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Burnsville | Eagan September, 2012 | Volume 33 | Number 29

Council considers allowing chickens in Eagan backyards

Nine-12 high school back on the table in District 191 Would require building addition

by Jessica Harper Sun Thisweek

State continues to excel on ACT Minnesota continues to be a leader in the percentage of students taking and scoring well on the ACT test. Page 4A

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Eagan may join a growing number of metro cities in adopting an ordinance that allows backyard chickens, thanks to the efforts of a few local chicken enthusiasts. The issue was first brought to the City Council in June by a handful of residents who challenged the city’s current ordinance prohibiting chickens and other farm animals from non-agricultural areas. Kim Bernard was among those residents to approach the council. She had been looking into raising chickens in her backyard and found, to her dismay, that the city prohibited such practices. Bernard said she became interested in the hobby after visiting a family farm in Oregon where she fell in love with the birds. “They are so hilarious and have such personalities,” she said. The group’s call for change File photo prompted the council on Sept. 11 The Eagan City Council is to hash out a potential ordinance considering joining a growing number amendment that would enable of metro cities that allow chickens in residential areas. See Chickens, 5A

by John Gessner Sun Thisweek

School District 191 is taking a fresh look at a familiar idea: adding ninth grade to the district’s high school program. That’s a key recommendation from Superintendent Randy Clegg in response to a School Board request for ideas on closing a school and/or consolidating facilities to save money. Clegg also recommends closing the Burnsville High School Senior Campus in 2014 and holding all senior classes at the main campus. Switching to a 9-12 high school would be a longer process, requiring a 40,000-squarefoot building addition estimated at $12 million. “This is a five- to 10-year examination, building consensus within the community, costing it out. ... You’d have to have a bond referendum for this,” Clegg told the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board at a Sept. 6 work-

shop. Proceeds from eventually selling Diamondhead “may offset a good chunk” of the cost of the addition, Clegg said. He recommended against closing one of the district’s 10 elementary schools. The estimated savings would be $300,000 to $400,000 — a relatively small chunk of the $15 million the district is trying to wring from its budgets over a three-year period. And either of two options for closing an elementary — closing a smaller school and keeping a K-6 configuration or going to a K-5 configuration and putting sixth-graders at the junior highs — would stretch building capacity and leave little flexibility for housing students, according to Clegg. Closing an elementary would be “highly disruptive” and force wholesale boundary changes

County cuts levy to reduce property tax burden

Fire Muster 2012

Local historian John Loch digs up details of the moonshineproducing underworld in Prohibition-era Dakota County. Page 10A

by Laura Adelmann Sun Thisweek

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Burnsville blanks Eagan The Burnsville football team used a powerful defense to shut out Eagan, 7-0. Page 18A

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Spectators on 134th Street and a Burnsville firefighter exchanged waves during the Burnsville Fire Muster Fire Truck Parade on Saturday, Sept. 8. For more photos from the Fire Muster, Burnsville’s annual post-Labor Day community celebration, see Page 20A and SunThisweek.com.

Superintendent Clegg gets rare mixed job review Board offers few specifics three-year contract. The buyout outraged Superintendent Randy many residents and teachers, Clegg got a rare mixed job about 200 of whom packed review Sept. 6 from the a confrontational board listening session on Burnsville-EaganMarch 1. Savage District 191 On the advice of School Board. the district’s attor In its annual reney, board officials view, the seven-memgave few details of ber board said Clegg Clegg’s mixed job met four of seven review and wouldn’t job standards and didn’t meet three. In Randy Clegg say whether the Chance episode was his three previous reviews, the board found that a factor. Clegg met all the standards, A statement read by Vice according to Chair Ron Hill. Chair Sandy Sweep at the Events during the review Sept. 6 board meeting listed period — which covers July the job standards but didn’t 1, 2011, through June 30, specify which Clegg did and 2012 — include the district’s didn’t meet. separation agreement with Nor did it specify which Tania Chance, its former hu- board members were critical man resources director. Un- of Clegg’s performance or der circumstances still not on which standards. It said fully known to the public, determination of whether the agreement gave Chance Clegg met a standard was a buyout of nearly $255,000 based on board consensus. after she resigned in FebruSee Clegg, 5A ary with 18 months left on a by John Gessner Sun Thisweek

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Yussuf Shafie, above, and his sister Ifrah are opening Tawakal Restaurant in Burnsville on Sept. 21.

Burnsville duo brings homeland cuisine to town Tawakal will serve East African fare by John Gessner Sun Thisweek

Yussuf and Ifrah Shafie, longtime Burnsville residents by way of Kenya and Somalia, are bringing East African cuisine to Burnsville. The brother-sister team is opening Tawakal Restaurant on Sept. 21 in the Nic-Burn strip mall east of Nicollet Avenue and north

of Burnsville Parkway. “This is the first Somali restaurant in Burnsville,” 23-year-old Yussuf declared, explaining that the menu will be mostly Somali fare with a sampling of Ethiopia and Kenya. He and his 25-year-old sister have seen many East African immigrants come See Tawakal, 7A

Dakota County’s portion of property tax bills is expected to drop in 2013 because commissioners reduced the levy to help combat an increased tax burden caused by a decline in the county’s tax base. A median-valued home of $187,300 will see a reduction of $29.62 in the county portion of its property taxes next year, and that amount may be reduced even more if commissioners make further levy reductions, a possibility Commissioner Kathleen Gaylord said Tuesday commissioners may pursue. Local governments can reduce the preliminary levy but cannot increase it in December when the final levy will be set. Overall, property values are expected to decline 4.6 percent in 2013, cutting the county’s taxable base and causing the county portion of property taxes to increase if the levy remained the same. At an Aug. 28 budget workshop, commissioners directed staff to reduce the 2013 levy by $250,000, from $129,402,073 this year to $129,152,073 in 2013. County commissioners also proposed the Regional Rail levy stay the same in 2013, setting a preliminary levy of $1.6 million. County workshops are set Nov. 6-9, and a public hearing on the county budget and levy is set for Nov. 27. The county’s final budget and levy will be adopted Dec. 11. Laura Adelmann is at laura.adelmann@ecm-inc. com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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BHS boys soccer fundraiser

New logo for a mature city Burnsville council chooses design

by John Gessner Sun Thisweek

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The Burnsville High School boys soccer program’s fundraiser with Dodge of Burnsville on Aug. 18 raised $4,040. Dodge contributed $20 to the program for each participant who test drove a new Dodge. The Dodge of Burnsville dealership provided six new vehicles, insurance, and personnel to help with the fundraising test drives. A total of 202 drivers participated. Dodge will present a check to the coaches and captains at the 5 p.m. BHS game against Eastview on Sept. 18.

After reviewing several options and ordering a few tweaks, the City Council has finally settled on a new Burnsville logo. Almost. The chosen design, with what some would call an abstract depiction of the trees-and-water theme that has anchored the city logo since the early ’80s, will get a small tree trunk to better define the trees. The green in the logo “does look like flames to me,” Council Member Mary Sherry said. “I’d like to see a tree trunk – a tiny one.” City-hired artist Greg Preslicka of Savage, who created all the designs,

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The logo chosen by the City Council awaits one final design modification — a tree trunk. will be asked to make the change. The council agreed on the chosen design at a Sept. 11 work session. It was one of three options left on the table after the council reviewed earlier sketches on July 10 and asked for revisions. Council Member Dan Gustafson liked the chosen design for its flow. Council Member Bill Coughlin was neutral on the designs. Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said it’s high time for a new logo — not a scrapping of the old theme, but a “refresh.” “I believe the refresh is needed, as we are in the 21st century, and it will be good for us,” she said.

What will the people say? “It’s going to be impossible to please 60,000 residents,” said Communications Coordinator Marty Doll, who worked on the project. Some will like the new logo and some won’t, he predicted. Officials sought to reassure residents that replacing the old logo is costly. “It really isn’t,” Doll said. The new logo will be applied only when a city vehicle, a sign or a piece of infrastructure is due for replacement. That means the new and old logos will coexist for years to come. The new logo will replace the old one on printed materials. The city won’t be throwing piles of old-logoed letterhead in the dumpster to usher in the change, Doll said. In fact, he said the city may not begin to roll out the change until early next year, when an already low supply of letterhead is depleted. Officials say the time for a new logo is now, with highway entrance monument signs planned in coming years and replacement of some aging park signs. John Gessner can be reached at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Doc Popcorn opens A Doc Popcorn store is now open at Burnsville Center on the first floor of the Macy’s wing in front of Gordon’s Jewelers. The kiosk offers fresh-popped

popcorn in a variety of flavors. This new Doc Popcorn store is the first of three franchise owner Brian Morse plans to open.

