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2006-03-14 Parks and Rec Comm Agenda PacketCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AGENDA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:30 p.m. — Council Chambers 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. February 14, 2006 Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes 4. Acting Chair Libra's Report on Committee Meeting to Plan 2006 Park Celebration/50th Anniversary Recognition. 5. NURT Trail 6. Pilot Knob 7. New Trail Construction 8. Cell Tower in Wentworth Park 9. Resurrection Cemetery Master Plan 10. Recreation Programmer's Report 11. Updates • Council Adoption of Tobacco -Free Parks Policy • Police Report 12. Other Comments 13. Adjourn Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities are available upon request at least 120 hours in advance. If a notice of less than 120 hours is received, the City of Mendota Heights will make every attempt to provide the aids. This may not, however, be possible on short notice. Please contact City Administration at (651) 452-1850 with requests. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 14, 2006 The February 2006 meeting of the Mendota Heights Parks and Recreation Commission was held on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. The following Commissioners were present: Chair Richard Spicer and Commissioners Dave Libra, Tom Kraus, and Larry Craighead. Commissioners Raymond Morris, Paul Portz, and Missie Hickey were excused from the meeting. City Staff present were Operations and Projects Coordinator Guy Kullander, Recreation Programmer Teresa Gangelhoff, and Administrative Assistant Patrick C. Hollister. Mr. Hollister took the minutes. The following people were present in the audience: Peter Bauleke 5636 Interlachen Circle, Edina Zac Brown 7320 Moonlight Lane, Eden Prairie Colin Drake Jon Ingalls Elizabeth Miller Michelle Joseph Michael Coyne Gabriela Testa Alix Testa Brittany McFadden Jody Pire Jill Mullen Jenny Mullen May Montague Patrick Stieg Rachel Joseph Ed Joseph Jill Joseph MINUTES 837 Park Place Drive, Mendota Heights 1501 Dally Street, Burnsville 850 Bald Lake Court, Eagan 1735 70th Street West, Inver Grove Heights 916 Jefferson Lane, Eagan 2330 Lexington Avenue South, Mendota Heights 2330 Lexington Avenue South, Mendota Heights 2395 University Avenue West, #310, Saint Paul 7966 71" Street Cottage Grove 1110 St. Dennis Court, Saint Paul 1110 St. Dennis Court, Saint Paul 1524 Confield Avenue, Saint Paul 4079 West 131 St Street, Savage 1735 70th Street West, Inver Grove Heights 1735 70th Street West, Inver Grove Heights 1735 70th Street West, Inver Grove Heights Commissioner Libra moved approval of the January 10, 2006 Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes. Commissioner Craighead seconded the motion. AYES: 4 NAYS: 0 WELCOME TO NEW COMMISSIONER TOM KRAUS Chair Spicer welcomed new Commissioner Tom Kraus to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Commissioner Kraus said that he looked forward to working with the Commission. CHAIR SPICER'S REPORT ON COMMITTEE MEETING TO PLAN 2006 PARK CELEBRATION/50TH ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION Chair Spicer reminded everyone that observance of the City's 50th Anniversary will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2006. Chair Spicer said that the festivities will include the Sibley Marching Band, dances with the Rockin' Hollywoods and Paul Heffron, the Teddy Bear Band, possibly fireworks, a laser show, a 50s car show, raffles, tennis tournaments, a 5k run, a golf tournament, and the AAU Baseball Tournament. Chair Spicer said that the final schedule of events should be determined in March. Chair Spicer added that Commissioners Libra and Craighead were also at the Committee meeting. Commissioner Craighead said that he thought that the event would be very successful. TOBACCO -FREE PARKS POLICY Michael Coyne, Chemical Health Coordinator for Saint Thomas Academy and Visitation School, introduced the topic of a Tobacco -Free Parks Policy. Mr. Coyne said that most of the presentation would be made by Saint Thomas and Visitation students. Peter Bauleke, Saint Thomas student and Co -Captain of CHOOSE, said that the mission of CHOOSE is to promote a "chemical -free lifestyle". Mr. Bauleke said that recently CHOOSE observed Chemical Health Week and that if one person was persuaded to abstain from tobacco, alcohol or drugs they would consider the event a success. Michelle Joseph, Visitation student and member of the CHOOSE executive board, made the request that the City of Mendota Heights implement a tobacco -free policy for all parks and City facilities. Elizabeth Miller, Junior at Visitation and softball player said that she has a high intolerance for smoke. Ms. Miller said that she plays 1St base on the softball team and that if a parent is smoking near her it can cause her to miss a ball. Ms. Miller said that she sometimes has to take Advil or other medication to deal with the smoke. Chair Spicer asked if a tobacco -free policy is in place for Visitation and Saint Thomas. 