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Home My WebLink AboutCCWkspAgen_07Nov07City of Falcon Heights 2077 W. Larpenteur Ave Falcon Heights MN 55113 City Council Workshop November 7, 2007 6:30 p.m. City Hall WORKSHOP AGENDA 1. Garden Avenue Sidewalk/Safe Routes to Schools Grant Proposal 2. 2008 Sanitary Sewer Rate/Budget Discussion ?????? WKSP 1 11/7/07 TO: Mayor Gehrz, Council members Harris, Kuettel, Lindstrom and Talbot FROM: Justin Miller, City Administrator RE: Garden Avenue Sidewalk/Safe Routes to Schools Grant Proposal Explanation: At our October 3rd city council workshop, staff presented ideas about a sidewalk along Garden Avenue between Snelling and Hamline. The impetus behind this was to address the council goals of improving and adding pathways in the city, increasing pedestrian activity, and to take advantage of a Safe Routes to Schools grant opportunity. The city council directed staff to do the following: • Conduct more research into feasibility of constructing the sidewalk • Solicit input from residents along the north side of Garden Avenue Findings: Staff met with the city engineer and determined that while a sidewalk behind the curbline would be feasible, there are a few problems that would need to be addressed: • The driveways at 1811 Simpson and 1810 Arona are already short and barely allow for storage of vehicles without overhanging into the street. If a sidewalk was installed behind the curbline, parking in these driveways would be impossible without blocking the sidewalk. It would make parking in a number of other driveways very tight without having the vehicle overhang across the sidewalk. • While moving the sidewalk behind the curbline (instead of along the street in the parking lane) would reduce the overall costs by eliminating some storm sewer replacement costs, there are a few storm sewer relocations that would still need to be made which would reduce any projected cost savings. • It is questionable whether or not the trees adjacent to the Falcon Heights United Church of Christ parking lot would be able to be saved in their current location. Trees along the front of Falcon Heights Elementary School would also be impacted, and their survival would be in doubt. Letters were sent to the eleven residences along the north side of Garden Avenue. Five households responded, and all expressed their desire not to add the sidewalk. Their main concerns were as follows: • Increased maintenance responsibilities (snow removal) • Loss of green space/increase of impervious surface • Would not want to be assessed for the portion of sidewalk on their property • Unsure of need/safety impacts • Loss of driveway space Recommendation: The deadline for submittal of the SRTS grant is November 16th. Therefore, city council approval would need to occur at our November 14th meeting. If the council wishes to proceed with the grant application, staff will prepare the appropriate materials in time for the November 14th meeting. October 4, 2007 Re: Proposed Garden Avenue Sidewalk Dear Neighbor: Over the past several years, we have periodically received requests from residents in your neighborhood for a sidewalk along Garden Avenue. As you are aware, this route is heavily used by students walking to and from Falcon Heights Elementary. It is also often used by residents in the neighborhood for dog walking, pushing strollers, and general exercise. Recently the City of Falcon Heights learned of a grant opportunity through the Minnesota Department of Transportation called Safe Routes to Schools. This competitive grant provides money to cities and school districts to construct pedestrian improvements which encourage safe alternatives for children to walk and bike to school. The city council has adopted goals of encouraging pedestrian activity and increasing the number of pathways and sidewalks in the city, so this grant is a perfect opportunity to address these goals. A preliminary plan has been suggested that would create a sidewalk along the north side of Garden Avenue between Hamline Avenue and the Snelling Service Drive. This sidewalk would be similar to the new sidewalk along Roselawn, in that it would be behind the curb in existing city right-ofway. However, it would replace some of the grass you currently maintain as part of your lawn. This neighborhood has no interior sidewalks, so all pedestrian activity is done at