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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997 Edition 108 November Edition 108 November1997 C Wa tch A newsletter for residents of the City of Brooklyn Center City Council adopts goals for 1998 At the October 14 City Council meet- Goal No. 5. Implement fire and Goal No. 11. Implement those study ing, the Council adopted the following police plans: either build with bond recommendations adopted by Coun- goals and objectives for 1998: proceeds or seek betterment of fac- cil for liquor store and Earle Brown Goal No. 1. Develop plan for providing ilities if no bond monies are available. Heritage Center. operating and future capital needs funds Goal No. 6. The City Council will Bond election results for the golf course, liquor stores and be more active in regional issues Earle Brown Heritage Center. affecting the City. On November 4, 1997, Brooklyn Goal No. 2. Review City's departmental Center voters supported a $7.9 structure with analysis of needs and Goal No. 7. Continue to work on Million bond referendum for police identification of opportunities for im- redevelopment issues with emphasis and fire buildings. Voter turnout was proved service delivery. on Brookdale, Brooklyn Blvd., and approximately 30 %. Ballots cast in 53rd Ave., while being able to respond the eight precincts totaled as follows: Goal No. 3. Establish contingency option to other opportunities. 3,497 YES votes 1'orCouncil in the event of funding losses. Goal No. 8. Continue code enforce- 834 NO votes Goal No. 4. Establish long -range fin- ment with Council review of process ancial plan for City: and goals with staff to refine the code City CO u n c i I • Five year enforcement effort. • Ten to twenty -year appendix of ma- Thanks voters Goal No. 9. Meet with commission jor future needs and possible approaches chairs to develop updated goals We would like to thank all of for addressing these needs. the people who were involved in and missions for each of the City's P P commissions. the successful bond election to -" —" meet our police and fire build - Inside this edition' Goal No. 10. Develop a plan to ing needs and all of the people address building needs at City Hall/ who turned out to vote and ex- 1998 Goals 1 Community Center for handicapped press their opinions. We appre- Bond election 1 accessibility, roofing, heating, ven- ciate the efforts of the citizens tilation, air conditioning, removal of who took time to go through the Voter thank y ou 1 ' police functions, and citizen access to facilities during the open houses, Brookdale 2 service. the Financial Commission Police Chief recruitment 2 • Council chambers (sound system, Which reviewed the proposed lights, etc.) bond financing and made recom- Highway 100 2 mendations for the project, the • ADA accessibility volunteer citizens who worked Holly Sunday: 2 •Roof on a committee supporting the CO detectors 3 • Entrances bond referendum, and the many BC commissions 4 • Community Center City staff and volunteers who • Heating, ventilation and air- worked at the open houses. conditioning 1 i Brookdale update Police Chief j recruitment The sale of Brookdale to new own- Interviews were conducted b a Y County Road 81 to just past the rail - ers appears to be on track for a clos- technical panel of police chiefs and a road bridge north of France Avenue, ing toward the latter part of November. community /departmental panel on has received the highest rating in the Construction of the regional storm October 23rd in the process to find a annual competition for funding from water pond that will serve the area replacement for Police Chief Scott the Metropolitan Council. If this fund- i around and including Brookdale Kline, who will be retiring at the ing is approved by the Metropolitan will begin during November. A beginning of January, 1998. Seven Council, this phase will be much ground breaking is set for Monday, candidates were interviewed in the closer to becoming a reality. Stages November 17, at 8:00 at the process that narrowed the field to a approved by the Metropolitan Coun- Centerbrook Golf Course. The re- smaller group of finalists, who will cil, this phase will be much closer to gional pond was made possible be given final interviews by the end becoming a reality. Stages 1, 2, and 3 through a grant from the State of Min- of November. have already been funded for the work nesota that was approved in this past High 1 �� from Highway 55 through County Legislative Session through the efforts Road 81. of our local legislators, Speaker Phil Stage 4 of the proposed reconstruc- Carruthers, Senator Linda Scheid, and tion of Highway 100, which is the I Representative Lyndon Carlson. phase in Brooklyn Center from I �'�eyience fhe �gBlc ffhe holy s e�rvn of Sunday, December 7 2 :00 -5:00 P.M. 2.00 — 4 :00 P.M. Hayrides 2.00 — 4 :30 P.M. Santa 2 :15 — 5 :15 P.M. Dickens Carolers 3 :30 — 4 :00 P.M. Max the Magician 4 :15 — 5.00 P.M. Kidsong and Company Concert 5:00 P.M. Tree Lighting Ceremony � Free refreshments Free Polaroid° picture of your child with Santa Please bring a new toy to be donated to CEAP Brooklyn Center Community Center 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway 569 -3400 City Watch 2 CO alarm may not mean immediate danger Sometimes called "The Silent apparent symptoms of CO Killer," carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisoning, you should tasteless, odorless, colorless gas that contact a qualified tech - can cause illness and even death in nical person such as the Symptoms of carbon today's tightly insulated homes. gas company or other CO is a gas produced by incomplete heating and appliance monoxide poisoning combustion. Improperly adjusted technician to check your adjusted for possible sources 'Dizziness burners, poorly ventilated