2 Ms. Miller said that both Visitation and Saint Thomas have tobacco -free policies in place, but that many of their games are played at the City's facilities, particularly Mendakota Park. Zac Brown, Saint Thomas student, said that Saint Thomas and Visitation students are looked up to by younger siblings as role models and that they need to show younger kids how to live without tobacco. Gabriella Testa said that her family does not like to go to City parks and deal with cigarette butts and seeing adults smoke. Ms. Testa said that at a recent visit to Rogers Lake Park they found a grill unit full of cigarette butts and a dead rat amongst the cigarette butts. Ms. Testa showed bags of cigarette butts that were picked up at Rogers Lake Park by Saint Thomas and Visitation students and pictures of the clean-up activity. Zac Brown said that 73 cities in the state of Minnesota have adopted tobacco -free policies for their parks, most recently Hermantown and Wheaton. Colin Drake, sophomore at Saint Thomas said that CHOOSE had received letters of support from individuals and organizations such as MHAA, Dr. Gordon Drake, Dakota County Smoke -Free Communities Partnership, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Henry Sibley High School, Independent School District 197 Director of Chemical Health, Visitation Athletic Department, Dakota Partnership for Healthy Communities, Dr. McDonald (Dentist) of Mendota Heights, Dr. Olivary (Cardiologist) of Mendota Heights, and the Fourth District Minnesota Nurses Association. Jon Ingalls, senior at Saint Thomas showed the sign that the 73 cities in Minnesota are placing in their parks to discourage smoking. Mr. Ingalls said that if the City of Mendota Heights agrees to a tobacco -free policy in the parks, CHOOSE will provide the signs for free and erect them in the parks. Commissioner Craighead asked if the same sign being used state-wide. Mr. Ingalls said that it was. Ms. Joseph again asked that the Parks and Recreation Commission recommend that the Council adopt a Tobacco -Free Policy. Mr. Coyne concluded the presentation and asked if the Commission had any questions. Commissioner Craighead said that he had recently heard a story on MPR about a city near Duluth that had adopted the tobacco -free policy. Mr. Brown said that that City was Hermantown. Commissioner Craighead said that he supports the policy. Commissioner Libra asked if the group was requesting that the City adopt a policy or an ordinance. Commissioner Libra noted that the City of Champlain adopted a policy as opposed to an ordinance. Brittany McFadden, Director of Tobacco -Free Youth Recreation, said that most cities have adopted policies and installed signs for enforcement. Ms. McFadden said that only about 6 or 7 cities have actually adopted an ordinance. Ms. McFadden said that no city involved in the program has had to dedicate extra police resources to enforce the policy. Commissioner Kraus asked if anyone was aware of any problems that cities have encountered with the policy or if any city had adopted the policy and then later decided to repeal the policy. Ms. Testa said that a lot of cities have seen a reduction in smoking at the parks as a result of the policy. Ms. McFadden said that the University of Minnesota has conducted research on the effect of the policy by phone survey and that most cities have noticed less litter and have not lost park visitors. Ms. McFadden said that cities have noticed that parents were playing with their children more instead of merely watching them while smoking. Ms. McFadden said that communities know that they won't catch all smokers. Chair Spicer said that it sounds like a great idea, but that a new policy like this can be compared to an onion, that the more you examine the policy the more complications you find. Chair Spicer said that there may be enforcement issues, and that the adult leagues may want to have a say in the policy. Chair Spicer said that he is comfortable recommending the policy