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2007-04-13 Friday NewsMEETING WITH DAKOTA COUNTY FARMLAND AND NATURAL AREAS STAFF Jake, Sue and I met with staff from the Farmland and Natural Areas staff on Monday to discuss various opportunities in the City. As reported in the Pioneer Press, State funding for Pilot Knob II is expected be very tight. The Dodge Nature Center is working on building their match to the $500,000 funding that has been pledged by the Farmland and Natural Areas Program (FNAP). The permanent dedication of this property could provide a nice legacy for the Dodge family. County staff also mentioned that there could be opportunity to orient the North Urban Regional Trail to take advantage of the Dodge site in WSP. City and County staff also discussed a sizeable infill lot in the north end of Mendota Heights. The parcel is viewed by the County as a valuable asset which could be eligible for FNAP funding. The owner (who wishes not to be identified at this time) is weighing all options available, but does not anticipate taking any action at this time. AIRPORT ACTION Wednesday was full of airport activity, starting with the Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) meeting at MAC offices Wednesday afternoon. NOC decided to make the 215 degree departure off of runway 17 permanent, which is a benefit to the citizens of Burnsville (Pioneer Press article attached). The NOC also discussed runway usage, which has a direct bearing on Mendota Heights residents. Since the start of operations on runway 17 Mendota Heights has been receiving more than our fair share of departures from the airport. Following a letter from NOC to the FAA, aircraft controllers are making efforts to distribute departures across the runways. The month of March saw departures nearing estimates that were laid out before the new runway was constructed. FAA cautioned that this is only one month, but they do feel that departures will be close to estimates as familiarity with the runway increases. MAC staff reviewed with the NOC the areas to receive a post card notice that they will be sending to homeowners who will be adversely affected by the Runway 12R construction this summer. All Mendota Heights residents living south of TH 110 will all receive the card. MAC has been sued by the cities of Minneapolis, Eagan and Richfield to expand their noise mitigation for homeowners living within the 60-65 dnl noise contour. The MAC Attorney reported that the trial has occurred and that the judge's decision (not a jury trial) should be out within 60 days. Jake and Councilmember Krebsbach had to leave NOC early to catch a Senate Committee hearing where a bill was being heard on MAC Representation. Senator Doll from Burnsville introduced a bill to add six seats to the MAC for the cities of Bloomington, Eagan, Mendota Heights, Richfield, Apple Valley and Burnsville. Mayors from Apple Valley, Richfield and Bloomington all spoke on behalf of the bill. The committee decided to lay -over the bill until the next session, working with a House committee which took similar action on the companion bill. The Senate and House will hold joint hearings in-between legislative sessions to further study the issue. The Cities NOC group will work with legislators to facilitate the hearing the process. REFERENDUM UPDATE Jake attended the Save Par 3 meeting which was held this Monday evening; they still have new folks attending meetings. The group discussed strategy and passed around a copy of their next mailing, which was verified to be factually correct. Vote No Par 3 signs have started appearing in the community to compliment the Save Par 3 signs which went up early last week. As with any campaign season, staff has received complaints of damaged/stolen political signs. An email was sent to key contacts on each side, asking them to remind their groups to play nicely and respect fellow citizen's property. Respectfully submitted, James Danielson City Administrator Attachments: Pipeline, City Council Agenda, Pre -Application Meeting Synopsis, Pioneer Press Articles "Vote `no' on golf tax", "Dodge hopes for lasting preserve", "Burnsville/Airport anti - noise test now permanent" and "Inspired writing came from the man at the Linotype machine" and an Article from Firehouse Magazine, "Tractor -Trailer Trucks Collide on Interstate". Public Works The Parks Crew fertilized the soccer fields at Kensington South and Mendakota Parks. The new Xmark mower was picked up at Gerlack. The water was turned on in the parks buildings for the summer. Baseball bases were installed and fields were dragged for baseball tryouts. Rich replaced the lights in the wet well at the Mendota Heights Road lift station. Sewer mains were cleaned on Spring Creek Court and the easement. The alarm went off at the