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December 27, 1988
T0: Mayor Baldwin and Councilmembers
FROM: Shirley Chenoweth ~~/~
Attached is the holiday Consent Agenda for your approval.
If you have questions or wish to discuss any items at the
January 11th meeting, please call me by Thursday afternoon
December 29th).
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CONSENT AGENDA
DECEMBER 28, 1988
1. Disbursements
a) Disbursements through December 28, 1988 - $22,085.52
b) Statement from Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban
for November, 1988 - $2,953.09
2. Contract for snow removal at City ice rinks.
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STATEMENT
11/30/88
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01501 Falcon Heights T.A.
City of Falcon Heights
2077 Larpenteur Avenue, W.
Falcon Heights, MN 55113
Jan Weisner
JECT MANAGER C. John Uban
Professional Services for the period: November 1, 1988 to November 30, 1988
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Technical Assistance
Copy/Collate
Graphics
Prepare/Meet
Research/Analysis
Writing
Reimbursable Expenses
Technical Assistance
Maps
Mileage
Parking
Photocopies
Total F i xed Fee „n.our,t
D. Black, J. Wiesner, S. Chenow~:th
Setbacks, Comp. Plan Review
Setbacks Summary
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Marcor
Phone Calls G. Hallencamp, City Staff
Black, Winkle, Hollencamp
J. Shieiy, Shirley, KKE
Writing Edit Staff Report
Review/Discuss Site Plans, Building Plans
Area Study
Research/Analysis City Ord., Parking, Land Use
Setbacks, Site Plans and Redevelop.
Proposal
Secretarial Service
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE FOR MARCOR:1318.50
Barber:
Review/Discuss Sign Ordinance
Writing Barber Sign Review
Secretarial Service
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE FOR BARBER:
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381,50
Bullseye:
P.esearch;'Anal ys i s
Prepare/Meet
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE FOR BULLSEYE:
Bullseye Parking Requirements
D. Hunt and Jan 11/30
400.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
Gel i~,~ery Service
Mileage
Postage
Photocopies
Total Miscellaneous Expenses
Invoice Total **
19.76
2953.09
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Consent n
Policy CITY OF TALCON HEIGHTS
BEQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
Agenda Item: X12
Mceting Date:
ITEM DESCRIPTION:
CONTRACT FOR SNOW REMOVAL AT CITY ICE RINKS
SUBMITTED EY: Carol Kriegler
REVIEWED BY: Shirley Chenoweth
EXPLANATION/SUMMARY (attach additional sheets as necessary):
In an attempt to have the City's ice rinks better serve the community,
it would be my suggestion that the City contract for snow removal services at
the four ice rink locations. Currently, Public Works has this responsibility and
it sometimes takes them several days to have snow removed at the four locations.
Having these services contracted will allow for the following:
1. Prompt Service - Plowing could occur at night and weekends and
the rinks would be much more available to the community. As it
is now, a Friday or Saturday snowfall means the rinks are not
skateable until Tuesday.
2. Better Quality Ice - Often times flooding and ice maintenance can't
occur at optimal times due to snow on the ice. I also believe that
our ice rink staff will be able to concentrate more on ice quality
if their responsibility is reduced in the area of snow removal.
I would like to make it clear that this is a recommendation for this
year only. It is my understanding that a 4-wheel drive truck with blade is
scheduled for purchase by Public Works next year. This will greatly increase the
efficiency of snow removal by City staff in the future.