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Worker at group home gets 13 years for assaulting resident A worker at a Burnsville group home was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years and two months in prison for sexually assaulting an 18-yearold female resident, Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom announced. Geoffrey Edward Florance, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree criminal sexual conduct and was sentenced by Judge Mary Theisen to 158 months in prison. The victim, who has “low cognitive ability,” was a client at an autism and seizure care facility on the 13000 block of Judicial Road, according to the criminal

complaint. Florance assaulted the woman during the earlymorning hours of March 27, when he was working an overnight shift. She suffered head injuries and vaginal tearing, according to the complaint. “This was an egregious assault upon an extremely vulnerable victim,” Backstrom said in a news release. “The defendant deserved the lengthy prison term he received today for this serious crime.” Charges of third-degree assault and criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver (resulting in sub-

stantial bodily harm) were dismissed. The woman had suffered a large head laceration that required stitches, as well as numerous abrasions bruises on her neck and face, the complaint said. Her eyes showed minor hemorrhaging called petechiae, which is caused by broken capillaries. The victim was taken to the hospital to have her head injury treated and, at the urging of the social worker, returned a second time for a sexual-assault exam. — John Gessner

Burnsville woman was in critical condition after crash by Tad Johnson Sun Thisweek

Beverley Johnson, 49, of Burnsville, was identified last week as the driver of the vehicle who was reportedly in critical condition Sept. 5 after a multivehicle crash on Interstate 35W in Burnsville. Johnson was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center after the crash in which a semitrailer truck rear-ended three vehicles, according to the State Patrol. Johnson was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the report. The driver of the semitrailer truck, a 2007 International, was identified as Leon Fortson, 47, of Medford. He reportedly suffered no apparent injury. Minor injuries were reported for three people who were wearing seatbelts in the other two vehicles – Steven C. Platt, 62, of Cheshire, Mass., and his passenger, Kimberly A. Gage of Springfield, Mass.; and Sara J. Pillatzki-Warzeha, 29, of Aberdeen, S.D. Those three were taken to Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville to receive treatment for their injuries. Fortson was unable to

slow down in time with the rest of the traffic as it approached the Minnesota River bridge, where the right lane was closed for a maintenance project, said Lt. Eric Roeske of the State

Patrol. The semi struck Johnson’s 1992 Camry, which then struck Pillatzki-Warzeha’s 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser, which then struck Platt’s 2011 Nissan Sentra.

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Congratulations, concerns about Minnesota college entrance test scores by Joe Nathan Sun Thisweek

Congratulations and concerns. That’s how we might react to recently released Minnesota high school graduates’ performance on the ACT college entrance test. W h e r e do the congratulations come in? Minnesota seniors ranked first among the 40 states where at least 30 percent of seniors took the test. The percentage of students taking the ACT in those 39 states ranged from 14 to 100 percent. Minnesota’s high school graduates also rank above national average in area of the ACT: English, Reading, Mathematics and Science. ACT’s research suggests that students who do well on their test are more likely to earn A’s and B’s in their first year of college. ACT says that 74 percent of Minnesota 2012 high school graduates took their test. That compares to 100 percent of seniors in nine states, including North Dakota. Nine states had a somewhat higher average score that the 22.8 that Minnesota students earned. All the states with a higher

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average had a far lower percentage of students taking the test (from 9 to 27 percent). The conventional wisdom is that if virtually all of a state’s high school seniors or graduates take a test, the average will be lower than if only those who are planning to enter a college or university take the test. That is not always true. For example, graduates of four states earned a 22.1 average, and had widely varying participating participation percentages. Seventy-one percent of Wisconsin grads took the test, 63 percent in Iowa, 25 percent in California, and 21 percent in Maryland. Minnesota’s high national rank is a tribute to students, faculty and families. Con-

gratulations on that. What about concerns? • Only 36 percent of Minnesota graduates scored at the level in all four areas that predict they will do well as college freshman. • Less than half of Minnesota graduates (42 percent) scored at the level in science that ACT says predicts strong college freshman grades. • More than a third of graduates (38 percent) scored lower in mathematics than ACT says will predict a good college freshman grade in that field. • The widely reported achievement gap shows up here, too. The percentage of white graduates who met at least three of the benchmarks was higher than any other racial subgroup – white (59 percent), Asian American (36), Hispanic (34), American Indian (30) and African American (16). You can find more about results from Minnesota and other states at www.act. org/newsroom/data/2012/states/minnesota. html. A test score is only one predictor of how

well a student will do in college. At a recent meeting of college and high school faculty, Andrew Nesset, then dean at Century College, pointed out that colleges have found that tests don’t measure the persistence, planning and responsibility skills that successful students need. Colleges study test scores. But they also look at grades and other factors to see if students are well prepared. It’s also important to remember that most of Minnesota’s two-year public colleges don’t require that students take the ACT test. These two-year colleges prepare many young people for good jobs. The results give us reasons to be proud. The scores also point to areas where more work is necessary, with a variety of students. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, joe@centerforschoolchange.org. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters Halverson is our candidate To the editor: Voters have some difficult choices to make this November. In the case of our vote for state representative in House District 51B, our choice is clear – Laurie Halverson is our candidate. As our state representative, we can trust Halverson to work with others for common-sense solutions and to represent the needs of our community. Halverson is committed to Eagan, having chosen Eagan as the community where she and her husband wanted to live and raise their son, Kai. She’s been involved and active in Eagan through her community experiences. These include chairing the Eagan Advisory Parks Commission, serving as a director for the Eagan Foundation, and her professional experiences working in civic engagement for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Halverson has shown a commitment to Eagan and knows that hard work and collaboration can create common-sense solutions for the challenges we face. Join us in voting for her for state representative this November. TOM and LINDA PISKOR Eagan

Burnsville VW eased the pain

if I had a few minutes so he could have a VW technician check it out. A short time later, the parts man came back to the parts counter and said it indeed was not the alternator, but the clutch pulley. The cost was about $500 for the alternator, but only about $86 for the pulley. The VW technician took the old clutch pulley off and installed the new clutch pulley on my alternator. The parts man could have sold me a complete alternator, and I would not have known the difference. They saved me more than $420. What a warm feeling it is to know there are still honest, trusting people in the car business with whom you can do business and not be overcharged. M.C. GRESSER Eagan

Pothini has strong skills To the editor: This November, residents in District 191 will have many candidates to choose from for School Board. Seema Pothini is a candidate with exceptional qualifications and experience to make a lasting, positive impact. These are just some of her qualifications: broad and deep experiences with students, staff, and families in schools; bringing financial stability to a nonprofit organization; serving as president on multiple boards of directors; and the unique ability to consistently build productive relationships with people representing multiple perspectives. She is a team player who inspires her team to tackle tough challenges. Her passion for the district and for ensuring the academic success of all students, along with her many strong skills will definitely help make School District 191 stronger.

To the editor: This is a story you may not hear very often, if at all. A mechanic removed the alternator from my yellow Volkswagen Beetle, as it was malfunctioning. The mechanic sent me to Burnsville Volkswagen to get a replacement part. He cautioned me that the new alternator would cost more than $500. When I got to the Burnsville VW parts department, the parts man suggested that it may not be the alternator, that it very likely may be the PATTY PAPPENFUS clutch pulley attached to the Savage alternator shaft. He asked

Morgan knows education To the editor: Education is crucial to a healthy economy. As such, it’s crucial we have someone with firsthand experience representing our kids at the Capitol. House District 56B candidate Will Morgan’s experience comes twofold: Not only has he taught physics for the past 20 years at Burnsville High School, but he also has an outstanding record protecting our schools at the state Legislature. Who better to advocate the interests of our children’s education than Morgan? As a teacher he sees firsthand the effects of education cuts, like the more than $2 billion borrowed from schools by the current Legislature. And after teaching for 20 years he’s survived the ridiculous unfunded big government mandates (like the Profiles of Learning and No Child Left Behind) that do nothing to improve student learning. Serving in the Legislature from 2006-2010, Morgan fought for quality reforms that improved teaching and learning for our kids. And, he fought to protect our local schools from state budget cuts. Even before he was elected Morgan was working to reform schools to improve education. He cochaired the committee that developed an alternative teacher compensation plan (“Q-comp”) for the Burnsville schools. That compensation reform system was called a “model plan” by Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s commissioner of education. So as students head back to school, people should think long and hard about the kind of representation they deserve in St. Paul. I know I will. That’s why I’ll be casting my vote for Will Morgan this November. DIANE STRUBLE Burnsville

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employment rate in March of 2010 was 8 percent with 18,000 people out of work. As of May, 2012, the unemployment rate has been reduced to 5 percent and the number of unemployed has dropped significantly to 11,500, a huge improvement. During the time Anderson’s opponent was in office, the unemployment rate and number of unemployed people went up. Anderson has been awarded the Guardian of Small Business Award from the National Federation of Independent Business. Anderson had a 100 percent voting record with the National Federation of Independent Businesses and 100 percent voting record with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Anderson is the pro-jobs candidate and the best person to improve our economy. The Minnesota Chamber Leadership Fund endorsed Anderson and David Olson said, “Rep. Diane Anderson is committed to job growth and economic vitality for Minnesota. Voting for Rep. Diane Anderson is one of the best steps citizens in House District 51A can take to secure their economic future.” We need to re-elect Anderson so she can continue the reforms needed to take Minnesota to a better economic future. Please join me in voting for Rep. Diane Anderson.

of them became pregnant. A very tiny percentage of rape victims claim they got pregnant so it is possible in rare instances that this happens. If and when this happens, the tragedy of rape should not be followed by another tragedy of murdering the unborn baby. It is not the fault of the innocent little human infant that the father is a rapist. Why murder the baby? Akin also used the term “legitimate rape.” There is nothing wrong with this statement since not all rape claims are legitimate. When women claim to be raped, the police investigate. In most cases the investigation shows the woman was raped and the rapist is pursued and arrested. (I personally believe if convicted, they should go to prison for life.) However, in some cases, the young woman is lying and was not raped. They lie because they do not want their husband, fiancee or boyfriend to know they had sexual intercourse with another man. As a result, many innocent men have gone to prison – some for many years. Fortunately, DNA testing has proven the innocence of many and they were freed. Let us not pretend this doesn’t happen. It does. There have been many news stories about it. Even though I’m voting for Mitt Romney, he is wrong in approving of abortion in cases of rape. The Republican Party is wrong in trying pressure Akin to quit the Senate race. I just sent $10 for the Akin campaign.

