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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 VOLUME 31, NO. 51

Three local theater groups are gearing up for the state one-act festival with shows

in Lakeville this month. See Thisweekend Page 7A

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Business has expanded impressively in Burnsville despite a weak national economy, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz declared in her annu-al State of the City address. From her vantage point as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Burnsville – which attracted at least 40 new businesses in 2010 – is outperforming the rest of the nation, said Kautz, who ascended to the presidency last year. “We are doing so much better than other cities across our nation,” said the six-term mayor, who gave her 16th State of the City address Tuesday at the Burnsville Performing Arts

Center. “We were – and still are to a degree – gripped by the worst recession since the 1930s,” Kautz told an audience that included other elected officials and members of the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event. “Businesses have been rocked by fewer customers, shrinking revenues, steeper overheads, tighter credits and an uncertain future,” she said. “City Hall has shed 20 full-time employees, pared back expected spend-ing by three and a half mil-lion dollars over two years, and learned to do with less.” Business activity in 2010 gives reason for optimism, she said, noting that:

• Two of the new busi-nesses – a Costco retail warehouse and a relocated Lifetouch, a leading sup-plier of school and event photography – brought 350 jobs. • Nine new restaurants opened last year in Burns-ville. • The Burnsville Medical Alliance helped attract three new medical businesses and supported expansion of five existing businesses – includ-ing Apothecary Products, which added 60,000 square feet. • Goodrich Integrat-ed Senors and Systems launched a major expansion last year that will add 200 to 300 new engineering jobs in

Business expansion is cause foroptimism, Mayor Kautz declares

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz gave an upbeat State of the City address Tuesday, calling business expansions in 2010 as cause for optimism. The president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors said Burnsville is outperforming the nation’s cities economically.

District officials cautiously optimistic about Dayton’s budget proposal

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s recent proposal to keep education funding flat provided some glimmer of hope for struggling school districts this week, yet district officials remain cautious. “I’m glad Dayton agreed to hold education harmless ... but I understand (the gover-nor and Legislature) are try-ing to fill a huge hole,” said Ron Hill, a board member in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District. If general education fund-ing remains flat as Dayton proposed Feb. 15, District 191 would be able to maintain a balanced budget without cuts, Hill said. However, several local dis-trict officials said they expect the Republican-controlled

Legislature will reject much of Dayton’s proposals and in-stead call for cuts. “His plan calls for in-creased taxes, and that will be difficult to get through,” said Art Coulson, a board member in Rosemount Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196. Coulson said he would be disheartened by cuts to edu-cation funding. “We need to figure out what the cost of educating students to an excellent state is, and we can’t cut our way to excellence,” he said. District 196 officials are preparing for funding cuts ranging between 2.5 percent and 5 percent. If the state were to cut gen-eral education funding by 2.5 percent, District 196 would face $8.5 million in budget

adjustments, said Jeff Solo-mon, the district’s finance di-rector. Another $3.5 million would need to be adjusted if the state cut 5 percent of edu-cation funding. District officials could use $5 million in one-time money from the Federal Education Jobs Fund to help balance the district’s budget, Solomon said. District 191 officials de-clined to say how the district’s budget would be affected by potential funding cuts, saying it’s too early to speculate.

Increases elsewhere Although district officials believe the Legislature will nix Dayton’s plans to maintain general funding, they remain cautiously optimistic that the

But local school leaders expect Legislature will push for cuts

by T.W. BudigECM CAPITOL REPORTER

Ken Martin’s challenge as new DFL State Party chairman in a small way may be reflected in his brother. Martin, of Eagan, recently spoke of a brother living in the northern ex-urbs, a carpenter by trade hard hit by the recession, who votes Republican. He votes Republican, Martin said, because he’s wrongly convinced Dem-ocrats want to take away his guns, tax him out of his home, tell him when and where he can’t snowmobile. None of that is true, Martin ex-plained. “He votes his fears over his hopes, over his pocketbook issues,” Mar-tin said. “We just have to take those (wedge) issues off the books.” The party has to construct an over-riding message, Martin explained. “That’s the big challenge. And I’m going to work on what that message is,” he said. Martin, 37, is a veteran at crafting messages. While he most recently was one of the public faces of Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s election recount ef-forts, Martin was front man in the group that successfully pushed for passage of the recent outdoor consti-tutional amendment. He helped lead former attorney general Mike Hatch’s gubernatorial campaign, and has led other cam-paigns.

“So my background is really in campaigns,” Martin said. Martin becomes state party chair-man, replacing former chairman Brian Melendez, in a time that has seen Democrats lose control of the Minnesota Legislature, a long serv-ing DFL congressman upset in the 8th Congressional District, though a Democrat won the Governor’s Office for the first time in decades. But Dayton was not the DFL-en-dorsed party candidate. “I believe passionately in making sure this party is strong and focused on winning elections,” Martin said. “And I’ve seen this party become more and more marginalized over the years. As candidates, elected officials, donors and activists have left the par-ty in frustration.” Still, someone recently told him that he had the knack of not just see-ing where the party is, but where the party can go, Martin explained. “I see what this party could be, and we’re not quite there,” he said.

Martin looks to the Minnesota Re-publican Party as a source of ideas. Republicans “do a really master-ful” job on some things, and Demo-crats have some catching up to do. “They do a good job on getting their message out. They do a good job on coming up with a clear, concise message that simple and easy to un-derstand and can be sold in all parts of the state,” Martin said. Their chairman also gets out — he will, too, Martin said. “I’m going to be very active and aggressive in making sure we’re get-

Photo by T.W. Budig

Ken Martin of Eagan was selected as the chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party recently at a committee meeting in Cokato.

Martin’s main goal: to give Dayton a legislative majority after 2012 election

Eagan man to lead DFL Party

To see a video interview with Ken Martin, go online at www.ThisweekLive.com and click on the link from this story to www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jo-VtjceerU.

IN BRIEF by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Walmart is looking at a possible store location along Interstate 35W in north Burnsville. The retail giant is con-sidering a 29-acre site on the southeast corner of Cliff Road and I-35W, ac-cording to Jenni Faulkner, Burnsville’s community de-velopment director. Walmart representa-tives met with city staffers in mid-January, Faulkner said. “They are doing their due diligence,” she said. “They’ve got a lot of work to do on their end.” Walmart has already signed a land-purchase agreement for a store in Lakeville, Burnsville’s southern neighbor. Con-struction is planned this year of a 150,000-square-foot store on property northwest of the new In-terstate 35 interchange at County Road 70, according to Lakeville officials. The Burnsville site is owned by Luther Auto-motive Group. It bought the property years ago as

a possible new home for its Burnsville Volkswagen dealership, which had out-grown its longtime location across the freeway on Em-bassy Road in north Burns-ville. Instead, Luther is now building a new Volkswa-gen dealership on Buck Hill Road near Burnsville Center. The dealership is in temporary quarters further south on Buck Hill Road. Before Luther bought it, the would-be Walmart site was owned by cement and aggregates company Hol-cim Inc. Cement towers on the property were removed several years ago, Faulkner said. The property is zoned B-3, general business, she said. The city has gotten in-quiries from would-be de-velopers “off and on over the years,” Faulkner said. “It’s a great location for visibility,” she added. “There’s about 100,000 cars a day that would go down 35W.” John Gessner is at [email protected].

Walmart eyes north Burnsville

See DFL, 14A

See Kautz, 13A

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Students tried to distract staff member Kim Hook from her free throw attempt during a staff-versus-students contest at Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville Feb. 15. The annual Renae Gustafson Memorial Scholarship Basketball Game is a fundraiser in honor of a physical education teacher and coach at the school who died in a 2007 car crash while on spring break in Florida. The annual scholarship is awarded to a female graduating senior who attended Metcalf, is going on to post-secondary school and was involved in athletics in grades seven through 12. See Education, 14A

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Burnsville City Council Following is the prelimi-nary agenda for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, regu-lar meeting of the Burns-ville City Council.CALL TO ORDERPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE1. Announcements and Proclama-tions• Proclamation Commending and Congratulating Fairview Ridges on its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence2. Citizen Comments3. Additions to the Final AgendaCONSENT AGENDA 4A. Consider Approval of Minutes. – 6:40 p.m. B. Consider Approval of Claims Listing. C. Consider Authorizing the Purchase of Insurance Policies for 2011. D. Consider Resolution Ac-cepting the Limits on the Munici-pal Tort Liability as established by Minnesota Statutes for the 2011 LMCIT Insurance Program. E. Consider Resolution Ap-proving a Premise Permit for the Burnsville Hockey Club for the Purpose of Lawful Gambling, Pull-Tabs. F. Consider Approval of Oper-

ating Manager for Haskell’s. G. Consider Authorizing Ex-penditure for Purchase of Re-placement Water Tank for Tanker Truck. H. Consider Disability Deferral of Special Assessments for Parcel ID#02-56703-070-02, Paula’s 4th Addition Lot 7, Block 2 (Project 07-101B). I. Consider Resolution Re-ceiving Preliminary Report, Au-thorizing Preparation of Plans & Specifications, and Call for Public Hearing for 2011 Reconstruction/Rehabilitation Project (11-101 and 11-102 series), 2011 Parks Im-provements (11-400), 2011 Street Repair of Watermain and Con-tract Patching (11-302). J. Consider Authorizing Proj-ect and Approving Joint Powers Agreement with Dakota County for City Utility Improvements to be completed with County Overlay program on CSAH 5 and County Road 11 (10-314). K. Consider Approving Joint Powers Agreement with the Cities of Apple Valley, Eagan, Elko New Market, Lakeville, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Savage, Shakopee, Hastings, Mendota Heights, Wa-conia, South St. Paul, and West St. Paul for Street Sweeping, Traffic Marking, Seal Coating, and Crack Sealing. L. Consider Authorizing Proj-ect, Approving the Plans and Spec-

ifications and Ordering the Ad-vertisement for Bids for the 2011 Street Maintenance Materials and Services (11-303). M. Consider Authorizing Proj-ect, Approving Plans & Specifica-tions, and Ordering Ad for Bid for the Willow Creek Watermain Re-placement (11-308). N. Consider Approval of an Extension of the Final Plat for RIVER SOUTH SECOND AD-DITION by United Properties. O. Consider Approval for an Extension of the Final Plat for REGENT SUITES AT THE SUMMIT by Donnay’s Summit At Buck Hill, LLC.REGULAR AGENDA5. Consider Approval of the Find-ings of Fact, Ordinance, and Amended Planned Unit Develop-ment Agreement for CBL & As-sociates Management, Inc. – 6:45 p.m. 6. Consider an Ordinance Amend-ment to Title 4, Chapter 1; Title 4 of the Burnsville City Code to Re-quire Certification of Taxes Paid Prior to Approving Any Land-use Clearance, Permit, or Subdivision and Title 4, Chapter 1, Clarifying Completion Time for Permits Is-sued. – 7 p.m. 7. Regular Meeting of the Eco-nomic Development Authority (EDA). – 7:05 p.m.8. Miscellaneous. – 7:15 p.m. 9. Adjournment.

