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2015-10-02 Firday News October 2, 2015 City of Mendota Heights Weekly Update Off-Leash Dog Area DATES TO REMEMBER: October 410 - Fire Prevention Week October 6 City Council Closed Session 6:30 p.m. City Council 7:00 p.m. - Fire Prevention Open House 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Mendota Heights Fire Department Fall Activities October 13 Parks Commission 6:30 p.m. October 14 Airport Commission 7:00 p.m. October 20 - City Council 7:00 p.m. October 27 Planning Commission 7:00 p.m. Pipeline, Just the Facts Halloween Bonfire - The Pipeline N E W S L E T T E R Public Works October 2, 2015 Engineering Public Works The Parks Crew picked up trash daily, dragged fields, cut grass, striped soccer fields and also striped parking lot lines. Brush was taken out of the Pilot Knob site. Weeds were sprayed. The parks were fertilized for the fall. The Utilities Crew checked the lift stations daily. A sanitary sewer line inspection was done on Glen Toro Road. Roots were cut in the sanitary sewer line on Knob Road then root killing chemicals were applied. The generator was exercised at the main lift station, and theStreet Crew was assisted with blacktop patching on Wednesday. Broadleaf weed killer was applied at Victoria Highlands Park, Marie Park and Valley Park. The Streets Crew did blacktopping around high irons in all neighborhoods. Theyalso moved thecement barriers on Bourne Lane. 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. Sub-base and gravel base preparations are nearly complete, and curb placement is expected early next week. Initial th pavement is expected by October 16.Once the second portion is complete, the surface layer (wear course) of asphalt will be placed over the entire roadway. An Assessment Hearing will be held at the October th 20City Council meeting. Annual Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (2015)–The contractor is underway with the initial sewer cleaning phase.Sewer pipes need to be cleaned before they can be lined. Sewer lining does not involve any excavations, but crewswill be working in manholes along our street network. The public is askedto use caution when driving by contractor crews.Areas to be lined includeHuber 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)–City staff held a neighborhood meeting on Monday evening.Approximately 20 area residents attended. Many items, including driveway access, drainage, school traffic safety, and on-street parking were brought up. Staff will use these comments to help design a preliminary layout for City Council th approval.The formal Public Hearing is set for November 17during the regular City Council Meeting. Residents have received a letter with notice of the date and time for the Public Hearing.A concept design layout will be prepared based on public input for the PublicHearing. 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. County Projects New Information in Italics Highway 110 Greenway Trail Crossing (2017)–Staff met with representatives from Dakota County at the monthly project meeting on Wednesday.They are preparing to host apublicOpen House scheduled for st Wednesday, October 21from 5:00pmto7:00pmat Henry Sibley High School.County staff will present alignment location alternatives and take public comments on the various options. The alignment alternatives will be st presented to the County Board on December 1with a preferred alternative th selection on December 15.If approved, the project would be constructed with MnDOT’s rehabilitation project for Highway 110 in 2017. State ProjectsNew Information in Italics nd Highway 13 Reconstruction (I-35E to 2Street)(2015)–The