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RALPH GILBERTSEN Burnsville

To the editor: In a recent mailing, supporters of Rep. Doug Wardlow, R-Eagan, claim that he is standing up for our schools. However, his actions speak louder than those words. Instead of finding a real solution to the state’s budget deficit, Wardlow voted to borrow billions of dollars from our schools in order to balance the budget. As a result of being owed $2.4 billion, many schools have resorted to short-term borrowing in order to make ends meet and ensure that our children have the necessary resources to learn. In fact, this is having an effect on school districts in our community. In a survey done by the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, School Districts 196 and 191 both indicated they were forced into short-term borrowing because of this budget gimmick. Perhaps most troubling – when Wardlow had an opportunity to pay back our schools the full amount owed with no additional cost to taxpayers, he voted no. Instead he chose to continue allowing big business to hide their profits overseas, choosing corporations over students. This November, I’m casting my vote for someone who will prioritize our children’s education. I’m voting Bob Cannella for Laurie Halverson. Eagan Denise Sjoberg Eagan Supports U.S.

Anderson is the pro-jobs candidate To the editor: State Rep.Diane Anderson, R-Eagan, has worked to reduce the size, reach and cost of state government. Anderson voted to reduce regulations and streamline the business permit process. These reforms have dramatically improved the jobs picture in Minnesota. Moreover, Anderson and her colleagues in the Republican-controlled Legislature reduced spending without raising taxes further enhancing Minnesota’s job climate. Dakota County’s un-

To the editor: I am writing about the controversy over rape concerning U.S. Rep. Todd Akin. I think Akin spoke the truth but was misunderstood. The attacks on him are very unfair. Rape is a horrible felony crime. All decent, normal people agree, including Akin. He is quoted as saying that “in instances of what he called legitimate rape, women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy.” A study by the University of Minnesota supports this. The University of Minnesota did a follow-up study of 100 rape victims and found that none

Don’t pick winners, losers To the editor: I have a different perspective to a part of a letter submitted by Timothy Duecker regarding “The Truth” (Sun Thisweek Sept. 7). Instead of “I proudly stand with Americans who say there are winners and losers and it’s not our government’s job to pick ’em,” I would say that it is not the job of any religion to do this through our government. SUE OLSON Eagan

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would also be required to have their property inspected to obtain a permit and a renewal. “We can always change it later if we determine that an annual inspection is not needed for renewal,” Mayor Mike Maguire said at the Tuesday night meeting. Chickens should not be allowed in homes or garages due to health concerns, council members agreed. According to the University of Minnesota Extension, which studies agricultural issues, humans can contract bacterial and respiratory infections by keeping chickens in their living spaces. Though a common concern, there are no cases of Avian flu being transmitted from birds to humans in the United States, according to the U of M Extension. All of these proposed requirements are consistent with ordinances in other cities that allow chickens in residential areas. Although most neighboring cities don’t address coop space for each chick-

Eagan residents to raise a small number of chickens in their backyards. Council members agreed an ordinance should allow residents to keep up to five chickens in residential areas but should be prohibited from having roosters, or slaughtering animals in areas that are not zoned as agricultural. Residents will be required to have proper fences to keep the birds within the property and “reasonably” match the exterior of the chicken coop to the home’s finish. The proposal also requires chicken coops to have a 10-foot setback from property lines and a 25-foot setback from dwellings, under the proposal. Residents are required to obtain a $50 permit, which can be revoked if the owner fails to comply with requirements of the ordinance or of the Homeowners’ Association, according to the proposal. Residents

en, Council Member Paul Bakken suggested such a requirement should be included in the proposed amendment. “We wouldn’t want to open it up to having a chicken jail like some commercial farms,” he said. After consulting Nicholas Janssen, an Eagan chicken enthusiast, the council agreed to require a minimum of 2 square feet per bird in a coop and 5 square feet of run space per chicken. Interest in backyard chickens has grown in recent years and enthusiasts say the birds provide numerous benefits such as organic eggs, fertilizer, and weed control. To date, 14 Minnesota cities have adopted ordinances allowing small numbers of chickens in residential areas. Though interest has swelled in recent years, only a few residents are raising the animals in those cities. In Bloomington, for instance, fewer than 10 chicken permits have been issued since 2011 when

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the ordinance was adopted, said Eagan city clerk Christina Scipioni. Those cities that have allowed chickens in residential neighborhoods have reported few issues with the birds. Most complaints include rooster noise, loose chickens, setback issues and chickens in garages, Scipioni said. “The vast majority of property owners comply immediately before a citation is issued,” she said. This isn’t the first ordinance change to allow new pets within Eagan. The council previously amended an ordinance to allow pet pigeons in residential backyards. The proposed chicken ordinance is set to go before the City Council in early October for a vote. Jessica Harper is at jessica.harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Clegg, from 1A “For example, if five Board members feel a standard has been met and two Board members feel the standard has not been met, the rating is ‘meets standard,’ ” the statement said. The standards are under headings of “shared vision,” “culture of learning,” “management,” “family and community,” “ethics,” “social context” and “goal attainment.” In meetings prior to Sept. 6, board members held two closed sessions on the evaluation, one with Clegg present and one without him. Minnesota law allows public bodies to close meetings to evaluate the performance of employees under their authority. The body must identify the person before closing the meeting and “summarize its conclusions regarding the evaluation” at its next open meeting, according to statute. The board consulted with its attorney before drafting the statement, Hill and Sweep said in interviews.

Clegg, who was hired in 2008, is currently under a contract that began in September 2010 and expires next June 30. “We haven’t talked about it yet,” Hill said when asked about renewal of Clegg’s contract. “The contract vote is a board action, and we have not done that as of yet. That will be soon,” Sweep said. Clegg, who is paid a $180,000 salary, came to the district from the superintendent’s job in Clinton, Iowa, to replace Ben Kanninen, who retired. The separation agreement with Chance revealed that in exchange for the buyout and her resignation, she agreed to drop charges against the district she had pending with the state Department of Human Rights, and to drop a complaint about Clegg made to the Minnesota Board of School Administrators. John Gessner can be reached at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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John Lyons promoted to NACR CEO by Jessica Harper Sun Thisweek

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North American Communications Resource Inc. named John Lyons president and CEO of the Eagan-based technology firm. Lyons will replace founder Tom Roles who is retiring from NACR. The announcement was made on Thursday by John McKenna, CEO of Eagan-based ConvergeOne, the parent company of NACR. “With his impressive leadership skills and industry experience, John has already played an important role in the growth of the ConvergeOne companies,” McKenna said in a news release. “We are excited about his new role in helping to shape the future of NACR.” In April 2012, Lyons was named executive vice president of services for NACR

in which he led the company’s maintenance and managed services operations. “Under John Lyons Tom’s guidance, NACR has earned a reputation of trusted adviser, delivering expert services and personalized levels of support to help customers maximize their communications environments,” Lyons said in a written statement. “My goal is to continue that vision as we expand NACR’s strategic services in order to provide even greater value for customers’ evolving technology and business needs.” Prior to joining NACR, Lyons served as president for more than two years at S1 IT Solutions, another

company owned by ConvergeOne that specializes in infrastructure, virtualization and optimization of customer computing environments as well as IT consulting. At that time, Lyons also oversaw NorthPark Group, SimpliCTI and served as vice president of corporate development at ConvergeOne. Lyons has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry and previously served as senior vice president at Siemens IT Solutions and Services and as CEO of Mimeo.com before that. Lyons began his career at IBM shortly after graduating from Syracuse University. Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

College entrance exams now require ID District 196 administrators say high schools are prepared for new rules by Jessica Harper Sun Thisweek

