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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 OctoberOct + EVENTS IN COTTAGE GROVE OPEN HOUSE Fire Station 2 (8641 80th St. S.) 7 -9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 Home Safety Demonstration Drawings and door prizes; gifts for the kids at both open houses OPEN HOUSE Fire Station 1 (8183 Grange Blvd. S.) 11 -3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13 Home Safety Demonstration Auto Extrication LifeLink helicopter arriving if weather permits and it's not on call. Get entry form at local public schools or pick up at Fire Station 2 between 8:30 and 4:30 Monday through Friday Deadline Oct. 13. Bring completed posters to Open Houses or to Fire Station 2 during Fire Prevention Week. Goblins, turtles, vampires, St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty, witches, fairy princesses, pirates, and the Park High School Band will hit the streets during Cottage Grove's annual Halloween Parade, scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. The parade is sponsored by the city, the Cottage Grove Chamber of Commerce, and other local organizations. The parade — open to all Cottage Grove residents (especially those wishing to march in costume) —will take a new route: from Kingston Park (75th & Indian ' '°`" Si Blvd.), west on Indian, south on Jamaica, to sr. s the parking lot of the Community Covenant 5 aW s,.,. Church, 80th & Jamaica. rte. S,. Grand Marshal will be Greg Reibel, Cottage Grove police officer in charge of the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) V a KINGSTON program in Cottage Grove schools. Theme of s,„ ° ' s =. PARK the parade will be "Save Our Future." ;,S' 6 ,n = Costume judging for parade participants will be at 1:15 p.m. in Kingston Park. Trophies will be awarded for the best costume in each age group: 1 -3, 4 -6, 7 -9, and 10 and over. s . ,n 5 =.5. Immediately after the parade, marchers "' IW1, Si. S. may go to the cafeteria at Park High School W - where there will be treats for everyone and Halloween Parade route. entertainment by the Teddy Bear Band. L_____ - -- For more information, or to volunteer to work at the parade, please contact parade co -chair Cynthia Johnson, 459 -9779. POSTAL PATRON Carrier Route Presort Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1 Cottage Grove, MN 55016 Crfy of Cottage ` N Grove :r Police, Fire & Emergency .911 Building Inspections ...458 -2804 Parks ... ..... ... .... .. ......... 458 -2834 Police Non- Emergency458 -2811 IN THIS ISSUE Employee, of Miss Cottage goals City What's historic preFire ser- vati Preventi Parade Halloween # =10 Monday, Oct. 15, will mark the start of Cottage Grove's new curbside recycling program, which will offer curbside pickup of recyclable materials by your usual residential solid waste hauler on your regular garbage day. Recyclables for the first phase of the program will be newspa- pers, aluminum cans, and glass. The recycling program is optional, but all city residences will be charged $1.25 per month for recycling, whether or not they actually participate. In turn, all haulers will charge on a volume - based system for garbage pickup, so it is to the homeowner's advantage to recycle. Recycling bins — designed to carry three side -by -side grocery- bags for newspapers, glass, and aluminum cans — should have been distributed to all city homes on Sept. 29. Any home that did not receive a bin should contact the city's Public Works Department, 458- 2808. See Page 2 for more information on recycling. A "neighborhood outreach" meeting of the Cottage Grove City Council will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the East Cottage Grove Commu- nity Club, 11117 -75th St. S., just east of Lamar and 75th Street. The meeting — the first of five to be held over the next year in various city neighbor- hoods (see "Goals," p. 5) — will focus on the interests of Cottage Grove citizens living east of County Road 19 (Keats/Chemoiite), including the Pine Coulee neighborhood. The agenda will include presentations on city plans, goals, and projects, and time for feedback from commu- nity residents. "The Council is eager to meet with residents in these informal settings," said City Administrator Kevin Frazell. "We hope you will make every effort to attend." May or Richar Ped ers o n 459 City Council Bill �y_ • Jack s Arena Mana • ., • • i Di Deni Erickso •- IN THIS ISSUE Employee, of Miss Cottage goals City What's historic preFire ser- vati Preventi Parade Halloween # =10 Monday, Oct. 15, will mark the start of Cottage Grove's new curbside recycling