EC Agenda Packet 1-27-14AGENDA
GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road
Council Conference Room, Monday, January 27, 2014
7:00 PM
Joint Meetin_g
1. Approval of Joint Meeting Minutes - November 25, 2013
2. Natural Resource Management Plan
Individual Commissions Adjourn to Separate Rooms
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes - November 25, 2013
3. Review Commission Priorities From 2013
4. Program/Project Updates (Staff)
a)
TMDL
b)
1/1
c)
Private Development Update
d)
Decola Ponds
e)
Recycling Update
D
Wetland Management
g)
Bottineau Transitway
5. Commission Member Council Reports (Commissioners)
6. Other Business
7. Adjourn
GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Minutes
November 25, 2013
Present: Commissioners Tracy Anderson, Tonia Galonska, Lynn Gitelis ,
Dawn Hill, Jim Stremel, Debra Yahle; Jeannine Clancy, Public Works
Director, Eric Eckman, Public Works Specialist and Lisa Nesbitt,
Administrative Assistant
Absent: Commissioner Kyle Turner
1. Call to Order
Stremel called the meeting to order at 8:35 pm.
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes — October 28, 3013
MOVED by Hill, seconded by Anderson, and the motion carried unanimously to
approve the minutes of the October 28, 2013 meeting.
3. 2014 Meeting Dates
2014 meeting dates were reviewed.
4. Program/Project Updates
Summary on -file. Additionally, Stremel reported that the Bottineau LRT Planning
Advisory Committee went on two field trips. The first was to take the light rail
from downtown to the airport. The second was a walking tour of the proposed
corridor from Sochacki Park in Robbinsdale through Wirth Park.
5. Commission Member Council Reports
None
6. Other Business
None
7. Adjourn
MOVED by Galonska, seconded by Hill, and the motion carried to adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 pm.
Lisa Nesbitt
Administrative Assistant
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Public Works Department
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Executive Summary
Golden Valley Council/Manager Meeting
May 14, 2013
Agenda Item
2. Annual Report — Environmental Commission
Prepared By
Jeannine Clancy, Director of Public Works
Summary
The Environmental Commission has prepared its 2012 annual report which includes a summary of
its work on the keeping of chickens and curbside recycling. Chair Jim Stremel will be in
attendance to present the report. The Commission also completed its 2013 work plan
highlighting priorities for the remainder of 2013. The work plan includes the following items:
First Priority: Develop Natural Resources Management Plan
• Review current natural resource management practices and convert into formal policies.
• Explore alternative uses for City -owned open space parcels scattered throughout the
community (e.g., potential for development, adopt -a -lot program, conversion to native
vegetation or low maintenance turf, buckthorn busting, community gardens).
• Review and update current ordinances impacting natural resources (such as invasive
species).
• Identify opportunities for educating residents about the use and management of the
City's natural areas.
Second Priority: If so directed, provide support to City Council on Organized Solid Waste
Collection study to include composting
• Institute City-wide kitchen waste collection.
• Amend composting ordinance to include schools, businesses, and multiple -family
residential developments.
• Study City -sponsored composting, as was implemented in Hutchinson.
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Third Priority: Transportation Alternatives
• Identify actions to improve the transportation and recreational alternatives of commuting
non-resident employees of large Golden Valley employers, and to incent employees to
engage in alternative and mass transit options.
• Identify actions to promote use of transportation alternatives by Golden Valley schools
and students.
• Identify actions to improve biking and walking opportunities in Golden Valley (e.g., bike
lanes and sidewalks).
• Identify improvements to bus routing and other community transportation options in
Golden Valley, and begin planning access to Bottineau Line.
• Identify improvements to better meet the needs of Golden Valley seniors and others in
accessing shopping and mass transit connections (explore possibility of
support/collaboration with Hennepin County Active Living Initiative).
• Identify actions to promote Golden Valley citizens' understanding and use of existing
transportation alternatives (e.g., Five -Cities Transit Program).
