Earlier this year the City and the County made some changes to several traffic signals around town by changing out the old lights for new LED lights. Our share of the project to change the lights was $11,688.79. We’re now starting to see the results of the project. For example, the energy cost for the [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Dave Pokorney Retires
July 29, 2008 – 12:30 pm
Dave Pokorney is the city administrator of Chaska, Minnesota. After 24 years of service to the people of Chaska, Dave is hanging it up. He is retiring, effective August 4. He has been helpful in accomplishing a great number of things in Chaska. He will be tough to replace.
I think it’s interesting to read retirement [...]
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, Earth
July 28, 2008 – 1:51 pm
Lots of cities have promotional video presentations they use for tourism, economic development or just to help build civic pride. Eden Prairie has one too. I think it happens to be pretty good.
And lots of cities have their videos translated in Spanish, or perhaps even Mandarin Chinese. But in Eden Prairie, we take our position [...]
Guest Blogger #5 - Andrew Sullivan
July 25, 2008 – 1:06 pm
Zen and the Art of Sewer System Maintenance
“Saving the World one Manhole at a Time”
So I am sitting there watching that really smug guy from “Dirty Jobs” Mike Rowe do a show from the bottom of a Sewer Lift Station. He is scraping big hunks of (insert colorful metaphor) off the Lift Station Walls while [...]
Guest Blogger #4 - Ryan Kapaun
July 24, 2008 – 10:48 am
My name is Ryan Kapaun and I am the Law Enforcement Analyst for the Police Department. I have many duties, including gathering crime trend information from Eden Prairie and other police departments that may impact Eden Prairie and assisting Detectives with their investigations. Basically, my job is to take a lot of information and break [...]
Guest Blogger #3 - Scott Heddle
July 23, 2008 – 9:26 am
Monday morning started out slow, which is rare for a Monday because usually there will be a few things that need attention after the weekend. So I return a few phone calls, made a couple of repairs and see that I have time to work on the rollout of our new phones for the Engineering [...]
Guest Blogger #2 - Dona Rowland
July 22, 2008 – 9:20 am
11 years ago, I was searching for a job that wouldn’t be subject to the whims of the economy. I had been laid off twice from jobs in the corporate world. Then the call came. Mike Barone was on the phone, asking me if I was interested in the part-time customer service “floater” position at [...]
Guest Blogger #1 - James McClean
July 21, 2008 – 10:29 am
My name is James McClean. I am a second year law student and an intern in the City Manager’s office. I went to high school in St. Anthony Village and currently live in Fridley.
Before starting my internship at the beginning of June, I had little exposure to the Southwest Metro area. Since beginning this internship, [...]
A Special Gift For You: Guest Blogger Week
July 18, 2008 – 7:15 am
I’m out of the office next week, so it’s time to bring back one this blog’s favorite special features: Guest Blogger Week. Here’s what you’re going to get next week:
Monday: What’s like life for a young, hip, swinging City Manager Intern? You’ll find out first thing on Monday when you hear from Guest Blogger James [...]
Great Save
July 17, 2008 – 3:25 pm
Eden Prairie Police, Fire, Public Works, and Communications staff members were all part of a multi-agency response this morning that saved the life of a construction worker who was trapped in a construction site that collapsed on him during construction. Here’s a link to the story with video and text from the KSTP website: Worker [...]
Moving Powerlines Is Expensive
July 16, 2008 – 7:01 am
For those readers of this blog who are familiar with Eden Prairie, you know there is a large electrical transmission power line that cuts right through the middle of the commercial retail area just west of the Eden Prairie Center mall. We think this area is going to be the center of Eden Prairie’s future [...]
The Results Are In…
July 15, 2008 – 11:45 am
The best small city (population 50,000-300,000) in which to live in America, according to Money magazine is…..Plymouth, Minnesota. Congratulations to our friends in Plymouth for receiving this wonderful recognition!
The Money magazine rankings are something we pay attention to in the City business. Landing a spot on Money’s Top 100 list is an honor worth noting [...]
Delivering Patients
July 11, 2008 – 7:06 am
Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah and I did one of our regular Meet & Greet visits to an Eden Prairie business yesterday. This time it was a visit to a local company called ThreeWire.
ThreeWire is an interesting story and an interesting company. We visited with their President, Mr. Mark Summers. Mark is a veteran Med-Tech [...]
Art Raising
July 10, 2008 – 7:11 am
I attended the kick-off meeting last night of a new quasi-city committee that will be tasked with the opportunity (yes, opportunity) to raise money for the City’s new Art Center. When the City Council asked staff to organize a public fund raising effort, I wasn’t so sure who would step forward. But immediately after the [...]
Many Languages Spoken Here
July 9, 2008 – 4:11 pm
As our city becomes more diverse it’s important for our city government to be prepared to respond to challenges created by that diversity. I thought it would be a good idea to figure out what resources we had on hand here among our city employees to address those challenges . So I put out the [...]