Mendota Heights Road lift station on Wednesday because the relay switch went out. The Street Crew reinstalled signs that were hit by vehicles this winter at Lakeview and LeMay Lake Road, and Sutton and Marie Avenue. Mailbox repairs were done. They attended the annual spring maintenance expo. Some of the concurrent sessions attended were: Gopher One Call Updates, Signs and Graffiti, Load Securment, Work Zone Safety, and Handling Heartbroken, Hostile Homeowners. Sue and Dave attended a pre -construction meeting in Burnsville regarding this year's seal coating project. Snow Events of the Week, Date: Amount: Response: 4-12-07 rain/snow salt main lines Street sweeping was suppose to start on Monday, April 16th, but has been pushed back to Thursday, April 19th because of the weather. Engineering Seven permits were issued for Xcel Energy to replace 1970's era gas mains. The Office of Pipeline Safety has told Xcel Energy to replace 100 miles of gas mains in the metro area. Bachelor Avenue, Orchard Lane, Hunter Lane, Hazel Court, 2"d and 3rd Avenues, Freeway Road North and South, and South Lane will be replaced with larger diameter mains. Valley and Ivy Park Playgrounds Work completed this week on the rehabilitation of the Valley Park playground. Older play components, installed in 1990 not in compliance with current consumer product safety guidelines, were replaced. Wood border timbers, treated with an arsenic preservative and the pea gravel surfacing were also removed. New play elements, border edging, and wood fiber surfacing that meets accessibility standards have been installed and the playground is ready to use. Public Works, working closely with the installation contractors have prevented any inconvenience to the many residents who regularly walk the trails in this park. Late last week work began on a similar but larger effort at the Ivy Hills Park playground. Logistically this playground, due to its location in the park several hundred feet from the paved parking lot, will result in damage to the turf and trail. Following completion of this work in 8 to 10 days, Public Works will restore disturbed areas and repair of the trail is planned for this summer. Civic Center Batting Cage Update Contractors have been selected for the excavation / hauling and fence portions of this project and netting for inside the cages was delivered today. Excavation can begin following 4 to 6 days of good weather (no heavy rain) which given today's forecast could be latter part of next week. Fence contractors have been asked to begin work during the April 23rd to 27th time period. Once work begins, the field will be playable but with some constraints. The outfield may not be fully fenced or without fence for a short period of time. Teams using the field should be prepared for a few more home runs from the long ball hitters and teams may loose some balls over the hill down into the wetland below. REMINDER: CLOSED SESSION AT 6:30 P.M. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA April 17, 2007 — 7:30 P.M. 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Agenda Adoption 5. Approval of Minutes from the March 20, 2007 and April 3, 2007 City Council Meeting. 6. Consent Calendar a. Acknowledgement of the NDC4 Meeting Minutes & Agenda. b. Acknowledgement of the Minutes from the April 10, 2007 Parks and Recreation Meeting. c. Acknowledgement of the Approved Minutes from the March 14, 2007 Airport Relations Commission Meeting. d. Acknowledgement of the Fire Department March 2007 Monthly Report. e. Acknowledgement of the March 2007 Treasurer's Report. f. Acceptance of the Workers' Compensation Insurance. g. Authorization for 2006 Transfers. h. Authorization to Sign Professional Service Contract for GASB 34 Assistance. i. Authorization for Radar Equipment Purchase. j. Authorization to Solicit Bids for Replacement of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. k. Authorization for Purchase of Single Axle Dump Truck. I. Authorization for City Administrator to sign Service Provider Agreements with iWorQ Systems and SEH, Inc. m. Approval of Sign Permit for 2150 Dodd Road. n. Approval of the List of Contractors. o. Approval of the List of Claims. 7. Public Comments 8. Presentation a. Robert Street Corridor Transit Feasibility Study b. Dakota County 2030 Visioning 9. Unfinished and New Business a. Discussion of Lilydale Watermain Extension. b. Discussion of Concept Plan for 1960 Lexington Avenue. c. Discussion of Purchase of Bourn Property. c. Discussion of Proposed Liquor Ordinance Amendments. 