street level. We feel that this amenity will be a positive addition to the neighborhood and provide a safe route for not only children walking to school but also a safe alternative for all pedestrians in the neighborhood. We are in the very preliminary stages of this project, so detailed designs have not been drawn up. Before doing this, we want to gauge interest from the homeowners who would be most impacted, those of you on the north side of Garden Avenue who would have the proposed sidewalk in the right-of-way adjacent to your property. If this project were to proceed, below is an estimated timeline: • November 14th City Council approves grant application • November 16th Grant application due to MnDOT • Early spring 2008 Notification of grant acceptance/denial If the grant is awarded, • Spring 2008 Designs finalized • Summer 2008 Construction of project I realize that many there will probably be many questions that cannot be sufficiently answered by this letter. We would be very interested in your questions, comments and suggestions, so please feel free to contact me by phone at (651) 792-7611 or by email at justin.miller@falconheights.org. The input we receive will be very instrumental in deciding whether or not to proceed with this project, so please let us know your thoughts. Sincerely, Justin Miller City Administrator cc: Mayor and City Council ?????? !"##$%&??'())**+ ,-(- - WKSP 2 11/7/07 TO: Mayor Gehrz, Council members Harris, Kuettel, Lindstrom and Talbot FROM: Justin Miller, City Administrator, Roland Olson, Finance Director Re: 2008 Sanitary Sewer Rate/Budget Discussion At our October 3rd city council workshop, the council reviewed the proposed 2008 budgets for enterprise, special revenue, and debt service funds. At that time, staff recommended that sanitary sewer rates be increased from $39/quarter to $45/quarter (a $2/month increase). The city council asked that staff bring back some additional information including: • Comparable city data • Impact on ratepayers • Breakout of usage by the Minnesota State Fair and the University of Minnesota As we have tried to minimize the impact of levy increase on the general fund, we have moved more expenses to enterprise funds. The result has been increasing pressure on keeping enterprise fund rates constant. We have also added significant preventative maintenance expenses (annual televising and cleaning schedules) which impact the health of the sanitary sewer fund, yet are necessary due to the age of our infrastructure. The table below outlines the effect on cash flow with alternate sanitary sewer rates: Proposed 2008 Rate Positive (Negative) Cash Flow $39/quarter (no change) ($41,025) $42/quarter ($1/mo increase) $2,436 $43.50/quarter ($1.50/mo increase) $24,168 $45/quarter ($2/mo increase) $45,898 The above rates reflect flat rate charges for residential properties. Each residence is charged the same amount no matter how much water is used. Commercial properties are billed based on water usage, and past practice has been to increase their rate in a percentage equal to the rate increase on residential rates. Attached to this report is the information requested. Staff will have more detailed information, including flow contribution levels for our commercial and institutional users, at our workshop on November 7th. SANITARY SEWER(601) COMPARE2007 COMPARE2007 EBSAUnBCBMUOUTUADGDTAGEBELETEUDTTDTGOETTO ACTUAL .2020060E678SBnUMDAGTEEATDCC20O0U6NT2n0T0L5£ REVENUES:I FOR SERVICES 34180 SANI55T268A583R,,06Y00S00EOW.O7 %.R0.%CH. ARGES 500,304 SANI00TARYSEWERPENALnES 0 ornER000 CHARGES 1101S,8,A50C000CHARG00ES6.5%. SPEC000IALASSESSMENTS 5536783568,,056800002.0%7.0. %. 530,754 36211 INTE36R2568E,02S07T07ON-2-7I.N8.9% %E. STMENTS 33,435 LOAN0 INTEREST MISC000EllANEOUS 362568,,020707 -7.8.9%%. 33,435 5660147156,,05880707 1.76%.564,189 25315 10~,N55T0R0IBUTE0D CAPITAL TRAN0SFERS 10,55000 0 0 OTHER RNANCING SO/JRCES 5661570161,,45800200701.76%.0. % 564,189 EXPENSES:COIiPENSAnON 60100 REG44U2238lA,,0257R06701SA1L29A..88R%IE..S 26,406 PA4R,1T212-,,0n5500M06002E-5E13M.53P%.3L.%O.YEES 2,088 OV10E-0R010n0M0.0E%W. AGES PERA2123,,,C60696019O004NT1R2"..I58B%%U.T. IONS 1,611 FICA3332C,,,,2458O0783N0150T-2R0-I1.B86U%.8T.%IO.NS 2,391 HOS3589P,,,I3568T1158A0038Ul6A91n.3O6.%9N%. . 3,598 DENT457257A0256L -9-.327%.5.%. 445 LON1G01565025-T5E9R0M.9D%OIS..AOB%IU. TY 59 UFE10119I0N69955SU95R.A0%NOC..OE%. 