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The Burnsville condo owner had lost control of his home. Extension cords snaked throughout because electrical outlets had been blocked by clutter that left only narrow pathways to walk in. Neighboring condo own-ers complained of an odor coming from the unit and no-ticed piles of stuff pushed up against the bedroom windows. Burnsville police inter-vened. Now they’re working to educate multifamily-hous-ing managers on the problem known as compulsive hoard-ing. The Police Department, through its multihousing unit, also is working to make it eas-ier for managers to get police,

city inspections and possibly county services involved in suspected hoarding cases. “We want to team up” with managers of Burnsville’s many rental-housing proper-ties, said officer Beverly Price, who staffs the multihousing unit with officer Shaun Ansel-ment. The pair gave a presenta-tion on hoarding at a Feb. 16 meeting with managers, one in a quarterly series of meetings between managers and police. Managers, who have their own systems to inspect apart-ments and enforce housekeep-ing rules, have tended not to view hoarding as a police is-sue, Price said. But police sometimes get calls from neighbors who complain of smells coming from inside a unit, or who get

a glimpse inside and see po-tential fire hazards, she said. “It’s not a criminal matter,” Price said. “We’re there basi-cally just to try to assist man-agement and get the help that the tenants would need. Once we’re in the door, we can as-sess the situation.” As much as hoarders may resist visitors, Price said there is a public interest. “There are potential fire hazards,” she said. “There are rodent and mold issues and just the basic welfare of the residents there.” In the condo case, which Price said occurred in the last four or five months, broad in-tervention was required. After getting complaints, Price went to visit the owner of the Ridgeview Condomini-

Police aim to educate housingmanagers on problem of hoarding

Burnsville has intervened in recent cases, cops say

See Hoarding, 13A

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by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A benefit will be held for the 2-year-old daugh-ter of Amanda Jo Lynch, an Eagan woman who was killed in a car crash last month. The fundraiser will be held at Cooper’s Bar in Eagan from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26. The event will feature food, a silent auction and raffles. Tickets cost $25 per person. Lynch, a single mother, was a bartender and serv-er at Cooper’s Bar for six years. She is described by friends as a loving, caring, loyal person who worked hard and was devoted to her daughter, Baylee. All proceeds from the event will benefit Baylee, who survived the crash without injury. Baylee was in a child safety seat in the back of the vehicle at the time. Lynch, 25, was killed

Jan. 15 when she was hit by another vehicle after being ejected from her SUV on I-494 in Plymouth. According to the State Patrol, Lynch was still alive after she lost control of her vehicle, which hit the medi-an, flipped, and ejected her onto the left lane of north-bound I-494. But a passing motorist failed to stop in time for traffic that had slowed near the crash and swerved into the left lane, running over Lynch and killing her. Lynch had been traveling southbound on I-494 near Bass Lake Road at the time of the crash. She wasn’t wearing a seat belt, officials said. Cooper’s Bar is located at 4185 South Robert Trail in Eagan. For more infor-mation, call Cooper’s at (651) 452-3061.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

Benefit set for daughter of Eagan crash victim by John Gessner

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Wind-powered genera-tors won’t be allowed in residential zoning districts, Burnsville City Council members agreed at a Feb. 15 work session. The city is reworking its ordinance governing wind towers after receiving several inquires in recent years. The current ordinance is “vague,” according to city

staff. But council members were clear on keeping wind towers out of residential areas under a new ordi-nance. Wind towers produce whirring and clicking noises sure to rile neigh-bors, according to Mayor Elizabeth Kautz. “I really see these things as a real nuisance,” Council Member Mary Sherry said. In the future, property

owners seeking alterna-tive energy sources are more likely to turn to solar than to wind, according to Community Development Director Jenni Faulkner. Burnsville is “not a good wind zone,” she said. “You need to go much fur-ther south.” And, “Solar’s quiet,” Council Member Dan Ke-aley said. Relatively few residen-tial wind towers would

have been allowed anyway under ordinance ideas sug-gested by staff. They would have limited roof towers to lots of at least two acres and freestanding towers to lots of at least five acres. That would have lim-ited eligibility to 425 lots in Burnsville, many in the city’s large-lot southwest area.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Council nixes wind towers in Burnsville residential areas

The Eagan Resource Center will hold its sec-ond annual Empty Bowls event from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in the fellowship hall of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Eagan. Guests are invited to choose a handmade bowl, make a donation, enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread, and bring their bowl home as a reminder of those that hunger in the commu-nity. Diners will also be able to participate in the ART10 drawing by buying chances on 10 art pieces – pottery, jewelry, fabric art and more – created and donated by lo-cal artists. All event proceeds will benefit the Eagan Resource Center. For more informa-

tion on Empty Bowls and the Eagan Resource Center or to donate, visit www.ea-ganrc.org or call (651) 688-3189.

Empty Bowls event slated March 31

Valley Middle musicians named to state honors bandPhoto submitted

Valley Middle School stu-dents, from left, Jack Cour-tright, Mitchell Dunbar and Brett Levac were selected through audition to the Min-nesota Jazz Educators As-sociation state honors jazz ensemble. The ensemble was slated to perform Feb. 17 at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Mid-Winter Clinic in Minneapo-lis. The band is conducted by Ryan Frane, director of jazz studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Kline to set up mobile office at local libraries U.S. Rep. John Kline will hold “mobile office hours” from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 16, at the Galaxie Library in Apple Valley and from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 11, at the Wescott Li-brary in Eagan. Kline’s staff will man the mobile office, providing an-swers and helping address problems with federal agen-cies. The mobile office also will allow constituents to share their thoughts on is-sues.

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Education is the key to our children’s futureTo the editor: Recently U.S. Rep. John Kline publicly indicated he now understands the diffi-culties stemming from his vote for No Child Left Be-hind. Beyond this, there re-mains a lack of action to correct both No Child Left Behind and other federal programs and mandates, which have been so poorly funded that they are a drain on local budgets. Many of these mandates make the learning environ-ment better and stronger for our children. But they must be funded sufficiently. As a country, we must live up to the funding commit-ments we have made and we must increase local power while we continue

federal oversight. Kline has been in Con-gress under both a Repub-lican and a Democratic majority with numerous opportunities to work in a bipartisan fashion to solve these problems. Why hasn’t anything been done to fix these problems? One of the greatest bur-dens our education system faces is funding: the dev-astating lack of it, and the federal mandates that are insufficiently funded. It seems that our pri-orities are wrong if we con-sider our children and their education to be of low-ranking importance. One of the purposes of a government should be the education of its youth. Education is where our economy starts and grows. A well-educated society has great strength and resil-ience. Our economic might comes from our highly edu-

cated citizenry. We all want the best for our children, so why can’t we give them the best start possible? We continue to ask our schools to do more with less. It is time to do more than talk about fixing the problems in our schools. It is time to start making a difference in our children’s lives. It is time to give our schools what they need and our children what they de-serve. The future does de-pend on them, and it is our job to give them the tools and resources that they need to succeed. DAN POWERSBurnsville

Editor’s note: The writer was a candidate in last year’s Democratic primary in the 2nd Congressional District, which Republican John Kline represents.

More taxation is not the solutionTo the editor: The Feb. 11 letter “Cuts and consequences” was a clumsy attempt by its writ-er to spin the sad situation of abusive dating into an endorsement of her own personal political agenda. Instead of accomplish-ing that goal, her message became so twisted up with-in its own rotation that it quickly spiraled downward, out of control. Even so, her snide parenthetical presen-tation of the term “normal behavior” was troubling. According to our U.S. Constitution and Declara-tion of Independence, nor-mal behavior in this coun-try is based on respect for the rights of the individual. Respect for the rights of

the individual is a neces-sary element to any legiti-mate moral code. The law of our land also depicts normal behavior as respon-sible and prudent. Above all, however, normal be-havior in America is moral behavior. The fact is, cutting gov-ernment spending in times of economic strife is not only the normal, moral, responsible and prudent thing to do, it’s pure com-mon sense. Since it is un-reasonable tax rates and big government intrusion that brought us to our cur-rent dismal economic con-dition, the idea of increas-ing taxation to fix things is ludicrous. That’s like suggesting the best cure for being poisoned is to take more poison. Thomas Paine famously

said, “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appear-ance of being right.” We, the citizens of the United States of America and the earthly custodians of indi-vidual freedom, have been lulled into thinking that there is nothing wrong with crushing rates of taxation. Little by little, we have been cajoled into willingly giving up the precious freedoms for which our sons, fathers and grandfathers fought and died. The tide, how-ever, is turning. Through God’s kind grace, the stu-pefying fog of indifference that has nearly suffocated our country is finally lift-ing.

