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2013-08-02 Friday NewsFriday News Mendota Heights Weekly Report on City Activities August 6 City Council Meeting The August 6th City Council meeting time has been changed to 8:00 p.m. to accommodate the annual Night to Unite event. The Mayor and Council members, along with Police, Fire and Medical personnel will be visiting a number of Night to Unite neighborhood parties beginning at 6:00 p.m. For next week's meeting, the Mayor and City Council members will be discussing the West St. Paul /Sibley Ice Arena Feasibility Study. They will also hear a presentation on the tobacco ordinance as well as consider a resolution supporting the Dakota County Mendota — Lebanon Hills Regional Greenway Master Plan. For more information, the City Council agenda packet is available online by visiting www.mendota - heights.com and clicking on the agenda /minutes link. Did you know that you can watch City Council meetings live or on demand online. Check it out by visiting http: / /www.townsquare.ty/ citymeeti ngsched u le 1. cfm . Par 3 Youth Golf Camps This past week, N DC4 spent some time with our Par 3 Golf Instructors. They produced a excellent video highlighting the ` Par 3 Youth Golf Camps. To t view the video, visit http: // vimeo.com /71291443. Youth golf camps run through the week of August 19th. For more information, contact Sloan by calling 651.452.1850. Dates to Remember: August 6 - 8, 2013 Safety Camp 8 :00 a.m. for 3rd & 4th Graders August 6, 2013 Night to Unite Neighborhood Parties City Council 8 :00 p.m. August 13, 2013 Parks Commission 6-30 p.m. August 14, 2013 Airport Commission 7 :00 p.m. Attachments: Pipeline, Just the Facts Mendota Heights City Hall 1101 Victoria Curve www.mendota- heights.com (651) 452 -1850 � Facebook.com /MendotaHeightsMN � Twitter.com / @mendota_ heights 1 SERGEANTS E@0rUr,, Neil Garlock o 0 0 Brian Convery Eric Petersen We are here to protect and serve with a goal of crime prevention, but prevention isn't just our RESERVES job —it's also yours! You should not have to experience or be victimized by any form of violent Randy Pentel behavior in your life. Stop it by contacting your local PD, seeking alternate resources, taking action Jarrod Spicer and following thru. We can arm you with assistance, information and resources, but cooperation Jim Knox is truly the best armor! For the sake of your safety, your children's safety and your family's legacy, Jeff Parker choose a life that defies violence. You are worth it! George Castillo CHAPLAINS For helpful Dakota County information and links, go to: Frances Cuenca http: / /www.co. dakota. mn. us / Lawlustice/ CrimePrevention /DomesticViolence /Pages /default.aspx Joel Detlefsen Lynn Liberman Helpful Tips to Request an Order for Protection (OPPI Butch Millett Sue Plucker Contact the Court to request an OFP: John Snider David Wick 1.) Consult with an advocate who knows the process and steps. For a statewide online directory of CHIEF advocate agencies, please visit: http: / /www.mcbw.org /mnservices #!local- progr�/c20wq Mike Aschenbrener 2.) You can go to your local courthouse to fill out OFP Forms or do it online at: http :I /www.mncourts.gov /selfhelp /age =1690. The requestor of the OFP is called the "Petitioner;" the party it is against is called the "Respondent." You can also request it on behalf of (0130) minor children. A Tret&ol to Avo'�'o[*** SUPPORT STAFF •I Kim Henning D 0 0 ° Susan Donovan ° Trista Miller Becky Pentel It seems that we hear about domestic abuse victims more than ever! It's true! In 2012, MN District Courts handled nearly 24,000 domestic violence cases! POLICE OFFICERS Jerry Murphy Domestic Abuse as defined by Minnesota Law, Scott Patrick John Larrive One of the following acts committed by a family member or household member against another Bobby Lambert family or household member: Tanner Spicer Infliction of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault Todd Rosse Chad Willson * Infliction of fear of imminent physical harm Jeff Vonfeldt * Acts of criminal sexual conduct Steven Meyer * Interference with an emergency call Denise Urmann Michael Shepard A family or household member is one of the following: Peyton Fleming Spouse or former spouse SCHOOL RESOURCE OFC. * Persons involved in a significant romantic or sexual relationship Jennifer Fordham * Parents and children * Persons related by blood INVESTIGATIONS * Persons living together or who have lived together in the past Mario Reyes * Persons who have or had a child in common (born or