8/19/2024 - City Council - Work Session - Agendas
CITY OF SPRING PARK
WORK SESSION AGENDA
AUGUST 19, 2024 – 5:30 PM
SPRING PARK CITY HALL
(Work Session discussion times are approximate)
1. 5:30: Road Survey – Moore Engineering
2. 6:00: Planning Commission Applicant – Process Discussion
3. 6:10: Code Language Update
4. 6:15 2025 Budget
5. 6:30: Adjourn
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Gloria Stafford
4201 Sunset Drive, Apartment #405
952-715-0880
glrstffrd@aol.com (Gloria Stafford without the vowels)
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I have never been employed by a municipality, but have served as Member of Faculty Senate, University of
Northern Iowa, 2016-2019; Member of Facilities Planning Advisory Committee, University of Northern Iowa,
2017-2024; Member of Public Art Commission, University of Northern Iowa, 2019-2024; President of Painter’s
Creek Homeowners Association, Minnetrista, 2005 -2010
Retired in May, 2024 as a tenured Associate Professor from the University of Northern Iowa. Prior to 13 years of
college teaching, I had worked as a commercial interior designer from 1992-2008. I also operated my own
residential interior design business from 2009 – 2011.
Ph.D. from the University of Missouri in Human Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in Architectural
Studies -2016 (program included coursework in Urban Planning). M.A. from Savannah College of Art & Design
in Interior Design – 2011. B.A. University of Minnesota -1980.
Faculty mentor for Student Chapter of IIDA (International Interior Design Association) –2016 -2023.
Interior Design Excellence Award – Member of the Year – awarded by the IIDA Great Plains
chapter for contributions to legislative efforts towards interior design professional recognition in Iowa.
Associate Editor, The Exchange, the newsletter of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) – 2018-2023.
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) – Program Director for Minnesota Chapter –2008 – 2011.
As a long-practicing design professional, I have a keen awareness of aesthetic, functional, and usability
issues and environmental concerns.
I have been a LEED (Leadership on Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional since 2009 so
I have extensive knowledge of sustainable building and land use practices.
I have resided in Spring Park since 2019, and before that, in Minnetrista, since 2000, so I am very familiar with
the area, the neighborhoods, and the amenities.
I have benefitted from some of the most recent improvements in Spring Park: having used the pickleball courts east of
Thor Thompson Park and the improved boat launch on Sunset Drive. I have also very much enjoyed the development of
Back Channel Brewing in recent years, live in The Mist, and utilize the regional trail. I very much look forward to the Sunset
Drive reconstruction project (I realize it is a Hennepin County project) and the Yacht Club/Shoreline Hotel development! I
would love to see full retail tenant occupancy of the first level of the south Mist building, first level of Lakeview Lofts, and
first level of the Shoreline Place condo building, as well as other vacant commercial buildings, and would prefer tenants
that brought additional traffic and vitality into the city.
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Gloria Stafford
July 30, 2024
Although I am fully aware these issues are beyond the scope of city government, I have been disappointed with the multi-year
delays to both The Yacht Club/Shoreline Hotel development and the Sunset Drive reconstruction project. I realize the city is
continuing to monitor some of the poorly maintained single-family homes, such as those on the southeast of the Kings
Road/Shoreline Drive intersection. I would love to see a long-term visioning plan for the current industrial property (red brick
buildings) on the north side of Shoreline between Spring Street and Interlachen.
Recommended Language Update to City Code Language
Chapter 34: Utilities
• RATES AND CHARGES
• Sec. 34-191. - Determination.
Rates, fees, and meter deposits shall be determined by the city council and specified in
the utilities department rate schedule.
• Sec. 34-192. - Charges and methods of payment.
Charges for water service shall be based upon the metered quantity of water which a
property owner or occupant draws from the municipal system. Property owners are
responsible for utility bills whether they occupy the property or not. The utilities
superintendent shall determine the usage (quarterly) of water for each individual
connection in accordance with the utilities department rate schedule, adopted by the
city council. Uniform billing procedures shall be established by the
administrator/treasurer.
• Sec. 34-193. - Delinquent accounts.
The individual accounts shall become due 30 days from the date of the billing. A
penalty of 10%, shall be added to the next quarterly billing for any account unpaid one
month after the date of billing. An additional penalty of 5% shall be added for each
subsequent month in which such account is unpaid.
