Mr. Arntson
in order to hold a high school graduation reception at his home.
Nancy Carlson, 6024 Aldrich Avenue North, asked the Council to listen to the needs of the
Police Department.
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PUBLIC HEARING
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT ESTABLISHMENTS LICENSED TO ELL_
INTOXICATING LIQUOR BEER AND WINE
City Manager McCauley explained that this item was first read on April 14, 1997, published
in the official newspaper, and is offered for public hearing and second reading.
A motion by Councilmember Hilstrom and seconded by Councilmember Carmody to open the
public hearing passed unanimously.
No public input was offered.
A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Hilstrom to close the
public hearing passed unanimously.
ORDINANCE NO. 97-06
Member Carmody introduced the following ordinance and moved its adoption:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
PROHIBITING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AT ESTABLISHMENTS LICENSED TO SELL
INTOXICATING LIQUOR, BEER, AND WINE
The motion for the foregoing ordinance was duly seconded by member Lasman and passed
unanimously.
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEMS
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND EXPENDITURE POLICY AND CAPITAL RESERVE
FUND POLICY
Financial Commission Chairperson Donn Escher made a presentation regarding the revision
to the Capital Improvements Fund Expenditure Policy which was originally adopted by the
Council in 1994. The
new ro osal splits p p p the Capital Improvements Fund into two funds with
a separate policy to govern the operation of each.
Councilmember Hilstrom left the Council table at 7:39 p.m. She returned to the table at 7:41
p.m.
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• City Manager McCauley suggested that a more appropriate name for the capital reserve fund
might be the Capital Reserve Emergency Fund, as suggested by Mr. Escher, since the funds are
designated for emergency purposes.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-84
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND EXPENDITURE
POLICY, THE CAPITAL RESERVE EMERGENCY FUND POLICY, CREATING THE
CAPITAL RESERVE EMERGENCY FUND, AND TRANSFERRING MONEYS FROM
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE EMERGENCY
FUND
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Hilstrom and passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING DONATION FROM THE MEDTRONIC
FOUNDATION FOR VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
Councilmember Carmody and Mayor Kragness expressed thanks to Medtronic Foundation for
their generous donation of $200 on behalf of Diane Swanson's volunteer work with the Adopt
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A-Park/Trail/Street program.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-85
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING DONATION FROM THE MEDTRONIC
FOUNDATION FOR VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Hilstrom and passed unanimously.
UTILITY BILLING COLLECTION PROCEDURES
City Manager McCauley explained that staff had prepared a policy for carrying out the concept
of relying upon special assessments as the primary means of collecting delinquent utility bills
and of requiring the owners of rental residential properties to have the utility bill in the owner's
name.
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RESOLUTION NO. 97 -86 •
Member Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNT
COLLECTIONS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Peppe
and passed unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES RELATING
TO THE COLLECTION OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES
City Manager McCauley explained that this item is offered for a first reading and sets June 9,
1997, for public hearing and second reading. This ordinance amendment would establish
procedures for dete and collecting on customer charges consistent with the adopted rate
schedules.
A motion was made by Councilmember Carmody to set June 9, 1997, for public hearing and
second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Lasman and passed
unanimously.
ET DATE AND TIME FOR TOWN MEETING REGARDING BUILDING NEEDS •
A motion was made by Councilmember Hilstrom to set a date of Wednesday, May 28, 1997,
7 p.m., as a Town Meeting in Constitution Hall at the Community Center. The motion was
seconded by Councilmember Carmody and passed unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIE
City Manager McCauley explained that this ordinance is offered for a first reading and sets
June 9, 1997, for public hearing and second reading. This ordinance amendment was
recommended by the Planning Commission and establishes provisions regulating
telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities.
The proposed ordinance amendment defines telecommunications towers and
telecommunications facilities and regulates the placement, construction, and modification of
such towers and facilities in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public yet not
to interfere with the development of competitive wireless telecommunications within the City.
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• A motion was made by Councilmember Lasman to set June 9, 1997, for public hearing and
second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Carmody and passed
unanimously.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING
BUILDINGS IN R -1 AND R -2 DISTRICTS
City Manager McCauley explained that this ordinance is offered for a first reading and sets
June 9, 1997, for public hearing and second reading. This ordinance amendment was
recommended by the Planning Commission and prohibits connection of sanitary sewer to
accessory buildings in R -1 and R -2 zoning districts.
Rex Newman, Planning Commission member, suggested that the current zoning policy on
accessory buildings be reviewed by the Planning Commission.
A motion was made by Councilmember Hilstrom to table this issue. The motion was seconded
by Councilmember Carmody and passed unanimously.
DISASTER RELIEF
City Manager McCauley explained that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association)
• has offered to reimburse public agencies for extraordinary costs incurred during the recent
flood. Mr. McCauley will be responsible for executing the agreement with FEMA on behalf
of the City.
RESOLUTION NO. 97 -87
Member Hilstrom introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A SUB -GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR DISASTER RELIEF
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Carmody and passed unanimously.
BROOKDALE PONDING LEGISLATION UPDATE
City Manager McCauley noted the progress in the Legislature for funding of the Brookdale
Ponding bill due to the efforts of Speaker Carruthers and Senator Scheid.
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ADJOURNMENT •
A motion by Councilmember Carmody and seconded by Councilmember Peppe to adjourn the
meeting at 7:58 p.m. passed unanimously.
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City Clerk Mayor
Recorded and transcribed by:
LeAnn Larson
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MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
June 4, 1997
TO: Michael McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Scott Brink, City Engineer#
SUBJECT: Resolution Accepting Bid and Awarding Contract, Improvement Project Nos. 1997 -04,
05, and 06 Contract
1997 -F, France Avenue Street, Storm Drainage and Utility
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Improvements
Summary Explanation
Bids for Contract 1997 -F were received on June 4, 1997. This contract consists of street,
drainage, and utility improvements for France Avenue North from 69th Avenue to the north city
limits (73rd Avenue). The bidding results are tabulated as follows:
Bid de Bid Amount
Thomas and Sons $563,060.80
S.R. Weidema, Inc. $606,950.55
• Midwest Asphalt, Inc. $622,835.09
Lametti & Sons $647,819.00
C.S. McCrossan $648,729.70
Of the five bids received, the lowest bid of $563,060.80 was submitted by Thomas and Sons
Construction, Inc. of Rogers, Minnesota. This is less than the original Engineer's Estimate of
$640,814.65.
Thomas and Sons has experience in performing all of the various items of work included in this
contract, and have performed many similar projects for the City of Brooklyn Center. Accordingly,
staff recommends acceptance of the low bid and award of the contract to Thomas and Sons
Construction, Inc.
Recommended City Council Action
Approve the attached resolution accepting the low bid and awarding a contract to Thomas and
Sons Construction, Inc. of Rogers, Minnesota.
•
Member introduced the following resolution and moved its
• adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. _
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID AND AWARDING CONTRACT, IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT NOS. 1997 -04, 05, AND 06, CONTRACT 1997 -F, FRANCE AVENUE STREET,
STORM DRAINAGE AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement for bids for Improvement Project Nos. 1997-
04, 05, and 06, bids were received, opened, and tabulated by the City Clerk and Engineer, on the 4th
day of June, 1997. Said bids were as follows:
idde Bid Amount
Thomas and Sons $563,060.80
S.R. Weidema, Inc. $606,950.55
Midwest Asphalt, Inc. $622,835.09
Lametti & Sons $647,819.00
C.S. McCrossan $648,729.70
WHEREAS, it appears that Thomas and Sons, Construction, Inc. of Rogers, Minnesota
is the lowest responsible bidder; and
• WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation State Aid Division has
authorized the City of Brooklyn center to advance the status of the project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota that:
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1. The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to enter into
a contract with Thomas and Sons Construction, Inc. of Rogers, Minnesota - in
the name of the City of Brooklyn Center, for Improvement Project Nos. 1997-
04, 05, and 06 according to the plans and specifications therefor approved by
the City Council and on file in the office of the City Engineer.
2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to return forthwith to all
bidders the deposits made with their bids, except that the deposit of the
successful bidder and the next lowest bidder shall be retained until a contract is
signed.
3. The estimated project costs and revenues are as follows:
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RESOLUTION NO.
COSTS
Estimated Costs Per Feasibility Report As Amended Per Low Bid
Contract $524,000 $563,061
Contingency(10 %) $52,400 $56,306
Subtotal Construction Cost $576,400 $619,366
Admin. /Legal /Engineering $68,000 $68,000
Reforestation/Street Lights $30,000 $30,000
Total Estimated Proj. Cost $674,400 $717,366
REVENUES
Street Assessments $118,000 $118,000
Sanitary Sewer Utility $128,700 $105,200
Water Utility $78,650 $95,950
Storm Drainage Assessment $38,350 $38,350
• Regular Municipal State Aid $365,500 $468,000
Storm Drainage Utility $(27,400) $(54,067)
Local State Aid $(27,400) $(54,067)
Total Estimated. Revenue $674,401 $717,366
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.
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MEMORANDUM
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DATE: June 4, 1997
TO: Michael McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Scott Brink City Engineer
SUBJECT: Resolution Awarding a Contract for Construction Staking and Inspection Services,
Improvement Project Nos. 1997 -04, 05, & 06, Contract 1997 -F, France Avenue
Street, Storm Drainage and Utility Improvements
On March 10, 1997, the City Council, per Resolution No. 97 -46, authorized Improvement
Project Nos. 1997 -04, 05, and 06, France Avenue, 69th Avenue to north city limits, Street,
Storm Drainage, and Utility Improvements. Plans and specifications were approved by the City
Council on April 14, 1997, along with the authorization to proceed with an advertisement for
bids. Bids were opened on June 4, 1997.
The plans and specifications were prepared by the City of Brooklyn Center Engineering Division
and approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, State Aid Division (Mn/DOT
State Aid). Typically, the Engineering Division staff will perform all stages of a construction
project from start to finish, including initial cost estimates, feasibility reports, preliminary
• engineering, final design (plans and specifications), construction staking, inspection, and contract
administration. Neighborhood infrastructure improvement projects such as the Woodbine Area,
Orchard East, and Orchard West improvements have been performed in this manner. Because of
the maximized use of personnel for these neighborhood projects, other concurrent projects have
typically been completed with the assistance of private consultants.
Along with the Orchard West project, engineering staff was able to complete all preliminary and
final design (including plans and specifications) for the France Avenue Improvement Project.
However, with France Avenue construction occurring simultaneously with the Orchard West
project this summer, the limited staff size and availability cannot effectively cover staking, full
time inspection, and contract administration for both projects. Outside professional engineering
firms have therefore been solicited to inquire of their availabilities and costs.
Four (4) firms with proven experience were contacted to provide services. The following
considerations were weighed in recommending a consultant for providing services:
• The Consultant's current workload, availability, and capability in providing
construction services in a timely fashion over a confined time frame.
• The Consultant's past experience in providing similar services, including the
experience and reputation of key personnel assigned to the project.
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• The Consultant's overall understanding of the project, the needs of the City, and
• those directly affected by the project, including adjoining residents and other roadway
users.
• The Consultant's expected amount of hours and hourly rates needed to complete the
project in a satisfactory manner on time and on budget.
• The City's previous experience with the Consultant.
Of the four firms contacted, only one firm, Howard R. Green/MSA Consulting Engineers, was
able to adequately respond. Generally, the other three firms contacted were not able to meet the
City's project schedule due to current work loads and previous commitments. Because the
summer construction season has commenced, most firms offering construction services are very
busy and have difficulty meeting a tight schedule on short notice.
The proposal offered by Howard R. Green/MSA is reasonable, and the hourly rates are in line
with generally accepted rates for the industry. This firm has extensive experience in successfully
completing these types of projects, and most recently performed design and construction services
for the City of Brooklyn Center's Lift Station No. 1 project. In addition, the key personnel
assigned to the project by Howard R. Green/MSA have backgrounds of proven experience. The
firm's understanding of the France Avenue project and the amount of hours they expect to
expend have also been explained well. As noted in the attached excerpt from their proposal,
• construction staking, construction administration(work coordination, reviewing and approving
pay requests, field changes, correspondence, etc.), and as- builts are proposed as a lump sum
amount. The most costly aspect, inspection, would be charged on an hourly basis according to
the actual need. It is therefore recommended that authorization be granted to enter into an
agreement with Howard R. Green Company Consulting Engineers for construction services for
City Project 1997 -04, 05 & 06, France Avenue from 69th Ave. N. To 73rd Ave. N.(north city
limits) on the basis of their proposal.
•
Member introduced the following resolution and moved its
• adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION STAKING AND
INSPECTION SERVICES, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NOS. 1997 -04, 05, & 06,
CONTRACT 1997 -F, FRANCE AVENUE STREET, STORM DRAINAGE AND UTILITY
IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City Council on March 10, 1997 by Resolution No. 97-46 ordered
Improvement Project No. 1997 -04, 05, & 06, France Avenue Street, Storm Drainage and Utility
Improvements; and
WHEREAS, approval of plans and specifications and authorization for an advertisement
for bids was approved by the City Council on April 14, 1997 by Resolution No. 97 -65; and
WHEREAS, bids were opened for Improvement Project Nos. 1997 -04, 05, & 06 on
June 4, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks the services of a professional consultant to provide
construction, staking, and inspection services for said improvement project; and
• WHEREAS, the City has solicited for services from four qualified engineering
consultants; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has reviewed the responses provided, and recommends
that a contract for services be awarded to Howard R. Green Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota that:
1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into an agreement with Howard R. Green
Company for the providing of construction services for Improvement Project Nos. 1997 -04, 05, &
06, France Avenue North from 69th Avenue North to the north city limits.
2. All costs shall be funded by the Municipal State Aid Fund, and by the various
public utility funds as appropriate.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO.
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.
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COWL &ADAM Fee Estimate /Billing Rates
MPENSATION
As required in the Request for Proposals, HRG /MSA provided a table summarizing the expected
hours required for each of the overall project - specific tasks, including hourly rates and estimated
number of hours. For compensation, we suggest the following method for individual project
tasks:
■ Construction Staking Lump Sum $6,000
■ Construction Administration Lump Sum $6,900
■ Construction Inspection Hourly $30,100
■ As -Built Plans
Lump Sum $3,100 >
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A not -to- exceed figure is used for construction inspection services to provide a basis for budget. z tri
g necessary However, we suggest the compensation be hourly with the understanding that if necessa the
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not -to- exceed figure could be adjusted to provide necessary full -time inspection services if
conditions warrant a change in the overall estimated number of project hours.
For each project task, we would suggest that billing be on a monthly basis using hourly rates �-
during the project duration. A summary of our billing rates is attached. In addition, we have
W uded a table listing project identifiable costs that would be billed to the City of Brooklyn
er on this project. We are not proposing to use any subcontractors and would be providing
all construction- related services with existing HRG /MSA personnel.
Please note that mileage charges for inspection services begin when the Inspector arrives on the
job site, and do not include his or her mileage between their homes and the site or HRG /MSA
office and the site.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 3, 1997
TO: Michael McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Scott Brink, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Authorizing Advertisement for
Bids, Bids, Improvement Project No. 1995 -05, Contract 1997 -G, 69th Avenue, Shingle
Creek Parkway to Dupont Avenue Landscaping
Bids were previously advertised and let for this project on May 21, 1997. As a result of receiving bid
prices considerably higher than the Engineer's Estimate, the bids were formally rejected by the City
Council on May 27, 1997.
The plans have been reviewed and revised accordingly. The plans are essentially the same, with
the only substantial change being the revision of two large decorative signs for the trail head on
69th Avenue and Palmer Lake Park. Because of the excessive cost, and non - eligibility of the
signs for State Aid funding, the signs have been eliminated from this project, and will be
considered separately.
• It is also expected that moving the project deadline to a fall completion date will provide for
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more cost effective prices. Timing of the bids in conjunction with material availability and
preferred planting times for many of these species can affect, the prices.
It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached resolution approving plans and
specifications and authorizing an advertisement for bids for Improvement Project No. 1995 -05,
Contract 1997 -G, 69th Avenue, Shingle Creek Parkway to Dupont Avenue Landscaping.
Detailed
plan sheets will be available for Council review Monday evening.
•
Member introduced the following resolution and moved its
• adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1995 -05, CONTRACT
1997 -G, 69TH AVENUE, SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY TO DUPONT AVENUE
LANDSCAPING
WHEREAS, the City Council on February 26, 1996 by Resolution No. 9646 ordered
Improvement Project No. 1995 -05, 69th Avenue North, Shingle Creek Parkway to Dupont Avenue
North, Bridge Replacement, Roadway, Storm Drainage, and Water Main Improvements for 69th
Avenue North; and
WHEREAS, the project is substantially complete, with the exception of tree
replacements and landscaping; and
WHEREAS, on March 10, 1997, the City Council per Resolution No. 97-44 authorized
an advertisement for bid for Improvement Project No. 1995 -05, Contract 1997 -G, 69th Avenue,
Shingle Creek Parkway to Dupont Avenue Landscaping; and
WHEREAS, bids were opened on May 21, 1997; and
WHEREAS, bids were reviewed by the City Engineer and recommended to be rejected
as a result of the bid prices; and
WHEREAS, bids were formally rejected by the City Council as recommended by the
City Engineer on May 27, 1997; and
WHEREAS, Plans and Specifications have been revised and prepared accordingly
under the direction of the City Engineer; and
WHEREAS, completion of landscaping improvements in a timely manner is desired
and necessary.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota that:
1. The Plans and Specifications for said improvement project are hereby approved
and ordered filed with the City Clerk.
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RESOLUTION NO.
2. The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official newspaper
and Construction Bulletin an advertisement for bids for the making of such
improvement in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. The
advertisement shall be published in accordance with Minnesota State Statutes, shall
specify the work to be done and shall state the time and location at which bids will be
opened by the City Clerk and the City Manager or their designees. Any bidder whose
responsibility is questioned during consideration of the bid will be given an
opportunity to address the Council on the issue of responsibility. No bids will be
considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk and accompanied by a cash
deposit, cashier's check, bid bond, or certified check payable to the City Clerk for 5
percent of the amount of such bid.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO.
• 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.
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• MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 4, 1997
TO: Michael McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Joyce Gulseth, Administrative Aide
SUBJECT: Resolution Declaring a Public Nuisance and Ordering the Removal of Diseased
Trees
The attached resolution represents the official Council action required to expedite removal of the
trees most recently marked by the City tree inspector, in accordance with approved procedures.
It is anticipated that this resolution will be submitted for council consideration each meeting
during the summer and fall as new trees are marked.
•
Member introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
• RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DECLARING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE
REMOVAL OF DISEASED TREES (ORDER NO. DST 06/09/97 )
WHEREAS, a Notice to Abate Nuisance and Diseased Tree Removal Agreement
has been issued to the owners of certain properties in the City of Brooklyn
Center giving the owners twenty (20) days to remove diseased trees on the
owners' property; and
WHEREAS, the City can expedite the removal of these diseased trees by
declaring them a public nuisance:
NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota that:
1. The diseased trees at the following addresses are hereby declared
to be a public nuisance:
TREE
PROPERTY OWNER PROPERTY ADDRESS NUMBER
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CITY OF B.C. 6844 SHINGLE CREEK PKWY 25
BARRY & SHEILA ANDREWS 7219 DUPONT AVE N 26
BRUCE & JULIE YOUNGBERG 7225 DUPONT AVE N 27
KEITH & CAROL JOHNSON 7113 LEE AVE N 28
MELVIN & DOROTHY TUOMI 5606 JUDY LANE 29
FLORENCE JOHNSTONE 5619 JAMES AVE N 30
2. After twenty (20) days from the date of the notice, the property
owners) will receive a second written notice providing five (5)
business days in which to contest the determination of the City
Council by requesting, in writing, a hearing. Said request shall
be filed with the City Clerk.
3. After five (5) days, if the property owner fails to request a
hearing, the trees) shall be removed by the City. All removal
costs, including legal, financing, and administrative charges,
shall be specially assessed against the property.
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RESOLUTION NO.
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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.
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MEMORANDUM
• TO: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Sharon Knutson, City Clerk
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: Licenses for Council Approval
The following companies /persons have applied for City licenses as noted. Each company /person
has fulfilled the requirements of the City Ordinance governing respective licenses and submitted
appropriate applications and paid proper fees.
Licenses to be approved by the City Council on June 9, 1997:
AMUSEMENT DEVICES - OPERATOR
Beacon Bowl • 6525 West River Road
AMUSEMENT DEVICES - VENDOR
D.V.M. Inc. DBA Dahlco 296 North Pascal
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GARBAGE AND REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES
A W Disposal P. O. Box 115, Norwood
Browning Ferris Industries 8661 Rendova St NE, Circle Pines
Darling & Co. P. O. Box 12785, New Brighton
The Mengelkoch Co. 199 NE 14th Street, New Brighton
Waste Management - Blaine 10050 Naples Street NE, Blaine
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Minnegasco 700 Linden Ave W, Minneapolis
Quality Air, Inc. 10830 Magnolia St NW, Coon Rapids
Sharp Heating and A/C 4854 Central Ave NE Columbia Heights
RENTAL DWELLINGS
Initial:
Payne Dimich, Jr. /Sharon Peter 6900 Unity Ave N
Renewal:
Todd Grabow 7202 Girard Ave N
SIGN HUGER
• Crosstown Sign 10166 Central Ave, Minneapolis
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• MEMO
To: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
From: Ronald A. Warren, Planning and Zoning Specialist .et
Subject: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 Regarding Telecommunications Towers
and Telecommunications Facilities
Date: June 4, 1997
On the June 9, 1997 City Council agenda is a second reading and public hearing on an ordinance
recommended by the Planning Commission which would amend Chapter 35 by establishing
provisions regulating telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities within the
City. This ordinance amendment was first considered by the Planning Commission at its March
13, 1997 meeting and was recommended to the City Council on May 1, 1997. The City Council
had a first reading on the proposed ordinance on May 12, 1997 and directed publication and a
public hearing.