JAN DOBSONLakeville

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by Mary SherryBURNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL

There is an item in the Burnsville city budget that citizens should know about. Unfortunately it doesn’t show up in any official documents. If it could show up, it would be BIG. It would be BOLD. Now that the intense focus on city budgeting is over – at least until June – I be-lieve it is time to put a spotlight on that item. The spotlight would reveal that this item shows a net savings in the city budget, year in and year out. The beam would have to be broad because the item af-fects just about every department in city operations: public safety, parks and natural resources, city

planning, clerical services at City Hall, economic de-velopment, recreation and the arts, recycling and haz-ardous waste collection, in-terpreter service, property inspections and more. That spotlight would be

shining on the city’s volunteers – but you’ve guessed that by now. Even if you are one of them, you might be surprised to know that more than 400 Burnsville citizens volunteer in an “official” capacity, which means they have contacted city staff to offer their time and expertise. But there are many, many other “unofficial” volunteers. If you add those who help with Fire Muster, Art and All That Jazz, the International Festival, and

the Half Marathon, the number swells. Toss in the churches, clubs, and individuals who have adopted parks and streets in town, keep-ing them litter-free. At this point, surely our volunteers number more than a thousand. Yet we’re not finished. Think of the many community organizations – Lions, Rotary, Burnsville Community Founda-tion, the Chamber of Commerce, service groups from our busi-nesses, youth groups, schools and churches, and many more who give countless hours and raise money for projects to help make life better in Burnsville. Now our count is up to perhaps 1,800. We still aren’t finished count-ing. After the heavy, wet snow-storm early in the winter that

damaged many of our boulevard trees, there was the happy whine of chainsaws in many neighbor-hoods as residents cut up tree limbs and branches blocking the roads and driveways and made sure the city plows could get through. Over and over and over again, volunteers shovel out fire hydrants when the snow piles up. In warmer seasons, without being asked, people clear storm sewer grates when it rains, prevent-ing leaves and trash from being washed into our ponds. I know I’m missing groups. I’m missing activities. Yet the take-away is that it is impossible to count all the volunteers in this city. And there is no way to cal-culate the vast amounts of money volunteers save their neighbor-

citizens in taxes. While there is much hype these days about the “new normal,” I think what I’m describing is the “old normal.” In many ways this attitude of neighbor helping neighbor – whether casual or of-ficial – is what charmed me when I moved to Burnsville 36 years ago. Now, with the glinty eye of a City Council member always eager to keep taxes low, I want to put a dollar figure on what our volun-teers are worth. I can’t do it. Be-cause our volunteers are priceless.

Mary Sherry is a member of the Burnsville City Council. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Volunteers’ value in Burnsville is priceless

Correction The story titled “Club puts sights on Burnsville High” in the Feb. 11 edition of Thisweek Burnsville-Ea-gan stated that students in the target shooting club will

be ranked by their abilities with the highest rank being sharpshooter. The highest rank will be distinguished expert. The club’s only mem-ber from Burnsville High School is Nick Skrogstad,

who is a junior and has a Minnesota State Champion Individual gold medal. He and his team competed last year in the National Junior Olympics in Anniston, Ala.


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No shovels have been turned on dozens of ap-proved condominium units in Burnsville’s Heart of the City. City-owned property north of the Performing Arts Center continues to sit vacant. Despite the inactiv-ity, City Council members agreed Feb. 15 this is no time to alter development plans for remaining parcels in Burnsville’s mixed-use, downtown redevelopment area. “Stay the course,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said during a council work session. The council made one concession to the poor economy and housing mar-ket last May when it allowed Nicollet Development Inc. to complete a townhome project within Nicollet Pla-za with single-family units instead of townhomes. That prompted fur-ther council discussion of whether current zoning is

still viable in the market, more than a decade after creation of a Heart of the City zoning district. Community Devel-opment Director Jenni Faulkner said “extreme market conditions” have in-tervened in the area’s devel-opment. “I think the zoning is right,” she said. If changes are sought for individual parcels, they can be considered case by case, Council Member Dan Gus-tafson said. Four parcels still await development in the most densely designed portion of the Heart of the City, centered around Nicollet Avenue between Burnsville Parkway and Highway 13: • The Knight Seed prop-erty on the southeast corner of Pillsbury Avenue and 126th Street, which has ap-provals for office space and 39 condos. • The remainder of the Nicollet Plaza site on the northeast corner of Nicollet Avenue and 125th Street, which is approved for 132 condos in a mixed-use building. • The remainder of the Uptown Landing site on the west side of Burnsville Parkway and 125th Street, which is approved for two more buildings with 37 con-dos each. • The remainder of the city-owned AAA site north of the arts center.

The city has heard from developers interested in building apartments or se-nior housing that the zon-ing ordinance prohibits, Faulkner said. “That’s not the vision we have for this area,” Kautz said, adding that Burns-ville’s stated goal is to in-crease the stock of owner-occupied housing. Faulkner said the AAA site is still a desirable prop-erty that has gotten interest from some developers look-ing to erect one-story build-ings, which aren’t allowed there under Heart of the City zoning. “People want good vis-ibility at a cheap price,” Faulkner said. “Triple A is a great, visible site.” The original Heart of the City development plan called for 715 housing units, 165,000 square feet of office space, 196,000 square feet of retail space, a perform-ing arts center and struc-tured parking, according to a staff report. Not all is dormant in the Heart of the City. Plans call for redevelopment of the TCF Bank site for a CVS Pharmacy and an office/retail building. The site is on the northeast corner of Nicollet Avenue and Burns-ville Parkway. A develop-ment application is expect-ed this year.


Projects languish, but city willstay the course in Heart of City

Burnsville City Council Member Charlie Crichton plans to return to council duties after rehabilitating from a recent illness, his wife, Terry, said Wednesday. She took her 83-year-old husband to the hospital on Feb. 6. Crich-ton had been suffering from the flu, headaches and body aches, Terry said. Some internal bleeding

was found in his stomach – “ulcer-type stuff,” she said. Crichton takes a drug used to prevent blood clots, and doctors needed to cauterize the bleed-ing and thicken his blood, she said.

He’s at St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center in Shakopee, where he’s been told he’ll need two weeks of rehab, Terry said. “He’s weak and he’s just

coming back, that’s all,” she said. Crichton, who was first elected in 1992, has missed the last two council meet-ings – a regular meeting on Feb. 8 and a Feb. 15 work session. He missed the Feb. 15 State of the City event, where Mayor Elizabeth Kautz noted the absence. “Please keep Charlie in your prayers,” she said.

— John Gessner

Charlie Crichton recovering from illness

Charlie Crichton

National retail chain Ul-timate Electronics is closing its 46 stores, including the Burnsville store at 14232 Burnhaven Drive. Going-out-of-business sales began at all stores on Feb. 12 and will continue until all the merchandise is sold. Shoppers can find sav-ings of up to 30 percent off original prices on all merchandise including high-definition televisions, computers, home theater and audio systems, video equipment, digital cameras

and GPS devices from top-selling brands such as Bose, Sony, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Canon and Nikon. Store fixtures such as ap-parel racks, shelving, light-ing, cabinets and more will be sold, too. All Ultimate Electronics stores will honor gift cards throughout the duration of the sale. Returns will be ac-cepted on purchases made before Feb. 11, 2011, with a receipt and in compli-ance with the pre-existing Ultimate Electronics return policy. All sales made on

or after Feb. 11 are final. Manufacturers’ warranties remain in effect on all mer-chandise. Ultimate Electronics opened its first store in Ar-vada, Colo., in 1968. After it became the premiere au-dio specialist in the Denver area, Ultimate Electronics quickly expanded into mar-kets with 46 stores nation-wide. In 2005, the company was purchased by the founder of Hollywood Video.

Ultimate Electronics selling everything before closing

Burnsville


Spaeth -Schwartz

Sandy and Andy Snyder ofR o s e m o u n t , a r e p l e a s e d t oannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Ashley Spaeth, toJason Schwartz, son of Michaeland Jodi Rindfleisch of Pennock.Ashley is a 2003 graduate ofRosemount High School and a2005 graduate of NorthwestTechnical College of Bemidji,with a degree in Dental Assisting.

Jason is a 1999 graduate ofNew London-Spicer High Schooland a 2000 graduate of Ridgewa-ter College of Willmar with adegree in Welding.

A n A p r i l 9 t h , w e d d i n g i splanned in Redwood Falls, MN

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The LHS Class of 2001 -10 Year Reunion will be heldFriday, July 15, 2011 from7:00p.m. - midnight at theLakeville Holiday Inn and

Suites. The cost of the event is$20 per person. Please [email protected] fordetails on how to RSVP or

search for the event on Face-book. Hope to see you there!

Tony RaubHappy 90th Birthday

02/20/1921Never without a smile!Harold Anthony was the first-

born of six to Richard Haroldand Rosa Delia Murphy Raub;Tony was born in Sioux City IAand raised in Luton IA where hisfather was the depot agent andh i s m a t e r n a l g r a n d f a t h e r ,Anthony Murphy, also workedfor the Milwaukee Road. YoungTony and his two brothers spentmany hours with grandma Kath-ryn Mullins Murphy; she insistedthat they raise the American flageveryday and pledge allegiance asthey saluted the flag. She alsotold them they were Irish Ameri-can Catholic so whenever theywere asked their nationality theyrepeated what grandma Kathryntold them.

Tony was a WWII hero flying52 missions over Europe with the9th Air Force Pathfinder Squad-ron; the B26 aircraft, in which heflew as an engineer / gunner, leadB52's to bombing missions overEurope.

