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Recycling
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GonsiructionUpdate .
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Snowp low safety.....
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Council Activities
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Planning
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Arctic Fever
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Shorewood Needs You!
Board, Park and Planning Commission Openings
POSITIONS ON THE PARK AND PLANNING Comimssloxs are open for application to interested
Shorewood residents. Both Park and Planning Commission appointments are for three-year
terms beginning March 1, 2009, through February 29, 2012. Openings also exist on several
local boards w1iich have resident participation, includingthe Lake Minneonkta Communications
Commission (LMCC), Minnetonka Community Education (MCE), and Lake Minnetonka
Conservation District (LMCD).
All three board p ositions are for one-year terms. More information on these positions is available
by calling the individual organization: LMCC, 952.471.7125; MCE, 952.401.5043; LMCD,
952.475.0789.
The commissions act as advisory boards to the City Council. The Planning Commission meets
the first and thirclTuesdays of each month at 7 pm. The Park Commission meets the second Tuesday
of each month at7 Pm; occasionally additional meetings may be needed. Questions about therole
of a commissioner can be answered by calling City Hall at 952.474.3236.
To apply for aboard position, please submit aletter of interest as soon as possible. If you are
interested in serving a three-year term on either Commission, please submit a letter of interest
and/or a resume by January 16, 2009 to:
Brian Heck, City Administrator
City of Shorewood, 5755 Country Club Road. Shorewood, MN 55331
Fax: 952.474.0128; Email: catyhall&.shomwoodmnus
Inter4ews wild be sche &eded r&#Ing date Tarrua?y and Febma?y, 2009.
Arctic Fever Arrives
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17
THE CITES OF EXCELSIOR, SHOREWOOD, AND ToNKA BAY join forces to celebrate winter! Ms
family-friendly event has been designed to bring the South Lake communities together and to
give local residents awayto spend time together and enjoy all that winter has to offer. A complete
flyer of events and acoloring contest sheet areindudedin this edition of the %omRoport. Updates
are found at wwwamttcfewrmt. Registration for the pondhockey tournament can be made online
at wwwponAockeynac.com.
Food shelf drop-offs will be atmost of the outside events locatedin the three majorparks and at
the library. Any contributions will be delivered to ICAto assist with the winter food shelf needs.
Residents interested in volunteering for events or sponsoring activities should contact the City
of Shorewood, 952/474-3236. This is a great job for families, neighborhood and community
organizations, and students needing service hours! For more information on volunteer or sponsor
opportunities, contact the City at 952.474.3236.
Thank You for
Food and Toys
Meetings and
Events
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THANK YOU TO ALL RESIDENTS who contributed
to the holiday flood and toy collections at City
Hall in December. ICA Food Shelf recieved 156
pounds of food and $20 in contributions. Hopkins/
Minnetonka Family Resource Center was able to
distribute many gifts to local families thanks to the
generosity ofresidents. Both organizations can still
use volunteer assistance and cash contributions.
Formore information go to wwwicafoodshelfwg
or www hop/dnsfamilymsoumecentercom.
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during City Hall construction. Fordirectfons,
contact the city at 952.474.32:6.
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ALTHWGH RECYCLING IS VERY important, reducing the amount of waste you
generate should be the initial focus of your efforts. When you avoid making
garbage in the first place, you don't have to worry about disposing of waste or
recycling it later. Changing your habits is the key - think about ways you can
reduce your waste when you shop, work and play. There's a ton of ways for you
to reduce waste, save yourself some time and money, and be good to the Earth at
the same time.
Stop the Junk Mail
For information on how to get off ofmany credit card, catalog, and othermailing
lists, go to www.reduce.org, and click on junk mail. Unfortunately it does take
a bit of effort, but you can get your junk mail reduced considerably! Nationally,
only 22% of all junk mail is recycled. That leaves 32 pounds of junk mail per
person in your household going to the landfill. Reducing the amount in your mail
box is a great first step!