in utero), regardless of whether they Chad Willson were living together or ever married. SERGEANTS E@0rUr,, Neil Garlock o 0 0 Brian Convery Eric Petersen We are here to protect and serve with a goal of crime prevention, but prevention isn't just our RESERVES job —it's also yours! You should not have to experience or be victimized by any form of violent Randy Pentel behavior in your life. Stop it by contacting your local PD, seeking alternate resources, taking action Jarrod Spicer and following thru. We can arm you with assistance, information and resources, but cooperation Jim Knox is truly the best armor! For the sake of your safety, your children's safety and your family's legacy, Jeff Parker choose a life that defies violence. You are worth it! George Castillo CHAPLAINS For helpful Dakota County information and links, go to: Frances Cuenca http: / /www.co. dakota. mn. us / Lawlustice/ CrimePrevention /DomesticViolence /Pages /default.aspx Joel Detlefsen Lynn Liberman Helpful Tips to Request an Order for Protection (OPPI Butch Millett Sue Plucker Contact the Court to request an OFP: John Snider David Wick 1.) Consult with an advocate who knows the process and steps. For a statewide online directory of CHIEF advocate agencies, please visit: http: / /www.mcbw.org /mnservices #!local- progr�/c20wq Mike Aschenbrener 2.) You can go to your local courthouse to fill out OFP Forms or do it online at: http :I /www.mncourts.gov /selfhelp /age =1690. The requestor of the OFP is called the "Petitioner;" the party it is against is called the "Respondent." You can also request it on behalf of (0130) minor children. no Iry '1041, 01ftV., KUDOS! As you can imagine, there is a lot of work that is done behind the scenes to investi- gate information, follow -up on sus- pects, connect inci- dents to solve crimes and simply assist our citizens. Week In Re��ie «-... Domestic Thursday 0801 hours Officer Scott Patrick was dispatched to the MHPD lobby on report of a domestic. The woman went to dinner with a friend and when she returned home, the boyfriend was very upset. He held her up against a car, removed her engagement ring and stated the engagement was off... again (as it has been threatened several times in the past). The man then proceeded to her vehicle to rev the engine to cause damage and run it out of gas. The man's mother helpfully intervened. No injuries had been sustained to the woman; she only wanted to report this incident, not press charges. Disturbing Peace Thursday 2356 hours Officer Peyton Fleming received a call regarding people in the pool making noise. Fleming made contact with the individuals and the pool party was advised to move it indoors. Alarm Friday 0122 hours Officer Steve Meyer responded to a home on a burglar alarm. When Meyer arrived the Kee u the homeowner greeted him and stated "they're gone." The man checked the garage; noth- P P incr unusual was found. In checkinor the video from the outdoor cameras that cover the good work! b b basement door, the only thing caught on video was the officers shining their flashlights. No signs of burglary. Most likely a system malfunction. Please send us your positive feedback on our staff to: pdrecords@ mendota- heights.com Tour feedback is greatly appreciated and helps boost the morale o f our staff. 2 Suicide Attempt Friday 1502 hours A call came in from a local hotel stating a woman called the front desk asking for help. Officer Scott Patrick arrived at the scene to find a woman who had overdosed on pills in an attempt to commit suicide. The woman was very regretful in her attempt and was voluntarily transported to the hospital by HealthEast Ambulance. Apple Assault Friday 1657 hours A woman called in for possible damage to her son's car. Officer Peyton Fleming arrived at the home to learn that mom was sure an apple was catapulted at her son's car. If it wasn't catapulted it surely was shot from a slingshot based on how hard it hit the car. She was curious if there had been any similar reports of apple catapulting. No other reports of high velocity apples (fruit or vegetables of any kind) in the city. Lost out of Baudette Saturday 1632 hours Caller reported there was a man in his late 70's who was lost at their home. The man said he is from Baudette and that his father was the principal at the school nearby. A 3 0 ° 0 000 female called a short time later and said she was missing her 83- year -old husband who nn •,. went for a walk. This man was her husband who suffers from short -term memory loss and he did in fact grow up in Baudette. Everyone