10. Council Comments 11. AE!j urn TO: City Council, Commission Members, and City Administrator FROM: Jake Sedlacek, Assistant to the City Administrat 6)A�; SUBJECT: Pre -Application Meeting Synopsis Staff met with five potential applicants on Monday, April 6, 2007. Steve Grittman, Sue McDermott, Paul Berg and Jake Sedlacek were present. Lance Lemieux, Southview Senior Living, re. 1960 Lexington Mr. Lemieux is looking for a second location for Southview Senior Living, a for-profit assisted living home for seniors. Their first location, in West St Paul has 90 units, and was rented out with a waiting list in four days. They have approached church leadership at 1960 Lexington regarding purchasing the property. The applicant's intent would be to raze the existing building, and construct a new two story building with 66 total units. Staff discussed the requirements for this type of project, which would include a rezoning. The applicant would like to bring a concept plan to the next Council meeting, and was provided feedback on what types of questions Council may have. The applicant intends to move forward with this project soon, depending upon the feedback received from Council regarding the concept. Lance Boelter, 1638 and 1630 Dodd Mr. Boelter owns both 1638 and 1630 Dodd Road, and is looking to find out what conditions would need to be met in order to combine and sub -divide the lots. Staff informed Mr. Boelter about lot requirements in the R1 district, including lot width, size, sewer and water requirements, etc. While there is potentially enough room to combine and sub -divide, there are also challenges to the site. Mr. Boelter was looking for information only, no planning action is anticipated at this time. Mike Bader, 1673 Delaware and Lot 3, Foxwood. Mr. Bader is renewing his efforts to combine and subdivide the lot he currently lives on, and a lot on Foxwood he purchased some years back. Staff discussed a number of issues regarding potential subdivision, including lot sizes, cul-de-sac length, sewer and water connections. While Mr. Bader has many questions, the issue which first needs to be resolved is access onto county roads. Sue is going to contact the County about the concept of adding access to either Deleware or Wentworth Avenues. If some understanding can be reached with the County as to what conditions would need to be met to allow additional access, Mr. Bader will work with staff to pull together a planning application. Mike Heine, 1054 Sibley Memorial Highway Mr. Heine is looking to increase his garage space. His lot currently has a large detached garage. Mr. Heine would like to add on to the existing garage, or put up another detached garage. Staff explained City Code concerning garages, and that his current detached garage is larger than code Planning Meeting 41912007 Page I of 2 allows. Alternatives were discussed, such as attaching the existing garage to the house, which would allow an expansion of the garage. No planning action is anticipated at this time. Aaron Hemquist, Howard Paster, et al, re. Mendota Plaza expansion Mr. Hemquist, working with Paster Enterprises has submitted a concept plan for additional retail at Mendota Plaza. Staff discussed the planning application and potential concerns Planning Commission and City Council may raise. Staff also discussed the next steps with the applicants, which include a Wetlands Permit, Rezoning, Preliminary Plat and a Comprehensive Plan Amendment (for a small portion of the land which is still guided as Nature Preserve). The applicant is looking to move ahead with the project soon and anticipates a planning application to be submitted for consideration at the May Planning Commission Meeting. Planning Meeting 4/9/2007 Page 2 of 2 1 106 NDC THURSDAY. APRIL » >nn7 Your taxes on your $200,000 house have doubled in the last 10 years. Now they are talking about raising the gas tax and other taxes, but your income has stayed the same. It is an insult to you for Men- dota Heights to tax you $322 in the next 15 years so that golfers can play golf for less money. Vote "no" on April A STEN GER,FAST Mendota Heights preserve development in per- cel, free of petuity. The land is in Mendota Endowment would Heights; the other 150 noncon- tiguous acres are in neighbor- sale of land, ing West St. Paul. ; The nature center's board of nature center says directors is expected to respond to the county's offer at its BY BRIAN BONNER April 26 meeting. If it approves the offer, the nonprofit center Pioneer Press will have to raise $500,000. With the $1 million endow - Dodge Nature Center i s hop ment, the center would be able mg to raise $1 million stay to use 5 percent, $5 a intact, , and it's already halfway its current year, to help meet i there, thanks to Dakota County. budget of $1.6 million. The cen- - The county has committed ° ter, with 25 full -time -equivalent $500,000 toward keeping the 170 acre Lilly savanna property, the LASTING PRESERVE, 2B 320 -acre preserve's largest par- (continued) employees, draws 40,000 visitors a year. : The center relies on