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2nd phase of Shoreview Commons renovation takes shape
District reopens middle and high schools BY ELIZABETH CALLEN EDITOR
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A rendering of the destination playground, which will be constructed as a part of the second phase of the Shoreview Commons expansion.
If all goes according to schedule, the city's renovation and expansion of the Shoreview Commons could be finished this fall. The City Council approved plans and specifications and authorized the taking of bids for the second phase of the Shoreview Commons improvements. Plans were previously reviewed by both the Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission at their respective December meetings. The city worked with LHB Corporation, a Minneapolis-based architecture and engineering fi rm, to develop plans for the Shoreview Commons project. Phase two
primarily involves a new destination playground and picnic shelter. Phase one, which was completed last summer, included an updated skate park, skating pond, expanded plaza and sidewalk to the library. According to city documents, the second phase is expected to cost $2.8 million, which will come from the community investment fund. Though the capital improvement program had initially allocated $2 million for the project, the allocation was made before designs were completed or cost estimates were made. Bids are expected to be accepted this spring, after which construction will start, said City Manager Terry Schwerm. “It will take the majority of the
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summer to construct it, maybe opening, I'd say, either late fall or early next spring,” Schwerm added. Mayor Sandy Martin expressed her desire for the playground to be fi nished as soon as possible. “One of my disappointments was we fi nished the skate park in the fall (of 2019) but we really couldn't open it until the following spring, which is sort of anticlimactic,” Martin said. “I want the developer and staff to take that into consideration. If there's any way, especially in COVID, that we can open an outdoor facility … I would really love to see it open in early fall if at all possible, so that our community can enjoy it and not have to wait all winter.”
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Middle and high school students in the Mounds View district can soon return to the classroom. The district plans to reopen its secondary schools for blended learning next week. Superintendent Chris Lennox announced the change in an email to students and families Feb. 4. “After meeting with the Regional Support Team, we have been approved to welcome back middle school and high school students to blended (hybrid) learning on Monday, Feb. 22,” Lennox said. Secondary students will have Feb. 18 and 19 off, as staff will use that Thursday and Friday as planning days. Blended learning will begin Monday, Feb. 22. Families can opt to have their students continue with full-time distance learning if they do not feel comfortable sending them back to school. Per state guidelines, schools must implement strict social distancing and capacity limits under blended learning. Schools should not exceed 50% capacity and must ensure that social distancing of at least 6 feet is maintained at all times. Schools must also limit buses and other transportation vehicles to 50% capacity and include plans for contactless meal pickup and/or delivery. Elementary school students have already returned to the classroom full time: the district opened schools for kindergarten through third grade students Jan. 25 and to fourth and fifth grade students Feb. 8.
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