Tony worked for MilwaukeeRoad in Sioux City IA, then forGreat Lakes Pipeline in SiouxCity IA and Grand Forks ND;Great Lakes was bought out byWilliam's Brothers and Tony andA n n e m o v e d t o T u l s a O K ;William's Brothers was boughtout by Marathon so Tony andAnne moved to Bla ine MN,where Tony retired in 1986.

Tony continues to be a hugerailroad enthusiast, especiallyenjoying the coal-fired enginesthat belch heavy smoke!

Exemplar husband to MargaretAnn Tracy Raub and father of 5;R o s i e O ' B r i e n , M i k e , D i c k(deceased), Cathy Lande, andPatti Hecht; grandfather of 10,great-grandfather of 11. Tony'sfamily has always been the centerof his life.

The ce l ebra t ion of Tony ' sbirthday was February 19 in theTwin Cities, attended by hisimmediate family and relativesfrom IA, IL and NE.

Happy BirthdayAndrew!

24 candles on Feb. 23rd!Happy Birthday to our

favorite son. Love Mom,Dad, Gus, and Gabriel

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Leonard (Len)Francis Barta

Age 80, of Lakev i l l e , d iedpeacefully at his home on Febru-ary 10, 2011 with his family at hisside from complications of mul-tiple health related problems. Heis preceded in death by his par-ents, William and Otila (‘Tillie’Dvorak) Barta of Northfield;brother, Bill (Delores) Barta ofNorthfield; sister Bessie (Jerry)Tuma of Northfield; two neph-ews, Ronald Tuma and GregGrossman and his beloved dog,Tara. He is survived by his lov-ing wife of 29 years, Janice; twinsister, Lorraine (Peter) Grossmanof Northfield; three daughters,Christine (James) Kellar of Mid-west City, Oklahoma, Marge(Bill) Mesar of Iola, Wisconsin,and Kelly (Larry) Hoffman ofOklahoma City, Oklahoma. Heis also survived by five step-chil-dren, Jeffrey of Boca Raton,Florida, Jon and James of GreenBay, Wisconsin, Janelle of LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Jodi ofT a m p a B a y F l o r i d a ( a l lSundquist); several nieces andnephews; seven grandchildren,Kerry (Ron) Blevins, Patty (John)Vanek, Jeremy (Kelly) White,Matt (Angie) White, Mike, Benand Sam White; five great-grand-children, Brendan, Grace, Cam-den, Mattison and Charl ize;step-grandchildren, Dean, Nina,Jess, Erin, Eli, Mia, Asa andNicholas; step great-grandson,Greyson and beloved dog Kirby.Len was born and grew up on afarm near Northfield by UnionLake. He farmed for a while, andthen was a sales representative forseveral farm equipment compa-nies until his retirement in 1996.Len was a hard worker, a friendto all and a very outgoing andlikeable person. In his later yearshe enjoyed computer card games,chat t ing on the phone wi thfriends and family, bird watchingand bird feeding, visiting withneighbors and walking his dog,Kirby. He will be greatly missedby all who loved him. FuneralService was held 11 AM, Mon-day February 14, 2011 at AllSaints Catholic Church, 19795Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville withvisitation was 5-8 Sunday, 2/13 atWhite Funeral Home, 20134Kenwood Trail, Lakeville andone hour prior to Mass at church.In memory of Len, he wouldgreatly appreciate memorials toAll Saints Catholic Church.

Lakeville 952-469-2723

Donald D.Davison

Age 81, of Farmington, passedaway February 7, 2011 after suf-fering a stroke while vacationingin Corpus Christi, TX. Don wasborn in Minneapolis on June 30,1929. He was married for morethan 60 years to the love of life,Peg. They have two daughters,Desiree Swan and Janene Davi-son. Preceded in death by his par-ents Donald and Isabel Davison,father-in-law George Holden,mother-in-law Ruth Kuchera,and son-in-law Philip Swan.

Don served in the U.S. Army inGermany during the KoreanWar. He enjoyed a 40 year careerwith the State of Minnesota andretired as Director of State Parksand Recreation. His legacy asDirector included a leadershiprole in the acquisition, funding,design and opening of two beauti-ful parks, Tettegouche and WildRiver.

After a few years working withthe Nature Conservancy, Donenjoyed 23 years of retirementwith his beloved wife Peg andtheir dog Hokah. They never letgrass grow under their feet ;always off on their next adven-ture : Travel ing in their RV,camping, hiking, canoeing, rockcollecting and biking.

Don touched many lives andwill be remembered for his kind-ness, big heart and spirit of fair-ness for al l . Other survivorsinclude his sister Diane McDer-mott (Seattle); grandchildren Lin-coln and Martin Weller, andManette and Rachel Swan; andgreat grandchild Isabel Weller.

A celebration of his life andlove will be held on Sunday, Feb-ruary 20th at the Amer icanLegion in Farmington from 2until 5pm; service at 4pm. (10 N8th St . , Hwy 3, Farmington55024).

Mary ViskocilAge 87 , of Farmington MN

passed away on February 15,2011. Mary graduated fromMontgomery High School. Sheworked at the Green Giant Com-pany and later for the Presidentof the Nutting Truck Company inFaribault . She married EmilViskocil, June 10, 1947, at theMost Holy Redeemer CatholicChurch in Montgomery. She wasa Li f e Member of the VFWLadies Auxiliary, past Presidentand Conductress, Life Member ofthe VFW National Home forChildren. She was a member ofthe Ladies Auxiliary Coaties, adegree honor of the VFW forover fifty years a member of theAmerican Legion Ladies Auxil-iary, Past President and Chap-lain. A member of the EaglesLadies Auxiliary for over thirtyyears. She volunteered at the VAHospital the first Tuesday of eachmonth. She received her onethousand hour pin. She was aCharter member of the Red HatSociety of Farmington, MN.Mary was preceded in death byher parents, Edward and Molly(Springer) Noska. She is sur-vived by loving, Husband, Emiland brother Joseph Noska. Alsoby many other loving nieces,nephews, relatives and friends.Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM,Tuesday, February 22, 2011, atChurch of St. Michaels, 22120Denmark Avenue, Farmington,MN with visitation one hourprior to Mass at church. Inter-ment Fort Snell ing NationalCemetery, Minneapolis, MN.

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Harold G. "Buck"Linville

Age 60, of Lakevi l le , MN,passed away on February 9,2011. Loving husband, dad,grandpa, and uncle. Loved golf-ing, fishing and his friends. Anextremely intelligent man, whosepassion was reading. Survived bywife of 28 years, Cheri; daughters,Deni se Meyer , Laura (Je f f )Nie l sen-Smith ; sons , LanceNielsen, Bucky Linville; grand-children, Aaron, Tanya, Arielle,Gabrielle, Hailey, Desire'; sister,Betz Linville; brother, Marty(Linda) Linville; and many niecesand nephews. A memorial servicew a s h e l d a t 1 0 A M , S u n d a yFebruary 13th at the CremationSociety of MN, 7110 FranceA v e S . , E d i n a 5 5 4 3 5 . ( 9 5 2 )924-4100.

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Burnsville student takes skiing to new heights

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For Burnsville High School senior Sharmila Ahmed, skiing is not just a hobby, it’s a way of life — one that has taken her across the globe. Last week, Ahmed was one of 12 teens to repre-sent the United States in the Junior Scandinavian Cup Competition in Sweden. Though she finished in 27th place in the Nordic skiing competition, Ahmed said she feels like a winner, and is just glad to have the rare opportunity. “It was great to compete with others who are as excit-ed about a sport as you are,” she said. Aside from the competi-

tion, Ahmed said her favorite part was meeting the various competi-tors. “It’s a great community. Ev-eryone is very sup-portive,” she said. The 17-year-old’s passion for skiing began four years ago when she joined the Burnsville High School Nordic skiing team as an eighth-grader. In addition to competing on the varsity team, Ahmed skis with a metrowide team, which competed in January at the U.S. National Com-petition in Maine. By finishing among the top six females in the com-petition, Ahmed qualified for the Scandinavian Cup. This was her first time competing in the U.S. Na-tionals. She has competed in the Junior Olympic Na-tionals, which will be held

March 6 in Min-neapolis. In addi-tion to compet-ing in Nordic skiing, Ahmed participates in band, National Honors Society and youth ser-vice at Burnsville High. She is also an all-star stu-

dent, earning a Triple A Award for her grades and participation in school ac-tivities. Though she has not yet chosen a college, Ahmed said she plans to pursue a degree in physical thera-py after graduating from Burnsville this spring. While there, she said, she plans to join the college ski team.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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The “Golden Dragon Acrobats” of Cirque D’Or are bring-ing their dazzling, gravity-defying stage show to the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center this weekend. The Hebei, China-based troupe has toured 65 countries – and all 50 U.S. states – and combines acrobatics with traditional Chi-nese dance, lavish costumes and ancient and contemporary music. Cirque D’Or will perform at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 19, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $12 to $42 and can be purchased at the Burnsville PAC’s box office, at Ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 892-2787.

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Before they take the stage at the annual state one-act competition MACT Fest in March, three south-of-the-river theater groups will debut their shows this month at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Applause Community Theatre will present “This Property is Condemned,” the Tennessee Williams dra-ma about a teenage girl who lives alone in a condemned house after being aban-doned by her parents. Lighter Tennessee Wil-liams-related fare comes courtesy of The Play’s The Thing Productions, which will stage “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls,” a parody of Williams’ classic “The Glass Menagerie.” The Dakota Fine Arts Consortium rounds out the trio of one-acts with “The Bay at Nice,” a drama set in 1950s Leningrad centering on a battle of wills between a mother and daughter.

