HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP May 28, 1987
CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
Handout
BY: Shirley Clinton
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ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Firtance
ITEM
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Due to an .error the names of Arnold V. Rasmussort and Mary E.
Rasmusson need to be added to the City of Andover Check No.
12745 previously approved by the City Council on May 19, 1987.
After City Council approval the above check would be corrected
to read:
Payable to: Verga1 J. Buescher and Dorothy A. Buescher,
County of Anoka, Arnold V. Rasmusson and
Mary E. Rasmusson
Hanson Blvd. Acquisition Parcel 5/27
$4,600.00
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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
DATE May 28, 1987
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BY: Shirley Clinton
ITEM
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The City council is hereby requested to approve issuing
Check No. 12831 in the amount of $5,250.00 to replace
Check No. 12739 dated May 19, 1987 (copy attached) for
Hanson Boulevard Acquisition, Parcel 5/23. The above
check would be subject to the approval of the names
by William G. Hawkins.
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Information note: I believe Mr. Hawkins has prepared
a letter to Jim Schrantz directing that the check be
issued payable to: Albert A. Kordiak and Mildred M.
Kordiak, Daniel G. Kordiak, Gary Arp and Laura Arp,
Midwest Federal Savings and Loan Association of '
Minneapolis, County of Anoka
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COUNCIL ACTION
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BY THE CITY TREASURER SHALL
BEtOMEACHECK PAYABLE TO THE
DIIDER OFTHE PAYEE NAMED FOR
THE AMOUNT STATED.
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Albert A. Kordiak and Mildred M. Kordiak,
David W. Anderson and Agnes C. Anderson,
Gary Arp and Laura Arp,
Midwest Federal Savings and Loan
Minneapolis, County of Anoka
CITY of ANDOVER
1st NATIONAL BANK
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ANOKA. MINN. 615303
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DATE INVOICE NO. DESCRIPTION NET AMOUNT
Hanson Blvd. Acquisition Parcel 5/23 5,250.00
REMITTANCE ADVICE
CITY of ANDOVER
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CITY of ANDOVER
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING-MAY 28, 1987-AGENDA
7:30 P.M. 1. Call to order
2. Public Hearing/Oak Bluff/87-13
8:00 P.M. 3. Josephine Nunn/Met Council
4. Hire Accounting clerks
5. Hire Engineering Secretary
6. Management of Conceptual Plan
7. Fund A Connection Charges
8. Compensation Plan
9. Adjournment
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
DATE May 28, 1987
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Engineering
ITEM Public Hearing
NO.
Project 87-13
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AGENDA SECTION
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BY: James E.
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The City Council is requested to hold a public hearing on improvements of
water trunk, source and storage to Oak Bluff first additio~project 87-13.
The City Council is requested to approve the resolution ordering the improve-
ments.
The public hearing is being held now so the record show the trunk watermain
as a pending assessment so the new buyers are aware of the assessment.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
NOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT NO. 87-13
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City
of Andover, Anoka County, Minnesota will meet at the Andover
City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard N.W., in the City of
Andover, Minnesota on May 28, 1987 at 7:30 P.M. to consider
the making of the following improvement:
Water Trunk
The property to be assessed, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes
Section 429, for such improvement is within the following
described area:
Oak Bluff Addition Except Out lots A & B
The estimated cost of such improvement is $40,000.
Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the
proposed improvement will be heard at this meeting.
CITY OF ANDOVER
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OAK BLUFF
WATER TRUNK
Bruce Nedegaard
Nedegaard Construction
1814 Northdale Boulevard
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Llarrie Nettum
Delserve
10810 Mississippi Boulevard
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Chuck Cook
12093 Ilex Street N.W.
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Medalist Homes
11361 Jay Street
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Charles Moerke
18034 N.W. Sunrise Circle
Elk River, MN
Steve Hank
6630 Lucia Lane
Fridley, MN 55432
Lawrence Masters
(Notice mailed to Nedegaard)
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John Mastley
532 - 2nd Avenue
Osseo, MN
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CITY OF ANDOVER
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RES. NO. R
MOTION by Councilman
to adopt the following:
A RESOLUTION ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF WATER TRUNK, SOURCE AND STORAGE,
PROJECT NO. 87-13 IN THE OAK BLUfF ADDITION AREA.