Please provide feedback on the report and direction on the 2013 priorities.
Attachment
• 2012 Annual Report - Environmental Commission (2 pages)
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PROGRAM/PROJECT UPDATES —January 2014
TMDL
No updates
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Golden Valley residents have been taking full advantage of the $1 Million MCES Sanitary Sewer
grant that is now available. To date, the City of Golden Valley has submitted $159,789 in
qualified expenses to MCES. $118,341.67 is being set aside to reimburse residents who became
compliant after July 1, 2013. The other $41,447.33 is being set aside for residents that will
complete the work and become compliant in the next year. It is not yet known exactly how
much of the grant is still available, but it is anticipated that over $250,000 has already been
disbursed.
See attachment from Representative Frieberg
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS
The Xenia
The Xenia is a five -story, 372 -unit, market rate apartment building located at 700 and 800 Xenia
Ave S (the northwest corner of the Golden Hills and Xenia intersection). The developer hopes to
begin construction starting with the parking ramp in spring 2014, with the first units opening
mid -2015, and full completion early 2016. The final PUD plan for The Xenia was approved by
the Planning Commission on November 18, 2013. The City Council approved the final PUD plan
on December 17, 2013.
Eldridge 7th Addition
The property at 4824 Triton Dr. was purchased by Rob Eldridge, who plans to remove the
existing home and subdivide the property into two lots. One of the lots will have access from
the new Perry Ave N cul-de-sac. Each of the lots in the subdivision exceeds City zoning
standards in the R-1 (single family) zoning district. The Eldridge 3rd Addition PUD No. 109
required a minor PUD amendment in order to remove Outlot A and to add it to Eldridge 7th
Addition. The minor subdivision was approved by the Planning Commission at the November
18, 2013, meeting. The minor subdivision and minor PUD amendment were approved by the
City Council on January 7, 2014.
Tennant
Tennant Company (701 Lilac Drive) has applied for a PUD for their main campus in Golden
Valley. The PUD would consolidate the property into one lot and allow for better pedestrian
connections between buildings. Future building sites are also planned. Fire access, water
quality, and water storage would be improved as part of the PUD. Tennant received preliminary
PUD plan approval from the Planning Commission in October; the City Council will review the
preliminary PUD plan on February 5, 2014.
Porsche of Minneapolis
Twin Cities Automotive (9191 and 9393 Wayzata Boulevard) has applied for a PUD amendment
to expand the Porsche dealership building and to modify the parking lot. New shop, office, and
employee facilities—as well as a car wash—would be added to the north and to the southeast
portions of the existing building. Pervious pavers would be used in some of the parking spaces
used for display of vehicles. The Planning Commission approved the preliminary PUD plan on
January 13, 2014; the City council will review the preliminary PUD plan on February 5, 2014.
Lifespan
Lifespan operates a youth transition program and has applied for a CUP to move into the
existing building at 345 Pennsylvania Ave S. They would provide mental health services for up
to 85 youth age 5 to 18 between B:OOam and 2:OOpm, Monday thru Friday. As part of the
renovation they would like to add an elevator to the southwest corner of the building and to
replace the upper parking lot. The Planning Commission approved the CUP at their meeting on
January 13, 2014. The City Council will review the application on February 5, 2014.
3.9.4
The 3.9.4 is a project that includes a market rate, multi -generational apartment building as well
as a market rate, senior assisted living apartment building located at the northwest corner of
the Highway 100/Interstate Highway 394 intersection. The City/HRA continues to work with
MnDOT regarding the terms of the sale of the MnDOT property. The City Council approved the
Final PUD Plan for the 3.9.4 on October 15, 2013. At this time, a lawsuit has halted the process
and the timeline for the approval of the Final Plat and Development Agreement by the City
Council is unknown.
