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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.q. Mississippi River Relief Big River Clean Upf , CITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 18, 2002 AGENDA ITEM: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RELIEF, BIG RIVER CLEAN UP AGENDA SECTION: CONSENT PREPARED BY: CATHY BUSHO, MAYOR AGEN UEM ti 6 0) ATTACHMENTS: RESOLUTION, ARTICLE 1 APPROVED BY: _7�_ I The Mississippi River Relief project will be held in Hastings on June 22, 2002. Volunteers will collect discarded tires, trash, appliances, bottles, cans 55 -gallon drums and other debris from the river. The Hastings event on June 22 will kick off the week long effort which will end with a celebration on June 30 on Harriet Island in St. Paul. The celebration will have educational displays, food and music. I ask the Rosemount City Council to support this clean-up effort with the attached resolution. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve a resolution in support of the Mississippi River Relief — Big River Clean Up on June 22- 30, 2002. COUNCIL ACTION: CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2002 - A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RELIEF — BIG RIVER CLEAN UP ON JUNE 22-30,2002 WHEREAS, the people of Minnesota and Wisconsin value the Mississippi River and work to conserve protect, enhance and maintain this river and its watersheds as a national and international asset; WHEREAS, the upper Mississippi River from St. Anthony Falls downstream to Prescott, Wisconsin is part of a nationally significant ecosystem and an important recreational and economic asset to communities throughout Minnesota; WHEREAS, unfortunately the Mississippi River continues to be the recipient of large amounts of trash deposited both directly in the river or washed into the river through the storm water drainage systems; WHEREAS, during the week of June 22 — 30, 2002 the Mississippi River Relief — Big River Clean Up will gather over a thousand volunteers to clean up the shoreline an islands of the Mississippi River from Prescott, Wisconsin to St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota: WHEREAS, the Mississippi River Relief is an unique partnership of civic and nonprofit organizations, businesses, corporations, municipalities, governmental agencies, foundations, and citizens with the shared commitment to enhancing the Mississippi River; WHEREAS, the Mississippi River Relief — Big River Clean Up is the largest undertaking of its kind on this stretch of the Mississippi River; WHEREAS, teams of volunteers will collect discarded tires, appliances, bottles, cans, 55 -gallon drums, and other debris from the Mississippi River. Volunteers will haul trash by boats and barges to be sorted for recycling or disposal; WHEREAS, volunteers with the Mississippi River Relief — Big River Clean Up will have the opportunity to work with nationally recognized Chad Pregracke of the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project; WHEREAS, on Saturday, June 22, 2002 there will be a kick -off event in Hastings, Minnesota and a final celebration event with educational displays, food and music is planned for Harriet Island in Saint Paul, Minnesota on June 30, 2002; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rosemount City Council supports the Mississippi River Relief— Big River Clean Up on June 22 -30, 2002. v ' RESOLUTION 2002- ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 2002. ATTEST: Linda Jentink City Clerk Motion by: Voted in favor: Voted against: Members absent: Cathy Busho, Mayor Second by: 2 s a boy in East Moline, Ill., Chad Pregracke spent much of his time in or on the mighty Mississippi. `Fishing almost daily, cruising the waterway in a family ca- noe or just leaping in to cool off, he was the consummate river rat. When he was 15, he even started making a few bucks on the side diving for clams with his older brother Brent. "They were a classic Huck Finn -Tom Sawyer combination," says his mother, KeeKee. "It was their life." But resting up on river islands be- tween dives in the mid -'90s, Pre- gracke, then a professional clammer, saw blight consuming the river — mattresses, refrigerators and other trash stacking up on the banks. One day, as he was guiding his boat home after work, he saw what should have been a pretty sight: a yacht sitting near the marina. "But onshore was a pile of barrels that had been there for 30 years," recalls Pregracke, now 25. "My thought was, `I have to change that. "' And he has. He started in 1997 as a one -man volunteer mission with no more equipment than a 20 -ft. flat - bottomed boat and his own two hands. The operation has since grown into a major year -round ef- fort called the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Proj- ect. So far Pregracke has tidied up more than 1,000 miles of the Missis- sippi and another 435 miles of the Illinois River, pulling almost 800,000 pounds of debris from the riverbank. Says environmental ac- tivist Robert Kennedy Jr., who hopes to enlist Pregracke's help in river cleanup efforts elsewhere: "Chad is doing a job that most would con- sider impossible —which is literally piece by piece cleaning up the river." In the beginning, finding financial "The river definitely has been neglected for a long time," says Pregracke (on a trash barge near Hannibal, Mo.). "It's time for a change." backing was tougher than the job it- self. With no contacts, Pregracke cold - called area corporations, only to be asked, "What garbage ?" "I got to thinking, `They're sitting at their desks, they don't know, "' he Wilkinson. "I thought, `Here's a young man with a dream. "' With his black Lab Indy and $8,400 from Alcoa, Pregracke took