dona- tions and program fees to oper- ate. Ben Van Gundy, the nature center's executive director, said the best way to ensure the land is never sold or developed is to raise the money now and sign a legal agreement that permanently conserves the land. "Our point is, it's impossible to project in the future what may be in store if the nature center would come under financial stress," Van Gundy 'said. "I've been in the conser- vation business 30 years. You eee things you don't think are possible, but they happen. Future board members could decide to sell if they needed more money or if they decided they would change the mission. They could sell off all or part of the land. That land is not permanently protected, by any legal means." The Mendota Heights prop- erty might be worth as much as 4 • • a $13.8 million if sold, Van Gundy said, but he'd like it to stay as it is. "It's a gorgeous piece of property. It's got a little lake, oak savanna, reconstructed prairie," he said. "It's just a very aesthetically pleasing property near a lot of people and open to the public." The center also. is planning ahead for the expected end to donations from founder Olivia Irvine Dodge. "She's 88 years' old right now and is wisely weaning us off her donations," Van Gundy said. It was 40 years ago that the philanthropist and conserva- tionist, along with her husband, Arthur Dodge, bought and donated farmland to start the Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center, named for her brother and her son. She is also part of the family that donated the Governor's Residence at 1006 Summit Ave. in St. Paul to the state in 1964. . "She's provided leadership and financing to continue this program for 40 years," Van Gundy said, but soon the cen- ter will need to "hit the grant - Dodge Nature The Dodge Nature Center is trying to raise $11 -million so that. it can permanently protect a 170 -acre piece of the 320 -acre preserve from development. The land is southeast of Minnesota 149 (Dodd Road) and Minnesota 110, accessible from Mendota Heights United Church of Christ at 680 Minnesota 110. Dodge Nature Center DAKOTA COUNTY PIONEER PRESS making trail" and seek donations from individuals, foundations and government agencies. Irvine Dodge's philosophy still guides the center's mission: "We must give our young people the realization that in nature we are all part of one another and whatever . happens to one species will inevitably affect the whole chain of nature, including us." The Dodge Nature Center has a diverse habitat of wet- lands, prairie and woodlands. it has miles of hiking trails and a working farm, orchard and api- ary. It offers a nature -based preschool; and environmental education programs for all ages. The center also showcases clean, renewable energy. It has a solar panel on display and is seeking to install. a 20 -kilowatt wind turbine to generate electricity. The forays into renewable energy are part of the conserva- tion mission. "The more we can get away from traditional energy sources, the less pollution we have, and obviously, we won't have to depend on foreign countries for energy," Van Gundy said. Brian Bonner can be reached at bbonner@pioneerpress.com or 651-228-2173. Page 1 of 1 Close ow WindSend To Printer Burnsville / Airport anti -noise test now permanent More flights take oft closer to river, cutting resident complaints BY MARICELLA MIRANDA Pioneer Press TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Article Last Updated: 04/13/2007 12:14:09 AM CDT A 60 -day test that rerouted some flight traffic over the Minnesota River instead of homes in northeastern Burnsville became permanent Wednesday. Burnsville residents and city officials complained about the increase in airplane noise after the 2005 opening of runway 17/35 at Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport. The Metropolitan Airports Commission Noise Oversight Committee unanimously agreed Wednesday to permanently move the 25 percent of Burnsville traffic that was rerouted beginning Feb. 7. "What this does is put the planes out over the river, which was the intent of the project to begin with," said Vern Wilcox, co- chairman of the Noise Oversight Committee, which unanimously agreed to make the move permanent. Before the runway opened, an environmental report predicted most flights would travel over the Minnesota River. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory had said planes could not do that because of safety requirements and wind patterns. The FAA soon agreed it would try moving air traffic 10 degrees west - closer to the river. When that didn't alleviate noise, the FAA agreed to the 60 -day test, moving westbound departures another 15 degrees west. Burnsville residents have noticed the move, said Chad Leqve, manager of aviation noise and satellite programs. Between February and March in 2006, the MAC got 1,201 complaints about 4,669 departure flights. However, during the same period this year, there were 1,197 complaints about 10,386 departures. There was a drastic rise in traffic this year on the new runway, now that 34 percent of departures use it. Officials forecast 37 percent of departing planes would use it. Ron Kraemer, who lives in northeastern Burnsville, has noticed "somewhat" of a change, but it depends on what type of aircraft is flying overhead and when the pilot turns, he said. "It's not the total answer, but I guess one step at a time," Kraemer said. "More flights are going down the river valley, but I wouldn't say it dropped that drastically." Burnsville officials agreed the change is a move in the right direction. Although planes fly closer to the Minnesota River, the shift also moved some traffic to southeastern Bloomington. A few residents have complained to Bloomington officials about the new noise, said Wilcox, also a Bloomington City Council member. "It's hard to describe how bad it is. To them, it is unbelievable," Wilcox said. He also said it's actually "a better deal for Bloomington," because flights won't fly directly over the river as originally planned - which could have resulted in more noise for the city. "This is a good plan," Wilcox said. "It really does what we intended to do originally." Maricella Miranda can be reached at mmiranda@pioneer press.com or 651-228-5421. http://www.twincities.comlportlet/article/html/fragmentslprint_article-i sp?articleId=56564... 4/13/2007 Page 1 of 3 Close Win C SendTo Printer Inspired writing came from the man at the Linotype machine W.H. Farrell counts himself among poets, dissecting lite a few lines at a time DON BOXMEYER TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Article Launched: 04/09/2007 12:01:00 AM CDT I used to go to work at a long -gone newspaper factory on Fourth Street in St. Paul and ride an elevator to the newsroom on the fourth floor. I took great comfort in hearing the clickety-clack-clack of the old Linotype machines as we passed the third -floor composing room, because that meant we were in business for another day. It's taken me more than 40 years, but I've finally learned that some of the wisest literature ever to be produced on those machines didn't appear in the newspaper. I now have it in a tiny little book of verse just published by an old hot -lead printer named How. "While I worked the Linotype, I'd set a few lines of poetry when it got quiet and then go back to work when the copy came," says W.H. Farrell, 84. "At the end of my shift, I had a poem." How Farrell was a wizard of the composing room in the days of hot lead, when a daily newspaper needed to be a print shop but also a foundry, centered by the complicated, cantankerous and utterly marvelous century -old Linotype machine that allowed words to flow from a reporter's story to hundreds of thousand of newspapers quite literally in minutes. And how utterly appropriate it was that How Farrell helped make that happen each day, because his new little book of verse reveals him to be just as complicated, cantankerous and marvelous as the Linotypes he worked on. There she stands on 20 acres The brand new Senior High You won't find an item missing, In spite of how you try - Olympic pool, gigantic gym, Spacious tennis courts, Cinder track and football field, And other great reports - Of bowling lanes, movie screens, Shops of every kind, Tremendous laboratories and, Keep this fact in mind: The 20 million bucks it cost Is bad enough indeed, http://www.twincities.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.j sp?articleld=56241... 4/13/2007 Page 2 of 3 But what a price it really is, If Johnny still can't read. The only tip-off that How wrote the above many years ago is that you probably don't get much of a high school for $20 million anymore. Otherwise, this is a typical little How Farrell ditty about baseball, blizzards, mosquitoes, the town drunk, seatbelts and sailors, all with a surprise payoff at the end. It's not too hard to tell from here That spring has finally sprung. The snow has left, not us bereft, The song of birds is sung - But these aren't all the hyperboles Observed in Minnesotans, Or maybe stout Wisconsinites, Plus North and South Dakotans - They need no weather -watching radar Or loquacious TV wizard To know that spring cannot arrive Without a screaming blizzard. How grew up in the Cathedral Hill area of St. Paul and, after serving in the Navy in World War II, eventually wound up in the composing room of the Pioneer Press and Dispatch in 1951, when it was housed at 55 E. Fourth St. His poetry back then occasionally showed up in columns written by the legendary Don Riley and Oliver Towne, probably because it made no sense at all not to make his common-sense writing public. "I never did have a favorite subject," says How, who still lives on the far East Side. "Whatever came to me, I'd play around with." Every person has the right To squawk when they've been had - But this one cannot qualify, And his case is rather sad - For he knows that he's the one to blame For the beefs that he employs - When he buys a house next to an airport, And screams about the noise. How's been retired from the newspaper for 21 years. He lost his wife, Wenda, about 2'/2 years ago. He dedicated his 107 -page http://www.twincities.comlportlet/articlelhtml/fragmentslprint_article.j sp?articleId=56241... 