Lexington to I-35E resurfacing portion of the projectis essentially complete.Only minor nd housekeeping items and lane striping remain. Lexington to 2Street in Mendota remains closed until the Metropolitan Council repairs their sanitary sewer force main. The final lift of asphalt will be installed once the reconstruction is completed.For more informationabout 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 .Theproject website kiet.t.ly@state.mn.us is:http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy13mendota/. Highway 149 (Dodd Road) Rehabilitation (2018)–Staff attended an open house hosted by MnDOT at Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant on Thursday. The open house was well attended and many issues were called to the State’s attention.These open houses weredesigned to provide the public with the opportunity to comment BEFORE the project is designed. The project will th replace the pavement 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 includesa complete re-decking of the High Bridge in Saint Paul. For more information, please contact Kirsten Kline, Public Affairs Metro District at 651-234-7506. Highway 110 Rehabilitation (2017)–MnDOT will be requesting Local Government Concurrence fromMendota Heights for this project at the th November 17City 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)–MnDOTwill 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 were against the sidewalk proposal and have been forwarded to MnDOT.For more information, contact Molly Cline, MnDOT Project Manager, at 651-234-7723. Other ActivitiesNew Information in Italics Future Cities Competition–Staff met with the 2015 Future Cities Competitionteams from Friendly Hills Middle School on Thursday.This is the seventh year Mendota Heights’ Engineering staff has assisted Friendly thth Hills Middle School with the program. The competition is open to 6-8 grade students and involves developing a virtual city using Sim City software, completing a project schedule, 1500 work essay, scale model, and oral presentation. The State competition will be held at Dunwoody Institute rd on January 23. This year’s theme is, “Waste Not –Want Not,” and will focus on how the cities of the future handle municipal and solid waste.Over 25 students have signed up for this year’s program. Њ 02, 2015 OCTOBER The latest from the Mendota Heights Police Department CHIEF CźŭǒƩĻ ƚǒƷ ‘I— ƷŷĻ ƦĻƩƭƚƓ źƭ ǒƦƭĻƷ͵ LƓ ƷŷĻźƩ ƒźƓķƭͲ ƷŷĻ ƦƩƚĬƌĻƒ ƭƚƒĻŷƚǞ ĭƚƓƓĻĭƷƭ Ʒƚ ƷŷĻƒ źƓ ƭǒĭŷ ğ ǞğǤ Ǥƚǒ ǞƚǒƌķƓγƷ ǒƓķĻƩƭƷğƓķ͵ ƩǤ Ʒƚ ƩĻğƭƚƓ ǞźƷŷ ƷŷĻƒ ĬǤ ĬĻźƓŭ ĭğƌƒ͵ bĻǝĻƩ ğĭƷ ğŭŭƩĻƭƭźǝĻ ƚƩ SERGEANTS ƷŷĻ ƦĻƩƭƚƓ ƒğǤ ŷğƩƒ Ǥƚǒ͵ ŷĻƩĻ źƭƓγƷ ğƌǞğǤƭ ğ ƨǒźĭƉ ğƓƭǞĻƩ͵ ŷĻƩĻ ƒğǤ ĬĻ ƓƚƷŷźƓŭ Ǥƚǒ ĭğƓ ķƚ Ʒƚ ƭƚƌǝĻ ƷŷĻźƩ ƦƩƚĬƌĻƒ ĬǒƷ źŅ ƷŷĻƩĻ źƭͲ ƦƌĻğƭĻ ƷƩǤ͵ 9ǝĻƓ źŅ Ǥƚǒ ğƩĻ ĬĻźƓŭ ğĭĭǒƭĻķ ĬǤ ƷŷĻ ǒƦƭĻƷ źƓķźǝźķǒğƌͲ ƭƷğǤ ĭğƌƒ Ʒƚ ğǝƚźķ ƒğƉźƓŭ ƒğĻƩƭ ǞƚƩƭĻ͵ POLICEOFFICERS .Ļ ƦƩĻƦğƩĻķ Ʒƚ ķĻŅĻƓķ ǤƚǒƩƭĻƌŅ͵ LŅ ƷŷĻ ƦĻƩƭƚƓ ƷƩźĻƭ Ʒƚ ƦǒƩƭǒĻ ǤƚǒͲ ƷƩǤ Ʒƚ ŭĻƷ ƚǒƷ ƚŅ ƷŷĻ ƭźƷǒğƚƓ ĬǤ ĻźƷŷĻƩ ǞğƌƉźƓŭ ğǞğǤͲ ğƭƉźƓŭ ğ ĭźǩĻƓ ƓĻğƩĬǤ ŅƚƩ ŷĻƌƦ ƚƩ ĭğƌƌźƓŭ ВЊЊ͵ LŅ ƷŷĻ ƦĻƩƭƚƓ źƭ ƓğƒĻ ĭğƌƌźƓŭ ƚƩ ƷŷƩĻğƷĻƓźƓŭͲ ķƚ ƓƚƷ ĻƓŭğŭĻ ğƓķ ŭƚ ǞźƷŷ ƷŷĻ Ť ƚǞͲ ğƦƚƌƚŭźǩźƓŭ ĻǝĻƓ Ʒŷƚǒŭŷ Ǥƚǒ ƒğǤ ŷğǝĻ ķƚƓĻ ƓƚƷŷźƓŭ Steven ǞƩƚƓŭ͵ /ŷğƓĭĻƭ ğƩĻͲ ƷŷĻ ƦĻƩƭƚƓ ĭƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ƒĻƓƷğƌƌǤ źƌƌͳ ğĭƓŭ ƚƓ ƷŷĻźƩ ƷŷƩĻğƷƭͲ ĻƷĭ͵ ĭƚǒƌķ ĬĻ ƒƚƩĻ ŷğƩƒŅǒƌ Ʒƚ Ǥƚǒ͵ ALL LIVES MATTER! INVESTIGATIONS FACT: ͻaƚƩĻ …͵{͵ ƦƚƌźĭĻ ƚcers have been charged with crimes for deadly onduty shoongs in 2015 than in any year going back a decade. But not a single ocer has been convicted of murder SCHOOLRESOURCE or manslaughter this year. Experts say bringing such cases remains challenging for prosecutors OFFICER when judges and juries loath to secondguess decisions made