Reduce packaging waste
Packaging makes up 30 percent of municipal solid waste. You can reduce the
amount of packaging youthrow in the garbage by purchasing items that have less
packaging. Examples: Reduce the amount of packaging by purchasing concentrates
and diluting them with waterinreusable containers. Avoid single-serving products
in favor of larger servings orbuying in bulk. Take your own reusable cloth bag so
you don't need "paper or plastic."
For more ideas on how to reduce household waste, go
to www.reduce.org.
Christmas Tree Recycling
C ID¢ISTMAS TREES CANNOTbeplacedin thelandfill. Your contracted garbagehauler
is the simplest source to have your Christmas tree recycled. Different haulers
have different pick-up days and charges. Please contact your hauler to verify their
requirements.
Holiday Recycling Schedule
RECYCLING COLLECTION will be delayed by one day during New Year's week for
Island residents; Mainlandrecycling remains unchanged. Recycling fortheisland
is on Friday, January 2. Recycling must be curbside by 7 Ana to guarantee pick-up.
There is no change in recycling pick-up due to the Martin Luther King Jr Birthday
observation.
Are You a Shorewood Recycler?
t YOU D o NOT REGULARLY participate in the Shorewood curbside recycling program,
et us know vhiy so we can improve or enhance our service. Simply email city hall
at catyhall&i. shweroood mn us and title your email Curbside Recycling; you may also
leave amessage on the Shoreline, 952.474.3236, ext. 1. Giveus yourideas, comments,
and problems with the program. City staff will do what they can to help you make
recycling easy at your home. Currently, 40% of Shoreward homes do not participate
regularly in the curbside recycling program.
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Digital Television
(DTV) Transition
What You Need to Know
ON FEBRUARY 17,2009, all full-power
broadcast television stations are
required to stop broadcasting in analog
and broadcast in digital only. This is
known as the digital television (DTV)
transition.
If you have a new television with a
digital tuner, or subscribeto apay service
such as cable or satellite, you can already
receive digital broadcasts; however, if
you watch television using "rabbit ears"
or a rooftop antenna, you must take one
of the following actions to receive digital
broadcasts:
• Connect your television to adigital-to-
analog converterbox.
• Subscribe to a pay television service
such as cable or satellite.
• Buy a digital television.
If you purchase a new
television, be sure to
recycle your old one!
Most TVs and computers contain a
cathode ray tube (CRT), which contains
two to eight pounds of lead. It is illegal
to place electronic products containing a
CRT in the garbage.
Recycling options for televisions and
other household electronics available to
residents in the Twin Cities metro-area
include:
• Hennepin County takes electronics
free of charge from households at
drop-off facilitiesin Brooklyn Park and
Bloomington. Quantity limits apply.
• Take-backprogram: Somemanufacturers
and retailers will take back your old
electronics forrecychng.
• Recycling companies: You can drop-
off or arrange for pick-up of your old
electronics at arecycler.
For more information on Hennepin
County's drop-off facilities and how to
recycle electronics, call 612.348.3777
or visit henmpin uslelectmmcs. To find
additional electronics recycling options,
visit RethinkRecychng.com (formerly
GreenGuardian.com), your go-to-guide
for waste and recycling in the Twin
Cities. For more information on the DTV
transition, visitwww.dtv.gov.
AreSa-oaeRrroed Avu¢av2009
City Staff Makes a Move
Council
ITY HALL CONSTRUCTION
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in mid-January. At that time, city,
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in the completed section, and r+,^
Held a work session to review of the
construction on the east side of the r
General Fund Budget and 20-year Road
building will begin. The entrance
Plan. The 2009 General Fund Budget
to the building will shift from its
and Property Tax Levy Collectible in
current location to Meat will serve as the new main entrance of City Hall.
2009 was approved.
Shouldyou ever experience difficulty accessing City Hall, please contact staff at
• Approved the 2008-2012 Capital
952.474.3236 immediately, so special arrangements can be made to assist you.
Improvement Program.
Let It Snow!
