This is an AED: Automatic External Defibrillator. The City has been engaged in a cooperative program with the Eden Prairie School District to put AEDs into all of our public buildings in Eden Prairie. This particular AED was installed a couple of weeks ago in the bottom level of City Center.
Other cities in [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2004
Heart Safe Eden Prairie
February 26, 2004 – 2:24 pm
Geopolitical Strife in Minnesota
February 24, 2004 – 9:43 am
There is a good story in the Star Tribune today about an upcoming challenge coming in the Minnesota House. There is a coalition forming of outstate legislators and inner city legislators to take up the issue of Local Government Aid (LGA). In last year’s budget bill, the Legislature balanced the state’s budget by [...]
Her Honor, The Mayor
February 23, 2004 – 12:44 pm
Nancy Tyra-Lukens is serving in her first elected term as Mayor of the City of Eden Prairie, elected in November 2002, with her current term running from January 2003 through December 2006. She was first elected to the City Council as a Councilmember in November 1994 for a four year term from January 1995 [...]
Police and Fire Pensions
February 22, 2004 – 7:20 pm
There was a considerable story in today’s Star Tribune about the public pensions system that serves the police and fire employees of Minnesota cities and counties.
The story, written by Mark Brunswick and Tony Kennedy, describes a number of situations in which a pensioner of the system is or has abused the system. [...]
Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota
February 20, 2004 – 8:52 am
If you live in Eden Prairie, you are also a citizen of Hennepin County. Hennepin County is the largest county in the state of Minnesota in terms of its population, wealth, and economic activity. It is the 15th largest county in the United States by population. It is a driving force in [...]
City Goes Forward With Referendum Plans
February 18, 2004 – 8:28 am
At last night’s City Council meeting, the Council approves plans to proceed with offering Eden Prairie voters the opportunity to approve a parks & recreation bond issue of approximately $22,500,000. The package of improvements finance by the bond issue includes, among other things, a new outdoor swimming pool, improvements to the Community Center, the [...]
Award Winning Parks and Rec Staff
February 16, 2004 – 9:09 am
(L to R) Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens, Donna Tilsner, Nicole White, and Carla Kress
Eden Prairie is well know for its exceptional park system and its exceptional parks & Rec staff. This photo was taken at a recent City Council meeting when representatives of the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) presented its annual Dorthea Nelson [...]
Stadium goes to the Senate
February 12, 2004 – 12:38 pm
On the left: Mike Opat, Hennepin County Commissioner
On the right: Sen. Steve Kelley, DFL-Hopkins
The Minnesota Senate’s State & Local Government Committee, Chaired by Sen. Linda Higgins, DFL-Minneapolis, held the first legislative hearings on the professional sports stadium issue(s). The committee heard presentations on Wednesday, February 11th, from the Governor’s Stadium Screening Committee, representatives [...]
City and School District Work Together
February 9, 2004 – 12:38 pm
Dr. Melissa Krull is the Superintendent of Schools for the Eden Prairie School District. She became the Superintendent not long after I became the City Manager in Eden Prairie. Dr. Krull and I have sought from the start of our joint tenures here to maximize the way in which our respective organizations work [...]
Purgatory Creek Recreation Area
February 6, 2004 – 7:46 am
The City and the Purgatory Creek Watershed Board are involved in a joint project that will substantially change the appearance of the Purgatory Creek Recreation Area. If you’ve driven by there lately (Technology Drive and Prairie Center Drive), you have noticed the digging equipment and the trucks hauling dirt, mud and muck out of [...]
More Grand Openings
February 4, 2004 – 7:26 am
This photo was taken at the grand opening and building dedication for ITT Technical Institute. ITT Tech moved into a new building at the intersection of Flying Cloud Drive and Anderson Lakes Parkway. This is their first site in the Twin Cities. It’s a remarkable facility. We are fortunate to have [...]
South Metro Public Safety Training Center Grand Opening
February 3, 2004 – 11:35 am
I attended the grand opening and public open house for the South Metro Public Safety Training Center in Edina this past Saturday afternoon. The facility is located in the southwest corner of Edina’s Braemar Park, just south of their ice arena.
The facility is jointly owned and operated by the cities of Edina, Bloomington, Eden [...]