to the river in June 1997 to load his first haul. "I was stoked," he says. Pregracke, still very much a fish out of water when pitching corpora- tions for support, raised an impres- sive $100,000 last year and hopes to double that this year. In addition, he persuaded companies to donate equipment and even extra barges. And he can still count on a little help from his parents, Gary, 58, a retired high school teacher, and Kee - Kee, 55, a student services coordina- tor at Black Hawk College in Mo- line. "When I tell someone, `I'll -have my people contact your people, "' says Pregracke, "that means, `My mom will give you a call. "' With more money, he has been able to bring aboard a volunteer crew of four — family friend Rodney Shaw, 32, and Erik Wilson, 26, both musicians. Wilson's sirlfriend recalls. Assembling photos of trash strewn along the river, he met with Tim Wilkinson, the vice president at Alcoa Mill Products in Bettendorf, Iowa. "The more he talked, the more I realized he was serious," says Jennifer Anderson, 26, and Lisa Hoffmann, 22, a forestry major at Southern Illinois University. They not only work together, they all live in Pregracke's 42 -ft. houseboat The Miracle. They go ashore only a cou- ple of times a week for supplies or a laundry run; previous volunteers have been known to quit because they couldn't cope with the close - quartered communal living. Or the hard labor, which begins daily about 8, when Pregracke dismounts from his bunk bed and rousts the crew. "He wakes up full of energy," says Anderson. "You have no choice but to follow." Admiring his beloved river one re- cent afternoon, Pregracke wonders what Huck Finn creator Mark Twain would have thought of his cleanup job. "I guess he'd say it was all right," he says. "His characters were into adventures. That's what I'm doing. It's an adventure." • Nick Charles • Kristin Baird Rattini in Hannibal Most of the trash hauled out of the river by the crew (from left, near Quincy, III., EnK Wilson, Jennifer Anderson, Lisa Hoffmann and Pregracke) is recycled. CITY OF ROSEMOUNT Everything's Coming Up Rosemount!! CITY HALL 2875 — 145th Street West Rosemount, MN 55068 -4997 Phone: 651 - 423 -4411 Hearing Impaired 651 - 423 -6219 Fax: 651- 423 -5203 AFFIDAVIT OF MAILED AND POSTED HEARING NOTICE FOR 2002 CHIPPENDALE AVENUE AND CSAH 42 RECONSTRUCTION CITY PROJECT #344 STATE OF MINNESOTA ) COUNTY OF DAKOTA )ss. CITY OF ROSEMOUNT ) Linda Jentink, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I am a United States Citizen and the duly qualified Clerk of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota. On May 29, 2002, acting on behalf of the said City, I posted at the City Hall, 2875 145th Street West, and on May 30, 2002 deposited in the United States Post Office of Rosemount, Minnesota, copies of the attached notice of public hearing regarding the proposed Improvements to 2002 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction, enclosed in sealed envelopes, with postage thereon fully prepaid, addressed to the persons listed on the attached listings at the addresses listed with their names. There is delivery service by United States Mail between the place of mailing and the places so addressed. Linda Jentink, Ci lerk City of Rosemount Dakota County, Minnesota Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 8 W day of May, 2002. l �• Notary P blic CITY OF ROSEMOUNT Everything's Coming Up Rosemount!! CITY OF ROSEMOUNT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY HALL 2875 — 145th Street West Rosemount, MN 55068 -4997 Phone: 651 - 423 -4411 Hearing Impaired 651 - 423 -6219 Fax: 651. 423.5203 2002 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction City Project 344 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount will conduct a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, on Tuesday, June 18, 2002, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota. This public hearing is being held to consider the 2002 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction Project, City Project 344. The project location is the intersection of CSAH 42 and Chippendale Avenue including from Carrousel Way to 149th Street. A raised concrete median will be installed between CSAH 42 and 151st St. W. on Chippendale Ave. to delineate and maximize the amount of left turn storage. Four all - ways stop signs will be installed at Chippendale Avenue and 151st Street West for safety. It is proposed to have a two inch mill and overlay to the existing pavement, curb will be replaced where needed, and new sidewalk will be added on the east side of Chippendale. A right turn lane will be added to the northbound Chippendale Ave. and lengthening the left turn lanes on CSAH 42. Storm Sewer will be connected where additional turn lanes are added. The total estimated cost of said improvements is $789,000. The area proposed to be assessed for the foregoing improvements would be all that area generally described as: Parcel Identification Numbers 34- 64630 - 040 -01; 34- 47501- 020 -01; 34- 71150- 012 -01 all as recorded in the City of Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. Comments will be taken from persons desiring to be heard with reference to the above hearing item. Written comments will be accepted up to the time of the hearing and will be included in the discussion at this hearing. Dated this 21st day of May, 2002. Linda Jentink, City Cl City of Rosemount Dakota County, Minnesota Auxiliary aids and services are available - Please contact the City Clerk at (651)322 -2003, or TDD N. (651)423 -6219, no later than June 13, 2002 to make a request. Examples of auxiliary aids or services may include: sign language interpreter, assistive listening kit, accessible meeting