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2015-09-11 Friday News September 11, 2015 City of Mendota Heights Weekly Update Pickleball at Marie Park DATES TO REMEMBER: September 15 City Council 8:00 p.m. Ώ Ώ September 22 Planning Commission 6:00 p.m. October 6 City Council Ώ 7:00 p.m. October 13 Preliminary Budget Levy Parks Commission 6:30 p.m. October 14 Airport Commission 7:00 p.m. October 20 Ώ City Council 7:00 p.m. Dakota County Hazardous Waste October 27 & Electronics Recycling Events Planning Commission 7:00 p.m. October 31 Ώ Halloween Bonfire Ώ 7:00 p.m. Ώ Pipeline, Just the Facts - The Pipeline N E W S L E T T E R Public Works September 11, 2015 Engineering Public Works The Parks Crew cut grass, dragged, striped, and chalked ball fields City- wide. Soccer fields were striped. Trash was picked up daily from the parks. A tree was cut down at Marie Park. They started aerating the parks. The Utilities Crew checked the lift stations daily. Broad leaf weeds were sprayed at the fire hall, Mendakota Park, Kensington Park, Friendly Hills Park, and public works. The Streets Crew continues to cut roadside weeds and weed whip. They helped the mechanic replace hoses on the John Deere tractor. A downed tree was removed on Crown Point. Trucks 304 and 308 were cleaned. Engineering City Projects (construction year) New Information in Italics Victoria Road Reconstruction & Rolling Green Neighborhood Rehabilitation (2014/2015) Paved access to Mendota Elementary is open from Lexington Avenue to west of Walsh Lane. Trail construction and landscaping on the first portion are nearly complete. Construction of the second portion is well underway. Once the second portion is complete, the surface layer (wear course) of asphalt will be placed over the entire roadway. Substantial completion is expected by late September with an Assessment Hearing at th the October 6 City Council meeting. Annual Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (2015) Areas to be lined under this contract is Huber Drive from Bent Tree to Cheyenne, Mendota Heights Road from Pilot Knob Road to the lift station, and Rogers Lake Park area. The first 2000 feet of the interceptor line, from Highway 55 to Lexington, will also be lined. Project Completion is expected by the end of November. Mendota Road Neighborhood Improvements (2016) Project will consist of reconstructing Mendota Road (Hwy 110 Frontage Road) from Delaware Avenue to Oak Street, and rehabilitating Warrior Drive, High Ridge Circle, and Sibley Court. ISD197 will be a financial contributor to the project. th Public Hearing was set for November 17 during the regular City Council Meeting. Prior to the public hearing, an informal neighborhood meeting will th take place on September 28 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at City Hall. Residents have received a letter with notice of the date and time for both the neighborhood meeting and the Public Hearing. Design aspects of the project will be discussed at both meetings. County Projects New Information in Italics Highway 110 Greenway Trail Crossing (2017) Staff met with Paster Properties and the tenants of the Mendota Plaza on September 9th to discuss the option of the trail being routed through the Plaza property. All tenants that participated were supportive of the project. An update will be th presented to City Council at their September 15 meeting. If approved, the Highway 110 in 2017. State Projects New Information in Italics Maps of 2015 MnDOT projects can be found at: ŷƷƷƦƭʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ŭƚƚŭƌĻ͵ĭƚƒΉƒğƦƭΉķΉĻķźƷͪŷƌўĻƓεğǒƷŷǒƭĻƩўЉεƒźķўǩĻЎΗАķǞW…ǒЉБ͵ƉWtbВ5—ЏĬЉƒv ΛĭƚƓƭƷƩǒĭƷźƚƓΜ ŷƷƷƦƭʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ŭƚƚŭƌĻ͵ĭƚƒΉƒğƦƭΉķΉĻķźƷͪƒźķўǩwǒŅƉb9bCВА—͵ƉtБЋ—a\[ΏƆta ΛƒğźƓƷĻƓğƓĭĻΜ nd Highway 13 Reconstruction (I-35E to 2 Street) (2015) MnDOT informed the City that the completion date for this project has slipped to the end of September, or early October due to Metropolitan Council needing to replace a sanitary sewer force main. The Lexington to I-35E portion of the project is being resurfaced and work should be completed early next week in this area. Intermittent lane closures should still be expected, and flaggers will be on-site to direct one-lane traffic. Access to residents and businesses between I-35E and Lexington is being maintained. The City of Lilydale sponsored drainage improvement project is also underway. For more information, contact Kirsten Klein, Public Affairs Metro District at: kirsten.klein@state.mn.us, or 651-234-7506, or Kiet Ly, Project Engineer at . The project website is: kiet.t.ly@state.mn.us http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy13mendota/. Highway 149 (Dodd Road) Rehabilitation (2018) MnDot is conducting soil thth borings between September 8 and September 18 that include taking samples in private driveway aprons within the