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11 November Shore Report News for Residents of the City of Shorewood 11/2 Elections City hall open until 5 p.m. 11/3 Election Day Phil Zumsteg Polls open 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Winter walk 11/9 7 p.m. City Council Meeting 11/10 7 p.m. T he General Election is Tuesday, November 3. to. The time needed to process a higher number Park Comm Meeting Many Shorewood residents took advantage of of absentee ballots means we may not know the 11/11 Veterans Day the opportunity to absentee vote early; others will fi nal vote totals on election night. Election offi cials City Offices Closed Planning Comm Meeting vote at the polls on Election Day. Voters on Election throughout Minnesota will be working to get ballots 11/17 7 p.m. Day who need to confi rm their polling place can call counted as accurately as possible, and appreciate Planning Comm Meeting city hall, 952.960.7900, or go to www.mnvotes.org. patience from the public and the news media when Shorewood polling places will practice social results aren’t available as soon as in other years. 11/23 7 p.m. distancing and all voters are asked to wear a mask. Although the Secretary of State displays City Council Meeting If you are unable to wear a mask, phone numbers unoffi cial election results on election night, the 11/26-27 Holiday for curbside voting will be posted at each polling actual counting of the ballots is completed at the City Hall closed place. Simply call the phone number and election county level. Counties use a variety of equipment judges will provide your ballot at your car.and procedures for this process, and some results For voters entering the polling place, please be might come in slower than others. prepared for a possible wait in line outdoors and dress for the weather. Due to COVID-19, absentee ballots postmarked After the election, results will be posted on the by election day will be counted if they arrive at the Secretary of State website when available, www.election offi ce within seven days. mnvotes.org. According to the Secretary of State, the 2020 election will be diff erent than we are used Go to www.ci.shorewood. C ity hall is drop off for new/ to sign up for mn.us gently used coats, snowpants, and boots, and new mittens or eNews! Each year, city hall serves as a gloves for children ages newborn collection site for new, unwrapped to 18. Donated items are given to toys and gifts for children and ResourceWest, the local resource teens, and for non-perishable center that provides winter clothing food items for ICA food shelf. City to area families in need. Coats residents are always very generous should be for cold winter weather with donations, often making this and not dress or light coats. an opportunity for family giving. All Please drop off donations gifts are donated to ResourceWest, during regular business hours, www.resourcewest.org, for the Monday through Friday 8 am annual toy chest; food items are to 4:30 p.m., between now and donated to ICA. These services November 30. both serve the Shorewood community. Please If you have questions or know a family who might drop off items in the bin at city hall during regular be in need of winter clothing, please contact business hours through December 15. the ResourceWest at 952.933.3860. For more information online, go to www.resourcewest.org. T he deer management program with Metro Bowhunters Resource Base continues in October. The scheduled dates of the hunt for November are: November 6-8 Back up: November 20-22 If you have questions about the program, contact the city at 952.960.7900. Shorewood shred event From tax returns to toilet paper W hile composting is an T hank you to everyone who slurry is then emptied onto a important way to deal joined us for the City of press, where the material is with food scraps when we Shorewood’s free shred event made into products such as have them, preventing food on Saturday, October 10. Many toilet paper, Kleenex, paper waste is the best option residents brought personal towels, paper napkins, blue to minimize negative documents to be disposed of shop towels, etc. environmental impact in Shred-N-Go’s secure paper But what about the and save you money. shredder at city hall. Event staples, notebook spirals, The average household participants also donated a total paper clips, binder clips, in the U.S. throws away of 225 pounds of nonperishable and other metal materials approximately $1,500 food items for ICA Food Shelf. By that are shredded with worth of food every year! with papers that are shredded, it the end of the event, 7,526 pounds the paper? The vat walls are is diffi cult to recycle the material of paper had been collected and specially magnetized to collect Here are a few things you into other paper products. Unlike shredded! metal. Once the slurry has been can do to reduce your food metal, there is no effi cient way emptied onto the press, the vat waste: for companies to separate plastic is demagnetized. Then, the metal from the mix of other materials. falls out and is recycled. Overall, Make a list and stick to it So, when bringing documents to Collection is only the beginning 100% of the metal and shredded when you shop. shred in the future, make sure to of the story. After an event, material is recycled. Buy “ugly” produce. keep plastic out so that the paper shredded paper is transported to Due to the nature of the (Misshapen fruits and can successfully complete its the Shred-N-Go facility in Rogers recycling process, plastic vegetables.) recycling journey. and compressed into large bales. contamination is a major challenge Experiment with scraps.  The City of Shorewood hosts The bales are then sent to paper for shredding companies and Many veggie scraps shred events on a semi-annual mills in Wisconsin, where they paper mills. If plastic (ex. plastic (leaves, stems, peels) basis. The next event is planned are opened up and combined spiral binding, plastic page are edible, but we have for the third Saturday in May. with water in large vats. The protectors, credit cards or other been taught to discard Keely Schultz vats are turned until a mixture plastic contaminants) is mixed in GreenCorps; City of Shorewood them. (Check out links called a “slurry” is created. The to some great recipes Private wells should be tested annually at www.ci.shorewood. mn.us/nofoodwaste.) A pproximately 50% of for arsenic, which must Understand best by/use  Shorewood homes have be specifically requested. by dates. private wells as the water source. Arsenic levels in some Municipal water customers have areas of Shorewood have Get more details on these regular water testing by the increased. and other tips on the city city, but private well owners are City of Shorewood has website or, for more ideas, responsible for the testing of their free water