program, which will offer curbside pickup of recyclable materials by your usual residential solid waste hauler on your regular garbage day. Recyclables for the first phase of the program will be newspa- pers, aluminum cans, and glass. The recycling program is optional, but all city residences will be charged $1.25 per month for recycling, whether or not they actually participate. In turn, all haulers will charge on a volume - based system for garbage pickup, so it is to the homeowner's advantage to recycle. Recycling bins — designed to carry three side -by -side grocery- bags for newspapers, glass, and aluminum cans — should have been distributed to all city homes on Sept. 29. Any home that did not receive a bin should contact the city's Public Works Department, 458- 2808. See Page 2 for more information on recycling. A "neighborhood outreach" meeting of the Cottage Grove City Council will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the East Cottage Grove Commu- nity Club, 11117 -75th St. S., just east of Lamar and 75th Street. The meeting — the first of five to be held over the next year in various city neighbor- hoods (see "Goals," p. 5) — will focus on the interests of Cottage Grove citizens living east of County Road 19 (Keats/Chemoiite), including the Pine Coulee neighborhood. The agenda will include presentations on city plans, goals, and projects, and time for feedback from commu- nity residents. "The Council is eager to meet with residents in these informal settings," said City Administrator Kevin Frazell. "We hope you will make every effort to attend." R] Mayor's Corner + + *J • r by Dick Pederson Mayor of Cottage Grove wmaw On behalf of the City Council I want to encourage everyone to participate in the curbside recycling program we'll be starting on Oct. 15. The bins were delivered to your home at the end of September. Recycling is an excellent thing to do, and it will be very easy with this new program. Kevin Frazell Congratulations to our City Administrator, Kevin Frazell, who celebrated his first anniversary in that job on Sept. 11. 1 want to express a special thank you to Kevin for doing an outstanding job. The entire council is very, very pleased with the fine job he's doing and is looking forward to working with him in the coming year and for many more years. M IS Society I'd like to express our special appreciation to the Multiple Schlero- sis Society for its Bingo and charitable gambling operations in Cottage Grove. The Society do- nated $25,000 as the first installment on a $50,000 commitment to the city. In turn, the city has donated $25,000 to the South Communities Counseling Service Board of Directors, to be used toward a building program. Finally, congratula- tions to Miss Cottage Grove, Kelly Jahner, and to her princess, Linnette Werner, as well as the Junior Miss Kristy Nevin and Miss Teen of Cottage Grove, Kristine Edmundson. We look forward to their repre- senting the city for the next year. Special thanks, too, to chairpersons Ron and Sue Bargsten and the Miss Cottage Grove Scholarship Pageant Committee. They put on just an excellent show to a packed house in August, and we appreci- ate all their hard work. • NEWSPAPER GLASS ALUMINUM CANS Place in paper .. cery All foo beverage .; in bin bottles Rinse clean G „ No magazines No phone books No mixed paper Remove caps & metal rings (No need to remove labels) All aluminum bever- age cans Rinseclean No mirrors No tin cans No window glass No steel cans No light bulbs Goodwill Industries, Inc./ Easter Seal Society of Minnesota has received a $112,144 Metropolitan Council Assistance Grant to expand its recycling program. The grant will be used to purchase processing equipment to recycle materials that can't be reused in their present forms. Goodwill/ Easter Seal plans to recycle more than 4,000 tons of problem material in the first year of the three -year grant. A Goodwill /Easter Seal spokesperson explained, "If you take the plastic handle off a fry pan or cut the binding off a book, you can recycle the material separately. Otherwise it all goes into a landfill." Goodwill /Easter Seal operates a network of "attended donation centers," including one in the Cottage Grove Cub Foods parking lot. The centers accept usable clothing and other household items, as well as glass, aluminum, newspaper, corrugate cardboard, and plastic bottles and jugs for recycling. Money raised from selling the recyclable material is used to support Goodwill /Easter Seal's not - for - profit job training and placement programs. One of the most valuable natural re- sources we have is water. We