The three plays will be presented one after another at Lakeville’s arts center on Feb. 18-20 and 25-27. The running time of all three shows is two hours, 15 min-utes. This year’s MACT Fest, which will be held March 25-27 in Fergus Falls, marks the first foray into the state one-act competi-tion for “This Property is Condemned” director Gary Davis and his Applause ac-tors; the same goes for the contingent from The Play’s The Thing Productions. The Dakota Fine Arts Consortium knows what to expect at MACT Fest – in the past half decade the group has twice earned “Best in Show” honors at the festival, for its produc-tions of “Wanda’s Visit” and “The Andersonville Trial.” “Bay at Nice” director Dayna Railton likened the Lakeville performances to “a taste of MACT.” “There are nine entries

(in MACT Fest) this year,” said Railton, who’s also acting in “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.” “The public can see one-third of the entries without traveling to Fergus Falls.”

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

One-acts take center stage

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Dayna Railton and Derek Dirlam appear in “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” (above) and Connor Davis and Amy Ludtke appear in “This Prop-erty is Condemned” (left) as part of the one-act play presenta-tions at the Lakeville Area Arts Center this month.

Trio of plays by local theater groups featured in Lakeville

A trio of one-acts – “This Property is Con-demned,” “The Bay at Nice” and “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” – will be performed at the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Fri-days and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 18-20 and 25-27. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students/seniors and are available by calling (952) 985-4640 or (952) 469-3099. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is at 20965 Holyoke Ave.

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Deadline extended for art submissions for county exhibit Artists looking to display their art in public buildings in Dakota County now have more time to submit their work. April 11 is the new sub-mission deadline for an ex-hibit planned for April by the Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Committee. Artists must live in Dakota County. Submissions may be on any one of three themes: Portraits of Dakota County, Reflections of Dakota Coun-ty, and Secret Places of Da-kota County. Criteria can be found at www.dakotacounty.us by searching “public art.” For more information, contact Jean Erickson at (651) 438-4286 or [email protected]. The selected art will be displayed in public spaces in-cluding the Western Service Center in Apple Valley.

Ralphie May tickets on sale Tickets are on sale for co-median Ralphie May’s 8 p.m. show on Saturday, March 12, at the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center. Tickets are $29.50 and can be purchased in person at the box office, at ticketmaster.com, or by call-ing (800) 892-2787.

Cabaret features ‘Music Man’ theme The South Metro Cho-rale’s 2011 Cabaret will fea-ture tunes from “The Music Man” performed in an in-formal dinner theater set-ting. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday, March 4 and 5, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Beginning 30 minutes be-fore each show, games will be played, a silent auction and cash raffle will be held, and free appetizers, des-serts and beverages will be served. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for students/se-niors. For tickets, call (952) 985-4640. For directions and additional information, visit www.SouthMetroCho-rale.org.

Bite of Burnsville is March 3 Black and Whyte Du-eling Pianos will perform classic rock ’n’ roll hits from the 1950s to the present dur-ing the 19th annual Bite of Burnsville from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The Bite highlights area restaurants and caterers with samples of appetizers, en-trees, and desserts from over 20 establishments. The evening will include a silent auction with more than 200 items and a live auction with packages including a Twin Cities wine tour, a Mar-co Island getaway, a stocked bar and more. Tickets are on sale for $40 each. Tickets can be pur-chased in person at the box office, at Ticketmaster.com, by calling (800) 892-2787 or by calling the Burnsville Chamber at (952) 435-6000. For more details, visit www.biteofburnsville.net.

‘Sirens of the Sixties’ in Burnsville The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade: Sirens of the Sixties will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Black Box Theatre at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Featuring Colleen Raye with Debbie O’Keefe and Katie Gearty, the show celebrates the vocal prowess of singers such as Dionne Warwick, Cass Elliot, Leslie Gore, Barbra Streisand, and more. Tickets are $19 for adults and $16 for students and can be purchased in person at the box office, at Ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800) 892-2787.

Winter art classes Registration is open for winter classes at the Eagan Art House. Classes are available for age 4 through adult. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at (651) 675-5500.

Jay Leno to perform at Mystic Lake Jay Leno, comedian and host of “The Tonight Show,” will perform at 7 and 10 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Mystic Lake Casino Ho-tel, Prior Lake. Tickets are $67. Contact the box office at (952) 496-6563 or go to mysticlake.com for more details.

Spring ballet registrations Ballet Royale Minnesota, Lakeville, is now accepting spring term registrations for all levels of its Pre-Ballet Creative Dance Program for children ages 12 months to 6 years. For more informa-tion visit www.BalletRoyal-eMN.org or call (952) 898-3163.

Kellie Pickler at Mystic Lake Country singer Kel-lie Pickler, an “American Idol” contestant in 2005, will perform at 8 p.m. Sat-urday, April 16, at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake. Tickets are $39 and $49. Contact the box office at (952) 496-6563 or go to mysticlake.com for more details.


by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

No matter what happens at the Section 3AA gymnas-tics meet Friday, the season already has been a great success for Eagan. The Wildcats’ scores earned them a No. 1 rank Dec. 27 and they won the first-ever South Suburban Conference title this year. The highlight of the season came Feb. 11 with a 147.525 score against Lakeville North. The dual victory secured the South Suburban Conference title, and the score was a school record. Senior Julia Wolter also scored a season high 38.3 after sitting out with an ankle injury for several weeks. “It was an awesome way to end our regular season,” coach Shelly Eklund said. “The girls are excited and working hard this week heading into the section meet.” Still, they feel like they haven’t put together the perfect meet. “I definitely think we have more potential,” Wolt-er said. “We’ve had a couple falls on the beam.” Eklund feels they are close. “We’re coming together perfectly at the perfect time of the season,” Eklund said. “The girls are working hard.” Their best score was No. 5 on the list of top tallies in Minnesota this season. It would have earned them second at state last year in Class AA, which is where they would like to go this

year. The trouble is Section 3AA foe Park of Cottage Grove hits 148-plus with some consistency. The Section 3AA meet is Friday evening at Park High School. To win the section, Wolt-er feels the Wildcats have the physical tools to reach 148-plus. “Honestly, we have a good chance, but we just have to really concentrate this week,” Wolter said.“We’ve been doing a lot of mental preparation. The physical part, we’ve done all we can do.” Even if the team doesn’t reach state, several girls have a chance to qualify in-dividually as the top four in each event advance. Wolter placed ninth last year in all-around. As a se-nior, she would like to stick one more perfect landing. “Julia is an amazingly talented young gymnast, not to mention young lady,” Eklund said. “She is very determined and very fun to work with.” Wolter is more excited for the possibility to qualify as a team. “Whatever happens, happens,” Wolter said. “I guess I’ll just do my best. I’m more excited for my team.” Katie Palluck is another gymnast with high expec-tations in the all-around. She scored 37.325 against North. Seniors Dana Holmes, Jena Holmes, Ellie Smith and junior Alyssa Corazzo will try to make the most of what could be their last

meet together. The winner of Section 3AA will move on to the Class AA state final Feb. 25-26 at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion.

Rosemount What was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Rosemount turned out to be one of the best. The Irish went 7-1 in the South Sub-urban Conference behind only Eagan. They notched 141.5 for a season-high score. That might cut it in another sec-tion, but not 3AA. “It’s like the Apple Val-ley wrestling section,” coach Jason Passeri said. “There are 23 different girls who average above a nine in their events. There are six teams ranked in the top 25. “We’d be happy with a top-three or -four finish.” Rosemount could send a few girls to state in indi-vidual events. Seven girls on the roster are capable of breaking nine in some events. Ninth-grader Kailey Askew averages 36 all-around with a solid bars and vault routine. Seventh-grader Abby Nelson has one of the top beam averages in the sec-tion, junior Claire Holtz is on the cusp in a couple of events, and senior Kath-erine Aune has a polished floor routine. With a young team, there’s plenty of potential for future trips to state. “With one senior all-arounder and another who does just one event, we’re

only losing five of our top 16 spots,” Passeri said. “We’re really excited about next year.”

Apple Valley The season-high score for the senior-laden Eagles was 139.325. “We definitely had our ups and downs perfor-mance and scorewise dur-ing this season,” coach Amy Meitz said. Although team scores haven’t reached the heights of Eagan or Park this sea-son, the Eagles have a few girls who would like to re-turn to the state meet. Taylor Hoeppner quali-fied last year all-around, finishing in 23rd. To per-

form well in all four events, she will need to be consis-tent. “She realizes that we are in an extremely competitive section,” Meitz said. “Tay-lor is a quality all-around competitor.” Kelsie Long has one of the top floor routines in the state and would like the chance to show it off at the University of Minnesota. “She needs to be men-tally tough and ready to go,” Meitz said. “One more consistent and dynamic routine from Kelsie should advance her to the state tournament.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

SportsStandings

Boys basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEagan 11 2 18 3 Lakeville South 11 2 16 5 Eastview 10 3 16 4 Apple Valley 8 5 12 9 Lakeville North 7 6 9 12 B Kennedy 6 7 11 10 Burnsville 4 9 9 11 Rosemount 3 10 6 15 Prior Lake 3 10 6 15 B Jefferson 2 11 4 15

Friday, February 18 • Bloomington Kennedy at Prior Lake,

7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m. Saturday, February 19 • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville

South, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, February 22 • Prior Lake at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville

North, 7:15 p.m. Friday, February 25 • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Apple Valley,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at

Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Eastview,

7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m.