High school juniors and seniors will soon need more than pencils and calculators when taking the ACT or SAT test. Students will now need to present a photo ID to register and take the college entrance exams. “This is a sign of the times,” said Sue Luse, an Eagan-based education consultant. “IDs are needed more and more and this should stop instances of cheating with a surrogate.” The new rules — adopted earlier this month — follows a series of cheating scandals including an incident in Long Island, New York, in December where a number of students paid impersonators as much as $3,000 to take the SATs for them in the hopes of getting higher scores. As a result, students are

required to submit current and recognizable photos when they register for the ACT or SAT. The photos will appear on the applicant’s admission tickets used when they take the test. On the day of the test, the student must present a valid photo ID to be matched with the submitted photo. Approved forms of ID include a driver’s license, passport or student identification card. Students who don’t have such IDs can present notarized letters with photos from their high schools. In addition to the ID requirement, standby or walkin testing will be eliminated by SAT. Those who miss the registration deadline, can be placed on a waiting list. ACT will provide standby testing, but only if students register their intent

to test and upload or send a photo in advance. The ACT will also add photos to the score reports it sends high schools, but will not include them in the scores to colleges. Students who are homeschooled will have a slightly different set of rules. Administrators in the Rosemount-Apple ValleyEagan School District have already started to share the changes with district high school students. “The changes shouldn’t present too much of a challenge since our students all have school IDs,” said Polly Reikowski, principal of Eagan High School. “I’m surprised it wasn’t required sooner.” Jessica Harper is at jessica. harper@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Mattson - Winter Shirley Jensen Barb and Jerry Mattson of Eagan MN, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Mattson to Travis Winter, son of Sue and John Winter of St. Augusta, MN. Stephanie is a 2005 graduate from Eagan High School and attended college at Bemidji State University, graduating with a Marketing Communications degree. She currently works for Modern Piping a mechanical contracting company located in Cedar Rapids IA, as a Facilities Financial Consultant. Travis is a 2003 graduate from Tech High School and attended college at Bemidji State University. He earned his Business Administration degree while playing hockey for the Bemidji Beavers as Captain. Currently, Travis is a hockey coach for the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders in the USHL. The wedding is planned for September 21st, 2012 in the Twin Cities.

Jensen, Shirley Ann age 76 of Lakeville passed away unexpectedly after suffering a stroke. Preceded in death by brother Bill Baier; sisters Margie Weyer and Lorraine McCardle. Survived by husband Norbert; children Bradley, David, Kristy (John) Bertsch and Peggy (Jim) Spadafore. 7 grandchildren; sisters Judy (Bob) Giardino and Marylou Droster; brother Jim (Joanne) Baier. Memorial Mass 11AM Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at All Saints Catholic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave. Lakeville, MN. Gathering of family and friends one hour prior to Mass at church. Interment, All Saints Cemetery. White Funeral Home Lakeville 952-469-2723 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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Ethel Elizabeth Comas, most recently of Burnsville, MN and Hilton Head Island, SC, died August 19, 2012 at Veterans' Victory House, Walterboro, SC, after a long illness. Born in Parkers Prairie, MN, February 11, 1915, to Anna and Mathias Kraemer, Ethel graduated as a Registered Nurse from Saint Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis where she worked as a newborn care and private duty nurse. She entered the U.S. Army as a nurse in 1944, and was sent to the Philippines for the duration of World War II, attaining the rank of 1LT. She returned to the U.S. in 1946, and worked at Saint Mary's as night supervisor, and as director of nursing at Groveland Terrace and Highland Park Nursing Homes, Minneapolis, before retiring in 1980. She is remembered as a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Ethel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Anthony, sisters Florence and Evelyn, and brothers George and Raymond. Her brother Ralph passed away on September 1, 2012. She is survived by her daughter Camille Avore and husband James (Hilton Head Island, SC); her son Timothy (Westminster, MD); grandchildren Brian Gilbert (Trish) of Mountain View, CA and Karin Davidson (Ross) of Fort Benning, GA; four great-grandchildren; and sister Joan Fuhrman of Jordan, MN. A Memorial Mass was held at Saint John Roman Catholic Church, Westminster, MD on August 31, 2012. Burial is scheduled for September 21 at 10:45 a.m. at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis. Memorial donations can be made to the Tidewater Foundation, 10 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Suite A, Bluffton, SC 29910 (www.tidewaterhospice.com).

Tawakal, from 1A behind them since they arrived in Burnsville with their family in 2000. “I’m really confident” in the restaurant’s prospects, Yussuf said. “People drive 20 minutes to Minneapolis to get Somali food. We have a huge Somali population here.” He hopes the restaurant builds a fan base with nonAfricans, too. “I want to change perceptions in the community. I want to educate others who don’t know much about us,” said Yussuf, who is originally from Somalia but spent most of his childhood in Kenya. “I’m 23 years old and I’m opening my own restaurant. That’s the American dream.” One of seven Shafie children, Yussuf started seventh grade at Nicollet Junior High and graduated from Burnsville High School in 2006. “It was tough — language barriers, a lot of racial stuff,” he said of his early school experiences here. “Burnsville back in 2000 was the whitest place you could find. Now, it’s very diverse. ... But I think I did pretty good handling all that as a youngster.” In May, he got a bachelor’s degree in social work from Metro State University. He plans to pursue a master’s of social work at the University of Minnesota or Augsburg. “I want to give back to my community,” Yussuf said. “Literally, I enjoy helping people. I want to empower people.” Graduate studies will wait a year, he said, while he gets the restaurant off the ground.

Savings from his job with a residential group-home provider and his sister’s savings from her job as a nurse are helping bankroll the business, Yussuf said. Another family member is a minority investor, and the business has a bank credit line, he said. Tawakal Restaurant promises Halal (permissible according to Islamic religious law) meats and seafood, farm-fresh vegetables, and breads and pastries baked daily. Goat, fish, chicken, lamb, chicken steak and beefsteak are staples of the 40-plus menu items, along with rice, Yussuf said. “Which is very similar to lots of parts of the world,” he said. “It’s good stuff. I am very confident you guys will like our food.” Spicy? “You can make it hot,” said Yussuf, who lives at home with his family. “It’s up to the customer. We have many different spices we can add. We have a homemade hot sauce on the side you can have. It’s the best.” The menu will have halfplate ($7) and full-plate ($10) options and daily lunch specials, Yussuf said. For opening day on Sept. 21, the restaurant is offering one free lunch special per customer from noon to 3 p.m. Tawakal Restaurant is located in a newly renovated space at 12609 Nicollet Ave. For information, call (952) 500-8954 or visit www.tawakalrestaurantmn. com.

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100 years young

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Dorothy Glenn (center) celebrates her 100th birthday with her daughters and Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz (right) on Sept. 11 at Augustana at Regent in Burnsville. Glenn received a proclamation from Kautz in honor of the milestone. After a reception, Glenn’s family took her for a limousine ride to reminisce over past places she has lived and loved.

Burnsville resident rides to fight pancreatic cancer Burnsville resident Marie Kramer will lead a team in the seventh annual PurpleRide to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network on Saturday, Sept. 15. The ride is at Maple Grove’s Elm Creek Regional Park. Last year the event raised more than $300,000, with more than 1,000 riders and 200 volunteers. As a nurse and coordinator of one of the few pancreatic cancer support groups, Kramer is dedicated to the cause year-round. She has been participating in PurpleRide since its beginning. On Sept. 30, more than 60 PurpleLight National Vigil for Hope events will be held across the country. The candlelight vigils will honor those who have fought pancreatic cancer and celebrate the survivors, while raising awareness about the fourthleading cause of cancer death in the United States.

Flapjack breakfast Ebenezer Ridges Campus in Burnsville will host its Flapjack Breakfast fundraiser from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24. The menu includes all-youcan-eat pancakes, sausage, juice and milk. The event is open to the community. A $5 charge will be collected at the door for guests. Ebenezer Ridges Care Center is at 13820 Community Drive. Call (952) 898-8400 for information.

Wellness seminars Ignite 4 Life in Burnsville will host two free health and wellness seminars, Operation R.E.S.E.T., at 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 19 and 26. The focus will be learning how to reset metabolism to lose weight and energize the body. RSVP and find directions at www.Ignite4Life. com.

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Thisweekend Booze and bootlegging, right in your backyard Local historian digs up details of Dakota County’s Prohibition-era underworld

by Andrew Miller Sun Thisweek

John Loch is finding that booze was abundant, and moonshine raids by federal agents were commonplace, in Dakota County during Prohibition. Loch, an Apple Valley resident John Loch and vice president of the Rosemount Area Historical Society, has been poring through old newspapers on microfiche at the library, and talking with

locals who were alive at the time, to piece together a picture of the bootlegging underworld in Dakota County at the time of Prohibition when production and sale of alcohol was illegal. There was the massive, 70,000-gallon distillery – said to be the largest distillery west of Chicago – operating on the outskirts of Rosemount. It was raided in 1924 or 1925. There was the deputy sheriff from Rosemount who kept confiscated moonshine stills in his backyard as trophies and disposed of illegal booze by pouring it

into the city sewer system. And in Miesville, there seemed to be a citywide conspiracy. “Just about everybody in Miesville was involved in producing or selling moonshine,” Loch said. “The farmers made it, the intown people sold it at their dance hall. “They were never raided – there’s one highway that runs through Miesville, and they had lookouts. If an unknown car passed through town, they’d sound the alarm.” Loch will present his findings in a talk titled

“Blind P i g s , Speakeasies and Moonshine” on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. The talk, presented under the auspices of the Rosemount Area Historical Society, is one several community events being held as part of the One Book, One Rosemount program. This year, the One Book program has residents reading “Moon Over Manifest” by Clare Vanderpool, part of which deals with bootlegging during Prohibition. As for the title of Loch’s presentation, he borrowed a bit of Prohibition-era lingo. “Speakeasies” were highend establishments where alcohol was served, while “blind pigs” referred to lower-end establishments. Patrons were charged admission to see a blind pig, or some other freakish animal attraction, and were given a glass of ale with admission.

