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2015-09-18 Friday News September 18, 2015 City of Mendota Heights Weekly Update A New Warming House for Marie Park DATES TO REMEMBER: September 22 Planning Commission 6:00 p.m. October 6 City Council 7:00 p.m. October 13 Parks Commission 6:30 p.m. Preliminary Budget Levy Passes October 14 Airport Commission 7:00 p.m. October 20 City Council 7:00 p.m. October 27 Planning Commission Halloween Bonfire 7:00 p.m. October 31 Halloween Bonfire 7:00 p.m. Pipeline, Just the Facts Dakota County Hazardous Waste & Electronics Recycling Events - - - The Pipeline N E W S L E T T E R Public Works September 18, 2015 Engineering Public Works The Parks Crew mowed, dragged, striped, and chalked ball fields City-wide. Soccer fields were striped. Trash was picked up daily from the parks. Trees were trimmed in the parks. The warming house project at Marie Park was started. They attended a regional safety meeting. The Utilities Crew checked the lift stations daily. A sanitary sewer inspection was completed on Victoria Road for repair work that was done. The guardrails were sprayed for weed control. The Streets Crew painted crosswalks on Lake Drive and Mendota Heights Road. Trees blocking a crosswalk sign were cut back on Mendota Heights Road. On Kendon Lane, they top dressed, seeded, put down an erosion control blanket, and fixed ruts by a storm drain that was repaired. Storm grates were cleaned where needed and one was unplugged yesterday on Northland Drive. Roadside weed mowing continues. The fence is being repaired in the back of the shop. 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. Weather has slowed construction this week, but substantial completion remains on schedule. 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 th Assessment Hearing at 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. Contractor will begin cleaning and televising lines on thnd September 28. Lining will begin on November 2. 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. A th Public Hearing is set for November 17 during the regular City Council Meeting. An informal neighborhood meeting will take place on th 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. City staff has already begun discussing options for the project with area residents. Annual Street Striping (2015) Crews will be restriping Marie Avenue between Victoria and Lexington beginning on Monday. Marie Avenue will receive a new double yellow stripe, fog lines, crosswalks, and turn lane arrows. Striping should be complete later next week. County Projects New Information in Italics Highway 110 Greenway Trail Crossing (2017) Staff me with representatives from MnDOT on Monday to review the utility location project. Dakota County presented an update to the City Council at their th September 15 meeting. If approved, the project would be constructed State Projects New Information in Italics Maps of 2015 MnDOT projects can be found at: ŷƷƷƦƭʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ŭƚƚŭƌĻ͵ĭƚƒΉƒğƦƭΉķΉĻķźƷͪŷƌўĻƓεğǒƷŷǒƭĻƩўЉεƒźķўǩĻЎΗАķǞWǒЉБ͵ƉWtbВ5ЏĬЉƒv ΛĭƚƓƭƷƩǒĭƷźƚƓΜ ŷƷƷƦƭʹΉΉǞǞǞ͵ŭƚƚŭƌĻ͵ĭƚƒΉƒğƦƭΉķΉĻķźƷͪƒźķўǩwǒŅƉb9bCВА͵ƉtБЋa\[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 resurfacing portion of nd the project is essentially complete. Lexington to 2 Street in Mendota remains closed. Access to residents and businesses between I-35E and Lexington is being maintained. The City of Lilydale sponsored drainage improvement project is also nearly complete. For more information about the MnDOT project, 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. Staff attended the second open house on Tuesday, held at Capital View Café in Saint Paul. A third open house will be held in st Mendota Heights on October 1 (see attached flyer). These open houses are designed to provide the public with the opportunity to comment BEFORE the project is designed. The project will replace the pavement surface of Highway 149 from I-494 north to West th 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. Highway 110 Rehabilitation (2017) MnDOT will be requesting Mendota Heights for Local Government Concurrence on this project at the October th 20 City Council Meeting. This project will resurface Highway 110 between I-35E and I-494, including drainage improvements. Several access changes are proposed with the project. For more information, contact Molly Cline, MnDOT Project Manager, at 651-234-7723. Highway 13 (Annapolis Street) Rehabilitation (2018) MnDOT will be resurfacing Annapolis Street as part of this project. City staff has contacted some adjoining property owners about the possibility of sidewalk being installed on the south side of Annapolis. All responses have been forwarded to MnDOT. For more information, contact Molly Cline, MnDOT Project Manager, at 651-234-7723. 