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state rep. pam Myhra of Burnsville caught a break last week. The newly released map of redrawn legislative dis-tricts showed Myhra and another republican mem-ber of the house of repre-sentatives paired in the new District 56a. But the other lawmaker — rep. Mark Buesgens, who had recently moved from Jordan to savage — quickly announced his re-tirement after 14 years in office. That removed one obsta-cle from Myhra’s re-election plans. But like many Minne-sota legislators, she’ll have to introduce herself to thou-sands of new voters before

the election in November. Both legislators who live in Burnsville, first-term re-publicans elected in 2010, say the new districts in which they’ll seek re-election are a good fit for them. Myhra, who now repre-sents house District 40a, will lose much of her cur-rent Burnsville constituency while picking up all of sav-age. sen. Dan hall, who now represents senate District

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The separation agree-ment that pays nearly $255,000 to school District 191’s former human re-sources director is a finan-cial blockbuster, according to Mark anfinson, general counsel for the Minnesota Newspaper association and an expert on the state’s data practices law. But dollar amount aside, the agreement is typically opaque, the kind of no-harm, no-foul document often used when a local government and an employee it’s at odds with part ways, anfinson said. The lack of detail in the agreement has intensified questions over why the district is paying former Organizational Develop-ment Director Tania Z. Chance $254,815 to sit out the last 18 months of her two-year contract. “This happens all the time all over the state,” anfinson said in an interview this week. “when there’s a dispute of some kind going on, the law creates very powerful in-centives for the government agency and the

Lack of disclosure typicalin severance agreements like Tania Chance’s, lawyer says

It’s unknown how many positions will be transferred to Dakota County

Questions remain


residents remaining at Country Village apartments can expect a knock on their doors next week. a police officer and city in-spector will go to each of the troubled complex’s 138 units to find out how many are still occupied, Deputy City Man-ager Tom hansen said. The city revoked Country Village’s rental license on Jan. 19 after owner Lindahl prop-erties failed to meet a deadline for fixing fire code violations. There was a later deadline for fixing numerous property code violations inside the units of the west Burnsville complex, which the city has been wrestling with for nearly a year. But that may not be the end of Country Village, whose owner wants to repair the buildings and obtain new rental licenses. The revocation took effect Thursday, March 1. hansen

said the visits will begin after the weekend, when more resi-dents have had the chance to move out. “we’ll be knocking on ev-ery door finding out if anyone

is still there,” hansen said. “if they are, we will issue a cita-tion to property ownership for each and every occupied unit. and that citation is a $1,000 fine, and those will pile

up quick.” The number of remain-ing residents is “dwindling,” said eric Grumdahl, housing manager for Dakota County

Many residents expected to linger

after license officially revoked

Deadline at Country Village

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Some residents moving out of Country Village Apartments in Burnsville loaded a trailer Wednesday morning.

Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tri-bune Business weekly will have a new address effective March 16. The newspaper office is moving from its location in Burnsville to the sec-ond floor in the shops on Galaxie with its new ad-dress: 15322 Galaxie ave., suite 219, apple Valley, MN 55124. readers can send notices of upcoming events, letters to the editor and other cor-respondence to this address. The phone numbers and email of staff members will not change. phone and fax numbers will be out of service March 15 and 16 during the move, so people should use email to contact staff members.

by Jessica HarperThisweek Newspapers

eagan will soon become a larger mail processing hub under a new consolidation plan. The U.s. postal service an-nounced the plan last week, which moves mail processing to the eagan facility from Duluth and rochester in Minnesota, and La Crosse and eau Claire in wisconsin. “we’re excited about the consoli-dation becoming a benefit for our community,” said City administra-tor Tom hedges. hedges noted that the postal service will be among several in-dustries to grow jobs in eagan in recent years. prime Therapeutics and penn-sylvania-based Diversified infor-mation Technologies are just a few companies to expand in the city. prime Therapeutics, a phar-maceutical management firm, an-

nounced in December it plans to add 300 head-of-household jobs in eagan. Then Diversified infor-mation Technologies, a document management company, said in Feb-ruary it plans to expand to eagan, which will add 20 jobs. “we hear stories about compa-nies leaving with the Great reces-sion, but eagan has been garnering quite a bit a growth,” hedges said. The postal service’s move is aimed at reducing its growing defi-cit, which is predicted to be approx-imately $12 billion in 2012. The nationwide consolidation could affect 35,000 jobs at 223 fa-cilities. about 400 processing jobs are

expected to be affected by the move to eagan. Of those, 165 will be cut. “This is something that is not an easy consideration for us,” said peter Nowacki, spokesman for the U.s. postal service. “any time we move people around it causes a concern but we believe we are look-ing at all options in this changing market.” it’s unknown how many postal jobs will be transferred to eagan, Nowacki said. Nearly 950 employees work at the eagan facility with 500 in distri-bution. The consolidated facilities will likely be closed, Nowacki said.

Eagan to see more mail, jobs at processing facility

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More mail will soon be processed at the Eagan postal facility under a new consolidation plan that will move operations to Eagan from Minnesota facilities in Duluth and Rochester and Wisconsin facilities in La Crosse and Eau Claire.

Burnsville legislators will seekre-election in new districts

Redistricting shuffles the deck

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by Jessica HarperThisweek Newspapers

Drinking, gambling and murder are in store this month at the eagan Com-munity Center as a new theater company performs its second ever production. The eagan Theater Company, which was es-tablished last year, will perform “Dealt a Deadly hand: Murder at pocono royale Casino” on March 16 at the eagan Commu-nity Center, 1501 Central parkway. The upcoming mystery takes place at a casino where someone is mur-dered and everyone is a suspect. The play invites the audience to join in by guessing the murderer and motive. prizes will be awarded to those who are first to guess correctly. Former state senator Mike Obermueller directs and stars as his antithesis, a corrupt senator. The character, he said, is not inspired by him or anyone in the Minnesota senate. instead, the sen. Terry Le-

nape is a caricature of all senators. Obermueller has taken on various roles in numer-

Murder mystery comes to Eagan

ous theater productions since he was a child. “i most enjoy working with all the people, and i think it gives me inspiration that i can bring to work,” Obermueller said. Unlike Obermueller, these are the first acting roles for eagan residents Tami sulyisto and Judy Marder. “i’ve always fantasized about acting, and decided to finally go for it,” Marder said. Both women, who play sisters in the murder mys-tery, said they enjoy the opportunity to step out-side themselves to become someone else. The event begins at 6 p.m. for socializing, cash bar and non-betting ca-sino games. a buffet will be served at 6:45 p.m., fol-lowed by the performance. Tickets to the play cost $35 and include dinner and theater performance. proceeds will benefit the eagan 55 plus/senior. Those interested in attend-ing must register by March 8. The eagan The-ater Company, which is

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“Dealt a Deadly Hand: Murder at Pocono Royale Casino” will be performed by the Eagan Theater Company March 16 at the Eagan Community Center. Tickets cost $35 and include dinner and theater performance. Registeration is required and must be completed by March 8. The event will begin at 6 p.m. for socializing, cash bar and non-betting casino games. Dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m., folled by the performance.

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Negotiatorshavereacheda tentative agreement on anew two-year contract forteachers in Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School District191. News of the tentativeagreement was announcedat a rally of the teach-ers union, the BurnsvilleEducation Association, onThursday,Feb.23,adistrictnewsreleasesaid. “The response was defi-nitely positive,” BurnsvilleEducation AssociationPresident Libby Duethmansaid. District negotiatorsdidn’t immediately releasedetailsoftheproposedset-tlement. “The tentative agree-mentisreflectiveofcurrenteconomic reality,” Superin-tendent Randy Clegg said.“It also allows the districtto attract and retain qual-ity teachers and to offer acontractthatiscompetitivewith neighboring school

districts.” OnMonday,BEAnego-tiators presented details oftheproposedcontracttotheunion’s 45-member execu-tive board, Duethman toldThisweek. TheboardwasscheduledtovoteonThursday.If theboardapprovesthepropos-al,BEA leaderswill sched-ule information meetingsforteachersbeforeageneralmembershipvoteonMarch8,accordingtoDuethman. The negotiating teamsmightreleasedetailsof theproposal before the March8vote,shesaid. The negotiations pro-cess was collaborative andrespectful throughout, ac-cording to Stacey Sovine,the district’s director of la-bor relations. It was char-acterized by open dialogueand time spent on real is-sues – those identified assignificant to teachers andthedistrict. “It takes time todiscuss

issues like this,” he said,“butitisvaluabletime.” Negotiators on bothsidesexhibitedawillingnessto look for solutions, evenoutsideofthecontract, forchallenging issues facingpubliceducation,headded. The tentative agreementwouldberetroactivetoJuly1, 2011, and continue untilJune 30, 2013, for the 720teachers, nurses, psycholo-gists,counselorsandotherswho make up the district’slargestemployeegroup.