‘I Read It in the Paper’

“Blind Pigs, Speakeasies and Moonshine” is one of two presentation Loch will

be g i v ing this month as part of One Book, One Rosemount. On Sept. 22 he’ll present “I Read It in the Paper,” an interactive talk at which guests will piece together details from the life of a prominent, early-1900s Rosemount resident based on articles published in the Dakota County Tribune. Loch, who researches local history by reading old editions of newspapers at the Wescott Library in Eagan, said he uncovered about 300 short news items about William Cadzow, who was involved in politics, owned a hotel, managed a baseball team and had his hand in a host of other aspects of Rosemount civic life. The presentation, Loch said, is about “how you really can find out the history of an individual and a place by reading the columns you find in old newspapers.” “I Read It in the Paper”

Photo by Andrew Miller

In addition to his talk “Blind Pigs, Speakeasies and Moonshine,” local historian John Loch this month will present “I Read It in the Paper,” an interactive event at which guests will piece together details from the life of a prominent, early-1900s Rosemount resident based on articles published in the Dakota County Tribune. will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and “Blind Pigs, Speakeasies and Moonshine” is set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Both events will be held at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount and are geared to adults and youths ages 12 and older. Admission is free. Andrew Miller can be reached at andrew.miller@ ecm-inc.com or facebook. com/sunthisweek.

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theater and arts briefs Area residents in ‘The Music Man’

“In the Oaks Pasture” by Todd Voss

From comic book beginnings, artist evolved to oil on canvas Todd Voss is the featured artist at this year’s Lakeville Art Festival by Andrew Miller Sun Thisweek

Todd Voss first started doing art as a child, drawing the characters in his favorite comic books – Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Porky Pig, the whole gang. He began getting serious about it Todd Voss – and considering art as a vocation – his senior year of high school. “My last year of high school I took nothing but art classes – and, I think, one gym class,” he said. “I’ve been doing art since I was a little kid and I just never stopped.” As the Best in Show winner as the 2011 Lakeville Art Festival, Voss will be the featured artist at this year’s festival, which runs Sept. 15-16 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Lakeville will be the final stop on Voss’ summer art fair schedule. A full-time professional artist, he averages about 10 such events throughout the Midwest each year, where he sells his oil paintings. Last weekend saw him at an art fair in central Wisconsin. The real work – his painting – he does mostly at his home in Detroit Lakes, Minn. He admits there isn’t much pingpong played in the basement rec room of his split-level home. His wife, Fern Belling, is also a painter, and the couple has

converted the basement of their home into an art studio. “Some people say two artists can’t live together, but we seem to get along fine,” he said. Voss also does a lot of outdoor painting, picking a bucolic locale and doing a “field study” – a smaller painting with less detail than the works he produces at home. And he shoots a lot of photos during these outdoor sessions. “I’ll then use the field study and the photos to make a larger painting in my home studio,” he said. One thing influencing Voss’ artwork is his practice of transcendental meditation, or TM. It’s something he learned as a student at Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, which he attended from 1986 to 1990. “It’s a regular four-year college, but in addition to that it teaches TM and the science of consciousness, to connect the subjects you’re studying back to yourself,” he said. “I still practice TM. I don’t consciously try and integrate things from TM and meditation into my painting, though meditation is bound to have an effect on whatever you do.” To view samples of Voss’ work, visit www.mnartists. org/todd_voss. Andrew Miller can be reached at andrew.miller@ ecm-inc.com or facebook. com/sunthisweek.

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Jillian Jacobson of Burnsville, Kati Devitt and Atlee Jensen of Apple Valley, and Morgan Guinta and Tawny Greene of Eagan are featured as members of the ensemble in the Eat Street Players’ production of “The Music Man” at the Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis. Performances are Sept. 14-15. For more information, visit www. eatstreetplayers.org.

Local artist’s works on display Nancy Miller of Rosemount is among seven recipients of a 2011 Emerging Artists Grant from VSA Minnesota whose work will be exhibited Sept. 13-29 at Homewood Studios Gallery, 2400 Plymouth Ave. N., Minneapolis. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14; a reading with the artists will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18. The artwork is for sale. VSA Minnesota’s events are fragrancefree.

Lorie Line holiday concert Pianist Lorie Line will bring “Immanuel,” her holiday extravaganza, to the Burnsville Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Also performing will be Line’s Fab Five – including award-winning drummer Jean-Pierre Bouvet of Lakeville.

Tickets are $48 and can be on Thursday and Sunday purchased at the box office or and $15 on Friday and Satvia phone at (952) 895-4680. urday. Tickets are available online at www.hahatickets. com or by calling (651) 5288454.

‘White Christmas’ auditions set

The Play’s the Thing Productions will hold auditions for “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 24 and 25 in the cafeteria of Metcalf Junior High School in Burnsville. Performers ages 10 to 18 are eligible to audition. Auditions are by appointment, email dnacsr@aol.com with preference for an on-the-hour time slot, with callbacks the following Wednesday evening, time to be determined. Initial auditions will be singing and dancing only. Prepare 32 bars of an upbeat/ Broadway style song. Bring sheet music in the appropriate key. No a capella singing. Accompanist provided. For the dancing audition, wear comfortable clothing and dance shoes, choreographer will teach the routine for the dance audition. Play performances will be weekends Dec. 14-30 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

Laugh Lines Comedy Laugh Lines Comedy will have its grand opening Oct. 11-14 at the GrandStay hotel in Apple Valley. Stand-up comedian Chad Daniels will headline. Laugh Lines plans to host comedy shows one weekend per month through the fall, winter and spring months. Shows will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12

Holocaust survivor program Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who as a child was subjected to human experimentation at Auschwitz concentration camp, will speak from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the Fine Arts Theater at Inver Hills Community College, 2500 E. 80th St., Inver Grove Heights. The event is free and open to the public.

Ghost town in Dakota County Inver Hills Community College professor Jeremy Nienow will share from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, a selection of artifacts, documents and discoveries from an IHCC summer dig which discovered an 1850s failed frontier community and two Native American sites in southern Dakota

County. The free presentation, titled “This Summer in the Life of an Archaeologist,” will be in Room 290 of the College Center building. For more information, visit www.inverhills.edu/interestingconversations.

Hispanic Heritage Month Dakota County Library will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with the following programs: • The Adventures of Don Quixote, 7 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Interactive, bilingual show about Don Quixote, a famous character from Spanish literature. • Ticket to Brasil, 11 to 11:45 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Take an inspiring journey through the world of Brazilian music, traditional percussion playing and dance. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty. us/library or call (651) 4502900.

family calendar To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy. odden@ecm-inc.com.

Saturday, Sept. 15 Junk Market from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Towne and Country Shopping Center, 1998 Cliff Road E., Burnsville. Free admission. Held rain or shine. Eagan Charity Run/Walk 5K at Diffley/Lexington Athletic Fields, 4201 Lexington Ave., Eagan. Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. Race begins at 9:30 a.m. Online registration at www. eaganwt.org under the 5K tab. Hosted by the Eagan Women of

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Today, (651) 354-5827, eaganwt@gmail.com. Who Done it Hike, 9:30 a.m. registration, 10 a.m. hike at Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. For all ages. Collect clues, gather information and solve mysteries while walking the trails. Free. No registration needed. Information: Lakeville Parks and Recreation, (952) 985-4600. Apple Valley Firefighter’s Relief Association’s Booya, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until booya pot is empty, at Fire Station 1, 15000 Hayes Road, Apple Valley.

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Ramble Jam concert �� is this weekend �� by Laura Adelmann Sun Thisweek

Farmington Rotary’s biggest fundraiser, Ramble Jam, returns this weekend at the Dakota County Fairgrounds and bigger is than ever. The country music festival has added another full day of entertainment that includes national acts and begins today with Sara Lynn Wallin at 3:30 p.m. Performers include Randy Houser; Dustin Lynch;

Whiskey Meyers; Rocket Club; Lost Highway; Greene & Hurst; Sunny Sweeney and Josh Thompson. One of the headliners, Lee Brice, is nominated for new artist of the year by the Country Music Association. Rotary Club president Pam Hadler said the event will also feature food and beverage vendors, merchandise for sale and a mechanical bull.

