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03 May-June Shore Report tipsf report Nbz!'!Kvof!3135 Afternoon Snack by Bryan Oakley Wjtju!uif!Djuz“t!ofx!xfctjuf! Xbufs!fggjdjfodz!sfcbuf! Jo!uijt!Jttvf bu!tipsfxppeNO/hpw foet!jo!Kvof Making Sense of Local The City’s website just underwent The average Minnesota resident uses a re-design. You will now be able to Governmentpage 2 about 52 gallons of water per person take advantage of some new features, per day. In Shorewood, the average Elections Informationpage 2 including personalized logins and is over double this amount, at 115 intuitive search functionality. Tree Salepage 2 gallons of water per person per day. In partnership with the Metropolitan Permits & City Code We hope that with the new website Council Environmental Services and Reminderspage 3 the City of Shorewood will be able to the Clean Water, Land and Legacy increase our community engagement Amendment, the City of Shorewood Recyclingpages 3 and enhance communication between offers rebates to encourage residents to residents and your local government. install toilets and irrigation components City Calendarpage 4 that reduce water use, as well as Visit our new website (and update your Spring Clean-Up Insert washing machines and dishwashers bookmarks) at www.shorewoodMN.gov. that are energy efficient. Rebates are processed in the order of which they What do you think of the new are received and issued until the funds Parks & Recreation website? Visit our website to find an are used. Rebates must be submitted online survey and let us know your before June 30, 2024. Summer Catalog inside! thoughts before May 10, 2024. How much water do you use? The questions in the Water Use Djuz“t!Boovbm!Usff!Tbmf— Tubuf!pg!uif!Djuz!3135 Calculator help you estimate how much The State of the City is available to water you use, how your consumption Tpnf!usfft!tujmm!bwbjmbcmf!! view online at lmcc-tv.org or compares to the average American A limited number of container trees shorewoodMN.gov/StateOfTheCity home, and what you can save by are still available at wholesale prices switching to more efficient appliances. for Shorewood residents. Ordering is Visit home-water-works.org/calculator available both online and in-person, and orders are taken in the order in which they are received until all trees are sold. Visit shorewoodMN.gov/TreeSale or City Hall For a complete list of trees and other information. Order pickup takes place in September. report • Nbz!'!Kvof!3135 Nbljoh!Tfotf!pg!Mpdbm!Hpwfsonfou;!Dpnnjttjpot!boe!Djuz!Pggjdft!po!uif!cbmmpu!jo! Bewjtpsz!Cpbset!Opwfncfs You may recall from past newsletters that the role of the City Council is to set the This year’s General Election ballot City’s policies and direction, and that City staff implements those policies and will include one (1) Mayor and two (2) directives, but have you ever wondered about the role of the City’s commissions City Council seats. Terms are four (4) and advisory boards? years beginning January of 2025. The filing dates for city offices depend on The Shorewood City Council and staff rely on several boards and commissions to whether the city holds primaries or not. provide insight, make recommendations, and otherwise advise or represent the Shorewood does not hold a primary for City on a variety of topics important to the community. Commissions and boards city offices. are made up of residents appointed by the Council for staggered three-year terms. Generally, boards and commissions meet once per month or less. Candidates may file from July 30, 2024 until August 13, 2024 at 5:00 The Planning Commission reviews matters related to land use within the pm. Filing fees are $2.00. You may City, such as changes in zoning, modifications to zoning code, updates of the file at Shorewood City Hall. Petitions comprehensive plan, and variance requests. City staff provide the Commission in lieu of filing fees will be accepted. with a technical analysis of site plans, zoning regulations, or policy considerations. Candidate Filing Packets are available The Planning Commission reviews the analysis, takes public comment on the on the City’s website under Elections. proposal, and then makes a recommendation to the City Council. Please contact Shorewood Elections at cityhall@ci.shorewood.mn.us or The Park Commission is charged by the City Council with planning for the long-call 