Girls basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 15 0 21 2 Eastview 12 3 18 5 B Jefferson 10 5 17 6 B Kennedy 10 5 14 9 Prior Lake 10 5 13 10 Eagan 6 9 9 14 Apple Valley 5 10 8 14 Rosemount 4 11 9 14 Burnsville 3 12 6 17 Lakeville South 0 15 1 22

Friday, February 18 • Lakeville North at Burnsville,

7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, February 19 • Apple Valley at St. Croix Lutheran,

2 p.m. HS Tuesday, February 22 • Lake Eastview at Prior Lake,

7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville

South, 7:15 p.m. • Jefferson at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m. • Burnsville at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m. • Eagan at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. Friday, February 25 • Prior Lake at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Bloomington Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TBurnsville) 14 1 1 16 4 3 Eagan 11 3 2 16 5 2 Apple Valley 12 4 1 17 6 1 B Jefferson 11 4 1 13 8 2 Lakeville South 11 5 1 14 8 1 Lakeville North 6 10 0 9 13 1 Eastview 5 10 1 7 15 1 Prior Lake 4 11 1 7 13 3 Rosemount 3 13 0 6 17 0 B Kennedy 0 16 0 2 21 0 Saturday, February 19 • Burnsville at Bloomington Jefferson

2:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North,

3 p.m. • Eastview at Prior Lake, 3 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

7:30 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville South 15 1 2 21 2 2 Rosemount 14 3 1 19 5 1 Lakeville North 13 5 0 19 6 0 Eastview 12 5 1 16 7 2 Eagan 10 6 2 14 9 2 Burnsville 8 9 0 11 13 0 Prior Lake 6 12 0 8 17 0 B Jefferson 5 12 0 9 16 0 Apple Valley 3 15 0 6 20 0 B Kennedy 0 18 0 1 24 0 Saturday, February 12Section 3AA semifinals • Rosemount, 3, Hastings 2, OT • Eastview 4, Burnsville 0Wednesday, February 16Section 3AA finals • Rosemount vs. Eastview, 7:30 p.m.,

Veteran’s Memorial Civic CenterThursday, February 24 • Rosemount/Eastview winner at Class

AA state quarterfinals Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Friday, February 25 • Class AA state semifinals Xcel

Energy Center, St. Paul • Class AA consolation semifinals,

Ridder Arena, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Saturday, February 26 • Class AA finals, 7 p.m. Xcel Energy

Center, St. Paul • Third-place game 4 p.m. Xcel Energy

Center, St. Paul • Consolation final, noon, Ridder

Arena, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Eagan gymnasts aimto land a spot at state


Apple Valley’s Kelsie Long has one of the top floor routines in the state.

Several individual titles up for grabs in Section 3AA

Hart closes in on 1,000 points

Photo by Andy Rogers

Eagan junior girls basketball player Jess Hart is close to scoring her 1,000th point. After scoring 14 in the 76-46 loss to Lakeville North on Tuesday night she was 11 points away.


With an entire season left to play, junior Jess Hart is on track to become Eagan’s all-time leading scorer. As of Wednesday, she was 11 away from 1,000 points. She would be the fifth basketball player and second girls player at Eagan to reach the mark. “By the time she gradu-ates she will be the all-time leading scorer for girls bas-ketball at Eagan,” coach Liz Carpentier said. When Carpentier first saw Hart play when she was in eighth grade, she knew Hart would be an impact player. “She saw the floor well and had a scorer’s mental-ity, but there were still parts of her game that needed work,” Carpentier said. “She needed to develop her outside shot, get stronger, quicker, and work on her defense.” Determined to be the best, Hart rarely leaves the gym during her free time. “She works extremely hard to get better,” Carpen-tier said.


Spring/summer adult sports Eagan Parks and Rec-reation is gearing up for spring/summer adult sports. Sports offered include bas-ketball, sand volleyball, softball, volleyball and wif-fleball. New team registra-tion for basketball, softball, volleyball and wiffleball will take place Feb. 28-March 4; sand volleyball registration will take place April 11-15. Call (651) 675-5500 or visit www.cityofeagan.com/adultsports for more infor-mation.

Sports Brief

Jensen earns second silver at state Alpine

Burnsville boys teamfinishes five overall


Apple Valley’s Dane Jensen capped off his senior season with a second-straight silver medal at the state Alpine meet Wednesday at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. He finished behind Dylan Thomas from St. Thomas Academy by a half second after two runs. He was the runner-up at state last year and fourth in 2008. When asked what has made him one of the top high school skiers in the state all these years, his coach Craig Opel said “everything, seriously.” “He’s very gifted,” Opel said. “He’s very well trained and very poised. He’s an intelli-gent kid. He’s had an incredible stretch here and he’s really humble about it too.” He’s been taking ski racing seriously for eight years. “It’s a lot of repetition,” Jensen said when asked what’s the secret to his success. “That’s the only way to do it.” Jensen has won every race he’s entered this season, except for one. His teammate Nick Lampert from Rose-mount finished in 60th place. Rosemount and Apple Valley combine into one team during the school year. Jensen, Lampert, Andrew Ahlberg, and Charlie Frahm won the conference title for Apple Valley-Rosemount. “It’s been nice to see a few of the other guys really step it up this year,” Jensen said. “It’s better to win as a team and share it. It’s a lot more fun.” Andrew Cumming from Eagan finished in 56th place in the boys race.

Blaze boys The Burnsville boys team finished in fifth place at the state Alpine meet with 108 points. Jon Garbe was the team’s fastest skier coming in 36th place with a time of 1 minute, 14.2 seconds. His two combined runs were about seven seconds behind first. Jordan Haus and Jimmy Coyne were a few seconds behind placing 44th and 45th, respectively. Tom Flickinger skied to 49th and Erik Bain to 51st.

Girls Eastview’s Cloe Burke had a solid first round skiing down the hill in 36.93 seconds, which was the sixth-fastest time for any girl, but she was disqualified after her second run. Eagan’s Sally Anderson skied to 26th place with 1:20. Her teammate Gina Serantoni fin-ished in 78th place.


Game goes down to the wire Photo by Rick Orndorf

Apple Valley’s A.J. Michaelson, No. 19, fights for the puck on Tuesday night. His team survived a late barrage of shots by Lakeville South to win, 3-2. The teams were tied, 2-2, entering the third period. With less than three minutes remaining, Hudson Fasching scored the winning goal with an assist from Chris Goodman. Sean Lang and Michaelson scored the other two goals.

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BurnsvilleLakeville

A Visionfor You-AA

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Farmington AAClosed Mixed Meetings

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Alanon MtgsThurs at 8pm

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applications for a summer seasonal maintenanceworker in the Public Works Department. The positionwill be responsible for assisting in the maintenanceof the City's streets and storm sewers, water and

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StatePoint – With the dust finally settling around the nation’s economic crisis, baby boomers are taking stock to see if their retire-

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ment strategies or living situations. The shocking news for many is that some of their safety nets may no longer be

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Burnsville Senior Center at Diamondhead Education Cen-ter, 296 W. Burnsville Pkwy., Burnsville, MN; (952) 707-4120; Web site www.commu-nityed191.org then click on Burnsville Senior Center

Farmington Commu-nity Senior Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, MN 55024; (651) 463-4828, Web site: www.ci.farmington.mn.us/P&R_seniors.htm

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the next few years. • The City Council passed a new off-sale li-quor ordinance, resulting in four new stores with a fifth under construction. • The city landed a $250,000 Dakota County grant to spur redevelop-ment of the aging Valley Ridge Shopping Center and expects $800,000 more from the Metropolitan Council. “These are just high-lights of a very positive new growth trend for Burnsville,” Kautz said.

Roads, water Kautz said Burnsville spent more on road im-provements in 2010 than in any other year, and spent $21 million over the last

three years, also a city re-cord. Burnsville Parkway’s 2010 reconstruction was a burden for many business-es, Kautz said. “I know, because I heard from nearly every one of them,” she added. “But I think they would agree that it was worth it.” Projects totaling $9.6 million are planned for 2011, she said, and the $40 million construction of an interchange at County Road 5 and Highway 13 will begin in 2012. “It will better serve resi-dents and businesses, and eventually facilitate devel-opment of the Minnesota River Quadrant in north-west Burnsville,” Kautz said of the project, which has a number of funding sources.

In other speech high-lights, the mayor said: • Serious crime in Burnsville was down 8 per-cent last year, and “less-serious” crimes were down 12 percent. The Police Department was the first in the state to use officer head-cams that record ev-erything the officer sees during an incident. • The Performing Arts Center made “excellent progress” in 2010, its sec-ond year of operation. Ticket sales were up 35 percent, gross ticket reve-nue was up 46 percent and total event attendance was up 61 percent. • Because of Burnsville’s efforts to clean up and protect water resources, Earley Lake is scheduled to be removed from the Environmental Protection

Agency’s list of impaired waters. “Having a lake removed from the list is a rare event and speaks directly to the effective management practices we have adopt-ed,” Kautz said. • The Burnsville Ice Center’s geothermal ice-making system, installed last year as part of an are-na overhaul, will save an estimated $77,000 in an-nual energy costs. A new energy-efficient roof at City Hall, along with energy-management software and replacement of older lighting systems, reduced electrical con-sumption by 6 percent in 2010 and natural gas con-sumption by 2010.


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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Six candidates for the Metropolitan Council’s District 15 and 16 seats participated in public inter-views Wednesday, Feb. 16, at Prior Lake City Hall. Candidates include four former state legislators, DFLers who lost their seats in the 2010 election. Among those seeking the District 15 seat, which includes Burnsville and Eagan, are former state Sens. Jim Carlson and John Doll and former state Rep. Sandra Masin. Former state Rep. Phil Sterner is a candidate for the District 16 seat, which includes Apple Valley, Rose-mount, Lakeville, Farming-ton and a portion of Eagan. The other three candi-dates in District 15 are: • Steven Chavez of Eagan, an attorney and the city’s current Planning Commission chairman; • Adeel Lari, eWork-Place Telework Twin Cities project manager and former Minnesota Department of Transportation manager;

and • Margaret Schreiner, legislative coordinator at Dakota County. District 15 is currently served by Daniel Wolter of Eagan, the director of Uni-versity News Services for the University of Minne-sota. The other candidates in District 16 include: • Current District 16 rep-resentative Wendy Wulff, a former Lakeville City Council member; • Paul Chellsen of Apple

Valley, a Minneapolis storm water technician; • Kari Davis of Apple Valley, director of diversity and inclusion, Greater Twin Cities United Way; and Tom Griffin of Apple Valley, president/partner, Crown Hydro LLC. The candidates were ex-pected to speak during an hour-long time slot dedi-cated for each district. The public interviews also slated one-hour sessions for can-didates for two other Met Council seats. The Met Council’s Nom-inating Committee appoint-ed by DFL Gov. Mark Day-ton reviewed the applicants and selected individuals to appear at the meetings. Ap-ple Valley Mayor Mary Ha-mann-Roland is one of the members of the committee. Following the meetings, the committee will select a list of finalists for consider-ation by the governor. Under state law, the governor appoints all 17 council members. The chair serves at large; the 16 addi-tional members each repre-sent a geographic district.

