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2013-06-28 Friday NewsFriday News Mendota Heights Weekly Report on City Activities Mendakota CC Fireworks Display Mendakota Country Club will once again be putting on a fireworks display on the 4th of July for the entire community to enjoy. The show will be visible from many locations in the city including: Mendakota Park, Rogers Lake Park, Mendota Plaza, The Village of Mendota Heights, City Hall and Sibley High School to name a few. -Ar * -r it r •ti. Night to Unite 2013 Night to Unite is Tuesday, August 6th. Lock your front door, turn on your NIGHTtoUNITE! outside lights and visit with Nc4lb .0"Tog" neighbors, Police Officers, and Firefighters. To register your party by July 26, 2013, complete a registration form by visiting www.mendota - heights.com or stop by City Hall, Monday - Friday, 8:00 -4:30 p.m. For additional information call 651.452.1366. 2013 Water Quality Report The Saint Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS) has released its 2013 Water Quality Re- port. We are pleased to report that our drinking water meets all federal and state guidelines. See attached SPRWS 2013 Water Quality Report for additional information. Reminders for Next Week There are no recreation programs next week including golf, tennis, fieldtrips and the playground program. Dates to Remember: July 2, 2013 City Council meeting July 4, 2013 Independence Day City Offices closed July 9, 2013 Parks Commission July 10, 2013 Airport Commission Attachments: Canceled 6 :30 p.m. 7 :00 p.m. Pipeline, Just the Facts 2013 Water Quality Report Mendota Heights City Hall 1101 Victoria Curve www.mendota-heights.com (651)452 -1850 NEW S LETTER Public Works Engineering Code Enforcement Public Works the D'i Veline June 28, 2013 The Parks Crew cleaned up downed trees and limbs in the parks and at the Par 3 from the storms. The sprinkler system was worked on at city hall. Sprinkler heads and lines were replaced where needed. The Utilities Crew was on vacation this week. Jake the summer help checked lift stations daily. The Streets Crew was called in Friday night after hours to remove two huge willow trees that were blocking Stanwich Lane. They were called in again Saturday night to remove a large pine tree that fell over and blocked the entire street on Lilac Lane. Most of the week was spent picking up tree limbs and cleaning up boulevard trees. They helped the Parks Crew at Ivy Falls Park, Wentworth Park and Valley Park with downed trees. A large tree was removed off the roof on the shelter at Valley Park. Weeds were cut in the ditch line along Victoria Road from Diane Road to Celia Road. Engineering City Projects (construction year) Dodd Road /Hiahwav 110 Intersection Pedestrian Improvements (2013) - Council awarded the bid at their June 18th meeting. Staff and the City's consultant will hold a preconstruction meeting in the coming weeks. Construction will begin shortly after the preconstruction meeting, and is scheduled for completion by September 3rd. Hunter Lane /Orchard Place Neia h borhood Im Drovements ( 2013) - Construction is underway. Utility installations a long Orchard Place are underway. The contractor is working on Orchard Place first, then Hunter Lane. Rehabilitation work on Veronica, Orchard Circle, Culligan, and Glenhill is expected in late July /early August. Substantial completion is expected by the end of September with the assessment hearing in October. Crown Point &Overlook Neighborhood Rehabilitations (2013) -Wear course pavement has been placed in both the Crown Point and Overlook neighborhoods. Utility manhole casting adjustments have been made and landscaping is complete. An assessment hearing is scheduled for October. t a The Parks Crew cleaned up downed trees and limbs in the parks and at the Par 3 from the storms. The sprinkler system was worked on at city hall. Sprinkler heads and lines were replaced where needed. The Utilities Crew was on vacation this week. Jake the summer help checked lift stations daily. The Streets Crew was called in Friday night after hours to remove two huge willow trees that were blocking Stanwich Lane. They were called in again Saturday night to remove a large pine tree that fell over and blocked the entire street on Lilac Lane. Most of the week was spent picking up tree limbs and cleaning up boulevard trees. They helped the Parks Crew at Ivy Falls Park, Wentworth Park and Valley Park with downed trees. A