• It has been suggested that cities establish zoning regulations that specifically define and regulate
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telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities. The Northwest Suburbs Cable
Communications Commission developed a model ordinance for review by various cities. The
City staff reviewed possible ordinance amendments along with the model ordinance and
developed a draft recommendation that was presented to the Planning Commission in early
March. The City has basically been working under policies regarding the installation of
telecommunications facilities within the city. Those policies allowed telecommunications
antennae to be located on the tops of tall buildings within the city and allowed the construction of
a telecommunication tower on property owned by a telecommunications provider.
The proposed ordinance defines telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities
and regulates the placement, construction and modification of such towers and facilities in order
to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public yet not to interfere with the development of
competitive wireless telecommunications within the city. The ordinance would allow
telecommunications towers to be located in C -1 A, C -2,1 -1 and 1 -2 zoning districts as permitted
uses. The ordinance encourages the shared use of such towers and support structures and allows
telecommunications facilities to be attached to an antenna support structure which is at least 75
feet tall regardless of the zoning district in which such antenna support structure is located. An
example of this would be allowing an antenna to be located on the roof of an apartment or office
building that is at least 75 feet tall. The proposed ordinance also establishes a provision
• requiring the removal of a telecommunications tower or telecommunications facility which has
not been used as such for one year. The ordinance deems such facilities to be abandoned and
• Michael J. McCauley
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May 7, 1997
they must be removed in the same manner as removal of dangerous or unsafe structures provided
for in Minnesota Statutes.
This ordinance was first read on May 12, 1997 and was published in the City's official
newspaper on May 21, 997.
It is recommended that the City Council, following public hearing and consideration of this
matter, adopt this ordinance amendment.
•
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• CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 9th day of June , 1997,
at 7 p.m. at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider amending Chapter 35 of
the City ordinances regarding telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities.
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 ORDNANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
REGARDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center is
amended in the following manner:
• Section 35 -900. Definitions
Antenna Support Structure - any building or other structure 75 ft in height or
taller other than a telecommunications tower which can be used for location of
telecommunications facilities.
Co- Location - the location of wireless telecommunications equipment from more
than one provider on one common tower building or stricture
Stealth - any telecommunications tower or telecommunications facility which is
designed to blend into the surrounding environment
Telecommunications Facilities - Cables wires lines wave guides antennae and
other equipment or facility associated with the transmission or reception of
communications which a person seeks to locate or install upon or near a tower or
antenna support structure The term Telecommunications Facilities shall not
include:
a. Anv satellite earth station two meters in diameter or less which is located
in an area zoned industrial or commercial:
• b. Anv satellite earth station antenna one meter or less in diameter,
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• ORDINANCE NO.
regardless of zoning category;
C. Amateur radio operators equipment as licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
Telecommunications Tower - A self supporting guyed or mono -pole structure
constricted from grade which supports telecommunications facilities This term
shall not include amateur radio operator equipment, as licensed by the FCC or
lattice designed towers.
Section 2. Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center is
amended by adding the following section:
Section 35-415. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
FACILITIES
Telecommunications towers and telecommunications facilities may pose
particular problems in achieving compatibility with abutting and adjacent land
• uses. Because of this the City proposes to regulate the placement constriction
and modification of telecommunications towers and telecommunications
facilities in order to protect the health safety and welfare of the public while at
the same time not tinreasonably interfering with the development of competitive
wireless telecommunications in the City. Specifically this section of the zoning
ordinance proposes to regulate the location of telecommunications towers and
telecommunications facilities to protect residential areas from potential adverse
impacts. to promote and encourage shared use or co- location of
telecommunications towers and antenna support strictures and to avoid potential
damage to property caused by these facilities by insuring such structures are
soundlv and carefully designed constructed modified maintained and removed
when no longer used It is herebv determined that these objectives can be
achieved byimplementing the following requirements:
1. Telecommunications towers shall be a permitted use of land in the C-
IA C -2 I-1 and 1 -2 zoning districts No telecommunication tower shall
be built, erected or constructed Won any parcel of land in the zoning
districts set forth above unless a building permit shall have been issued
by the Citv's Building Official
Telecommunications towers are exempt from the maximum height
• restrictions of the districts where thev are located however these towers
• ORDINANCE NO.
shall not be permitted to exceed the height authorized in the airport safety
zones established for the Costal Airport
No telecommunications tower shall be built constructed or erected in the
City unless such tower is capable of supporting other telecommunications
facilities comparable in weight size, and surface area
4. Telecommunications towers are prohibited on property the use of which
includes the storage distribution or sale of volatile flammable explosive
or hazardous materials such as LP gas propane gasoline natural gas and
corrosive or dangerous chemicals.
5. All telecommunications towers shall be setback on all sides a distance
equal to the setback requirement for structures in the applicable zoning
district. Said towers may not be located in a front vard or side corner
vard between a principal structure and a public street
6. All telecommunications towers must be designed and certified by an
Engineer to be stnicturally sound and, at minimum in conformance with
• the Minnesota State Building, Code and all other constniction standards
set forth by City regulation and Federal and State law.
7. Telecommunications towers shall be separated from residentially zoned
lands by a minimum distance of twice the height of the proposed tower.
8. Telecommunications towers shall not be artificially lighted except when
required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
9. Telecommunications towers not requiring F AA painting or marking shall
have an exterior finish of stealth design
10. Anv fences constructed around or upon parcels containing
telecommunications towers antenna support structures or
telecommunications facilities shall be constructed in accordance with
screening requirements in the applicable zoning district unless more
stringent fencing requirements are required by FCC regulations No
barbed or razor wire fencing is allowed
11. Landscaping on parcels containing telecommunications towers antenna
support structures or telecommunications facilities must be in accordance
• with the landscape point system developed by the Planning Commission
ORDINANCE NO.
Utility buildings and structures accessory to a tower must be designed to
blend in with the urrounding environment and to meet setback
requirements as provided for in the applicable zoning district Ground
mounted equipment must be screened from view by suitable vegetation
or other screening device
1?. No telecommunications tower, or portion thereof shall be used for the
posting of signs or advertising other than required warninisigns Said
signs must be in compliance with the Sign Ordinance
13. All telecommunications towers telecommunications facilities and
antenna support structures shall at all times be kept and maintained in
good condition, order and repair so that the same shall not be a danger to
the public.
16. Anv telecommunications facilities which are not attached to a
telecommunications tower may be permitted as an accessory use to any
antenna support stricture at least 75 ft tall regardless of the zoning
restrictions applicable to the zoning district where the structure is located
• The telecommunications facilitv and antenna support structure must
comply with the provisions of the Minnesota State Building Code No
such structure or facility shall be built constructed or erected without
first having obtained a building_ permit from the building official
15. Telecommunications facilities are permitted upon City owned water
towers provided an approved lease agreement with the City has been
executed and a building permit from the Building Official has been
obtained.
16. Anv telecommunications tower, telecommunications facility and/or
antenna support structure that is not used for telecommunications
purooses for one vear shall be deemed abandoned and the property owner
shall remove the tower facility and/or antenna in the same manner and
pursuant to the procedures as for dangerous or unsafe strictures
established by Minnesota Statutes Section 463.15 through 463.26. If the
owner fails to remove the tower facility and/or antenna after one veal, it
may be removed by the City with costs of such removal assessed against
the property owner of the site
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty
• days following its legal publication.
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• ORDINANCE NO.
Adopted this day of , 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
(Brackets indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new matter.)
•
•
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• CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 9th day of June
1997, at 7 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle
Creek Parkway, to consider an amendment to Chapter 4 of the City Ordinances Relating to the
Collection of Water and Sewer Char
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.
ORDNANCE NO.
AN ORDNANCE ATMENDNG CHAPTER 4 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
RELATING TO THE COLLECTION OF WATER AND SEWER CHARGES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4 -105 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center
is hereby amended in the following manner:
Section 4-105. 1 CHARGE PROCEDURES. The City Manager
shall establish
procedures for determining and collecting on customer charges consistent
with the adopted
rate
• schedules.
Charges for water service shall be based upon a metered quantity of water which
a property owner or occupant draws from the municipal system. The property owner or occupant
shall be responsible for reading his own meter, recording the meter reading on a postal card
provided by the Public Utilities Division, and returning the postal card to the Division within the
time limit specified on the card. Failure to return a meter card to the Public Utilities Division
within the specified time shall result in a service charge as prescribed by the adopted rate
schedule.
Water and sewer accounts shall become due immediately following billing and
shall be considered as an obligation of the respective property. A service charge as prescribed
by the adopted rate schedule shall be added to the next billing on any account unpaid one month
after the date of billing. An additional service charge shall be added for each subsequent billing
period in. which such account, including accumulated service charges remains delinquent.
z�4L charges which are delinquent and which have been properly billed
to the premises may be certified by the City Clerk to the County Auditor prior to t1te 1 $may .
4 GetaL_- o eaeh ye for collection from the property owner. The amounts so certified,
including service charges and interest at 4te a=tteA rat o f commencing from date of initial
delinquency, shall be extended by the County Auditor on the tax rolls against premises in the
• same manner as special assessments and shall be paid to the City along, with tax revenues.
• ORDINANCE NO.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and upon (30) thirty
days following its legal publication.
Adopted this day of , 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
• Strikeout indicates matter to e ( b deleted, underline indicates new matter.)
•
MEMORANDUM
TO: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Charlie Hansen, Finance Director C H
DATE: May 8, 1997
SUBJECT: Utility Billing Collection Procedures
The issue of utility billing collection procedures was discussed at the March 24, 1997 and
the April 23, 1997 City Council meetings. The City Council approved of the concept of
relying upon special assessments as the primary means of collecting delinquent accounts
and of requiring the owners of rental residential properties to have the utility bill in the
owner's name. Staff was directed to prepare a policy for carrying out these decisions and
bring it to the City Council for consideration. A draft of this policy has been prepared and
is attached.
The City Attorney has' reviewed the City Ordinances governing utilities and determined
that one change is needed _to remove specific dates for special assessments from the
ordinance so that the City will have flexibility to certify more than once a year. The first
reading of the ordinance amendment is also set for this meeting.
A question was asked at the April 23, 1997 City Council meeting as to what Unity Place's
status would be under this policy. Unity Place is unique in that it is classified as a
"leasehold cooperative." It doesn't exactly qualify as either owner occupied or rental. In
the event that a utility bill were certified, the special assessment would go to Community
Housing Development Corporation, as the owner of record. However, due to the
leasehold cooperative status, the dwellings qualify for homestead tax classification. The
units are served by individual meters and have been of relatively little trouble for bill
collection since becoming Unity Place. On the basis of these facts, I think it is appropriate
for the purpose of this policy to declare Unity Place to be owner occupied and to send bills
directly to the residents.
Member introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNT
COLLECTIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council has found it to be in the best interest of the City to adopt
certification by special assessment to the property taxes as the primary means of collecting delinquent
public utility accounts; and
WHEREAS, the attached policy for public utility account collections defines the major
elements of the process that shall be followed in the utility billing cycle; and
WHEREAS, minor elements of the process can change from year to year and can be better
set in an administrative procedure approved annually by the City Council at the time utility rates are
adopted; and
WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes and City Ordinance, public utility services are
considered to be services to the property and are obligations of the owner of the property.
• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota, as follows:
1. The Policy for Public Utility Account Collections is adopted.
2. The staff shall annually submit to the City Council, as part of the utility rate study, a
procedure setting dates, fees, and other elements of the procedure.
3. For 1997, there will be one certification cycle timed to meet Hennepin County's deadlines
for special assessment certifications and the interest rate will be 7 9 as set by Resolution
97 -28.
4. All residential utility services shall be billed to the owner of the property.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
• City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO.
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.
•
May 8, 1997
POLICY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNT COLLECTIONS
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide an orderly and reasonable method for the collection of accounts of the
various utilities operated by the City of Brooklyn Center and any which may be added in the future. This
policy is intended to follow with the provisions of Minnesota State Law, Brooklyn Center City Charter and
City Ordinance. Utilities currently operated by the City of Brooklyn Center and the corresponding ordinances
are as follows: Water and Sanitary Sewer, Chapter 4; Recycling, Chapter 7; and Storm Drainage, Chapter 16.
POLICY
In keeping with Minnesota State Law, all municipal utility services shall be considered to be services to the
property, not to the person. All residential utility services shall be billed to the owner of the property, not to
the tenant. Commercial or industrial properties may be billed to either the owner or tenant.
Utility services shall be billed to the appropriate party by the Finance Department according to the rate
schedule adopted annually by resolution by the City Council. Utility accounts shall become due immediately
following billing and must be paid by the due date printed on the bill. Special assessment against the benefited
• property of any delinquent unpaid accounts shall be considered as the primary means of collection. Shutting
off of water service to the benefited property shall be an alternate means of collection in anv situation where
special assessment isn't possible or practical and for situations where the customer has failed to provide a
water meter reading for more than four quarters. Any city utility service for which a rate schedule is
established by resolution is eligible for collection by means of either special assessment or water shut off.
PROCEDURE
NORMAL BILLING ANL D COLLECTION
1) A meter card is mailed to each residential property 23 days prior to the billing date. Readings must
be submitted to the Finance Department by the date printed on the meter card. Penalties for failure
to submit a meter reading will be charged on the date of billing as defined by the rate schedule.
Customers who fail to submit a meter reading card for four quarters, will be required to submit a meter
reading, or face the shut off of water service.
2) A public utility bill is due 28 days from the date of billing.
�) The late payment penalty as defined in the rate schedule shall be applied five workin days after the
due date.
4) A delinquent billing is generated for each account unpaid after 35 days from the date of billing.
• Customers have 21 days to pay this delinquent bill.
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS
• Delinquent accounts shall
q be pended as a special assessment.
Rental Property (Commercial or Industrial)
If delinquency not incurred by current tenant
a) Obtain a meter reading and date of change of occupancy, and calculate final bill for previous
tenant
b) If a forwarding address is available for the previous tenant, send a final bill. Send an
informational copy to the property owner.
C) If no address is available, notify property owner of delinquent final bill
d) If not paid in 28 days, the unpaid amount shall be certified as a special assessment
If delinquency incurred by current tenant, follow normal procedures for delinquent bills and
certification by special assessment to the property tax.
FINAL BILLS
All final bills unpaid after 28 days shall be pended as a special assessment
• Rental Property (Commercial or Industrial
a) All final bills unpaid after 28 days shall be billed to the property owner, due in 28 days after
the date of the billing
b) If not paid in 28 days, the unpaid amount shall be certified as a special assessment
Other Property
a) After 28 days unpaid, the bill shall be pended as a special assessment, and a letter of
explanation sent to the new property owner.
b) Two more attempts 28 days apart shall be made to collect from the previous property owner.
If unpaid, the bill shall be certified as a special assessment.
RETURNED CHECKS
Checks which are returned to the Citv for non - sufficient funds, account closed, or other wise not
honored by the bank shall be charged the maximum service fee allowed by itifinnesota Statutes.
•
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
• For accounts that
remain uncollected after performance of the normal billing and collection procedure, special
assessment against the property shall be considered as a primary means of collection.
1) The annual City Council resolution adopting the utility rate schedule shall establish the number of
assessment cycles per year and a schedule for public hearings to be held at City Council meetings for
the purpose, of adopting a certification roll of delinquent utility accounts for special assessment. At
least one certification cycle will be timed each year to coincide with Hennepin County's requirements
for certification to the following year's taxes. Additional certification cycles may be set in the annual
resolution.
2) A certification cut -off date shall be established at which time all accounts which have been billed a
delinquent bill and the account is unpaid as of the due date on the delinquent bill, shall have the
balance on the account included in the preliminary special assessment certification roll.
3) A notice of public hearing will be published in the city's official newspaper at least two weeks prior
to the public hearing. A notice of the public hearing and a copy of the proposed special assessment
roll will be sent by first class mail to each affected property owner at least two weeks prior to the
public hearing.
4) The owner of the property shall have the option of paying the balance due on the account until the date
the notice of public hearing is mailed. After the date the notice of public hearing is mailed, payments
will still be accepted, but will include the certification charge.
5) The public hearing will be held at a City Council meeting at which the property owners shall have the
opportunity to object to the special assessment.
6) After the public hearing, for each special assessment sustained by the City Council, the property
owner shall have the options of:
a) To prepay the special assessment and the special assessment certification charge listed on the
preliminary roll, but without additional interest after the public hearing, within 30 days of the
public hearing date.
b) To prepay the special assessment and the special assessment certification charge after 30 days
of the public hearing date, but before the county certification deadline, with interest at the rate
set in the adopted rate schedule, accrued beginning on the 31st day following the public
hearing date through the date of payment.
C) To pay the special assessment as billed to them by Hennepin County on their property tax
statement with an assessment term of one year.
7) After the 31st day following the public hearing, the certified roll, minus any prepayments, shall be
delivered to Hennepin County.
•
WATER SHUT OFFS
The City reserves the right to shut off water service to properties in situations where special assessment isn't
practical or possible. Brooklyn Center Ordinance 4 -202 provides that water service may upon reasonable
notice be discontinued for nonpayment of individual accounts. The following is the procedure to be followed
when public utility accounts are in arrears, or when a closing bill is more than 30 days overdue.
1) A "Final Notice" letter is sent to each delinquent account unpaid 56 days after the date of billing. This
notice informs customers that they have 11 days to select one of the following three options for
handling their account.
a. Deliver payment in full to the City.
b. Sign and return a payment agreement to the City. A minimum acceptable agreement includes
a partial payment of at least 1/4 the total amount due paid within 14 days, and full payment
within 30 days of the date of the final notice. If that payment agreement is not met, the
property will be red tagged.
C. Provide a written letter to the City requesting an administrative hearing before the City
Council at their nest regularly scheduled meeting. At this meeting, the customer must show
cause as to why the City Council should remove their name and account from the list of
accounts for which service is to be discontinued. The City Council may either sustain the
requirement for payment, modify the required terms of payment, or order staff to take such
• actions as it deems are necessary. If no written request is received, it is assumed the customer
waives the right to a hearing.
2) On the 70th day, a "red tag" is delivered to properties where the account remains unpaid, a payment
agreement has not been made or isn't being adhered to, and where no request for a hearing has been
made. This notice informs customers that payment is due within five days or water will be
immediately shutoff.
3) Once service has been shut off for non - payment, the entire balance due and a restoration of service
fee must be paid prior to service being turned on. The restoration of service fees will be established
in the adopted rate schedule and will include a fee for restoration during normal business hours and
a higher fee for restoration when workers must be called back on overtime.
4) Cold Weather Rule:
The City of Brooklyn Center will not shut off water service between October 15 and April 15 if the
shut off would affect the primary heat source of a customer. Customers must contact the utility billing
staff and explain how the cold weather rule applies to them.
• r
SUT NLALRY OF POLICY CHANGES
POLICY FOR PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNT COLLECTIONS
The existing Administrative Policy & Procedure for Water Shut Offs was adopted by the City
Council in January 1993. The changes from that policy to the proposed Policy for Public Utility
Account Collections is show in the attached document with new language in italics, unchanged
language in regular type, and deleted language stricken.
Most of the changes have been documented in written material or discussed when this proposal
was brought up at previous City Council meetings. However, there are a few items which are
worth noting here.
1. On the first page, under Normal Billing and Collection, 1) meter readings. "Customers
who fail to submit a meter reading card for four quarters will be required to submit a
meter reading, or face the shut off of water service." This provision was approved by the
City Council on November 9, 1992 as part of the 1993 rate study. Incorporating it into
this policy provides more complete documentation.
2. On the second page, under Delinquent accounts, specific dollar threshold for pending
accounts to special assessments has been removed to allow us to experiment and find the
most efficient threshold to use.
• 3 . On the second page, under Delinquent accounts, two passages calling for the shut off of
water service are deleted.
4. On the last page a cold weather rule is added. This is a simplified version of the cold
weather rule used by Minnegasco and NSP. They also have a variety of restrictions
including requiring the account to have been paid up on October 15 and limiting the use
of the rule to low income customers.
• Y
May 8, 1997
I. I A rr. nTm r 7T t mrin STTrrm �
POLICY FOR PUBLIC UTILITYACCOUNT COLLECTIONS
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide an orderly and reasonable method for the collection of accounts of
the various utilities operated by the City of Brooklyn Center and any which may be added in the future. This
policy is intended to follow with the provisions of Minnesota State Law, Brooklyn Center City Charter and City
Ordinance. Utilities currently operated by the City of Brooklyn Center and the corresponding ordinances are
as follows: Water and Sanitary Sewer, Chapter -t; Recycling, Chapter 7; and Storm Drainage, Chapter 16.
POLICY
In keeping with 01linnesota State Law, all municipal utility services shall be considered to be services to the
property, not to the person. All residential utility services shall be billed to the owner of the property, not to
the tenant. Commercial or industrial properties may be billed to either the owner or tenant.
Utilitv services shall be billed to the appropriate party by the Finance Department according to the rate
schedule adopted annually by resolution by the City Council. Utility accounts shall become due immediately
• following billing and must be paid by the due date printed on the bill. Special assessment against the benefited
property of anv delinquent unpaid accounts shall be considered as the primary means of collection. Shutting
off of water service to the benefitedproperty shall be an alternate means of collection in any situation where
special assessment isn't possible or practical and for situations where the customer has failed to provide a
water meter reading for more than four quarters. Any city utility service for which a rate schedule is
established by resolution is eligible for collection by means of either special assessment or water shut off.
PROCEDURE
NORM4L BILLING AND COLLECTION
1) A meter card is mailed to each residential property 28 days prior to the billing date. Readings must
be submitted to the Finance Department by the date printed on the meter card. Penalties for failure
to submit a meter reading will be charged on the date of billing as defined by the rate schedule.
Customers who fail to submit a meter reading card for four quarters, will be required to submit a
meter reading or face the shut off of water service.
2) A public utility bill is due 28 days from the date of billing.
3) The late payment penalty as defined in the rate schedule shall be applied five working days after the
due date.
• 4) A delinquent billing is generated for each account unpaid after 35 days from the date of billing.
Customers have 21 days to pay this delinquent bill.
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS
All delinq Delinquent accounts ' shall be pended as a special assessment.
deftnt P;eperties
.
Rental Property (Commercial or Industrial)
If delinquency not incurred by current tenant
a) Obtain a meter reading and date of change of occupancy, and calculate final bill for previous
tenant
b) If a forwarding address is available for the revious tenant send a
p final bill. Send an
informational copy to the property owner.