couldn't live without it — yet we know that in parts of the country and the world water tables are getting dangerously !ow. What can an individual or a single family do to help? Try these five simple suggestions, and you'll be water -wise rather than wasteful. • Check every faucet in your home for leaks. Just a slow drip can waste 15 to 20 gallons a day. Fix it, and you save almost 6,000 gallons of water a year. • Put a bit of food coloring in each toilet tank. Without flushing, watch for a few minutes to see if the color shows up in the bowl. It's not unusual to lose up to 100 gallons a day from one of these otherwise invisible toilet leaks. And that's more than 30,000 gallons a year! • Don't shower too long or fill the tub too full. Five minutes for showering and about five inches of water in the tub is plenty. • Use automatic dish and clothes washing machines with full loads only. Even when the ma- chines feature short cycles, you're being more efficient with your water if you use it only for full loads. • Most importantly, water your lawn and garden with good sense. Do it early or late, not in midday heat. Avoid windy days. See that water goes where it should, not on side- walks or driveways. Stick a spade in the ground now and then to see that water is getting down deep. A good soaking encourages good root systems. But remember this: a single lawn sprinkler spraying five gallons per minute uses 50 percent more water in just one hour than a combination of ten toilet flushes, two five- minute showers, two dish- washer bads, and a full load of clothes. So be sensible. Check with local lawn/garden experts for best results, and follow local water- ing regulations. These five sugges- tions are the basic elements of a sound, reasonable, and effec- tive water conservation program for you, your family, your friends, everyone. Don't let water go to waste. Do your part to use water wisely! ©1989, American Water Works Assn. With the advent of the heating season, the Building Inspection Department of the City of Cottage Grove would like to make all homeowners aware of the possible dangers involved with home heating. Woodburning Heaters and Fireplaces The most important item to check before using the woodburning appliance is the physical condition of the unit, and to verify that the unit is approved by a recog- nized testing laboratory. Second, be sure to check for soot content. A rule of thumb is if you have 1/4 inch or more of soot in the flue area, you should have it cleaned. Never leave a fire unattended. And be sure the unit has combustion air (fresh air from outside) for proper operation. Gas- and Oil -Fired Furnaces In older units, the physical condition should be checked annually. A safety check by a professional using special equipment to check for various gases and to check burner operation is highiy recommended. Combustion air (outside fresh air) brought into the furnace room improves the burner operation and saves on the fuel bill. By following these suggestions, you will improve your home environment. Remember: "the life you save may be your own." by Robert C. Vogel City Historic Preservation Officer Question: What do New Orleans, Char - leston, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Paul, and Cottage Grove have in common? Answer: Each has a nationally recognized municipal historic preservation program. The City of Cottage Grove has a 10 -year history of local govern- ment involvement in historic preservation activities. its support of heritage conservation and cultural resource management reflects the interest and concern of the general public — polls consistently show that historic preserva- tion is the "people's choice." This preserva- tion ethic can be seen in the fact that the City Council has enacted more than a dozen ordinances and resolu- tions to protect local historic sites, without a single 'nay' vote cast. The mission of the municipal historic preservation program in Cottage Grove is to provide for the effective preservation, protection, and use, in the public's interest, of historic buildings, structures, and archaeological sites. The City Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks, authorized under Ordinance No. 355 passed by the City Council in 1981, is the authoritative guide used by federal, state, and city officials, private or- ganizations, and citizens in identifying the cultural resources in the community which deserve protection. Houses, barns, and archaeological sites are listed in the City Regis- ter by City Council resolution. It is antici- pated that by the end of this decade, between 40 and 60 locally