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Teachers, District 191 reach tentative deal

Young author publishes children’s bookby Jessica Harper

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what Maurice Sen-dak,Madonna,andan11-year-old Eagan girlhaveincommon?Theyareallauthorsofpub-lishedchildren’sbooks. Annie Suckow ofEaganrecentlyreleasedherfirstpublishedchil-dren’s book, “Corny,TheLostUnicorn,”onAmazon.com The book for chil-dren ages 5 to 7 fea-tures a unicorn whois lost and enlistshelpfrom other creaturesalongtheway. Suckowcreatedthestoryas a class project at OakRidgeElementary. “Icameupwiththeideaafterbrainstormingawhile,and wanted to write aboutunicorns because they’recute,”shesaid. Suckow’sfriendsenjoyed

the book so much they of-fered to buy copies for 25cents. The fifth-grader soldnearly10hand-madecopiesto her classmates within afewdays. her mother, Shawna,then began searching forpublishers and came uponanAmazonsubsidiary,Cre-

ative Space.com,which publishedthe book earlierthis month. Sincethen, the site hassold41copies. T h o u g hit’s her first pub-lished work,“Corny” is farfromherfirstchil-dren’sbook.Suck-ow has writtenseveral children’sstories over theyearsasahobby. “IlikethatIamabletocreatewhat I want to,”

shesaid. Suckow, who strives tosomeday be a full-time au-thor, is currently workingon two more books shehopestopublish. Jessica Harper is at [email protected].


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Objections should have been heardTo the editor: I have read the articles on the removal and subsequent payout of Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School District human resources director Tania Chance. I also watched a portion of the June 1, 2011, School Board meeting where Ms. Chance’s employment was ratified prior to employ-ment reviews to the objec-

tion of board members DeeDee Currier and Paula Teiken. In light of these objec-tions, it dumbfounds me to the total lack of any fiscal responsibility to the taxpay-ing citizens of District 191 to give an employee com-pensation over $250,000 just to leave and two letters of recommendation so fu-ture employers can be blind-sided. The offer of a letter of recommendation dilutes the

integrity of this board and of any letter of recommen-dation the board will sub-mit in the future on some-one’s behalf. This board has shown incompetence in the hiring and handling of this situation to the tune of over $250,000, while smart, productive children in class-rooms all across District 191 have to share textbooks in overcrowded classrooms. Then, when confronted with the rule of law to dis-close the specifics of the

by Larry Werner THISWEEK NEWSPaPErS

In June, I’ll celebrate the fifth anniver-sary of my failed attempt at retirement. after almost 24 years with the Star Tri-bune, I left when it was purchased by some Wall Street types who reduced the staff through buyouts and eventually took my newspaper through bankruptcy reorgani-zation and a sale to its current owners. My plan was to retire at age 60 and spend my time doing something other than work – such as golf or travel. My plan didn’t work. Within a few months, I was talking to ECM Publishers about managing its Dakota County papers, which has given me the opportunity to meet new people, including two who have recent-ly decided to retire. They are Bill Tschohl and LaDonna Boyd. They are different people retiring at different ages, but they share a devotion to community service. and they both plan to continue their community work now that they’ve given up their paying jobs. Bill Tschohl retired in January after more than 30 years selling real estate, most of that time with Coldwell Banker Burnet’s Eagan office. at 77, with some nagging health problems, he decided it was time to start sleeping in after a career of selling everything from curtain rods to vacuum-

cleaner motors to houses. LaDonna Boyd decided, at 68, that she would leave her position as economic de-velopment director for Dakota Electric to “have fun” and enjoy warmer winters at her second home in arizona. Both Bill and LaDonna will continue to “give back,” which they’ve been doing while working long days for Coldwell Banker and Dakota Electric. among the organizations Bill has worked with to do good is the apple Valley rotary, where he plans to continue as a fundraiser for scholarships and other causes. LaDonna plans to continue with some of her volunteer jobs, including the Da-kota County arts Collaborative, which she created to promote collaboration among a hundred or so arts organizations in the county. These two retirees have something else in common: They appreciate the role a news-

paper plays in building community. I can’t tell you how many times Bill has called to remind me that as other real-estate agents have taken their advertising to the Internet or dropped it entirely during the Great recession, he has continued to re-mind Thisweek readers that he’s got houses for sale. “Your newspaper was a big part of my success,” Bill said during a recent lunch at the Valley Diner in his community of apple Valley. LaDonna, likewise, has never missed an opportunity to thank me at meetings of the arts collaborative for the coverage we give to the arts in Dakota County. Newspapers are important community institutions. They connect neighbors by providing information about their schools, their city councils, their local heroes, such as Bill and LaDonna. In addition to pro-viding important and interesting stories in the news columns, newspapers provide op-portunities for local businesses to promote their products and services to local resi-dents. It’s no secret that competition for adver-tising dollars has been intense as new media have emerged in the digital world to offer low-cost ads to our local customers. That competition and other forces, including the recession, have meant tough times for many

newspapers. recently, we told you that ECM Pub-lishers has acquired the Sun Newspapers that had gone through a bankruptcy-reor-ganization sale a couple years ago. ECM’s purchase included the Sun Current papers that have served Dakota County readers for many years. On March 30, we’ll be delivering a new paper called Sun Thisweek, which will contain the kind of news and advertising you’ve been receiving from the weekly pa-pers that have been competitors for more than 30 years. Sun Thisweek will be bigger and better than either Thisweek or the Sun Current is now. and as I’ve told my friends Bill and LaDonna, the prospect of being part of this new adventure called Sun Thisweek has caused me to postpone my retirement, which was scheduled for this summer, when I’ll be 65. as I told my boss, Marge Win-kelman, launching a new community news-paper sounds like more fun than golf or travel.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Two Dakota County business, community leaders have retired

separation agreement, the board does the bare mini-mum by stating that it com-plied with the Minnesota Government Data Practices act, according to their in-terpretation of this statute. From this taxpayer’s po-sition, and many like me, the board has done the bare minimum to inform its tax-paying base of what went wrong and now cowardly stands behind its compli-ance to the statute in order to not answer difficult ques-tions. It’s undeniable that this board or the superintendent or both have shown incom-petence in this matter. Per-forming one’s job correctly simply doesn’t result in large monetary payouts to an incompetent employee from an already financially strapped school district. The board needs to ad-dress how they write their employment contracts and not rely on how everyone else does theirs. The vetting of future cabinet posts such as this human resources position needs to be better scrutinized and termination of underperforming em-ployees should be just that, termination. Not termina-tion with large cash payouts. This is a very concerning matter to this tax-paying citizen. SCOTT WaLTErSBurnsville

Incumbent is on the way outTo the editor: Let’s see, gas prices on the rise up to $4 or even $5 a gallon this summer, food prices rising with no signs of stopping, still way too many jobless people, no clear cut

way of dealing with Iran’s threats yet. I guess as an independent, I don’t quite know who I am voting for yet in the upcoming presi-dential election, but I do know which incumbent that I am not voting for.

rON BrEVIGBurnsville

Residents keep writing the checks To the editor: Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray was right in his Sunday editorial on Feb. 26, regarding the severance package given to a recently departed Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District em-ployee. Burnsville residents are good little foot soldiers and we do keep writing those checks made out to the “Bottomless Pit.” We even allowed our mayor to build her Perform-ing arts Center after resi-dents voted it down and still re-elected her. This might be why the School Board believes it can pull this crap with impunity. Guess Burnsville residents are the liberal sheep that were are being portrayed to be. TOM GOYETTEBurnsville

Don’t let fear guide the debate To the editor: a few weeks ago, my wife and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. The very next week this newspa-per published a letter to the editor from pastor Pat Hall of apple Valley in support

of protecting my marriage and those of others from the onslaught of gay mar-riages. I do not wish for nor need the pastor’s protec-tion. He goes on to say mar-riage has always been be-tween a man and a woman since even before Minnesota became the great state it had always been until my fellow Eagan resident took over as governor. But I digress. I’d like to present the good pastor with a list of things that were always the same until changed, and ask him which of these he would like changed back to the way they have always been. Legal slavery, blacks be-ing allowed to vote, blacks being allowed to choose their own spouses, placing “In God We Trust” on our currency, adding “under God” to the pledge of al-legiance (only happened during the “red Scare” of the 50s), allowing women the right to own property, allowing women the right to vote, separate restrooms, restricted clubs, any number of businesses allowed to dis-criminate in hiring or pro-viding services to individu-als based on race, religion, etc. The common denomina-tor to the Minnesota Mar-riage amendment and all the above changes which have already occurred is fear, in most cases fear of allowing small groups to have the same rights as the majority. I for one do not fear any two adults having the right to enjoy the benefits of marriage.