C) If no address is available, notify property owner of delinquent final bill
d) If not paid in 28 days, V vvv u[e i r V[ r en tal prepert i "F1:?; t r BjT se the
unpaid amount shall be certified as a special assessment
If delinquency incurred by current tenant,
b) send if�irnfttienft4 eapy of bill to Property awne
follow normal procedures for delinquent bills and certification by special assessment to. the
property tax.
Gther Property
TT_ J 'L 4 a bov e, 1 f
' r [tic. �r s b s f
FINAL BILLS
All final bills unpaid after 28 days shall be pended as a special assessment
Rental Property (Commercial or Industrial)
a) All final bills unpaid after 28 days shall be billed to the property owner, due in 28 days after
the date of the billing
b) If not paid in 28 days, the unpaid amount shall be certified as a special assessment
Other Property
a) After 28 days unpaid, the bill shall be pended as a special assessment, and a letter of
explanation sent to the new property owner.
• b) Two more attempts 28 days apart shall be made to collect from the previous property owner.
If unpaid, the bill shall be certified as a special assessment.
RETURNED CHECKS
•
Checks which are returned to the City for non - sufficient funds, account closed, or other wise not
honored by the bank shall be charged the maximum service fee allowed by Ifinnesota Statutes.
SPECIAL ASSESSIVEIVTS
For accounts that remain uncollected after performance of the normal billing and collection procedure,
special assessment against the property shall be considered as a primary means of collection.
1) The annual City Council resolution adopting the utility rate schedule shall establish the number of
assessment cycles per year and a schedule for public hearings to be held at City Council meetings for
the purpose of adopting a certification roll of delinquent utility accounts for special assessment. At
least one certification cycle will be timed each year to coincide with Hennepin County's requirements
for certification to the following year's tares. Additional cert fcation cycles may be set in the annual
resolution.
?) A certification cut -off date shall be established at which time all accounts which have been billed a
delinquent bill and the account is unpaid as of the due date on the delinquent bill, shall have the
balance on the account included in the preliminary special assessment certification roll.
3) A notice ofpublic hearing will be published in the city's official newspaper at least two weeks prior
• to the public hearing. A notice of the public hearing and a copy of the proposed special assessment
roll will be sent by first class mail to each affected property owner at least two weeks prior to the
public hearing
4) The owner of the property shall have the option of paying the balance due on the account until the
date the notice of public hearing is mailed. After the date the notice of public hearing is mailed,
payments will still_ be accepted, but will include the certification charge.
;) The public hearing will be held at a City Council meeting at which the property owners shall have the
opportunity to object to the special assessment.
6) After the public hearing, for each special assessment sustained by the City Council, the property
owner shall have the options of
a) To prepay the special assessment and the special assessment certification charge listed on
the preliminary roll, but without additional interest after the public hearing� within 30 days
of the public hearing date.
b) To prepay the special assessment and the special assessment certification charge after 30
days of the public hearing date, but before the county certification deadline, with interest at
the rate set in the adopted rate schedule, accrued beginning on the 31st day following the
public hearing date through the date of payment.
• c) To p ay the special assessment as billed to them by Hennepin County on their property tar
statement with an assessment term of one year.
7) After the 31st day following the public hearing, the certified roll, minus any prepayments, shall be
delivered to Hennepin County.
IVA TER SHUT OFFS
The City reserves the right to shut off water service to properties in situations where special assessment isn't
practical or possible. Brooklyn Center Ordinance 4 -202 provides that water service may upon reasonable
notice be discontinued for nonpayment of individual accounts. The following is the procedure to be followed
when public utility accounts are in arrears, or when a closing bill is.more than 30 days overdue.
1) A = bitte-nefiee' "Final Xotice "letter is sent to each delinquent account unpaid 56 days after the date
of billing. 44tis matiee informsetistemers h�ttf they have H days to make Payment. ltal5einfe.M3
ettstente, that they haye aright te demand ahearin atdienextteo
This notice informs customers that they have 11 days to select one of the following three
options for handling their account.
a. Deliver payment in full to the City.
b.
• . , . Sign and return
a payment agreement to the City. A minimum acceptable agreement includes a partial
payment of at least 1/4 the total amount due paid within 14 days, and full payment within 30
days of the date of the b4�&e final notice. If that payment agreement is not met, the property
will be red tagged.
C.
,, eensider
rteeessary Provide a written letter to the City requesting ,�
an administrative hearing before
the City Council at their next regularly scheduled meeting At this meeting, � Y g e customer must
s cause as to why the City Council should remove their name and account from the list
o accounts or which ch service i t
.f s o be discontinued. The
City Council may either sustain the
requirement for payment, mods the required terms of payment, or order staff to take such
actions as it deems are necessary. If no written request is received, it is assumed the
customer waives the right to a hearing.
2) On the 70th day, a "red tag" is delivered to properties where the account remains unpaid, a payment
agreement has not been made or isn't being adhered to, and where no dernand request for a hearing
has been made. This notice informs customers ustomers that a ment is due within v v
p y f ive days s or water will be
immediately shutoff.
3) Once service has been shut o or non-payment, ent the entire balance off f}� pay b ce due and a restoration of service
fee must be paid prior to service being urned on. The restoration o service e ti •
g es will be established
.f f
in the adopted rate schedule and will include a fee for restoration during normal business hours and
a higher ee or restoration w
,� .f when workers •
.f e s must be called back on overtime.
�J Cold Weather Rule:
The City of Brooklyn Center will not shut off water service between October l S and April 15 if the
shut off would affect the prima heat source o a customer. Customers must contact �1' .f o tact the utility billing
staff and explain how the cold weather rule applies to them.
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• MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 4, 1997
TO: Michael McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Diane Spector, Director of Public Service
SUBJECT: An Ordinance Granting to Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota
Corporation, its Successors and Assigns, Permission to Construct, Operate, Repair
and Maintain in the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, an Electric Distribution
System and Transmission Lines, Including Necessary Poles, Lines, Fixtures and
Appurtenances, for the Furnishing of Electric Energy to the City, its Inhabitants,
and Others, and to Use the Public Ways and Public Grounds of the City for Such
Purposes
This item is an ordinance renewing NSP's franchise to operate an electric distribution system and
transmission lines in Brooklyn Center. This franchise was last reviewed and renewed 20 years
ago, in 1977. This ordinance was first read on 5/12/97 and is presented tonight for second reading
and a public hearing. It has been reviewed by the City Attorney and by NSP and found acceptable
r by all parties. It has been published as required, and we have received no written or verbal
comments to date regarding it.
In general, this ordinance:
♦ Grants NSP the right to provide electric energy in the City for a period of 20 years;
♦ Provides that electric facilities on public grounds or rights of way will be located as
determined or approved by the City;
♦ Requires that pavement cuts may not be made without the previous permission of the City,
unless it is an emergency situation. The City may impose a fee for pavement cuts;
♦ Provides for NSP and the City to execute agreements regarding specific improvement
projects wherein the City may specify dates certain by which NSP's work should be
completed, and consequences should the work not be completed;
♦ Contains a "reopener clause," which allows the City to reopen negotiations on the franchise
in 10 years if there are provisions which other cities are negotiating in their franchise
agreements which we would like to have in ours. It also provides the City with the
opportunity to address regulatory or other issues which may arise in the next 10 years; and
♦ Provides that the city may, by separate, future ordinance, impose a franchise fee. The
basic structure of such a fee is laid out in this franchise agreement, but the reopener clause
also provides the City with the right to revisit the franchise fee structure after. 10 years if
other cities have negotiated more favorable fees. At this time, there is no intent to consider
such a fee, but this section would provide the City with the right to consider a fee in the
future.
• CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 9th day of June, 1997, at 7 p.m. or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider
an ordinance granting Northern States Power Company a franchise to construct, operate, repair, and
maintain an electric distribution system and transmission lines in Brooklyn Center and to use public
ways and grounds for such purposes.
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 GRANTING TO NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY A
MINNESOTA CORPORATION ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS PERMISSION
TO CONSTRUCT OPERATE. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE CITY OF
BROOKLYN CENTER MINNESOTA AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
AND TRANSMISSION LINES INCLUDING NECESSARY POLES LINES
FIXTURES AND APPURTENANCES FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC
ENERGY TO THE CITY ITS INHABITANTS AND OTHERS AND TO USE THE
PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. DEFIMTIONS.
Subdivision 1. City The City of Brooklyn Center, County of Hennepin, State of
Minnesota.
Subdivision 2. City Utility System Facilities used for providing sewer, water, or any
other public utility service owned or operated by City or agencv thereof.
Subdivision 3. Commission The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, or any
successor agencv or agencies, including an agency of the federal government which preempts all or part
of the authority to regulate electric retail rates now vested in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
.Subdivision 4. C_ ompany. Northern States Power Company, a ivlinnesota corporation,
its successors and assigns.
Subdivision 5. Electric Facilities Electric transmission and distribution towers, poles,
lines, guvs, anchors. conduits, fixtures. and necessary appurtenances owned or operated by Company
for the purpose of providing electric energy for public use.
Subdivision 6. Non- betterment Costs Costs incurred by Company from relocation,
• removal or rearrangement of Electric Facilities that do not result in an improvement to the Electric
Facilities.
• ORDINANCE NO.
Subdivision 7. Notice. A writing served by any party or parties on any other party or
parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the General Counsel, Law Department, 414 Nicollet Mall,
Minneapolis, MN 55401. Notice to the City shall be mailed to the City Clerk, 6301 Shingle Creek
Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. Either party may change its respective address for the purpose
of this Ordinance by written notice to the other party.
Subdivision 3. Public Ground Land owned by the City for park, open space or similar
purpose, which is held for use in common by the public.
Subdivision 9. Public Way Any street, alley, walkway or other public right -of -way
within the City.
Section 2. FRANCHISE.
Subdivision 1. Grant of Franchise City hereby grants Company for a period of twenty
(20) years, the right to transmit and furnish electric energy for light, heat, power . and other purposes for
public and private use within and through the limits of the City as its boundaries now exist or as they
may be extended in the future. For these purposes, Company may construct, operate, repair and maintain
Electric Facilities in, on, over, under and across the Public Ways and Public Grounds of City, subject
• to the provisions of this Ordinance. Company may do all reasonable things necessary or customary to
accomplish these purposes, subject, however, to such reasonable regulations as may be imposed by the
City pursuant to ordinance and to the further provisions of this franchise agreement.
Subdivision 2. Effective Date: Written Acceptance. This franchise shall be in force and
effect from and after its passage and its acceptance by Company, and its publication as required by law.
An
acceptance nce
b Company must with P y s be filed vith the City Clerk within nine 90
P Y ty ninety ( )days after publication.
Subdivision 3. Service. Rates and Area. The service to be provided and the rates to be
charged by Company for electric service in City are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. The
area within the City in which Company may provide electric service is subject to the provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, Section 216B.40.
Subdivision 4. Publication Expense. The expense of publication of this Ordinance shall
be paid by Company.
Subdivision 5. Dispute Resolution If either party asserts that the other party is in
default in the performance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall notify the other party
of the default and the desired remedy. The notification shall be written. Representatives of the parties
must promptly meet and attempt in good faith to negotiate a resolution of the dispute. If the dispute is
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not resolved within thirty (30) days of the written notice, the parties may jointly select a mediator to
facilitate further discussion. The parties will equally share the fees and expenses of this mediator. If a
mediator is not used or if the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (3 0) days after first
• meeting with the selected mediator, either party may commence an action in District Court to interpret
and enforce this franchise or for such other relief as may be permitted by law or equity for breach of
contract, or either party may take any other action permitted by law.
• ORDINANCE NO.
Subdivision 7. Notice. A writing served by any party or parties on any other party or
parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the General Counsel, Law Department, 414 Nicollet Mall,
Minneapolis, MN 55401. Notice to the City shall be mailed to the City Clerk, 6301 Shingle Creek
Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430. Either party may change its respective address for the purpose
of this Ordinance by written notice to the other party.
Subdivision S. Public Ground Land owned by the City for park, open space or similar
purpose, which is held for use in common by the public.
Subdivision 9. Public Way Any street, alley, walkway or other public right -of -way
within the City.
Section 3. FRANCHISE.
Subdivision 1. Grant of Franchise City hereby grants Company, for a period of twenty
(20) years, the right to transmit and furnish electric energy for light, heat, power and other purposes for
public and private use within and through the limits of the City as its boundaries now exist or as they
may be extended in the future. For these purposes, Company may construct, operate, repair and maintain
Electric Facilities in, on. over, under and across the Public Ways and Public Grounds of City, subject
. to the provisions of this Ordinance. Company may do all reasonable things necessary or customary to
accomplish these purposes, subject, however, to such reasonable regulations as may be imposed by the
City pursuant to ordinance and to the further provisions of this franchise agreement.
Subdivision ?. Effective Date: Written Acceptance This franchise shall be in force and
effect from and after its passage and its acceptance by Company, and its publication as required by law.
An acceptance by Company must be filed with the City Clerk within ninety (90) days after publication.
Subdivision 3. Service. Rates and Area. The service to be provided and the rates to be
charged by Company for electric service in City are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission. The
area within the City in which Company may provide electric service is subject to the provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, Section 21613.40.
Subdivision 4. Publication Expense. The expense of publication of this Ordinance shall
be paid by Company.
Subdivision 5. Dispute Resolution If either party asserts that the other party is in
default in the performance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall notify the other party
of the default and the desired remedy. The notification shall be written. Representatives of the parties
must promptly meet and attempt in good faith to negotiate a resolution of the dispute. If the dispute is
not resolved within thirty (30) days of the written notice, the parties may jointly select a mediator to
facilitate further discussion. The parties will equally share the fees and expenses of this mediator. If a
mediator is not used or if the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30) days after first
• meeting wi the selected mediator, either party may commence an action in District Court to interpret
and enforce this franchise or for such other relief as may be permitted by law or equity for breach of
contract, either party may take any other action permitted by law.
• ORDINANCE NO.
S ection 3. LOCATION, OTHER REGULATIONS.
Subdivision 1 Location of Facilities. Electric Facilities shall be located and constructed
so as not to interfere with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel along and over Public Ways and
so as not to disrupt normal operation of any City Utility System previously installed therein. Electric
Facilities shall be located on Public Grounds as determined by the City. Company's construction,
reconstruction, operation, repair, maintenance and location of Electric Facilities shall be subject to other
reasonable regulations of the City. Under this franchise agreement the City does not relinquish its police
power regulatory authority and Company does not relinquish its eminent domain authority.
Subdivision 2. Field Locations. Company shall provide field locations for any of its
underground Electric Facilities consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 216D.
Subdivision 3. Street Openings. Company shall not open or disturb the paved surface
of any Public Way or Public Ground for any purpose without first having obtained permission from the
City, for which the City may impose a reasonable fee. Permit conditions imposed on Company shall not
be more burdensome than those imposed on other utilities for similar facilities or work. Company may,
however, open and disturb the paved surface of any Public Way or Public Ground without permission
from the City where an emergency exists requiring the immediate repair of Electric Facilities. In such
event Company shall notify the City by telephone to the office designated by the City as soon as
practicable. Not later than the second working day thereafter, Company shall obtain any required
• permits and pay any required fees.
Subdivision 4. Restoration. After undertaking any work requiring the opening of any
Public Way or Public Ground, Company shall restore the same, including paving and its foundation, to
as good condition as formerly existed, and shall maintain the same in good condition for two (2) years
thereafter. The work shall be completed as promptly as weather permits, and if Company shall not
promptly perform and complete the work, remove all dirt, rubbish, equipment and material, and put the
Public Way or Public Ground in the said condition, the City shall have, after demand to Company to cure
and the passage of a reasonable period of time following the demand, but not to exceed five (6) days,
the right to make the restoration at the expense of Company. Company shall pay to the City the cost of
such work done for or performed by the City, including its administrative expense and overhead, plus
ten percent (10 %) additional as liquidated damages. This remedy shall be in addition to any other
remedy available to the City for noncompliance with this Subdivision 3.4.
Subdivision S. Shared Use of Poles. Company shall make space available on its poles
or towers for City fire, water utility, police or other City facilities whenever such use will not interfere
with the use of such poles or towers by Company, by another electric utility, by a telephone utility, or
by any cable television company or other form of communication company. In addition, the City shall
pay for any added cost incurred by Company because of such use by City.
Subdivision 6. Avoid Damase to Electric Facilities Nothing in this Ordinance relieves
any person from liability arising out of the failure to exercise reasonable care to avoid damaging Electric
Facilities while performing any activity. W
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• ORDNANCE NO.
Subdivision 7. Notice of Improvements. The City must give Company reasonable
notice of plans for improvements to Public Ways or Public Ground where the City has reason to believe
that Electric Facilities may affect or be affected by the improvement. The notice must contain: (i) the
nature and character of the improvements, (ii) the Public Ways and Public Grounds upon which the
improvements are to be made, (iii) the extent of the improvements, (iv) the time when the City will start
the work, and (v) if more than one Public Way or Public Ground is involved, the order in which the work
is to proceed. The notice must be given to Company a sufficient length of time in advance of the actual
commencement of the work to ermit Company to make an necess additions, P p y ry �tions, alterations or repairs
cili
to its Electric Facilities.
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ties.
Section 4. RELOCATIONS.
Subdivision 1. Relocation of Electric Facilities in Public Ways Except as provided in
Subdivision 4.3, if the City determines to vacate for a City improvement project, or to grade, regrade,
or change the line of any Public Way, or construct or reconstruct any City Utility System in any Public
Way, it may order Company to relocate its Electric Facilities located therein. Company shall relocate
its Electric Facilities at its own expense, and in a timely manner such as may be set forth in a document
executed by both v'
arties.
p The City shall w ive Company reasonable notice of plans to vacate for a City
improvement
project, or to Grade, regrade, or chance the line of any Public Way or to construct or
reconstruct any City Utility System. If a relocation is ordered within five (5) years of a prior City-
requested relocation q of the same Electric Facilities, which was made at Company expense, t
• p - he City shall
reimburse Company for Non- Betterment Costs on a time and material basis, provided that if a
subsequent relocation is required because of the extension of a City Utility System to a previously
unserved area, Company may be required to make the subsequent relocation at its expense. Nothing in
this Ordinance requires Company to relocate, remove, replace or reconstruct at its own expense its
Electric Facilities where such relocation, removal, replacement or reconstruction is solely for the
convenience of the City and is not reasonably necessary for the construction or reconstruction Y �' of a Public
Way or City Utility System or other City improvement.
Subdivision 2. Relocation of Electric Facilities in Public Ground Except as may be
provided in Subdivision 4.3; City may require Company to relocate or remove its Electric Facilities from
Public Ground upon a finding by City that the Electric Facilities have become or will become a
substantial impairment of the public use to which the Public Ground is or will be put. The relocation or
removal shall be at Company's expense.
Subdivision 3. Projects with Federal Funding, Relocation, removal, or rearrangement
of any Company Electric Facilities made necessary because of the extension into or through City of a
federally -aided highway project shall be governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section
161.46 as supplemented or amended. It is understood that the right herein granted to Company is a
valuable right. City shall not order Company to remove or relocate its
P , Electric Facilities when a
e Public
Way is vacated, improved or realigned because of a renewal or a redevelopment plan which is financially
subsidized in whole or in pan by the Federal Government or any agency thereof, unless the reasonable
Non- Betterment Costs of such relocation and the loss and expense resulting therefrom are first paid to
Company, but the City need not p ay those portion • p , of such for which reimbursement to it is not
available.
ORDINANCE NO.
Subdivision 4. No Waiver. The provisions of Section 4 apply only to Electric Facilities
constructed in reliance on a franchise and Company does not waive its rights under an easement or
prescriptive right, or State or County permit.
S ection 5. TREE TRIMMING. Company may trim all trees and shrubs in the Public
Ways and Public Grounds of City interfering with the proper construction, operation, repair and
maintenance of any Electric Facilities installed hereunder, provided that Company shall save the City
harmless from any liability arising therefrom, and subject to permit or other reasonable regulation by
the City. Company shall confer with the City Forester prior to commencement of tree trimming on any
Public Grounds.
S ection . INDEMNIFICATION.
Subdivision 1. Indemnification of City Company shall indemnify, keep and hold the
City free and harmless from any and all liability on account of injury to persons or damage to property
occasioned by the construction, maintenance, repair, inspection, the issuance of permits, or the operation
of the Electric Facilities located in the Public Ways and Public Grounds. The City shall not be
indemnified for losses or claims occasioned through its own negligence except for losses or claims
arising out of or alleging the City's negligence as to the issuance of permits for, or inspection of,
Company's plans or work. The City shall not be indemnified if the injury or damage results from the
performance in a proper manner of acts reasonably deemed hazardous by Company, and such
performance is nevertheless ordered or directed by City after notice of Company's determination.
Subdivision 2. Defense of City In the event a suit is brought against the City under
circumstances where this agreement to indemnify applies, Company at its sole cost and expense shall
defend the City in such suit if written notice thereof is promptly given to Company within a period
wherein Company is not prejudiced by lack of such notice. If Company is required to indemnify and
defend, it will thereafter have control of such litigation, but Company may not settle such litigation
without the consent of the City, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This section is not,
as to third parties, a waiver of any defense or immunity otherwise available to the City; and Company,
in defending any action on behalf of the City shall be entitled to assert in any action every defense or
immunity that the City could assert in its own behalf.
S ection 7. VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS. The City shall give Company at least two
(2) weeks' prior written notice of a proposed vacation of a Public Way. Except where required for a City
improvement project, the vacation of any Public Way, after the installation of Electric Facilities, shall
not operate to deprive Company of its rights to operate and maintain such Electric Facilities, until the
reasonable cost of relocating the same and the loss and expense resulting from such relocation are first
paid to Company. In no case, however, shall City be liable to Company for failure to specifically
preserve a right -of -way under Minnesota Statutes, Section 160.29.
S ection 3. CHANGE IN FORivI OF GOVERNMENT. Any change in the form of
government of the City shall not affect the validity governmental of this Ordinance. Any govemental unit succeeding
the City shall, without the consent of Company, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the City
• provided in this Ordinance. y
• ORDINANCE NO.
Section 9. FRANCHISE FEE.
