1-26-15 Agenda Packet AGENDA
GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road
Council Conference Room, Monday, January 26, 2015
7:00 PM
Individual Commission Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes — November 24, 2014
3. New Proposals For Greener Practices
4. Program/Project Updates (Staff)
a) Monthly
1. Water Resources (provide updates to DeCola Ponds, TMDLs,
Wetlands, and other)
2. Private Developments
3. Blue Line LRT Extension
4. Community Center
b) Quarterly
1. Recycling/Solid Waste
2. Inflow/Infiltration
c) Semiannually
1. Energy(B3 Benchmarking, Solar, Building & Lighting projects)
5. Commission Member Council Reports (Commissioners)
6. Other Business
7. Adjourn
Joint Meeting 7:30 pm
1. Approval of Joint Meeting Minutes — November 24. 2014
2. Natural Resources Management Plan
a) Commissioners will be given hard copies of the final plan. A file copy
is available for review at the Public Works Department in City Hall.
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GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Minutes
November 24, 2014
Present: Commissioners Tracy Anderson, Lynn Gitelis, Dawn Hill, Jim
Stremel, Debra Yahle; Eric Eckman, Public Works Specialist,
Veronica Anderson, SEH, Deric Deuschle, SEH; and Lisa Nesbitt,
Administrative Assistant
Absent: Commissioner: Tonia Galonska and Larry Johnson
Call to Order
Stremel called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes—October 27, 2014
MOVED by Hill, seconded by Gitelis, and the motion carried unanimously to
approve the minutes of the October 27, 2014 meeting.
New Proposals for Greener Practices
To be discussed at the next meeting
2015 Meeting Dates
The 2015 meeting dates were handed out
Program/Project Updates
Recycling Update: Commissioners would like to discuss in more detail at the next
meeting.
The complete program/project summary is on file.
Commission Member Council Reports
None.
Other Business
The December meeting will be cancelled
Adjourn
MOVED by Gitelis, seconded by Hill, and the motion carried to adjourn.
Lisa Nesbitt
Administrative Assistant
Suggestions for Greener Practices Commission Council'Mayor How to Implement Incentives/Disincentives
Recycling/Solid Waste Hauling/Compost
Expand recycling programs X
Business and multi-family X
Work with Hennepin County and MPCA X
Compost,recycling and zero waste bins in public areas
Reconsider organized hauling and collection of organics X 1 X
Provide compost bins X X
Encourage Bokashi home composting X
Explore Henn.Cty.Zero waste program for city events X
Solar
Look at solar options X
Consider community solar groups X
Designated eco-mixed use areas(solar powered sidewalks,
green housing,community gardens) X 1
Water
Water conservation(e.g.home audits) ] X X
Incentives for using compost bins,rain barrels,converting X
portions of lawn to native prairie or rain gardens.
Implementation of rain water diversion system X
Incentives/education on gravel or paver driveways
Protect residents/community from cloudburst storm water X
runoff with additional green spaces
Energy Conservation •
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Work with school districts and bus companies to identify
greener practices(idle reduction) X
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Electric or hybrid vehicle that makes regular circle route of City. X
Replace aging fleet with energy efficient vehicles X X
City operates on renewable energy(10-20%in 5 yrs) X
Develop a sustainability plan X
Incentives for hanging clothese outside to dry X
Research"Nice Ride MN"for Golden Valley X
Reduce traffic,growth of car usage(limit parking spaces for X
large businesses;creat goal for larger companies to reduce
employee car usage by a certain percentage;additional metro
transit route/usage at large companies)
Work with local large businesses to learn of their best green X
practices to be shared with others,plan for additional green
practices for future
Green Space •
Incentives for growing/planted trees on south side of homes X
Plant native prairies on city-owned vacant lots. X
If city-owned vacant lots are sold,require new owners to plant
native prairies X
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Incentives/education for employee and apartment gardens _ X
Community gardens X
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Allow bee keeping X X
Chemicals/Pollutants
Suggestions for Greener Practices Commission Council Mayor How to Implement Incentives/Disincentives
Scum Check vs.IPM and disciplined less use of chemical
pesticides,herbicides X
Impose fee for using non-organic/hazardous weed prevention i
or fertilizers •
Consider ban of neonicotinoids(chemical insecticides that
threaten bees) X
Incentives/education on bat houses vs.mosquito spraying X
Add a Hennepin Cty.Medicine Disposal drop box in GV X
Have restaurants phase our styrofoam containers X
Grocery/convenience store plastic bag fee X X
PROGRAM/PROJECT UPDATES—JANUARY 2015
WATER RESOURCES
Schaper Pond Diversion project—Design work is underway for a project to construct a
submerged curtain which will divert flows within Schaper Pond into a deep pool in the
northwest basin to facilitate more efficient and effective settling of sediment particles
(including phosphorus), prior to discharge to Sweeney Lake. This project was identified in the
Sweeney Lake TMDL Study, and water quality models indicate that this project will help all
entities (cities, county, state) meet their wasteload allocation.