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SportsStandings

South SuburbanBoys Basketball

Team Conference Overall W L W LLakevilleNorth 16 1 24 1Eastview 16 1 24 1AppleValley 13 4 20 5PriorLake 10 7 14 11Eagan 10 7 14 11LakevilleSouth 6 11 11 14BKennedy 6 11 9 16Rosemount 5 12 11 14BJefferson 2 15 5 19Burnsville 1 16 1 23

Friday, Mar 2•EaganatBloomingtonKennedy,

7:15p.m.•EastviewatBloomingtonJefferson,

7:15p.m.•RosemountatAppleValley,

7:15p.m.•LakevilleNorthPriorLake,

7:15p.m.•BurnsvilleLakevilleSouth,7:15p.m.

Wednesday, March 7•LakevilleNorthatSection1AAAA

quarterfinal•LakevilleSouthatSection2AAAA

quarterfinal•Eastview,AppleValley,Eagan,

Burnsville,RosemountatSection3AAAAquarterfinal

Girls BasketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LBKennedy 16 2 22 4Eastview 16 2 21 5LakevilleNorth 14 4 18 8PriorLake 10 8 13 13AppleValley 9 9 14 12BJefferson 8 10 10 16Eagan 5 13 8 18Burnsville 4 14 9 17LakevilleSouth 4 14 9 17Rosemount 4 14 9 17

Wednesday, Feb 29•HastingsatLakevilleNorth,7p.m.•FarmingtonatRochesterMayo,

7p.m.•LakevilleSouthatEdina,7p.m.•BurnsvilleatEagan,7p.m.•HenrySibleyatEastview,7p.m.•RosemountatAppleValley,7p.m.

Saturday, Mar 3•Eagan/Burnsvillewinnervs.Eastiew/

HenrySibleywinner,HuttonArena,Hamline

•AppleValley/Rosemountwinnervs.Park/EastRidgewinner,HuttonArena,Hamline

•LakevilleNorth/Hastingswinnervs.Northfield/Owatonnawinner,7p.m.,Highseed

•Farmington/RochesterMayowinnervs.RochesterJohnMarshall/RocheterCenturywinner,7p.m.highseed

•LakevilleSouth/Edinawinnervs.Chanhassen/PriorLakewinner,6p.m.HopkinsLindberghCenter

Thursday, March 8•Section3AAAAfinal,7p.m.,

HuttonArena,Hamline

Friday, March 9•Section1AAAAfinal,6p.m.Mayo

CivicCenter,Rochester•Section2AAAAfinal,7:30p.m.,

HopkinsLindbergCenter

Wednesday, March 14•ClassAAAAstatequarterfinalThursday, March 15•ClassAAAAstatesemifinalSaturday, March 17•ClassAAAAstatefinal•ClassAAAAstatethirdplacegame

Boys HockeyTeam ConferenceOverall W L T W L TEagan 15 1 1 21 3 1LakevilleSouth 13 4 0 17 8 0Burnsville 11 4 1 15 9 1AppleValley 8 6 3 11 11 3PriorLake 8 7 0 15 10 0LakevilleNorth 7 9 0 12 13 0BJefferson 6 9 2 6 16 3Eastview 4 10 1 10 13 2Rosemount 1 15 0 5 20 0BKennedy 0 8 0 5 20 0

Thursday, Feb. 23•LakevilleSouth19,Winona0•LakevilleNorth8,Farmington2•Burnsville9,Shakopee0•Eagan12,Rosemount0•Park5,Eastview0•EastRidge3,AppleValley2,3OT

Saturday, Feb. 25•LakevilleSouth7,RochesterMayo0•LakevilleNorth6,Rochester

Century1•Burnsville4,PriorLake1•Eagan7,Park1

Wednesday, Feb. 29•Burnsvillevs.Edina,8p.m.

MariucciArena,Minneapolis

Thursday, March 1•Eaganvs.Hastings7p.m.Coliseum

inSt.Paul•LakevilleNorthvs.LakevilleSouth,

RochesterRecCenter,7p.m.

Thursday March 8•LakevilleNorth/Lakeville

SouthwinneratClassAAstatetournament,XcelEnergyCenter,St.Paul

•Burnsville/EdinawinneratClassAAstatetournament,XcelEnergyCenter,St.Paul

•Eagan/HastingswinneratClassAAstatetournament,XcelEnergyCenter,St.Paul

Girls HockeyThursday, Feb. 23•Minnetonka4,Eagan1•LakevilleNorth5,Roseau0

Friday, Feb. 24•Minnetonka2,LakevilleNorth

1,OT•Roseau5,Eagan0

Saturday, Feb. 25•Edina1,LakevilleNorth0,Class

AAthirdplacegame

by Andy RogersTHiSWEEKNEWSPAPERS

Eagan’s Kat Torreswasn’t sure at first how toreact after the state gym-nasticsmeetlastweekend. Shescoredanall-aroundscore of 36.125, goodenough for 22nd at theSportsPavilionat theUni-versityofMinnesota. itwasapointshyofherseason best of 37.1. Still,shefeltgoodaboutherper-formance, but the judgesdon’talwaysagree. “i would say that i putmy best effort into my allaround,butunfortunatelyitwasn’tmyday,”Torressaid.“iamreallyproudofwhati accomplished regardlessoftheall-aroundscore.” in the end, she realizedherownreactionisallthatreally matters and she wasproud. Her vault score was herbest,cominginat9.550. “Vaultwasveryexcitingfor me, not because of thescore, but because i felt idid exactly what i wantedtodoandwassuccessfulatit,”Torressaid. She also nailed a 9.075

on the floorexercise,6.624on the beam and an 8.875onthebars. The experience of per-forming at the Universityof Minnesota in front ofhundreds of fans with thebest gymnasts in the statewas exhilarating, if not alittleintimidating. “it was so exciting andfull of energy,” Torressaid.“At first iwasa littleoverwhelmed by the hugecrowd, and the noise buti enjoyed every minute ofperforming. i think thedrastic difference betweenthemeetsiamaccustomedto competing at impactedmy concentration at timesbut i am satisfied with myperformance. “it makes you feel ac-complished, proud andhonored.” Last year Torres madethe move from club gym-nastics to varsity in searchofsomethingdifferent. “Coming tohighschooliwasuneasybecauseihavenever known anything be-sidesclubgymnastics,”Tor-ressaid. The seasons are differ-

ent. in high school thereare more meets concen-trated into winter, but it’sover in February.The clubseason runs much longer,but spread out. it was apleasant experience forTorres participating withherfriendsatherownhighschool. “i feel like the love ofgymnastics i had when ifirstsetfootinthegymwasback,”Torressaid.“iknewwhatiwantedtogetoutofthis sport and the oppor-tunities are endless in highschool gymnastics. Theteamisthemainfocusandyou don’t just compete foryourself. You compete foreach and every girl on theteamandforyourschool.” As a junior, Torres hasanother year left of var-sitygymnasticswithagoalof getting back to state in2013. Beforethen,she’llswitchherfocustotrackandfield,where she sprints and hur-dlesfortheWildcats.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

by Andy RogersTHiSWEEKNEWSPAPERS

TheClassAAstatetour-nament didn’t quite go thewaytheEagangirlshockeyteamhadhoped. The Wildcats went 0-2at state last week, los-ing to eventual championMinnetonka 4-1 in thequarterfinals Feb. 23 and5-1toRoseauthefollowingday. Two consecutive losseswereafirstfortheWildcats(22-5-3)thisseason.Duringthe regular season, Eagangaveupfourormoregoalsjusttwice. in theconsolation semi-final, Eagan took the leadearlyagainstRoseauwithapower-playgoalbyAlannaStangl, assisted by MeganWolfe and Brooke Madi-son. The Wildcats took 23moreshotsinthegame,butcouldn’t find the back ofthenet.Roseau evened thescorebeforetheendof thefirst period, then took ad-vantageofapowerplay inthesecondtotakethe lead

andneverlookedback. EagangoalieEmmaMayhad25savesintheloss. it was a tough week forthe Wildcats, but it was apositive experience for theyoung team to even get tothestatetournament. “We’re playing a lot ofninth-graders,” co-headcoach Scott Darwitz said.“We have a ninth-gradegoaltender. An eighth-grade goaltender. We’restarting an eighth on thefirst line.(Shelby)Williamsand (Megan)Wolfewillbe

back.We’reyoung.” The Wildcats were play-ing with just four seniors:Stangl, Megan Juricko,EmilyJohannesandAlyssaMarkstrom. “We’ll miss the leader-ship of the four captains,”co-head coach Jeff Koleh-mainensaid.“Theyworkedhard.” The Wildcats didn’thave the easiest draw ofthestate tournament,play-ing No. 1-seeded and de-fending state championMinnetonka in the first