reunited. Traffic Stop Saturday 2033 hours Online Girlfriend Officer Michael Shepard spotted a car with a pizza sign on top that was going 60 mph in A man came in to the PD a 40 mph zone. He proceeded to pull the vehicle over and the woman in the pizza car lobby to report fraud. In was cited for speed. Looking back at her history, she has been stopped 9 times since De- January the man started an on -line relationship with a cember, all with just warnings. She claims her employer encourages her to drive fast to woman who said she lived make pizza deliveries. Maybe her employer will pay her fine, too! in Colorado. The woman soon informed him she was to get a large Disturbing Peace Sunday 1822 hours inheritance; however, the money was tied up in Complainant called in on a disturbance of the neighbor jack hammering in front of his Nigeria and a bond needed house. This loud noise was disturbing the residents at a nearby group home. Sergeant to be posted to get the Brian Convery spoke to the homeowner who stated he was doing a small landscaping money out of the country. project and that he was done for the day and returning the jackhammer. The helpful man spoke with the woman's "attorney" and sent numer- ous funds for bonds, fees Health &Welfare Check Sunday 2025 hours and various expenses such Officer Michael Shepard was dispatched to check the Mendota Bridge for a suicidal fe- as airline tickets. male who was threatening to jump. The therapist of the female had stated that she The poor woman then fell called her and said she is going to kill herself by jumping from a bridge. The bridge was severely ill and needed MORE money for hospital checked and there was no sign of the female. The female had attempted suicide in the bills. past, once by driving her vehicle at 60 mph into a brick wall. The female has severe post The generous man was traumatic stress disorder. At 2120 hours, the female had returned home to her father then contacted by an al- and stated to her father and to Shepard that she did mention the suicide comment but leged "FBI Agent" working promised she would not follow thru. The female was transported to a hospital on a the case of the swindling health and Welfare hold. woman and he now was entitled to $12 million! There was even a CNN news story of him winning Bad Day Monday 1226 &1306 hours the "Federal High Court of Texas" case and they help- As Officer Todd Rosse was doing the daily inspection of his squad car he spotted a fe- fully sent him a copy. The male passenger in a car screaming at the driver. He spoke with both of them at length, catch— he had to set up a special bank account to provided some guidance and a resource card before heading out on patrol. Moments receive the funds, which later he spotted another man being screamed at outside of a car. Unfortunately or fortu- never came. nately there was a bit of a language barrier. Apparently someone had locked the keys in 7 months and roughly the car, the car was unlocked. The two were briefly counseled and given a resource $30K later —well, you get card. What a Way to start your day. the picture. If it sounds too good to be true....! Smoke Monday 1447 &1805 hours Officer Todd Rosse responded to a report of smoke from the woods near the south side of the Mendota Bridge. A small illegal recreational fire was located and put out. The 4 0 Don't FORGET! 000 fire starter was also located and warned about having fires. A few minutes later another call of smoke in the same area was reported. Officers quickly located the fire, MHFD was cancelled and the man was taken to Ramsey Detox by Sgt Convery. Unfortunately the man became assaultive and instead ended up in the Ramsey County Jail charged with 4th Degree assault. If you are a Mendota Heights resident and you are going out of AOA Edina PD Tuesday 0106 hours town /vacation, you can notify MHPD of Officer Steve Meyer monitored radio traffic of a pursuit headed E/B on 1494 across the your outing and we river from Bloomington at speeds in excess of 100 mph. He was in position and ended will be more than up assisting Edina PD with a high risk traffic stop on the river crossing bridge. happy to keep a watchful eye on your home while you are Happy 21st Birthday Tuesday 0257 hour away. The House Caller reported a 21 YOA female kept throwing up in his car. The woman was con - Check Request online scions and breathing. The caller stated when she gets upset she vomits. Officer Jeff Von form is available on Feldt arrived and learned the rest of the story. The young woman had been