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REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CASE STUDIES August, 2002
Rental Housing Slows, For Sale Housin
Continues to Grow
Today's headlines are filled with stories
about the current economic downturn.
Company lay-offs, unemployment,
weak stock performance, and declining
401 Ks are all top stories. How are the
housing markets in the Twin Cities
performing amid all of this?
The answer: The for-sale housing
market continues to be robust, but the
overall rental housing market has
slowed.
Despite the economic downturn, Iow
mortgage rates have kept the for-sale
housing market strong. Mortgage
company Freddie Mac reported that
the average interest rate on 30-year
fixed-rate mortgages fell to 6.34% the
last week in July, the lowest level since
it began conducting its nationwide
survey in 1971. Based on data from
the Northstar MLS, the average price of
homes in the Twin Cities Metro Area
increased from $200,900 the first half
of 2001 to $218,800 the first half of
2002.
While the Iow mortgage rates have
benefited the for-sale market, they
have hurt the rental market. Many
renters have taken advantage of the
rates and lender's requirements for
less down payment to purchase
homes. They have moved out of their
rental units and caused vacancies to
rise.
The downturn in the economy has aisc
added to rental vacancies.
Until recently, the rental
benefited from strong growth of hig
paying technical jobs available ti
younger persons who are primari
renters. The downturn has eith~
eliminated many of these technical job',
or caused average wages to decre
The result is that younger renten
affected by job cuts or pay reduction~
have moved from their apartments am
in with roommates or family.
The overall rental vacancy rate in th.
Twin Cities increased from 2.2%i
June 2001 to 5.t% in June
Upper-end projects have bee
particularly affected (projects bui
since 1990 had an 8.1% vacancy rat,
in June 2002), while more affordable
projects continue to have fewe
vacancies.
We predict that projected househol(
growth in the Twin Cities and ar
improved economy will strengthen th~
rental market during the next year
However, new upper-end project,,
scheduled to come on-line during
coming year will likely keep the overa
vacancy rate near 5.0%.
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MINNESOTA
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DEPARTMENToF HEALTH
Protecting, maintaining and improving the health of all ~Vlinnesotans
August 7, 2002
Mr. Matt Saam, ProJect Engineer
City of Chanhassen
690 Coulter Drive
P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen. Minnesota 55317
Deal-Mr. Saam'
Re: Final Approval of the City of Chanhassen's Wellhead Protection Plan
\Ve are writing to notify tile city of Chanhassen that the Minnesota Department of Health has approved
your wellhead protection plan for \\;ells Nos. 2 3 4, .>, 6, 7, and 8 (Unique Wells Nos. 220976.200195.
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180913.471308. 494519.541545. and 578953). The plan has been prepared in a manner consistent with
tile wellhead protection rule.
Upon receipt of this letter, tile city of Chanhassen has up to 60 day's to begin implementation ofvour
wellhead protection plan (Minnesota Rules. part 4720.5560, subpart 1). Chanhassen must also notify
all local units of government within tile drinking water supply management area of the adoption of your
plan (Minnesota Rules, part 4720.5560. subpart 2).
Tile Minnesota Department of Health commends Chanhassen in your efforts to develop and implement
a wellhead protection progl'am that will result in safeguarding Chanhassen's drinking water resources
for generations to come. Please contact me at (507) 389-6597 if you have an>.' questions or need
assistance as you begin implementation ofy'our wellhead protection plan.
Sincerely.
Division of Environmental Health
Mankato District Office
Nichols Office Center
410 Jackson Street. Suite 500
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
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cc: Craig Kurtz, SEH
~nera] Information: (651) 215-5800 · TDD/TTY: (651) 215-8980 · Minnesota Relay Service: (800) 627-3529 · www. health.state.mn.us
CHANHASSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT
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THE CANADA GOOSE PROGRAM
Dedicated to Urban Canada Goose
Research and Management
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Hr. Todd Heffman
Park and Recreation Coordinator
City of Chanhassen
690 Ceulter Drive
ChanNassen, HN 55317
AUG 1 2002_
CiTY OF CHANHASSEN
Dear Todd:
Attached is the 2002 report on the Hetropolitan Twin Cities
Canada goose management and research activities. The
repert centains an everview of the 2002 seasen and updates
en geose meat contaminant research, Metro goose population
data, nests and eggs destreyed for the Hetrepetitan
Airports Cemmissien, and permit requirements.
