Memo - Review Of Draft Hopkins Parks and Trails Brochure•
Memorandum
TO:
COPY:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
Steven C. Mielke, City Manager
Steven J. Stadler, Director of Public Works
Ray Vogtman, Parks Superintendent
Steven G. Bot, Assistant City Engineer
November 20, 2001
Public Works Department
Review of Draft Hopkins Parks and Trails Brochure at November 27,
2001, City Council Work Session
On August 21, 2001, the City Council approved an agreement for professional services
with SRF Consulting Group, Inc., to develop a community comprehensive trail and
sidewalk plan for the City of Hopkins Since the time that the agreement was approved,
SRF has worked closely with City staff to develop a draft of the brochure part of the
project that highlights the parks and trails system in Hopkins A black and white copy of
the draft brochure is attached to this memo and a full -color copy (representative of what
the end product will look like) will be presented to Council at the work session.
The draft brochure was presented to the Hopkins Park Board at their November 19
meeting. The Park Board was very enthusiastic about the product that has been produced
up to this point and most of the comments they made at their meeting have been
incorporated into the attached draft version.
At this work session, staff is looking for feedback from the Council on the overall
contents of the draft brochure. The feedback obtained at this meeting will be used to
revise the brochure before it is once again presented to Council at a work session in late
January 2002. At that same January work session, a report showing the findings of the
analysis of the Hopkins trail and sidewalk system will be presented to council. This
report will address such items as gaps and missing links in the City's trail system and
what proposed projects would fill in these gaps and links. Other pertinent items such as
user amenities, signing, bike routes, and safe crossings will also be addressed. Along
with the presentation of this report, staff will be recommending and discussing with the
Council the specifics of the public input that will be sought before the ultimate adoption
of the comprehensive trail and sidewalk plan. It is our full intention to ultimately
produce a useful end product that proudly showcases the wonderful trail and parks
system in Hopkins and identifies areas where Hopkins can effectively focus its resources
in the future.
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2002 BUDGET
Council requested that staff provide the list of all budget cuts that were proposed by
departments to reach their 2% budget cut goal. Although all departments provided cuts,
some suggestions were not acceptable and therefore excluded from consideration.
Attached is the complete list, which was offered by various departments. The original
2002 general fund program budgets reviewed by the city council were about $66,000
over expected 2002 revenues. At the last council worksession, staff had reduced
expenditures by $95,000 to $29,000 under expected revenues. The council requested to
add back a police officer position that would start in July. This new position absorbed
$28,000 of the savings, which put us back at our levy limit increase amount of 9.8 %.
Originally the City Manager and I reviewed the list of possible cuts and determined
which ones were most do -able. Along with the cut list provided by the departments,
capital requests were considered for affordability, desirability and need. Some capital
requests are being postponed to 2003. Attached are the program and capital cuts we
implemented and the ones we did not. We did not implement all the cuts provided due to
the adverse affects on services or programs.
Since our last discussion some good news has been received. The Livable Communities
grant committee is recommending that Hopkins receive $620,000 in grant money to go
towards the Koss block renovation project. This grant would substantially improve our
projected fund balance in the Economic Development Fund. If the board approves the
grant, staff is recommending a reduction in the HRA levy by $50,000 to $50,000. This
reduction in the HRA levy reduces our overall levy increase to 8.9% from 9.8 %. The
savings for residents can range from $5 to $20 a year, depending on property value.
Another question that came up at the last worksession was in regard to the December
School District Levy. If that levy passes what is the affect on residents. The average
residential taxpayer would see an increase of approximately $78. The proposed tax
notice that was sent by the county excluded both the November and the December School
District referendums. The November referendum also increases taxes on the notice by
about $78 for an average home.
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Department cuts
PROGRAMS
Depot Concessions - Transfer out
UNALLOCATED
Council Dues and Memberships
Council Meals and Lodging
COUNCIL
Agenda Postage
Newletter Postage
Personnel Advertising and Publication
Spec. Proj. Advertising and Publication
Newsletter Advertising and Publication
Special Proj. Expert & Professional
Administration Conference fee
Information Services Conference fee
Agenda Meals & Lodging
Information Services Meals & Lodging
Administration Miscellaneous
ADMINISTRATION
Benefit Admin Office Supplies
General Accounting Office Supplies
Risk Management Office Supplies
Cash Printing
General Accounting Printing
General Accounting Expert & Profess.