952-960-7900 if you would like term park and recreational needs of the City. This includes reviewing and planning additional information. for park use, maintenance, and improvements to park land and facilities. City staff work closely with the Commission to provide information and support.The Primary Election will be held on August 13, 2024, and the General The City also participates in other regional organizations that provide service to Election will be held on November 5, the community. City Council appoints a resident to serve on advisory boards in 2024. order to provide insight and perspective. These boards include: Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission (LMCC) is a joint powers Tqfdjbm!Fmfdujpo!po!Nbz!25 agency. The LMCC oversees the franchise agreement with the cable operator and Hennepin County has scheduled promotes awareness and use of community television. LMCC video records council a Special Election for Tuesday, meetings and offers free production opportunities for community members. May 14, 2024, to fill the vacancy of Commissioner in District 6. This Lake Minnetonka Conservation District comprises the fourteen communities vacancy is the result of the resignation bordering Lake Minnetonka. The district was formed in 1967 by the State of Commissioner Chris LaTondresse, legislature. The District’s role is to protect, preserve and enhance the lake’s who announced his intention to depart environment, economy, and vitality. the County Board effective September 21, 2023. Minnetonka Community Education Advisory Council provides guidance and insight into the programs and services provided by Community Education. To find your polling place, visit pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us and enter in Residents volunteering to serve on commissions and boards often do so to your address to find out where you vote become involved in their community and share their skills and talents. It is on Election Day. You may vote absentee not uncommon for City Council members to have first served on a board or at City Hall during regular business commission before deciding to run for elected office. hours Monday, May 6, through Monday, May 13, at 5:00 pm. City Hall will be Please visit the City’s website or call 952-960-7900 for more information about open for voting on Saturday, May 11, boards and commissions or to apply for appointment. The City Council generally from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. reviews applications in February of each year but may review applications sooner if a vacancy occurs. Xbufs!Sfqpsu!bwbjmbcmf!pomjof Shorewood’s 2023 Consumer Confidence Report covers testing of the City’s public drinking water system in 2023. Paper copies of the water report are available upon request at City Hall. Visit shorewoodMN.gov/WaterReport 3 Djuz!pg!Tipsfxppe \[pojoh!Qfsnjut!Epht!jo!Tipsfxppe Many projects that don’t require As per Section 700 of City Code, dog building permits require zoning permits. owners are required to: Improvements like driveways, patios, fences, sidewalks/steps, some retaining • License all their dogs. Please note, walls, pergolas, constructed (not that owning or keeping three Cbdlzbse!Dpnqptujoh!boe! portable) fire pits, etc. are all required or four dogs requires a Multiple Pshbojdt!Sfdzdmjoh! to have zoning permits. Zoning permits Dog License. Owning or keeping May 5-11 is International Compost are a low-cost permit and staff review more than four dogs on any one Awareness Week! the proposal and make sure it conforms property is not permitted. to setbacks, impervious surface • Clean up any feces they create Composting is one of the best requirements, easement restrictions and dispose of it with trash (not opportunities to reduce our trash – and the like. The City has a variety of organics recycling). about 25 percent of what we throw information on what is required for • Keep dogs from excessively away is organic materials like food many improvements. Submitting a barking. scraps and compostable paper that request for a zoning permit is quick and • Keep dogs on a leash no greater could be put to better use as compost. easy through the city’s online permit than six feet when not on the Composting involves collecting food portal, which is located conveniently owner’s property. Being off scraps and non-recyclable paper to be on the left side