flues, P damaged or inadequately maintained of carbon monoxide. • Headache fuel - burning applicances can result Brooklyn Center Fire • Nausea or vomiting in carbon monoxide accumulation in Chief Ron Boman sug- • Unconsiousness the home. gests that if you are going Most CO (carbon monoxide) to purchase a carbon If you suspect carbon alerts are pre - emergency monoxide detector you should consider purchas- monoxide poisoning: The Occupational Safety and ing only the type of unit Health Association (OSHA) has that has a digital display, • Remove victim to fresh air established that exposure to levels of has time weighted averag- and keep victim warm. CO of 35 ppm (parts per million) ing, has at least an 80 • Call 911 and inform emergency should not be exceeded over an eight decibel alarm, and has a personnel of a possible carbon hour period of time. Most CO test and reset button. monoxide poisoning. detectors on the market are calibrated Without a test and reset to sound an alarm if CO Contact a qualified technician concentrations exceed 15 ppm over button, once the detector to investigate the source of the eight hours. At this level, most people trips it can take a number problem. reset. will not experience adverse effects of r hours for the unit to be CO poisoning. re If the activation of a CO detector is Before you install a an emergency, someone in the carbon monoxide detector Fire personnel are not trained household will probably be ex- you rhouldconsiderhavin- to adequately detect the actual periencing symptoms of CO your fuel burning ap source of carbon monoxide. poisoning. If the CO alarm goes off Pliance checked for safety yet no one in the home is experiencing and efficiency by a Their primary responsibility is dizziness, headaches, nausea or qualified service tech- to help In vacating the occupants nician. You may also want ants and to remove the vomiting, the alarm is most likely /� for apre- hazardous condition. In that to have your chimney immediate life safety hazard event, it is not necessary to call 9111 inspected and cleaned out by ventilating the premises but you should open a couple of doors if it is of masonry or windows and calla service construction. Also, be sure and to help find a qualified technician. your CO detector is technician to check the source If someone in the home is installed properly accord- of the problem. experiencing symptoms of CO ing to the manufacturer's recommendations. poisoning, remove the victim to fresh air, keep the victim warm and at rest If you have any questions and dial 911 to alert emergency about carbon monoxide personnel immediately. detectors, call Fire Chief It is recommended if your CO Ron Boman at 569 -3360. detector is sounding or if you have a _ reading of 15 ppm and there are no City Watch 3 City Council and City of Brooklyn Center Commissions 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway ! a Meeting Schedule /Locations Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 City Council 569 -3300 City Hall Regular meetings of the City 569 -3400 Recreation Council are held the second and enc 911 Emergency fourth Monday of the month at 7:00 g y P M. in Council Chambers at Citv 569 -3333 Police non - emergency Hall. If a regularly scheduled 569 -3300 TDD meeting should fall on a Monday 569 -3307 Job information line holiday, the meeting will be held on Tuesd Mayor Myrna Kragness Planning Commission Councilmember Kathleen Carmody Regular meetings of the Planning Councilmember Debra Hilstrom Commission are scheduled on the Councilmember Kay Lasman second and fourth Thursday of the Councilmember Robert Peppe month at 7:30 P.M. at City Dill. Housing Commission Michael J. McCauley, City Manager Housing Commission meetings are hell the third Tuesday of the City Council meeting rebroadcasts month at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall. Parks and Rec Commission Watch City Council meetings live on cable Channel 37. Replays The Parks and Recreation shown at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesdays, and 6:30 A.M. and 12:30 P.M. Commission meets the third on Wednesdays following City Council meetings. 'Ibesday of every month at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall. Printed on recycled paper o =n�„�� Charter Commission Meetings of the Charter Commission are subject to call. Human Rights and Resources City of Brooklyn Center The Human Rights and 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway Resources Commission meets the Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PA4. at City Hall. Financial Commission The Financial Commission meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall. Schedule i.v subject to change. Call City Hall at 569 -3300 to verify meeting tunes and dates. Volunteers Needed on City Commissions Current vacancies exist on City advisory commissions. This is your opportunity to participate in local government. Applications will be accepted through December '12, 1997. Please call City Clerk Sharon Knutson to apply, 569 -3300. N E W S Snow Removal L E T T E R O p erations November 15, 1997 Please follow regulations to aid in safe, efficient snow removal Safe & Smart, Let's all do our p art! FYI Snow removal Safety! Snow removal ............. I Street snow removal operations will begin Please remind your children not to build Winterparking regulations ... 1 when there has been a snowfall snow forts or play in the snow piles made Safety! ................... I of more than 2 '/2 inches, or if by the plows. The plow operators often Garbage/recycling containers . I Keep fire hydrants clear! ..... I other conditions warrant plowing. cannot see children in the snow banks, Mailboxes - Installation and Sidewalk snow removal will and they could be Damage ............... 