WHEREAS, the City Council ordered a public hearing on the improvement
of water trunk, source and storage for Project No. 87-13; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the required published and mailed notice, such
hearing was held on the 28th day of May, 1987; and
WHEREAS, all persons desiring to be heard were given such opportunity
for same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Andover
to hereby order the improvement of water trunk, source and storage for Project
No. 87-13 in the following described area OAK BLUFF.
MOTION seconded by Councilman
and adopted by the City Council
at a
Meeting this
day of
19
with Councilmen
voting in favor of the resolution, and Councilmen
voti~g against, whereupon said resolution was declared passed.
CITY OF ANDOVER
Jerry Windschitl - Mayor
ATTEST:
Victoria Volk - City Clerk
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TOLTZ, KING, DUVALL, ANDERSON
AND ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED
ENGINEERS-ARCHiTECTS-PLANNERS
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
MAY 22, 1987
FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
OAK BLUFF
TRUNK WATERMAIN AREA ASSESSMENT
ANDOVER. MINNESOTA
COMMISSION NO. 7739-007
I hereby certify that this report was prepared by me or under my direct
supervision and that I am a duly registered Professional Engineer under the
laws of the State of Minnesota.
John L. Davidson, P.E.
Registration No. 8480
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OAK BLUFF
TRUNK WATERMAIN AREA ASSESSMENT
Location
The plat known as Oak Bluff Is located In the NW 1/4 of Section 26,
Township 32, Range 24 In the City of Andover, Minnesota.
Improvement
Trunk Watermaln Area Assessment of $875.00/Acre (July 1986 Rate).
Initiation
The project Is feasible.
Abutting Parcels
See "Proposed Cost Apportionment".
Assessments
Assessments for new developments for trunk area charges are based on takIng
the gross bul fdable area of the plat and dividing by the number of lots.
Oak Bluff has a total acreage of approximately 43.5 acres, of which 8.0
acres are In the floodplain, and 1.4 acres are park land benefitting Oak
Bluff 2nd Addition (Outlots A and B).
The assessable acreage per lot Is therefore:
34.10 Acres/25 Lots = 1.36 Acres/Lot
Typical Assessment = $875.00/Acre x 1.36 Acres/Lot = $1,190/Lot
Estimated ProJect Cost
25 Lots x $875.00/Acre x 1.36 Acres/Lot = $29,750.00.
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Assessment
PIN Lot Blk Addition Owner Units @ $875.00/ Acre
26-32-24-21-0003 1 2 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0004 2 2 Oak Bluff Lawrence & Diane Masters 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0005 3 2 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0006 4 2 Oak BI uff Medalist Homes, Inc. 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0007 5 2 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0008 6 2 Oak Bluff Thomas & Penny Anderson 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0009 7 2 Oak Bluff Charles & Patricia Moerke 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0010 1 3 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0011 2 3 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0012 3 3 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0013 4 3, Oak B luff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0014 5 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0015 6 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0016 7 4 Oak BI uff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0017 8 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0018 9 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0019 10 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-21-0020 Park Oak Bluff City of Andover 0.00 $ 0.00
26-32-24-22-0002 1 1 Oak BI uff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-22-0003 2 1 Oak BI uff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-22-0004 3 1 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1 ,1 90.00
26-32-24-22-0005 4 1 Oak BI uff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1 ,1 90.00
26-32-24-22-0006 1 4 Oak BI uff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1 ,1 90 .00
26-32-24-22-0007 2 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-22-0008 3 4 Oak B I uf f Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-22-0009 4 4 Oak Bluff Burl Oaks West 1.36 $ 1,190.00
26-32-24-22-0010 Outlot A Oak Bluff Continental Development 0.00 $ 0.00
26-32-24-22-0011 Outlot B Oak Bluff Continental Development 0.00 $ 0.00
TOTAL TRUNK WATERMAIN AREA ASSESSMENT FOR OAK BLUFF $29,750.00
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
May 28, 1987
DATE
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
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ITEM Metro Area/Jo Nunn
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Please bring the outline"that was mailed out with your thoughts for the
Metro area to discuss with Jo Nunn. '
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
DATE May 28. 1987
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
APPROVt\EDD~R
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AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ITEM
NO.
Hiring of An Account
Clerk
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BY: James E. Schrantz
The City Council is requested to approve the hiring of an Accounting
Clerk.
We are recommending 2 so if the first one we offer the job to does not
take the job, we do not lose two weeks and maybe the other choice.
We recommend Debra Poirier
Dawn Pitzer
Also, we have talked in the past, but I am not sure it was voted on, but
we have been planning on Theresa Koltes working here until she goes to
co 11 ege .
