Monday Monday. It’s back to work day. Instead of an inspiring message for my blog today about budgets or storm sewers or goose management, I thought that I’d lead the week with some photos I snapped this morning at Purgatory Creek Park.
The fountains are working. The Lambert Pavilion looks good. you can see our fishing [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Natural Beauty on a Monday
July 30, 2007 – 5:46 am
Lunch with the Chaplains
July 25, 2007 – 9:57 am
That’s me on the left and Sgt. Carter Staff on the right. This photo was snapped last week during a lunch hour cookout in the loading dock area of City Center. The cookout was care of the Police Department chaplains. The chaplains provide lunch to the Police Department employees a couple of times each year. [...]
Eden Prairie is 70
July 20, 2007 – 5:01 am
There was an editorial in the July 17 Star Tribune about affordable housing in the Twin Cities that deserves some attention, and some Eden Prairie context.
The editorial gives some credit to cities that have been working on meeting their goals and admonishes those that are not making much progress. The Metropolitan Council has a rating [...]
Congratulations Chaska
July 17, 2007 – 11:01 am
Congratulations to our friends in Chaska for being named one of Money magazine’s Top Ten Best Places to Live in America for 2007. Chaska came in at #8 in the nation. You can read more about the recognition in this article from the Star Tribune: “Moneyska makes Money’s ‘Best Places to Live’ top 10“
Eden Prairie [...]
The Courts Rules on Wensmann
July 16, 2007 – 9:23 am
Earlier this year the City wrestled with a development proposal from a developer who wanted to convert the current Bent Creek Golf Course into a new residential development. The City did not grant the developer the approvals required to move their development plan forward. After not receiving the approvals, the developer threatened to sue the [...]
Crack Pipes
July 13, 2007 – 8:18 am
That’s a crack pipe. Why I am writing about crack pipes? Because as I’ve been working with our new Budget Advisory Commission (BAC) over the last month, I’ve been involved in more than twenty hours of formal presentations and Q&A sessions about what the City is doing; how we’re doing it; and why we’re doing [...]
Incent
July 11, 2007 – 2:23 pm
This is my intern this summer. His name is Luke Fischer. Luke is going to be a senior at St. John’s University this fall. He has an interest in becoming a city manager. I hope he’s still interested in that field after spending his summer with me. Luke is a pretty good guy. He has [...]
Goose Management
July 10, 2007 – 8:34 am
The City of Eden Prairie has a program to manage the local population of Canada Geese. Our program seeks to limit the size of their population in our city. We want to have less Canada Geese call Eden Prairie home for two primary reasons. They diminish the water quality of our lakes and ponds with [...]
Back from Holiday
July 9, 2007 – 4:34 am
The 4th of July is one of those holidays that is celebrated on whatever day of the week that the 4th day of July occurs. We can’t move it to Monday or Friday to make it more convenient for our workplaces. City offices are closed on the 4th of July, but we still have many [...]
Presenting a Budget
July 2, 2007 – 4:52 am
The City has added a new step to its biennial budget preparation process. The addition is the Budget Advisory Commission (BAC). The BAC was appointed by the City Council earlier this year. The purpose of the BAC is to bring business leaders in to take a deep look at our budget with the hope that [...]