round. After defeatingEagan, the Skippers beatLakevilleNorth2-1inover-time in the semifinals andRoseville3-0inthechampi-onshipgame. “We had a tough draw,but we weren’t worriedabout it,” Darwitz said.“We told the kids, ‘Hey,you’re playing the statechamps.There’syourmoti-vationrightthere.’ “We’re happy with theway we played. We got afewbadbouncesandafewquestionablepenalties.” it took a power play togiveMinnetonkaa1-0leadin the firstperiodafter theSkippers outplayed andoutshotEaganfornearly10minutes.ThreeMinnetonkashots rangoff goalposts inthefirstfiveminutes. While nerves played afactor in the quarterfinalsfor Eagan, the Wildcatscalmeddownafterthefirstintermission. Eagan evened the scorequickly in the second pe-riod. Alexia Wilson stolethe puck from underMinnetonka goalie Syd-

ney Rossman’s glove on arebound and punched itthrough. Johannes and Ju-rickowerecreditedwiththeassists. The Wildcats rodethe surge, outshootingMinnetonka in the secondperiod. “We were really im-pressed with Eagan’s ef-fort, especially the waythey played in the secondperiod,” Minnetonka headcoach Eric Johnson said.“Theywereverytenacious.” it was all Minnetonkafromthere. “We didn’t get somegood bounces,” Darwitzsaid. “We still battled andwehadsomeopportunities.Wejustdidn’thavethegoodnumbers coming down theice.itwasalwaysatwo-on-twoorone-on-two.Wenev-erhadathree-on-two.Oncewegotinthezonetheyhadeverybody in front of thenetandwecouldn’tgettherebound. That’s the gamesometimes.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Wildcat places 22nd overall at state

Minnetonka’s three-goal third period sends Wildcats to consolation bracket

Torres pleased with state performance

Eagan girls hockey falls to defending state champ at state

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Eagan’s Kat Torres performs her floor exercise routine at state. To view more photos of area gymnasts at state visit www.Thisweeklive.com.

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Eagan’s Megan Wolfe, No. 8, takes control in the Class AA state quarterfinal game last week against the eventual state champions from Minnetonka.

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Rosemount’s Abby Nelson finished in 14th place on the balance beam with an 8.75 at the Class AA state individual gymnastics meet last weekend at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion. Her teammate Ashley Askew was 24th on the uneven bars with an 8.6.

Irish gymnasts compete at stateby Mike Shaughnessy

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AppleValleywrestlerswere12-1inchampionshipmatchesattheClass3A,Section3indi-vidual tournament last week-end, meaning 13 Eagles willcompete in the state tourna-ment this weekend, matchingtheirtotalfromlastyear. Apple Valley had a sec-tionchampionateveryweightfrom106poundsthrough195.it had the section runner-upat220.AndtheEagles’heavy-weightnarrowlymissedquali-fyingforstateafter losinghissemifinalmatchbyonepointandeventuallyfinishingthird. Twoofthemoreeagerlyan-ticipated matches of the Feb.25 section finals at EastviewHighSchooltookplaceat152and160pounds. AppleValleyeighth-graderMason Manville edged Rose-mount senior Adam Jacksonin the championship matchat152.ManvilleandJackson,both 38-3, were ranked firstandsecondinClass3AatthatweightclassbyTheGuillotine.Jacksonalsowasrunner-upat152inlastyear’sstatetourna-ment. Both will compete at statethisweek,meaningarematchispossible. Apple Valley senior Bran-don Kingsley, a three-timestate champion, battled pastEastview’s Mitch Rechtzigel6-4 in the section champion-

ship match at 160. Kingsleywasrankedfirst inhisweightclass and Rechtzigel wasfourth. Alsoseekingafourthstatetitle isApple Valley’sDakotaTrom,whopinnedEastview’sB.J. Groskreutz in 2 minutes,56 seconds in the champion-shipmatchat132. Alsowinningsectioncham-pionships for Apple Valleywere Maolu Woiwor at 106,Brock Morgan at 113, SethGross at 120, Shamar Wil-liams at 126, Dayton Racerat138,MarkHallat145,BenSullivan at 170, Daniel Woi-worat182andPaulCheneyat195. Apple Valley sophomoreTromPetersenfinishedsecondat220toqualifyforstate. Eagan wrestlers won thetwo weight-class champion-ships that weren’t taken byApple Valley. Wildcats seniorMitchJohnsonpinnedPeters-enin3:46inthechampionshipmatchat220. Johnsonis28-1andrankedfifth in Class 3A but has atoughdrawatthestatetourna-ment. He faces No. 1-rankedNick Edling of St. Michael-Albertvilleinthefirstround. Colin Fisher of EaganwoninadecisionoverStefanSauerofRosemount5-1inthechampionshipmatchat285. Rosemount,whichfinishedsecond in the Section 3 teamtournament, sends five wres-

tlers to the state individualcompetition. in addition toJacksonandSauer,DanRosa(113),SteveLevine (126)andSam Moeller (170) were sec-ond in their weight classes.Rosa, Levine and Moeller allhad to win matches for truesecondplace. Groskreutz,Rechtzigelandsophomore Jacob Rukavina(138) will represent Eastviewat state. Rukavina pinned hisopponent inamatch for truesecondtoearnhisplaceintheClass3Atourney. Burnsville senior AndyUnderhill will return to thestate tournamentafter finish-ing second at 120 in Section3. Underhill, 33-2, defeatedRosemount’s Adam Hedin inthetruesecondmatch. Also advancing fromBurnsville was senior HarryBramley, who placed secondat145. First round of the Class3Aindividualtournamentwillbe9a.m.Friday,March2,atXcel Energy Center. Third-and fifth-place matches willbe 5 p.m. Saturday, March3, followed by championshipmatchesat7:30. Apple Valley will seek aseventh consecutive Class 3Achampionship at the stateteam tournament Thursday,March1,alsoatXcelEnergyCenter. The Eagles (26-1)wrestle Willmar (20-5) in aquarterfinalmatchat9a.m.

Eagan has section champions at 220, 285 poundsApple Valley sends 13 individuals to state wrestling tourney


PUBLIC NOTICEORDINANCE NO. 497 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER TEN ENTITLED "PUBLICPROTECTION, CRIMES AND OFFENSES"BY AMENDING SECTION 10.12 REGARD-ING CARRIER PIGEONS PERMIT; AND BYADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 10.99.The City Council of the City of Eagan doesordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Tenis hereby amended by changing Section10.12, subd. 7(D), to read as follows:

D. Granting or denying issuance of per-mit. The c ity c lerk may grant a permithereunder. The city clerk shall deny a per-mit hereunder for any of the following rea-sons:

1. The applicat ion is incomplete andconta ins fa lse, fraudu lent or decept ivestatements.

2. The applicant has not complied withone or more of the provisions hereunder.

3. The premises or loft thereof for whichthe permit is sought is not in compliancewith all provisions of this subdivision, otherCity Code provisions or state laws relatingto zoning, health, fire, building or safetyregulations.

4. The applicant or owner of the pre-mises or carrier pigeons harbored or keptthereon has been convicted of a violationunder this subdivision.

5. The applicant is not the owner of thepigeon(s) and is not the occupant of theproperty for which the permit is issued.

6. The applicant is not a member in goodstanding of an organized pigeon club, suchas the American Racing Pigeon Union, Inc.,the Internat iona l Federat ion of Rac ingPigeon Fanciers, the National Pigeon Asso-ciation, the American Tippler Society, theInternational Roller Association, the RareBreeds Pigeon Club, or a local club that hasrules that will help preserve the peace andtranquility of the neighborhood.

No permit shall be issued for any prop-erty less than one-half acre in size.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter Tenis hereby amended by changing Section10.12, subd. 7(E)(2), to read as follows:

E. Cond i t i ons of pe rmi t . A pe rmi tgranted hereunder shall be subject to thefollowing conditions and to such other con-ditions as the council may deem necessaryand expedient for the protection of health,safety and general welfare of the city:

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2. Transferability of permit. Any permitissued hereunder shall be nontransferableexcept upon application to and with theconsent of the city clerk. An application forthe transfer shall be made as an applica-tion for issuance of the initial permit andshall conform in all respects with the provi-sions of subparagraph B, above, governingthe filing of the original application. Theapplication for transfer is to be accompa-nied by a transfer fee as to be determinedby council resolution.

