8.g Administrator's report0SCANDIA
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: June 18, 2017
To: City Council
From: Neil Soltis, Administrator
Re: Administrator's report
Comprehensive Planning — Bolton & Menk have held focus groups at the elementary school
and with the agriculture / business group. An additional focus group for residents aged 55+ is
scheduled for June 22. The comprehensive plan surveys are being printed and it is anticipated
that those will be mailed out by June 21.
Washington County Update of Housing Needs —The housing needs study completed for
Washington County has been updated and now separates out the demand in the communities
that comprise the northeast submarket. Additionally the MET Council has released revised
population and housing estimates for use in developing the 2040 comprehensive plan. Below is
a summary of those 2 document. While the correlation is not perfect, the direction indicated
by the study and estimates is consistent.
MET Council Estimates
Household
I I I I Change from 1
Year ! Population ! Households ! 2016
I 20101 3,934 1 1,498 1 1
j 2016i 3,945 j 1,506 I I
Demand per Washington County Study
I I I I
General Senior ! Total
I I I I
20201
4,260 1
1,700 1
19!L; 1 761 1481 224;
2030;
4,630 ;
1,910 ;
404 157: 183: 340;
2040!
4,950
2,100
594
Keewahtin Lake (formerly known as Sylvan Lake or Halfbreed Lake) - The Commissioner of Natural
Resources has approved the name change to Lake Keewahtin. The county will record the official
documents with the county recorders office. That recorded version is then sent by the DNR to the US
Board on Geographic Names for final approval and for the new name to be added to the on-line
database of lake names.
Veterans Memorial — The memorial patio and sidewalk were poured on June 13. The granite pieces
have arrived and have been sent to the monument company to start the engraving work soon.
Completion of the monuments is anticipated this summer. The landscape plan has been sent to the
Parks & Rec Committee for a recommendation. The Veterans Committee has also requested
consideration for the installation of an electrical service for use during events.
School site plan and addition —A site plan and design plans have been submitted for the
addition of a mechanical room for the school along with storm water management changes.
Roof modifications to provide for central air conditioning and window replacement are also
planned. Review of the plans will be before the Planning commission at the July meeting.
Am -Tec Designs — Plans have been submitted for a building addition. A conditional use permit
was issued in 2015 for a smaller addition but not constructed. Review of the plans will be
before the Planning Commission at the July meeting.
Capital Improvement Committee —The Committee met on May 25 to review road projects,
park projects and other projects. City Engineer Ryan Goodman presented alternative strategies
to address the roads that have PASER ratings of 4 or less through the issuance of debt and the
potential consideration of levy increase and assessments. The Committee also reviewed a
project evaluation and scoring form that will be using in prioritizing projects. The next
Committee meeting is June 28. I've met with Northland Securities about planning and
structuring a potential debt issuance which led to the engagement letters that are on the
agenda.
Website upgrade — GovOffice has been given approval to begin the programming for the web
site upgrade. Judi and I will be working on simplifying the navigation within the site.
Broadband & Cable — Frontier is continuing to install equipment and the portion of the 433
exchange upgrades planned for 2017 will be completed by the end of September. Additional
work is scheduled for 2018. As it relates to applying for a State Broadband grant, the main
issue for Frontier is number of projects funded by grant they have around the country and the
timing of reimbursements.
Sprint upgrades to Old Marine Trail tower — Sprint is proposing to add up to nine (9) antennas
and twelve (12) radios to existing site with associated cabling. The changes will not increase
the height of the tower by more than 20 feet or the width of the tower by more than 20 feet so
this will require an administrative permit, not a revised conditional use permit.
Community Solar Farms
• Argo Navis / Geronimo / Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (Zavoral) — The
development agreement for this project is being finalized by the attorneys and should be
ready to be added to an agenda for consideration by the Council in July. The approval of
the development agreement will need to be coordinated with an amendment to the Annual
Operating Permit for the Tiller mine.
Sunrise Energy / Bladner Energy (Booren / Nickelson) —The land sale for these parcels has
closed and Sunrise is working on finalizing plans. The development agreement will need to
go before the Council later this summer.