DECOLA PONDS
The Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission concluded its mediation process by
making recommendations on cost sharing for the Phase 2 study. Staff recently revised the draft
cooperative agreement between the three cities to include the Bassett Creek recommendations
and a modified proposal from Barr Engineering. The anticipated schedule calls for the cities of
New Hope and Crystal approving the agreements in early February, which will allow the Golden
Valley City Council to approve the agreement in late February, followed by a March start date
on the study.
RECYCLING UPDATE
Memo from Mark Ray
WETLAND MANAGEMENT
No updates
BOTTINEAU TRANSITWAY
The Bottineau LRT Planning Advisory Committee has held three meetings and is ready to begin
work with the County's consultant team, led by SRF, to carry out station area planning for the
two potential LRT stations located in Golden Valley. The project's Draft Environmental Impact
Statement is expected to be released for public comment in March or April of 2014.
12/31/13 REVISOR JSK/EE 144009
This Doemnent can be made available
in alternative forrants upou request State of Minnesota
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION H. F. No. 2055
01/13/2014 Authored by Hansen, Freiberg and Fischer
The NU was referred to We Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance
1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for metropolitan cities inflow
1.3 and infiltration grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. METROPOLITAN CTTIES INFLOW AND INFILTRATION GRANTS
1.6 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $7,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.7 fund to the Metropolitan Council for grants to cities within the metro olitan area as
1.8 defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121 subdivision 2 for capital improvements in
1.9 municipal wastewater collection systems to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration
1.10 to the Metropolitan Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal system Grants from
1.11 this appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and infiltration in
1.12 the publicly owned municipal wastewater collection systems. The council must award
1.13 grants based on applications from cities that identify eligible capital costs and include
1.14 a timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant to euidelines
1.15 established by the council.
1.16 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
1.17 bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.18 bonds of the state in an amount up to $7,000 000 in the manner, upon the terms and with
1.19 the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 and by the
1.20 Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.21 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
Section 1. 1
Date: January 21, 2014
Public Works Department
763-593-8030 / 763-593-3988 (fax)
To: Jeannine Clancy, Director of Public Works
From: Mark Ray, PE, Recycling Coordinator M�
Subject: 2013 Curbside Recycling Program Recap
Recycling Tonnage
The amount of material collected in 2013 was 2,237.92 tons (4,475,840 pounds). This is down
5.3% as compared to 2012. However, the tonnage in 2013 was up 13.9% over 2011 tonnage
under the old recycling system.
The City received $22,364.67 in revenue sharing for 2013.
Multi-family/Commercial/Institutional Recycling
Currently, four properties participate in the program. One additional church has expressed
interest in joining.
Recycling in the Parks
Recycling in the parks will resume April 1, 2014 (weather permitting). In 2013, Isaacson Park and
Brookview Park large shelter had carts in them during the entire summer. Other recycling carts
are moved to various parks on a temporary basis depending on rentals or other needs. For 2014,
the City is planning to expand the program by adding carts at the Brookview Park tennis courts
and small shelter.
Presentations
City staff did one recycling presentation to a community group in 2013.
Mighty Tidy Day
The annual Mighty Tidy Day was Saturday, October 12, at Brookview Park. 549 vehicles came to
drop off items. Participation this year was a 12.5% increase over last year and tied the record
attendance back in 2008. Items brought to the event included:
• 97 appliances
• 19.39 tons of trash
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• 663 pounds of batteries
• 11,360 pounds of miscellaneous electronics
• 8,316 pounds of paper was shredded
• Bridging filled their entire truck
• PRISM filled their van and extra items were transported separately
2013 Fall Leaf Drop
Over the four days of the 2013 Fall Leaf Drop, 723 unique vehicles made 1,318 trips to drop off
leaves. This is an average of 1.8 trips per day per vehicle which is the same average as last year.
On Saturday, November 9, a single day record was set with 811 trips were made during the
six -hour event. To put this in perspective, 811 trips in six hours is an average of 2.25 vehicles per
minute for the entire six hours.