Area Met Council applicants include four former state legislators

Jim Carlson

Sandra Masin

John Doll

Phil Sterner

Dakota County Historical society aims to re-start Burnsville chapter

ums unit, a single man in his 50s. “I would continue to go out there and try to make contact, but the resident wouldn’t open the door for me,” Price said. Finally, she said, a night-time patrol officer gained access to the unit and took photos that were shared with her and the city’s fire marshal and building in-spector. The trio then visited the condo, which inspector Ron Anderson declared unin-habitable, Price said. Dako-ta County adult protection services found the man tem-porary housing and referred him to clean-up services. “Ultimately, our goal is to get the person back into a healthy environment,” Price said. Another recent hoard-ing case involved a mobile-

Hoarding/from 2A home resident at Camelot Acres in Burnsville, she said. Authorities became aware of the situation only after the resident called for emer-gency help after falling and hurting his arm, Price said. According to an article at MayoClinic.com, hoarding is the “excess collection of items, along with the inabil-ity to discard them.” It can be a symptom of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. But many people who hoard don’t have other OCD-related symptoms, and researchers are working to better understand hoard-

ing as “a distinct mental health problem,” the article said. The issue has gained add-ed public attention through national cable television shows on hoarding. Price predicted that re-ports of hoarding in Burns-ville would rise after the Feb. 16 meeting with apart-ment managers. Some people who hoard “are just really stuck,” she said. “They don’t know what to do. They know there’s an issue. That’s why they don’t allow people to come in.”

The Dakota County His-torical Society is seeking to re-establish a Burnsville chapter. A meeting on the effort will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the art gallery of the Burnsville Performing Arts Center,

12600 Nicollet Ave. A past Burnsville chap-ter of the DCHS was an in-formal group that published a community history book. The meeting will be hosted by DCHS board members and Burnsville residents Len Nachman

and Dawn Ridgway. Mark Kaliszewki, board presi-dent, and Chad Roberts, executive director, will also attend. Also, author Steve Werle will discuss his biography of former Gov. Harold Stas-sen.


District 194School BoardProceedings

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No.194 Regular Board ofEducation Meeting on Tues, January 25,2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the dist r ict websi te atwww.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:01p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. Allboard members and administrators werepresent.

Public Comment: The following spokeregard ing budget ad jus tments : DanNelson-19520 Oak Grove Ave; Todd Born-hauser-19950 Dodd Boulevard; ShasteanaWikenheiser; Karen Wentworth-20425Impatiens Way; Don Sinner, 9115-205th St.W; Meghan Scott-1213 Timbershore Lane,Eagan; Rebecca Chamberlain-15523 Dun-hill Lane, AV; Randy Proschinske-9885Upper 173rd; Tisha Dixon-16683 HudsonAve; Laura Pasiuk-5445 Smetana Dr, Min-netonka; Jay Larson-16145 Hyland Ave;

The following Consent Agenda itemswere approved: minutes of the meetings onJanuary 4, 5, 11, 18, 20; resignations, leaveof absence requests, employment recom-mendations; payment of bills and claimssubject to annual audit; investments andwire transfers; alt facilities change orders;red cross disaster shelters request; saferoutes to school joint powers agreement;donations; field trips and Wold contract.

Reports presented: 2011-13 BudgetAdjustment Update.

Recommended ac t ions approved:2010-11 Budget revisions; Election ofBoard of Education Chair (Keliher) and ViceChair (Volk).

Adjournment at 9:17 p.m.--------------------------------------------------

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Thursday, January27, 2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the dist r ict websi te atwww.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 5:10p.m. All board members and administrationwere present except Roz Peterson.

P u b l i c C o m m e n t: T h e f o l l o w i n gcommented on the budget adjustments:Chels i Berry-20882 Jamestown Ave;Kristina Hufnagle-20850 Prairie Hills Lane;Dave Alvin-4501 River Crossing Ct; MaryYakibchuk-5530 193rd St. W; AndrewHilliard-20660 Howland Ave W; and TeriHoman-20619 Jura Tr.

Discussion held: Following discussionregarding 2011-13 budget adjustments, theboard directed the administration to createadditional co-curricular fee models for thehigh school level and to utilize the FederalJobs Bill Funds and reinstate the equivalentof 17 FTE's.

Meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m.--------------------------------------------------

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meetings on Tuesday, February1, 2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the dist r ict websi te atwww.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 8:03a.m. All board members and administrationwere present.

Closed session was held for discussionof contract negotiations per MN Stat.13D.03

Meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m.C o m m u n i t y I n f o r m a t i o n N i g h t a t

Kenwood Trail Middle SchoolThe meeting was called to order at 6:31

p.m. All board members and administrationwere present.

Dr. Amoroso presented a brief update onthe 2011-13 budget adjustments draft.

P u b l i c C o m m e n t: T h e f o l l o w i n gcommented on the budget adjustments:Sha r i Howe l l -20400 Hughes ; Em i l yP r a t t - 1 7 7 6 1 J a l i s c o W a y ; D y l a nS l i n g e r - 1 8 7 9 5 K a n a b e c T r ; L a n e yAnderson; Trista Johnson-12011 Arbor Cir,Minnetonka; Kelly Bankole-10013 170th St.W; Kami Wood-10261 173rd St. W; DavidHanson-4250 140th St. Prior Lake; JeffWood-10261 173rd St . W; Jenn i f e rCooper-18015 Ellice Lane, Farmington;Dave Alvin-4501 River Crossing Ct; MaryG a d e k - 1 7 7 2 8 L a y t o n C t ; S a r a hMosier-17699 Lake Oak Circle; EmilyGrossman-20873 I l l ino is Path ; NoelJ a c o b s o n - 2 0 6 2 2 K a f t a n C t ; E r i nTristain-17408 Ixonia Path; Nick Zak-9471Glenborough Dr; Danielle Edson & AbbyH a n s o n - 1 0 1 4 5 P o n d s W a y ; J o s hDeyo-14289 Banyan Ln, Rosemount; TomB l a c k m a n - 1 5 5 0 7 C r e s t D r i v e ; B e nStefonowicz-17579 Hyacinth Way; MaggieO l s o n - 1 6 3 4 5 H u d s o n A v e ; T y l e rM u n s o n - 2 0 7 9 0 J u n c o C t ; L e a hE c k l u n d - 2 6 8 4 5 W e s t o n C t ; E l i s eErkens-23125 Grandview Way; JodieSheets-21148 Honeycomb Way; SheriS e r g e n t - 1 0 8 1 6 2 0 2 n d S t . W ; S a m iP e i c k - 8 3 9 2 1 7 4 t h S t . W ; S y l v i aOlmstead-24285 Highview Ave; TanilleV a n P e l t ; J a m y e C a s p e r s o n - 1 6 9 5 3Glenwood Ave; Logan Hall iday-17756Keystone Ave.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.2505852 2/18/11

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PUBLIC NOTICEADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at whichtime they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materi-als and all else necessary for the following:

BLUE CROSS ROAD WILDERNESS RUN ROAD

PROJECT NO. 1048 PROJECT NO. 1049

Reclaim/Overlay Reclaim/Overlay

PARK KNOLL ADDITION WILDERNESS PONDS


Overlay Overlay

FAIRWAY HILLS CLEARVIEW ADDITION


Overlay Overlay

GALAXIE/CLIFF PLAZA TRAPP FARM PARK

PROJECT NO. 1045 PARKING LOT

Overlay Overlay

GEORGE OHMANN PARK CLIFF ROAD BOOSTER STATION

PARKING LOT DRIVEWAY

Overlay Overlay

City Contract No. 11-01

Involving Approximately:28,000 S.Y. Mill Bituminous Pavement41,300 S.Y. Reclaim Bituminous Material & Aggregate Base5,800 C.Y. Remove Reclaimed Material4,300 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter Removal & Replacement2,100 L.F. Bituminous Trail Removal12,400 TON Base & Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture7,400 TON Base & Non-Wear Bituminous SP Mixture500 S.F. Truncated Domes Detectable Warning Paver600 S.Y. Concrete Driveway Pavement400 S.Y. Concrete Valley Gutter Removal & Replacement26,000 L.F. Pavement Markings

Together with Miscellaneous Structure Adjustment & Site Restoration

Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. Youmay download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #1443178on the website's Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, andworking with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also beseen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of thecomplete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MNupon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans andspecifications.

Best Value Contracting Selection: This project is extensive, involving many affectedproperty owners. Timing of the project is critical for the safety of the general public and tominimize disruption. In addition, the City has limited financial resources to commit to theproject. Accordingly, the project must be accomplished with a minimum of interruption, ontime, and without cost overruns. The City believes that only a contractor with goodexperience in constructing this kind of project is necessary.

