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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
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ATTACHMENTS: RESOLUTION, ARTICLE
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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will be incl
meeting location, etc.
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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
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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