to the City Council, but that the policy should be published before adoption so that other groups can comment. Commissioner Libra said that in the case of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Parks Board controls issues such as this, but in a community like Mendota Heights, the Parks and Recreation Commission is merely an advisory body. Commissioner Libra moved to recommend that the City Council adopt a tobacco -free policy for the City parks. Commissioner Libra further moved that the Council should allow for input from City staff and the community before adopting the policy. Commissioner Craighead seconded the motion. Commissioner Craighead said that City staff would need to be consulted on how many signs would be needed and where they should be placed. Mr. Kullander said that the parks crew would determine how many the City would need. Mr. Kullander said that the parks crew would prefer, when possible, to combine new signs on existing sign posts so they can maintain efficient mowing operations. 11 AYES: 4 NAYS: 0 Chair Spicer thanked the presenters and advised them to attend next week's Council meeting. [Ms. Gangelhoff and the audience left the meeting at this point.] ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE -CHAIR Chair Spicer suggested that since there were only four Commissioners present that evening and since he would not be at the March meeting, election of the Chair and Vice Chair should be postponed to the April meeting when he anticipated that most Commissioners should be present. Chair Spicer appointed Commissioner Libra to be Acting Chair for the March meeting. Commissioner Libra said that he accepted the appointment of Acting Chair for the March meeting, but that he was not interested in the positions of either Chair of Vice -Chair for 2006. UPDATES Staff provided updates on the following items: Pilot Knob Mr. Kullander said that the City's consultant will begin removal of woody plants on Pilot Knob in March and that residents can call City Hall if they wish to volunteer. Lemay Shores Mr. Hollister said that Hoffman Homes had recently discussed a Concept Plan for a new townhome development along Lemay Lake with the Planning Commission and the City Council. Mr. Hollister noted that the City is still under a subdivision moratorium that is scheduled to expire in November of 2006, but may end earlier by Council action. Mr. Hollister said that the Parks Commission will have an opportunity to review the formal application when it is submitted by Hoffman Homes. Mr. Kullander discussed possible trail connections with the Concept Plan. Mr. Kullander said that the developer would most likely offer their parks contribution primarily in the form of cash, but that there were opportunities for trail linkages between this property and the City -owned property to the south and/or the rest of the cemetery to provide a connection to Lexington Avenue. Mr. Kullander said that it is always preferable to create loops that people can walk. Mr. Kullander said that the City's regulations also govern the maximum lengths of cul-de-sacs, and that this is a potential concern with this development. Commissioner Craighead said that he recalled that the City was going to discuss future plans for the Cemetery with representatives of Catholic Cemeteries. Mr. Kullander said that Mr. Danielson was going to contact Resurrection Cemetery to do this, and that he would remind him of the trail issues. Mr. Craighead said that it would be good to have that discussion. Mr. Kullander said that another issue for discussion when Hoffman Homes submits their final application is the possibility of a dock or boat launch on Lemay Lake. Mr. Kullander said that for the Augusta Shores development docks were prohibited. ADJOURN Commissioner Libra moved to adjourn. Commissioner Craighead seconded the motion. AYES: 4 NAYS: 0 The meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m. I City of Mendota Heights ►f , A, If77_1�17�1►�il March 6, 2006 Memo to: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Guy Kullander, Operations & Projects Coordinator xAl-.