Subdivision 1. Fee Schedule During the term of the franchise hereby granted, and in
lieu of any permit or other fees being imposed on Company, the city may impose on Company a
franchise fee not to exceed an amount determined by collecting the amounts indicated in a fee schedule
set forth in a separate ordinance from each customer in the designated Company Customer Classification
for metered service at each and every customer location based on a fee schedule similar to the following:
Customer Classification Amount per month
Residential S
Small C & I and Municipal with no demand charge $
Small C & I and Municipal with demand charge $
Large C & I $
The amount from each customer in the Customer Classification shall be determined so that the total
amount collected annually from all customers does not exceed what is estimated by Company to be 2%
of total annual revenues from the sale of electric energy delivered through meters owned or read by
Company within the City. The separate ordinance must impose a franchise fee on the residential class,
which on an annual basis, totals at least 2% of Company's estimated total annual revenues to be
collected from all residential customers within the City. Company shall within 30 days of City's request
provide City with revenue estimates for establishing a Fee Schedule.
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Subdivision 2. Separate Ordinance The franchise fee shall be imposed by a separate
ordinance duly adopted by the City Council, which ordinance shall not be adopted until at least sixty (60)
days after written notice enclosing such proposed ordinance has been served upon company by certified
mail. The fee shall not become effective until at least i
as sixty (60) days after written notice enclosing such
adopted ordinance has been served upon Company by certified mail. Subdivision
_ p p 2.5 shall constitute
the sole remedy for solving disputes between Company and the City in regard to the interpretation of,
or enforcement of, the separate ordinance. No action by the City to implement a separate ordinance will
commence until this Ordinance is effective. A separate ordinance which imposes a lesser franchise fee
on the residential class of customers than an amount which collects 2% of the estimated total annual
revenues from the residential class shall not be effective against Company, unless the fee imposed on
each other Customer Classification in the Fee Schedule is reduced so that the total annual amount
estimated to be collected in any other Customer Classification shall not, as a percentage of the estimated
total annual revenues in that Customer Classification, exceed the percentage being collected from the
residential class. The payment of a franchise fee as provided by this Subdivision 9.2 does not relieve
Company from paying fees to City unrelated to the installation, ownership, or operation of electric
facilities, such as building permit fees.
Subdivision 3. Terms Defined For the purpose of Section 9, the following definitions
apply: `
"Customer Classification" shall refer to the classes listed on the Fee Schedule and as
• defined or determined in Company's electric tariffs on file with the Commission.
• ORDINANCE NO.
"Fee Schedule" refers to the schedule in Subdivision 9.1 setting forth the various
customer classes from which a franchise fee would be collected if a separate ordinance were
implemented immediately after the effective date of this franchise agreement. The Fee Schedule in the
separate ordinance may include new Customer Classifications added by Company to its electric tariffs
after the effective date of this franchise agreement.
"Final Order" refers to an order of the Commission changing company's electric service
rates for one or more of Company's Customer Classifications, if the order is not an interim order and
the time for appeal on such order has expired or all proceedings relating to the appeal have been
exhausted.
Subdivision 4. Collection of the Fee. The franchise fee shall be payable uarterl , and
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shall be based on the amount collected by company during complete billing months during the period
for which payment is to be made by imposing a surcharge equal to the designated franchise fee for the
applicable Customer Classification in all customer billings for metered service in each class. The
payment shall be due the last business day of the month following the period for which payment is made.
The franchise fee may be changed by ordinance from time to time, however, each change shall meet the
same notice requirements and not occur more often than annually and no change shall require a
collection from any customer for metered service in excess of the amounts specifically permitted by this
• Section 9. The time and manner of collecting the franchise fee is subject to the approval of the
Commission, which Company agrees to use its best efforts to obtain. No franchise fee shall by payable
by Company if Company is legally unable to first collect an amount equal to the franchise free from its
customers in each applicable class of customers by imposing a surcharge in Company's applicable rate
for electric service. Company may pay the city the fee based upon the surcharge billed subject to
subsequent reductions to account for uncollectibles, refunds and corrections of erroneous billings.
Company agrees to make its records available for inspection by the City at reasonable times provided
that the City and its designated representative agree in writing not to disclose any information which
would indicate the amount paid by any identifiable customer or customers or any other information
regarding identified customers.
Subdivision 5. Condition of the Fee. The separate ordinance imposing the fee shall not
be effective against Company unless it lawfully imposes and the City quarterly or more often collects
a fee or tax of the same or greater equivalent amount on the receipts from the sales of energy within the
City by any other energy supplier, provided that, as to a supplier, the City has the authority to require
a franchise fee or to impose a tax. The "same or greater equivalent amount" shall be measured, if
practicable, by comparing amounts collected as a franchise fee from each similar customer, or by
comparing, as to similar customers, the percentage of the annual bill represented by the amount collected
for franchise fee purposes. The franchise fee or tax shall be applicable to energy sales for any energy
use related to heating, cooling, or lighting, as well as to the supply of energy needed to run machinery
and appliances on premises located within or adjacent to the City, but shall not apply to energy sales for
the purpose of providing fuel for vehicles.
• Subdivision 6. Permitted Adjustments. If following the effective date of a separate
ordinance as described in Subdivision 9.2 the Commission by Final Order approves a change in
Company's electric rates resulting in a general rate increase for one or more Customer Classifications,
• ORDINANCE NO.
Company shall calculate and sed to the City a letter setting forth the amount, as a percentage, or
authorized increase for each classification of customer within sixty (60) days after Company receives
the Final Order. The amount of the franchise fee that may be imposed by the City may be increased
from the Fee Schedule in the separate ordinance to an amount not to exceed the percentage for the
applicable Customer Classification stated in Company's letter times each monthly amount set forth in
the Fee Schedule and adding the resultant amount to the applicable amount set forth in the Fee Schedule.
In this manner the franchise fee collected or permitted to be collected from each class of customer can
increase b the same percentage as '
Y p � Company's electric rate increase. During the P eriod where the City
has imposed a franchise fee by separate ordinance under Subdivision 9.2 there is no waiver of the right
to impose the amendment if the City does not seek an increase in any franchise fee immediately after
any such letter from Company, and, if the City so chooses, the City can combine the percentages derived
from one or more rate case, to the extent not previously applied by the City, in setting the amount of the
franchise fee, so that the City is not prejudiced by delaying any action to impose or increase the franchise
fee.
Section 10. FRANCHISE REOPENER
If at any time after the date hereof, Company is collecting and paying a franchise fee
in two or more cities in the seven - county metropolitan olitan are. based on a franchise p a, ordinance adopted by
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such cities after the date of this franchise agreement, and in which cities Company was not paying a
• franchise fee in February, 1997, the City may jive Company Notice to amend this franchise agreement
to authorize collection of a franchise fee substantively identical to the franchise fee being collected in
two or more cities identified in the Notice. If Company refuses to do so within 90 days after receiving
said Notice from the City, the City may terminate this franchise agreement upon 30 days prior written
Notice unless Company gives Notice to the City within said 30 -day period that it will immediately agree
to accept an amendment of this ordinance authorizing collection of a fee under this franchise agreement
on the same terms and conditions and in an amount not exceeding the fee being collected in two or more
cities referenced in the Citv's Notice. In addition, after this franchise agreement has been in effect for
10 years, the City may give Company Notice that it desires to amend the franchise to incorporate specific
provisions which Company has agreed to in the franchise for two or more other cities of the second,
third, or forth class in the seven -county metropolitan area, based on a franchise ordinance adopted by
such cities after the date of this franchise agreement, which cities are identified in the Notice. If
Company refuses to do so within 90 days after receiving said Notice from the City, the City may
terminate this franchise upon 30 days prior written notice unless the Company within that time provides
Notice to the C itv that it will immediately agree to accept an amendment to this Ordinance incorporating
the desired franchise provisions existing in two or more other cities as referenced in the City's Notice.
Section 11. PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE.
Subdivision 1. Severability. Every section, provision, or part of this Ordinance is
declared separate from every other section, provision, or part; and if any section, provision, or part shall
be held invalid. it shall not affect any other section, provision, or part. Where a provision of any other
Citv ordinance conflicts with the rovi
p sions of this Ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall
prevai 1.
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ORDINANCE NO.
Subdivision 2. Limitation on Applicability This Ordinance constitutes a franchise
agreement between the City and Company as the only parties and no provision of this franchise shall in
anv wav inure to the benefit of any third person (including the public at large) so as to constitute any
such person as a third party beneficiary of the agreement or of any one or more of the terms hereof, or
otherwise give rise to anv cause of action in any person not a party hereto.
Section 12. AMENDMENT. This Ordinance may be amended at any time by the City
passing a subsequent ordinance declaring the provisions of the amendment, which amendatory ordinance
shall become effective upon the filing of Company's written consent thereto with the Citv Clerk within
ninety (90) days after the effective date of the amendatory ordinance.
Section 12. REPEAL OF EXPIRED FRANCHISE ORDINANCE. Sections 9 -201
through 9 -2 13 of the Brooklyn Center City Ordinances are hereby repealed.
Section 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and
thirty days following its legal publication.
Adopted this day of , 1991.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
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• MEMO
To: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager
From: Ronald A. Warren Planning nd
g Zoning Special 4
Subject: City Council Consideration Item - Planning Commission Application No. 97006
Date: June 4, 1997
On the June 9, 1997 City Council Agenda is Planning Commission Application No. 97006
submitted by Spiritual Life Church requesting site and building plan approval to construct a
900 seat church on the vacant 4.4 acre parcel of land located at the southwest quadrant of
Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Ave N.
Attached for your review are copies of the Planning Commission Information Sheet for
Planning Commission Application No. 97006 and also an area map showing the location of the
property under consideration, various site and building plans for the proposed development,
• the Planning Commission minutes relating to the Commission's consideration of this matter
and other supporting documents.
This matter was considered by the Planning Commission at their April 17 and May 29, 1997
meetings and was recommended for approval subject to 14 conditions listed in the May 29th
minutes.
It is recommended that the City Council, following consideration of this matter, approve the
application subject to the conditions of the Planning Commission.
•
Planning Commission Information Sheet
• Application No. 97006
Applicant: Spiritual Life Church
Location: Southwest Quadrant of Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North
Request: Site and Building Plan Approval
The applicant is requesting site and building plan approval to construct a 28,611 sq. ft., 900 seat
church on the vacant 4.4 acre parcel of land that is located at the southwest quadrant of Shingle
Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North. The property in question is zoned C -1
(Service /Office) and is surrounded on the north by Shingle Creek Parkway with I -1 zoned
property containing the Palmer Lake Plaza office /industrial building on the opposite side of the
street; on the east by Xerxes Avenue and a two story office building with I -1 zoned property
containing an office /industrial building on the opposite side of Xerxes Avenue; on the south and
west by Freeway Boulevard with R -3 zoned property containing the Earle Brown Farm Estates
Townhouses on the opposite side. Religious uses are listed as permitted uses in the C -1 zoning
district.
BACKGROUND
This application was previously considered by the Planning Commission at its meeting on April
14, 1997 and was tabled because the plans submitted did not provide sufficient enough
information for the Planning Commission to make a favorable recommendation on this matter.
• Specifically, no drainage, grading or utility plan had been submitted nor had a wetland report
been completed in order to determine to what extent wetlands on the site would affect the
proposed development. Revisions to the landscape plan were also requested and the applicant
was asked to provide information regarding the location of access points on the opposite side of
Freeway Boulevard to determine their impact on the subject site. Attached for the Commission's
review is a copy of the Planning Commission Information Sheet for this application which was
presented to the Planning Commission on April 14, 1997 and an excerpt from the Planning
Commission minutes for that same date dealing with this particular application.
The applicant has submitted a revised site plan, landscaping plan and has provided a grading and
utility plan. A wetland delineation report has also been prepared for the Spiritual Life Church by
McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc. The report indicates that historically a wetland existed
on the south edge of the site in question, however, development in the area and previous site
grading have left only a small remnant of this wetland. The report notes that the existing dry
stormwater basin of approximately 408 sq. ft. does not meet the criteria requiring wetland
delineation and is exempt from the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. The report
recommends that these facts be submitted to the local unit of government having jurisdiction
over the wetlands on this site to document compliance and to request a Certificate of Exception.
The City of Brooklyn Center is the local unit of government having jurisdiction over the
wetlands, but has a joint powers agreement with the Shingle Creek Watershed Management
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organization which serves in this capacity and ultimately must review this matter. The City
Engineer has submitted the report and has requested the Watershed Management Commission to
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verify this exception.
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REVISED PLANS
The revised site plans submitted by the applicant show the requested location of off -site access
points on Freeway Boulevard and Xerxes Avenue North. The plans have been modified to line
up the access drive at the northwest corner of the site with one existing on the opposite side of
Freeway Boulevard serving the Earle Brown Farm Estates townhouses. The proposed access on
Xerxes Avenue has been shifted southerly of the original location to align with the access serving
the spec industrial building on the east side of Xerxes Avenue. The southerly access on Freeway
Boulevard does not line up with the access in that location serving the townhomes. The City
Engineer has reviewed the matter and, although the offset is about 35 feet as measured from
center line to center line, he believes the south access to the church site is in the best location.
He does not recommend altering this access given the nature of the use of the proposed site and
the existing townhomes. y
The parking requirement for churches is one parking space for every three seats in the main
church building. The applicant's plan indicates 900 seats in the church proper, therefore, 300
parking spaces are required for this site. The parking plan provides 304 parking stalls including
seven handicap parking spaces. The site plan has been modified to shift the proposed parking lot
at the east end of the site southerly in order to align with the access drive on the opposite side of
Xerxes Avenue. This provides a larger greenstrip or landscaped area along Shingle Creek
Parkway in this area. As the drainage plan points out, this area is proposed for ponding.
DRANAGE /GRADINGAMLITIE S
The applicant has submitted a grading, drainage and utility plan as requested. The plan calls for
two ponding areas, one on the southerly edge of the site and the other at the northerly edge of the
site that will collect drainage and serve as holding areas before draining into existing storm sewer
around the site. The westerly portion of the site will drain to the south and be collected by three
catch basins located next to the southerly greenstrip. The northerly and easterly portion of the
parking will drain to catch basins and collect in the holding pond located in the northeast
greenstrip along Shingle Creek Parkway. Sanitary sewer and water will be provided to the
church along the north side of the building and be tied into existing sewer and water located
within the Shingle Creek Parkway right -of -way.
The City Engineer is reviewing the grading, draining and utility plans and will be providing his
comments to the Planning Commission. As mentioned previously, the applicant is seeking a
Certificate of Exception from the wetland requirements and this should be verified by the Shingle
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Creek Watershed Management Commission prior to the issuance of building permits for this
• project.
LANDSCAPING
The applicant has submitted a revised landscape plan to meet the landscape point system utilized
by the Planning Commission for recommending such plans. This property is zoned C -I and the
landscape point system requires 392 landscape points for this 4.4 acre site. The new plan
provides 396 landscape points with a similar but better distribution of plantings around the site as
that proposed with the April 14, 1997 submission. Fallgold Ash, Plum- leaved Crab Apple,
White Spruce and
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are provided in the reenstri areas as surroundin
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much the same manner as the previously proposed landscape plan. Purpleleaf Sand Cherry and
Red -barked Dogwood shrubs are also interspersed in between the shade, decorative and spruce
trees provided. Along Freeway Boulevard, the applicant has proposed to provide a berm to
shield the parking lot from the residential property on the opposite side of the street. This berm
also contains shrubbery as well as trees which should provide appropriate screening of the
Parkin- lot area. Along the south portion of the greenstrip where a ponding area is proposed, the
applicant provides 15 Techney Arborvitae to provide parking lot screening from the residential
area on the opposite side of Freeway Boulevard. Parking lot island areas are provided with
Plum- leaved Crab Apples and the entrance to the church at the northeast side of the building is
landscaped with Plum- leaved Crab Apples, Hillieri and Purpleleaf Sand Cherry. Shrubbery
along the westerly side of the building and the southerly side of the building includes Plum-
• leaved Crab Apple, Purpleleaf Sand Cherry and Hillieri. The landscaping is appropriate and the
landscape point system is met with this newest submission.
BUILDING
The proposed building treatment is unchanged from that submitted at the April 14, 1997
Commission meeting. The treatment is made up primarily of a textured decorative insulated
precast concrete wall panel with pre - finished metal coping and a pre - finished standing seam
metal roof where a peak roof is called for. A tinted reflectorized glazed curtain wall is also
proposed at the main building entrance. The architect mentioned that the building exterior will
be white or cream color with plum colored glazing, frames and flashings.
LIGHTING
The site plan shows the location of lighting standards in 14 locations around the site. The light
poles are to be 20 feet in height and a note on the site plan indicates that the site lighting will be
provided with such devices as required to restrict glare and intensities in conformance with
Section 35 -712 of the City Ordinances.
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Any outside trash disposal facilities will be required to be screened with an opaque screening
• device including opaque screening on gates.
RECOMMENDATION
The plans as submitted appear to be in order and approval can be recommended. The grading
plan, however, should be modified prior to the issuance of building permits to show the proposed
berming that is indicated on the landscape plan. Also, it should be noted that the applicant has
waived their right to have their plans given final consideration within 60 days of filing an
application as provided for in state statute. The reason for this is that the plans were not in
sufficient order for the Planning Commission to make a favorable recommendation to the City
Council within that time frame. This matter, if approved, will be referred to the City Council for
their meeting on June 9, 1997. Again, the plans appear to be in order and approval is
recommended subject to at least the following conditions:
1. The building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with
respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits.
2. Grading, drainage and utility plans are subject to review and approval by the City
Engineer prior to the issuance of permits.
3. A site performance agreement and supporting financial Guarantee in an amount to be
• determined - based on cost estimates shall be submitted prior to the issuance of permits
to assure the completion of approved site improvements.
4. Any outside trash disposal facilities and roof -top or on- ground mechanical equipment
shall be appropriately screened from view.
5. The building is to be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system to meet
NFPA standards and shall be connected to a central monitoring device in accordance
with Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances.
6. An underground irrigation system shall be installed in all landscaped areas to
facilitate site maintenance.
7. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City
Ordinances.
S. B -612 curb and gutter shall be provided around all parking and driving areas.
9. The applicant shall enter into an easement and agreement for maintenance and
inspection of utility and storm drainage systems prior to the issuance of permits.
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10. The applicant shall provide appropriate erosion and sediment control devices on the
• site during construction as approved by the City Engineering Department.
11. All work performed and materials used for construction of utilities, shall conform to
the City of Brooklyn Center's current standard specifications and details.
12. The grading plan shall be modified prior to the issuance of building permits to
indicate the berming area used to screen the parking lot from the townhomes on the
opposite side of
Freeway Boulevard.
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13. The Certificate of Exception to the Wetland Conservation Act recommended in the
applicant's wetland report prepared by McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc. is
subject to the approval of the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
and shall be issued prior to the issuance of building permits for this project.
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RE: Application Review and Submittal
Proposed Spiritual Life Church Site Development
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Wetland Fill Exemption Request Brooklyn Center, Mn
Dear Mr. Thompson:
Plans have been submitted to the City for the construction of a church on approximately 4 acres of
vacant property along Single Creek Parkway between Xerxes Ave. N. And Freeway Boulevard.
In accordance with the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act(WCA), a small wetland on the site has
been identified. A wetland delineation and evaluation report has been performed by the firm of
• McCombs Frank Roos Associates. Inc. (copy of the report is attached). In summary, the report states
that the existing stormwater basin does not meet the jurisdictional wetland criteria and the remnant
wetland is covered by a Corps of Engineers Nationwide permit and is exempt from the WCA. Because
the Shingle Creek Watershed Commission serves as the Local Government Unit(LGU) for wetland
issues, a Certificate of Exemption or appropriate act of the Commission is requested to allow for
development of the site.
Please schedule the attached application and report for the Commission's consideration at their June 12,
1997 meeting.
If. you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Scott A. Brink, P. E.
City Engineer
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Mr. Joe Fornara
Spiritual Life Church
6500 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
SUBJECT: Spiritual Life Church Site
Wetlands Delineation Report
Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
yIFRA #11671
Dear Mr. Fornara:
McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc. (MFP A) has prepared this wetland report to assist
Spiritual Life Church in developing plans for site development, and wetland permitting
documentation in order to comply with the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) and the
Clean Water Act Section 404. This report describes the characteristics of the on -site basins and
documents their status under the various wetland regulations. The site is 4.4 acres in the NWI /4,
NWI /4, Sec. 35, T1 19N, R21W, Mississippi River (Metro m20) Watershed, Hennepin County,
City of Brooklyn Center, and Shingle Creek Watershed District. Historically, a wetland existed
along the south edge of the site, however, development in the area and previous site grading (late
I980's) have left only a small remnant of this wetland. The existing dry stormwater basin does
not meet the jurisdictional wetland criteria and the remnant wetland is covered by a Corps of
Engineers Nationwide permit and is exempt from the WCA. This report can be submitted to the
City/Watershed District to document compliance with the WCA and to request a Certificate of
Exception.
Wetland Delineation 1let/rodolo
As part of our wetland delineation, MFRA reviewed the available background wetland
information on the site. This information included:
* Nationai Wetlands Inventory Map (N KIWI):
* Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Protected Waters ivfap;
• Hennepin County Soil Survey;
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Mr. Joe Fomara
April 29, 1997
Page 2
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U.S.G.S. 7.5 min. Quadrangle Map;
• Topographic site maps; and
• Half section aerial photographs.
The basins were field (on -site) delineated on April 23, 1997 using the principles of the 1987
Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual including all adopted modifications. The
routine delineation method was generally used and dominant vegetation was evaluated by
estimated area cover and the 50/20 rule. Wetlands, if present, were classified according to the
methodologies in Wetland and Deep water Habitats o the U ni ted S t a t es (FWS /OBS Publication
79/31; Cowardin et. Al 1979) and W t
Wetlands of the United- S tates USFWS Circular �9• w
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Fredin 19 The location of the basins were surveyed by MFRA, the sizes reported here are
based on that survey.