significant historic sites will have been placed under the protection of the City Register. Properties are nominated to the City Register by the Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation, or ACHP, a five- member citizen panel appointed by the City Council. This panel reviews potential historic sites and landmarks against established criteria. Staff functions are carried out by the City Historic Preservation Officer, or CHPO, who is a preservation professional attached to the city's Department of Community Develop- ment. City policies and procedures are spelled out in the 300 -page Comprehensive Cultural Resource Management Plan, adopted by the Council in 1986. The Cottage Grove CHPO and ACHP play vital roles in the national historic preservation program as well. When Congress amended the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1980, it devised a brilliant and ingenious solution to implement a national historic preservation policy. Rather than create a huge bureaucracy, the NHPA established a partnership in historic preservation between the federal government, the states, and local units of government. Each year, Con- gress passed an appropriation for the Historic Preservation Fund, which is admini- stered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. These federal funds are doled out to the State Historic Preservation Officers, appointed by the governors of the states, to carry out statewide studies, to maintain inventories of historic sites, and to nominate properties to the Na- tional Register of Historic Places. Certified Local Governments, or CLG's, exercise greater auton- omy in registering historic properties in their jurisdictions and also have access to federal funding: 10 percent of each state's Historic Preservation Fund allocation is "passed through" to the Cl to use in preser- vation surveys, plan- ning, and public educa- tion. The City of Cottage Grove was certified by the Secretary of the Interior in 1985, one of the first Cl in Minnesota. (There are now an even dozen Certified Local Govern- ments in the state.) Since 1984, more than $80,000 in CLG "pass through" grants -in -aid have been awarded to Cottage Grove to fund basic historical, ar- chaeological, and architectural studies, a comprehensive plan, and various publications such as the popular "Perspectives in Cot- tage Grove History" series. For more informa- tion about Cottage Grove's history and the city's role in local heritage conservation, contact Robert Vogel, City Historic Preserva- tion Officer, 7516 80th St. S., Cottage Grove, MN 55016. • . ' ilk r. Voters will choose state constitutional officers, a United States Senator, their U.S. rep- resentative, Minnesota legislators, and state and district court judges on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Cottage Grove precincts and polling places are indicated on the map at right. Voter registration will be handled at City Hall up to Oct. 16, or at the polling place on the day of the election. Persons wishing to register the day of the election need to present one of the following proofs of residence: • valid MN driver's license or learner's permit showing current address; • valid MN identifica- tion card showing current address; ® oath of a voter registered in the pre- cinct, signed in the presence of an election judge; ® a current registra- tion in the same precinct indicating a different address; " a mailed notice received from the registration office indicating an ineffective registration; • current student ID, fee statement, or registration card if it shows current address. For information on absentee balloting or other election questions, please contact Cottage Grove City Clerk Caron Stransky, 458 - 2814. Election map: Cottage Grove precincts (Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6) I fl_ L i �,i�1I�I � 1. E.C.G. Fire i � � � , ;j I Hall la 'i it III /Ill i_ 2. Final I4 p l cL r , Ij y ` -� School \ ' I� � Jill u J�il f (a a 7 rf 3. National szi� l° 1 lG \` Guard i 9J Jil Armory 4. Hamlet 4\ Park Warm- a i ' ifw } d rtI ol� ,hill Ing House I I ill a ),) \/ I y� n�sfa ` 7 !ir la I i 5. Hillside asxsr3 Jf I I / lil f ®iy .School VI���lf�l i /iiii', f� ..JFd ���f�1�f111�lIfJ ti�liU �I tR;_ 6. Armstrong l llf fi\ k\ _ "a Iia' School � I g o , 7. Fire Station #2 i; alb ® ` , �n 8. Crestview _< � uivRa School 9 9. Park Sr. High lull , 10. PTV Park � � 11. Covenant ,00t" sr. Church L_ 12. Woodridge Park Bldg.j 7 In the primary election Sept. 11, most Cottage Grove voters stayed home. This was the most significant finding of a report on the primary election