We trapped and removed the following number of geese from
City ef Chanhassen locations in 2002:
Site Date Young Adults Total
LAKE LUCY 7/12/2002 16 15 31
LAKE MINNEWASHTA 7/2/2002 43 14 57
LAKE MINNEWASHTA 7/2/2002 6 4 10
LOTUS LAKE 7/2/2002 37 17 54
LOTUS LAKE 7/2/2002 3 3 6
Total 105 53 158
Attached is an invoice for the 2002 surveys and/or remeval
services. We appreciate being able to assist yeu with your
goese management needs and look forward to werking with you
City of Chanhassen in the future.
Except fer the St. Paul business office, we have meved eur
eperatiens to the Hinnesota Department of Natural
Reseurces' Carles Avery Game Farm in Forest Lake. Our
leased Carlos facilities have improved field operations
equipment repair, maintenance, and storage, facilitate
2195 DUDLEY AVE
ST. PAUL, FiN 55108
better goose care, and allow for closer day-to-day
coordination with MNDNR personnel.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at
651-644-6206 or email me at jac@fw.umn.edu.
Sincerely yours,
Dr. James A. Cooper
Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota
Director of the Canada Goose Program
Enclosure
THE CANADA GOOSE PROGRAM
Dedicated to Urban Canada Goose
Research and Management
INVOICE
Friday, August 9, 2002
Canada Goose Management Services
Hr. Todd Heffman
Park and Recreation Coordinator
City of Chanhassen
690 Coulter Drive
Chanhassen, HN 55317
2002 Canada Goose Removal Services
3 site{s) at $!,000 per site
53 adult geese at Si5/bird processing cost
$3,000
795
Total $3,795
Please make check payable to The Canada Goose Program and
mail to'
The Canada Geese Program
2195 Dudley Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Thank you.
2195 DUDLEY AVE
ST. PAUL, ~N 55108
THE CANADA GOOSE PROGRAM
Dedicated to Urban Canada Goose
Research and Management
2 0 02 PROGRAM REPORT
In 2002 The Canada Goose Program activities returned to normal
after the unusually poor 2001 nesting season. While the cold
late spring delayed the 2002 nesting, there were no widespread
heavy rains and nest flooding compared to 2001, and as a result
the summer Metropolitan Area Canada goose populations were at
expected levels.
Trapping--Geese were trapped at 107 sites and 5,299 geese (3,564
goslings and 1,735 adults) were removed in 2002, compared to 98
sites and 3,499 geese (2,335 goslings and 1,164 adults) in 2001
(Table 1 and Figure 1). The number of young geese hatched per
nesting female and per adult in 2002 was slightly higher than in
2001 and typical of the excellent production ratios of recent
years (Figure 2).
The 2002 crews caught 99.5% of all flightless Metro geese they
attempted to trap, the highest rate since 1982 (Table 1, Figure
3). Three factors contributed to the excellent trapping
success--crew experience, skill levels, and the late spring.
Eight of the 11 members of the trapping team members had from
one to five years of previous Metro trapping experience,
averaging 3 seasons. In addition, the 2002 crews were
particularly skilled at all aspects of trapping--canoeing, boat
operation, trap site selection, and team communications. In
late springs early breeding pairs are forced to delay nesting
and when the ice melts both early and late breeding pairs
beginning laying, thus producing goslings very close in age.
Groups with a wide variation in gosling age, typical in early
springs or years of high nest losses such as 2001, are more
difficult to trap because older goslings can move faster than
younger birds. The driving of mixed-aged families groups
requires checking the movements of older goslings so that
smaller ones can keep up, and the-added pressure on the older
family groups resulted in more birds escaping.
Mortality during trapping and transport was very low (Table 1).