Basin Characters tics
Wetland 1 is a 408 square foot Palustrine Emergent Saturated (PEMB, Tvpe 2) basin. This basin
is the remnant of a larger basin as identified on the NNWI map (1980 photo) and the soil survey
(1969 photo), which was filled in the late 1980's (prior to January 1, 1992) for development of
adjacent townhomes, commercial development, and freeway boulevard. Much of the adjacent fill
• material appears to be organic soil which was probably removed from the original wetland prior
to development. The soils in the basin consisted of 20+ inches of organic soil which appeared to
be relatively undisturbed. The basin was saturated to the surface, with groundwater at two (2)
inches below the surface. The dominant vegetation in the basin included Reed Canary Grass
(F ACW +), Giant Ragweed (FAC +), and Red Fescue (FAC -). The basin meets all three
mandatory wetland criteria. Steep embankments of fill mark the limits of the basin.
A dry stormwater detention basin was also constructed on the site where the historical wetland
existed. The bottom of this basin was approximately two (2) feet higher than Wetland 1.
Although this basin has 17 inches of organic soil, it appears to be fill, which was dry to a depth
of 20+ inches. There also were no indicators of surface inundation even though the basin has a
skimmer outlet structure at the east end. The ve in this basin was dominated by Reed
Canary Grass (FACW +), Kentucky Bluegrass (FAC -), Red Fescue (FAC -), and Tall Goldenrod
(FACL�. This basin does not meet the hydrophilic vegetation criteria, the depth of the fill was
sufficient to eliminate the hydrology criteria, and the soils showed no indication of recent hydric
conditions, therefore, the basin is not a jurisdictional wetland.
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Mr. Joe Fornara
April 29, 1997
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l�etland Juricdi tion
Clean Water Act Se ctio n dlld
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) regulates dredge and fill activities in all
wetlands, regardless of size, under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The COE has
issued a nationwide permit (NWP #26) for fill in isolated wetlands, which essentially
allows up to 1/3 acre of fill to be placed without prior notification or compensatory
mitigation. The remnant wetland (408 square feet) would qualify for NWP #26. The COE
contact person for Hennepin County is Joe Yanta
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Minnesota Protected Waters Act
The DNR has jurisdiction over waters of the state that are generally Wetland Types 3, 4
and 5, and are larger than 2.5 acres in incorporated areas or 10 acres in unincorporated
areas. The wetland on the site is not listed as DNR Protected Water and therefore any
proposed impacts to this basin do not require a DNR permit.
Minnesota Wetland C
of 1 991
A Local Unit of Government (LGU) will have jurisdiction over the wetlands on the site,
based on the WCA of 1991 as amended through 1996. The LGU for this site is the City of
Brooklyn Center which relies on the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Organization
(Eric Thompson - 593- 9000). Under the WCA 1996 rules, there is a WCA deminimus
exemption for the first 2,000 square feet of impacts to Type 1, 2 or 6 wetlands. This
exemption would cover the entire 408 square foot remnant wetland basin. Therefore the
WCA would not require compensatory mitigation if this basin was eliminated. Because
the site grading was done in the late 1980's (prior to January 1, 1992), the 5% fill limit on
the landowner portion of the wetland would not be applicable to this exemption.
Clean Water Act Section 40
Under Section 402(P) of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
is required to develop regulations for stormwater discharges. The Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency (MPCA)"has the authority to regulate the stormwater program under the
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. The MCPA has
written a general permit for construction sites greater than 5 acres in size. As of January
1, 1994, a permit application and fee of $85.00 (no plans or specifications) must be sent
to the MPCA at least 48 hours prior to commencement of land disturbance activities. The
permit application requires the site owner and contractor to certify the provisions of the
• general permit, including developing and implementing temporary and permanent erosion
Mr. Joe Fornara
April 29, 1997
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and sediment control plans, will be followed. The general permit requires that stormwater
discharges be preponded before discharge to a waters of the state (including wetlands).
The general permit also requires inspection and maintenance of the erosion and sediment
control facilities on a weekly basis. Since the site is less than 5 acres, the project will be
exempt from these regulations.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me. MFRA appreciates
the opportunity to provide you with wetland delineation, engineering and surveying services. If
you have additional needs for our services for permitting for this or other projects in the future,
please give us a call.
Sincerely,
McCOMBS FRANK ROOS ASSOCIATES, INC.
Kelly . Bopray, CPSS
Certified Professional Soil Scientist
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• DATA FORM
ROUTINE WETLAND DETERMINATION
(1987 COE Wetlands Delineation Manual)
Project/Site: Z Ce p Date: .41 2.s I5:-
AppfieantfOwner 5o�v La C-V—x^ County: \1e "vko -
Investigator. �4,c\\.. J 3 LASS State: "tA
Do Normal Circumstances exist on the site? No Community 10: PtM13�T�ac
is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation)? Yes ta Transect 10:
Is the area a potential Problem Area? Yes Plot 10: 5�
(if needed, explain on reverse.)
VEGETATION
0ominer t Plant Species str atu m Indicator Dominant Plant Soocies Stratum_ Indicator
2. G �* x F_ 10. -----
4. 12. _.._
S. 13.
8. 14.
7. IS. —
$' 16. -
Percent of Oeminant Species that are .OBL. FACW or FAC
(excluding FAC -). (C°?O 1 �
Aemarics: vecc.�wY. c�- .�.+�•�y
] FFK ov
y,xTreY S�et�eS.
HYDROLOGY
_ Recorded Data (Describe in Remarks): Wedand Hydrology indicatorin
_ Stream, Lake. or Tide Gauge Primary Indicators:
_ Aerial Photographs Inundated
Other X saturated in upper 121nches•
X No Raco.rded Data Available _Water Marla
'—' Odit LInes
- _ Sediment Deposits
Field Observations: _ Drainage Patterns in Wetlands
Secondary Indicators (2 or more required):
Depth of Surface Water. (in.) _ 0)ddizsd Root Channels in upper 12 inches
_ Water- Stained Leaves
Depth to Free Water in Pit: Z Gn.030 _ Local Soil Survey Data
FAC - Neutral Test
Depth to Saturated Seil- 0 Gn.) , _ other (Main in Remarks)
Remarks: 74-It 54t
�tt �L So i'��e � �'? `� L � � „�io tt ,4 c owti • f S S : a : on .
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SOILS
Map Unit Name `
(Series and Phase): � b �eo� �" �vt.� uvev So��n a
Orainega Class: Ve P
Taxonomy (Subgroup): HiS�aso1 . Field Observations -
Dsee Confirm Mapped Type? No
Protiie rfotlon-
Depth Matrix Color Mottle Colors '
fift hes Horizon (MunsQ Moistf Abund Motile
s TextLr.. Concretions.
(Mansell Moistf ance/Contrsst
/ Structure, erg
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HN"c Soli Indicators:
X Histosd
• Hiatic 4ipedon — Concretions
._ SWfidlc Odor Kgh Organic Content in Surface Layer in Sandy Sals
Aquic Moisture Regime -_ Organic SV*Wdnp In Sandy Sals
Reducing Conditions -- Listed on Local KYdric Sods List
Gieyed or Low Chroma Colors -- Listed on National Hydric Sods Ust
— O her M-*sin in Remarks)
Remarks: 'A%% nl, ar%a at lcwS� - St,rro�ha.,
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WETLAND DETERMINATION
EZZr7 �M �7L Present? 7No
Present? (Circle)
Is this Sanip6ng Point Within a Wetland? es N -
Remarks: ?r2Ci
Tt^:S soot- ',S a pps y ��� r►w.v�av oT a mar= ix
• ApproveC oy M L A
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DATA FORM
ROUTINE WETLAND DETERMINATION
(1987 COE Wetlands Delineation Manual)
Proiectisite: Date: q 123 )4
Appricant%Owner. Spar; ,j Lt Q jr,\n County: - 1r•�v�ep•�
Investigator.
State- MN
Do Normal Circumstances exist on the site? (S� No Community ID:
Is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation)? No Transact ID:
Is the area a potential Problem Areal a No Plot ID: 5�
(If needed, explain on reverse.)
VEGETATION
0orrinant Rant Species Stratum Indicator Do .. t -1 Species Stratum Indicator
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2. 10. K bt�ec _ 1 FAC —
3. C ;4, Qeq�weeel F.� 11. o5,cr S F�.tv1
4. 3 f 0 w . 1 L- G.aSS K F^110 1
5. 13.
Percent of Dominant Species that ere .OE . FACW or FAC
(excluding FAC-).
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Remarks-. — 7VA ue �%'^ � v'^"�w�• ti� ` `moo v q l
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HYDROLOGY
_ Recorded Data (Desenbe In Remarks): Wedand Hydrology Indicators:
Stream. Lake, or Tide Gauge Primary indicators:
Aerial Photographs _ Inundated
Saturated in Upper 12 Inches
other _
X Drift Mario
No Rscarded Data Available _
-- _Drift Lines
_ Sediment Deposits
Field Observations: _ Drainage Patterns in Wetlands
Secondary Indicators (2 or more required):
Depth of Surface Water �U _(in.) _ Oxidized Root Channels in upper 12 Inches
_ Water- Stained Leaves
local Soil Survey Data
Depth to Free Water in Pit:_ G
_ FAC-Neutral Test
Depth to Saturated Soil: 7 ��" (in.) _ Other (Explain in Remarks)
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Remarks: \ko ar t rS J v- I�""�c� k .4n'
. •�r ek�o�;ar, ctio.�e � a�je.uL•: v.w�lw�e.
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SOILS
w+ap Unit Narn• `
(Series and Phase,• D iS�t�Y ��tl aU6% ^% oS¢,
Cir V e- sc, i v Drainage Cass:
Taxonomy (Subgroup): Field Observations
ConRrm Mapped Type? Yas No
P*ofile Deeeriotfon•
Depth 1414trix Color Mottle Colors (1Aottla
(Inc ^ on (Muns@a Mo,_'st) mottle tl forl Tomrs Concretions.
Abvndanc*Mornrast SStn� ro t
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Hydric Sort Indicators:
Histosol
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.� S++Ifidlc Odor K'�h 0 r'4sya Content in Surface Layer in Sandy S
AgWc Moisture Regime -- Cmanic S SW In Sandy Sods
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80 d+c+rtg Conditions Listed on Local ){ydric S mis List
�.. Gleyed or Lour -Cllr _ Listed on National Hydric Sags Ust
r onsa Colors _. Other fEMWn in Remarks)
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WETLAND DETERMINATION
FR-*—m&r-ks: ytie Vegetation Present?
gy Hydro)o Present? ® No (Clrcls)
Yes � � jd (Circle)
oh Present? Yes
is this SarrtpGng Point Within a Wetland? Yes Q
'T \S aroy �-•,; \s -� � �� ��_ .�' tea. w.. tt {{ ,�] S
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DATA FORM
• ROUTINE WETLAND DETERMINATION
(1987 COE Wetlands Delineation Manual)
ProieetJSite• - B r. 4vv\ C m r Date: 4 / Z.3 l4-
Applicaiti County: N<%AwLO•V'%
Investigator V-r-\ \u 3e-ToTw-4 _ State.
Do Normal Circumstances exist on the site?
No Community ID: _
Is the site significantly disturbed (Atypical Situation)? <iSi3) No Transect ID:
is the area a potential Problem Area? fps No Plot 10:
(If needed. explain on reverse.)
VEGETATION
pominant Plant Sceeias Str_ tu_ m f releator Dominant Plant Species Stratum Indicator
1. (2eec1 C'p•��� G,ro. N F At s.
Z 'fie ..1uc't•l 31 ve car ^ ,g K FAL- 10.
3. _74 K 7111C-Q 11.
4. \?-tA H FAc- 12.
N_ "FP-C- y— 13. 1----
6. 14. --
7 15.
Percent of Dominant Species that are .06L. FACW or FAC Z U`7o
(axcWnp : FAC -).
Remarks: Tessa"` 50'?0 SAG �x weer ��c \cS
HYDROLOGY
Recorded Data (Describe in Ramada): Wedand Hydrology Indicators:
Stream. Lake. or Tide Gauge Primary, indicators:
_ Aerial Photographs — Inundated
Cther _ Saturated in Upper 12 Inches
X No Recorded Data Available _ Water Marks
-- _ Drift lines
_ Sediment Deposits
Field Qbservodorts: _ ry Drainage Psttems in Wetlands
Seconda Indicators (2 or more required):
Oxidized Root Channels in Upper 12 Inches
Depth of Surface Water. an.) _ Water - Stained Leaves
Depth to Free Water in Pit: Gn.) _ Local Sod Survey Data
FAC- Neutral Test
Depth to Saturated Sol: 7 Zv fin.) _ Other (Explain in Remarks))
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Remarks: 71A
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jv�si. ACI cR LU l �a w�t t (�}C�• -�`� Su1"rl �lt_� 2� \w.il w ta7cC yt +� Y�Wt^K\ .
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SOILS
Map unit Name 1 r
(Series WW Phase): b iSU bed Tit` d�ai5:� uw:,r.c
Qrr s\ vh Drainage Cass: -'
Taxonomy (Subgroup): Field Observations
Confirm Mapped Type? Yes o
�rafiie Deseei:,et ° ^ .
De ") Matrix Color Mottle Colon ' Mottle
(inc ^ °^ (MVnsell Moi.tf 1 ^s s(1 Mo{st� Abunda ^cs/Cantrast Texture. Concretions.
0_1
Z /I nteturo. ate.
rj� - 2v} IGYyZ(°jc} or�Ah�c a•y
5l_ ww�S}
Hydric Sal Indicators:
Histosol
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Hisdc �iPedon — Concretions
--
Sulliidic Odor high Organic Content in Surface Layer in Sandy Sals
Aquie Moisture Regime -- Organic Streaking in Sandy Sal,
Reducing Conditions _ Listed on Local H;Wrie $oas List
Gleyed or Low -Chr —_ Usted on Nationai Hydrie Soils List
orna Color, _ Other (Explain In Rernsrics)
Remarks:
C Y, TrY,ry �T �►+WS Q�t \� \�` L ` `` Z1G ` \ R�S�501
* 1 4 Grec3e0 a�a �YC• Trof a�GS 'r\C� \'nCl(yiC �� rele �
akoCe. t.A h�d^c- So.�S or �va�las.aS. 1.1a r2t.e, \ e�nx\..,4r�n
WE71AND DETERM1NA -MA
HYdroPhyde Vegetation Present? Yes
(C1rde)
Wetland Hydrology present? Yes tCirele)
Hydrie $ods Present) Yes a
Is this Sampli Wr
ng Point thin s Wetland? Yes
Rernanics:
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MMTLAND CONSERVATION ACT
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CF.RIMCATE OF EXEMPTION OR COMPLIANCE OR NO LOSS*
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AND PHONE NUMBER
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fe 5� 51st �e_ \ er�Lwe. Ycu
°+ 3 k1�v\ Ccter MN 5s�13p
(Noma, addteaa, and ph of appl'wnt) �"1Y'. JUi� �orv�aPe.
(DsacriOwm of ptoject/Name of dewlopmeat)
),IWVq UW Sec - TM24 RZ 1� Lo �- l Eo,rlQ. arriwrt Far+h Es�+�tq C"'At C3raokt'�`� G e < Hev►vtep��n c
(Locado+oof Taw+ b*. ]taste. Secdoa Se
, Qtr. caan. LIM. alocY Stibdividan. C-+q. county)
`xasnp°O° ameh pNPoesd lm-A location in6a MUion. L. mgry aerial Photos)
The wetland activity at the above site is exempted from or in compliance with the Wetland conservation Act (WCA) for th•
following mason: please circle (A). BQ (C). (D). Qg (mi
This exemption certification expires
(A) A Wetland Does Not Exist; OR
(B) Exemptim f $+b2.9 (Per IMN Rule Chapter 8420) it*- a�r.�r►,.ts
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a 11-Aye- are. %e._ 2yt r-- wa a►1
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OR
(C) Wdimd Loss Has Bees Avoided; OR
(D) We dmd Has Been Replaced As Per Apgmved Plan (sttach4; OR
(E). No Loss Deternnuxum (att p er) .
The information provided for this determination is truthful and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
(APpluanc s ;gnature)
(LZU Ofscmu S'rgsranuo)
THIS CERIM TCAT*ON ONLY APPLM TO THE WC 991. P.imaa from local, state, and federal aeries may be required. C uck -irh dw
apprwr -mus authorities before commencing work in at war volaads. no Combined Projea Nodfieuion Sxm can be used Sx this pu:poee.
POR TfAN3: �'landowaer draiain! or fi11•iag a wetland under an ezempdoa shaII mmm that; sp riare erosion coatroi meianree are
taice to prevent sedimeautioa of the water, the dais or IH does not block fish paange, and the drain or file is conducted is compliance wish all other
applicable federal, sure and local mquiremeatr, including bet maaagemeat practices and water resource prvteetion requiremars essablisbed under
- WMMcaots Statutes, Chapter 103H.
A.ssmpcert.sor (BWSZtAl 10117193)
• MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 27, 1997
TO: Ron Warren, Planning and Zoning Specialist
FROM: Scott Brink, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Site Plan Review
Spiritual Life Church
I have reviewed the above preliminary plat and offer the following comments at this time.
Comments are based upon plans provided by the firm of McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc.
(MFRA), dated May 15, 1997.
I . The plan essentially provides for the construction of a church facility on an
undeveloped parcel of approximately 4 acres. The site development proposes filling a small
wetland remnant, subject to the regulations of the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act(WCA).
Accordingly, the applicant has provided a wetland delineation report, documentation and
justification regarding filling this wetland.
• As described and documented in the report, the existing remnant does not meet
the jurisdictional wetland criteria, is covered by a Corps of Engineers Nationwide permit, and is
therefore exempt from the WCA. However the Shingle Creek Watershed Commission serves as
the Local Government Unit,(LGU)�on WCA issues, and will consider the exemption request at.
their June 12, 1997 meeting. Preliminary discussions with the Watershed indicate that the
documentation provided in the report is adequate, and exemption appears to be justified.
In addition, the applicant must provide a fee in the amount of $1500 before the
Watershed will consider the request.
2. The size of the parcel is less than 5 acres. Therefore, no further review by the
Watershed(other than the previously described WCA review) is necessary.
3. Driveway aprons to the property should be integral pour per the City of Brooklyn
Center's standard detail(Std. Plate 4005). B612 std. curb and gutter must be provided throughout
all arking areas -
on the
p � site: New hydrant installat ns shall be WB �9 per the City
specifications.
4. Drainage easements should be provided over all ponding areas.
�. The applicant will be required to enter into a maintenance and utility agreement
with the City.
•
Planning Commission Information Sheet
• Application No. 97006
Applicant: Spiritual Life Church
Location: Southwest Quadrant of Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North
Request: Site and Building Plan Approval
Applicant is requesting Site and Building Plan approval to construct a 28,611 sq. ft, 900 seat
church on the vacant 4.4 acre parcel of land that is located at the southwest quadrant of Shingle
Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North. The property in question is zoned C -1
(Service /Office) and is surrounded on the north by Shingle Creek Parkway with I -1 zoned
property containing the Palmer Lake Plaza Office/Industrial building on the opposite side of the
street; on the east by Xerxes Avenue and a two story office building with I -1 zoned property
containing an office /industrial building on the opposite side of Xerxes Avenue; on the south and
west by Freeway Boulevard with R -3 zoned property containing the Earle Brown Farm Estates
Townhouses on the opposite side. Religious uses are listed as permitted uses in the C -1 zoning
district.
ACCESS/PARKING
Access to the property is to be gained via 24 ft. wide drive ways located along Xerxes Avenue
and two along Freeway Boulevard, one at the northwest corner of the site near Shingle Creek
Parkway and the other along the southeasterly portion of the site. The site plan does not show
the location of existing accesses on Xerxes Avenue North serving an office /industrial building or
• on Freeway Boulevard serving the Earle Brown Farm Estates Townhouses. There are two access
drives on the opposite side of Freeway Boulevard to the west of this site and one on Freeway
Boulevard to the south of this site serving the townhouse complex. None of the proposed
accesses appear to line up directly with the existing accesses except possibly the Xerxes access
with the office /industrial building to the east. Locations of accesses should be reviewed and
noted on the plan for possible adjustment. The City Engineer has commented about his concern
for the northwesterly access along Freeway Boulevard possibly being too close to Shingle Creek
Parkway. He would prefer more distance, but we also should be concerned about it's alignment
with the access to the townhouses on the opposite side of the street. The access to the
townhouses along the south portion of Freeway Boulevard appears to be about midway between
the proposed access for the church and the corner of Freeway Boulevard. This too should be
reviewed.
The parking requirement for churches is one parking space for every three seats in the main
church building. The applicant's plan indicates 900 seats in the church proper, therefore, 300
parking spaces are required for this site. The parking plan provides for 303 parking spaces
including five handicap. The stalls scale 8 ft. 8 in. wide, which is the minimum stall width for
parking spaces allowed under the zoning ordinance. There should be at least one more handicap
stall based on the requirement of one handicap space for every 50 parking stalls. In reviewing
• 04 -17 -97
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the site plan, it is noted that the parking lot width to the east of the church's main entrance scales
• only 125 ft. This area, in order to meet the zoning ordinance minimum requirements for parking
lot dimensions, should be 127 ft. The site plan should be adjusted and there appears to be no
problem in doing this. Parking and driving lanes are provided all the way around the building.
The main entrance to the building is at the northeasterly corner of the building. The site plan
shows required 35 ft. green strips along Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North,
which are major thoroughfares. Fifteen foot greenstrips are provided for on the west and south
portions of the site where the property abuts with Freeway Boulevard.. This portion of Freeway
Boulevard is not a major thoroughfare and, therefore, only 15 ft. reen strips are required.
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RAIN /UTILITIFS
The applicant has not submitted a grading, drainage or utility plan and one must be provided
before a favorable recommendation can be made. The site is 4.4 acres and would not normally
require Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission review and approval. City records
indicate that a portion of this site is wetlands and the applicant has been advised that wetland
delineation must take place. Because the property abuts wetlands, Watershed review and
approval will probably be' necessary. The applicant's architect has been advised of the need for a
drainage, grading and utility plan as well as to provide the necessary wetland delineation. In the
meantime, we have no comments with respect to this portion of the plan.
LANDSCAPING
• The applicant has submitted a landscape plan in response to the landscape point system utilized
by the Planning Commission for recommending such plans. This property is zoned C -1 and we
have, therefore, requested the applicant to provide a landscape plan based on the points required
for a C -1 or S ^
Service/Office development. This 4.4 acre site requires _392 landscape points. The
project data summary on the front page of the site lan indicates that 379 landscape points are to
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p vided. This is 13 points short of the minimum required. The landscape point itself, when
totaling points, shows only 356 landscape points. Adjustment to the landscape plan by providing
additional landscaping is in order.