4/13/2007 Page 3 of 3 book, "Variable Voices in Verse," to her, and he has three more ready to go if folks like this one. He surely hopes they do, and if you like some of the verse here, you can let him know by calling him at 651-735-0540 or writing to him at How Farrell, 803 Lake St., St. Paul, Minn., 55119. When a vending machine has a mirror, Did this thought to you ever occur - That it's there for a reason, like everything else, A need that's fulfilled, as it were - For the purpose of it is to show you a bit Of how foolish you look when you pout - If your neck should turn red, Or you pull your hair from your head, When you've used your last dime And nothing comes out. http://www.twincities.comlportlet/articlelhtml/fragmentslprint_article.i sp?articleld=56241... 4/13/2007 PROGRESS Inver Grove Heights firefighters apply foam to a deep pocket of fire in the moving track. unfish Lake, AIN, Feb. 8, 2007 - A horrific crash between two tractor - trailer trucks kept firefighters busy for several hours. At 9:40 P.M., firefighters from the Mendota Heights Fire Depart- ment were alerted for an accident with injuries on Interstate 494 near Robert Street in Sunfish Lake. Additional call- ers reported two tractor -trailers were .in- volved and a possible explosion. The In- ver Grove Heights Fire Department was also dispatched. because the location was on the border of the two districts. Mendota Heights Chief John Mackzo arrived within three minutes of dispatch and found two tractor trailers - a moving truck and a flatbed - collided head-on in the eastbound lanes just past the Robert Street exit. 'Ihe moving truck, filled with office furniture, was well -involved with fire. The westbound truck was hauling re - bar and the driver suffered a medical. con- dition causing his rig to cross the median. "The impact of the crash caused the cab of the westbound truck to be removed, Mackzo said. "It was broken loose and free from the rig'" The driver was ejected clear of the scene. Ihe cab of the eastbound rig was also moved at least 10 feet from the original Location on the chassis. The initial assignment from Men- dota Heights was Engine 10 and Tender 10. Upon arrival, the crew from Engine 10 stretched a 2'/z -inch hoseline to knock down the fire in the moving truck. "We tried to get water on it quickly and see what we could do;' Mackzo said. The fire condition was so heavy that firefighters were unable to access the tractor area. Units from Inver Grove Heights in- cluded Engines 11 and 34 and Tenders 14 and 15. As additional crews arrived 90I.Piree..-v.nr.': rehouse. com Apri12007 Due to the contents of the moving truck, fires burned throughout the truck for at least an nour. on scene, Mendota Heights firefighters operated a 1'/2 -inch hoseline and Inver Grove Heights units operated two 11/z - inch hoselines to knock down the fire and assist with overhaul. About 50 gallons of foam was applied to the moving truck and fuel that spilled from the rigs. A trail of burning fuel went about 100 feet from the scene and slowly burned itself out. Temperatures were just above zero, so water was freezing almost immediately. An engine from Inver Grove Heights set up a tender fill site a half -mile east of the scene and filled each tender twice. It is estimated that close to 10,000 gallons of water was used to control the fire and during the overhaul, which took several hours. Rescue trucks from both depart- ments were called to the scene to set up a relief area for the 25 firefighters on scene. The Minnesota Department of Traffic was on scene almost immediately with dump trucks filled with sand and with sign boards to notify motorists of the lane closures. —Peter Matthews An overall view of the scene showing the westbound flatbed (left) and the eastbound moving truck (right) April2007 Yv."dvv,,.H.ehoul "orn Send your suggested Hot Spot vvebsite to ternerciaeharlottesville.org This month: A partial listing of fire station design firms. http.i'/i.wiG�.cgbarch.com' gkg Fire station designing. hit 1 tea iv r tJP 5vfarCh.CClrn Fire station designing. 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