One adult goose and five goslings died during trapping or
11). In 2002 13,700 lb. of frozen goose were delivered to the
Twin Cities food shelves, bringing the total to 101,256 lb.
since 1996.
In 1995, a goose meat contaminants (lead, PCB, and insecticides)
monitoring program was implemented by the MNDNR and my staff.
While contaminant levels found in 1996 were within consumption
limits, the MNDNR and I agreed that additional research on lead
and PCBs was needed. Lead was of concern because the element is
widespread in soils and because citizens using the food shelves,
particularly children living in homes with lead-based paint,
were suspected of having higher than normal lead exposure. PCBs
bio-accumulate, have a long half-life (1 year), and therefore
may build up in the fatty tissues of long-lived animals such as
geese.
In 2000, blood lead levels in 183 adults sampled from within a
one-mile radius of 25 hazardous waste sites, including federal
Superfund and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency hazardous waste
sites. The lead concentrations averaged 0.05 PPM, no lead was
detected (<0.05 PPM) in 162 birds (89%), 18 geese (10%) had lead
above the detection level but less than the typical lead
background level for Canada geese (0.18 PPM), while 3 birds (1%)
had higher levels (0.22, 0.27, 0.28 PPM). Blood lead was used
because it is easier to analyze and blood measurements are the
primary parameter published in the scientific literature. We
also believed that the blood levels were representative of
muscle concentrations because lead is soluble in acids and
muscles produce lactic acid. The Minnesota Department of
Health, which regulates food consumption advisories, requested
that we verify the muscle-blood lead assumption. Last summer we
analyzed the breast muscles of the 21 birds showing detectable
lead in their blood and 10 randomly select breast muscle samples
from birds showing no blood lead. Mean muscle lead
concentrations for the 31 geese was also 0.05 PPM and ranged
from 0.01 to 0.17 PPM. Because the mean lead detected was not
statistically different for blood and muscle, last year we
stated that "lead in Twin Cities geese is very low and not of
concern." The Department of Health agreed with this conclusion,
and lifted the goose meat consumption advisory in May of 2002.
Funding constraints have delayed the additional PCB analysis
until fall 2002.
Airport nests--Included in the summary data, are the number of
nests and eggs destroyed and breeding geese shot as part of the
Canada Goose Program Report 2002 3
Table 1. Immature (I) and adult (A) Canada geese
the Twin Cities of Minnesota and mortality during
transport, 1982-2002.
removed from
trapping and
Year I A Total Mortality Percent
I A Total
1982 195 261 456 2 0 2 0.44
1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1984 361 492 853 0 0 0 0.00
1985 507 396 903 1 1 2 0.22
1986 636 379 1,015 2 0 2 0.30
1987 740 375 1,115 1 0 1 0.09
1988 1,714 864 2,578 1 1 2 0.08
1989 1, 680 1,294 2,974 2 1 3 0.10
1990 1,766 1,054 2,820 1 0 1 0.03
1991 1,685 1,196 2,881 3 1 4 0.14
1992 3,005 1,248 4,253 2 1 3 0.07
1993 2,224 1,083 3,307 2 1 3 0.09
1994 2,834 1,352 4,186 1 1 2 0 · 05
1995 4,747 2,189 6,936 6 2 8 0.12
1996 3, 982 2,256 6,239 1 1 2 0.03
1997 3, 978 1,676 5, 642 1 0 1 0.03
1998 5, 183 2,395 7,578 2 1 3 0.04
1999 4,250 1,925 6,175 0 1 1 0.02
2000 4,696 2,042 6,738 4 1 5 0.07
2001 2,335 1,164 3,499 0 1 1 0.03
2002 3,564 1,735 5,299 5 1 6 0.11
Totals 50,082 25,376 75,458 37 16 53 0.07 a
a Percent mortality is less than 1
transported. Of the 53 geese that
to pre-existing injuries.
goose per 1,000 trapped and
died, 33 were euthanized due
Table 3. Canada goose nests found, eggs destroyed, and
geese shot, March-May, 2002.
