The City Council, pictured to the left, had a longer than average meeting last night and took action on a large number of different items. Here’s a summary:
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Endorsed, with some caveats, a new off leash dog park proposed for Bryant Lake Regional Park by the Three Rivers Park District
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Approved a plan for the inclusion of a new Veteran’s Memorial in the Purgatory Creek Recreational Area Park
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Approved a plan for the construction of a new bike trail on County Road 4 from where the trails currently end all the way up to the Crosstown Highway
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Approved a plan for the construction of a new boardwalk into the Purgatory Creek Recreation Area wetland
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Approved a plan to install more faucets in the Pioneer Park garden plots to allow the renters of garden plots to water their gardens easier and to finance the improvements by increasing the rental cost of the plots
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Adopted a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Minnetonka
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Set the time and date to make a ruling on an appeal a resident filed of a staff order to cut some tall grass and weeds from his property
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Approved a change in the City’s Comprehensive Land Use Guide Plan to define and site a “Town Center” in Eden Prairie
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Approved a plan for the expansion of the existing South West Metro Transit bus maintenance garage
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Purchased a fire truck from the MSP Airport Fire Department for $1.00 (no kidding, $1.00)
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Directed staff to proceed with the acquisition of some land that we refer to as the Picha Farm, which is adjacent to the Birch Island Woods natural area
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Approved a menu of naming rights options that we plan to sell to help finance the major renovations we are doing at the Community Center.
That’s actually about half of the items the Council took action on last night. It was a busy night.