ACTION REQUESTED: The appropriation of $3,240.00 for contracted snow removal
services. Plowing of all pleasure and hockey rinks at four locations (Idaho-
Snelling, Falcon Heights School, University Grove, Community Park)
36.00/hour X a maximum of 7.5 hrs. (for snowfall of 1 to 8 inches)
270.00
270.00 X 12 snowfalls = $3,240.00
Tax increment law rec~eivin ru '~ '`~ ~`~J~
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TIF COt~IL.D BE MOT TOPIC AT 1981 MINNESOTA LE~i1SLATURE ~~
I by Liz Mrutf
ax increment financing (TIF) has
crnerged us perlwps the predomi-
nam rcottomir dcvclu~nnsnt tool to Min-
ucaowduring the past low years. But critics
are pushing fur relurm, charging that sums:
citir, urxl developers have lust sight of TIF's
anginal intent.
n anticipation of TIF bring a hot topic in
dtr ly8y l.rgislature, rite Sertate'ILx Subcan-
nuttrc un E:runontir Drvrktpntent is holding
public hearings to get inpu[ regarding what
issur:s ttf the law tter.l addressing anti possibly
changing.
Srn. Etittber lteichgrxt was the chair at the
Ntty. 28 hearing ti,cusing nn testinumy from
advocates tN change in 'TIF procedures. A
hearing sr:hcduled lur later tltis work is to
fitrus on testinwny from thux who suppun
the use of rite tool in its present li,rnt.
Coat ywr we agreed shat 'fIF needs
changes;' lteirhgutt r:xplairtrd ut Itrat month's
treating, and sttrtte nc-rv restrirtiuns overt: atkJ-
ed to state law. But she said the l.cgisluture is
huldin); heurinb~s to detcnnine what addi-
tional Issues still need to br addressed.
This is a study dtx:untrnt only;' she em-
phasized, "but this information will be
critical to the formulation of I'I89 TIF
legislative proposals"
Help for Blighttd At~etls
litx increment lnuncing is un economic
devr;lupnwnt foul that oars the u-rrruar in
pmpeny tu,u:s guncnttut by rtew curwtrurtiun
to help pay li,r ttx: cost of tkveluprnr:nt rather
than the general rust ofguvcrruttent, a:cur-
ding w tau: Itt.:sean:h Dt:punntent of the M in-
nesuw House of Represenwtives. 'this is uc-
complished by "capturing" the drvclup-
ntent's increu.+ed assessed value in a 'l'1F
distract.
TIF
r• ~~ ~e
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from ~xtge 1
Burins are typically sold w cover such costs
as prttperry ac:c~uisitiun, rolucatiat of existing
users, demoliuun of existing structures, sire
prcparatiun and infrastttu:ture improvernettts.
This publk assistaru:e helps to make finan-
dally trayibte projects that pnvale developers
wouldn't utherwtse undertake. Then the
prupeny vexes, or "irtrretttent',' paid during
the TiF period (the city hopes) wdl permit
recovery of the cast of traducing the
develuprrx; nt.
The consensus of those testifying in favor
of change was generally t:twrable w T1F But
while they said 19tt8 TlF legislation vase
step in the right dit~tiun, tttwt added that
many problems renwin, especially ttte treed
fur stricter moniwring anti enforcerrtent of
T1F districts.
My gertrr-al reaction to the use of tax in-
crement financing in Minnesota is that it is a
grx,d tool if used properly;' Granite Falls Ciry
Cuunr:d Member An Barber wrote in a let-
ter r~e:tti at the bracing by his daughter, Janice
Godwin. "But, in our part ofthe state, it has
bran overused seal abused.
l believe the state of Minnesuut should
dr:linitety reweave the tax increment tir-at-c-
ittg disttiCts~ B,erber's ltutar cx,rttiruted. '"ll-e
Moat of the early TIF that was collecG:d
in Mmneuptilis and in the lint tier cities was
in the area.. ul' grwtrst blight;' 5punt cun-
t-nucd. "In tits early years, tlx: blight vest was
real and uhvwus. But tinter attd the "fiF law
have J"
The neauW T1F law was greatly liber-
alitrd in 1'1N, Spare said, whin economic
tlrvelttpntent districts, wr:rc permitted without
a blight test. "The blight test was essentially
rrptarul by dos easy lest: Will the develup-
mrnt create jobs in the city ur keep ur
rttfuu>LC dtr city tax base!" He addtxl, .'What
drvclupm~nt dutsn't creuu: jobs ur etttwttrx
the tax bast:!