- Subject: NURT Trail (Highway 110 - Dodd Road easterly to Delaware Avenue Background: Mary Jackson, Dakota County Office of Planning, has requested to be on the City Council agenda for the March 21St or April 4th meeting to present a new engineering plan for the North Urban Regional Trail. As you recall, the City Council approved a trail alignment that includes a "mid -block" crossing of the frontage road, east of Oak Street. Discussion: I have asked for a copy of the current plan that LHB Consultants are preparing. If this is made available by Tuesday, I will present the plan to the Commission for review. Your comments or recommendation would be in the agenda packet for the meeting when County staff makes their presentation. Attached is a copy of the letter the County plans to mail to residents along the frontage road. Action Required: Review the new trail alignment and details and make a recommendation to City Council. Guy Kullander From: Jackson, Mary [Mary.Jackson@CO.DAKOTA. MN. US] Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:56 AM To: Jim Danielson; Sue McDermott; Guy Kullander Subject: North Urban Trail Attachments: March meetings.doc M parch meetings.doc (31 KB) Hello Jim, Sue, and Guy, I hope all is well with you. I'm writing to give you a quick update on the North Urban Trail, and also request that County staff be added to a Council meeting for a project update. We've re -contracted LHB on redesign and they are working on construction drawings and revisions. In the meantime, we're preparing to meet individually with neighbors on landscape issues. A letter to the neighbors is attached. We hope to complete these meetings within the next few weeks, and return to the Council with an update in late March (3/21) or early April. Thank you, Mary Jackson Dakota County Office of Planning 952-891-7039 <<March meetings.doc>> 1 March 2, 2006 «FULLNAME» «OADDR1» «OCITYSTv «OZIP» Dear Name: A few months have now passed since you've received any news on the North Urban Trail project. This letter is to provide a quick update, and to request an opportunity to meet with you on landscape options for the trail area near your home. As you may already know, the trail route is now being re -designed on the north side of Highway 110 Frontage Road, from Delaware to just east of the Village development. This re -design is based on the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MN DOT) permit denial last year for the original trail alignment between the frontage road and the highway. This past fall, the Mendota Heights City Council and the Dakota County Board both approved a trail alignment on the north side of the frontage road, with a mid -block crossing to the south side of the frontage road between house numbers 689 and 673. County staff would like to meet with you to talk about landscape options for the trail in front of your home. We want to hear what your concerns may be for your yard and frontage, and talk together about possible solutions. The County's engineering consultant, LHB, has been engaged under a new contract for re -design work, and they have been preparing some graphics to show how the trail could look. We would like to meet with you at your convenience in the near future, between March 9 and March 18. Staff are available to meet with you during regular business hours, and also can be available for pre -workday or early evening meetings. Saturday, March 11, from 9 AM to 12 PM is another option. We realize that building the trail will have some effects on yards, particularly where storm water piping will be added and the drainage ditches will be filled. Our general strategy for addressing trees and shrubs in or near the trail area will be: 1) Trim vegetation when necessary and when possible 2) Relocate vegetation to outside of the trail corridor when possible, and when trimming would be inadequate 3) Remove vegetation that cannot be moved or sufficiently trimmed 4) Remove vegetation that cannot be moved or sufficiently trimmed, with replacement to produce a comparable effect (such as screening). Fencing may be an option for those homes that could lose screening vegetation. We plan to return to the City Council with a report later this month or in early April and will then submit preliminary documents to MN DOT. Page 2 Please contact me at 952-891-7039 if you would like to set up a meeting. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mary Jackson Cc: Jim Danielson, Administrator, City of Mendota Heights Lynn Moratzka, Dakota County Office of Planning City of Mendota Heights IJi121►yiEel amk,Ioil] kyil March 7, 2006 Memo to: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Guy Kullander, Operations & Projects Coordinator zle, Subject: Pilot Knob - Site Restoration Background: On Monday brush, weeds, and small tree growth was cut on the site using a mechanical brush cutter and on Wednesday a Purchase Order was issued for removal of several large piles of logs and trees, left on the site by the previous owner (does not include log/brush pile on edge of City property that belongs to Acacia Cemetery). Discussion: Removal of buckthorn from the Pilot Knob site and possibly the Acacia Cemetery site is planned for Saturday, March 25th from 9:00 to Noon. VOLUNTEERS will be welcomed. Our consultant, Fred Harris, has assembled a crew of students from the Dakota County Technical College but more "hands" will make the job go more quickly (see attached e-mail for suggested work clothes). Brush and tree piles (smaller then eight inches) will be chipped by City crews during the week with any larger material hauled from the site. This is possibly the last task, where volunteer help is needed, before the spraying, mechanical cutting, and burning operations begin this spring that will be repeated four or five times during the next two seasons. Once the weed seeds on the site have been exhausted restoration of the prairie grasses and flower seeding will begin. Recommendation: Show up on the 25th at 9:00 am wearing your work boots and "rustle up" some refreshments (coffee, donuts, water, etc). Page 1 of 2 Guy Kullander From: Fred Harris[fharris@greatrivergreening.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:51 PM To: Guy Kullander; giewellan@comcast.net Cc: Singer, Al; Tessa Pinkstaff Subject: update on preparations for volunteer day on March 25 Here's the latest plan. Let me know if there are details I am missing. Next week we'll cut brush and the few trees located on the steep slopes located above the motel site and along the bike trail. We'll leave them in place. During the week before March 25, I'll meet with city staff to determine where to pile the material if necessary. On March 25, volunteer work starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends by noon. We will have volunteers haul and stack this brush somewhere on the level motel site. Most of this brush could be burned on site. We are likely to have more than enough volunteers to handle this part. We have approximately 15-25 students coming from Dakota County Technical College (DCTC), which is more than enough for this part of the work. If we get more volunteers, such as from the ad in the Mendota Heights newsletter and through PKPA, or if the volunteers complete the above work in an hour or less, additional work will be to cut buckthorn in the adjacent portions of the Acacia Park Cemetery woods (contingent on permission from Acacia Park Cemetery). They will haul this buckthorn over to the pile on the motel site. This work requires gloves, bow saws, and eye protection - which we can bring. Thus in response to your questions about how many volunteers we need, the answer is a minimum of 15-25, which we have from DCTC, but we can also use any number of additional volunteers to attack buckthorn. Before work starts, I'll give an orientation to the volunteer work to be done. We'll stop by 11:30. Then I'd like to have a PKPA member talk about the cultural significance of the site and I will summarize the restoration work. We are not as yet planning to bring refreshments. Fred Fred. Barris, Ph.D. Lead Ecologist Great River Greening 35 West Water St. St. Paul, MN 55107-2016 3/7/2006 City of Mendota Heights March 8, 2006 Memo to: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Guy Kullander, Operations & Projects Coordinator Subject: New Trail Segment on Mendota Heights Road Background: The City Council ordered a Street Improvement Project Feasibility Hearing on April 4th, 2006 for all benefiting properties in the Industrial Park. In addition to a bituminous overlay of all streets in the Industrial Park an overlay of the existing trail on Mendota Heights Road (Hwy 55 to Lexington) and construction of approximately 3000 feet of new trail on Mendota Heights Road (Pilot Knob west to Hwy 13) and on Northland Drive (Mendota Heights Rd to Pilot Knob) was included in this project (see attached drawings). Discussion: The trail to be constructed on Mendota Heights Road provides the last segment of this east -to - west trail that begins on the City's east border (Delaware Ave) and will now end on our westerly border (Sibley Memorial Highway / Hwy 13). The recently installed traffic light on Hwy 13 provides a safe crossing to the Overlook and connects to the Big Rivers Regional Trail which connects to the 1-94 River Bridge to the south and northerly to Mendota - Lilydale - and east to Harriet Island and St. Paul. Funding source proposed in the Feasibility Study for the trail overlay and the new construction is State Aid