The plan submitted calls for Fallgold Ash, Plum- leaved Crab Apple and Colorado Spruce around
the perimeter greenstrip areas of the property. Plum- leaved Crab Apple are also proposed for the
parking lot island areas as well as along the west side of the church building. A landscape area
containing Hillieri and Purpleleave Sand Cherry is proposed for the northeast corner of the site
around the proposed location for an identification sign. Techney, Arborvitae and Hillieri are also
proposed in landscape areas on either side of the entrance to the church building. The landscape
plan should be modified to provide some additional landscaping to meet the minimum points
required.
It should also be noted that the zoning ordinance requires parking lot screening where parking
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lots containing more than six cars are across the street from residentially zoned property. This is
• the case along Freeway Boulevard across from the Earle Brown Farm Estates Townhouses. This
screening should be at least three to four feet high to screen the parking lot and car headlights
from the residential across the street. It is also common in the industrial park area to provide
berming along Shingle Creek Parkway in an effort to screen the parking lot at street level. No
grading plan has been provided, however, the areas along Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes
Avenue would be appropriate for providing berming to shield the parking lot and asphalt areas
from these two roadways. It is recommended that the plans be modified to provide this as well.
BUILDING
The proposed building treatment is to be made up primarily of a textured decorative insulated
pre -cast concrete wall panel with prefinished metal coping and a prefinished standing seam metal
roof where a e
aked roof i v
! s called fir. A tinted reflectonzed b lazed curtain wall is also proposed
at the main building entrance. No colors have been indicated, but it is presumed that they will be
earth tones. The interior of the building will contain 900 auditorium seats in the main portion of
the church along with a nursery, bookstore, restrooms, a fellowship hall/classroom area and
kitchen as well as storage and a choir room. The upper level will include office areas, reception
and a conference room as well as a prayer room and storage. The plans indicate a possibility for
future expansion, however, no additional expansion of the church's seating capacity can be
allowed without additional land area.
• LIGHTNG _
The site plan shows the location of lighting fixtures around the perimeter of the parking lot at 14
locations. The general notes provided with the plan'indicate that site lighting shall be provided
with such devices as required to restrict glare and intensities in conformance with the City's
Zoning Ordinance. The applicant should submit information as to the proposed height of the
lighting fixtures and a comment at least that the lighting fixtures will be shielded in such a way
as to direct light unto the site and not create glare.
No indication of outside trash disposal facilities is shown on the plan. Any such outside trash
disposal facilities and rooftop or on- ground mechanical equipment, will have to be screened from
view by an opaque screening device.
It should also be noted that the general notes indicate that all surfacing, curbs and gutters shall. be
provided in accordance with the Brooklyn Center Zoning Ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION
As noted in the report, the plans are not sufficient enough to make a recommendation to approve.
No drainage, grading or utility plan has been submitted and wetland delineation is an issue. This
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wetland delineation matter may cause some significant alterations to this site if the property is
• indeed affected by wetlands.
Revision to the landscape plan to provide more landscape points is in order. Indication of where
off -site accesses are located should be provided in order to evaluate the applicant's proposed
access arrangement. Screening across the street from residentially zoned property is required and
it is recommended that the grading plan be modified to provide berming along Shingle Creek
Parkway and Xerxes so as to screen the parking lots in these locations.
These matters have been reported to the applicant's architect and must be addressed before a
favorable recommendation can be made with respect to the applicant's plans. The application
should be tabled until an appropriate plan is presented: The Commission should keep in mind
the State Statute limitation of 60 days for reviewing such plans. It would behoove the applicant
to expedite their plan amendments rather than to receive a recommendation of denial due to
insufficient submission of plans.
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APPLICATION NO 97006 (SPIRITUAL LIFE CHURCH)
Chair Willson introduced Application No. 97006, a request for site and building plan approval to
construct a 900 seat church on the vacant 4.4 acre parcel of land located at the southwest quadrant
• of Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North.
Mr. Warren presented the staff report using overhead transparencies to show the location and site
and building plans for the new proposal. (See Planning Commission Application Information Sheet
for Application No. 97006 dated 4 -14 -97 attached.)
Mr. Warren stated access to the property is to be gained via 24 foot wide drive ways located along
Xerxes Avenue and two along Freeway Boulevard, one at the northwest corner of the site near
Shingle Creek Parkway and the other along the southeasterly portion of the site. There are two
access drives on the opposite side of Freeway Boulevard to the west of this site and one on Freeway
Boulevard to the south of this site serving the townhouse complex. None of the proposed accesses
appear to line up directly with the existing accesses except possibly the Xerxes access with the
office /industrial building to the east. Locations of the accesses should be reviewed and noted on the
plan for possible adjustment. The City Engineer has expressed concern for the northwesterly access
along Freeway Boulevard possibly being too close to Shingle Creek Parkway. However, there also
is concern about the access alignment with the access to the townhouses on the opposite side of the
street. The access to the townhouses along the south portion of Freeway Boulevard appears to be
about midway between the proposed access for the church and the corner of Freeway Boulevard.
These access issues need to be reviewed and resolved.
Mr. Warren noted the applicant has not submitted a grading, drainage or utility plan and one must.
• be provided before a favorable recommendation can be made. The site is 4.4 acres and would not
normally require Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission review and approval. City
records indicate that a portion of this site is wetlands and therefore, a wetland delineation and.
Watershed review and approval will be necessary.
The landscape point system for this 4.4 acre site requires 392 landscape points. The project data
summary indicates that 379 landscape points are to be provided. This is 13 points short of the
minimum required. When totaling points, staff finds only 356 landscape points. Also the zoning
ordinance requires parking lot screening where parking lots containing more than six cars across the
street from residentially zoned property. This is the case along Freeway Boulevard across from the
Earle Brown Farm Estates Townhouses. It is also common in the industrial park area to provide
berming along Shingle Creek Parkway in an effort to screen the parking lot at street level. The
landscape issues will need to be provided and resolved in the grading, drainage or utility plan.
Mr. Warren stated the submitted plans are not sufficient enough to make a recommendation to
approve. All the outstanding matters have been reported to the applicant's architect. The application
should be tabled until an appropriate plan is presented. Mr. Warren noted the State Statute of
limitation of 60 days for reviewing this plan.
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Pastor Judy Fornara, Spiritual Life Church, stated she did not anticipate a large amount of traffic
from the site during peak traffic hours. Services are held on Sunday morning and Sunday, Tuesday
• and Thursday evenings. She stated she did not feel there would be an issue with the wetlands. She
noted the church had been located at 6500 Shingle Creek Parkway for 10 years and the parish has
outgrown that site. It has become necessary for the church to relocate and they would like to remain
in the City of Brooklyn Center.
Chair Willson asked if the site would be vacant during the day. Pastor Judy Fornara noted there are
8 office workers on the site during business hours. The Church also hosts a week long camp meeting
1 -2 times per year. She noted this would bring revenue to the City as the attendees would utilize the
hotels and restaurants in the area.
Commissioner Newman questioned the possible expansion of the Church. Pastor Judy Fornara'
stated if the Church required expansion, they would rent space from other nearby office buildings
and utilize a shuttle bus for transportation.
Commissioner Boeck questioned the location of the drive ways. He also suggested a cooperative
agreement in regard to drainage may be necessary with the adjacent property owner and asked if the
berm would be provided and landscaping adjusted to comply with the ordinance.
The Architect reported a survey of the site will be conducted nest week. He stated he was concerned
with moving the access points due to the topography of the site. The cooperative agreement may
be necessary because the storm sewer actually goes across the adjacent property owners driveway.
The Architect stated it is his intent to comply with all recommendations of the City Engineer.
•
In response to Commissioner Walker, the Architect explained the exterior of the building will be
white or cream color with plumb colored glazing, frames and flashings.
There was a motion by Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Reem to table
consideration of Application No. 97006, Spiritual Life Church, to provide adequate information for
the Commission to make a recommendation to approve.
Voting for: Chair Willson, Commissioners Boeck, Newman, Reem, and Walker. The motion passed
unanimously.
APPLICATION NO 97007 (POPEHN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP HIAWATHA RUBBER
COMPANY
Chair Willson introduced Application. No. 97007, a request for site and building plan approval to
construct a 37,440 square feet addition to the Hiawatha Rubber Company building located at 1700
67th Avenue North.
Mr. Warren presented the staff report using overhead transparencies to show the location and site
and building plans for the new proposal. (See Planning Commission Application Information Sheet
for Application No. 97007 dated 4 -17 -97 attached.)
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• MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF
HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
STUDY SESSION
MAY 29, 1997
CALL TO ORDER
The Planning Commission met in a study session called to order by Chair Tim Willson at 7:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Chair Willson, Commissioners Graydon Boeck, Rex Newman, and Dianne Reem were present. Also
present were Secretary to the Planning Commission/Planning and Zoning Specialist Ronald Warren
and Planning Commission Recording Secretary Arlene Bergfalk. Commissioner Brian Walker was
excused. Commissioner Mark Holmes entered the meeting at 3:30 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTE - MAY 1 1997
There was a motion by Commissioner Boeck, seconded by Commissioner Newman, to approve the
• minutes of the May 1, 1997 meeting, as submitted. The motion passed unanimously.
CHAIR'S EXPLANATION
Chair Willson explained the Planning Commission's role as an advisory body. One of the
Commission's functions is to hold public hearings. In the matters concerned in these hearings, the
Commission makes recommendations to the City Council. The City Council makes all final
decisions in these matters.
APPLICATION NO 97006 (SPIRT AL LIFE CHURCH)
Chair Willson introduced Application No. 97006, a request submitted by the Spiritual Life Church
for site and building plan approval to construct a 900 seat church building on 4.4. acres of vacant
property located at the southwest . quadrant of Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North.
The Commission initially considered this application at it's April 17 meeting, however action was
tabled pending submission of additional information. (See April 17 Commission meeting minutes
and April 14 Planning Commission Application Information Sheet.)
Mr. Warren presented the staff report and described the location and the revised site and building
plans for the proposed development. Religious uses are permitted in the C -1 zoning district in which
the property is located. (See attached Planning Commission Application Information Sheet for
Application No. 97006 dated- 29 -97.) As previously requested by the Commission, the applicant
submitted revised site and landscape plans and a grading, drainage and utility plan.
•
A wetland delineation report prepared for the Church indicates that previous development and site
• grading left a small remnant of a wetland on the south edge of the site, therefore the remaining
existing 403 sq. ft. dry stormwater basin is exempt from the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act
since it does not meet the required delineation criteria. Review of this exemption shall be conducted
by the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission under the joint powers act. The
applicant has remitted the required fee to the Watershed.
Mr. Warren described the modifications to the access drives. The access at the northwest corner of
the site aligns with an existing drive on the opposite side of Freeway Boulevard. The Xerxes
Avenue access aligns with the access on the east side of Xerxes Avenue. Although the southerly
access on Freeway Boulevard does not align with the townhouse access in that location, the City
Engineer recommends no alteration given the nature of the use of the Church site and the existing
townhomes.
The applicant's parking plan on the site meets requirements adequately and the lot access, located
at the east end of the site, aligns with the access drive on the opposite side of Xerxes Avenue, and
provides a large greenstrip along Shingle Creek Parkway.
The drainage and grading and utility plans were described. Mr. Warren reviewed the City Engineer's
May 27 memorandum regarding the drainage and grading plan/report which has been submitted to
the Watershed Commission. Preliminary discussions with the Watershed indicate that the
documentation in the report is adequate and exemption from the wetland criteria is justified. Mr.
• Warren stated that according to the applicant's architect the certificate of exemption can be
administratively executed by the Watershed possibly prior to the Council's June 9 expected
consideration of this application.
Sanitary sewer and water to the church building will be provided along the north side of the building
and tied into existing lines within the Shingle Creek Parkway right -of -way. Agreements with the
City for these services are required.
The applicant's revised landscape plan with 396 landscape points on the property meets the Planning
Commission's point system and provides appropriate distribution of plantings around the site.
The exterior of the building consists of white or cream colored textured decorative concrete with a
tinted reflectorized glazed curtain wall at the main building entrance. Exterior glazing, frames and
flashings will be a plum color. Fourteen lighting standards on 20 foot high poles on the site will be
provided with devices to restrict glare and intensities, as required.
The staff recommends approval of the revised site and building plans, subject to 14 conditions,
contained in the staff report. The applicant waived its right to receive final approval within 60 days
of application filing because its initial plans were not sufficient for the Commission to make a
favorable recommendation within that time frame.
• Chair Willson called for questions on the revised plans.
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Commissioner Boeck suggested additional clarifying language to conditions 11 and 12 in the staff
• report. The Commissioners agreed to the changes.
Commissioner Boeck expressed concern that the ponding facilities will not be properly cared for
since the site is exempt from Watershed agency regulations. He urged the applicant to nonetheless
pay reasonable attention to the appropriate maintenance of the ponds to preserve water quality. Mr.
Warren indicated that considerations of the Watershed Commission during previous development
and grading on the larger property may include maintenance of the detention pond. The City
Engineer will be asked to investigate whether such provisions are in place. Mr. Steve Binek,
architect for the project, stated the ponds will be primarily dry and will be mowed and maintained.
Commissioner Boeck suggested the applicant may wish to consider additional
screening /landscaping/berming on the street sides of the northerly pond.
According to the architect, completion of the development is expected by December 1997. In
response to an inquiry regarding daily occupancy in the building, Pastor Judy Fornara explained the
eight staff members work Monday through Friday during the day and religious events occur some
weekday evenings as well as Sundays. She added that special events conducted by the denomination
bring out -of -town visitors who will occupy local hotels /motels and other services in the community.
Following its discussion, the Commission did not interpose objections to the site and building plans
• for the Spiritual Life Church, subject to the 14 conditions, as presented by the Secretary.
ACTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE
There was a motion by Commissioner Boeck, seconded by Commissioner Reem, to recommend to
the Council that it approve Application No. 97006, a request submitted by Spiritual Life Church for
site and building plan approval to construct a church on land located at the southwest quadrant of
Shingle Creek Parkway and Xerxes Avenue North, subject to the following conditions:
1. The building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building Official with
respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance of permits.
2. Grading, drainage and utility plans are subject to review and approval by the City .
Engineer prior to the issuance of permits.
3. A site performance agreement and supporting financial guarantee in an amount to be
determined based on cost estimates shall be submitted prior to the issuance of permits
to assure the completion of approved site improvements.
4. Any outside trash disposal facilities and roof -top or on- ground mechanical equipment
shall be appropriately screened from view.
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5. The building is to be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system to meet
• NFPA standards and shall be connected to a central monitoring device in accordance
with Chapter 5 of the City Ordinances.
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6 An underground irrigation system shall be installed in all landscaped areas
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facilitate site maintenance.
7. Plan approval is exclusive of all signage which is subject to Chapter 34 of the City
Ordinances.
3. B -612 curb and gutter shall be provided around all parking and driving areas.
9. The applicant shall enter into an easement and agreement for maintenance and
inspection of utility and storm drainage systems prior to the issuance of permits.
10. The applicant shall provide appropriate erosion and sediment control devices on the
site during construction as approved by the City Engineering Department.
11. All work performed and materials used for construction of utilities, driveways and
parking areas shall conform to the City of Brooklyn ookl n Cent
er s current tY Y standard
specifications and details.
• 12. The grading plan shall be modified prior to the issuance of building permits to
indicate the berming area used to screen the parking lot from the townh mes o n the
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opposite side of Freeway Boulevard on the west side of the site property.
13. The Certification of Exemption to the Wetland Conservation Act recommended in
the applicant's wetland report, prepared by McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc.,
is subject to the approval of the
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and shall be issued rior to the issuance Q
p an e of buildin permits for this project.
14. Ponding areas shall be rotected
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p y easements as approved by the City
Engineer.
Voting for: Chair Willson, Commissioners Boeck, Newman, and Reem. The motion passed
unanimously.
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The Council will consider the recommendation at its Monday, June 9, 1997 meeting. The applicant
must be present. Major changes to the application as reviewed by the Commissioners will require
that the application be returned to the Commission for re- consideration.
OTHER BUSINESS
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Mr. Warren responded to Commissioner Reem's questions regarding the status of the
• Rainbow /Walgreen development, future plans of the 63rd Avenue liquor store and fire station, and
the 50's Grill response to the recommended parking plan related to their small expansion.
Mr. Warren noted the Council recently directed the Commission to review the ordinance regarding
accessory buildings in residential districts. The Secretary reviewed the current regulations and
applicable State Statute. The Commissioners participated in a preliminary discussion on the
ordinance to provide the Secretary a basis to prepare draft ordinance language to reflect the
Commissioners' views and concerns on potential revisions.
In addition, the Commission is directed to consider further limitations regarding the location of
pawnshops with respect to adjacent properties. The Commissioners agreed to discuss these topics
at its June 26 study session.
Chair Willson informed the Secretary and the Commissioners that he will be absent from the June
12 Commission meeting to attend his wife's college graduation ceremonies.
ADJOURNMENT
There was a motion by Commissioner Boeck, seconded by Commissioner Holmes, to adjourn the
Planning Commission study session. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at
3:55 p.m.
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• PROCLAMATION
DECLARING AUGUST 17, 1997, TO BE HONOR- OUR - POLICE SUNDAY
WHEREAS, the public safety is protected and preserved by the efforts of men and women who
serve in Law Enforcement in our local communities; and
WHEREAS, a Police Officer is in the forefront of maintaining law and order and takes personal
risks in dealing with those who would threaten the peace of our communities; and
WHEREAS, the spiritual community of Woodcrest Baptist Church has recognized the need to
offer spiritual support and to honor our Law Enforcement departments throughout
the north metro area; and
WHEREAS, the Woodcrest Baptist Church desires to express the gratitude of the City for the
outstanding performance of all local Law Enforcement personnel by honoring them
on Blue and White Sunday, August 17, 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER, State of
Minnesota, do hereby proclaim that August 17, 1997, be Honor- Our- Police Sunday, and honors
the men and women of Law Enforcement for their dedication and their courage to perform their
• duty.
Date Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
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6875 University Ave. N.E. / Minneapolis, Minn. 55432 -4199 * Phone (612) 571 -6409
• Clarke S. Poorman, M.A., D.D., Pastor Bruce Cournoyer, B.S., Youth Pastor
Mark Poorman, B.A., Assistant Pastor Loren Isaacs B.S. Principal
Baptist May 1997
Academy
Pre -K - 12
Mrs. Myrna Kragness
* 6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy
Deaf Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Ministry
Dear Mrs. Kragness,
* Greetings from the members of Woodcrest Baptist Church in Fridley. We are
Bus planning a special service here at Woodcrest on August 17th in an attempt to honor our
Ministry law enforcement departments throughout north and northeast Minneapolis.
* We are grateful for law enforcement in a day when the liberal media seems to
encourage disrespect toward those who enforce our laws. The harassment, restrictions,
Promise and ridicule our officers receive is appalling in some cases.
Pr
Missionary We are calling this special service "Blue and White Sunday "; it is scheduled for
Program 10:30 a. m. in the auditorium at Woodcrest on August 17, 1997. Our special speaker for
the occasion is Mr. Mark Rizzo, who is certainly qualified to challenge all the law
* enforcement officers present. Mr. Rizzo's biography is enclosed.
Dynamic I am sending this invitation to attend this special service to nine area police
Youth departments and encouraging the various mayors to make a proclamation for August 17th
Program to be an "Honor- our - Police" Sunday. Some examples of what mayors of other cities have
* done is enclosed for your consideration. Members of our church will be wearing blue and
Soul white ribbons throughout the month of August to show our support of our police force.
Winning Would you be willing to support this endeavor, Mrs. Mayor? Would you please inform
Emphasis your police chief and department of this effort, and post the enclosed posters around the
*
city hall, police station, etc.? Hopefully other churches in the area would do something
similar in the future to promote law enforcement in our municipalities.
Independent If you are able to personally attend I would be happy to recognize you along with
Premillenniai all the other city fficials and p olice officers from the various depa Please
Fundamental encourage p P
encourage your officers to come in uniform.
Separatist
I will be calling you on the phone in the coming weeks to see if you have any
questions. I sincerely hope you will promote this effort to honor the law enforcement
team in your city ... men and women who jeopardize their lives for our safety and
protection.
Si Y Y
Pastor Clarke Poorman
A GROWING LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRY INHERE THE BIBLE, THE BLOOD,
AND THE BLESSED HOPE IS FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMED
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3[ City of Brooklyn Center
A great place to start. A great place to stay.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Kragness, Councilmembers Carmody, Hilstrom, Lasman, and Peppe
FROM: Michael J. McCauley, City Manage
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: Set Dates for City Council Work Sessions
I would ask that the Council set the dates and times for City Council Work Sessions as follows:
Monday, June 16, 1997 4:30 P.M. Meet with Commissioner Opat
Wednesday, June 25, 1997 7:00 p.m. General Work Session
•
•
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
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is BROOKLYN CENTER
POLICE DEPARTMENT
POLICE
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mike McCauley, City Manager
FROM: Scott Kline Chief of Police
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: Mobile Computing Device (MCD)
State of Minnesota Connection Update
On Tuesday, June 3, 1997 LOGIS received a proposal from Third Wave Partnership on writing
software to make the LOGIS MCD system communicate with the State of Minnesota. Third
Wave Partnership has experience writing 'connection software for mobile systems to state
• agencies. They have written the program for the Minneapolis connection and for several other
Minnesota agencies. The proposal is being reviewed by LOGIS and West Covina, a decision is
to be made by the end of the week. LOGIS will expend the necessary funds for the programing.
There will be no additional cost to the city.
In the proposal, Third Wave Partnership has committed to start the project mid -June, 1997. They
- proposed 480 hours of assistance over an 8 -10 week period.
LOGIS Director Mike Garris will provide updates on the status of the project as it moves
forward. I will continue to keep you informed.