Cub Scout open houses set Boys in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to learn more about Cub Scouts at one of several new member open houses in the Eagan area. • Glacier Hills Elementary – 6:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14. Contact Bill Larson, (651) 365-1293. • Woodland Elementary – 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 16. Contact Joe Schulte, (651) 491-5008. • Camp Sacajawea – 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22. Contact Steve Witt, (612) 804-8462. (For families attending Deerwood Elementary.) • Pilot Knob Elementary – 6:30 p.m., Wednesday,

Sept. 26. Contact Kristin Lail, (612) 817-5915. For information about Cub Scouts in the following schools, call the contact person listed. • Thomas Lake Elementary – Contact Anna-Marie Rieffer, (651) 204-3900. • Oak Ridge Elementary – Contact Dave Swanson, (651) 454-8661. • Pinewood Elementary – Contact Pete Marshall, (651) 686-7278. • Rahn Elementary – Call (651) 254-9130 for information. • Faithful Shepherd Catholic School – Contact John Mark Reimann, (651) 336-3531.

Gates open at 2 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. Hadler said the profits are used to benefit the community, including scholarships, mentoring programs for at-risk youth and work with senior citizens. Tickets prices vary; they are available at the door or at a discount online at www. ramblejamcountry.com. Laura Adelmann is at laura. adelmann@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Hydrant flushing begins Sept. 17 The Burnsville Utilities Department will flush city-owned fire hydrants on cul-de-sac and nonlooped water mains beginning Monday, Sept. 17. Crews will flush hydrants between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Flushing may also take place on weekends, weather permitting. Maintenance of privately-owned hydrants should be coordinated with Burnsville’s Utilities Superintendent Linda Mullen, (952) 8954550. Visit www.burnsville.org/hydrants for more information.

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AGENDA EAGAN CITY COUNCIL EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER BUILDING SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 6:30 P.M. I. II. III. IV.

ROLL CALL AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ADOPT AGENDA RECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 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 MINUTES B. PERSONNEL ITEMS C. APPROVE Check Registers D. AUTHORIZE issuance of banking services Request for Proposals E. APPROVE Amendments to the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority(MVTA) Joint Powers Agreement and APPROVE a Resolution to Ratify the Revised MVTA Bylaws F. APPROVE annual maintenance agreement for Contract 12-08 conduit/fiber to mp Nexlevel G. AUTHORIZE comments to the Dakota County Board regarding tax forfeit parcels located in Eagan H. DIRECT preparation of amendment to City Code Section 11.66 regarding flood plain districts and regulations I. APPROVE Final Payment for Contract 12-06, 2012 Water Quality/ Storm Sewer Improvements J. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1058 - Oslund Timberline (Pine Ridge Drive) - Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 K. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1070 - Oak Chase 4th (Oak Chase Circle) - Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 L. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1071 - Signal Point/ Knob Hill Professional Park- Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 M. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1072 - Boulder Ridge (Heine Court) - Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 N. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1078 - Johnny Cake Ridge Road (Diffley Road to Teal Cove) - Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 O. RECEIVE Final Assessment Report for Project No. 1079 - Denmark Avenue (Lone Oak Road to south Sam's entrance)/ Clubview Drive - Street Improvements and Schedule Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 P. Receive Petition to Remove Parking Restrictions on Gold Trail and Schedule a Public Hearing for October 16, 2012 Q. APPROVE Preparation of Plans & Specifications for Contract 12-12, Cedar Grove Boulevard Grading R. APPROVE a Joint Powers agreement to establish and participate in the Minnesota Structural Collapse/Technical Rescue Task Force S. ADOPT a resolution accepting a $3,250 donation from the Eagan Citizen's Crime Prevention Association and authorize a corresponding budget adjustment V. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. VARIANCE - Douglas Swetland. A Variance of 8' to the required 30' structure setback from public right-of-way for a garage addition located at 4566 Ches Mar Drive B. FINAL Assessment Hearing, Project No. 1016R, Ames Crossing Road - Street and Utility Improvements C. FINAL Assessment Hearing, Project No. 1047, Johnny Cake Ridge Road (Cliff Road to Apple Valley border) - Street Improvements D. FINAL Assessment Hearing, Project 1076, Slater Road (South of Storland Road)/ Whispering Woods 4th-5th - Street Improvements E. FINAL Assessment Hearing, Project No. 1080, Rahn Road (Shale Lane to Cedar Grove Parkway) - Street Improvements F. VACATE Public Service Road Easement, Lot 2, Block 1 Cedar Industrial Park VI. OLD BUSINESS VII. NEW BUSINESS VIII. LEGISLATIVE / INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UPDATE IX. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (There are no EDA items to be considered at this time) X. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA A. City Attorney B. City Council Comments C. City Administrator D. Director of Public Works E. Director of Community Development XI. VISITORS TO BE HEARD (for those persons not on the agenda) XII. CLOSED SESSION XIII. ADJOURNMENT 3150945 9/14/12

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1057 - HIGHVIEW ACRES STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road in said City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of street improvements relating to Improvement Project 1057 in the following described area: The area proposed to be assessed for any such improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Southeast 1⁄4 of Section 4, lying North of Lone Oak Road, West of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The area proposed to be assessed is all property described above, all as more fully and particularly described in the assessment roll on file in the City Clerk's office, which roll is open to public inspection. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $16,282. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Notice is further given that pursuant to the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted City assessment deferral. This ordinance provides that the Eagan City Council may defer the payment of special assessment against homestead property, which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of disability when the assessment would create a hardship upon the property owner. Applications for deferral must be made not later than ninety (90) days after the assessment is adopted. Further information relating to these assessments and an application for deferral of assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Public Works Department and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: September 4, 2012 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk - City of Eagan 3149961 9/14/12

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CITY OF EAGAN DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, September 24, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Eagan Professional Building/Tammy Medina LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 2640 Eagan Woods Drive, Lot 1, Block 1, Corporate Woods

REQUEST(S): Planned Development A Planned Development Amendment to change building signage plan. File Number: 04-PA-08-08-12 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or pdudziak@cityofeagan.com with the above information. CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk 3150621 9/14/12

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1062 - KINGS WOOD/ CUTTERS RIDGE/ SHERWOOD DOWNS STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road in said City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of street improvements relating to Improvement Project 1062 in the following described area: The area proposed to be assessed for any such improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 21, lying North of Deerwood Drive, West of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The area proposed to be assessed is all property described above, all as more fully and particularly described in the assessment roll on file in the City Clerk's office, which roll is open to public inspection. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $132,136. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Notice is further given that pursuant to the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted City assessment deferral. This ordinance provides that the Eagan City Council may defer the payment of special assessment against homestead property, which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of disability when the assessment would create a hardship upon the property owner. Applications for deferral must be made not later than ninety (90) days after the assessment is adopted. Further information relating to these assessments and an application for deferral of assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Public Works Department and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: September 4, 2012 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk - City of Eagan 3150464 9/14/12

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CITY OF EAGAN DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, September 24, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Shoppes of Cedar Grove/Martha O. Anderson LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 1967 Silverbell Road, Lot 1, Block 1, Silverbell Center Addition

REQUEST(S): Conditional Use Permit A Conditional Use Permit to allow a laundromat in the CGD, Cedar Grove District zoning district. File Number: 17-CU-08-08-12 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or pdudziak@cityofeagan.com with the above information. CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk 3150611 9/14/12

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1060 TESSERACT PLACE STREET IMPROVEMENTS IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road in said City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of street improvements relating to Improvement Project 1060 in the following described area: The area proposed to be assessed for any such improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 19, lying South of Silver Bell Road, East of Trunk Highway 77 (Cedar Avenue), North of Trunk Highway 13, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The area proposed to be assessed is all property described above, all as more fully and particularly described in the assessment roll on file in the City Clerk's office, which roll is open to public inspection. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $23,655. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Notice is further given that pursuant to the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted City assessment deferral. This ordinance provides that the Eagan City Council may defer the payment of special assessment against homestead property, which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of disability when the assessment would create a hardship upon the property owner. Applications for deferral must be made not later than ninety (90) days after the assessment is adopted. Further information relating to these assessments and an application for deferral of assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Public Works Department and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: September 4, 2012 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk - City of Eagan 3150018 9/14/12

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1063 CHATTERTON PONDS STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road in said City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of street improvements relating to Improvement Project 1063 in the following described area: The area proposed to be assessed for any such improvements is described as follows: The area located within the Southwest 1⁄4 of Section 22, lying South of Deerwood Drive, East of Pilot Knob Road, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The area proposed to be assessed is all property described above, all as more fully and particularly described in the assessment roll on file in the City Clerk's office, which roll is open to public inspection. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $33,369. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Notice is further given that pursuant to the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted City assessment deferral. This ordinance provides that the Eagan City Council may defer the payment of special assessment against homestead property, which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of disability when the assessment would create a hardship upon the property owner. Applications for deferral must be made not later than ninety (90) days after the assessment is adopted. Further information relating to these assessments and an application for deferral of assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Public Works Department and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: September 4, 2012 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk - City of Eagan 3150476 9/14/12

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PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on September 24, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of the City of Burnsville for an Ordinance Amendment to Title 10, Zoning Ordinance, of the Burnsville City Code addressing dynamic display billboards. The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Commission meeting. All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville. Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission 3146470 9/14-9/21/12