by police źƓ ƷŷĻ ƌźƓĻ ƚŅ ķǒƷǤ͵ͼ ‘ğƌƌ Street Journal arcle, entled SUPPORTSTAFF FACT: Graham v. Connor has laid the guidelines for law enforcement in addressing all use of force ĻƓĭƚǒƓƷĻƩƭ͵ LƷ͸ƭ ķĻƷĻƩƒźƓĻķ ƷŷğƷ ƷŷĻ ͻƚĬƆĻĭǝĻƌǤ ƩĻğƭƚƓğĬƌĻ ƭƷğƓķğƩķͼ ƒǒƭƷ ĬĻ ğƦƦƌźĻķ ǞŷĻƓ determining whether an oĭĻƩ͸ƭ ğĭons were jus ŋ Ļķ͵ ŷğƷ ƭƷğƓķğƩķ ķźƭğƌƌƚǞƭ ƷŷĻ ͻЋЉΉЋЉ ǝźƭźƚƓ ƚŅ ŷźƓķƭźŭŷƷͲͼ ğƓķ źƓƭƷĻğķ ğƭƉƭ ƷŷĻ ƨǒĻƭƚƓ ǞŷğƷ Ǟƚǒƌķ ğ ͻƩĻğƭƚƓğĬƌĻͼ ƚcer have done given the totality of the circumstances known to that ocer at the me. When considering an RESERVES źƓķźǝźķǒğƌ͸ƭ ƩźŭŷƷƭ ǝƭ ğƓ ƚĭĻƩ͸ƭͲ ƷŷĻ /ƚǒƩƷƭ ƒǒƭƷ ĭƚƓƭźķĻƩ ƷŷƩĻĻ źƒƦƚƩƷğƓƷ ŅğĭƷƚƩƭͳ ЊΜ ͻƷŷĻ severity of the crime at issue," 2) "whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the ocers or others," and 3) "whether he/she is acvely resisng arrest or aempng to evade arrest by Ť ight." CHAPLAINS Law enforcement plays a crical role in educang the public and bridging the gap that exists between some members of the public and police. Many law enforcement agencies, including our own, have developed a CiǩĻƓ͸ƭ !ĭğķĻƒǤ tƩƚŭƩğƒ ƷŷğƷ źƓƷƩƚķǒĭĻƭ ƷŷĻ ƦǒĬƌźĭ Ʒƚ ƷŷĻ ƦƩƚŅĻƭƭźƚƓ͵ This sharing of knowledge and experience has proven to be a vital factor in building a stronger relaonship. Another new iniave that is now being shared with the public is the lifesaving power of omply and complain͵ͼ ŷĻ ƒĻƭƭğŭĻ źƭ ƷŷğƷ ĬǤ ĭƚƒƦƌǤźƓŭ ǞźƷŷ ƚcers commands, even if one objects to such commands, lives will be saved. This approach aords those in disagreement to voice their dissenon at a safer and more appropriate me and place. Њ LIVES MATTER! Ћ THEFT THURSDAY 12:09 HOURS While clearing brush near his residence, a reporting party found a license plate. Officer Todd Rosse responded and upon running the plate, learned it was reported stolen in West St Paul. The plate was turned over for them to handle the recovered property; officer cleared. DOMESTIC THURSDAY 20:07 HOURS Officer Steve Hilyar responded to a report of a female hitting a male inside a vehicle in a parking lot. Upon arrival, he learned the engaged couple was indeed having a fight over the male choosing to spend time with his daughter instead of with his fiancé. The male was allowed to leave and the female remained with officers who ensured she was calm and not a danger to herself or others. Officers cleared. FRAUD FRIDAY 08:32 HOURS Officer Rosse met with a reporting party in the lobby who had found fraudulent activity on his bank statement. The card, which had always been in his possession and was now cancelled, had been used at an international banking company, who has already released the funds. The bank is already investigating the situation. BARKING DOG FRIDAY 2110 HOURS Officer Hilyar received a complaint of a dog that had been barking for several hours and the homeowner was not at home or able to be contacted. Officer Hilyar arrived and listened to the dog barking for the better part of an hour while also attempting contact with the homeowner. He was able to let the dog back inside the residence, left a citation for the Barking Dog ordinance violation and cleared the call. Cleared by citation. DOMESTIC SATURDAY 12:09 HOURS Officer Robin Nelson was dispatched to a caller seeking assistance with a fight he and his wife were having. After some discussion, it was learned the wife was going thru some medical issues and during their argument she fell but refused to get back up or move from her position. After speaking with the wife, she did finally agree to go back to bed and to discuss the situation with her husband in the morning. HRO VIOLATION SATURDAY 2156 HOURS Officer Denise Urmann took a report from a man receiving Facebook messages from his ex-girlfriend, which was