SK:pph
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Computing Device (MCD) Project Costs
* Mobile
A LOGIS Joint Project with the Cities o Brooklyn Center Golden .f l Y Valley, and St. Louis Park ooe[3
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One Time Costs
Software Development (1994) $31,548.00
GT -486N Notebook Computers (1996) (10 units + 1/3 LOGIS unit) $73,068.07
External Antennas (1996) (10 units) $292.19
GT -486N Notebook Docking Stations (1996) (10 units) $3,355.54
Squad Car Installation of Docking Stations (1996) (10 units) $1,691.25
RAM Radio Registration (1996) (10 units) $500.00
Total One Time Costs $110,455.05
On -Going Costs Per Unit Per Month
LOGIS Module Charge (monthly) $345.00
a " Module Charge (monthly /per unit) (10 units) $99.00 $990.00
State of Minnesota Connection (monthly /per unit) (10 units) $30.00 $300.00
Maintenance (first year included in purchase) (monthly /per unit) (10 u $ 2 5. 00 $250.00
Total Monthly On -Going Costs $1,8
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MCD Project Costs - 615197
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City of Brooklyn Center
• A great place to start. A great place to stay.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Kragness, Councilmembers Carmody, Hilstrom, Lasman, and Peppe
FROM: Michael J. McCauley, City Manager ,
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: Rehabilitation Loan Program: CDBG
I
Staff was directed to prepare a report for the Council regarding options to using the Community
Development Block Grant Funds for rehabilitation loans, including other service providers and
reduced rate buy downs for loans. Due to the press of the 53rd Avenue Project, Mr. Bublitz has
not been able to assemble all of the materials that we would like to provide a more
comprehensive overview f report for the next
p or the Council of options. We would schedule this repo
meeting, June 23
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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
MEMORANDUM
TO: Michael J..McCauley, City Manager
FROM:
Sharon Knutson, City Clerk
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: Mayoral Appointments
- Housing Commission (one vacancy)
- Planning Commission (one vacancy)
Housing mmission
In April 1997, Housing Commissioner Naomi Ische resigned from the Commission, leaving one
vacancy on the Housing Commission.
Attached for City Council Members only are the applications received as follows:
Donald Arm 2340 Brookview Drive
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Bede Belay 4113 Jane Lane
Stephen Erdmann 4919 61 st Avenue North
Larry Ruzek 5328 Bryant Avenue North
Planning Commission
On April 17, 1997, Donald Booth resigned from the Planning Commission, leaving one vacancy on
the Planning Commission.
Attached for City Council Members only are the applications received as follows:
Stephen Erdmann 4919 61 st Avenue North
Edward Nelson 5236 Great View Avenue North
Larry Ruzek 5328 Bryant Avenue North
Mary Simmons 5530 Camden Avenue North
Mark Yelich 6018 Beard Avenue North
Notice of vacancy on the commissions was published in the Brooklyn Center Sun -Post on April 30,
1997. Notice was o t
s ed at City .Hall and Community C
p ty ty enter and aired on Cable Channel 37 from
April 22, 1997, through May 20, 1997.
A letter was sent to those persons who previously had submitted an application for appointment to
a Brooklyn Center advisory commission notifying them of the vacancy. Notices were also sent to
current advisory commission members.
Attached is a memorandum from Mayor Kragness indicating her nominations.
Letters were sent to each applicant notifying them that their application for appointment would be
considered at the June 9, 1997, Council meeting and they were invited to attend.
• Mayoral Appointments Page 2 June 5, 1997
Attached is a table which indicates the geographical distribution by neighborhood of the applicants
and current members of the commissions. Also attached are the procedures for filling commission
vacancies adopted by the City Council on March 27, 1995.
Recommended Council Action:
Motion by Council to ratify the nominations by Mayor Kragness with terns expiring as
follows:
Housing Commission (one vacancy)
term to expire 12/31/99
Planning Commission (one vacancy)
one term to expire 12/31/97
Attachments
•
MEMORANDUM
•
TO: Councilmember Kathleen Carmody
Councilmember Debra Hilstrom
Councilmember Kay Lasman
Councilmember Robert Peppe
FROM: Myrna Kragness, Mayor
DATE: June 5, 1997
SUBJECT: City Advisory Commission Nominations
As outlined in our policy for filling commission vacancies, I would request ratification from Council
Members for the nomination of the following persons:
Housing Commission
Donald Arm 2340 Brookview Drive
Planning Commission
• Stephen Erdmann 4919 61 st Avenue North
City of Brooklyn Center
•
Procedures for Filling Commission /Task Force Vacancies
Adopted by Council 3/27/95
The following process for filling commission/task force vacancies was approved by the City Council
at its March 27, 1995, meeting:
Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled by Mayoral appointment with majority consent
of the City Council. The procedure for filling Commission vacancies is as follows:
1. Notices of vacancies shall be posted for 30 days before any official City
Council action is taken;
2. Vacancies shall be announced in the City's official newspaper;
3. Notices of vacancies shall be sent to all members of standing advisory
commissions;
4. Applications for Commission membership must be obtained in the City
• Clerk's office and must be submitted in writing to the City Clerk;
5. The City Clerk shall forward copies of the applications to the Mayor and City
Council;
6. The Mayor shall identify and include the nominee's application form in the
City Council agenda materials for the City Council meeting at which the
nominee is presented;
7. The City Council, by majority vote, may approve an appointment at the City
Council meeting at which the nominee is presented.
•
City of Brooklyn Center
•
Housing Commission
g Co mission
Geographical Distribution
and Ei ht Members
(Chairperson g )
Applicants and Current Members
May 23, 1997
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2205 Brookview Drive
:>::>::>::>::::>:<:»> Michael desParois
....:::::....:.....:.;:;:: 5301 Dupont Avenue North, #4
Northeast Lloyd Deuel
1606 72nd Avenue North
Northwest Ernie Erickson
. 6800 Drew Avenue North
West st
Central 1
Jonathan Carter
4700 Eleanor Lane
Robert Torres
4501 Winchester Lane
Henry Yang
6207 Regent Avenue North
Central Mark Yelich
6018 Beard Avenue North
Southwest
One vacancy.
City of Brooklyn Center
•
Planning
g Commission
Geographical Distribution
(Chairperson and Six Members)
Applicants and Current Members
May 23, 1997
Neighborhoods
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Southeast
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5312 Irving Avenue North
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Northeast Tim Willson
6718 Colfax Avenue North
Northwest Mark Holmes
• 7207 Grimes Avenue North
West
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.. Rex Newman 3107 61st Avenue North
Dianne Reem
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One vacancy.
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To: Mayor Kragness and Council Membe armody, Hilstrom, Lasman and Peppe
From: Michael J. McCauley
City Manager
Date: June 5, 1997
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Buildi
n� Needs
GOALS
In 1996, building needs were reviewed in the Spring. At that point, a plan/concept for dealing
with fire department needs was fairly well identified. The City Council wanted to have an
understanding of the issues and possible solutions for the police department space needs prior to
going out for a bond issue. A process was established to review space needs for the civic
complex that involved a review of needs, resources, and an opportunity for public input.
The goal of this process has been to try to solve the space problems in the police department
within the context of the needs for overall City operations. While the space problems affecting
the police operations have been present since well before 1989, a solution to the space needs has
not
• been implemented since the 1989 space study. The 1989 study, while identifying space needs
for the police and general City offices, also included very large new operations in the recreation
area on the current site. The portion of the study dealing with expanded recreational facilities has
not been considered since the primary service needs of fire /police /general government would
take precedence and themselves present significant funding challenges. The goal has been to
make investments into facilities translate into a more citizen accessible service center that
addresses handicapped accessibility and access to City services.
PROCESS
The process used in reviewing space needs, with a primary view toward solving the unacceptable
lack of space for police operations, has been to use the results of the 1989 space needs study and
the current space utilization to form the basis for size needs. This has meant development of
plans that do not substantially increase space for general City operations, while doubling (or
more) the space for police operations. The 1989 study recommended:
- increasing the size of city hall by 11,300 square feet to 26,300 square feet
- increasing the size of -
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- building a community activity building of 60,000 square feet.
•
6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, 11N 55430 -2199 • City Hall & TDD Number (612) 569 -3300
Recreation and Community Center Phone & TDD Number (612) 669 -3400 • F..LY (612) 569 -3494
An Affirmative Action /Equal Opportunities Employer
• In this process, the architect, who performed the 1989 needs analysis, has refined the fire
building concepts and provided general analysis of cost and feasibility for dealing with the space
needs at the civic complex. Areas in front of the existing buildings that were excluded from
consideration in 1989 were reviewed and soil borings taken to preliminarily determine suitability
for construction. I initiated a review of whether building could occur in the front based on a
desire to see if this complex could be improved so that citizens could have ground level access to
city services and facilities from the north parking area, rather than have them going from one
place to the other and up and down levels. Also, my goal was to try to overcome some of the
limitations in the current configuration created by the angles in the buildings. This was a
conceptual approach to generate further exploration and discussion.
After development of concepts, there have been 2 newsletter articles on the space need
deficiencies and 4 open houses. The open houses were held in March and April. In each month 2
were held on a Saturday afternoon and 2 on a Thursday evening. Approximately 160 persons
attended the open houses. Survey forms were distributed at the open houses to seek input. A
video spot on the needs for police and fire operations was run on cable television and shown at
the open houses. I made presentations to the Lions's and Rotary clubs. Finally, a public meeting
was held on May 28th to solicit public comments and suggestions. The results of the input at the
open houses and May 28th public meeting generally concurred in the need to address the space
needs for fire and police operations. All three concepts for meeting the police and general space
needs were identified in the open house surveys as being concepts for further study. At the May
28th public meeting, support for having a different architect review space needs and life cycle of
the current buildings was voiced by police officers.
In 1995, the City Council commissioned a study by Decision Resources, Ltd. To survey residents
of Brooklyn Center on city services and support for a bond issue to address a wide variety of
building needs. Residents surveyed about adding on for the police department and fire
departments were generally supportive. The median survey respondent would support a monthly
property tax increase of $7.60 to support a bond referendum.
The concepts developed are estimates that would be refined in the actual design of the buildings.
The final design process could increase or decrease component size. Similarly, costs will likely
increase with final design since these estimates are conceptual and in 1996 dollars for projects
that would not start until 1998-Until a concept was selected the expenditure of funds for detailed
design work and city staff time doing layout analysis and changes was not felt to be advisable.
FIRE
As indicated, the concept for meeting fire needs has been developed to the point of a specific
proposed action. The recommendation for the fire building needs would be:
Dupont Station
- remodel, insulate, square off front, modernize restroom facilities, provide
storage, and have space for turn out gear to dry
• Brooklyn Boulevard Station
- build new station: this would have space for apparatus, serve as a headquarters
station
The plan would be less expensive (approximately $400,000) than the original proposal of adding
on to both stations. Unresolved is the issue of relocating the liquor store. Final site planning may
provide options on or off the site. The needs for fire service are taking precedence in this
proposal
POLICE /GENERAL SPACE NEEDS ,
As described above, several concepts have been presented for consideration and public comment
dealing with the needs at the current civic complex. These concepts have explored 3 different
approaches:
- a police station at a location away from the current complex
- remodeling all of the current police /city hall into police space, with an office connector
between the existing building and the community center
- building a new police /city hall building in front of the civic center
The rough cost estimates for pursuing the concepts would be:
- remodel current and create connecting structure: $3.9 Million + HVAC etc
at current site .
- new police elsewhere $3.9 Million + HVAC etc
at current site
- demolish existing and create new building $5.3 Million
ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTS
Option A Freestanding Police station at new site
Advantages Disadvantages
new construction additional land needed (unless park land
used)
easier to estimate /control costs increased: operational costs /maintenance
duplication of equipment
simpler concept communication between departments made
more d-ifficult ie: code enforcement
Option B. Remodeling Existing Structure and addine Connector with Civic Center
This concept was developed to address the over all needs at the lowest initial cost.
Advantages
Disadvantages
• addresses overall site more money nto
y buildings with limited
futures
lower short term cost remodeled space not as functional with the
limitations of the construction (poured
concrete, angles, and narrow basement)
keeps operations together limits future options $4 Million into current
site
north facing entrance
Option C. All new Police /City Hall on current site
Advantages Disadvantages
addresses overall site Cost $5.8 Million
new space /more efficient layout north facing entrance
operations together combines a number of issues
FINANCIAL ISSUES
Bonds would be required to finance whatever building options were selected. A referendum
would be required in order to actually issue bonds. A bond issue of between $7 Million and $8
Million would provide sufficient funds for projects as scaled in the various concepts. Additional
information on the rough cost estimates, and impacts are set forth in the attached spreadsheets.
SUMMARY
Since the 1980's the City has not provided working environments that comply with several codes
in the fire department or supplied adequate space for police operations. Studies have been
undertaken to identify space needs and voter support for additions to existing facilities. In an
effort to get the process going on an action track to address the building needs in the context of
citizen accessibility, prudent expenditure of tax resources, and providing an appropriate working
environment, concepts have been developed to stimulate citizen involvement and input. These
concepts identify ranges of cost to support seeking voter approval of bonds with the use of
capital improvement fund monies to defray some of the costs and provide contingency coverage.
.As outlined when the process was first presented to the City Council, the City Council is being
:asked to provide direction on what concepts should be placed before the voters and when. Upon
selection of concepts by the Council, we would proceed to have more detailed plans and
specifications drawn up and have city employees review layouts to have them assist in designing
. spaces that will work best.
Given the process and input, I would suggest that any bond issue separate out the fire question
from the police /general facilities question. That is, two bond authorization questions would be
preferable to one. Upon selection of a particular concept(s) by the City Council. I would propose
• that staff, with the Financial Commission, would prepare a specific set of referendum questions
and dollar amounts using capital monies to defray part of the estimated costs and act as the
contingency fund. In selecting concepts, the best interests of the City require that the chosen
concepts are ones that will garner support amongst the electorate so that these building issues
may be addressed. Of the concepts identified, the fire concepts and a free- standing police station
are the easiest to identify costs. The concepts at the current complex involve significant earth
moving and either demolition or remodeling of a difficult structure. Keeping police operations on
the same campus has many operational advantages and avoids additional and duplicative costs.
Fire Building Needs Plan $3,400,000
Concept B: $3,900,000
Police in all of current with new general offices
Concept A:
New Police new location
bare land $3,940,000
63rd & Brooklyn Blvd.
$4,840,000
Concept C:
Demolish existing, all new space
$5,767,800
Work needed at current complex:
Heating, ventiilation, air system $350,000
ADA accessibilty $300,000
General work $60,000
New roof police /city hall $170,000
$880,000 +elevator?
* Monetary Needs Ranges
Concept B: Concept A: Concept A• 63r Concept C•
Fire $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000
Concept: $3,900,000 $3,940,000 $4,840,000 $5,767,800
$7,300,000 $7,340,000 $8,240,000 $9,167,800
Additional Bldg. Needs:
Heating etc. $350,000 $350,000 $350,000 $350,000
General Work $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000
New roof police /city hall $170,000 $170,000 $170,000 none
ADA accessibility Included $300,000 $300,000 Included
$580,000 $880,000 $880,000 $410,000
Rough Estimate $7,880,000 $8,220,000 $9,120,000 $9,577,800
Operational costs of separate locations is not included in this rough analysis.
Bonds $7,000,000
Per Year' Per Month
Impact on $75,000 Home $58.50 $4.88
•
Fre e s tanding Police D epartment
are Land
Area Unit Cost Extension
Jail 4,000 $190.00 $760,000
• Police Garage /sallyport 2,000 $70.00 $140,000
Police facilities 14,000 $90.00 $1,260,000
parking 90,000 $1.50 $135,000
concrete curb 30,000 $4.00 $120,000
soil correction $0
Other Communications 1 $50,000 $50,000
Phone system 1 $100,000 $100,000
Contingency 1 $300,000 $300,000
Computer duplication 1 $165,000 $165,000
Fees, materials, misc 1 $210,000 $210,000
Furniture 1 2
$ 50,000 $250,000
Site Acquisition 1 $450,000 $450,000
$3,940,000
Freestanding Police Department j
63rd & Brooklyn Blvd.
Area Unit CQ9 E` tension
Jail 4,000 $190.00 $760,000
Police Garage /sallyport 2,000 $70.00 $140,000
Police facilities 14,000 $90.00 $1,260,000
parking 90,000 $1.50 $135,000
concrete curb 30,000 $4.00 $120,000
• soil correction $0
Other Communications 1 550,000 $50,000
Phone system l $150,000 $150,000
Computer duplication 1 $165,000 $165,000
Contingency 1 $300,000 $300,000
Fees, materials, misc 1 5210,000 $210,000
Furniture 1 $250,000 $250,000
Site Acquisition 1 S1,300,000 $1,300,000
$4,340,000
Freestanding Police Department: Larger Facility
Bare Land
Area _mt Cost Ext ension
Jail 4,000 $190.00 $760,000
Police Garage / sallyport 2,000 $70.00 $140,000
Police facilities 22,000 $90.00 51.980,000
parking 90,000 $1.50 5135,000
concrete curb 30,000 $4.00 - $120,000
soil correction $0
Other Communications 1 550,000 $50,000
Phone system 1 S100.000 $100,000
Contingency 1 5300,000 5300,000
Computer duplication 1 5165,000 5165,000
. Fees, materials, misc 1 $210,000 5
Furniture 1 $250,000 5250,000
Site Acquisition 1 S450,000 $450,000
$4,660,000
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Opera tin 9- Costs_f_oi F-zeestanding-Police _Station-y,._Additional Debt_Secyice
15 year period _ O eratina Cost Deb S_ ervice on $1M
$150,000 $144,000
.
$154,500 $144,000
$159,135 $144,000
$163,909 $144,000
$168,826 $144,000
$173,891 $144,000
$179,108 $144,000
$184,481 $144,000
$190,016 $144,000
$195,716 $144,000
$201,587 $144,000
$207,635 $144,000
$213,864 $144,000
$220,280 $144,000
$226,888 $144,000
$233,695 $144,000
Total Extra Operating Costs: $3,023,532 $2,304,000
Extra Capital Costs
phone system $100,000
extra computer /power $150,000
Range of Cost: $3,273,532 $2,304,000
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Impacts, _
Bonds: Principal Term Debt Service Current Lev
$4,000,000 10 Years $575,000 $6,442,436
$4,000,000 15 Years $442,512 $6,442,436
1 75,000 House Principal Term Tax Increase Current Cit Tax
p Y
10 Years $43.61 $250.38
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$4,000,000 15 Years $33.41 $250.38
Bonds: Principal Term Debt Service Current Lever_
$3,000,000 10 Years $429,912 $6,442,436
! $3,000,000 15 Years X29 618 �
$ $6,44_,46
;75,000 House; Principal Term Tax Increase Current City Tax
$3,000,000 10 Years $32.76 $250.38
$3,000,000 15 Years $25.09 $250.38
Bonds: Principal Term Debt Service Current Levy
$7,000,000 10 Years $1,004,912 $6,442,436
$7,000,000 15 Years $772,130 $6,442,436
75,000 HouseTrincipal Term Tax Increase Current City Tax
$7.000,000 10 Years $76.37 $250.38
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$7,000,000 15 Years $58.50 $250.38
Bonds: Principal Term Debt Service Current Levy
$8,000,000 10 Years $1,150,000 $6,442,436
$8,000,000 15 Years $885,024 16,442,436
75,000 HouseTrincipal Term Tax Increase Current Citv Tax
$8,000,000 10 Years $87.22 $250.38
$8,000,000 15 Years $66.82 $250.38
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WORM ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441 - 4612 612- 544 -3871
i
DATE: March 6, 1997
OWNER: City of Brooklyn Center
Michael McCauley, City Manager
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
PROJECT: REQUIRED POLICE EXPANSION - ALL NEW FACILITIES
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
NUMBER: 97102
SUBJECT: Preliminary Cost Estimate
BY: Mjorud Architecture
Al Mjorud
•
The City Manager directed the Architect to prepare a cost estimate for the required
police expansion at Brooklyn Center in all new facilities. A general office building
would replace the existing Police and City Hall Building. Citizens would park in one
location, enter the Civic Center in one location, pay City bills in one location, pay Park
and Recreation fees in one location, enter the City Council Chambers in one location,
enter the Community Center at one location, enter the Police Department in one
location, enter the City ll i „
in location t}/ o and do all this without having a ng to climb the
mountain" to do business at the Civic Center. Facilities for persons with disabilities
and the elderly would be addressed and improved.
This cost estimate ate is intended to
assist the City Council in their deliberation to provide the required police facilities at
Brooklyn Center.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Police Department presently occupies approximately 9,000 square feet on the
Lower Level of City Hall. This space along the 15,000 square feet of space used by
i City Hall will be demolished to create new space to accommodate all known
programs today. The proposed new Police area would be approximately double the
existing area.
REQUIRED POLICE EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 2
Rather than hauling the existing earth off site, a berm would be created from the
existing soil to screen the new police garage and police motor court, located in front
of the new Police Entrance.
NEW STRUCTURES
The Police Department would need approximately 18,000 square feet plus a new
2,000 sf Garage Building located near the new Police Department for Police Vehicles.
The new garage may have to be constructed after the existing building is removed.
Police Department 18,000 sf
Garage Building 2,000 sf
City Hall 18,000 sf
Civic Center Commons 4,000 sf
Pool Mechanical /HVAC Addition 3,000 sf
• Total New Area
38,000 sf
COMMUNITY CENTER
The Community Center would remain essentially unchanged, except that the
customer service desk would be located within the new general office building and the
locker rooms would be remodeled to handle traffic direct from the lower level. A new
mechanical building addition would replace both the demolished mechanical space
within the old Police Building nd the me h
9 c anical turrets p rojecting from
the r oof.
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Estimated New Pool Mechanical / HVAC Addition 3,000 sf
Estimated Remodeled area 2,400 sf
GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING
The general office building would be positioned to serve all departments. Interaction
with the community would be consolidated wherever possible to allow the citizens
• quick response and assistance from a single location. The Upper Floor would be
occupied primarily by the City Hall in a space approximately 20% larger than the old
REQUIRED POLICE EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 3
City Hall accommodating departmental space needs known today. The Lower Floor
would provide space primarily for the Police Department; but it would also house Civic
Center functions such as a Reception, Lobby, Vestibule, Conference Room, ADA
Toilets, Stairway, Elevators, Elevator Equipment Rooms, and the City Council
Chambers with an attached Media Center.