Medicine Lake Road/Winnetka Avenue Long-Term Flood Mitigation Plan project(includes
DeCola Ponds area)—Barr Engineering continues to work on evaluating flood mitigation
alternatives and developing cost-benefit analysis for the alternatives.
Stormwater Management Program (MS4 General Permit for Stormwater Discharge)—The City
continues to work on updates to its stormwater management program as part of its reissued
permit with MPCA. One of the key components of the program is making revisions to the City's
current stormwater management ordinance and adding or revising several stormwater best
management practices.
Wetland Conservation Act—The City received a wetland delineation report from the Developer
of the proposed Sweeney Lake Woods PUD (see developments below). Since the report was
submitted in winter,the field review cannot be completed until the growing season. A formal
notice of decision will be made at that time.
PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS
5501 Glenwood Avenue (Golden Valley Lutheran Daycare)—Conditional Use Permit
Amendment. Update existing CUP to reflect a new site layout and number of children present.
Planning Commission recommended approval (7-0) on December 22. Scheduled for City Council
on January 20.
305 & 345 Pennsylvania Avenue South (Laurel Ponds)—Final PUD. Demolish existing buildings
and construct 24 detached townhomes. Planning Commission recommended approval (7-0)on
December 22. Scheduled for City Council on January 20.
6000 Duluth Street (King of Grace)—Rezoning. Rezone without existing conditions which limit
the property setback to the north. Scheduled for Planning Commission on January 26.
1801 Noble Drive (Sweeney Lake Woods)—Final PUD. Subdivision to create three residential
lots with a shared driveway. Tentatively scheduled for Planning Commission on February 9.
BOTTINEAU TRANSITWAY(Metro Blue Line Extension)
There are two concurrent planning processes occurring with the Metro Blue Line Extension.
The first is Station Area Planning, which is being led by Hennepin County staff. A public open
house was held on November 12 to display a range of preliminary ideas for the first four station
areas in Minneapolis and Golden Valley. These Station Area Plans focus on the 1/2 mile radius
around each station. The plans show future land uses as well as access to the station via car,
bicycle, walking, and transit. They also highlight the location of public art, wayfinding signs, and
bicycle parking. The next public open house will take place at UROC on Plymouth Avenue in
North Minneapolis, 5:30-8 pm, on January 29. A final open house is scheduled for April 30 at
the same location and time. More information can be found at www.hennepin.us/bottineau.
The second planning process that is occurring simultaneously with Station Area Planning is
called Project Development, which is led by the Metropolitan Council and MetroTransit. This is
a 2-year phase in which staff will work on issues such as station location, track alignment,
mitigating floodplain impacts to Bassett Creek, parking strategies at stations, and more
environmental analyses. Solutions to these issues will be presented to the Corridor
Management Committee (CMC), which is represented by Council Member Andy Snope. The
CMC meets on the second Tuesday of the month and more information can be found at
www.bluelineext.org.
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