• Reviewed the Southshore Center
Lease and Agreement; this item will
ADOPT A DIRE HYDRANT
be discussed further at the January 12
BB A GOOD NEIGHBOR and help keep the fire hydrant in your neighborhood clear
Council meeting.
of snow By keeping a four-foot clear space around the fire hydrant, fire fighters
• Heard a presentation from Hennepin
will have easy access to your neighborhood hydrant in case of a fire. The time saved
County ChiefJudge Swensonaboutthe
could be just the time needed to save ahome or alife.
Court System.
SNOW PLOWS AND GARBAGE DAY
• Heard a presentation from Lake
HE EVENING BEFORE GARBAGE day is typically when residents place garbage and
MinnetonkaAsSoci ation representative
Trecyclingcurbside. Whenthereisasnowfallthatevening,itisagoodideatowait
Dick Osgood on the 2008 Eurasian
until morning, if possible, to put outyour bins. This prevents the snow being plowed
watermilfoil treatment results, and
from streets from knocking over or burying your bins!
plans for 2009.
• Approved a request for proposals for
CLEARING YOUR DRIYEWAY OF SNOW
consulting park planning services.
WHEN SHOVELING OR BLOWING snow from your driveway, please do not blow
• Reviewed and approved the Illicit
V Y snowinto the street. This is especially crucial when snowplows have already
Discharge Ordinance, which prohibits
cleared the street. The resulting pile of snow will likely not be cleared and will turn
unlawful connections to or discharge
to ice, remaining ahazard to drivers until the next snowrequiring aplow. Ifyou have
of items such as oil or paint into the
aplow clearing your driveway, make sure that the snowis pushed completely across
stormwater system.
the street, keeping the main road clear.
• Setthe date of the Storm Water Pollution
KEEP CARS OF'F'THE ROAD
Prevention Program public information
URING AND AFTER A SNOWFALL, please be aware that cars p arkedin the roadway can
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meeting for Monday, Feb. 9, 7 PH.
be ahazard to snowplow drivers and may result in your road not being plowed.
It also prevents plows from removing snow curb to curb and makes for messy streets
City Receives
all winter Wheneverpossible, remove cars from the roadway during a snow storm.
Watershed Grant
MCE Offers Programs at Southshore
N DECEMBER 11, the Minnehaha
THE CITIES OF SHOREwoOD, Tonka Bay, Excelsior, Deephaven and Greenwood have
Creek Watershed Board awarded
enteredinto an agreement with Minnetonka Community Educationto coordinate
the Cynthia Krieg Stewardship Grant to
community programming at the Southshore Center in Shorewood. The Southshore
the City of Shorewood. The grant allows
Center, a community center shared by these South Lake Communities, traditionally
the city to continue to offer educational
has offered primarily senior programming. Through the efforts of MCE, the use of
programmingto improve water qualityin
the center will be expanded to include programming for all ages.
and around Shorewood. This grant will
Residents vino have ideas for programs they would like to see offered at the
beusedto offerclassesto assistresidents
Southshore Center are encouraged to share their input with city staff by emailing
with design and implementation of arain
catyhadd([Dca.shomioood?anus, orleaving amessage onthe Shoreline anytime of day,
garden on their property. The class will
952.474.3236, extension 1.
includeparticipation intheinstallation of
As always, the Southshore Center is available forrental. It serves as a great place
a demonstration garden at a Shorewood
forneighborhood gatherings, familyreunions, and community organization events.
park. Watch the March %om Report for
For more information on the rental ofthe Southshore Center, please go to www.
registration information and complete
southsh ore -center. org, or call the center at 952.474.7635.
workshop details.
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The Planning Commission will hold the following public
hearings at their meeting on January 6, 2009:
A. 7 P.M. Synergy Land Co. is requesting approval of a preliminary plat for a seven-lot
subdivision. The property is located at 6045 Strawberry Lane and contains 4.36 acres.
It is in the R-1 C, Single-Family Residential zoning district vkere the minimum lot size
requirement is 20,000 square feet in area.