If an unpaid balance remains for more than 90 days, water service will be shut off
without further notice. A service fee will be charged for shut -off and turn-on and shall
be paid in addition to the unpaid balance.
All charges which are delinquent one year or more on September 30 of each year and
which have been properly billed to the premises may be certified by the
administrator/treasurer to the county auditor between October 1 and 10 of each year.
In certifying such charges, the amount, the legal description of the premises served,
and the name and owner shall be specified. The amounts so certified, together with
the service charges and interest at the rate of six percent per annum, shall be
extended by the county auditor on the tax rolls against such premises in the same
manner as taxes and shall be paid to the city along with the taxes.
• BASE CONNECTION FEE
• Sec. 34-291. - Purpose.
The city municipal sewer system includes lift stations, force mains, trunk lines, laterals
and interceptors. The city municipal water system consists of a treatment plant, water
tower, deep wells, pumps, hydrants, large and small dispersal lines, and an iron
removal treatment plant. These systems have been and are designed, insta lled,
maintained and replaced, when required, to serve the present and future use of all
land within the city.
It is the policy of the city that all users receiving the benefits of the municipal water
and sewer systems bear the increasing costs of design, installation, maintenance and
replacement of those systems. To accomplish this, a base connection fee is
established to be paid for the connection of each self -contained living unit to the
municipal water and/or sewer system .
Sec. 34-292. – Base Fee based on units.
The city council shall determine the costs attributable to increase the reserve capacity
necessary for expansion and maintenance of the municipal water and sewer systems,
which shall be based on engineering estimates obtained by dividing the cost of sewer
and water improvements benefiting future development by the projected number of
future equivalent units. Base fees shall be adjusted in accordance with the Engineering
News Record Construction Cost Index, or similar publication, in order to enable the
charges to remain abreast of inflationary trends. Such fees shall be determined by the
city council from time to time in accordance with the criteria set forth in this
subsection.
Definition and computation of units shall be as follows:
(1) Single-family houses, townhouses, and duplex units shall comprise o f one
unit for each living unit.
(2) Common interest communities and apartments shall comprise of one unit
for each living unit.
(3) Other buildings and structures shall be assigned one unit for each 100,000
gallons of flow per year which it is estimated they will discharge . Commercial
and industrial building units shall be assigned a minimum of one unit. The
basis for determination of units for commercial, industrial , and institutional
connection shall be the same as determined by metropolitan waste control
commission's SAC charge schedule.
• Sec. 34-293. - Payment of Base Connection Fees.
The base connection fee shall be due and payable in full upon receipt of the quarterly
billing for existing buildings and structures or upon application for a building permit
for original construction or expansion of existing premises when such construction or
expansion is intended to create one or more new self -contained living units, or, in the
alternative, upon application for a common inter est community conversion license.
• Sec. XX - Conservations Rates:
If a conservation rate is applied to multifamily dwellings, the rate structure must
consider each residential unit as an individual user. For multi -unit dwellings, the rate
schedule must include calculating water rates based on counting each residential u nit
as an individual user.
City of Spring Park
4349 WARREN AVENUE, SPRING PARK, MINNESOTA 55384-9711 (952) 471-9051 FAX (952) 471-9160
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Staff Memo: General Fund: 2025 Preliminary Levy
To: Spring Park – Mayor and Council
From: Mike Anderson, City Administrator
Subject: 2025 Preliminary Levy Proposal
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide you with the calculations and background information regarding the
proposed 2025 preliminary levy in preparation for Truth in Taxation in December.
As of today, we are currently looking at a 7.0% (or $129,000.00 dollars) increase over last year.
This is based on staff recommendations to this date. discussions and projected increases for contracts, bond payments, and
includes the capital project funds.
The proposed levy increase includes:
- Police Contract: $16,000, increase of 3%
- Public Works Contract: $4,500, increase of 3%
- Fire Services: $10,000, increase of 5%
- New line item for potential Merit Salary adjustments for staff: $15,000
- Administrator salary adjustment – 15% or roughly $15,000
- Additional $5,000 for snow removal and Spring Clean Up
- Additional $7,000 for annual recycling costs
- COLA for Staff: 3%
- added the additional 2% from COLA to IT - $8,160
Each 1% equals roughly $19,000. Staff would like to discuss the proposal with the Council to establish the Preliminary
percentage (%) increase for 2025. This will allow us to have the appropriate Resolution ready for final approval at the
December 2, 2024, Truth in Taxation meeting.