Funds. Action Required: None, this memo is for information only. Industrial Park Trail Rehabilitation Figure 2 200 100 0 200 Feet N W+E S mm Ak . & A , A City of 12/15/05 Mendota Heights El Mill and Overlay New Trail Overlay Trail c� S Industrial Proposed Trai,- Figure 3 200 100 0 200 Feet u Ail'L1 N W E s mm City of 12/15/05 Mendota Heights Mill and Overlay New Trail R Overlay Trail 11 City of Mendota Heights MEMORANDUM March 8, 2006 Memo to: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Guy Kullander, Operations and Projects Coordinator 41 Subject: Cell Tower Proposed for Wentworth Park Background: In February T -Mobil made a presentation to the City Council proposing to replace the existing forty foot Police antenna tower at City Hall with a one hundred twenty foot tall Cell Tower and installation of a smaller, seventy foot, tower in Wentworth Park. The proposed tower in Wentworth Park would replace one of the existing wood telephone hockey rink light poles and contain interior antennas so that it would appear only as a taller pole with our hockey light attached at its original elevation. Discussion: In recent years the City has received numerous requests from residents for better cell phone service as there are a number of "dead or weak" areas in the City not currently covered by existing antenna locations (currently there are four major cell phone service providers). Council direction to T -Mobil was to investigate if other cell phone service provides might wish to co -locate on either of the two proposed sites and if so to design / propose a tower design that would accommodate additional antennas and related equipment compounds adjacent to the tower. If the tower at Wentworth Park is required to provide "space" for future/other cell phone provider's antennas then the thin taper pole could not be used and a traditional galvanized pole in the 80 to 120 foot height would be required. I suggested that if a larger tower is required at Wentworth then the location that would least impact the most heavily used areas of the park would be south of the tennis courts (see map). T -Mobil will next make a formal application to the Planning Commission for each of the proposed cell tower locations. Neighbors will be notified and invited to attend a Public Hearing on this request which following the review and a recommendation would then go before the City Council. Recommendation: If the Commission objects to or wishes to make specific conditions related to locating a cell tower in Wentworth Park they should make a recommendation to the Planning Commission and City Council so that T -Mobil could address the Park Commission's issues in their planning application. 60 P vi A f,p -Af co 06 4 Cf) 91) co' Cl) 720t i co 0 6 NQ OD co Ap ........... a City of Mendota Heights MEMORANDUM March 8, 2006 Memo to: Parks and Recreation Commission From: Guy Kullander, Operations & Projects Coordinator ,Ae Subject: Resurrection Cemetery - Master Plan Background: In recent years Resurrection Cemetery has sold some westerly parcels of their land to home builders. Augusta Shores development, containing forty-four units, was begun in 1999. More recently a new proposal LeMay Lake Shores (discussed at last month's Commission meeting) containing sixty- six units was presented, as a concept proposal, to the City Council would also be built on land formerly owned by Resurrection. Several Council and Commission members have asked City staff to contact and meet with Resurrection to review their current master plan of the cemetery properties. Background: City Administrator, Jim Danielson has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday, March 15th with the director of the cemetery, John Cherek. I plan to accompany Jim to this meeting and Council members Schneeman and Krebsbach have expressed a desire to participate and may also attend. Action Required: None, this memo is for information only. I will update the Commission in April. �J CITY OF MEf4DOTA HEIGHTS MEMORANDUM Date: JANUARY 3, 2006 To: PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION From: TERESA GANGELHOFF RE: NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2005 PARKS AND RECREATION REPORT Park Celebration 2006-50 years am presently working with the committee on the 50th Anniversary event. Youth Trips No spring break youth trips this year, SSP is on a different week than our school district so we could not get enough kids to pay for a bus ourselves. I checked with Eagan about doing trips together and they said they were not going to plan