I’ve said it here before, and I’ll probably say it here again someday, but being a police officer is not any easy job. I think a lot of us can be lulled into a comfortable sense of security and complacency by the relatively safe environment afforded to us in Eden Prairie by our police. [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2003
Vandalism Ain’t Cheap
November 24, 2003 – 2:11 pm
This sign shows how much it costs to replace commonly vandalized items from our City parks and recreation facilities. In 2002, the City had over $6,500 worth of goods and equipment stolen from City parks. We lost just over $10,000 to vandals in 2002.
Here’s a couple of photos of actual Eden [...]
Purgatory Creek Recreation Area Park
November 21, 2003 – 11:04 am
This is the sunrise over EP this morning from the top of the SW Metro parking ramp. It was cold, but it was beautiful. I was up on the top of the ramp today taking some photos of the progress on the new Purgatory Creek Recretation Area (PRCA) Park. The park [...]
Management Training for Managers
November 20, 2003 – 4:36 pm
Over the past twelve months City staff have been working on the development of a new Vision Statement, Mission, Statement, and Strategic Plan for the City. We developed and the Council approved a new Vision Statement and a new Mission Statement. As staff began working on the Strategic Plan we began to understand [...]
CIA Task Force
November 19, 2003 – 8:10 am
Yes, the City of Eden Prairie has a CIA Task Force, but it’s not as intriguing as it sounds. Our CIA Task Force is really our Clean Indoor Air Task Force. The task force was appointed by the City Council earlier this year as part of last year’s ultimate resolution of the City’s [...]
Prepared for Snow
November 18, 2003 – 4:26 pm
I was listening to a radio report yesterday of the projected weather for the week of Thanksgiving. It sounds like we’ve got a lot of snow on the way. The weather reporter said we will see 10-12 inches in northern and central Minnesota, and lesser accumulations in the Twin Cities metro area.
Nonetheless, the [...]
Opening Day at the SMPSTF
November 13, 2003 – 7:28 am
Yesterday was opening day at the new South Metro Public Safety Training Facility. This is a photo of a color guard representing the four member organizations (the cities of Edina, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, and the Metropolitan Airport Police) raising the flag for the first time over the new facility.
The facility is the result of [...]