prepared by City Clerk Caron Stransky. "The city had a 19.3 percent voter turnout," Stransky said. "Only 2,453 of the city's 12,696 registered voters went to the polls." Those who did vote followed state -wide trends, supporting IR gubernatorial candidate Jon Grunseth with 558 votes to 348 for Arne Carlson and 195 for Doug Kelley. On the DFL side, Gov. Rudy Perpich received 712 Cottage Grove votes to 593 for Michael Hatch. Paul Wellsione defeated James Nichols here, scoring 738 to 437 in the U.S. Senate race on the DFL side, while Sen. Rudy Boschwitz de- feated his I -R opponent by a 915 to 176 margin. in the only close race of the day in Cottage Grove pre- cincts, IR candidate for State Auditor Bob Heinrick defeated Don Koenig by a 10 -vote margin (236 to 226). Mark Dayton handily won the local DFL nomination for the same office with 869 votes. Races for the U.S. Congress and State House and Senate were uncontested in each party's primary. Key goals and projects have been identified by the Mayor and City Council of Cottage Grove to guide their work and that of the city staff over the next 18 months. They are listed below, grouped into five broad areas. General • obtain approval from the Metropolitan Council for expansion of the Metropoli- ®tTtrilllnit tan Urban Service Area; update Comprehensive Land Use Plan; Development update and revise the city's zoning ordinance regulations; • revise and update subdivision regulations; • amend the ordinance regulating sign uses in the community. Volunteer of the Semester is Joseph Schnide, who has served this city since 1974, when he was named to the Parks Commission while still a high school student. He has served on numerous advisory commissions and committees in the areas of parks, recreation, planning, solid waste, recycling, and cable TV. At the present time he chairs the county solid waste advisory committee and the South Washington County Cable Communications Commission. He has served on numerous special committees and task forces, including the Grey Cloud Reclamation Committee, the 1984 Bond Issue Task Force (co- chair), and the Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation. Thanks, Joe! Cottage Grove Employee of the Semester is Sgt. John Mickelson, who was characterized in the nomination as "approachable, helpful, courteous, and more than willing to discuss a problem or help with a solution." In particular his presence of mind and excellent leadership qualities during the tornado sightings on June 16, 1990, were cited. Besides his duties in Cottage Grove, Sgt. Mickelson teaches Criminal Law at Inver Hills Com- munity College. "It is obvious that he is well -known and well - liked, but more than that he is trusted and respected by the employees and the citizens of Cottage Grove," the nomination said. Economic complete Target shopping center development in East Point Douglas /Ja- Development maica area, and guide development in surrounding area; devise plan to maintain and revitalize commercial area along 80th Street; • market commercial property along West Point Douglas; • market industrial park near 95th and Jamaica; • establish policy on use of Tax Increment Financing; • define roles and responsibilities for economic development. Neighborhood • conduct four to five community outreach meetings in various Cottage Grove neighborhoods; Concerns • develop comprehensive program for street maintenance and replacement; • review City Code enforcement efforts; • consider future need for housing preservation program. City Facilities • develop and implement plan for remodeling of City Hall; • develop plan for expansion of Public Works Garage; • develop plan for renovation of Fire Station No. 1, and consider need for future fire stations; develop master plan for future parks development; • work with Metropolitan Wastewater Control Commission to achieve significant upgrade to wastewater treatment plant. Administration adopt employee compensation plan that complies with State pay equity legislation; • conduct teambuilding effort with citizen advisory commissions; • consider plan for long -range staffing needs; • develop long -range financial plan for the city. When coupled with the demands of day -to -day work, it may not be possible for the city to achieve all of these goals in the established 18 -month time frame. However, the Mayor and City Council believe it is important to set forth some high priority objectives, so that in the day -to -day hustle and bustle of city business, we don't forget about the long -range concerns that are essential to continued community growth, development, and well- being.