large tree was removed off the roof on the shelter at Valley Park. Weeds were cut in the ditch line along Victoria Road from Diane Road to Celia Road. Engineering City Projects (construction year) Dodd Road /Hiahwav 110 Intersection Pedestrian Improvements (2013) - Council awarded the bid at their June 18th meeting. Staff and the City's consultant will hold a preconstruction meeting in the coming weeks. Construction will begin shortly after the preconstruction meeting, and is scheduled for completion by September 3rd. Hunter Lane /Orchard Place Neia h borhood Im Drovements ( 2013) - Construction is underway. Utility installations a long Orchard Place are underway. The contractor is working on Orchard Place first, then Hunter Lane. Rehabilitation work on Veronica, Orchard Circle, Culligan, and Glenhill is expected in late July /early August. Substantial completion is expected by the end of September with the assessment hearing in October. Crown Point &Overlook Neighborhood Rehabilitations (2013) -Wear course pavement has been placed in both the Crown Point and Overlook neighborhoods. Utility manhole casting adjustments have been made and landscaping is complete. 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. Landscape restoration is underway. Sanitary Sewer Cleaning and Televising (20131 - Council awarded the contract at their June 18t" meeting. 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. Work should begin in the coming weeks. Interstate Valley Creek Trail Paving - The trail is now paved! County Projects (construction year) Lexington Avenue Crosswalk (20131 -The crosswalk and island at the Victoria/ Lexington intersection is scheduled for installation in August. 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. County maintenance crews will be doing the installation and they are scheduled for installation in July /August. North Urban Regional Trail (NURT) Realignment (2014) - Design is underway for the new alignment of the NURT through the Henry Sibley High School property. Utilities have been located and surveyors have been on site most of the week. Design should be completed over the winter with construction anticipated in 2014. For more information, contact the County Project Manager, Chris Hartzel, at 952- 891 -7106. SUPPORT STAFF Kim Henning Susan Donovan Trista Miller Becky Pentel POLICE OFFICERS Jerry Murphy Scott Patrick John Larrive Bobby Lambert Tanner Spicer Todd Rosse Chad Willson Jeff Vonfeldt Steven Meyer Denise Urmann Michael Shepard Peyton Fleming SCHOOL RESOURCE OFC. Jennifer Fordham INVESTIGATIONS Mario Reyes Chad Willson SERGEANTS Neil Garlock Brian Convery Eric Petersen RESERVES Randy Pentel Jarrod Spicer Jim Knox Jeff Parker George Castillo CHAPLAINS Frances Cuenca Joel Detlefsen Lynn Liberman Butch Millett Sue Plucker John Snider David Wick CHIEF Mike Aschenbrener 6/28/2013 0 D: 0 0 0 0991 0 LWI/// dI/ Mendota Heights has experienced an abundance of rain and wind over the past week. There has been a variety of power outages, thankfully most of short dura- tion. Also, as of Monday, the Mississippi River is expected to hit flood stage. The damage caused by the storms has been very localized and the public works crews have only been cleaning up city property. City work crews will not be picking up debris from private property at this time. For resources on disposing of your yard waste /debris, please visit: http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/ Environment /FoodYardWaste /Residents /Pages /compost- sites.aspx F�} 81(D99 0a@ Qoad MILh Big {y.�lis�ts!, More than half of all annually reported bicyclist injuries and deaths occur in the summer months . Bicycles on the roadway are, by law, vehicles with the same rights and responsibilities as motorized vehicles. Bicyclists, wear bright clothing, wear your helmet correctly, and stay to a bike path or bike lane whenever possible, or if you must ride in the street, ride with traffic, obey traffic laws, signs and signals and Look out for your own safety as distracted drivers aren't looking out for you. For MN Laws on Bike Safety, check out MNDOT or the MN State Statutes. Drivers, pay attention, drive safe speeds and check blind spots for riders, especially when turning. Drivers should also be cautious when opening doors after parking on the road. Drivers should al- ways allow, by law, three feet distance from a bicycle rider (as long as you can also drive safely); bicyclists in return