BROOKLYN CENTER SOIL
Due to suspect soil conditions, the City Manager employed the services of Braun
Intertec to provide two investigative soil borings in the vicinity of the proposed City
Hall Building. Luckily, no peat or deleterious soil were encountered at either boring,
indicating that the soil upon compaction may be suitable to support a building with
conventional spread footings. It was speculated that the deleterious soil was
removed when the original buildings were constructed in 1971. Based on the history
of this site and possible variations between borings, additional subsurface exploration
will be needed, once a plan is formulated and approved.
TRAFFIC FLOW AND PARKING
Traffic flow and parking would not change except that all City employees would park
only n the South Parking Lot, leaving space for the Citizens 9 9 P e s to P ark in the North
Parking Lot near the main entrance. A flag pole, kiosk, lighting, planters, benches and
other amenities could help establish identity and a sense of main entrance. Parents
will have a logical area to drop -off and pick -up their children. New ADA parking, short
term parking, and parking for senior citizens would be provided near the entrance.
Two new rows of parking are shown on. the east side of the North Parking Lot to
accommodate any future parking needs. Here is a cost breakdown:
Item Area Unit Cost Extension
Soil Correction at Parking Lot 3,467 cy $ 13 /cy $ 45,000
Asphalt Driveways & Parking Lots 30,000 sf 75 (t/sf 22,500
Concrete curbs 666 If 12 /If 8,000
Total for Parking Lot Expansion $75,500
REQUIRED POLICE EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 4
COST BREAKDOWN for all NEW FACILITIES
Item Area Unit Cost Extension
Building soil correction 12,000 cy $ 4 /cy $ 48,000
Sidewalks and curbs 12,000 sf 4 /sf 48,000
Police Driveway / apron 5,000 sf 3 /sf 15,000
Finish grading and sod 40,000 sf 44¢ /sf 17,600
Demolition of Police and City Hall 24,000 sf
(2 floors @ 12,000 sf each) 342,000 cf 30¢ /cf 102,600
Selective Demolition (Other) 4,000 sf 7 /sf 28,000
Hauling debris w/ 30yd dumpster 118 loads 450 /load 53,100
Construct Lower Level Jail 4,000 sf 190 /sf 760,000
Police Garage / Sallyport 2,000 sf 70 /sf 140,000
Police Department Facilities 14,000 sf 90 /sf 1,260,000
Remodeling to Community Center 2,400 sf 25 /sf 60,000
New Pool Mechanical / HVAC Room 3,000 sf 110 /sf 330,000
Remove /patch Community Center Turrets 800 sf 20 /sf 16,000
General Office - Upper Level 15,500 sf 90 /sf 1,404,000
Council Chambers - Lower Level 2,500 sf 150 /sf 375,000
Civic Center Entry - Lower Level 4,000 sf 125/sf 475,000
Probable Construction Cost $ 5,132,300
Allowance for High Density Mobile Storage for Police Department $ 50,000
REQUIRED POLICE EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 5
OTHER EXPENSES:
Furniture / equipment allowance $ 120,000
Fees, material testing & misc expenses 310,000
Contingency 250,000
Totals $ 680,000
This is our best effort at this time to give you a realistic idea of a preliminary cost
estimate for the required police expansion at Brooklyn Center. There is nothing
extravagant included in this estimate. The costs are based on good, sound design,
using similar materials that match the existing construction.
Once drawings are prepared, an updated and more accurate cost estimate can be
prepared.
Distribution: City Manager Michael McCauley (2)
Files
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CITY
OF
ROOKLYN
CENTER
PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE
REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING
AND EXPANSION
City of Brooklyn Y n Cen
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_ 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
n Center MN
Brooklyn 65430
Date: December 23, 1996
Mjorud Architecture
12400 12th Avenue North
• Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441 - 4612 612 -544 -3871
•
DATE: December 23, 1996
OWNER: City of Brooklyn Center
Michael McCauley, City Manager
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
PROJECT: REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING & EXPANSION
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
NUMBER: 96102
SUBJECT: Preliminary Cost Estimate
BY: Mjorud Architecture
Al Mjorud
The City Manager '
ty g directed the Architect to prepare a cost estimate for the required
police remodeling & expansion at Brooklyn Center. The relocated general office
space ace will allow the he Citizens a single entry point. Citizens would ark in one location,
,
enter the Civic Center in one location, pay City bills in one location, pay Park and
Recreation fees in one location, enter the City Council Chambers in one location,
enter the Community Center at one location, enter the Police Department in one
location, enter the City Hall in one location and do all this without having to "climb the
mountain" to do business at the Civic Center. Facilities for persons with disabilities
and the elderly would be addressed and improved.
This cost estimate is intended to assist the City Council in their deliberation to provide
the required police remodeling & expansion at Brooklyn Center.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Police Department presently occupies approximately 9,000 square feet on the
• Lower Level of City Hall. This space would be remodeled to relocate the jail cells to
the outside wall and bring them into compliance with the Correction Regulations. New
REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING & EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 2
POLICE DEPARTMENT (continued)
Sallyports would be created adjacent to a new Booking Area. This Lower Level area
would be divided to provide space for Police Staff, visitor / attorney rooms, prisoner
personal property storage, firearm storage, evidence storage. Any additional space
not used by the Police Department would be allocated for Ci ty Hall records
and
storage.
The Upper Level of City Hall would be used primarily for the Police Department
Administration without any major modifications. A small area would be allocated for
the Fire Department Administration within the Police Administration area. The old City
Council Chambers would serve predominantly as the Police Department's large
training room, and it would also be available for other public meetings and City Hall
staff. The only changes anticipated here would involve the addition of new ADA
compliant toilet facilities and entry revisions appropriate to a Police Department.
A new 2,000 sf Garage Building is proposed near the remodeled Police Department
p ent
for Police Vehicles.
COMMUNITY CENTER
The Community Center would remain essentially unchanged, except that the
customer service desk would be located within the relocated general office space.
RELOCATED GENERAL OFFICE SPACE
The relocated general office space would be positioned to serve all departments.
Interaction with the community would be consolidated wherever possible to allow the
citizens quick response and assistance from a single location. The Upper Floor
would be approximately 20% larger than the old City Hall accommodating
departmental space needs known today. The Lower Floor would provide space for a
Reception Desk, Lobby, Vestibule, Community Center Offices, Conference Room,
ADA Toilets, Stairway; Elevator, Elevator Equipment Room, and the City Council
Chambers with an attached Media Center.
REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING & EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 3
BROOKLYN CENTER SOIL
Due to suspect soil conditions, the City Manager employed the services of Braun
Intertec to provide two investigative soil borings in the vicinity of the proposed City
Hall Building. Luckily, no peat or deleterious soil were encountered at either boring,
indicating that the soil upon compaction may be suitable to support a building with
conventional spread footings. It was speculated that the deleterious soil was
removed when the original buildings were constructed in 1971. Based on the history
of this site and possible variations between borings, additional subsurface exploration
will be needed, once a plan is formulated and approved.
TRAFFIC FLOW AND PARKING
Traffic flow and parking would not change except that all City employees would park
only in the South Parking Lot, leaving space for the Citizens to park in the North
Parking Lot near the main entrance. A flag pole, kiosk, lighting, planters, benches
and other amenities could help establish identity and a sense of main entrance.
• Parents will have a logical area to drop -off and pick -up their children. New ADA
parking, short term parking, and parking for senior citizens would be provided near
the entrance.
Two new rows of parking are shown on the east side of the North Parking Lot to
accommodate any future parking needs.
ADDITIONAL PARKING
Item Area Unit Cost Extension
Parking Soil Correction 3,467 cy 13 /cy 45,000
Asphalt Driveways & Parking Lots 30,000 sf 750/sf 22,5C0
Concrete curbs 666 if 6 /If 4,000
Total for Parking Lot Expansion $ 71,500
REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING & EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 4
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FACILITIES COST BREAKDOWN
Item Area Unit Cost Extension
Building soil correction 12,000 cy $ 4 /cy $ 48,000
Sidewalks and curbs 6,800 sf 2 /sf 13,600
Finish grading and sod 20,000 sf 44¢ /sf 8,800
Selective Demolition (Police) 9,000 sf 7/sf 63,000
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Selective Demolition (Other) 2,000 sf 7 /sf 14,000
Hauling debris w/ 30yd dumpster 26 loads 450 /load 11,700
Construct Lower Level Jail 4,000 sf 140 /sf 560,000
Garage/ Sallypo rt Addition 2,000 sf 70 /sf 140,000
• Police /Storage Facilities
5,000 sf 20 /sf .10,000
Lobby / Vestibule Remodeling 1,000 sf 25 /sf 25,000
ADA toilets for Police Department 480 sf 95 /sf 45,6C0
General Office - Upper Level 15,600 sf 90 /sf 1,404,000
Council Chambers - Lower Level 2,500 sf 150 /sf 375,000
Civic Center Entry Lower Level 3,800 sf 125/sf 475,000
Probable Construction
Cost
$ 3,1 93,700
Allowance for High Density Mobile Storage for Police Department $ 50,000
REQUIRED POLICE REMODELING & EXPANSION
Preliminary Cost Estimate
Page 5
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OTHER EXPENSES:
Furniture equipment o allowance
110,000
Fees, material testing & misc expenses 210,000
Contingency 230,000
Totals
$ 550,000
This is our best effort at this time to give you a realistic idea of a preliminary cost
estimate for the required police remodeling & expansion at Brooklyn Center. There
is nothing extravagant included in this estimate. The costs are based on good,
sound design, using similar materials that match the existing construction.
However, no costs are included for removal of asbestos or hazardous materials
any of these estimates. Most public buildings no longer contain asbestos or
hazardous materials.
Once drawings are prepared, an updated and more accurate cost estimate can be
prepared.
Distribution: City Manager Michael McCauley (2)
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CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
6301 SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY Date: December 23, 1996 —'�—
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA 55430
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PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE
Brooklyn Center Fire Department
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Date: July 29, 1996 (Revised: November 15, 1996)
Mjorud Architecture
12400 12th Avenue North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441- 4612
612 -544 -3871
DATE: July 29, 1996 (revised 11/15/96)
OWNER: City of Brooklyn Center
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
PROJECT: BROOKLYN CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Ron Boman, Fire Chief
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430
NUMBER: 96102
SUBJECT: Space Program and Fire Station Costs
BY: City of Brooklyn Center
Fire Chief Ron Boman
Fire Department Facilities Committee
Mjorud Architecture
Al Mjorud
During meetings with the Fire Chief and the Fire Department Facilities Committee,
space programs were formulated based on direction from City Manager Michael
McCauley. The City Manager preferred to consolidate new construction on the
oldest building site, replacing the 37 year old West Fire Station and Liquor Store with
a new Fire Station, and limit work at the newer East Fire Station to remodeling only.
If saving the liquor store for conversion into a fire station, then one apparatus bay
would have to be added to the East Fire Station. In curbing the over -all cost,
Mr. McCauley further stated that Project costs should be held to a cap of
approximately three million dollars.
PLAN 1
CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION TO THE WEST FIRE STATION
In planning an addition, the Fire Department determined that it may not be practical
LO attempt to save the old Liquor Store Building nor the smaller connectin -link
building joining the existing Apparatus Room, since extensive remodeling would be
necessary. Both of these existing areas are too small to fit their program- needs and
the renovation costs co not justify saving the structures. The existing apparatus
room is too small for today's larger ire trucks.
BROOKLYN CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Space Program and Cost Estimate
Page 2
PLAN 1 (CONTINUED)
RETROFIT EAST FIRE STATION and ADD ONE APPARATUS BAY
If an attempt is made to save the old West Fire Station and Liquor Store, an
additional apparatus bay would have to be relocated at the East Fire Station.
PLAN 1 - COSTS $3.3 million
Construct an addition to the West Fire Station and
Liquor Store, saving all exterior walls and remodel
interior. Add one apparatus bay and parking lot to -
the East Fire Station and retrofit interior.
P LAN 2
CONSTRUCT AN ALL NEW WEST FIRE STATION
Here all program needs can be met with the design of an all new West Fire Station.
One of the benefits of starting from scratch would allow for planning the movement
of apparatus. Fire trucks could be routed to a new drive - through Apparatus Building
eliminating the need for backing -up or tight turns. Here the existing Apparatus
Building could remain during the construction of the new facility.
RETROFIT EAST FIRE STATION
The plan at this Fire Station would be to stay within the exterior walls of the building,
and remodel the interior to meet the current needs of the Fire Department. This is a
newer building, worthy of saving. Due to space limitations, the emergency
generator could be placed in a fenced enclosure outside the building. The diagonal
walls that cut -up the interior would be removed to accommodate the remaining
programs.
PLAN 2 - COSTS $2.9 million
Construct a new West Fire Station on the West site
saving the existing apparatus room for use during
the construction. Complete the internal retrofit
only at the East Fire Station.
BROOKLYN CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Space Program and Cost Estimate
Page 3
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Furniture / equipment allowance
S130,000
Fees, material tests & misc expenses
210,000
Contingency
150,000
Totals
$490,000
Distribution: City Manager Michael McCauley (2)
Fire Chief Ron Boman
Files
Attachments: Space Program for West Fire Station with New Addition
Space Program for All New West Fire Station
Space Program for Retrofit of East Fire Station & One Apparatus Bay
Space Program for Retrofit of East Fire Station
Plan of West Fire Station with New Addition
Plan of All New West Fire Station
Plan of East Fire Station with One Apparatus Bay
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55.41- 4612
- • 612 -54-t -3871
WEST FIRE STATION with NEW ADDITION
Brooklyn Center Fire Department
Ron Boman, Fire Chief
July 29, 1996 (revised 9/2/96)
Space Existing Requested Shy Proposed
Existing 3 -Bay Apparatus
(not including Rec Rm) 2,875 sf 6,080 sf 3,205 sf 3,204 sf
Recreation Room t
445 sf 600 s. 155 sf 550 sf
Watch / Company Room 223 sf 400 sf 177 sf 400 sf
Sleeping Rooms (Four
private bedrooms -
2 Murphy beds
Training Room with 98 sf 480 sf 382 sf 480 sf
divider down center 667 sf 1,400 sf 733 sf 1,400 sf
Men's Toilet & Locker 68 sf 480 sf
Women's Toilet & Locker -0- Sf 412 sf 480 sf
200 sf 200 sf 200 sf
Kitchen
P. E. Room 132 sf 180 sf 48 sf 1 80 s.
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-Q- sf 300 sf 300 sf 300 sf
Hose Tower . 76 sf 76 sf -0- sf 76 sf
Dive Room
Infectious Disease -Q- sf 120 sf 120 sf 120 sf
-0 sf 80 Sf 80 sf 80 sf
Unassigned Space -Q- sf 2 sf 250 sf 250 sf
Conference Room -0- sf 200 Sf
200 sf 200 sf
Assistant Chief
-0- s. 100 Sf 100 sf 100 S
District Chief _-
Open Office (Training & -Q_ Sf 100 sf 100 sf 100 sf
Public Educ Officers) -0- sf 600 Sf
Training Storage _Q_ sl 600 sf 600 sf
100 si 100 sf 100 Sf
General Storage -0- sf 500 sf 500 sf 500 sf
Laundry Room -0- sf 84 sf
Generator/ Electric 84 sf 84 sf
-0- sf 240 sf 2 Sf 240 sf
Mechanical /Compressor -Q- sf 150 sf 150 Sf 150 sf
Janitor
-0- sf 80 sf 80 sf 80 sf
PROGRAM AREA 4,x$4 s 12,800 s-,: 8,210 s 9,874 s. i
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.Circulation & Structure 706 sf 3 S` 2,01-1. �a
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2,526 sf
TOTALS 5,290 sf 16,000 sf 10,270 sf 12,500 sf
Vacated Liquor Store $ , 642 s-
Available Existing Area 8,932 sf
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441- 4612
612-544-3871'
ALL NEW WEST FIRE STATION
Brooklyn Center Fire Department
Ron Boman, Fire Chief
July 29, 1996 (rev 7/31/96)
Soace Exl_sting Requested Shortaca Proposed
4 -Bay Apparatus Room 2,875 sf 6,080 sf 3,525 sf 6,080 sf
Recreation Room 445 sf 600 sf 155 sf 600 sf
Watch / Company Room 223 sf 400 sf 177 sf 400 sf
Sleeping Rooms (Four
private bedrooms
�- 2 Murphy beds 98 sf 480 sf 382 sf 480 sf
Training Room with
divider down center 607 s 1,400 sf 733 sf 1,400 sf
Men's Toilet & Locker 68 sf 480 sf 4 sf 480 sf
Women's Toilet & Locker -0- s. 200 sf 200 sf
200 sf
Kitchen
132 sf 180 sf 48 sf 180 sf
P. E. Room -0- sf 300 sf 300 sf
Hose Tower 300 sf
76 sf 76 sf -0- sf 76 sf
Dive Room -0- sf 120 sf 120 sf 120 sf
Infectious Disease -0- . sf 80 sf 80 sf 80 sf
Reception /Secretary -0- s, 200 sf 200 sf 200 sf
Fire Chief -0- sf 240 sf 240 sf
Assistant Chief 240 sf
-0- sf 130 sf 130 sf 130 sf
District Chief = -0- s` 130 s. 130 sf 130 sf
Open Office (Training &
Public Educ Officers) -0- sf 400 sf 400 sf
Training Storage -0- sf 400 sf
100 s f i 00 S f 100 sf
General Storage -0- sf 500 sf 500 sf
Laundry Room -0- sf r 500 sf
84 s 84 sf 84 sf
Generator /Electric -0- sf : 240 sf 240 sf 240 sf
Mechanical /Compressor -0- sf 300 sf 300 s•"
300 sf
Janitor
-0- sf 80 sf 80 s. 80 sf
PROGRAM AREA 4,584 sf 12,800 sf 8,536 sf 12,800 sf.
Circulation & Structure 706 sf 3.200 sf 2,174 sf 3,200 sf
• TOTALS 5,290 sf 16 00 sf 10,710 sf 16.000 sf
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441- 4612
_ 012 - 544 -3871
EAST FIRE STATION
RETROFIT AND ADD ONE APPARATUS BAY
Brooklyn Center Fire Department
Ron Boman, Fire Chief
July 29, 1996 (revised 11 /15/96)
Soace Existing Re nested Change Retrofitted
and New
S ace
1 -Bay Apparatus Addition -0- sf 2,080 sf -0- sf 2,080 sf,
Assistant Chief (deleted) -0- sf 130 sf -0- sf -0- sf
District Chief -0- sf 130 sf - 1 CO sf 100 sf
Training Officers (deleted) 235 sf 300 sf -0- sf -0- sf
Open Office (inspectors moved
to West Fire Station) 248 sf 570 sf (248) sf (248) sf
Public Education (deleted) -0- sf 130 sf -0- sf -0- sf.
Watch /Company Room 230 sf 400 sf 135 sf 365 sf
. Six Sleeping Rooms -0- sf 600 sf -O- sf shared s;
Locker Rooms -0-
Meeting / Training sf 450 sf 400 S I 400 sf
Conference / (deleted) 610 sf 1,200 sf (610) sf -Q- sf
Meeting Room -0- sf -0- sf 578 sf 578 sf
Apparatus Room 4,494 sf 6,054 sf (324) sf 4,170 sf
S. C. B. A. -0- sf 300 sf -Q- sf 324 sf
Dive Area -0- sf 150 sf -0- sf shared sf
Storage 116 sf 500 sf 136 sf 252 sf
Kitchen 87 sf 225 sf 27 sf 114 sf
Men's Toilet 133 sf 200 sf -0- sf 25- 8 sf
Women's Toilet 33 sf 200 sf -Q- sf 100 sf
Recreation Room 605 sf 605 sf (83) sf 522 sf
Hose Tower 123 sf 123 sf -0- sf 123 sf
Janitor 38 sf 38 sf -Q- sf 38 sf
Generator (exterior w/ fence) -Q- sf -0- sf -Q- sf - sf
PROGRAM AREA 6,952 sf 14,385 sf 111 sf 9,176 sf
Circ. & Structure 1,750 sf 3 ^ ^^ ' 28 sf
• ,��o sr 1,606 s.
TOTALS 8,702 sf 17,981 sf 139 sf 10,782 sf
MJORUD ARCHITECTURE
12400 12th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55441 46 12
.. 012 -544-3871
RETROFIT OF EAST FIRE STATION
Brooklyn Center Fire.Department
Ron Boman, Fire Chief
July 29, 1996 (revised 11 /15/96)
Space Exi— _sting Requested Change Retrofitted
Assistant Chief (deleted) -0- sf 130 sf -0- sf -0- sf
District Chief -0- sf 130 sf 100 sf 100 sf
Training Officers (deleted) 235 sf 300 sf -Q- sf -0- sf
Open Office (Inspectors moved
to West Fire Station) 248 sf 570 sf (248) sf (24g) sf
Public Education (deleted) - r r
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Q- sf
Watch
/Company Room 230 sf 400 sf 135 sf 365 sf
Six Sleeping Rooms -0- sf 600 sf -0- sf shared sf
Locker Rooms -0- sf 450 sf 400 sf 400 sf
• Meeting / Training
Conference / (deleted) 610 sf 1,200 sf (610) sf -0- sf
Meeting Room -0- sf -0- sf 578 'sf 578 sf
Apparatus Room 4,494 sf 6,054 sf, (324) sf 4,170 sf
S.C. B.A. -0- sf 300 sf -0- sf 324 sf
Dive Area -0- sf 150 sf -0- Sf shared sf
Storage 116 sf 5Q0 sf 136 sf. 252
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Kitchen 87 sf 225 sf 27 sf 114 sf
Men's Toilet 133 sf 200 sf -0- sf 258 sf
Women's Toilet 33 r
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Recreation Room 605 sf 605 sf (83) sf 522 sf
Hose Tower 123 sf 123 sf -0- sf 123 sf
Janitor 38 sf 38 sf. -0- sf
38 sf
Generator (exterior w/ fence) -0- sf -0- s sf -0- sf
PROGRAM AREA 6,952 sf 12,305 sf 111 sf 7,096 sf
Ciro. & Structur-e 1,750 sf 3 sf 2R sf 1,774 sf
• TOTALS 8,702 sf 15,381 sf 139 sf 8,870 sf
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