91 560269,1356015905 118.59%. 36,689 70100 SANI761T006A008R-1Y4S.E3%Wo.E.oR%S UPPUES 354 TO2O00L21S07080 o1.o2%.4.%. 507 POST00AGE MO40T034O0R00FU03E.30l .%•3•%•lU. BRICANTS 243 1,310,0201076088 -"7.3.7%%.. 1,104 80100 1E,N00G0012IN,0E0E0R1oINo1G.000%.0.%. AU1D,I011T6,,1160150 4 34.25%. 950 TE6l£3P467H080ONEo.o2-%.l9A.%ND. UNE CE54ll767247P055HO9N.E62%.1.%. ElEC2334m4556lC,040-20.0%5..9%. 254 MEm3344O2479·0040S,,,,006E00085W0087ERCHARGES 392,165 4.8%. ~ 1101S,,A8500C00CHAR 00ES6.5%. 30,450 85080 PO97R300TAB0LETOILET -PARKS 0 CO30N100F0E050R-6E6N.71C%0E0S.&0%SCHOOLS 54 5R,7E6P3A51,I,0R300E002Q8U40I.P.60M%%ENT REP60A600IR5E08Q.0U%IP-STUB 1,109 60T,1E9L6E02V0I,S00IN0G& COMMERCiAl JETnN-G66.8% 23S,2E0W00ERUNE REPAIRS 10R,0O0O00TTREATMENT DEPR2118E,,C096076IA010nO10N2..05%% 19,693 1IN,3S1U,721R0,69A007N00C-2E5&2.03B%.O7%NDS 1O,7N2E61C,02A0ll0. C20O0..N00%CEPTS-LOCATES BIWN11G001,,6909008F005EE0-.3l9I.T%8I%UnES 10,383 MIS1,C032E0,,4209ll00A0070N-E70O1.6U1%S.1% 3,864 4454570259,,12513490025141.58.%7% 458,921 91000 12M,8A1C200HINER0Y" EQUIPMENT SANI00TARYINFRASTRUCTU E 12,81200 0 0 55603411677,,,017501425595141.51.%2% 496,715 97000 225T,0R0A0N00SFERS0 225,0000 0 0 OfflER fiNANClN6 IJSES 5671341267,0157012459141.51.%496,715 1,6703906,25893025.7%3.7% 1,639,108 (75(46960,,,290,69925-25515))1-41.180%.0% 67,474 1,6378904,294689.005.4%0.8% 1,706,582 6-9 ESTIMATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS SANITARY SEWER FUND For Year Ending December 31, 2XXX 35/qtr Year Ending 31-Dec 2005 CASH FLOWS-OPERATING ACTIVITES: Receipts from Customers and Users Receipts from SACS charged to users Payment to Suppliers Payments to Employees Net Cash Flows -Operating Activities 470,691 30,450 (407,596) (36,257) 57,288 EssEttEiimsmstiaatmitmteeadadtetedd Year Ending YeeeYYaaaerreraarErEnnnEEdddnniiinndndggigningg 31-Dec 3331113-3--1D1-e-eDeDccceecc 2006 22200020200080880078 ($1/mo incr) (($$211.5m0o/minocr)incr) 39/qtr 4343.259310/9qq/4/qtqtr5rttr/rq r 559,484 656530660585,,,,104069060530101,923 (466,873) ((((554533389909,,,,9(93951111300009)))),910) (52,362) (((666660,,,1161(1965556))),115) 40,249 2(442,1132,6,09,8429435556),898 CASH FLOWS -CAPITAL AND RELATED FINANCING ACTIVIITES: Acquisition Capital Assets 000 (102,2209) (10,326) (225,000) 10,326) (2307,2290) Investment Income 333556,,,0600050030,0059,70700 31,540 Net Increase (decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents -January 1 Cash and Cash Equivalents -December 31 78,502 1,497,747 1,576,249 (131,003) 1,576,249 1,445,246 59,995 1,445,246 1,505,241 (6,025) 1,505,241 1,499,216 37,436 1,505,241 1,542,677 59,168 1,505,241 1,564,409 80,898 1,505,241 1,586,139 Estimated Community Retail Sanitary Sewer Charges Annual Charges for One-and Two-Family Residences Community 1 Falcon Heights 2 Lauderdale 3 Maplewood 4 Roseville 5 Columbia Heights 6 Little Canada 7 St. Anthony 8 Shoreview 9 New Brighton 10 Mounds View 11 Vadnais Heights 12 St. Paul 2006 Annual Cost $156 $168 $169 $155 $152 $180 $198 $210 $223 $190 $200 $315 2007 Annual Cost $156 $168 $169 $174 $175 $180 $198 $224 $234 $241 $272 $326 40 45 fc rs 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 $9.58 , $11.49 , $11.71 • Wastewater Fixed Charge $13.00 • Wastewater Volume Charge , $13.06 , $14.63 , $15.63 $$1166.3.133 , $16.54 $17.83 ! $17.88 $$$111878898...7.9 5193046838 , , 19.13 , $19.20 ,$$$$$22$12$2$2222912320..1....2.77254670.0..023508325.7679017 , $24.42 322077.$:$.8.13327$79863..5089.07$437.28 I •.•.•. -.,-.....-_•-,•:1PT_T. o The graphs depict typical monthly residential wastewater utility bills for those municipalities who responded to the survey separated by Minneapolis /St. Paul Me"tro Area and State. The bills are based on 7,500 gallons per month. MINNEAPOLIS /ST. PAUL METRO AREA Dayton, MN -Area 1 Say-age, MN Bloomington, MN Falcon Heights, MN Edina, MN Eden Prairie, MN Maple Grove, MN Eagan, MN West St. Paul, MN Mendota Heights, MN Hastings, MN Brooklyn Park, MN Andover, MN Farmington, MN Dayton, MN -Area 2 Mound, MN Golden Valley, MN Champlin, MN Minnetonka, MN Cottage Grove, MN Richfield, MN Apple Valley, MN Fridley, MN New Brighton, MN Mounds View, MN Ramsey, MN St. Louis Park, MN Spring Lake Park, MN Circle Pines, MN White Bear Lake. MN Vadnais Heights, MN Plymouth, MN Minneapolis, MN Robbinsdale, MN Chaska, MN Saint Paul, MN Prior Lake, MN Mahtomedi, MN Belle Plaine, MN Waconia, MN Forest Lake, MN