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Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Includ-ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section10.99, entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor"are hereby adopted in their entirety by ref-erence as though repeated verbatim.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinanceshall take effect upon its adoption and pub-lication according to law.ATTEST: CITY OF EAGAN

City Council/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire________________ _______________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike MaguireIts: City Clerk Its: Mayor

Date Ordinance Adopted: February 21,2012Date Ordinance Pub l ished in the Lega lNewspaper: March 2, 20122921548 3/2/12


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER FIVE ENTITLED "BEER,WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSING ANDREGULATION" BY AMENDING SECTION5.13 REGARDING BEER LICENSE FINAN-CIAL RESPONSIBILITY; AND SECTION5.52, SUBD. 11, REGARDING ON-SALELIQUOR LICENSE RESTRICTIONS; ADD-ING SECTION 5.70 REGARDING WINEFESTIVALS; AND BY ADOPTING BY REF-ERENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1AND SECTION 5.99.The City Council of the City of Eagan doesordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Fiveis hereby amended by changing Section5.13, subd. 2, to read as follows:

Subd. 2. Exception. This section doesnot apply to on-sale beer licensees withsales of beer of less than $25,000.00 for thepreceding year nor to off-sale beer licens-ees w i th sa l es o f bee r o f l ess than$50,000.00 for the preceding year nor doesit apply to holders of on-sale wine licenseswith sales of wine of less than $25,000.00for the preceding year. An affidavit of thelicensee shall be required to establish theexemption under this subdivision.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter Fiveis hereby amended by changing Section5.52, subd. 11, to read as follows:

Subd. 11. Thirty-seven on-sale licensesmay be authorized. All on-sale licensesshall be for premises situated in a commer-cial or industrial use district under a condi-t iona l use permit or terms of planneddevelopment approval. The 37 licensesshall be distributed as follows:

A. Three licenses for hotels;B. 27 licenses for traditional restaurants;C. Seven unallocated licenses;D. No license shall be held for more than

two years without being used.E. Any on-sale license issued to the fol-

lowing entities shall be excluded from andin addi t ion to the numbe r of on-sa lelicenses authorized by this subdivision.

(1) Clubs or congressionally charteredveteran organizations.

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter Fiveis hereby amended by adding Section 5.70,subd. 4, to read as follows:

Subd. 4. Wine festival.A. S u b j e c t t o t h e a p p r o v a l o f t h e

Commissioner of Public Safety, a bona fideassociation of owners and operators ofwineries sponsoring an annual festival toshowcase wines produced by members ofthe association shall qualify for a temporarywine festival license. The license issuedunder this subdivision authorizes the sale oftable, sparkling or fortified wines producedby w ine r ies a t on-sa le by the glass ,provided that no more than two glasses percustomer may be sold, and the dispensingof free samples of the wines offered for salewithin designated premises of the festival.A license issued under this subdivision issub j ec t to a l l laws and o rd inancesgove rning the sa le , possess ion, andconsumption of table, sparkling, or fortifiedwines.

B. The license fee shall be in an amountset forth by Council resolution.

C. The council may, but at no time shall itbe under any obligation whatsoever to,grant a wine festival license on premisesowned or controlled by the city. Any suchlicense may be conditioned, qualified, orrestricted as the council sees fit. If thepremises to be licensed are owned or undercontrol of the city, the applicant shall filewith the city, prior to the issuance of thelicense, a certificate of liability insurancecoverage in at least the sum of $300,000.00for injury to any one person, $600,000.00for injury to more than one person and$25,000.00 for property damage, namingthe city as an insured during the licenseperiod.

D. For purposes of this subdivision, a"bona f ide assoc iat ion of owners ando p e r a t o r s o f w i n e r i e s " m e a n s a nassociation of more than ten wineries thathas been in existence for more than twoyears at the t ime of applicat ion for thetemporary license.

Section 4. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Including'Penalty for Violation'" and Section 5.99,ent it led "V iolat ion a M isdemeanor" arehe reby adop ted in the i r en t i re t y byreference as though repeated verbatim.

Section 5. Effective Date. This ordinancesha l l take effect upon its adopt ion andpublication according to law.ATTEST: CITY OF EAGAN

City Council________________ ________________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike Maguire

Its: City Clerk Its: Mayor



AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER EIGHT ENTITLED "TRAF-FIC REGULATIONS" BY AMENDING SEC-TION 8.08 REGARDING MOTORIZEDGOLF CART USE PERMIT ; AND BYADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 8.99.The City Council of the City of Eagan doesordain:

Sect ion 1. Eagan C ity Code ChapterEight is hereby amended by changing Sec-tion 8.08, subd. 3, to read as follows:

Subd. 3. Granting or denying issuance ofpermit. The city clerk may grant a permithereunder. No permit shall be issued here-under until a certificate of insurance, evi-dencing coverage for liability in compliancew i th the p rov is ions of M i nn . S ta t . §65B.41-65B.71, is filed with the city clerk.The city clerk may deny a permit hereunderfor any of the following reasons:

A. The applicat ion is incomplete andconta ins fa lse, fraudu lent or decept ivestatements.

B. The applicant has not complied withone or more of the provisions hereunder.

C. The applicant has been convicted of aviolation under this section.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Includ-ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section 8.99,ent it led "V iolat ion a M isdemeanor" arehereby adopted in their entirety by refer-ence as though repeated verbatim.

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinanceshall take effect upon its adoption and pub-lication according to law.ATTEST: CITY OF EAGAN

City Council/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire________________ ________________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike MaguireIts: City Clerk Its: Mayor


PUBLIC NOTICEThe following is the official summary ofOrdinance No. 499 as approved by the CityCouncil of the City of Eagan on February21, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 499 SECOND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER ELEVEN ENTITLED"LAND USE REGULATIONS (ZONING)" BYAMENDING SECTIONS 11.30 AND 11.60REGARDING AMUSEMENT DEVICES; ANDBY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGANCITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION11.99.

The Eagan City Code has been amendedby removing the definition of amuse-ments device; mechanical amusementdevice as it appears in Section 11.30.The zoning restrictions for amusementdevices have been removed within the LBL imited Bus iness, NB NeighborhoodBusiness, GB General Business and CSCCommunity Shopping Districts.A printed copy of the ordinance is avail-

able for inspection by any person duringregular office hours at the office of the CityClerk at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

Effective date. This ordinance shall takeeffect upon its passage and publication.2921567 3/2/12

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTSIN THE CITY OF EAGAN,

DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1083 - Beacon Hill Road

Storm Sewer ImprovementsNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counc i l of the C i ty of Eagan, Dako taCounty, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,Eagan, M innesota 55122, on Tuesday,March 20, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., or as soonthereafter as possible. The purpose of themeeting will be to hold a public hearing onthe improvements, known as Project No.1083. The proposed project is in accor-dance with the preliminary engineeringreport dated February, 2012, prepared bythe City Engineer.

The est imated cost of the foregoingimprovement is as follows: $29,800.

The area proposed to be impacted bysaid improvements is described as follows:

The area located within the Northwest 1⁄4of Section 33, in Township 27, Range 23,in the C ity of Eagan, Dakota County,Minnesota.All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or notthe above improvements should be madeshall be heard at said time and place.

Dated February 21, 2012BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL/s/ Christina M. ScipioniBy: Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk

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AGENDAEAGAN CITY COUNCIL

EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER BUILDINGMARCH 6, 2012

6:30 P.M.

I. ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEII. ADOPT AGENDAIII. RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONSIV. CONSENT AGENDA (Consent items are acted on with one motion unless a request

is made for an item to be pulled for discussion)A. APPROVE MINUTESB. PERSONNEL ITEMSC. APPROVE Check RegistersD. APPROVE Resolutions to accept cash donations from two citizens in memory of

Retired Firefighter Dave Feterl who recently passed awayE. PRESENT Feasibility Report for Project 1054 (Fairway Hills Ultra-High Pressure

Zone Improvements) and schedule a Public Hearing (April 3, 2012)F. REQUEST MnDOT Consideration of Proposed Municipal State Aid System

RevisionsG. APPROVE Plans & Specifications for Contract 11-09 (Yankee Doodle Rd &

Denmark Avenue - Street & Traffic Signal Improvements)H. APPROVE Final Payment for Contract 11-03 (Deerwood Reservoir - Repainting)I. APPROVE Joint Powers Agreement for Project 1086 (Pilot Knob Road & Wescott,

Lexington Ave & Northwood Pkwy/Neil Armstrong Boulevard - Flashing YellowArrows) with Dakota County

J. APPROVE Plans & Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids forContract 12-02 (City-Wide Street Improvements)

K. AWARD Contract No. 12-05 (Inflow & Infiltration Mitigation - City-Wide SanitarySewer Improvements)

L. AWARD Contract No. 12-06 (Outlet Modifications & Pond Sediment Removal -2012 Water Quality/Storm Sewer Improvements)

M. APPROVE Resolution confirming certain properties should be included in theCoachman Oaks Housing Improvement Area

V. PUBLIC HEARINGSA. VARIANCE - 3105 Sibley Memorial Highway - Ted Anderson - Multiple

Variances: 1) reduced number of parking stalls; 2) reduced parking stall sizesand widths; 3) reduced parking lot setbacks; 4) for zero setback orencroachment onto adjacent property of satellite dish and trash enclosure andtrash enclosure within a front yard; 5) reduced green space below 25%; and 6) forrelief from landscape requirements