a violation of the harassment restraining order he had against her. Suspect arrested by citation for targeted misdemeanor HRO Violation. AOA SUNDAY 0242 HOURS Officer Jeffory VonFeldt was assisting West St Paul Police Department on a traffic stop when nearby, a fight broke out outside a restaurant. He helped separate the two females and handed them over to WSPPD officers. Ћ Ќ JUV DWI SUNDAY 2052 HOURS Dispatch notified officers of a suspected drunk driver weaving all over the road, in and out of the ditch and transitioning from nearly stopping to super fast driving. The driver was coming out of Inver Grove Heights and into our city. Officer Robin Nelson caught up to him just before he headed out of jurisdiction on the bridge and observed him nearly hit the wall there and he finally stopped at the other side of the bridge. The driver, who had watery eyes and dilated pupils, had great difficulty getting his license and registration out and upon starting the SFSTÓs, failed them all. However, the PBT showed a .000. Narcotics were suspected and tests showed indications of impairment. Upon being read the Implied Consent, he ultimately refused to test. He was booked into the Juvenile Detention facility and was charged with 3rd Degree DWI and Reckless Driving. PROPERTY DAMAGE MONDAY 1450 HOURS A homeowner called to report their neighbors had removed newly planted seedling bushes that had been planted near a property line. The suspectÓs wife is unavailable until the spring; but suggested they had been removed by animals. Pending contact with the suspect. THEFT MONDAY 1532 HOURS Sergeant Petersen took a walk-in report from a party whose money was stolen from his residence. Suspect information is available and the investigation is active. HARRASSMENT MONDAY 2110 HOURS Reporting party informed Officer Nelson that her ex-boyfriend was calling and texting her with unwanted messages. It was learned that the argument was going both ways and both parties were told to simply stop the communication or charges would follow. Officer Nelson cleared. THEFT WEDNESDAY 0746 HOURS Officer Phil McCarty responded to take a report from a party whose vehicle had been broken into overnight. The driverÓs side window was broken and taken from the car were the following valuables: laptop, cell phone and work ID badges. Follow-up information pending on the stolen items; no suspects. THEFT OF SERVICES & THEFT WEDNESDAY 2128 HOURS A cab driver called to report a male who refused to pay his $48 fare. Upon arrival, Sergeant Bobby Lambert and Officer Steve Hilyar found the suspect and cabbie in the car. The suspect told officers he had indeed used the cab and while he did not have money, he offered his phone as payment. The cab driver wanted only cash payment. The driver stated he greeted the two male customers and one male told him he had cash in his pocket, but was told upon arrival at the destination that payment was unavailable. That male was issued a citation for Theft of Services. During the discussion, that suspect accused the other male that had been in the vehicle of stealing his earbuds. The new suspect denied knowledge of the theft at first, but the earbuds were found a short distance from the vehicle as if they had been thrown. Another citation was issued to that suspect. Two simultaneous incidents closed by arrest for Theft. Ќ Ѝ 09/2510/012015YTD DAKOTA COUNTY CallsforService1025456 JUVENILE CURFEW Citations10415 ŷĻ aĻƓķƚƷğ IĻźŭŷƷƭ tƚƌźĭĻ Warnings16548 5ĻƦğƩƷƒĻƓƷ ĻƓŅƚƩĭĻƭ ƷŷĻ 5ğƉƚƷğ /ƚǒƓƷǤ /ǒƩŅĻǞ hƩķź PoliceReports17835 ƓğƓĭĻͲ Ǟŷźĭŷ źƭ ğƭ ŅƚƌƌƚǞƭʹ ResponseTimeAverage5.675.42 U 12: NDER Check out the MH Crime Map! 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