MnDOT right-of-way. City staff sent out notifications to residents along Dodd Road that will be affected by these samples. The second open house for the project is scheduled for th Tuesday, September 15 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Capital View Café 637 Smith Avenue in Saint Paul. A third open house will be held in Mendota Heights later this fall. These open houses are designed to provide the public with the opportunity to comment BEFORE the project is designed. MnDOT would like to know about issues with the corridor so they can try to design solutions into the project. The project will replace the pavement th surface of Highway 149 from I-494 north to West 7 Street in Saint Paul. Also included in the project will be drainage improvements, curb replacement in specified areas, trail rehabilitation from Highway 110 south to Mendakota Park, and new trail construction from Maple Street north to Marie Avenue. The project also included a complete re-decking of the High Bridge in Saint Paul. The City will be contributing costs to the trail improvements, but the rest of the project is funded by MnDOT. For more information, please contact Kirsten Kline, Public Affairs Metro District at 651-234-7506. Other Activities New Information in Italics Minnesota 2050 The MN2050 sponsored documentary, State of Repair: Industries of Constant Motion (Rail, Airport, & Seaport) will air again on the following dates and times: Sunday (9/13) at 1:30am, 7:30am, & 1:30pm; Tuesday (9/29) at 5:00am, 11:00am, 5:00pm, & 11:00pm. The three-part documentary series, State of Repair, was produced to show the condition of nominated for Emmy Awards! Њ 11 , SEPTEMBER The latest from the Mendota Heights Police Department CHIEF SERGEANTS The Mendota Heights and West St. Paul Police Departments share a volunteer chaplain program available to ocers and the community 24 hours a day. Our chaplains represent several faith communies in our area. POLICEOFFICERS Our chaplains are on a weekly oncall rotaon and respond to a police oĭĻƩ͸ƭ ƩĻƨǒĻƭƷ ŅƚƩ ğƭƭźƭƷğƓĭĻ ŅƚƩ ĭğƌƌƭ ƩğƓŭźƓŭ ŅƩƚƒ ğ death no ŋ caon to a family crisis situaon. The chaplains Steven help provide calm in traumac situaons and can assist in locang helpful resources. The chaplains are also able to stay with family members while police ocers conduct their business or are dispatched to another call. If you wish to contact our chaplains, please contact the Men INVESTIGATIONS dota Heights Police Department Administrave Oce at 651.452.1366 or the West St. Paul Police Department Admin SCHOOLRESOURCE istrave Oce at 651.552.4200. If this is an emergency, OFFICER please call 911 immediately. SUPPORTSTAFF SEXTING refers to the sharing of nude or semi-nude and sexually provocative “Sexting” RESERVES photos via mobile phones, but it can happen on other devices and the Web too. First of all, research shows most teens donÔt ÑsextÒ and second, most of those who do have not experienced negative consequences. However, for those who do sext, CHAPLAINS especially teens, there are both psychological and legal ramification, especially when coercion is involved and the images wind up being distributed beyond their intended audience. In fact, 20% of open cases that law enforcement investigates involve sexting and child pornography. Be informed and be awareÐlearn more @: ŷƦʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ĭƚƓƓĻĭƷƭğŅĻƌǤ͵ƚƩŭΉƦƭŅƚƩķĻğƌźƓŭǞźƷŷƷĻĻƓƭĻǣƓŭΉ ŅƚƩ ķĻƷğźƌƭͲ ƭğŅĻƷǤ Ʀƭ ğƓķ ŭǒźķĻƭ ͵ Њ Ћ ACCIDENT FRIDAY 1720 HOURS Officer Steve Hilyar responded to a single vehicle rollover crash occurred at the location when the driver of the vehicle looked away from the road to adjust the rear view mirror, hopped the curb, struck a light pole and overturned onto the driver's side. No reported injuries on scene but the driver did plan to have someone take him to the ER. Officer cleared the scene. THEFTÏGAS FRIDAY 1929 HOURS A gas station attendant reported theft of fuel and Officer Hilyar responded to the scene. The license plate displayed did not match the vehicle but the reporting party was positive of the license plate information. Further investigation found that the license plates had been stolen from a Perkins parking lot sometime on this date. Case is pending . WARRANT ARREST SATURDAY 1258 HOURS While on patrol, Sergeant Tanner Spicer ran a plate and found the registered owner of vehicle had a Gross Misdemeanor Warrant out of Hennepin County. He stopped the vehicle, IDÓd the driver as the RO and confirmed the warrant. He arrested the RO for the warrant and booked him into the Dakota County Jail; the vehicle was towed. Officer cleared. DAS SATURDAY 1433 HOURS Sergeant Spicer observed a vehicle crossing the center line in a residential area and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was informed of the reason of the stop and upon being IDÓd, the driver was found to be suspended. He