Chief Dan Carlson on the left shaking the hand of Officer Jim Kline on the right.
We celebrated the career today of Officer Jim Kline. Officer Kline (his friends call him “Kliner”) joined the Eden Prairie Police Department in 1982. He has served our community honorably for 23 years. Officer Kline’s co-workers from [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2005
Kliner
August 31, 2005 – 10:03 pm
Meeting with the MAC
August 29, 2005 – 3:59 pm
Tomorrow the City will have a long-awaited meeting with representatives of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC). We asked for this meeting a year (or so) ago. It took awhile for the MAC to respond to our request. Then it took awhile for us to get a date that worked well for everyone [...]
Hopkins School District #270
August 25, 2005 – 1:23 pm
I’m not sure of the exact figures, but I would estimate that about 95% of Eden Prairie kids live within the Eden Prairie School District #272. Sure, not all of them go to school in Eden Prairie Schools, but most of them do. There are, however, two other public schools districts who can [...]
Summer Employee Picnic
August 24, 2005 – 3:24 pm
Last night City employees, Councilmembers, their spouses, and their kids gathered together at the Riley-Jacques Barn for our annual summer employee picnic. This is a view of the barn as you walk up the sidewalk to the east-facing barn doors. The barn was a great place to hold our picnic. Just the [...]
Watering The Lawn
August 23, 2005 – 5:06 pm
One of the more difficult citizen relations issues that we create for ourselves each summer in Eden Prairie is the enforcement of our lawn watering rules. Believe me, the City appreciates the lush green lawns of our neighborhoods. It’s a good sign that people care about their property and their community. However, lawn [...]
The Planning Commission
August 22, 2005 – 8:43 pm
This is the Eden Prairie Planning Commission in action on Monday, August 22. I don’t usually sit in on their meetings, but I did tonight because the City staff is proposing a set of changes to the City’s sign ordinance and I wanted to be there to speak to the issue, if necessary. [...]
Human Services Budget Cuts? Not So Fast…
August 18, 2005 – 1:20 pm
I presented my proposed City budget for 2006-2007 to the City Council on Tuesday night at their pre-meeting workshop. For the most part, the Council was pretty much on board with my proposal, which was:
- a general tax levy increase of just under 5%
- the creation of a new Street Lighting Utility funded by [...]
The Budget
August 16, 2005 – 3:54 pm
Tonight City staff will present the City Manager’s proposed City Budget for 2006-2007 to the City Council. The Council receives the budget in a Workshop session, which is helpful because it allows for a little give-and-take between Council and staff about what exactly is in and out of the proposed budget.
I can’t say the [...]
Video Streaming
August 15, 2005 – 7:55 am
Someday, my blog might look something like this:
Directions: click the button on the bottom left side of the screen next to the orange bar.
I made this video clip for an Eden Prairie company called Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS). SBS manages elections processes for non-governmental organizations. They run elections for private and [...]
Guest Blogger: Gene Dietz, Public Works Director
August 12, 2005 – 5:03 pm
That’s Gene Dietz. Gene is the City’s Public Works Director. He has worked for the City of Eden Prairie for over 24 years. He is an engineer’s engineer. Gene is wearing a bullet-proof vest in this picture. For the kinds of emotional City issues (roads, noise, water fines, traffic, sewage, [...]
Young Citizens of Eden Prairie
August 11, 2005 – 8:11 pm
Every so often I get a chance to help educate the citizens of tomorrow. I like doing that. I don’t have many opportunities, so I make the most of them when I can. Yesterday I had the chance to meet with a group of Boy Scouts from Eden Prairie and talk to them [...]
The Honorable Congressman Jim Ramstad
August 9, 2005 – 3:40 pm
The Honorable Gentlemen from the 3rd District of Minnesota, Congressman Jim Ramstad, was our special guest speaker at the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club this morning.
Congressman Ramstad is always a good speaker. He fills a thirty minute speech with a lot of information. He briefed us today on current issues in Washington, DC, [...]
Out-Of-State Travel
August 8, 2005 – 8:25 am
One of the more minor accomplishments of the State Legislature this past session was the adoption of a bill that required local governments to create and adopt, by resolution, a policy on out-of-state travel for elected officials. The policy must address the following three issues:
1. When is travel outside the state appropriate?
2. [...]
Making The CIP
August 5, 2005 – 7:30 am
Around the table starting in the bottom left hand corner and moving clockwise around the table: Sue Kotchevar, CFO; Janet Jeremiah, Community Development Director; Deputy Police Chief Rob Reynolds; Paul Sticha, Facilities Manager; Fire Chief George Esbensen; and Parks & Natural Resources Manager Stu Fox.
This group of people got together on Thursday morning to [...]
National Night Out – 2005
August 3, 2005 – 7:17 am
Last night was National Night Out. Wow, was it ever a hot one! Temps in the 90’s and humidity in the same range. I had the opportunity to check out some of the Eden Prairie National Night Out festivities last night. This is the scene at Parkway Apartments just down the street [...]