Thr Irvcl playing field bc;cume fitful
again, and flit cost ufT1F subsidies beeante
mart expensive as inter-city cuntpeutiun fur
redrvelupnt~nt artd develupntent grew;' rte
said.
Spare sail HcrinrpinCtwury rtxurrunerrls
flit lullrruving changes a-'1.1F law:
Tip ahr "but lur" t~°5t, which Sparta
acid 1 ahr sole ju~tilicatuut aril ratittttale
fur "I'1F. `The test ,wars that I IF is jtutitiu! if
rrdrvclupnunt ruuld not rx:wr without
ahr subsidy, he cxplautul. Bul, if devrlup-
ntrnt and its benrtiu would have urcurttxt
wtthuut the use of"TIF, hr wid the "but fur"
test is trot met and T1F is tx:ing abused.
A sigtutic:uu number of 1'1F distrat'ts in the
mt:tru area dun'[ [Heel the test, Spare said.
Ilte 1'l8ti legislation did r-ot tighen the test;
laws stem yuitr adequate, but there is a need
tut ways to enli-rre tltc existing Iowa, and it
would scan, uppru~telate that tits brute
uudiwr's office should Ix: the rnlurccntent
agr;ttry involvrxl:' He stated that the auditor's
office would be a logical chuirc beruuse it
would not likely be influenced by pro-
develupnu:nt agencies ur groups.
In addition, Barber said counties and
school districts should hove the right w veto
proposed vex increment financing districts.
Grantte Falls has one of the highest pen:en-
tuges ul' tux increment per cuptta in Min-
nesuw, acr:ording w Barbt:r. Tht: population
of the city is about 3,OAU, and in 1988, the ci-
ty had u captured assessed value of
1,465,0001, with the cunununity dr:vrlopntent
cununission receiving $154,000 in tax tncrc-
ntent nwrtey.
if limitutiuns were to be placed un the
amount of total captured assessed value,
bused on the pupuluuun of un authority's area
of uperatiun, it would be an incentive lur the
authority w retire the boruls issued oral to
return fire tax incren~nu from thux' projects
to the county before undrrwking u rn:w proj-
eet;' Barber said.
Fur example;' he said, "il' Granite Falls
had a tttta) captured assessed value limit of
S00„l1llU and tl tt-ey were already at that
hrttit, rx, tu:w districts could tx; ratabhshed
until parcels represr:nting an :unuuut equal w
the captured assessed value lur the ptupused
he said. 'This is a critical issue for reform in
1989."
The blight test for redevelopmenttiistricts
is too subja:tive aril brood trod ttlwuld be'
rewritten to tighten ttx: qualification criteria,
Spurtz continued. - ,.
V1k believe that state law permits extmrtte-'
ly flexible coy tnterprewtiuns;' Spar•tz said.
Currently, rcafevelupntent districts are con-
sideted blightul if as few as 35 perunt of the
parrrls within the district have severely
blighted suurtures .. ;' 'I'Itr blight test dues,i t
always :u;curately and rwsunably rctlrrt the
cost to cure the blight in flit distract, he said.
Fur example, the Metropolitan Stadium
site in Blttunungton yu:tl-fird as a bLght
because of flit obsolete stadium even tlwugh
s;dvagr ruxipta were. almost equal w ltk: cast
ofdrnwGtion, Slwnt sail. Suntlarly, Ihead-
jacrnt 33 nrrc Krllcy farm quulifiui fur
rulevrlopnunt txcausr it was the site ul' a
dilapidated h[,uac brut tarts building. The
tarot was purchased by BluuminbKttn lur $1115
million shortly after the TlF dtstrart was
t:rcatrd. ,
Thr blight testshtutW tat: dr;fined In terms
d'a nwiiruum pcrcrntagc of blighttxl:trea urtti
the cost u- run: the blight. Spartz said, acrd it
slutuW limit ahr anuwnt of inrrenrt~at W the
arnuunt n~xAltd w rurz the ~bligt-t.s and all
parcels should tx: contiguous.
