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2016-07-29 Friday NewsCity of Mendota Heights Weekly Update Mendota Heights City Hall 1101 Victoria Curve www.mendota-heights.com (651) 452.1850 Visit us on: Facebook.com/ MendotaHeightsMN Twitter.com/ @Mendota_heights DATES TO REMEMBER: Tuesday, August 2 Night to Unite City Council *8:00 p.m. *Note later start time Monday, August 8 Parks Commission 6:30 p.m. *Meeting rescheduled from Aug 9 Tuesday, August 9 State Primary Tuesday, August 16 City Council Tuesday, August 23 Planning Commission 7:00 p.m. Attachments: Pipeline, Just the Facts July 29, 2016 August 2nd City Council Meeting Henry Sibley Baseball Magical Season On June 29, Mendota Heights celebrated with the Henry Sibley High School base- ball team, after they captured the 2016 Class AAA State championship. The team completed the season with a 15-15 overall record, but won 11 of their final 12 games en route the state title – a true “cinderella story”. View the NDC4 story by clicking here..https://vimeo.com/175255616 Or go to www.townsquare.tv. State Primary—August 9 Voting hours: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hwy 13 Slope Repair Update The private contractor is continuing work on the concrete wall at the site to the east of Wachtler Ave. They poured about 1/3 of the wall on Tues- day. They have stripped the forms from that pour and are installing forms for the next pour, which is planned for Monday. Despite a fair amount of rain and hot weather which has made construc- tion difficult, the project remains on schedule. The highway is scheduled to reopen Sept 2nd. The August 2nd City Council meeting start time has been changed to 8:00 p.m. to accommodate the annual Night to Unite event. The Mayor and City Council mem- bers, along with Fire and Police personnel will be visiting a number of Night to Unite neighborhood parties beginning at 6:00 p.m. 2016 Concert Series Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. @ Market Square Park Rain or Shine Aug 3….treVeld Go to mnvotes.org for answers to your voting questions… ~ Am I registered to vote? ~ Apply for an absentee ballot ~ How to register to vote ~ Where do I vote? ~ What are the election dates ~ Get a copy of your ballot Or Call Mendota Heights City Hall at 651-452-1850 for answers to these questions. New fee to recycle TV’s and monitors Starting August 1, Dakota County will charge a $10 fee to collect and recycle all types of televisions and monitors at The Recycling Zone, 3365 Dodd Road, Eagan. Other electronics can be dropped off at The Recycling Zone for free. Public Works The Parks Crew continued mowing in the parks and along the trails. The soccer fields were aerated at Kensington and Mendakota Parks, and the goal areas were seeded and fertilized. Trash and recycling was picked up in the parks daily, and fallen tree limbs were collected and chipped. The Utilities Crew checked lift stations daily. Was called in Tuesday at 8:00pm to reset a manhole cover and casting on Wachtler Avenue. Made repairs to and marked trails. Sprayed north end trails with round up. Cleaned grease and dental floss off floats at Lilydale lift station. Assisted parks crew with seeding soccer fields and moving soccer nets to storage area. The Streets Crew cut weeds at The Village and in roadside ditches. A street sign on Patricia St and William Ct was straightened and new signs were ordered. Performed maintenance on chainsaws and prepared for next storm. Brought dump truck 312 to Kramer Spring for DOT Inspection. Cleaned catch basins and picked up branches before and after the heavy rain storm. Blacktop patching was completed on Center Pointe Drive. Engineering – Project descriptions simplified for easier reading. For more information, please contact the Engineering Department at (651) 452-1850. City Projects (construction year) Victoria Road Reconstruction & Rolling Green Neighborhood Rehabilitation (2014/2015) – Landscape and catch basin installation at the corner of Stratford and Victoria is complete. Sidewalk installation at Walsh & Victoria is being scheduled through Xcel Energy’s contractor. Mendota Road Neighborhood Improvements (2016) – The first lift of pavement in the rehabilitation portion of the project (Warrior, Sibley, High Ridge) is being finished this week. Reconstruction of Mendota Road from Warrior to Delaware is essentially complete and awaiting pavement. Storm sewer installation on Mendota Road is complete, and curb placement is expected next week. Update of Local Surface Water Management Plan (LSWMP) – The consultant has completed the city-wide model. The last step is to verify the model with our existing storm-sewer as-built drawings. A draft plan is expected to be before City Council in August. Watershed Management Organization approval is expected in September with final City adoption in January 2017. The Pipeline July 29, 2016 N E W S L E T T E R Public Works Engineering Lake Augusta Alum Treatment (2017) –The Lower Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization (LMRMWO) will be managing the project that will apply alum to the lake to reduce the amount of phosphorus in the water. The selected contractor met with LMRWMO officials on Friday to discuss the treatment procedure, and determine appropriate access point(s) to the lake. Treatment is expected shortly