any this spring break. Cliff Timm Memorial Fishing Derby Plans are in place to run the derby on July 12, 2006. NDC4 said they plan to start running the fishing show again for this spring and summer to help highlight the event. Cable TV Show "Community Park Connections" I will be taping the Spring Segment on Thursday, March 9 for the spring episode. I plan to promote the city's 50th anniversary celebration and talk about our tennis program and what is coming up for the summer in Mendota Heights Parks. Gymnastics Classes were offered with WSP Park and Rec. We are ran our second session in January and it was well attended. Skating Lessons Our skating instructor -Rebecca Barrette offered lessons on Saturdays that started in January at Friendly Hills Rink. We ran 3 classes, Smalls and Talls, Beginners and Advanced Beginners. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS MEMORANDUM Ice Rinks The ice rinks opened on time this year on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at Friendly Hills, Marie and Wentworth. Our last day open was Feb., 28. 1 am putting together a report on attendance at the rinks and will have the numbers at the March Commission Meeting. Tennis Tim Garvey has agreed to be our tennis instructor again this summer. I attended a workshop in January to get our program off the ground again with USTA. Tim and submitted a grant proposal with the USTA and we were chosen as a site for a USTA Block Party which we plan to hold Saturday, June 3 in conjunction with the City's 50th Anniversary at Mendakota Park. Softball am running the same leagues, Men's D, more spot to fill in Women's and Men's Thursday. Women's D and Men's over 30. 1 have one D on Tuesday. The Men's over 30 is full on I plan to run our same programming at the Par 3 for this summer for leagues, lessons and camps. Registrations will begin on March 20. Flyers are going into the schools and info will be in the next Heights Highlites. Summer Youth Trips I met with SSP and WSP Park and Rec in February and we have lined up the following youth trips for the summer: THURSDAY, JUNE 15 - VALLEYFAIR (IN SHAKOPEE). * THURSDAY, JUNE 22 - RIDE THE HIAWATHA LIGHT RAIL LINE WITH TOUR OF THE METRO -DOME & JIM LUPIENT WATER PARK *WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 - MN TWINS vs LOS ANGELES DODGERS, *THURSDAY, JULY 13 -WILD MOUNTAIN IN TAYLORS FALLS - WATER PARK, ALPINE SLIDES, GO CARTS. * THURSDAY, JULY 20 - BUNKER BEACH (WAVE POOL) (COON RAPIDS) * THURSDAY, JULY 27 - CASACADE BAY (EAGAN), * WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 — ARBORETUM NATURE PARK AND WSP POOL. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS SUMMER PERFORMANCES IN THE PARKS Here is a list of the entertainment I have lined up for the parks this summer: Saturday, June 3 (during park celebration) afternoon at Mendakota Park The Teddy Bear Band, The Splatter Sisters 5 pm at the Plaza Paul Heffron Band 7:30 pm at the Plaza Rockin' Hollywoods Wednesday, June 14 6:30 pm Henry Sibley HS Parking Lot The Alphabits Band Wednesday, June 28, 6:30 — 7:30 — at Mendakota Park Pavilion "6 Below" Band Wednesday, July 12 — 7:30 p.m. — Rogers Lake Pavilion Woody's Magic Wednesday, July 26, 6:30 p.m.-Mendakota Park Pavilion Imagination Station Tuesday, August 1, 6:30 p.m.-Mendakota Park Pavilion "Woody" Wednesday, September 6, 6:30 p.m.-Mendakota Park Pavilion Leroy's River Minstrels MENDOTA HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT SUMMARIES - PARKS 03-08-2006 CN: 06000362 OFFENSE/INCIDENT: Medical/Overdose DATE: 2/2/2006 1:51:OOPI OFFICER: Petersen, E 2235 LOCATION: Scenic Overlook Park Victim took 35 pills in an attempt to commit suicide. Victim transported to Regions Hospital by Healtheast medics. SEE DICTATED NARRATIVE. Exceptionally Cleared. CN: 06000375 OFFENSE/INCIDENT: Suspicious Person DATE: 2/2/2006 3:30:00PP OFFICER: Petersen, E 2235 LOCATION: Scenic Overlook SYNOPSIS: Observed W/M video taping in coming planes and airport while in the park. ID'd person by FL picture DL. Stated he was a pilot and was taking video to show his mother, who was in the hospital. SEE DICTATED NARRATIVE. I efer to FBI. CN: 06000675 OFFENSE/INCIDENT: Found Bike DATE: 2/28/2006 10:40:00 OFFICER: Lambert, B 2234 LOCATION: 1710 Diane RD SYNOPSIS: Anonymous caller reports finding an abandoned mountain bike on the north end of Victoria Highland Park. A black and red Trek 820 mountain bike (serial # C93BO 170) had not been entered as lost or stolen. The bike was placed at the MH water tower for safekeeping. Officer cleared.