testing kits. including food storage tips water. The Minnesota Department There are fees for the tests and meal plan calculators, of Health provides well owners conducted by the lab. If you visit SavetheFood.com. with information about how to have questions about water ensure their water is safe to drink. testing, or would like to see For more information, see Water if your address qualifi es for Quality/Well Testing and the MDH connection to municipal Well Owner’s Handbook. Links are water, please contact the available on the city website, www.city at 952.960.7900. ci.shorewood.mn.us/privatewells. Shorewood wells should be tested 5735 Country Club Road Road. 952.474.7635 www.ShorewoodCEC.com • Held a work session on the The community center is closed November 11 and November 26 and 27 for holidays. city CIP. Rental times for social distancing holiday celebrations are now being accepted. Call • Authorized repair of catch the center director, 952.474.7635, for details and to reserve your date! basins along Smithtown Road. Dementia Support GroupKnittingHappy Feet • Authorized the new utility Friday,November 6 and 20Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.Monday, November 16; $40 rates for city customers. 10 a.m.; Ages: allAges: allAppointments: 763.560.5136 Age: 55+ If you are caring for a loved one Open to all interested in the • Adopted an open with dementia, or someone close needle arts. All levels of expertise Clients who regularly receive space policy for the to you is suff ering from dementia, welcome. nursing foot care express an Minnetonka Country Club meet with other concerned increased sense of comfort and development. Woodcarving caregivers. Questions? Call Jane well-being. Care includes foot For complete minutes of Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.; Ages: All at 952.474.4673.soak, foot massage, care for council meetings, go to Stop in and join this community of corns, calluses or problem nails. Busy Bee Quilters www.ci.shorewood.mn.us/ carvers. Learn how or carve and agendas. Monday and Wednesday share your knowledge. 9 a.m.-Noon; Ages: all Fitness Class Have a great time sharing Mon., Wed., Fri., 9 a.m. personal quilt projects and helping $6 per class or purchase a each other. For more information discount package with monthly C call Linda, 952.475.1430. ity staff is available sign up at class; Ages: 55+ to answer questions Beading Designed for active adults, uses or discuss concerns. A Tuesdays, 1 p.m. Ages: all low-impact exercises. complete list of staff contacts No experience needed for this fun is on the city website under group. Instruction and supplies I Want To>Contact. You are available. can also call city hall at 952.960.7900 and will be put in touch with the correct staff S person. horewood’s outdoor activities Watch for activities and updates at Freeman Park for Arctic at www.arcticfever.net. Fever will take place January 16. T hank you to the following C ity public works staff will recommendations change, this volunteers for taking care fl ood the rinks at Manor will be revisited. If you have of the gardens at the city and Cathcart parks this winter, questions, contact the city at parks: but current plans do not include 952.960.7900. having warming houses opened Freeman Park Entrance – due to COVID-19 restrictions. Norma Marien & Rebecca Benches will be in place at the Fish rinks for skaters. Should state Freeman Park Plaza – Connie Branson & Jim Berdahl Manor Park – Mary Babcock Cathcart Park – Mary T he fall/winter photo contest is Winners in each category will Protunno taking place. Submit photos have their photos framed and Silverwood Park – Lacey in the following categories:displayed at city hall and will Mesa • Winter Wondereach receive a framed print. • Fall DelightsSubmissions will be accepted Shorewood Community • Wildlifethrough March 25, 4:30 p.m. & Event Center – Tena • People and Pets Brandhorst See complete rules online, All photos should be taken www.ci.shorewood.mn.us/ during the fall and winter months. photo contest. For additional Pictures should be taken in information, contact the city at Winter 2020 Winner Shorewood between September 952.960.7900, or email cityhall@ Phil Zumsteg 22, 2020, and March 20, 2021. ci.shorewood.mn.us. City of Shorewood 5755 Country Club Road Shorewood, MN 55331 Shore Report November 2020 Register for email updates on your upcoming road project. C onstruction is not yet complete for 2020, but city staff is already preparing for the 2021 construction season. The major reconstruction project is the Glen Road, Amlee Road and Manitou Lane project. Residents in this area have been receiving construction and water communication for some time. Smaller projects that will take place in 2021 include the mill and overlay of various roads. This process consists of a “miller” taking up the roadway surface, grinding it up, and laying down the new, recycled surface. Generally, residents on mill and overlay roads are inconvenienced by the noise, dust and trucks for a couple of days. Residents on the following roads are encouraged to sign up on the Constant Contact email page for 2021 Mill and Overlay updates. Go to www.ci.shorewood.mn.us/ConstructionUpdates to sign up. (roads are subject to change) Brant Circle Manor Road Radisson Inn Road West 62nd Street Covington Road Old Market Road Seamans Drive S econds matter for Idelwild Path Radisson Road Sweetwater Curve fire crews when there is a house fire. In the winter, the last thing anyone wants is Stay safe this winter. Go to www.ci.shorewood.mn.us/snowplow for more tips and information. a delay in firefighting S due to snow covered nowplows travel much slower than the posted speeds because it is most eff ective for clearing roads. The hydrants. The city asks driver’s fi eld of vision is severely restricted behind the truck, and the driver must rely on mirrors to see to the neighbors to keep a rear and side of the truck. Remember to: three-foot ring shoveled • Be patient, and remember snowplows are working to improve road conditions for your trip. around hydrants. If you • Stay back at least 10 car lengths between your vehicle and a plow. are willing to adopt your • Stay alert for snowplows that turn or exit frequently and often with little warning. They also may travel over hydrant for the winter center lines or partially in traffi c to further improve road conditions. please email jmoore@ • Slow down to a safe speed for current conditions. Snowplows typically move at slower speeds. ci.shorewood.mn.us so • Don’t forget, we’re in the storm together. Be patient with the snowplows and drive according to road conditions. we can add you to our Heavy traffi c congestion aff ects snowplowing operations, so if you are stuck in traffi c, so are the snowplows. list of adopters. This is a great project for all ages, so get the kids involved!