We expect Theresa will continue to help Shirley with the existing books and
the new person will start placing the Finance Department on the computer.
Theresa will need to be paid $4.00/hr. or I believe we will lose her
to the pizza place where she worked part time before.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
DATE May 28, 1987
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ITEM
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Hiring of an Engineering
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BY: James E. Schrantz
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We are back for an Engineering Secretary. The one we offered the job to,
approved on the 19th of May, really wants something less than full
time.
We are recommending the Council approve the hiring of Paulette Ritter
or Virginia Dollansky.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
DATE Mav 28. 1987
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ITEM Meeting of Conceptua 1
NO.
Plan
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BY: James E. Schrantz
The City Council is requested to decide on what policy or guide lines Andover
is going to use to help developers or individuals get started.
-Land write down
-Streets and Utilities paid for
-Enough of a start so the down payment of the building is covered
-Do we want to give the money as a grant or a loan
-How much participation is Andover going to give prospective developers
or builders
If I can get the planner position filled I was planning he/she could
research the participation that other cities are providing so Andover
is not over contributing.
The Council is requested to give staff some guide lines on what the Council
is thinking.
John Davidson, Bill Hawkins and I have not been able to get the people
we have located to respond to us at this time.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
May 28, 1987
DATE
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Engineering
ITEM
NO.
Compensation Plan
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BY: James E. Schrantz
The Council has discussed a compensation plan for the city where each
position is classified and there is a pay range for each classification.
I reviewed other cities' plans and have presented a typical plan. It has
been provided for discussion purposes.
The Andover Council has to refine this plan to its liking. The pay
schedule is a good average of what other cities are paying (actually I
used 1986 dollars).
Should Andover pay a percentage 80%, 90%, 95% of the presented pay plan?
The chairman of the Personnel Committee asked that it be discussed by the
entire council.
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CITY OF ANDOVER
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACfION
May 28, 1987
DATE
AGENDA SECTION
NO.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Engineering
ITEM
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Fund A Connection
Charges
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BY: James E. Schrantz
~he City Council is requested to approve a rate schedule that will repay
ln part the property owners in Sewer District IIAII.
I believe everything I can think of has been said.
See Council agenda packets for past discussions.
Attached is the last plan discussed:
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FUND "A" PAYBACK
The connection charge was $1000 per SAC or REV.
There are 631 connections that convert to 757 Residential equivalant units
(example) School paid for 40 units or $40,000.
Original amount to be paid back $550 x 757 - $416,350.
Amount to be repaid as of 1/1/87 $502 x 757 . $380,014.
Amount repaid as of 1/1/87 $12/yr for 4 years. $48/unit.
The refund per unit, dollars to be transferred each year, and years to repay
are shown below.
$/month $/year Units Total Years to repay
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1.00 12 757 $9,084 41.8
2.00 24 757 $18,168 20.9
3.00 36 757 $27,252 14.0
4.00 48 757 $36,336 10.5
5.00 60 757 $45,420 8.4
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De a r Sir s :
Pursuant to M.S" 1980 27801, S. 2, please
find enclosed copies of petitions of review
filed on property located within your school
district or municipality.
If you have any questions concerning the
enclosed copies. feel free to contact my
office at 421-4760.
Very truly yours,
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Anoka County Auditor
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF
ANOKA
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In the Matter of the Pet it ftt>.. of~;" :;!(?ICE
ANDOVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PETITION FOR REVIEW
OF REAL ESTATE
TAX ASSESSMENT
for review of rea:~e taxes
due and payable i~.
Petitioners respectfully show and represent to the Court
that they make this Petition under the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, Chapter 278.
That Petitioners have retained the undersigned to make this
Petition.
That Petitioners have an interest in property in the City
of Andover,
County of Anoka,
State of Minnesota,
described as follows:
Lot 2, Block 1, Downtown Center Plat
(formerly "That part of "Lot 1, Block 3, Andover Community
Shopping Center, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast
corner of said Lot 1,_ thence South (on an assumed bearing)
along the East line ...") ,
That said property, including the land and the improvements,
was valued and assessed for general real estate taxes as follows:
Parcel Number
Address
Valuation
R32-32-24 13 0074
Andoyer Shopping Center
$ 691,700.
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PETITION FOR REVIEW OF REAL ESTATE TAX ASSESSMENT -- Page 2
That Petitioners further state that fifty per cent (50%)
of the general taxes and special assessments payable in the year
1987 are or will be paid on or before May 15.
