Last Wednesday I went to court. The 3rd Division of the 4th District Court, to be exact. It's at the Ridgedale Service Center in Minnetonka adjacent to Ridgedale Mall. For the record, I was not, and am not, in any trouble.
No, I went to court to observe the a typical day in the life [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
My Day in Court
May 30, 2006 – 9:31 am
Podcast episode #3: Girls on the Run
May 26, 2006 – 6:58 am
I took the opportunity this week to sit down and talk with two of the City’s Recreation Division staff members, Beth Degree and Nicole Weedman, about a program they run together called Girls on the Run.
There are two things I’ve always liked about this program. First, I like the catchy [...]
Women’s Fire Service Expo
May 25, 2006 – 6:44 am
One of the fundamental services that local governments have provided for hundreds of years is fire prevention and suppression services. It's not too much of a stretch to say that cities have always had Fire Departments. In Eden Prairie, we have what we call a "paid on-call" Fire Department. Most of our 80+ fire fighters [...]
Columbine Road, Almost
May 22, 2006 – 4:43 am
This is the unfinished end of Columbine Road. It is the north end. The road rests uncomfortably at a dead end adjacent to the south parking lot of the Flagship Athletic Center. I snapped this shot on a beautiful spring day. There were dozens of walkers on the path that rings the Purgatory Creek Recreation [...]
The Friday Report
May 19, 2006 – 10:15 am
I know I've shared this before, but every Friday (well, almost every Friday) I produce a report for the City Council which addresses the issues of the day. I use it both as a review of the week behind and a preview of the week ahead. I write this report for and to the City [...]
Motor Vehicle Sales Tax
May 17, 2006 – 12:13 pm
The Minnesota House of Representatives adopted its Transportation Bill yesterday. The bill presents a bit of a dilemma for the State Legislature because it contains a provision that changes the proposed ballot question in this fall's referendum on whether or not we should change the way we spend the sales tax revenue generated by the [...]
New Liquor Store Website
May 16, 2006 – 4:14 pm
We put our new liquor store website online today. Check it out here:
http://www.edenprairie.org/vCurrent/live/liquor.asp
Podcast episode #2: Open House for Office of Housing and Human Services
May 12, 2006 – 12:50 pm
I attended the Open House today for our Office of Housing and Human Services (OHHS). The open house was held at the OHHS office space, which is on the "boutique" (i.e. - basement) level of the Eden Prairie Center. Our office is right next door to the corporate offices for General Growth Corporation, [...]
A New Chief In Town
May 12, 2006 – 5:06 am
I attended the Police Department's annual awards and recognition ceremony last night. Attending this event each year always reminds me how lucky I am to work in a city with such an outstanding Police Department. As I told the Department employees at event last night, we've got the best people, the best resources, supportive elected officials and, [...]
MCMA
May 11, 2006 – 3:23 pm
I attended one day of the three day conference of the Minnesota City/County Management Association (MCMA) at Cragun's resort in the Brainerd Lakes area. I came back earlier today to attend the Police Department's annual awards recognition event. I'll tell you more about that event tomorrow.
At the conference I participated as a speaker on a [...]
The Slide is Coming
May 10, 2006 – 9:36 am
This is a view of the very top of the Staring Lake Park slide. You see a beautiful blue sky and Staring Lake in the distance. As you can see, the slide is under construction. This is the slide that was destroyed by arsonist vandals last year.
We have blocked the top of the slide for [...]
Under Construction
May 9, 2006 – 9:52 am
This is an architect's rendering of the future Fire Station #4. The new fire station will be located near the intersection of Dell Road and new T.H. 212.
The new fire station project is under construction. The construction completed so far as been at ground level or below, so there's not really much to see yet. [...]
Lobbying
May 8, 2006 – 5:43 am
During the state legislative session I receive email everyday from advocates for many different causes updating me on bills, amendments and the general status of things at the State Legislature.
For today's post, I thought I'd share a sample of what one of these updates looks like. This one is from the League of Minnesota Cities. It's a long [...]
EP AM Rotary Turns 30
May 5, 2006 – 6:42 am
I attended the 30th birthday party for the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club last night at Olympic Hills Country Club. I've been a member of the Rotary Club since I came to Eden Prairie in 2002. The celebration included several of the original founding club members sharing stories about what the club, and Eden Prairie, was like 30 [...]
Support The Troops
May 4, 2006 – 1:45 pm
Mary Keating works in the City's Housing and Human Services Division. Mary, along with a group of local veterans, are collecting small items that men and women serving overseas in the U.S. Armed Forces need - some of which people might not think of as being necessities.
For example, items like local or sports magazines, paper and envelopes [...]