location, etc. Mailing List for 2002 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction City Project 344 34- 64630 - 040 -01 Lucy B Carlson Chippendale Center % United Properties 3500 W 80 Street, Suite 200 Bloomington, MN 55431 34- 71150- 012 -01 Lyndale Terminal Co Holiday Convenience Store P O Box 1224 Minneapolis, MN 55440 34- 47501- 020 -01 Rosemount National Bank 15055 Chippendale Avenue Rosemount, MN 55068 The Rosemount Town Pages AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION which is attached, was cut from the columns of said paper, and was printed and published once each week for successive w cs; it was first published on Friday, the ___ —___ -- day of 2002 and was thereafter printed ublished on every Frici, y, to an including Friday, the — I _r - — day of 2002; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice: abcdefghijklmnopgrsmvwxyz cz, By: - --�-"� Subscribe and worn to before me on this / " day o v , 2002. Notary Public AFFIDAVIT f �,.. DAWN M SMITH ` NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA 1. My Commission Expires Jan. 31, 2005 CITY QF RQSEMOUNT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 20 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction, City Project 344 - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount will conductor public hearing at. 7 :30 p.m. or_as soon thereafter as possible, on Tuesday, lump 18, 2002,'inthe Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145 Street West, Rosemount, Mmneama. r' Tlus public hearing iCbeing held,to consider the - 2002 - - Chippeodale'Avenue .sad CSAH 42 Reconstruction Project,. City Project 344. The pmjectdocation,is the inter - section of CSAH 42 `and Chippendale Avenue including from Carrousel Way to 149th Street. A raised concrete median will be inatalled.between CSAH 42�and 15ist St. be installed at Chippendale::Avenue and 151st StreetWest for safety. It is "to bave a two inch mill and r- lay to the existing pav`emeu4 curb be replaced - b ; ere needed, and -new sidewalk wilt be added on the - east side of - Chippendale. A. right Nrn lane wrll be added to the north bound Chippendale Ave sand lengthening the left hum lanes on CSAH 42 Stomi:Sewer wdl #be connected where , :l additional turn lames are added Thor total estimated costof saul-unproi;emgyjs is S7$9,0OOy The area proposed to� assessed' gr the foregomg improvements would be all that area generally described as: Parcel Identification Numbers .34- 64630.040 -01; 34 cents will be taken flan reference to the above menu wm will be incl meeting location, etc. 5/31 =617 Chad Richardson, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is an authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper, known as The Rosemount Town Pages, and has full knowledge of the facts which are stat- ed below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a legal newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statutes 0 Rosemount National Bank 15055 Chippendale Avenue South ARCADE OFFICE P.O. Box 439 1351 Arcade Street Rosemount, MN 55068 -0439 St. Paul, MN 55106 -1801 Phone: (651) 423-5000 Phone: (651) 772-2541 Fax: (651) 423-5148 Fax: (651) 772 -3249 June 12, 2002 Madam Mayor and Council Members City of Rosemount City Hall 2875 — 145 Street West Rosemount, Minnesota 55068 -4997 ws d RE 2002 Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 Reconstruction. JU City Project 344. ci N 2 ?Q02 Dear Mayor and Council Members: Rosemount National Bank is appreciative of your accomplishments in improving both the flow of traffic and the safety of motorists and pedestrians throughout the City of Rosemount. We accept that improvement to this area may be necessary, but we oppose the project as presented. Our exceptions to the project are discussed in the following paragraphs. We do not believe that the cost of this project should be borne by the property holders located adjacent to the project. The benefits of Chippendale Avenue and CSAH 42 accrue to the entire population of the City of Rosemount and to a significant portion of the population of Dakota County. Thus, the expense for improvement to these roads should be shared by all who benefit from them. We oppose the concrete median that is proposed from CSAH 42 to 151 Street West on Chippendale Ave. While this median will make it more difficult for some of our customers to enter and exit our place of business, our larger concern is the affect that the median would have on the business on the east side of Chippendale. We believe that those businesses will be very adversely affected, as the median would eliminate the route that many of their customers use to access their businesses. We request that other less severe alternatives be considered. "We Can Make it Happen" Rosemount City Council June 12, 2002 Page 2. We oppose the schedule of the project. Based on information we have received the construction period is September 2, through November 30, 2002. Reportedly the completion may be delayed dependent on the delivery date of signal poles and equipment. With the uncertainties that exist in weather conditions at this time of the year it would appear very possible that the arrival of winter could prevent the completion of the project. It would not be in anyone's best interest to have an uncompleted work project at this busy intersection throughout the winter months. We would prefer that construction of the project be postponed until spring of 2003. To reiterate: Spread the cost of the project; Evaluate alternative options for the median on Chippendale; Construct in a time period that guarantees completion prior to the onset of winter weather. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely yours, eph McNamara hairman of the Board