Ice Skating Season is Here
IT'S TMEE TO WARFEN those skate lades and get ready to get out on the rinks and burn
that bottled up winter energy! Warming houses will open at Cathcart, Badger and Manor
Parks. Warming House Schedule:
Monday-Friday 3:30 PM- 9 PM Sunday Noon -9 PM
Saturday 11 AM-9PM Holidays LOAM-9 FM
Closingtamesmayvaryslightlyifrankisnotinuseoranattendant isnotavailable. Warming
houses will be posted when closed. Telephones are not available at the warming houses.
Talk With Mayor
2nd Saturday Coffee
JoiN MAYOR Cmus LtzeE for coffee and
conversation every second Saturday of
the month atthe Shorewood Caribou Coffee
(Hwy 7 and 41) from 8 to 10 AM. She's
looking forward to seeing you Saturday,
January 10.
Go GREEN!
H ELP SHOREWOOD go green! Sign-up to
receive your Shorewood newsletter
by email! To register your email, send your
postal address and email requestto City Hall
at cttyhall&.shomwood.mn. us.
NORDIC HIKING REGISTRATION
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 AT FREEMAN PARK
11 AM OR NOON
No CHARGE (AGE 1Z ADULT)
The Arctic Fever celebration at Freeman Park will feature Nordic Hiking
instruction and an opportunity to try this great form of exercise. Instruction
and supplies provided by Three Rivers Park District. Supplies are limited,
so please register as soon as possible for this great event! The instruction and a
trial hike will take approximately 30-45 minutes.
Participants may wear snow boots and dress for the weather, although if weather
permits a strong tennis shoe or hiking boot may be more comfortable.
Name
Address
Phone
Email
Age
Time preference: (select one) 11 am
Noon
You may also email your registration information
to Shorewood City Hall: ci Mll( cl.shorewood.
nin. its. Please title the email Nordic Hiking.
All registrants will receive conftrtnation by email
or phone.
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Excelsion
Puppet Show at Excelsior Library........................................ 11-11:30 am
Reindeer in the Commons 12-4 pm
Ice Skating on the Lake and Bonfire 11 am-4 pm
Snowpainting in Commons Noon-2 pm
Winter Car Safety Kit Building downtown (watch for signs). 1-2 pm
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides 11-4 pm
Fever Kick-Off Party (BayviewlBeyside Grille) Friday, 7 pm-Midnight
Pond Hockey Tournament (pre-registration required)
Friday, 8 am-4 pm-Saturday, 8 am-4 pm-Su nday 11 am-4 pm
To register, go to www.pondhockeynec.com
Skorewooe(/'Freenir n Park;
Schutzhund Dog Demo ...........................................................10 am-Noon and 1-3 pm
Sled Dogs ................................................................................10-11 am and 1-2 pm
Skijoring ...................................................................................10-11 am and 1-2 pm
Nordic Hiking, Three Rivers (pre-registration requested) 11 am and Noon
Sleigh Rides, sponsored by American Legion Post #259........10 am-3 pm
Snowshoeing/Geocaching, REI ...............................................11 am-3 pm
Kids Sledding Hill .....................................................................10 am-3 pm
Concessions and Bonfire .........................................................10 am-3 prr '
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Owl Show, Three Rivers Park District 1:30-2:30 pm ataieven& ,
Ice Skating 1-2:30 pm J
Bonfire 1-4 pm
Human Bowling on the Ice 2:30 pm
Quinzhee Building, Three River's Park District 2:30-3:30 pm
Kick Sleds, Three River's Park District 3-4 pm
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Hey kids ages 3 - grade 5 enter the Arctic Fever 2009 Coloring Contest! Color and drop off by
Friday, January 16 at 5:00 p.m. to the Excelsior Library, 343 Third Street, Excelsior. Come see
all of the entries and hear the announcement of winners in three categories: ages 3-5, grades
Kindergarten-2, and grades 3-5 at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 17 at the Excelsior Library.
One entry per child Need not be present to win. You may take your picture home that day.
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