was issued a citation for the violation. Officer cleared. BURGLARY SUNDAY 0810 HOURS Officer Phil McCarty responded to a report of burglary that had occurred during the night while the home- owners were sleeping. They awoke to find the burglars stole many things, including money and their vehicle. Evidence was found and secured and the case is under investigation. HARRASSMENT SUNDAY 0906 HOURS Officer Robin Nelson took a report of harassing Facebook messages that were sent to reporting party. Reporting party has since reported the activity to Facebook and blocked the profile. Several phone numbers were found for the suspect sending the harassing messages. A voice message was left with the suspect to con- tact the Mendota Heights Police Department. Pending contact with the party. THEFT FROM AUTO MONDAY 2030 HOURS Officer Todd Rosse took an after the fact theft from vehicle report. Suspect/s forced entry into the locked vehicle in the underground garage and stole miscellaneous items of value. No suspects or witnesses. A similar report was taken on Wednesday, 9/9 for a theft that had occurred in the same garage sometime in the week prior. Investigation pending. TRESPASSING MONDAY 2110 HOURS Officers Jeff VonFeldt and Nick Gorgos responded to an alarm at a residence, but found no suspicious activity and all was secure; no on answered the door at the location. Later, the homeowner called to show that someone attempted to gain entry to the garage, which was partially ajar. The incident was requested to be documented by the homeowner. Ћ Ќ WARRANT ARREST TUESDAY 0346 HOURS While on patrol, Officer Nick Gorgos observed a vehicle parked facing a local motel. Drove by several minutes later and vehicle was backed in. Upon seeing patrol vehicle, the vehicle left. Officer Gorgos was suspicious, stopped the vehicle and obtained ID from all occupants. He found the passenger had a warrant; it was confirmed and the suspect was transported to jail. THEFT TUESDAY 0813 HOURS Officer John Larrive took a report from a resident who reported his pontoon and trailer were stolen while it was parked in an area owned by the City of St Paul. A local business owner thought it had been towed earlier in the day. The City of St Paul had advised himit had to be moved and residents had complained of its location also. However, the owner learned it was not towed by either city. The boat information was not found to be accurate and the title listed the previous owner still; all information received was checked with no hits. When accurate boat data is retrieved, it will be entered as a stolen boat; for now, case is pending additional info. MENTAL HEALTH TUESDAY 1523 HOURS A local group home called for assistance from a group home to assist with a resident stating he wanted to harm himself and others. Officer John Larrive placed the resident on a 72 hour hold and transported for evaluation. On Wednesday, 9/9, Officer Nelson responded there again to assist with the resident again, as the resident had returned home that afternoon and was now fighting with a resident. Cases are referred to Social Services for review. BURGLARY WEDNESDAY 0810 HOURS Sergeant Bobby Lambert and Officer Nelson responded to a report of burglary that had occurred during the while the homeowners were at work. The homeowner found several items out of place, including a container that had held cash. Entry was forced and several items were stolen, including cash, cameras and jewelry. Evidence secured; investigation pending. THEFTÏGAS WEDNESDAY 1625 HOURS Officer Phil McCarty responded to check the area for a suspect for a gas drive-off. The attendant was positive the information obtained was correct, and Officer McCarty followed up on it, found the vehicle owner/ suspect and learned the suspect lived in a neighboring city. He made contact with the suspect who admitted to the theft. A citation was issued for the theft. Cleared by Arrest. Ќ Ѝ Ѝ Ў 09/0409/102015YTD CallsforService1275034 Go Team MHPD ÑU RÒ NDERTHEADAR Citations11390 The ultimate contest of Warnings13513 strength and technique will occur tomorrow, PoliceReports22779 9/12, starting at 9 am at MSP Airport at the ResponseTimeAverage5.135.48 Plane Pull, a law en- forcement fundraiser Check out the MH Crime Map! supporting Special Click below to search your neighborhood: OlympicsTeams of 8 https://www.raidsonline.com 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, MN 55118 will compete to see who can pull a 60,000lb Delta jet 25 feet across the tarmac in the fastest time. IfyouareaMendotaHeightsresidentandyouare Team ÑUnder the Ra- goingoutoftownoronvacation darÒ includes Officers Jenny, John, Chad, Nick and Robin, along with three other friends. They were challenged specifically by West St Paul to compete in the event both with and against them. We love a good challenge. 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