VI. OLD BUSINESSVII. NEW BUSINESS

A. INTERIM USE PERMIT- 3045 Highway 13 - Sowles Properties - An Interim UsePermit to allow outdoor storage of construction equipment, materials, trailers,and vehicles, and a 113' tower crane

VIII. LEGISLATIVE / INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UPDATEIX. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (There are no EDA items to be

considered at this time)X. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA

A. City AttorneyB. City Council CommentsC. City AdministratorD. Director of Public WorksE. Director of Community Development

XI. VISITORS TO BE HEARD (for those persons not on the agenda)XII. CLOSED SESSIONXIII. ADJOURNMENT2924765 3/2/12

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 29, 2012 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:

JOHNNY CAKE RIDGE ROAD WESCOTT ROAD/GLACIER DRIVEPROJECT NO. 1047 PROJECT NO. 1073

Overlay Overlay

SLATER ROAD/WHISPERING NORTHVIEW PARK ROAD/WOODS 4TH AND 5TH BRADDOCK TRAIL/ELRENE ROAD

PROJECT NO. 1076 PROJECT NO. 1077Overlay Overlay

JOHNNY CAKE RIDGE ROAD DENMARK AVENUE/PROJECT NO. 1078 CLUBVIEW DRIVE

Overlay PROJECT NO. 1079Overlay

RAHN ROADPROJECT NO. 1080

Overlay

City Contract No. 12-01

Involving Approximately:

100,000 S.Y. Mill Bituminous Pavement 7,000 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter Removal & Replacement 20,000 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture 230 EA Truncated Domes Detectable Warning Paver Plates 200 S.Y. Concrete Driveway Pavement

180 S.Y. Concrete Valley Gutter Removal & Replacement 73,000 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 # 1847635on 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 w i l l be cons idered in the contractor select ion process: pr ice 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 10:30A.M., C.D.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Tuesday,March 20, 2012 in the Eagan Room (2nd Floor). The purpose of the conference is toprovide details and answer questions regarding the evaluation/ selection criteria that willbe used, along with bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the BestValue Contracting Authority. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absentbidder's bid submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at theconference will be recorded.

Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders' technical proposals must be receivedby 10:30 A.M. C.D.S.T., Monday, March 26, 2012 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.

Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan2917812 3/2-3/9/12

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATIONON 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 w ith regard to pub l icassistance.

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) 454-8535.2919979 3/2-3/9/12

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our students to reachtheir full potential

PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY BUILDINGAUTOMATION SYSTEM REPLACEMENT

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received for the Pinewood Elemen-tary Building Automation System Replace-ment by Independent School District 196,at the Facilities and Grounds Office locatedat 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount,MN 55068, until 2 p.m., March 22, 2012, atwhich time and place bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainB idding Documen ts can be found a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at (651) 423-7706.

Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe following is the official summary ofOrdinance No. 498 as approved by the CityCouncil of the City of Eagan on February21, 2012.

ORDINANCE NO. 498 SECOND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER SIX ENTITLED "OTHERBUSINESS REGULATION AND LICENS-ING" BY AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONSREGARDING BUSINESS AND ACTIVITYPERMITS AND L ICENSES ; AND BYADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 6.99.

Chapter Six was amended to provide foradministrative approval of certain per-mits or l icenses; to delete or rev iselicensing requirements for certain busi-nesses or activities; and update certainregulations for consistency with State lawor City practices. Additionally, the ordi-nance amendment revises regulationsrega rding mechan ica l amusemen tdevices, dance halls, shows, kennels,stables and paintball facilities, and estab-lishes grounds for administrative actionon massage the rapy and pe t shoplicense/permit applications.A printed copy of the ordinance is avail-

able for inspection by any person duringregular office hours at the office of the CityClerk at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

Effective date. This ordinance shall takeeffect upon its passage and publication.2921557 3/2/12

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He served the US Army duringW W I I i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s .Founder of A & B Auto ElectricInc. since 1954, with shops inBurnsville and Minneapolis. Hew a s p r e c e d e d i n d e a t h b ystep-s ib l ings , A lyce , He len ,Angie, Roy and Duane. He issurvived by his loving wife of 68years, Harriet; children, James(Karen), Gary, Donna (David)Haugen, Carol (Bruce) Hustonand Jayne Fredrickson, also by 12grandchildren, 9 great grandchil-dren and 3 great-great grandchil-dren; one nice and two nephews,many cous in s and a ho s t offriends.

Funeral service was held 12Noon on Wednesday, February29, 2012 at the White FuneralHome Chapel, 14560 PennockAve., Apple Valley (952 432 2001)with visitation 1 hr prior to ser-vice. Interment, Lebanon Cem-etery, Apple Valley.

Alden was a mechanic, businessowner, outdoorsman, a fast pitchsoftball player, traveler & builder.His father died when Alden was12 years old and his mo therra i sed h im and hi s younge rbrother alone. As a child he hadmany interests, including speedskating where he won many med-als. He served as a corporal in theArmy in the South Pac if ic inWWII. As an adult he like snow-mobiling with his grandsons andhunting in northern Minnesotaand Wyoming with his sons andfr iends . He played fast-pitchtournaments until he was 40. Hetook up golfing with his friendsfor many years, but most of all heenjoyed traveling with his wife.Many trips were for the pleasuresof researching genealogy for the12 various family lines, includinghis own Swedish ancestry. In 1954Alden joined Bill Jacobson in theauto electric repair business, andthe Burnsville shop is still in busi-ness today. In 1949 he built hisfirst house in Brooklyn Centerw i t h t w o f r i e n d s a n d h i sfather-in-law, Arthur Hazelton.He will be sadly missed by hisfamily and friends.

Wanda M.Novacek

Age 57, of Lakeville, passedaway suddenly on Feb. 24, 2012.Wanda was part of a family teamw h o o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e dN o v a - c h e k A u t o B o d y i nLakeville. Wanda is preceded indeath by her mother, RavennaAnderson and infant baby. She issurvived by her loving husband of38 years, Allen; children, Anna( J a c o b ) S c h w e i c h , R o b e r t(Cindy), Mary (Clinton) Panko-nin, Katie (Fiancé Andre Steele),Ryan, Krysta l and Chr ist inaNovacek; grandchildren, Saman-tha, Isabella, Delray, Diviah,M ikko and Reagan ; fa the r ,Stanley (Julia) Anderson; sib-lings, Gregg (Karen), Bradley,Shawn and Mellissa Anderson.Mass of Christian Burial was heldat 11 AM, Tuesday (2/28), at theA l l Sa in ts Ca thol ic Church,19570 Holyoke Ave. Lakeville,with visitation was on Monday(2/27) from 4-8 PM at the WhiteFuneral Home, 20134 KenwoodTR. Lakeville (952 469 2723) and1 hr. prior to Mass at Church.Interment, Fort Snelling NationalCemetery. On line condolences atwww.whitefuneralhomes.com

Ann ElizabethRisdon

Of Lakeville, MN, passed awayon 21 February, 2012. She wasborn on 14 November, 1946 inOttumwa, IA to John and EstherHagberg. Ann attended college at16, and married Ron Risdon at17. She was a Brownie TroopLeader, volunteer teacher, nannyand Target employee. Ann was anavid reader, traveler, Mom andGrandma. Ann is survived by herchildren, Chris (Marci) Risdon,Gretchen (Matt Goetten) Risdon,and Pete (Shannon) Risdon; hersister, Mary (Craig) Sumner; her7 grandchildren; her many lovingcousins, in-laws, nieces, nephewsand friends. Memorial service washeld 11 AM Monday 27, Febru-ary, 2012 at Spirit of Joy Church,7570 210th St. W., Lakeville, MN55044. In lieu of flowers, memo-rials preferred to the church orPaws and Claws of Rochester.Cremation Society Edina Chapel(952-924-4100).

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The Duluth and La Crosse centers contain post offices, which will remain opened. The Eagan center opened in 2010 as an expansion of the existing postal center. The project added 600,000 square feet to the 88-acre site at 3232 Denmark Ave., which increased the build-ing’s total footprint to 950,000 square feet. Several changes have been considered as the Post-al Service looks to adapt to shrinking volumes of mail, Nowacki said. Mail vol-umes reached their peak in 2006 with 213 billion letters,

magazines, newspapers, and the like, but by 2011 this fell to 168 billion items. The Internet was a ma-jor contributing factor. In the past, banks, insurance companies and real estate agencies were heavy postal service users, Nowacki said. Today, more people are banking and paying bills on-line. Most people use email or social media sites to con-nect with loved ones rather than send handwritten let-ters. Even wedding invita-tions are commonly distrib-uted online. “It’s had a big impact on us. ... We have no need for as many facilities,” Nowacki

said. The Postal Service is hop-ing Congress will once again consider eliminating Satur-day delivery, which would save $3 billion annually. Without that change, the Postal Service will move for-ward with its consolidation plans. Plans also include mov-ing St. Cloud, Bemidji and Mankato processing opera-tions to Minneapolis. None of the plans will move forward until May 15.