2014 Fall Leaf Drop
The annual Fall Leaf Drop Off event will occur on the following days at Brookview Park:
• Saturday, October 26, from 8 am to 1 pm
• Friday, November 1, from 8 am to 4 pm
• Saturday, November 2, from 8 am to 1 pm
• Saturday, November 9, from 7 am to 1 pm
2013 Initiatives — Check-in
1) Have more residents sign up for the City's recycling updates email listserve. The primary
method of advertising will be reminders in the City newsletter and website. As of today,
647 emails (some being City staff) are registered to receive updates.
UPDATE: As of January 6, 2014, 851 emails (some being City staff) are registered. This is
31% increase in one year.
2) Mail a recycling informational flyer to all curbside recycling customers in early 2013. This
is done as part of the requirement from Hennepin County for recycling education efforts.
UPDATE: This was completed in early 2013 and will be repeated in 2014.
3) Continue to evaluate the recycling in the Parks pilot program.
UPDATE: The program will be expanded in 2014 due to the success in 2013.
4) Provide more promotion on Hennepin County's A -to -Z Guide for Disposal, Choose to
Reuse Program, Recycle Half, and Fix -It Clinics.
UPDATE: More information was included online and in City Newsletter articles in 2013.
2014 Initiatives
1) Continue to promote residents signing up for the City's recycling updates email listserve.
Currently, there are 851 emails registered.
2) Mail a recycling informational flyer to all curbside recycling customers in early 2014. This
is done as part of the requirement from Hennepin County for recycling education efforts.
3) Continue to evaluate the recycling in the parks pilot program.
4) Continue to promote Hennepin County's A -to -Z Guide for Disposal, Choose to Reuse
Program, Recycle Half, and Fix -It Clinics.
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BottineauTransitway
Bottineau Transitway Update, December 2013
Development of the Bottineou LRT (METRO Blue Line Extension) continues to gain
momentum with significant milestones achieved in 2013 and important activities planned
for 2014.
Bottineau LRT Project
Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (HCRRA) has allocated funding for the next stage of
Bottineau Transitway project development. The Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) is
expected to consider a funding commitment in January 2014. Project leadership for environmental
review completion (the Final EIS), design and construction will transition to Metropolitan Council/
Metro Transit in 2014.
Bottineau Transitway Draft EIS
A milestone achieved in 2013 is that the Bottineau Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
entered into the last stage of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) review needed before publishing
the Draft EIS. Draft EIS publication and the start of a public review and comment period are both
expected in the second quarter of 2014. Copies of the document will be available at public libraries
and city halls along the corridor, and will also be available to view online. Stakeholders can expect to
be notified through a range of methods (newspaper notices, email distribution, website posts,
flyers, etc.) about their opportunity to comment on this important document. HCRRA will continue
as lead agency through the Draft EIS process; it will ensure that public comments are compiled and
shared with the public and Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit to inform the project as it moves
forward.
Land Use Planning
Station area planning is now underway for the two Minneapolis station areas along Olson Highway
(Van White Boulevard and Penn Avenue) and the two Golden Valley station area options (near
Plymouth Avenue and at Golden Valley Road). The work plans for these station area planning efforts
are being developed in close collaboration with the Cities of Minneapolis and Golden Valley. These
work plans also benefited from public input gained at roundtable events held in August 2013. As the
process moves forward, a robust and meaningful public engagement process, added to valuable
technical analyses, will inform the exploration of how the transitway stations will best fit into their
surrounding communities. HCRRA and Bottineau Corridor cities are co -leading these station area
planning efforts. Station area planning activities for the remaining six Bottineau LRT stations in
Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park will start in 2014.
Health Initiatives
The Bottineau Transitway Health Impact Assessment (HIA) was completed in 2013. A summary
document has just been released to raise awareness around HIA recommendations. These
recommendations will inform Bottineau LRT project development and station area planning efforts.
We thank you for your help and support in 2013 and look forward to further advancement of the
project in 2014!
www.bottineautransitway.org