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CITY OF EAGAN DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, September 24, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Dakota County Parks/Josh Kinney LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 1350 Carriage Hills Dr, 860 Cliff Road, 800 120th Street W., 4801 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd, west side of Galaxie Ave/Safari trail Intersection

REQUEST(S): Conditional Use Permit A Conditional Use Permit to amend the comprehensive sign package. File Number: 34-CU-10-08-12 Variance Variances to allow monument signs and kiosks that exceed size requirements. File Number: 34-VA-08-08-12 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or sthomas@cityofeagan.com with the above information. CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk 9/14/12 3150639

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE CITY OF EAGAN DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, September 24, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Bennerotte Addition/Tom Bennerotte LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Parts of Lot 2, Auditors Subdivison No. 38

REQUEST(S): Rezoning A Rezoning of approximately 4.85 acres from A, Agriculture to LB, Limited Business. File Number: 12-RZ-06-07-12 Preliminary Subdivision A Preliminary Subdivision of approximately 4.85 acres to create 1 lot and an Outlot. File Number: 12-PS-04-07-12 QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or sthomas@cityofeagan.com with the above information. CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk 3150590 9/14/12

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PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on September 24, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of Menard Inc. for a Planned Unit Development Amendment for outdoor display and storage at the existing building located at 3100 Highway 13. The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Commission meeting. All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville. Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission 3146519 9/14-9/21/12

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PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on September 24, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of M.G. Astleford Company for an Interim Use Permit Amendment to continue soil processing and storage located west of Ladybird Lane, east of Dupont Avenue (commonly known as 900 Ladybird Lane). The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Commission meeting. All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville. Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission 3146532 9/14-9/21/12

District 917 School Board Proceedings

This is a summary of the Intermediate School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068. The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM. Board members present: Arlene Bush, Dan Cater, Ron Hill, Jill Lewis, Kathy Lewis, Deb Clark, Vanda Pressnall, Veronica Walter, and administrators were present. Absent: Tom Ryerson. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes, personnel, , bills to be paid, and wire transferst. Recommended actions approved: Policy 9.24, Imprest Petty Cash Fund, and Goals for 2012-2013. Also recommended to set all future Board meetings at 5:15 PM instead of 5:30 pm. Adjournment at 6:31 PM. 3148922 9/14/12

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1061 S & W INDUSTRIAL (Sibley Court) STREET IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road in said City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of street improvements relating to Improvement Project 1061 in the following described area: The area proposed to be assessed for any such improvements is described as follows: The area located within the SW 1⁄4, Section 19, lying North of Diffley Road (CSAH 30), West of Trunk Highway 13, in Township 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota. The area proposed to be assessed is all property described above, all as more fully and particularly described in the assessment roll on file in the City Clerk's office, which roll is open to public inspection. The total amount of the proposed assessment is $32,169. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. Notice is further given that pursuant to the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted City assessment deferral. This ordinance provides that the Eagan City Council may defer the payment of special assessment against homestead property, which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of disability when the assessment would create a hardship upon the property owner. Applications for deferral must be made not later than ninety (90) days after the assessment is adopted. Further information relating to these assessments and an application for deferral of assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Public Works Department and any questions should be directed to that Division. Dated: September 4, 2012 /s/ Christina M. Scipioni By: Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk - City of Eagan 3149987 9/14/12

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2012 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation (12-306) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed proposals will be received by the City Council of the City of Burnsville at 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, MN 55337, until 11:00 A.M. CDT on Monday the 24th day of September, 2012 , for the furnishing of labor and materials for the construction, complete in place of the following approximate quantities and all appurtenances: 3,000 LF of Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) (8"-9") Digital copies of the Contract Documents can be obtained at www.questcdn.com o r www.burnsville.org/bids . Bidders can download the Contract Documents for $20 by entering QuestCDN eBidDoc # 2232311 on the QuestCDN website's Project Search page or selecting the Engineering/Public Works Bid link and then the project from the project results list on the Burnsville website. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading and working with this digital project information. Bidders can also view the Contract Documents at either website free of charge. All Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided for in accordance with the Contract Documents. No Bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Burnsville and endorsed upon the outside wrapper with a brief statement or summary of the work for which the Bid is made. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid, to be forfeited as Liquidated Damages in the event that the Bid is accepted and the Bidder fails to promptly enter into a written Contract, provide documentation of the required insurance and/or the required Bonds in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders. Immediately following expiration of the time for receiving Bids, the Bids will be opened and read aloud by at least two officers or agents of the City of Burnsville. The City of Burnsville reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities, and to award the Bid in the best interest of the City. Bids are subject to acceptance and may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days. The City Council is tentatively scheduled to consider such Bids on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL Macheal Brooks, City Clerk City of Burnsville, Minnesota Published in Burnsville Sun Thisweek on September 7th and 14th, 2012 Published in Finance & Commerce on September 7th and 14th, 2012 3139438 9/7-9/14/12

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District 191, from 1A teachers say they’d welcome the change, he said. across the district, Clegg “All of our other consaid. ference (South Suburban Board Chair Ron Hill Conference) schools are called the option “unac- 9-12,” Clegg said. ceptable.” Academic content Board members agreed across the three junior to further study the recom- highs isn’t uniform, which mendations, including the frustrates for some of the 9-12 high school, an idea high school teachers, parthat Clegg said has been ticularly in vocational edukicking around the district cation, Clegg said. for several years. Ninth-graders at the Many Burnsville High newly configured high

school would have their own “house,” Clegg said. “Our high school leadership is very confident they can create a good environment for, particularly, freshmen,” he said. Hill welcomed the idea of a 9-12 high school. “If one of our goals is equity, alignment of curriculum, etc. — those are our goals — this is a way to meet those,” he said. Under a 9-12 high

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school of 2,900 students, administrators envision maintaining K-6 elementary schools, maintaining two junior highs with seventh and eighth grades, and consolidating several district programs at the centrally located Nicollet Junior High in Burnsville. The programs are Early Childhood Special Education, Community Education, the Burnsville Area Learning Center and the district offices. Diamondhead would be sold, Cedar School in Eagan would be sold or leased and the current Administrative Services Center would be sold. The district could save $837,120 a year in operation costs, administrators estimate. The shorter-term prospect of closing the senior campus is also a familiar idea in the district, Clegg said. Closing the campus where seniors spend half their day would make scheduling easier for the high school and eliminate transportation of students between the two campuses, Clegg said. Some might bemoan the loss of what Clegg called the “unique aspect” of the seniors-only campus.

But both campuses have excess capacity. Main campus utilization is at 65 percent, with 60 percent at the senior campus, according to administrators. With 2,160 students in grades 10 through 12, the main campus would reach 93 percent utilization if the senior campus were closed.

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the current attendanceboundary configuration and the ability of children to leave their home school for a magnet. “Magnets have actually concentrated poverty in some schools and reduced diversity in other schools,” Clegg said. Concentrated poverty “does make the job (of educating) more difficult — there’s just no question about it,” he said. Parents would make ranked choices for their school. “In many cases, I suspect most families would get their first choice,” Clegg said. Administrators are suggesting clusters of Sky Oaks, Gideon Pond, William Byrne, Sioux Trail and Rahn on the east, and Harriet Bishop, Hidden Valley, Marion W. Savage, Edward Neill and Vista View on the west. One scenario would draw the line at Interstate 35W, while another would have three cross-freeway neighborhoods per cluster.

Clegg also recommended further study of his “controlled-choice” enrollment plan, which could involve new magnet schools. Under controlled choice, families would be placed in an east or west cluster, each with five schools, and would have to choose one of them. Each school would be built around a theme. The goal is to balance building utilization and student demographics across the district. Some elementaries have enrollments above capacity, and some are below. William Byrne Elementary in Burnsville, a popular STEM school, is at 130 John Gessner can be reached percent of capacity. at john.gessner@ecm-inc.com Some schools have much or facebook.com/sunthisweek. higher concentrations of poorer and minority students than others under

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Blaze defense makes statement Three turnovers in red zone doom Eagan by Andy Rogers Sun Thisweek