Cash Other Contractual Services
Gen. Acctg. Other Contractual Services
Benefit Admin Meals & Lodging
Budget Meals & Lodging
Cash Meals & Lodging
Payroll Meals & Lodging
FINANCE
Legal Services
Legal Prosecuting
LEGAL
Municipal Bldg. Heat
CITY HALL MAINTENANCE
Activity Center Heat
Activity Center Capital (bathroom partitions)
ACTIVITY CENTER
Receptionist Salaries
Building Code & Maint. Supplies
Building Code & Maint. Maint. & Repair
Fire Inspection Maint. & Repair
Heating & Plumb.Maint. & Repair
Housing Inspection Maint. & Repair
Rest. & Hotel Inspection Maint. & Repair
Misc. Community Inspection Maint. & Repair
Building Code & Maint. Advertising
Fire Inspection Advertising
Heating & Plumb. Advertising
Housing Inspection Advertising
Budget
2002
500 implemented
$ 500
500 implemented
1,700
2,200
100 implemented
900 implemented
200 implemented
200 implemented
600 implemented
1,000
2,000
1,000
500
500
1,000
8,000
50 implemented
900 implemented
50 implemented
100
400
200
400
200
100
100
100
200
2,800
1,000
1,500 implemented
2,500
6,000 implemented
6,000
6,000 implemented
3,800 implemented
9,800
1,000
900
125
350
725
250
350
700
70
20
40
40
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Department cuts
PROGRAMS
Building Code & Maint Expert & Profess.
Fire Inspection Expert & Professional
Heating & Plumb. Expert & Profession
Housing Inspection Expert & Professional
Rest. & Hotel Inspection Expert & Profess.
Misc. Community Inspection Expert & Prof.
Building Code & Maint Other Contract.
Building Code & Maint Subscriptions
Fire Inspection Subscriptions
Heating & Plumb. Subscriptions
Housing Inspection Subscriptions
Rest. & Hotel Inspection Subscriptions
Misc. Community Inspection Subscriptions
Records Management Software (capital)
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Crime Prevention Specialist
School Liaison
Counter Act at elementary
Police Administration Office Supplies
Patrol Operations Motor Fuel
POLICE
Fire Suppression Uniforms /Clothing
Fire Suppression Structural Supplies
Fire Suppression Air Compressor (capital)
Fire Prevention Projector (capital)
Emergency Preparedness Siren ( capital)
FIRE
Public Works Building Maint. Heat
PW Administration Expert & Profess.
Streets and Alleys Asphalt Dist. (capital)
Snow & Ice Equipment Rental
Streets and Alleys Maint. & Repair
Streets and Alleys Maint. & Repair Other
Snow & Ice Overtime
Traffic Signs & Signals Structural Supplies
Traffic Signs & Signals Parts & Improv.
Parks Maintenance Heat
Parks Trails & Improvements (capital)
Parks Alice Smith playground (capital)
PUBLIC WORKS
Recreation Playground Salaries
RECREATION
Zoning Activities & Enforc. Expert & Prof.
Zoning Activities & Enforc. Expert & Prof.
PLANNING
PROPOSED GENERAL FUND CUTS
IMPLEMENTED
BALANCE
Budget
2002
1,500
400
800
400
400
800
1,000
350
20
40
20
20
40
15,000 implemented
25,360
56,000
5,000
2,000
3,000 implemented
7,000 implemented
73,000
3,000
100
3,500
5,000 implemented
10,000
21,600
$ 4,000 implemented
1,000
12,500 implemented
4,000
2,000
2,000
1,500
2,000
2,000
2,000 implemented
20,000 implemented
5,000 implemented
58,000
4,400
4,400
500 implemented
1,200
1,700
$ 215,860
96,300
119,560