New economic drvrlupment districts
should be prrmittc;d only in arras of severe
ecununac Jistress aritl lintitcxl w job-cueeating
industrial Fa.:ilitiea.
district wen: roturr-ed w the atunty Gtx rolls"
Ht:nnepiu Courtly bloats ehringt.~x
Hunnupin County Cumn-isaiuncr 1elY'
Sp.-nx albu bud many cunr:r:tna rkaltng with
TIF "Much correcting rctrtains w tx; duuc;'
he said, because the 19811 lcgislutiun only
dealt with seven or sight of more than 25
recumrrwnckd changes.
According to Spate, ulxtut 60 percent of
the state's TIF use tx:curs in Henrteprn Cun-
tyy. Atwthr:r 23 percent occurs in the 'Twin
Cities mstroprtlitan area, with the rest ul'the
sorts twcounting f'or only 17 percent.
Hettttepin County T1F distrit,'ts will receive
81 million in tax dollars this year, Spar(x
said. In 1y89, they will receive about $100
million, ur atx,ut 8'h percent of Hennepin
County's tux base. Within live years, he satd,
TIF cullectiuns of $170 million per year air
ru er.wd.p Citing these ligures, Spare suit hr has
concluded that T1F has strayed From its
original purpose of combating stovers blight
in the core cities.
TIF swned in California in the Iy50s to
gsnerate hxal mutchin ~ funds rite li,rlr:rul ur-
ban renewal projects;' ~e expluutcJ. Hr satd
the objective of the subsidy was w give: bad- _
ly blighted clues "a level of playing field" ~
with other cities su they could attract
redevelupmunl where uu activity would
otherwise talcs pl;n:e. Tttti Ixx:artx: lutuwn a,.
the "blight criteria:'
Thr tluttttiun of all tt~rk've tteru districts,
pet:-Ml1r! as w~ll;ts post-15TT). ' be rtxluc-
ed, arwf lt-e window of upporsunity w issue
bonds onpre-1979 districts should be closer!.
11re 1988 language allwvs an excessive
duration for tt~devchtpmr:nt districts. Most
states do nut allow a term to excecxl 20 years,
but pne-1919 districts are allout~tl to Iwtb as 29
years... Sonte pf' us will be buried tx:fure
sane of these districts expire;' Spare said.
The 1989 Legislature should address the
issue of excess incretnt:nt being generated in
some districu. "Several chits in Hemtepin
Carroty have distnct~ which are or wdl atx-n
produce ineterrteru in excxss d• their debt ser-
vice reywrcn-rnts;' Spare staid.
Adequate TIF reform can't be achitwat un-
ul the af'kc-teJ county and the school distract
are given substantive roles in the a rarvval .,f'
the district, he said. He said they should br
allowed w vew proposed TIF distn~ts that
steel t "in the best interest of the entirccum-
mtrrriry"
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TIF C'se Continues to Gr•oK'
Jody Hauer of the Citizens [.,eagtu agt~eed
that the 1989 I.eg~„azure netcls to take a close
l look at the tax incrertxnt lain. "1988 legisla-
tier was adequate, but not sufftciern;' she said
at the hearing.
TIF acKiviry has continued to gtvw in
Minnesota at a gnat rate. In 1988, there was
a 25 percent increase ir. TIF that follows a 25
ptment jump from 1986 to 1987. This year the
assessed valuation captured for TIF topped
the Sl billion mark for the fast time with
51.246 billion;' according to Department of
Revenue's data published tiov. 9.
But Hauer added that the growth in the taz
base is considerably less. The total assessed
value of propert}~ in those cities with TIF
projecu increased about 9 percent between
last year and this year (compared with the 25
percent gro+-•iIt in value captured for TIF).