Location Nests Eggs Geese
Bass Ponds 45
& Long Meadow Lake
Gun Club Lake 4
North of I494
Gun Club Lake 5
South of I494
Legion Lake 2
Mother Lake 4
Richfield lake 3
Running Park 0
Smith Park 0
Shelling Lake 2
Shelling National Cemetery 0
Pickerel Lake 1
Upper Lake 0
Crosby Lake 1
Wood Lake 7
Wrights Park Pond 0
198
18 0
14 1
8 0
21 7
13 0
0 0
0 0
11 2
0 0
7 0
0 0
8 0
32 0
0 0
Total 72 330 10
a
Two nests containing a total of 12 eggs were left at the
request of the Wood Lake Nature Center Staff.
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Young Per Adult
YEAR
Figure 2. Canada goose productivity indices, Twin Cities
Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, 1982-2002.
2002 Canada Goose Removal Site Classes
72%
25%
3%
~ NEW
I LAST YEAR
r-1
Figure 4a. Status of 2002 Canada goose trap sites, Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota.
2001 Canada Goose Removal Site Classes
78%
3%
NEW
LAST YEAR
Figure 4b. Status of 2001 Canada goose trap sites, Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota.
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400
200
Complaints
Total Complaints
Year
Figure 6. Damage complaints resulting from Canada, Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, reported during the
1982-2002 period.
600
500 -
400 -
300 -
200 -
100 -
Year
Figure 8. Canada goose population at Lake of the Isles,
Minneapolis, MN, July 1982-2002.
250000
225000
200000
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125000
100000
75000
50000
25000
A = Projected
Population Growth
B = Actual Population
A
y = 8.7861e-177 *
10^(9.0836e-2x)
R^2 = 99.7
B
0
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Year
Figure 10. Projected Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Canada
goose population growth (A) and 1968, 1974, 1984, 1994, and
1999 population estimates (B).
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To: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
From: Sharmeen A1-Jaff, Senior Planner
Date: August 21, 2002
Re: 285 Holy Cross Lutheran Church / Landscaping surrounding a tower
On August 12, 2002, Mr. Pete Keller spoke during the visitor presentation
segment of the City Council meeting. His concern was dead landscaping around a
tower. The tower is located on a church site, southeast of Highway 7 and
southwest of Leslie Curve. Staff has been working with Qwest wireless.
Attached are e-mail correspondences with Quest Wireless. Their goal is to
complete the landscaping by August 30.
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AI-Jaff, Sharmeen
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Steve Mangold [smangol@qwest.com]
Tuesday, January 29, 2002 8:10 AM
Tyler Tronnes
MIN 286 Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Importance: High
Tyler-
We have been notified by the Chanhassen Planning Department that the
landscaping at Holy Cross Lutheran Church has been dying. This
includes the 5 evergreens, 5 black hill spruce and the arborvitae.
Although there is not much that can be done at this time of year (except
for ordering the plants) I think that it is important that the
landscaping contractor be notified and that the plants are replaced as
soon as feasible this spring.
The problem seems to be lack of watering after planting.
This was a controversial site to begin with, and the landscaping is one
of the conditions of the permit. Thanks for your help on this.
- Steve
AI-Jaff, Sharmeen
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Steve Mangold [smangol @ qwest.com]
Wednesday, August 07, 2002 11:32 AM
Mohammed Mohammed
MIN 285 Holey Cross Lutheran Church
Mohammed-
I spoke with Sharmeen today regarding the landscaping issue at the
church. I mentioned to her that you want to have this work completed
within 3-4 weeks and that your goal is to have it done by August 30th.
We agreed that the work required is the replacement of 5 trees and
approximately 30 bushes. That the trees will be the correct size and
will comply with the landscape plan as approved by the CUP. Sharmeen
recommended that you contact the City Forester, Jill Sinclair [957.
227-1133] to check on the proper spruce trees to use. I believe that
the plans call for Black Spruce, however there may be a better variety.
Also, there appears to be a weed issue where we pulled up the gravel
road.
Please keep me informed if you have any difficulties keeping the
schedule for replacement.
Steve Mangold