celebrating our website; we her 21 st birthday t a bar in Ewan, had consumed way o much alcohol and was not have similar forms in y b y making it home without throwing up. HealthEast Paramedics determined it would be the MHPD lobby and we will take your info far safer t0 finish the rest Of the birthda y party e hospital. art at th h ital. p over the phone. Theft of Gas Tuesday 1954 hours MHPD offers monthly Sergeant Brian Convery responded to a gas station regarding a $65 dollar drive off. The car seat safety checks. suspect vehicle is a gold SUV, the driver is described as a W /M, tan, wearing black pants To schedule an and black t- shirt. The employee had a license plate number of 768JXT which unfortu- appointment, call nately listed to a sedan. No further information at this time. 651.452.1366 to contact Officer Jennifer Fordham. Runaway Wednesday 0012 hours Officer Steve Meyer responded to a local residence on a 15 YOA female who had runa- way from home. The young lady had a disagreement with her parents, left and returned. MHPD has a A short time later left a second time. The parents report things have been escalating for Medication Disposal b b the past month as she has runaway before. She currently has no cell phone or Internet Box in the lobby of rivilecres. She has only one friend close b and about $20. An attem t to locate was the PD where Dakota P � y v P County residents can broadcast and referred to Investigations. safely and anonymously dispose Parkin Wednesday 2316 &2327 hours of their prescription g enesy drugs and over -the- While on patrol Officer Jeff Von Feldt found a young couple "saying goodbye" before counter medication. they both head off to college. Both advised the Village parking area was not an appro- priate place to say goodbye. A few minutes later in the street on the north end of town a second boyfriend /girlfriend were found talking in the backseat. They were also advised to move along. I Fri _1V_ -n- DD - L _f 07/26 - 08/02 2013 YTD � � I I Calls for Service 181 5,004 Citations Issued i.e., DUI, I � I Domestic Assault, Etc. 22 934 � Warnings 16 792 I I Police Reports 21 617 � I Response Time Average 5.91 5.10 SOb,.�Oitte� pol • 8 . Vou Knowl lie y Tanner � ccer �oUU � o � D QN1 oa Qon er It never fails: you're in a hurry and running late for work, you've successfully scalded off most of your taste buds with your molten hot coffee and the yahoo in front of you thinks it's time for a Sunday drive. Finally you catch a break, the slow -poke in front of you turns off, the road opens up and it's time to make up some time. Things are finally starting look up! As you press down on the accelerator you think to yourself, "This day may not be so bad after all," until... right at the bottom of the next hill there's a cop sitting on the shoulder. Your heart skips a beat and sinks as you see the squad pull in behind you and the red and blue lights start dancing in your mirror. You pull over, realizing your day's tone has indeed been set. Finally, after the officer hands you your speeding ticket, you ask him, "Do you have a quota to meet or something?" His jovial reply, "Yep, just twelve more tickets this month and I'm going to Disney Land! Have a nice day." Did you know that quotas are illegal in the State of Minnesota? According to Minnesota State Statute 169.985 Traffic citation quota prohibited: A law enforcement agency may not order, mandate, require, or suggest to a peace officer a quota for the issuance of traffic citations, including administrative citations authorized under sec- tion 169.999, on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis. The opening incident, though meant to be humorous, does illustrate how frustrating it can be for a motorist when he or she is pulled -over and issued a citation. Rest assured, we really do understand "bad days" and do quite often act with compassion and discretion. If not for the law prohibiting quotas, there would be no warnings given. Thank you and happy motoring! 