Two factors will be considered in the contractor selection process: price andperformance. The process for the consideration of proposals for the award of this Projectwill take into account not only the Contract amount bid for construction items, but also thebidder's ability and performance on previous similar projects, within and outside the City ofEagan, and the bidder's availability of major equipment to perform this project. Theevaluation criteria to be utilized will be the total proposal price divided by the aggregateaverage technical performance score, as determined by the technical evaluationcommittee.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:30 A.M.,C.D.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Tuesday, March 1,2011 in the Eagan Room (2nd Floor). The purpose of the conference is to provide detailsand answer questions regarding the evaluation/ selection criteria that will be used, alongwith bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the Best Value ContractingAuthority. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absent bidder's bid

submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at the conference will be

recorded.

Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders' technical proposals must be receivedby 10:30 A.M. C.D.S.T., Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830Pilot Knob Road.

Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder's bond naming the City of Eaganas obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash depositequal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to theCity in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves theright to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five(45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may bewithdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening ofbids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and technical proposals, to waiveirregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract tothe best interests of the City.

Mira Broyles, Deputy Clerk, City of Eagan

2503576 2/11-2/18/11


JFK ELEMENTARY MECHANICAL

IMPROVEMENTS

JFK Elementary School

20240 Holyoke venue

Lakeville, Minnesota 55044

Lakeville Area Public Schools (ISD #194)will receive single prime sealed bids for theJFK Elementary Mechanical Improvementsuntil 2:00 p.m. local time on March 1, 2011at the District Office, 8670 210th StreetWest, Lakeville Minnesota 55044, at whichtime and place all bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Pro-posal Form, Drawings and Specifications,will be on file at the Offices of the Architect,Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St.Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.(651) 227-7773; at the Minneapolis Build-ers Exchange; Builders Exchange at St.Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge PlanCenter; Reed Construction; iSqFt PlanRoom (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell atwww.ersdigital.com.

This project includes: Removal andreplacement of existing penthouse/rooftopmechanical equipment (i.e. air handlingunits, condensing units, etc.) including allassociated ductwork, piping, electrical,ceiling grid and tile system, and penthousewall repair work.

Engineering Repro Systems, 2007 E. 24thStreet, Minneapol is, MN 55404 (612)722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-3745, willprovide complete sets of the BiddingDocuments to prospective bidders andsubcontractors. The copies will be avail-able about February 7, 2011. Both adeposit check in the amount of $70 and anon-refundable check in the amount of $30made out to “Lakeville Area Public Schools( ISD #194)” for each set ordered arerequired or Bidding Documents may beo r d e r e d v i a t h e i n t e r n e t a twww.ersdigital.com and clicking on thePlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Roomicon, select JFK Elementary MechanicalImprovements. The following informationmust accompany the deposit: Companyname, mailing address, street address,phone and facsimile numbers and type ofbidder (i.e. General, Mechanical or Electri-cal Subcontractor to General, or other). Arefund of $70 will be sent to prime con-tractors who submit a bid to the Owner andsubcontractors for each set (includingaddenda) returned to Engineering ReproSystems Imaging in good condition withinten (10) calendar days of the award date,subject to the conditions of AIA DocumentA701. Refunds will not be given if the plansare returned to the Architect’s Office.

Make proposals on the bid forms sup-plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modifi-cations will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder’s bond payable to Lakeville AreaPublic Schools (ISD #194) in an amountequal to five percent (5%) of the total bid.The successful bidder will be required tofurnish satisfactory Labor and MaterialPayment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty(30) days after the scheduled time of open-ing bids, without the consent of the Owner.The Owner reserves the right to accept anybid or to reject any or all bids, or parts ofsuch bids, and waive informal i t ies orirregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Comple-tion of the project on or before August 12,2011.Independent School District No. 1948670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Michele Volk, ClerkPublish: February 11, 2011

February 18, 20112499505 2/11-2/18/11


Sealed proposal bids will be received bythe City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M.,C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 3, 2011, atwhich time they will be publicly opened andread aloud for the furnishing of all labor andmaterials and all else necessary for the fol-lowing:

SCHWANZ LAKE DIRECT

DRAINAGE AREA

2011 RAIN GARDEN IMPROVEMENTS

Project No. 1014

City Contract No. 11-07

Involving Approximately:265 C.Y. Common Excavation780 S.F. Retaining Wall75 C.Y. Soil Mixture

Together with MiscellaneousDrain Tile, Grading & SiteRestoration

Complete digital contract bidding docu-ments are available at www.questcdn.com .You may download the digital plan docu-ments for $20.00 by inputting Quest project#1474335 on the Web site's Project Searchpage. Please contact QuestCDN.com at952-233-1632 or [email protected] forassistance in free membership registration,downloading, and working with this digitalproject information. Complete contractdocuments may also be seen at the officesof the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan,MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractorsdesiring a hardcopy of the complete bid-ding documents may obtain them from theoffice of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN uponpayment of $20.00. No money will berefunded to any person who obtains plansand specifications.

Each bid proposal shall be accompaniedby a bidder's bond naming the City ofEagan as obligee, a certified check pay-able to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or acash deposit equal to at least five percent(5%) of the amount of the bid, which shallbe forfeited to the City in the event that thebidder fails to enter into a contract. The CityCouncil reserves the right to retain thedeposits of the three lowest bidders for aperiod not to exceed forty-five (45) daysafter the date and time set for the openingof the bids. No bids may be withdrawn fora period of forty-five (45) days after the dateand time set for the opening of bids. Pay-ment for the work will be by cash or check.

The City reserves the right to reject anyand all bids and technical proposals, towaive irregularities and informalities thereinand further reserves the right to award thecontract to the best interests of the City.

Mira Broyles,

Deputy Clerk, City of Eagan

2511855 2/18/11

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our studentsto reach their full potential

CALL FOR BIDS

2011-12 CARPET AND OTHER

FLOORING REPLACEMENT

Notice is hereby given that BIDS will bereceived for 2011-12 Carpet and OtherFlooring Replacement by IndependentSchool District 196 at the District ServiceCenter Annex (Facil it ies Department),14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount,MN 55068, until 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 8,2011 at which time and place bids will bepublicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainBidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the ProjectManager at 651-423-7591.

Art Coulson, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Public Sale:

SS MNRI, LLC doing business as SimplySelf Storage intends to enforce its lien oncertain personal property belonging to thefollowing, at the facility. The sale will takeplace (unless otherwise withdrawn) onWednesday, March 9th, 2011 on or after10am at the Simply Self Storage location at4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan,MN 55122 Phone 651-894-5550. This pub-lic sale will result in the goods being sold tothe highest bidder. Certain terms and con-ditions apply.

N. Gode - #240 -

Desk, Misc. totes, snow boardS. Billards - #815-816 - Restaurant equip,

speakers, tables, utility dollyN. Hart - #549-551 - TV, LPs,

computer equip., DVDs, luggage, books,N. Hart - #211a-

Printer, clothing, holiday dec,A. Davis-Mbakwe - #530d -

Luggage, pots/pans, misc.D. Jones - #719-720 - Lawn equip,

snow blower, chairs, fridge, stove2504005 2/18-2/25/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY

The City of Eagan is committed to thepolicy that all persons have equal access toits programs, services, activities, facilitiesand employment without regard to race,color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,disability, age, sexual orientation, maritalstatus or status with regard to publicassistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilitieswill be provided upon advance notice of atleast 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96hours is received, the City of Eagan willattempt to provide such aid. Telephone:(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.2503604 2/18/11

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ting out and defining Repub-licans before they define us,” he said. Huge challenges await, Martin explained. Last election, the base of the DFL Party failed to turn out and the election results reflected that, Martin ex-plained. Getting DFLers to go to the polls next election is crit-ical, and the party needs to expand its base of support. “If you look at our base in the DFL Party, it’s be-come more and more con-centrate in the urban core. And the suburbs and exurbs with their growing popula-tion is becoming more Re-publicans,” Martin said. Democrats need to find ways to communicate with voters in suburbs, exurbs and Greater Minnesota, he said. “Because we can’t win elections anymore with just our base,” Martin said. Martin was elected re-

cently in Cokato by the DFL Central Committee. Melendez praised the se-lection. “Ken has proven himself through long experience as a campaign operative, as a fund raiser, as a communica-tor, and as a builder of rela-tionships,” Melendez said. Martin speaks of a party focus on new media and ag-gressive fundraising. “I’m going to focus like a laser beam on making sure that we give Governor Day-ton a majority that he can work with in two years to start pushing a progressive agenda,” Martin said. Martin said Melendez of-fered him a piece of wisdom. “And it’s really the legacy he left in this party — take the time to listen to the people in the party,” Martin said. That hasn’t always been the case, he said. T.W. Budig is at [email protected].

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legislators will agree to other aspects of Dayton’s budget. For instance, Dayton’s budget plan dedicates $33 million to all-day kinder-garten programing and $2 million to early childhood education, two areas Repub-licans have previously said they will not cut. Both districts 191 and 196 currently offer all-day kindergarten for a fee. Scholarships are available to low-income students. However, District 196 has recently been forced to reduce scholarship funds due to past budget cuts, Sol-omon said. The funding proposed by Dayton could help the dis-trict restore those funds, he said. Coulson said he appreci-ates Dayton’s commitment to increasing kindergarten and early childhood educa-tion funding, but is disap-pointed that the governor will not push to raise general funding. “The majority of our district would not see an increase if this proposal passed,” Coulson said. District officials are cau-

tiously optimistic about other proposals in Dayton’s budget plan. For instance, the gover-nor’s budget dedicates $5 million to create a Gover-nor’s Achievement Gap Ini-tiative and $12 million to create a Governor’s Excel-lence in Education Award. The achievement gap ini-tiative would provide school districts with funds to ad-dress the achievement gap. The education award pro-gram would be similar to President Obama’s Race to the Top. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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Burnsville Brief

A tour night for new families will be Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Child De-velopment and Learning Center at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burns-

ville. Tours will be at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. Call (952) 435-8105 to register for a place on a tour. CDLC registra-tion for 2011-12 is online at www.cdlcpreschool.org.

Tour night for new families at CDLC

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