That Petitioners assert the following objections to the real
estate taxes on said property payable in 1987:
a. That said property has been partially, unfairly,
unequally or arbitrarily assessed in comparison
with other property.
b. That said property has been assessed at a valuation
greater than its real and actual value, is not being
taxed equally with real estate of the same class in
comparable localities and, therefore, the tax is
unjust or illegal.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners pray for the judgment of the Court:
1. Determining the validity of the claims and objections of
Petitioners in respect to the valuation and assessment for
general tax purposes;
2. Granting judgment to Petitioners herein;
3. Ordering a refund of excess taxes paid, together with interest;
4. Issuing an Order directing delivery of any checks in care of
the attorney for Petitioner, and
5. For such other and further relief as to the Court seems just
and equitable.
Dated:
May 15, 1987
ANDOVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
Petitioners, by
EDMUND C. MEISINGER, P.A.
. C. Meisinger, 71833
Attorney for Pe .
One Signal Hill
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(612) 457-2827
M.S.278.01 requires service of two copies on the County Auditor,
one copy on the County 'Treasurer, one copy on the County Attorney
and filing of the original.~ith proof of service in the District
Court. .
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April 10, 1987
TO: LOCAL OFFICIALS IN METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DISTRICT 9
Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
Seventh and Robert Streets
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Telephone (612) 291-6359
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The Metropolitan Council would like your help. We'd like to invite your
organization to participate in the Council's current strategic planning
process, an effort to develop a broadly shared vision for the future of the
Twin Cities Region. We intend to open a dialogue that will bring together the
ideas of many citizens of the region, including local governments, business,
labor, nonprofit organizations, civic groups and groups with special needs.
The enclosed invitation explains our aims and lists a number of potential, long-
range concerns for the region the Council has identified. We hope you'll take
the time to give us feedback on the list of concerns. We need to know whether
you think these concerns are important future regional issues, whether our
focus is sharp enough, and whether we may have missed some important areas
al together.
To obtain your ideas, I am available to meet with you in April or May. Please
call Guy Peterson of the Council staff, at 291-6527, to make arrangements. If
you prefer, you can communicate with us by completing the enclosed short
questionnaire and returning it to the Council in the postage-paid envelope that
is also enclosed.
Sincerely,
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Josephine Nunn
Council Member
District 9
Enclosures
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area
300 Metro Square Building, 7th and Robert Streets
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Tel. 612 291-6359/TDD 291-0904
March 27, 1987
TO:
Metropolitan Area Local Officials and Citizens
FROM:
Steve Keefe, Metropolitan Council Chair
SUBJECT:
An Invitation to Participate in Planning for the Region's Future
Decisions about our physical systems and human services are being made right
now that will shape the region we live in by the year 2000 and beyond. When we
make these decisions--about water quality, transit, long-term care, housing--we
are affecting our future. Solving today's problems requires that we have a
better idea of where we're going in order to know what we should do no~.
As a result, the Metropolitan Council has stepped up its strategic planning
work this year. Our aim is to develop, with your help, a broadly shared vision
of the region's future, and to use it as a framework for making today's
decisions without precluding Our future options. This "vision" doesn't mean a
planned city of the future or anything like that. It's not to plan how people
will live their lives, but to keep our options open and be prepared for
different contingencies. This approach has kept us strong and versatile in the
past.
To work, a regional v~s~on must be shared broadly. It must reflect what many
different segments of our population want. If our aim is to ensure that the
government services people want are there in the next 20 to 30 years, we need
to know now what kinds of lives we'll want to be living then.
An important part of the Council's work over the next few years will be to
work with others in the region to discover and present various possibilities
and options. What kinds of jobs will be needed? What kinds of lifestyles will
people want? What kind of education? We plan to work with many citizens of
the region, including local governments, business, labor, nonprofit
organizations, civic groups and groups with special needs. As we develop a
shared concept of just what it is that people want for the region, we can make
decisions aimed at creating it.
At a strategic planning retreat earlier this month, the Council raised a number
of potential long-range concerns for the region. The list is broad, covering
everything from our prized quality of life--especially as it affects the
region's human resources--to financial resources for the infrastructure, to
preparing for another energy crisis. We hope you and your organization will
,take time to give the Council feedback on this initial list of concerns
identified at the retreat (which are not in any special order):
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1. Quality of life, especially as it affects the region's human resources.
Seen as one of the region's greatest assets now and into the future.