The Burnsville football team was hoping to make a statement. In a conference where teams such as Eastview, Rosemount, Eagan, Lakeville North and Lakeville South routinely play in section championship games and often advance to the state playoffs, the Blaze wants to be part of that mix. The players are hoping their 7-0 victory against Eagan on Sept. 7, which improved the team’s record to 1-1, is a big step in the right direction. “Burnsville football has kind of been known as a poor football program, so we’re trying to change that around here,” quarterback Will Reger said after the victory. “We’ve been excited about this game all year. We didn’t play our best, but we pulled it out, so that’s exciting.” Last season Eagan defeated Burnsville 31-0 and the Blaze starters who played in that game remembered. “We got smoked,” said Reger, who was starting his first game at quarterback in the loss last year after starter Dan Motl went down with an injury. “That game didn’t sit well for us all year.” It wasn’t a perfect game for the Blaze this year. It was scoreless through three quarters with both defenses holding the line. Reger broke the 0-0 tie on the first play of the fourth quarter with a 1-yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown. The Blaze was handed ideal field position thanks to Jake Rother’s fumble recovery on the 1-yard line. Otherwise, Burnsville’s offense was mostly stationary. “We need to turn the offense up,” Reger said. “I’m starting to feel more comfortable, but we just

need to execute now.” It was the Blaze defense that came through. “We’ve worked extremely hard in the offseason,” head coach Tyler Krebs said. “We think we worked harder than anybody in the season.” With less than four minutes remaining, Eagan’s Martinez Roseman got Eagan to the 7-yard line after a 41-yard run. Burnsville’s defense pushed the Wildcats back and Andrew Herkenhoff intercepted Sam Zenner’s pass in the end zone to ice the game. “We did well pretty well gameplanning,” Herkenhoff said. “We came out with a lot of heart and a lot of spirit. We really wanted this win. It was the last drive. We really needed a stop there. We needed this win to get us going.” It was the third turnover Burnsville caused with Eagan threatening to score. In the first half, Eagan twice drove deep into Burnsville territory only to turn it over each time. Burnsville’s Eli Rogers intercepted a pass in the end zone, preventing a potential Eagan score, and Nate Bowman recovered a fumble off a mishandled snap on Burnsville’s 18. “We had a couple breakdowns defensively, but when our backs were against the wall they came through,” Krebs said. Now, how does the offense catch up? “We’re a work in progress,” Krebs said. “It’s a new offense. We’re trying to learn which players should be out there. We’re not where we want to be but we should get better every week.” Both teams were coming off disappointing losses in their season openers. Eastview defeated Burnsville 22-7 on Aug. 30 and Eagan lost to Prior Lake 30-11 on

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Above: Burnsville’s Josh Bernardy (21) closes in on Eagan quarterback Ian Entzion (10) as he releases his throw in the Blaze’s 7-0 victory Sept. 7. Right: Burnsville’s Ben Sherman (4) finds a little room to run with Eagan’s Ben Grounds (9) defending. Both defenses were on display in the Blaze’s 7-0 victory. Aug. 31 after a rough second half. Eagan has a tough stretch coming up. The Wildcats play host to Minnetonka, the sixth-ranked team in Class 6A, on Friday at home, then go to No. 8 Eastview on Sept. 21. Burnsville’s stretch is a little easier with a trip to Bloomington Jefferson on Friday and a home game against Bloomington Kennedy on Sept. 21. Andy Rogers can be reached at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

State champion

Hanna Johnson of Eagan won the Junior Ladies division at the Minnesota State Figure Skating Championships. The meet was Aug. 17-19 at Bloomington Ice Garden. Photo submitted

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Eastview senior Marie Krengel slams the ball over the net against Eden Prairie last week.

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Eastview’s Maggie Larson serves during a volleyball match last week against Eden Prairie.

Eastview spikers are tested early Lightning wins 6 of first 8 matches by Mike Shaughnessy Sun Thisweek

Heading upfield Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Eagan midfielder Rosie Anderson moves upfield with Lakeville North’s Stephanie Butler during a South Suburban Conference girls soccer game Sept. 6. Lakeville North, the top-ranked team in Class AA, won 3-0. Eagan dropped to 2-4-1 overall after losing to Prior Lake 2-0 on Tuesday.

Two South Suburban Conference volleyball schools, Lakeville North and Eagan, occupy the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in the state Class 3A rankings. That leaves a team such as Eastview out of the spotlight – and for now, Lightning coach Becky Egan said, that’s not a bad place to be. “I think it’s good for us,” Egan said last week after the Lightning lost in four sets to defending state champion Eden Prairie. “At the same time, all of us (in the South Suburban) have coached against each other for a while, and the girls play against each other. We know what kind of players everyone else has, and they know what we have.” The Lightning won six of its first eight matches, with the only losses coming against Eden Prairie and Hopkins. Eastview went 4-1

in its first tournament of the season in Marshall last weekend. Egan and a couple of her players saw positive signs in the Eden Prairie match Sept. 6, even though the Lightning lost at home. “We haven’t had to play a team like that yet, and I think it’ll help us to know we can play with Eden Prairie,” said Kara Cousins, a 6-foot-2 senior middle hitter. “I like our team,” said senior outside hitter/setter Marie Krengel. “One thing a match like this (against Eden Prairie) tells us is we need to be intense at the start of every game and stay intense through the whole game, otherwise we’ll fall behind and it’ll be tough to catch up.” That was the situation against Eden Prairie, when the Eagles built a lead late in the fourth set and withstood an Eastview rally to win 2523 and close out the match. Junior defensive specialist Taylor Shile and junior outside hitter Payton De

La Cruz also figure heavily in the Lightning’s plans. Eastview has an eighthgrader, 5-10 outside hitter Brie Orr, on the varsity roster. Other seniors on the roster include outside hitter Annie Ericksen, middle hitter Taylor Wirth, defensive specialist Maggie Larson, outside hitter Claire Grimm and defensive specialist Rachel Galloway. Junior setter Katie Uittenbogaard, junior outside hitter Katrice Vilchuck and sophomore middle hitter Emma Veum are on the varsity and junior varsity rosters. Eden Prairie and Eastview showed different offensive philosophies in their match last week. The Eagles have senior outside hitter Sarah Wilhite, one of the state’s best returning players and a University of Wisconsin recruit. Eden Prairie set for her the vast majority of the time, and she had 27 kills. Eastview will need to spread it around to be successful, Egan said. Krengel led the Lightning with

12 kills. Grimm also had a good match, Egan said. “We’ve been working with a 6-2 with Marie and Brie (as setters),” Egan said. “We’re hoping in time we will be able to do a lot of things with our offense. And when Marie’s in the front row, we’ll need her to attack.” The Lightning played Bloomington Kennedy on Tuesday and Apple Valley on Thursday in its first two South Suburban Conference matches. Next week, Eastview plays at Burnsville on Tuesday and at home against Bloomington Jefferson on Thursday. Eastview tests its progress Sept. 21-22 at the Eagle Invitational at Apple Valley High School, where the No. 1-ranked team in each of Minnesota’s three enrollment classes is scheduled to compete. Mike Shaughnessy is at mike.shaughnessy@ecm-inc. com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Eagles, Blaze play to a wind-blown tie AV moves up to No. 1 in boys soccer rankings

by Mike Shaughnessy Sun Thisweek

When a team begins a season with seven consecutive victories, it tends to attract attention from people who vote in state polls. So it was for Apple Valley’s boys soccer squad, which was ninth in the Class AA preseason rankings but zoomed to No. 1 by Sunday. The Eagles played for the first time as the state’s top-ranked team Tuesday and rallied for a 1-1 tie against South Suburban Conference rival Burnsville. Senior midfielder Mitchell Dawson, one of Apple Valley’s captains, said the Eagles weren’t flustered by their rapid rise in the state poll. “We’re kind of used to it,” Dawson said. “We’re Apple Valley.” The Eagles were ranked No. 1 as recently as the beginning of the 2011 season, when they were coming off back-to-back state championships. For now, coach Chuck Scanlon could do without his team being at the top of the poll. “I want to be ranked No. 1 at the end of the year, not

now,” said Scanlon, whose soccer teams have won nine state championships. “Being ranked No. 1 puts a target on your back. You have to work harder.” Apple Valley (7-0-1) certainly had to work hard against Burnsville (4-1-1) in a game that included numerous fouls, several yellow cards and one ejection. Burnsville went most of the overtime with 10 players after losing one to a red card. “There must have been 50 fouls, and that’s tough on us because we’re a smaller team,” Scanlon said. Burnsville, working into a 30 mph wind in the first half, took the lead on senior Mauricio Mendoza’s goal in the 24th minute. “The first half, we didn’t play the way we wanted to, but we picked up our game in the second half,” Scanlon said. Burnsville, the home team, appeared to have everything its favor in the second half because it had the lead, had the wind at its back and faced a team that’s not as familiar with playing on artificial turf. Playing the ball in the

air was problematic because of the wind, and when the Eagles played it along the ground they had difficulty adjusting to the faster surface. “We like to play a lot of through balls, but that’s harder to do on turf,” Dawson said. The Eagles tied the game with four minutes left when Connor Flanagan nudged the ball into the net just before colliding with Blaze goalkeeper Mayowa Lekuti. Flanagan, the Eagles’ leading scorer with eight goals and 18 points, then left the game because of a strained abdominal muscle. He did not return. “We expected a challenge,” Dawson said. “We thought we’d win if we played our game, but it was tough today.” The Eagles were scheduled to play Eastview on Thursday and will go to Park of Cottage Grove for a non-conference game at noon Saturday. Burnsville will face Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Minneapolis at home at 7 p.m. Friday. Mike Shaughnessy is at mike. shaughnessy@ecm-inc.com or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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September 14, 2012 Sun Thisweek - Burnsville - Eagan

Fun at the Fire Muster

Two girls riding in the Fire Truck Parade waved to the crowd.

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Burnsville Fire Muster Marshal Walter Adams, who worked for many years for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s police and fire dispatch service, waves to the crowd.

The School of Rock Road Crew, with singer Mitchell Benson and guitarist Sam Frederick, performed Saturday in Civic Center Park.