after ice-out in the spring of 2017. County Projects Highway 110 Greenway Trail Crossing (2017) – Staff attended the Project Management Team (PMT) meeting on Wednesday. County staff is coordinating the trail alignment with representatives from MnDOT, Mendota Plaza, and Dodge Nature Center. Design is anticipated to be complete in time to bid with the MnDOT Highway 110 Rehabilitation project (see below). County staff will be participating in an open house on August 18th at Market Square Park (City Hall will be the backup location if weather impacts the park site). For more information contact Jacob Rezak, Project Manager, at 952-891-7981 or jacob.rezak@co.dakota.mn.us State Projects Highway 13 Slope Repair (2015-2016) – Highway 13 is now closed and will reopen on September 2nd. MnDOT issued a permit for the closure. The contractor poured about 1/3 of the wall on Tuesday. They have stripped the forms from that pour and are installing forms for the next pour, which is planned for Monday. Despite a fair amount of rain and very hot weather which has made construction difficult, the project remains on schedule. The City’s Facebook site and web page will also be used to communicate further updates. Highway 110 Rehabilitation (2017) – Construction staging and detour routes are being evaluated in response to a business meeting held on June 29th. There will be a public open house at Market Square Park on August 18th from 4:30 – 6:30 (City Hall will be the backup location if weather impacts the park site). An additional business meeting is being planned for August 11th at City Hall. For more information contact Molly Cline, MnDOT Project Manager, at 651-234-7723 or molly.cline@state.mn.us. Highway 149 (Dodd Road) Rehabilitation (2018) – Staff is assisting the MnDOT project team in producing the Environmental Document for the project, and is coordinating the incorporation of the trail gap segment between Maple Street and Marie Avenue. Staff provided construction details for the trail segment from South Plaza Drive to Mendakota Park, which will be rehabilitated as part of the project. The Limited Use Permit for the City trail in State Right-of-Way may need to be renewed as part of the project. Contact Tara McBride, MnDOT Project Manager at 651-234-7506, or tara.mcbride@state.mn.us for more project information. Other Activities Pollinator Friendly Activity/Victoria Road Public Seminar – Staff attended a seminar on Wednesday hosted by area Dakota County Master Gardeners. This “open house” style seminar was at the corner of Victoria Road and Douglas Road. In 2014, the City reconstructed Victoria Road in this area and worked with the Master Gardeners to plant native grasses and flowers along the road way between Marie Avenue and Douglas Road. There was also a “no-mow” grass patch planted north of Douglas. This was a pilot project to demonstrate the survivability and benefit of utilizing native plantings along roadsides rather than traditional turf. 30 people attended the seminar, which provided a native plant to each attendee. The City’s ne Pollinator Friendly Policy supported this seminar, and future educational opportunities are planned in the coming months. 1 The latest from the Mendota Heights Police Department CHIEF Mike Aschenbrener SERGEANTS Eric Petersen Tanner Spicer Peyton Fleming POLICE OFFICERS John Larrive Todd Rosse Jeff VonFeldt Denise Urmann Michael Shepard Nick Gorgos Robin Nelson Steve Hilyar Phillip McCarty INVESTIGATIONS Chad Willson SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER Jennifer Fordham SUPPORT STAFF Kim Henning Trista Miller Shayna Hoechst Becky Pentel RESERVES Randy Pentel Jim Knox Jeff Parker Jon Clayton Dan Iverson CHAPLAINS Butch Millett John Snider Alberto Vargas Lynn Liberman Sue Plucker Joel Detlefsen Lenny Andrie JULY 29, 2016 HUMAN TRAFFICKING World Day against Trafficking in Human Persons was proclaimed by the United NaƟons in 2013. Since then, every year on July 30th, the world unites to recognize human trafficking as a serious crime and complete violaƟon of human rights. Child sex trafficking is an issue so hidden from our public consciousness that the mere menƟon of it results in shock and denial. But, it’s true: Minnesota girls are being bought and sold for sex. Many of us believe the sex trafficking of girls is something that happens only in distant naƟons. Or, if it does happen in our state, it only involves girls smuggled in from those faraway countries. BoƩom line? The prosƟtuƟon of girls is happening here, right now, in Minnesota — and it’s on the rise. MINNESOTA The FBI has idenƟﬁed the Twin CiƟes as one of 13 U.S. ciƟes with a high incidence rate of child prosƟtuƟon. By very conservaƟve measures, a November 2010 study found that each month in Minnesota at least 213 girls are sold for sex an average of ﬁve Ɵmes per day through the Internet and escort services. This number does not include hotel, street or gang acƟvity. In 2010, invesƟgators from three states determined that Minneapolis was the home base of a large domesƟc prosƟtuƟon (sex trafficking) ring comprised of three generaƟons of one Minnesota family that was prosƟtuƟng (trafficking) mostly young girls across the United States. About 50% of adult women interviewed as part of a 2010 study focused on North Minneapolis stated that they ﬁrst traded sex when they