Possible areas of focus:
Health services.
Services to older people.
Arts offerings, services and programs.
Effective delivery of human services, including less fragmentation
among servioes, clearer access points, and coordination with physical
systems; e.g., low-income housing and transportation.
Increased family expectations for schools and pressure for schools to
assume new roles.
2. Vitality of the regional economy.
Possible areas of focus:
Implications of service sector-oriented economy.
Productivity issues, especially in view of demographic trends.
Coping with global economic competition.
Anticipating the impacts of technology.
3. A more systematic, long-range look into social ills.
Possible areas of focus:
Analysis of the cost effectiveness of various integrating strategies
for dealing with social ills considering the effects of all government
systems from education and training to income maintenance to health
care to economic development.
Approaches to cost control based on problem prevention.
4. Fiscal planning to pay for long-term infrastructure before baby boomers
reach retirement age.
Possible areas of focus:
Financial resources for infrastructure may be more available during
next 20 years than after 2010.
Need to promote maintenance vs. expansion given likely slowdown in
regional development.
Helping communities plan more integrated, long-range strategies to
address infrastructure issues.
5. Water management (ground and surface water).
Possible areas of focus:
Nonpoint sources of pollution (e.g., urban runoff, agricultural
runoff): how much is the public willing to pay?
Impact on the Twin Cities of potential water shortages in the
southwest.
Issues associated with federal water quality permits and possible
impacts on development.
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Groundwater pollution from solid waste disposal, including impacts
beyond the metro area.
Jurisdictional issues among public agencies in water management.
Effect of cultural values in the way different age groups use water
(e.g., for lawns, showers).
6. Affordable housing.
Possible areas of focus:
Evaluate what works and what doesn't (e.g., Section 8 subsidized
housing voucher program).
Monitoring of housing programs, such as private sector compliance with
federal requirements for tenants with lower incomes.
Affordabili ty for "working poor" with incomes just above subsidy
levels.
Changing housing demand and market conditions related to demographics
and other factors.
7. Long-term care costs for the baby-boom population.
Possible areas of focus:
Fiscal planning, given future large elderly population.
New strategies to reduce future demands on long-term care system.
8. Transportation.
Possible areas of focus:
Attitudes regarding tolerable levels of congestion and the costs to
reduce that congestion.
What are the real development and life style goals the transportation
system must achieve?
What impact congestion has on the achieving of those goals.
Impact in the Twin Cities of increased energy costs in event of a
shortage.
Importance of international travel via the airport.
Alternative technology solutions to transportation issues; e.g.,
substituting telecommunications for transportation.
9. Coming energy crisis.
Possible areas of focus:
Anticipating when and how large an energy crisis the region may face.
Contingency planning, especially related to regional systems.
Impacts on development; i.e., current development decisions do not
include consideration for a potential energy shortage.
Impacts on suburbs.
10. Job retraining.
Possible areas of focus:
What works/what doesn't.
Who's providing retraining in public
of need is being met? Coordination?
and private sectors, and how much
Overlap?
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Special issues related to disadvantaged populations.
Concept of investment in human capital.
What will the need be over the next 20 years?
11. Disintegration of communities.
Possible areas of focus:
Who is moving in and out of the cities, and how are the moves related
to changes in household formation?
Impacts of transiency and the resulting breakdown of informal support
systems for elderly, children. Possible demands for increased formal
services to compensate.
Impacts of magnet schools and busing.
Growing scarcity of volunteers due to transiency, two-worker families,
single-parent families.
When will central city problems show up in first-ring suburbs?
12. Segregation of people in communities. Possible areas of focus:
Elderly housing.
Concentration of
Concentration of
minorities in certain neighborhoods.
low-income populations.
13. Strategic planning.
Possible areas of focus:
Long-term viability of the region.
Value differences among generations and their impacts on people's
attitudes and behaviors; e.g., different demands for services.
Urban design issues; e.g., planning for reuse of buildings, designing
facilities for an older population (especially in inner-ring suburbs),
designing transportation as well as buildings for extreme climate,
changes in development patterns to reflect different economic/energy
conditions.
Anticipating technological change and its impacts, such as new
telecommunications technology.
Other items discussed at the retreat and possibly related to one or more of the
above concerns include:
Heroic medical care.
AIDS.
Twin Cities issues in relation to
Creating/maintaining a stable tax
Governmental financing incentives
problems.
Concerns about solid waste policy direction given undeveloped parts of
system such as recycling and composting.
the rural crisis.
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