2 occur when there has been a snowfall of buried in the snow Boulevard Maintenance Policy one inch or more. Crews will begin or seriously hurt. 2 plowing as soon as the storm subsides. When driving "Always assume Winter Driving ............. 2 Driveways ................. 2 The City streets are divided into ten allow ample that the districts, with plows assigned to each distance between snowplow district. The arterial streets will be your vehicle and the operator cannot x , cleared first, followed by the residential snowplow. Snow see you." streets. The snow plow must make conditions often • st° several passes up and down the street to require that the �••• remove the snow; two to clear the center snowplow driver stop and back up before • and two or more to widen the street gutter continuing; this can create a potential • to gutter accident when vehicles follow too closely. Because plowing routes are sometimes These simple precautions will make for long, it may be one hour or more between a much safer winter driving season. the clearing pass and the final widening pass. Snow Removal Garbage /recycling Operations Winter parking regulations containers The Public Works Residents are reminded to follow City Garbage and recycling containers must be garage is normally open parking ordinances and not to placed so they are accessible for pickup, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. park overnight on streets; but during the snow season they Monday thru Friday. especially during and after a may not be placed in the road or snowfall. Vehicles will be on the sidewalk. To assist To report snowy or icy ticketed and towed away, if necessary, snowplowing operations, place conditions outside of when obstructing snow removal the containers in the driveway. these hours if snowplows operations. are operating, a public City ordinances state that no vehicle shall works dispatcher may be park upon any street between the hours of Keep fire hydrants clear available at 569 -3380. 2 A.M. and 6 A.M., nor for more than six Once again, please help keep fire hydrants If there is no answer, consecutive hours at any other time. clear of snow. In the event of a fire, please call the Police Parking in alleys is not permitted at valuable time may be lost if the fire non- emeregency number any time. These regulations are department has to locate and /or remove at 569 -3333. strictly enforced during winter months. snow from a hydrant. ■ 2 November 15, 1997 Snow Removal Operations Mailboxes - Installation Boulevard Maintenance Driveways and Damage Policy We apologize in Residents are reminded that by P %--Hot advance for plugged Standard mailbox and city ordinance, items such as driveways, which are post installations meeting landscape rocks, sprinkler systems, unavoidable side effects of well - U.S. Postal regulations fences, bollards, timbers, shrubs, plowed streets and sidewalks. To are allowed within the retaining walls, gardens, and large reduce the frustration of shoveling boulevard area. You should check permanent mailbox installations out the end of your driveway twice, your mailbox and post installation (constructed of concrete, brick, we suggest you wait until the street is each year to prevent problems which wood, etc.) are not allowed on the plowed to its full width before typically occur during the winter boulevard, that is, from the edge of tackling the windrow. months, making repairs difficult and the street back 10 -15 feet. The causing a delay in mail delivery. boulevard area is reserved for snow Check mailbox posts for signs of storage and for utility placements. On rotting wood or rusted metal. occasion objects in the boulevard are Typically, when a post has been in damaged during winter snowplowing the ground for a few years, a wood operations when they are struck by post will rot off and a metal post will heavy snow and ice or snowplowing rust at the base. Rotted, rusted, or equipment. The city cannot accept unstable installations need to be responsibility for private property replaced with a sturdy 4 "x 4" post located on city right -of -way and will and the mailbox and paper box must not repair or replace immovable be installed a minimum of 45" items placed in these areas. Property 4 above the street surface to owners should remove items or place accommodate the height of the plow. them at least ten feet behind the curb , The city will repair or replace line or the edge of the street., � properly installed mailboxes which siegao. eRel "00"# are damaged by direct contact with winter Driving snow removal equipment. Make sure your vehicle is equipped The city will not assume The average weight of a car responsibility for damage simply With booster cables, road flares, a is 3,000 pounds. weight of a snowplow shovel, snowmobile suit, sleeping The average i caused from snow pressure. g g p bag or blankets, mittens, stocking cap is 30,000 pounds. and boots, windshield scraper and tow rope. Equip your vehicle with a "winter Questions? survival kit" which should include: Give them a Wave Concerns? flashlights, hand /foot warmer Brooklyn Center's snowplow Comments? packets, first aid supplies, high operators work long, cold hours, energy candy or snacks, brightly many of which are in the late evening colored cloth to tie on vehicle's or early morning. The City's Please call the public antenna for help if stranded. snowplow operators are well- trained works municipal garage Make sure your vehicle is prepared and have years of experience. The at for Minnesota's harsh winters. Test suggestions provided in this your anti- freeze, battery, brakes, newsletter will help them perform 569 -3380 exhaust and lights. Never travel with their duties. When you see them on less than a half tank of gas. the streets, feel free to give them a 7 a.m. to 3:30 p .m. friendly wave to let them know they're appreciated.