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40, will be in the new Dis-trict 56. Hall loses all of his south Bloomington con-stituency and two precincts in north Burnsville while picking up more of south Burnsville, all of Savage and northwestern Lakeville. “I’m excited to get to know all of the folks in Lakeville and Savage and, of course, to continue to represent Burnsville to the best of my ability,” Hall said. About half of his cur-rent constituents are now in Bloomington. Hall said the new constituencies in Sav-age and Lakeville “are prob-ably more conservative than Bloomington was. In that respect, it will probably be better for me.” Myhra has deep roots in Burnsville, where she’s lived a total of 33 years and graduated from high school in 1975. If she’s re-elected, her Burnsville territory will be reduced to five voting pre-cincts south of Highway 13, west of Interstate 35W and north of County Road 42. Her Savage territory would expand from one pre-cinct to the entire city. “It’s a great city,” Myhra said. “There’s a lot of strong Republicans in the area.

There’s a couple precincts that lean more Democrat. ... It’s not that different, in comparison, from the city of Burnsville.” Myhra noted that she at-tends church at Bethesda in Prior Lake, where she was director of the girls club for many years, and also has southwest-metro contacts through her past tenure as a Republican committeewom-an for the 2nd Congressio-nal District. “I don’t really think of it as a totally new frontier,” she said of the new House district.

Fewer districtsin Burnsville Under the map in effect since 2002, Burnsville has three Senate districts — 40, 38 and 37 — and one House district in each. The new map, drawn by a panel of judges, puts the city in part of two Senate dis-tricts, 56 and 51. Burnsville will be part of three House districts: 56A, 56B and 51A. Northeast Burnsville will continue to share districts with Eagan, as it does under the current map. Ted Daley of Eagan, a Republican elected in 2010, is the senator in District 38. Eagan Mayor Mike Ma-guire and former Sen. Jim

Redistricting/from 1A Carlson, who was unseated by Daley in 2010 after serv-ing since 2006, are seeking DFL endorsement for the seat. Sandy Masin, an Eagan DFLer who represented House District 38A from 2006 to 2010 and was un-seated by current Rep. Di-ane Anderson, R-Eagan, has announced her bid to challenge Anderson for the new District 51A seat. Myhra and Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, now claim parts of what will be-come House District 56B, which includes southern Burnsville and an east-cen-tral portion of the city. Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, would repre-sent the new district. She hasn’t announced her re-election plans. Former Rep. Will Mor-gan, a Burnsville DFLer who represented District 40A from 2006 to 2010, has announced he will run in 56B.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Aria Stiles of Apple Val-ley is the new Distinguished Young Woman of Minneso-ta. Stiles, an Eastview High school senior, took first overall in Distinguished Young Women of Minneso-ta scholarship competition held Feb. 18 at Eastview in Apple Valley. Another local com-petitor, Alison Kispert of Burnsville, was first runner-up in the 10-person compe-tition. Kispert is a senior at Minehaha Academy. Stiles will now compete in the national program in Mobile, Ala., June 28 to 30. Burnsville has served as host city for the state com-petition since 1985. Out-of-town competitors stay with local host families. Restau-

rants and other business in Burnsville and surrounding cities host the girls, who make event appearances and get a whirlwind tour of the Twin Cities during their week here.

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Snoozing in his vehicle was a losing proposition for a Prior Lake man ar-rested in Burnsville with 300 grams of marijuana. Christopher Jay De-long, 22, was charged re-cently with a fifth-degree controlled substance crime, a felony, and posses-sion of drug parapherna-lia, a petty misdemeanor. Burnsville police re-sponded Nov. 29 to a re-port of a driver asleep in his vehicle. The officer tapped on the window, which Delong opened. The inside of the vehicle

smelled strongly of mari-juana, which Delong con-fessed to having smoked before driving from Oak-dale to Burnsville, the criminal complaint said. A search of the vehicle turned up a backpack in the trunk that contained the marijuana in plastic bundles and plastic bag-gies, according to the com-plaint. Police also found a bong and pipes with green residue, as well as more than 100 empty baggies, the complaint said.

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Larry Frattallone couldn’t believe it either. “sixty-thousand people and no hardware store?” he said. That was the case in Burnsville, where Frattal-lone and his sons, Tom and Mike, are expanding their Twin Cities chain of Frat-tallone’s ace hardware and Garden Centers with a new store at the Burnhill plaza mall. The 23,000-square-foot store, located north of County road 42 and east of irving avenue, is Burns-ville’s first hardware store since George’s hardware hank at highway 13 and Cliff road. The collective wisdom around town is that it’s been nearly a decade since George’s closed, said Burns-ville Chamber of Com-merce president Daron Van helden. “it’s kind of unheard of,” said Frattallone, of st. paul. “i’ve got two stores in Min-neapolis a mile away from each other. ... and they’re both doing really good busi-

ness.” Of course, there are plac-es nearby where you can get a lot of the products Frat-tallone’s ace hardware is selling. “everybody’s our com-petitor — Costco, Mills Fleet Farm,” said Frattal-lone, who opened his first store in 1975 and is open-ing his 17th at age 69. “But we’re a unique thing. we can do what they do, but they can’t do what we do.” The difference, he said, is in the level of customer ser-vice and the array services the hardware store offers — everything from product as-sembly and computer color matching to repairing snow-blowers and weed trimmers. “it’s not a Target,” Frat-tallone said, adding that many younger shoppers may not even be familiar with traditional hardware stores. “we’re the guys that get the things done — the pipe-threading, the cutting of a piece of glass, power-equip-ment repair. it’s service, service, service, all the way through.” Frattallone, who grew

up in st. paul, got his start in retail working at a sears appliance satellite store at har Mar Mall in ros-eville. when sears closed the stores Frattallone and a partner, whom he soon bought out, opened an ace hardware in arden hills. it’s still there, but Frattal-lone said it took him three

years to get his head above water in business and about eight before he could open a second store, in white Bear Lake. “it was three years be-fore i started seeing light with my first store,” he said. “i remember sitting there in tears because it cost $25 a night for heat and lighting,

and there were no custom-ers. i was 32 years old and pretty much in debt.” in recent years, he and his sons have added about a store a year, including a Bloomington store that opened last year on 98th street, Frattallone said. all their stores are under the flag of ace hardware, an

illinois-based retailers co-operative with more than 4,400 stores. The Burnsville store is his second largest behind Circle pines, Frattallone said. he hopes employment at the store will top 50 peo-ple once gardening season arrives. “we’ll have tents here and some of the best plants,” Frattallone said. he and his sons haven’t skimped on promotion and advertising in building their empire. a catchy last name — an italian surname be-queathed by his stepfather — doesn’t hurt, Frattallone said. “we have a perfect name,” he said. “it’s so easy to pronounce and easy to spell. it’s distinctive.” his son, Mike, is the guy people know from radio and TV ads, Frattallone said. “The professional peo-ple think Mike is one of the best. he can read the Gideon Bible in 30 seconds. he’s fast.” John Gessner is at [email protected].

Ace opens near County Road 42

Frattallones return the hardware store to Burnsville

photo by John Gessner

Larry Frattallone, who opened his first Ace Hardware store in 1975, is opening his newest one in Burnsville with his sons, Tom and Mike.

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Kevin Spencer incorporates both original and classic tricks into his act. “I learned a long time ago there are some illusions audiences expect a magician to do,” Spencer said. “I do cut a lady in half, but hopefully it’s done in a way they’ve never seen before.”