5 stave a safe we6z! NEWS LETTER Public Works Engineering Code Enforcement Public Works The P'ipel'ine August 2, 2013 The Parks Crew aerated the soccer fields at Kensington Park South and all neighborhood baseball fields. Grass seed was put down on the soccer fields at Kensington Park South along with the Mendakota Park soccer field, and Hagstrom King baseball fields. Dead shrubs were replaced around park signs. Bases were moved back to their normal lengths after the weekend tournament. Rec rock was put down and leveled around fields one and two at Mendakota Park. Black dirt was put down and is being prepared for grass seed around the water tower. The Utilities Crew cleaned sanitary sewer lines along Vicki Lane, Overlook Road, Douglas Road, and Lilac Lane. Apiece of jewelry was found in the line and is being held at City Hall. Call 651 - 452 -1850 to claim. Weeds were sprayed with weed killer that are growing in the cracks on all pedways. The Streets Crew helped rebuild the wear bar on the field dragger. They helped install the strobe light on the engineering truck. Three brush piles were cleaned up on Keokuk Lane and Pagel Road. A low spot along Kendon Lane was filled in and erosion control was installed and the bank seeded. Seal coating chips were hauled to the staging area after being swept up. Engineering City Projects (construction year) Dodd Road /Highway 110 Intersection Pedestrian Improvements (2013) - Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, and is scheduled for completion by September 3rd. A portion of Interstate Valley Creek Trail northwest of the intersection will be relocated as part of the contract. Hunter Lane /Orchard Place Neighborhood Improvements (2013) - Curbing has been installed on Orchard Place through the curve to Hunter Lane, and the base material has been placed and compacted. Utility construction on Hunter has begun. Paving activity is expected to begin on Orchard in the coming weeks. A stockpile of material has been placed on Glenhill Road at Victoria, so residents accustomed to using this access are asked to use Culligan Lane off Hunter temporarily. Rehabilitation work on Veronica, Orchard Circle, Culligan, and Glenhill is expected in the coming weeks. Substantial completion is expected by the end of September with the assessment hearing in October. Crown Point &Overlook Neighborhood Rehabilitations (2013) -This project is substantially complete. Staff has been preparing the project punch -list, and the contractor will be repairing the punch list items in August. An assessment hearing is scheduled for October. Lexington Avenue Pedestrian Trail, Hwy 110 to Douglas Road (2013) -The trail has been re- paved, and pedestrian ramps installed. Punch -list items remain along with some minor landscape restoration. The trail has been re- opened. Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Televising (2013) -This project is underway. The contractor will be working in the area of the city west of I -35E and north of Highway 110. Center Pointe Business Park is also included in the project. Minor traffic impacts should be anticipated. During this week's cleaning, an item of jewelry was found in the sanitary sewer and is being saved at City Hall. Call the Engineering Department at 651 - 452 -1850 if you are missing an item and can describe what was found. Mendota Heights Road Sanitary Sewer Force Main Replacement (2013) - The design contract was awarded at the City Council's July 16t" meeting. Design is anticipated to be complete and ready for bid by October/ November. This force main has broken 5 times in the past 6 years and is in need of replacement. Construction of the replacement could begin as early as this fall. Highway 13 Trail Connection (2013) -The City did not receive the DNR grant money we had applied for, but the City will be moving forward with this trail construction this summer anyway. The trail will connect Riverside Lane to Lilydale Road along the south side of Highway 13. Authorization to bid the project is scheduled for the August 6t" City Council Meeting. Construction is expected in October. County Projects (construction year Lexington Avenue Crosswalk (2013) -The crosswalk and island at the Victoria/ Lexington intersection is scheduled for installation in August. Surveyors have marked the area and utilities have been located. Specific schedules will be posted as they are planned. Delaware Avenue Guardrails (2013) - Guardrails along both sides of Delaware Avenue, between Highway 110 and Interstate 494 will be installed this summer. Design of the guardrails has been completed. County maintenance crews will be doing the installation and they are scheduled for installation in August. Other Activities Lower Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization CLMRWM -Staff attended the monthly meeting on Thursday. The 2014 budget was approved, and a consultant contract was approved for studying PAH contamination in Thompson Lake in West Saint Paul. The LMRWMO board also discussed Mendota Heights' request to remove themselves from the Gun Club Lake WMO and join completely with the LMRWMO.