There is a group of Eden Prairie residents who have stepped forward to raise money to equip our new Art Center. The City is moving forward with the design and renovation of the Art Center, which was a gift to the City from the Roger Sampson family, but is looking to the community to help [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Backfill
August 22, 2008 – 10:09 am
If you have driven by the SouthWest Station area lately you will have noticed that the parking lot in front of the restaurant area is dug up - again. The soils in this area are terrible. They are unstable, mucky and sinking. Slowly sinking. The buildings in the area, including the parking ramp, are built [...]
105 Minutes
August 20, 2008 – 3:36 pm
We’ve been experimenting this summer with a new schedule for Council meetings: Less Meetings. The Council had regular meetings on June 17, July 15 and August 19. When City staff came up with the Council’s proposed meeting schedule in January, I thought it might be nice to have fewer formal Council meetings over the summer [...]
The Heads Up
August 19, 2008 – 7:27 pm
Today is a Council meeting day. A Council meeting day is usually a busy day. There are lots of calls and short meetings to make sure that everything is ready for the Council to act on tonight. The worst thing a city staff person can do at a Council meeting is to be unprepared or [...]
Getting Ready for the RNC
August 13, 2008 – 2:04 pm
There was a good story on the local Channel 4 news last night regarding the public safety preparation for the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. You can see the story by clicking this link: http://wcco.com/rnc/rnc.police.anarchy.2.793662.html
The City of Eden Prairie is contributing to the security efforts at the Xcel Energy Center. Our Police Department will [...]
Leaving
August 7, 2008 – 2:46 pm
We pay attention to people when they arrive to our organization. Our “on boarding” process is extensive. We also pay attention to people when they leave our organization. For today’s post, I wanted to say a few words about exiting the city government organization here in Eden Prairie.
In 2007 two regular part time and one [...]
A Marital Milestone
August 6, 2008 – 10:01 am
On August 6, 1983 I married Deedee Stevens at Fontana Park outside of Hazelton, Iowa. We’ve been happily married ever since. Today is our 25th wedding anniversary. We’ve been through many experiences together over 25 years. Moves from Iowa to Tennessee back to Iowa and then on to Minnesota. We’ve both had several career and [...]
Eden Prairie Night Out
August 4, 2008 – 7:13 am
There’s a front page story in the Star Tribune today entitled: “Opting out of Night Out“. The story retells a story the paper did earlier this year that a number of cities across the country - including several in Minnesota - have chosen not to associate themselves with the umbrella organization that sponsors the National [...]
