Here they are: The City’s 2004 crop of high school students that have been appointed by the City Council to serve as ex officio members of our citizen advisory boards and commissions:
Cole Johnson, Apoorva Shah, and Roby Shrestha on our Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission.
Jackie Beutell, Tara Degn, and Hojun [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2004
Students on Commissions
September 30, 2004 – 7:49 am
Eden Prairie Road
September 29, 2004 – 7:41 am
One of our 2004 summer road construction projects was to improve the safety and driving safety of Eden Prairie Road south of Pioneer Trail. I took a drive down it today. Here’s the view:
I think this might sound silly, but I really like the look of a brand new road. The powder white [...]
Facilities Are Important
September 28, 2004 – 2:24 pm
One of the important internal support functions of City government is the Facilities Division. As a citizen, you may not see or interact with the employees of our Facilities Division directly, but I can assure you benefit from their work on a daily basis. They clean the buildings; fix the toilets; weed the [...]
2nd Wind Is Movin’ In
September 27, 2004 – 1:29 pm
In the arena of economic development for a city, you win some and you lose some. By mid-November Eden Prairie is going to win one.
That’s right Dick Enrico’s 2nd Wind Excercise Equipment is moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis Park to Eden Prairie. 2nd Wind recently completed the purchase of the building [...]
The Friday Report for September 24, 2004
September 24, 2004 – 4:30 pm
Office of the City Manager
Memorandum #2004-060
DATE: September 24, 2004
TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager
RE: Friday Report for September 24, 2004
1. ERU Training � Our Police Department�s Emergency Response Unit (ERU) team participated in the annual ERU training and competition this past week at Camp Ripley. Our team [...]
In The News
September 23, 2004 – 10:01 am
Here are a couple of good stories from the Star Tribune that I found of interest yesterday:
Eden Prairie’s proposed property tax increase for 2005 appears on the modest side when compared to other West Metro cities:
Tax collections to jump in west-metro cities
Ben Steverman, Star Tribune
Also a front page article on weblogs:
From geek to [...]
Learning A Lesson From The Boy Scouts
September 22, 2004 – 3:41 pm
See this sign? It doesn’t look like this today. This is what it looked like back in February of this year. It stands at the intersection of Prairie Center Drive and Technology Drive. If you drove by it today, you’d see a bright orange colored electronic display sign with messages about what’s [...]
Yesterday’s News
September 20, 2004 – 7:53 am
Good article in yesterday’s Sunday Star Tribune by our own Nick Eian. Nick is CEO of Endurant Business Solutions and an Eden Prairie resident. I serve with Nick on the Board of Habitat For Technology. He has held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies in the Twin Cities. Nick’s first Business [...]
The Friday Report
September 17, 2004 – 2:38 pm
Here is my Friday Report for the City Council for today, Friday, September 18, 2004:
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Office of the City Manager
Memorandum #2004-058
DATE: September 17, 2004
TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager
RE: Friday Report for September 17, 2004
1. Employee News � We are welcoming the addition of Mary Zilka to our staff. Mary is the new Administrative Assistant [...]
Rink 1 Project Moves Ahead
September 16, 2004 – 7:15 am
The worker in this picture is welding pipes that will become part of the floor freezing system for rink 1 at the Community Center. The white material on the floor covers a layer of yellow foam board insulation that covers a layer of sand. Within that layer of sand is a network of [...]
Flying Cloud Airport
September 15, 2004 – 8:37 am
There was a good article in this morning’s West Edition of the Star Tribune about Flying Cloud Airport called “Not Everyone On Board For Flying Cloud Expansion”. The article was written by Ben Steverman. Ben writes the bulk of the material in the Star Trib’s West Edition. He does a pretty good [...]
Traffic Control
September 14, 2004 – 7:17 am
This is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)is prepared and updated by the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. It is the primary source for questions about traffic control devices. Warning: This is a book written by engineers for engineers. That doesn’t mean that civilians can’t [...]
Face to Face
September 13, 2004 – 8:45 am
I started my career in city management in a town of about 2,000 people with 24 employees. I knew them all by name and face. That was Norris, Tennessee in 1988. Today, I have, depending on the day, 295-300 co-workers working three shifts. 24-7, as the police and fire services like to [...]
Honoring Richard T. Anderson
September 9, 2004 – 2:25 pm
Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens (left) and Eden Prairie Director of Parks & Recreation Bob Lambert (right) both said a few words at the dedication ceremony for the Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area.
Mr. Richard T. Anderson was a former longtime Member of the City Council and Parks Commission in Eden Prairie in the 1980’s and 1990’s. About [...]
Eden Prairie Responds to Frances
September 7, 2004 – 11:50 am
I got a call on Saturday afternoon this weekend from George Esbensen. George is our Fire Chief. George told me of a call me received from an official from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) looking for volunteers to go to Florida to assist with the recovery efforts from Hurricane Frances. Specifically, [...]