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: Tuesday (9/29) at 5:00am, 11:00am, 5:00pm, & 11:00pm. The three-part documentary series, State of Repair, was three documentaries have been nominated for Emmy Awards! 18, 2015 SEPTEMBER The latest from the Mendota Heights Police Department -- MENTAL HEALTH FRIDAY 16:57 HOURS Officers Robin Nelson and Steve Hilyar reported to the police lobby on a welfare check. The RP witnessed a woman with a walker, bags attached to it, walking along side of Hwy 55 so decided to check on her. The RP made contact with Dakota County Crisis who advised them to report to their local police department. Nelson met with the woman who stated that she was kicked out of the Mendota Motel so was going to go to to angry and yelling. DC Crisis informed Nelson that due to her history of argumentative and physically combative behavior, that no shelter would take her. Nelson then contacted HealthEast who transported her to the hospital on a Health & Welfare Hold. THEFT OF GAS SUNDAY 14:23 HOURS Officer John Larrive responded to a local gas station on a theft of gas report. Upon arrival, he was met by store employee who stated that a purple Dodge Charger with a white stripe down the middle pumped $27.20 worth of gas and drove off without paying. The employee was able to obtain the license plate number of the suspect vehicle. Larrive ran the plate and it did match the vehicle description. A letter was sent to the registered owner. DOMESTIC ASSAULT SUNDAY 18:17 HOURS Officer Steve Hilyar along with Sergeant Peyton Fleming responded to a call on a physical altercation between a male and female along side 35E. Hilyar located the vehicle and saw a male yelling at the female. Hilyar handcuffed the male and made contact with a witness who stated that the car pulled over on the side of the highway, the male then went around and pulled the female out of the car by her hair and throw her down. He then saw the male begin to punch the female repeatedly with closed fists for about a minute. The male was placed under arrest and issued a citation for Domestic Assault. DWI/PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT SUNDAY 19:36 HOURS Sergeant Peyton Fleming was dispatched to a local gas station on a property damage hit and run accident report. The suspect vehicle was described as an older Ford Explorer. While en route he was flagged down by witness pointing Fleming in the direction of the suspect vehicle. He made contact with the male driver and observed bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and unsteady on his feet. He was asked to perform field sobriety tests in which he failed. He was placed under arrest. The damage on his vehicle was consistent with that at the gas station. MENTAL HEALTH MONDAY 23:01 HOURS Officer Nick Gorgos and Sergeant Peyton Fleming received information that a juvenile female was making threats via Facebook about killing herself. Officers were able to obtain the address of the juvenile and made contact with her. The female admitted to making the threats and stated that her parents were out of state and that someone was to be watching her but only came for an hour. Attempts were made to contact the parents with no luck. Officers were able to obtain her grandparents phone number and spoke with them. They were unsure why the person responsible to stay with her was not there and agreed to come and stay with her. Officers could see cut marks on the female and decided it was best to call HealthEast and have her transported to the hospital on a Health & Welfare Hold. - Way to Go, Team MHPD R NDERTHEADAR Check out the MH Crime Map! Click below to search your neighborhood: https://www.raidsonline.com 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, MN 55118 Please send us your positive feedback on our staff to: pdrecords@ mendota-heights.com -- Your feedback is greatly appreciated and helps boost the morale of our staff. HAVE A SAFE WEEK! DODD ROAD, SMITH AVENUE AND HIGH BRIDGE COMMUNITYWORKSHOP