State Capital Investment Project Request — The grant request for predesign and design work
for the segment of the Gateway Trail from William O'Brien State Park into Scandia has been
submitted.
Quarry Road parking — the Council has approved parking on the east side of Wuarry Road for
access to the Crystal Springs State Natural area. A resident voiced a complaint about the
parking off the road surface but within the road right-of-way impeding with mowing the
property.
Wetland fill complaint and related actions — The Conservation District has investigated a
number of potential wetland fill issues. A number of these relate to the construction of tracks
for dirt bikes. Based on a resident complaint there was an investigation and finding that fill was
placed in a wetland adjacent to Langley Ave. in the Bliss addition. Once the impact has been
finalized, the process will move to the State for compliance.
Livestock complaint — We received a complaint about livestock in a parcel along Scandia Trail. I
spoke with Keith Streff, the Chief investigator for the Animal Humane Society who noted that
livestock are not regulated to the same care standard as companion animals and felt that no
criminal intervention was appropriate.
Bone Lake — Based on monitoring of the water level by the Forest Lake / Comfort Lake
Watershed District, the "No Wake" zone for Bone Lake was posted from May 30 through June
16. It should be noted that the "no Wake" zone only applies to areas of the lake within 300' of
the shore.
2016 Annual Population Estimates
Scandia city, Washington Count Minnesota
Households: 1,506 Population in Households: 3,905 Average Household Size
Housing Total: 1,750 Population in Group Quarters: 40
Occupancy Rate: 86.06% Total Population:
3,945
2.593
The Metropolitan Council's Annual Estimates account for housing stock changes since April 1, 2010. These include housing units permitted and other
changes. Other changes are due to demolitions, building conversions (units added or lost), city boundary changes (units annexed in or out), and other
changes reported by city and township staff. We assume that 95% of single-family detached units, 90% of townhome/duplex/triplex/quadplex units,
and 85% of multifamily units permitted in 2015 were completed and occupiable by April 1, 2016; the remainder are occupiable in the future and will
count toward next year's estimates (for April 1, 2017).
Manufactured homes are counted each year from Metropolitan Council surveys of manufactured home park operators and local governments. Other
housing (boats, RVs, etc. used as housing) comes from the most recent American Community Survey estimates.
Occupancy
Occupied with
Persons Per
Housing Stock
Permitted and Other changes
April _1, 2016
Housing Stock
Households
A ril 1 2010
built since 2010 since 2010
April 1, 2016
Single -family -detached:
1,644
48
-1
1,691
Townhomes:
16
0
0
16
Duplex, 3-, 4-plex units:
5
0
0
5
Multifamily units:
38
0
0
38
Manufactured homes:
0
35
3.115
0
Other (boats, RVs, etc. as shelter):
0
93.35%
0
0
Housing Total:
1,703
0
Counted only if
1,750
Each housing type has a specifically estimated occupancy rate and average household size. These data come from the most recent Community
Survey estimates, decennial census data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Postal Service (for occupancy rates only). For more detail, please
see the full methodology, available online from https://www.metrocounciI.org/populationestimates .
Definitions: A household is a group of people (or one person alone) occupying a housing unit.
The number of occupied housing units and the number of households are equivalent.
Population in Group Quarters (or institutional housing) is counted separately through an annual Metropolitan Council survey
Metropolitan Council 5/9/2017
Housing Stock
Occupancy
Occupied with
Persons Per
Population in
April _1, 2016
Rate 2016
Households
Household
2016
Single -family -detached:
1,691
85.80%
1,451
2.582
3,747
Townhomes:
16
91.15%
15
2.582
39
Duplex, 3-, 4-plex units:
5
93.45%
5
1.982
10
Multifamily units:
38
92.05%
35
3.115
109
Manufactured homes:
0
93.35%
0
1.000
0
Other:
0
Counted only if
0
2.071
0
occupied
Housing Total:
1,750
Households:
1,506
In Households:
3,905
In Group Qtrs:
40
Total Population:
3,945
Metropolitan Council 5/9/2017
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