Ironically, Hauer noted, the bulk ofthe TIF
projects are in the Twin Cities are, where the
economy is healthier than in the rest of the
state. More than 84 percent of the assessed
salue captured for TIF in Minnesota is in the
seven-county metro area, she said, and two-
thirds of the tnevo TIF assessed value is in
Hennepin Counry:'
One indicator ofa city's use of TIF is how
much of it tax base is tied up in TIF projects.
In the metro area. Chanh3;sen has the highest
petrxntage of iu assessed value i^. TIF with
more than 22 percent. Ten metro area cities
have between 10 percent and ~0 percent of
their tax base in TIF. Thee are Minneapolis,
Robbinsdale, Hilltop, Ch~l~, lieu Ger-
many, Waconia. Falcon Heights. Savage.
Shai:opee and NeKpon. Fifreen cities and
toµnsin greater Minnesota fit in this category.
The
question about whether TIF i< being overused
is one that is txx easily answered:'Hauer
said. "No one has defined the point beyond
which TIF is no longer benef-cial.The
state Legislattu^eis the logical body to define
that point.However,
d it (TIF') becomes so eotnrrron that
it'sseen as a given, it loses those characteristics
that have made it a useful economic
development tool;' she said. "in other
words, the problem arises when TIF becomes
the expected practicx rather than the exception ..."
The
Citizens l,e:igueapplauds the 1988 legislature
for the cltartges in TIF taw. Hauer said, "
but there'sstill a concern that TIF should
Drily be used t~+rprujert~ with a heal need
in an area with real blight.The
Citizens l.eaguris n:xupp~»edto public
assistance:' Hauer told the senate tax subeontrrtittee, "
but tt is op}~~se:dt•~ the cur-rent
off-budge! assta[anie rho! ner:isto be more
direct. It'sditti<ultr.~~uatiinthe use o1 TIF
the un} it'scurrrntl} bc;nfu~d"In
addttixt to the gnw~ trot te,t;tieelat the earing,
several utcliti idu~l : itilen, of se~
illealso te~uli~•~iR.~.ctit;;rrYsident Philip
Hope said TIF has marry merits in Minnesota,
but "it has been abused ttnattty times
and certainly in my own city of Roseviille"
Forezample,
Hope said that the Rott~wilkCiry
Council established a tax incrertrent district
to help a Canadian-based investor develop
a SI4 rrtillimt high r+erttal, high dtn-sity
apartment project.A
wealthy local property owner reaped tremendous
profit from the land because of T[
F;' Hope claims. "This contr•uvenial and unnecessary
project is being constructed on an
open space tract of land that hold, strong environmental
significance. For over 40 years.
the land adjoining ~ P*oPo~ Win'ment
project has been a neighborhood of single-
tamily, owner-occupiedhomes. This project
definitely does not qualify for tax in-crement
financing ...It's not a blighttd area M
any means"Hope
went on to sa` that TIF was intend-ed
tc~ help economically distressed areas. It was
ncx intended tier asststattce in such a high rend
apanment project, he said. But Hope claimed
that the city got around the law.There
was a relatively small project that in-volvedtearing
down an utwsed motor freight building
and preparing the soil for thew con-struction
that would be two miles from the proposed
high-densityhousing Qroject.ThudoesqualifyunderTIFpt•avistons, he said,
but tht "high density aparurteut project was
included in the TIF district. Our gtvup of
Re-seviltehcvmeavners dex:s ncx fcel that it was
the intent of the legislature to permit this abuse
when the enabling law wa, enacted"Hope
added that there should he stronger mnrtitcxing
and more control of Tl F district,.We.
as taxpayers, are powertas to dlt anything
abcwt our city council's actions in abwing
this law. Voting them cwt of offi:c may
be delayed up to three years. This u ce r-taint}
rte help to us after the dam:sge hay been done
tv our community and our em•iron-ment
The
tax subcommittee's second hearing.ti>
Lu;rngon those in twur of tax tn:remrnt finan;
tng in its pre.entfirm, is yet fur Dr.N . ~
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