should stay as far to the right as is safely possible. SAFE RIDING TIPS Wear a Bike Helmet Adjust your Bike to Fit Check your Equipment See and Be Seen Control your Bike Watch for and Avoid Road Hazards Use Verbal and Non - Verbal Communication Avoid Riding at Night Go with the Traffic Flow Obey All Traffic Laws Yield to Traffic Be Predictable Stay Alert at All Times Look Before Turning Watch for Parked Cars For more information please visit: http: f /www.nhtsa.go�v f Bicycles 6/28/2013 00 . weft I&AU IMPAP TAFF AOA Mudd Roll -Over Friday 0804 hours A cell hone caller reported a car that rolled into the ditch flying 20 feet in the air before coming p p v g g� to a sliding stop in the median. Officer John Larrive responded to a rollover on I -494 near the Delaware Avenue crossing. Officer Larrive arrived to find all occupants standing on the shoulder, covered in mud, cell phones in hand Their car slid for quite a distance before coming to a stop in Officer Mario Reyes the median which was full of mud. No one was hurt. Minnesota State Patrol wrote the crash. received a big Thank You parkin No —NO'S Friday 1 58 & 18 8 hours Parking y 7 4 from the Arndt family for all of his help ith the p e Officer Mike Shepard responded to a vehicle that had been parked for four days in front of a residence in Mendota Heights. Vehicle tires had been chalked for several days and multiple funerals of Floyd attempts made to contact the owner without success. Officer Shepard made contact with and wife, Connie. i Southeast Towing to tow the vehicle. Moments later, Officer Todd Rosse spotted a car at The Village parked against the flow of traffic; a citation was issued. Was it worth $32 + surcharge to Floyd Arndt was hired as a save a couple of minutes and park the wrong way? i one of the first three Police Warm- Hearted Homeowner Friday 2016 hours I Officers with Mendota � Heights. Floyd lived and Reporting party called with concern of a woman and two children sitting in their car on the re- driveway. Officer Todd Rosse home raised a family in Mendota ortin party's arrived at the and spoke with the womanwho porting p � y p advised she and her two young children were afraid from the storm and wanted to seek shelter. Heights his whole life. The homeowner was very welcoming, letting them in the home until the storm let up. Thanks! He retired from the MHPD � Noise Friday 2239 hours in 1995. Floyd passed away in 2013. He was a very wo complaints were received overnight about a loud motorcycle driving down Marie Ave. Fri- day night, Officer Jeff VonFeldt located and stopped the very loud, offending motorcycle. It was a respected man. classic," (a.k.a. fixer-tipper). The teenage driver was advised get it fixed before driving again. Escape Crisis Saturday 0220 hours Officer Tanner Spicer received a praise letter for Officer Todd Rosse responded to a call of a suspicious man sitting behind a building smoking a cigarette. Upon arrival he located an 80 -year -old man who was the subject of a KOPS alert placed being so compassionate, � on him by West St. Paul Police Department. The man had walked away from a Woodbury � respectful and an p Healthcare facility and refused to return. A 7 2 hour Health and Welfare Hold was placed on the understanding demeanor C man who obviously could not care for himself and has man medical issues. His daughter was v v g when he issued a citation � notified; the man agreed to go to the hospital, and HealthEast Ambulance transported to him to United Hospital. to them. _ Ll Random Gunfire Saturday 0730 & 0845 hours Please send us your I � Sergeant Neil Garlock met with a resident at the MHPD. The man wanted to report a round positive feedback! from a gun wedged in a picture frame at his home. Sergeant Garlock went with the man to his residence and viewed what appeared to be a handgun round that had one through a window and pp g g g pdreeordsk some drywall before striking a picture frame. It appeared to come from the direction of 135E just mendota-heights.eom to the east of the residence. The resident knew it happened at 0610 hours. Officer Bobby Lambert responded to a second call just around the corner from the first home about an hour Your feedback is greatly later. appreciated and helps boosts I the morale of our staff. 