were under the age of 18, with the average age at 13. For more informaƟon please visit: hƩp://www.wfmn.org/mn‐girls‐are‐not‐for‐sale/ If you suspect a case of child sex trafficking, contact the NaƟonal Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1‐800‐843‐5678 or visit www.cyberƟpline.org 2 AOA/DWI SATURDAY 0712 HOURS While on patrol Officer Mike Shepard heard State Patrol dispatched a driving complaint for a “very bad” driver in the area. Officer Shepard quickly located the vehicle and got it stopped for State Patrol. Shortly after stopping the vehicle and identifying the driver, the situation was turned over to State Patrol for DWI arrest. ROAD RAGE MONDAY 1947 HOURS Officer Phil McCarty responded to a report of a road rage incident. The victim explained that after stopping at a red light, the vehicle behind her began honking . The vehicle continued to follow her as the suspect was tailgating and yelling at her. The victim was able to obtain the license plate number of the vehicle and the registered owner was mailed a letter regarding the incident. Case pending follow up with registered owner. AOA/BURGLARY TUESDAY 1427 HOURS Officer John Larrive assisted WSPPD regarding a burglary in progress. As Officer Larrive was checking the area, a vehicle stopped in the street waving at Officer Larrive, pointing out a male running down the street. Officer Larrive was able to catch up with the running male who fit the suspect description and was taken into custody. Once WSPPD arrived on the scene, the suspect was turned over to them. OFP VIOLATION TUESDAY 1423 HOURS Officer John Larrive took a report from a victim from a previous domestic violence situation who was receiv- ing several phone calls and messages from the suspect/respondent in a Order for Protection. Officer Larrive was able to record two messages left for the victim by the suspect and well as others the suspect called while he was at the victim’s residence. Suspect was cited for OFP violation. FRAUD THURSDAY 0805 HOURS Officer Mike Shepard met with a victim reporting credit card fraud in the PD lobby. The victim stated as she was reviewing her credit card statement she noticed two fraudulent charges. She had since reported it to the appropriate institutions, cancelled the card and initiated a police report. FRAUD THURSDAY 0859 HOURS Officer Denise Urmann responded to the PD lobby in regard to a fraud report. The victim stated that her husband and heard a young female crying, calling him grandpa. A male then got on the phone claiming to be the girl’s lawyer in Nevada and that the female had been arrested for DUI and needed $15,000 to get her out of jail—in the form of her bank information and gift cards. Grandparents did provide account data but did not purchase the cards. They made significant attempts to protect their data and were not out money yet. WARRANT/DRUGS/FORGERY FRIDAY 0133 HOURS Sergeant Peyton Fleming and Officer Jenny Fordham were called to a location where Dakota County Sheriff’s Office had served an arrest warrant. Upon arrival, they learned the three arrested occupants were not only arrested but drugs and paraphernalia were found in plain view. They also found work product associated with forgery. The location was locked down and investigations was notified. Search warrant was executed and felony charges pending. 3 07/22‐07/28 2016 YTD Calls for Service Citations Warnings Police Reports Response Time Average Check out the MH Crime Map! Click below to search your neighborhood: https://www.raidsonline.com 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, MN 55118 If you are a Mendota Heights resident and you are going out of town or on vacation, you can notify MHPD of your outing and we will be more than happy to keep a watchful eye on your home while you are away. The House Check Request online form is available on our website; you can complete a form found in our lobby, or simply give us a call and we’ll help you out. MHPD offers monthly Car Seat Safety Checks. To schedule an appointment, call 651.452.1366 or email jennyf@mendota‐heights.com to contact Ofϐicer Jennifer Fordham. MHPD has a Medication Disposal Box in the lobby of the PD where Dakota County residents can safely and anonymously dispose of their prescription drugs and over‐the‐counter medication. Please send us your positive feedback on our staff to: pdrecords@ mendota-heights.com Your feedback is greatly appreciated and HAVE A SAFE WEEK! Not Allowed: Mendota Heights does not allow any commercial type of door to door selling. (This is when you should call 911.) Allowed: Any person going door-to-door for the primary purpose of exercising that person’s basic constitutional rights such as freedom of speech. There is no registra- tion with the city needed. This activity is allowed from 9:00 am to one half hour before sunset. Candidates for political office A person promoting religious beliefs or causes. A non-profit or charitable or- ganization seeking donations, organization memberships, or other financial support for their religious, social, or politi- cal organizations. (No need to call 911—this one is your call.) Also Allowed: Utility service companies, Comcast and Centu- ryLink, are allowed since they each have a fran- chise agreement with the city. (This is also your call.) Overview of Soliciting in Mendota Heights