A little bit Houdini, a little bit rock’n’roll ‘Theatre of Illusion’ coming to the Burnsville PAC March 8

by Andrew MillerThisweek NewsPaPers

kevin spencer was do-ing some yard work out-side his home at the foot of the Blue ridge Mountains in Virginia when he got an unexpected call from an old friend. On the line was world-renowned illusionist Da-vid Copperfield, calling to congratulate spencer and his wife, Cindy, on being named 2010’s internation-al Magicians of the Year. “i didn’t even know i’d been nominated,” spencer said with a laugh. “That was a really cool moment. (Copperfield) told me i’d be getting a call in a little while with the official an-nouncement. and he told me that i should sound surprised.” The award given out by the international Magi-cians society put the spen-cers in some elite compa-ny. Past recipients include Penn and Teller, Criss an-gel and Copperfield him-self. The spencers will be bringing their touring show, “Theatre of illu-sion,” to the Burnsville Performing arts Center on March 8. if you go, expect more than card tricks and rab-

bits being pulled from hats. The emphasis, spencer said, is on the spectacle. “i personally believe magic has the ability to captivate an audience the way music and dance and theater do,” he said. “The show has all of the great el-ements of Broadway com-bined with the high energy of a rock concert. Magic is just the vehicle that moves the show along.” One of the tricks at “Theatre of illusion” in-volves spencer walking through a wall of concrete blocks. according to spen-cer, the trick was pioneered in 1914 by harry houdini, who only performed the feat for a few months be-fore abandoning it, and it hadn’t been attempted by another magician until spencer gave it a go a few years ago. There are also some magic-act standards in the show, such as the classic sawing-a-lady-in-half rou-tine. “i learned a long time ago there are some illu-sions audiences expect a

magician to do,” spen-cer said. “i do cut a lady in half, but hopefully it’s done in a way they’ve nev-er seen before.” The spencers’ stop in Minnesota will include a visit to the Courage Center in Burnsville where they’ll present their “healing of Magic” program, using magic tricks as a heal-ing tool for the physically challenged. They also plan to visit local schools with their “hocus Focus” pro-gram, which incorporates magic into curriculum for students with autism and developmental disabilities. Tickets for “Theatre of illusion” range from $15-$39 and are available in person at the Burns-ville PaC box office and through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or Ticket-master.com. More about “Theatre of illusion” is at www.spencersmagic.com.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Home Free to perform at Lakeville Area Arts Center home Free, an a cap-pella group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. saturday, March 10, at the Lakeville area arts Center, 20965 holyoke ave. home Free combines comedy and music for an evening of entertainment for all ages. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for seniors/students. Tickets are avail-able at the arts center. For more information, call (952) 985-4640.

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The South Metro Chorale will present its annual Cabaret show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. From left, Robin Kutz, Wolf Bartel, and Chris Norris perform “It’s Raining Men.” The show will feature pieces from “Godspell,” Gershwin, western-movie favorites, Natalie and Nat King Cole songs, show tunes, hits from the ’60s through the ’90s, and a return of the “Simon and Garfunkel” duo. A silent auction will be open a half hour before each performance and during intermission. Other activities include a cash raffle and a bead game. Tickets are $18; $15 for students and seniors. Call (952) 985-4640, or email [email protected].

‘Caribbean Cruise Conspiracy’ dinner theater set Mr. Mystery Produc-tions will present “Carib-bean Cruise Conspiracy” at 7:30 p.m. saturday, March 10, at the apple Valley american Legion, 14521 Granada Drive. Tickets are $33 and in-clude admission and mys-tery dinner participation, prime rib dinner and a com-plimentary dessert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Call (952) 431-1776 for reservations.

Ditch Lilies to play bluegrass series in Rosemount The Ditch Lilies will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at Celts Pub & Grill in downtown rosemount as part of the monthly Bluegrass ameri-cana Family Night series. The concert is free and open to all ages. More informa-tion is at www.bluegrassa-mericanaweekend.com un-der the “Family Night” link.

Mystery dinner theater deals a deadly hand eagan Theater Com-pany will present “Dealt a Deadly hand: Murder at the Pocono royale Casino” at 6 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way. This mystery dinner

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theater and arts briefsshow spoofs the movie “Casablanca” and the american dream of win-ning the jackpot. Tickets are $35 and are available at eagan Parks and recreation, 3838 Pilot knob road, or by calling (651) 675-5500. Proceeds will benefit eagan 55 Plus/seniors and the eagan The-ater Company.

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employee to settle this way as opposed to doing any-thing else.” Those incentives are avoiding both litigation costs and the airing of dirty laundry, Anfinson said. The agreement required Chance, who worked for the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district for 18 months, to re-sign effective Feb. 1. According to the agree-ment, the payment covers Chance’s $136,273 annual salary, sick leave, personal leave, vacation leave, sever-ance pay, insurance benefits and any other compensation due her.

“It’s one of the largest payoffs to an employee un-der a severance agreement ever” in Minnesota, Anfin-son said. “And given the brevity of her employment, it makes it really a head-scratcher.” The agreement says the district admits to no wrongdoing. No disciplin-ary action was taken against Chance, the district points out. The agreement requires the district to provide Chance, 39, with two letters of recommendation – one signed by School Board Chair Ron Hill and one signed by Superintendent Randy Clegg.

Chance also waived her right to make legal claims against the district and agreed to not make state-ments disparaging the dis-trict or implying that it act-ed improperly. Most government “per-sonnel data” is presumed to be private under the Min-nesota Data Practices Act. (There are a number of ex-ceptions, including salary, status of complaints against an employee and final dis-position of employee disci-pline.) The law also says that terms of any settlement agreement arising from an employment dispute are public. It further states that

specific reasons for the set-tlement agreement must be stated in the agreement if the payout exceeds $10,000. But the presumption of privacy for most personnel data creates an exploitable “black hole” in the law, ac-cording to Anfinson. “Any sensible govern-ment lawyer will always err on the side of privacy,” Anfinson said. “Because the penalties for wrongfully making information about an employee public are far, far greater than the penal-ties for refusing to disclose the information that should be public. It’s so out of bal-ance, it’s a no-brainer. When in doubt, you always opt

against public access.” About 10 years ago a South Washington County School District teacher who claimed her private person-nel data had been wrongly disclosed won a jury verdict exceeding $500,000, Anfin-son noted. “All the attorneys advis-ing the public bodies know that case, and they know about that level of expo-sure,” he said. “They’re go-ing to be very cautious and conservative. And you can’t entirely blame them.” Government lawyers of-ten couch passages of such agreements in terms they in-tend to portray as the statu-torily required reasons for

the agreement, according to Anfinson. In Chance’s case, the doc-ument explains that she and the school district “wish to terminate their employment relationship.” “None of that does any-thing to tell the public about the nature of the dispute or why a certain amount of money should have been paid,” Anfinson said. “But the law’s ambiguous.” A legislative fix would be the best way to assure the law provides for full disclo-sure of such agreements, he said.


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but there are many families that either haven’t engaged with us, or some fami-lies we know want to stay and are resisting moving,” Grumdahl said. “We don’t have a firm number on how many are without their own transition plans.” Said Grumdahl, “This has been something that’s been building for months. And for many of these resi-dents, this has been their home for decades. It’s not a small situation for them.” The agencies have held two resource fairs, each at-tended by 25 to 30 Country

Village families, Grumdahl said. Mailings have been sent and flyers posted, and the agencies have fielded “many calls as people just reach out individually for help,” he said. The agencies have some funding assistance avail-able, such as the CAP Agency’s deposit assis-tance, according to Grum-dahl. But the biggest barriers to relocating families are the short supply of afford-able housing and the resi-dents’ own rental barriers, such as low incomes, past

landlord-tenant problems, immigration status or crim-inal records, he said. Some apartment man-agers, mostly in Burnsville, know of the problem and have expressed a willing-ness to work with Country Village residents even if they don’t bring a glowing rental reference, Grumdahl said. Apparently, the complex didn’t always provide refer-ences when tenants moved out, he said.


Community Services, but he’s still bracing for up to 75 units remaining occu-pied after March 1. The county and several nonprofits have combined efforts to help relocate fam-ilies needing assistance. “With all this teamwork, we have been able to iden-tify a lot of services and re-sources that are available to residents in need,” Grum-dahl said. “The challenge remains finding a sufficient supply of affordable hous-ing, because we’re in the tightest rental market we’ve had in 10 years. And there are very few other hous-ing options available at the Country Village price point.”

It’s the least expensive apartment complex in Burnsville, Grumdahl said. Meanwhile, Lindahl continues to have a contrac-tor doing some work on the complex, Hansen said. He suspects the owner wants everyone out so the vast amount of needed repair work can begin in earnest. Hansen said he suspects Lindahl would then seek to have its rental license rein-stated, perhaps on a piece-meal basis. Jason Hutchison, the at-torney for Lindahl Proper-ties, confirmed the plan. “The Lindahls keep on paying their contrac-tors to keep working on those buildings to bring them into complete code compliance with the city

of Burnsville,” he said in a phone message. “It’s cer-tainly their intent to be able to reapply for rental licens-es in a few weeks or short months, whichever it turns out to take, and to get those properties re-rented and get people living there again.” Along with the county, agencies involved in the re-location effort include the Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Cenneidigh/KCQ Inc.-Dakota Outreach, Southern Minnesota Re-gional Legal Services and the Salvation Army, Grum-dahl said. Many families have moved or won’t need help moving, but others could be tough to budge. “We’ve reached out to residents in the building,

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