of the planning and leash in not is permitted in turned into compost in a bin in your protective inspections page of the city’s any of Shorewood’s parks, but yard. This process creates a nutrient- website.one is available nearby at Lake rich material that can be used in Minnewashta Regional Park. gardens and landscaping projects. To learn more about how to compost at Sfdsfbujpobm!Gjsf!Qfsnjut! If you see dogs barking excessively, home, visit hennepin.us/composting. Restricted recreational fires with a running at large, or behaving badly, total diameter of 3 feet or less are please call 911. Looking for a more convenient allowed in the City by permit. Permits way to reduce the amount of your are free and expire on December food waste that goes to landfills? 31 of the year in which they were Xbufs!nfufs!sfqmbdfnfou! Consider participating in City of issued. The Excelsior Fire Department Shorewood’s organics recycling qspkfdu!dpoujovft processes all recreational fire permits. program. Shorewood residents can To apply for a recreational fire permit, The City is continuing the meter take advantage of free residential visit excelsiorfire.org/permit-forms replacement project for residents on organics drop-off sites in Shorewood the municipal water system. There and Deephaven. These drop-offs are Mboetdbqf!Nbufsjbmt are several hundred meters that need free of charge, but residents must The City prohibits dumping or placing replacement and there is no cost to register. Once registered, participants of landscape materials in the public residents. Residents on municipal water receive instructions and the lock street or in the city right-of-way should watch their mail for a letter combination for the organics recycling (ROW). Items must be stored on from Ferguson Waterworks. The letter cart. These sites are not for yard and your property. Items in the street or will detail how affected homeowners garden waste, but for household ROW will be removed at the owner’s can schedule an appointment for organic waste. Learn more and register expense. replacement. Thank you, everyone, for at shorewoodMN.gov/Organics your cooperation. Sfdzdmjoh!Qjdl.Vq Shorewood pick-up dates are highlighted in blue. Mainland residents’ recycling is picked up every Wednesday, and Island residents’ on Thursday of recycling week. Visit shorewoodMN.gov/Recycling 4 PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID TWIN CITIES, MN PERMIT #30681 Shorewood City Hall 5755 Country Club Rd Shorewood, MN 55331 P: 952-960-7900 Community & Event Center 5735 Country Club Rd Shorewood, MN 55331 P: 952-960-7902 Tipsfxppe!Djuz!Dpvodjm Reach your City Councilmembers via email or call 952-960-7900 Jennifer Labadie, Mayor jlabadie@ci.shorewood.mn.us Paula Callies, Councilmember pcallies@ci.shorewood.mn.us Dustin Maddy, Councilmember dmaddy@ci.shorewood.mn.us Guy Sanschagrin, Councilmember gsanschagrin@ci.shorewood.mn.us Scott Zerby, Councilmember szerby@ci.shorewood.mn.us Vqdpnjoh!Nffujoht!'!Fwfout MAY JUNE Register at Step to it Challenge To report road, park, and other non- Planning Commission Meeting steptoit.org May 1 to 28 emergency City concerns online, June 4, 7 pm - City Hall visit shorewoodMN.gov/SeeClickFix Planning Commission Meeting City Council Meeting May 7, 7 pm - City Hall June 10, 7 pm - City Hall City Council Meeting The ShoreReport is the City of Park Commission Meeting May 13, 7 pm - City Hall Shorewood’s bimonthly newsletter. June 11, 7 pm - City Hall For more information on City Election Day Juneteenth events, activities, and news, visit May 14, 7 am to 8 pm June 19 - City Hall Closed our website shorewoodMN.gov Spring Clean-up (see insert for details) City Council Meeting May 18, 8 am to 1 pm - Public Works June 24, 7 pm - City Hall Like, share, and follow the City of Shorewood across social media! Paper Shred Event (see insert for details) Recycling Committee Meeting May 18, 9 am to 12 pm - City Hall June 25, 5:30 pm - Shorewood Community & Event Center Park Commission Meeting CityofShorewood May 21, 7 pm - City Hall Qvcmjd!Xpslt!Xffl Memorial Day Please join in thanking public works Shorewood_MN May 27 - City Hall Closed staff May 19-25 during National Public Works Week. Public Works staff City Council Meeting provides essential services that keep ShorewoodMN May 28, 7 pm - City Hall our communities running to every resident, business, and visitor.