Merry Christmas from all your friendly public servants working for the City of Eden Prairie.
Monthly Archives: December 2003
State Auditor’s Report on City Finances
December 23, 2003 – 10:41 am
State Auditor Pat Anderson Awada released her annual report on municipal financial conditions this week. The Star-Tribune did a nice article on the report.
You can check out the State Auditor’s numbers on Eden Prairie: Eden Prairie 2002 Financials
Repair and Remodel
December 22, 2003 – 4:35 pm
When you have to build a public building to the specifications that we have to build them to, it’s almost always faster, cheaper, and better to repair and remodel than it is to build something new. We have completed three small repair and remodeling projects at City facilities recently, and have several more in [...]
Eden Prairie: One of Money Magazine’s Hottest Towns
December 17, 2003 – 8:06 am
Money magazine came out with its annual list of “hot towns” yesterday. They have analyzed cities across the United States and divided them by two simple criteria: Population and Region. There are two population catagories: over 100,000 and under 100,000. There are three regional catagories: East, Central, and West. [...]
More from Nashville
December 12, 2003 – 10:46 am
I just got out of the Friday morning General Session. We saw a live TV uplink with General Wesley Clark. Clark is a Democratic candidate for President. He was supposed to be here live, but he could not make it. I was not as impressed with him as I thought I [...]
National League of Cities
December 11, 2003 – 12:27 pm
Just blogging in from cloudy & rainy Nashville, Tennessee. I’m here with 5,000 other elected and appointed city officials from allover the country at the annual conference of the National League of Cities (NLC). I was able to get to a Cyber Cafe sponsored by Comcast, a large cable and internet provider here [...]
Hennepin Village
December 9, 2003 – 9:03 am
Hennepin Village is the name of a major new development on the south side of Eden Prairie. The development starts just south of Grace Church. Aside from the new housing that is being developed there, the City reconstructed Spring Road. It now looks like this:
After you pass a couple of curves in [...]
City Spending on Historical Preservation
December 5, 2003 – 8:30 am
No pretty pictures today. Just comments…
The City is currently embroiled in a bit of a public controversy that just won’t go away. It concerns the current and past levels of public spending by the City on historic preservation projects. There is a constituency in the community that is quite unhappy about what [...]
Fire
December 4, 2003 – 7:53 am
The start of winter often signals the start of a spat of household fires as residents make more use of their fireplaces or light more candles. Firefighters will tell you that careless smoking and candles cause a surprisingly large percentage of household fires.
The photos below are of a recent household apartment fire in [...]
Great Day for Business in Eden Prairie
December 3, 2003 – 7:50 am
Little by little, it’s possible to see the economy coming back. I can hear it when I listen to commercial real estate agents talk. I can see it when we receive fewer than expected applicantions for key City jobs that are analogous to jobs in the private sector. But I can see [...]
Truth In Taxation
December 2, 2003 – 10:34 am
The City held its annual Truth In Taxation public hearing last night. The hearing consisted of a 15 minute presentation from our CFO, Ms. Sue Kotchevar, on the status of the City’s 2004-2005 budget and proposed tax rates. The City plans to increase its total spending next year by 2%. We plan [...]
Birch Island Woods
December 1, 2003 – 6:25 pm
This is a photo of Birch Island Woods. Birch Island Woods is a City-owned conservation area on the north side of Eden Prairie. It is a largely undeveloped natural area.
This is Birch Island Road. It runs along the south edge of Birch Island Woods. Some portions of the road have a [...]