2 #** e ! R4w2013 _.. r NIGHT touN r DUI Wednesday 0056 hours I Caller reported a lady passed out in a white SUV at a local gas station parking lot. Officer Mark your I Tanner Spicer arrived and spoke with the caller who advised the lady had come into the gas calendars! I station and seemed a bit off. She asked about a hotel, made nachos, set them on her phone on the counter and then used the rest room. She then then went outside, got into her car and Tuesday, I passed out. Officer Spicer checked on the woman and he eventually manage to awaken her; August 6, the conversation was pretty tough as her speech was very slurred. The driver denied drinking alcohol or taking drugs but did say she was diabetic. Officer Spicer called an ambulance to the I g g v p Official scene, even though he could smell the alcohol. During the conversation he spotted a nearly Registration empty 750ml bottle of vodka. The ambulance determined her blood sugar was normal but she g failed all the SFST's. When read the MN Implied Consent Advisory she decided to call an I p �' Forms are attorney, but only after she was convinced that Officer Spicer didn't have an Whone charger onl• ine: she could use. After talking with the attorney she refused to test and was transported to jail. vyww.mendota- Crash Wednesday 1219 hours I I heights.com Party stopped at MHPD on the advice of her insurance company to report a crash that occurred on private property. Officer Jen Fordham began looking into the involved party's allegations of harassment at the time of the crash. The reporter advised that the damage from g p g Registration the crash did not match the circumstances of the crash. The party reported that the interaction Deadline is: was very inappropriate based on what happened. An insurance investigator has been assigned 2 6 2013 and Officer Fordham's investigation continues. Where Did I Park? Wednesday 2014 hours Get your neighborhood Caller requested to speak with an officer about a missing U -Haul truck (maybe the same one united; To ensure that 1 involved in a gas theft earlier in the day). Officer Shepard stopped at the business where the Police Officers, call came from and found it empty; two phone calls were not answered. At 2132 hours the Firefighters & renter of the missing truck called again, this time he told the dispatcher he parked a U -Haul I Paramedics make it to truck somewhere near Hwy 13 and Pilot Knob Road and now can't find it. Officer Shepard ' your event, plan your called 5x without making contact with caller. No idea if he found the truck or lost his phone. block party today! Liquid Burn Thursday 0655 hours .� Sergeant Neil Garlock was dispatched to a work site in which there was some sort of explosion of liquid rubber. Upon arrival, he encountered a male party in extreme pain on his face and arm due to this explosion. He was transported to Regions Hospital for burns. Sponsored and Supported By: 1 I f 4 6/28/2013 ( � 0 subrnitted B old If ou Kn4)ywl Emery -ency 3'. Mike Manager 0 Asche nbrener Q: WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN I HEAR THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS? A: Please, go inside and turn on the TV or radio to find out what is occurring! The City of Mendota Heights owns and maintains five outdoor warning sirens located strategically around the city to provide sound warning coverage for our residents. In 2012 we activated them 10 times; #11 would have been added except the storm moved too fast for the National Weather Service (NWS) to get the warning out. In Mendota Heights the sirens can be activated for storms or other disasters (natural or man - made). The message is always the same: turn on the TV /Radio and find out what to do. The sirens were originally put in place as part of the civil defense network across the country. The sys- tem has evolved over time to the current uses. If an activation is storm related it will be for a Severe Thunderstorm Warning (based on a NWS advisory) or a Tornado Warning (as indicated by NWS radar) or if a trained SkyWarn weather spotter from the Police or Fire Department calls for the activation. The best weather resource is NWS: http:://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/ The sirens are part of a system called the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The EAS is a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) providers, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as AMBER alerts and weather information targeted to specific areas. The system has been tested and now is in use nationally. 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