City Council Meeting Report for May 21, 2013

Scott Neal, May 22, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

Below is the very concise summary that I shared with City staff this morning of the actions taken by the City Council at last night’s meeting: The Council started its work with a closed session to discuss the potential purchase …
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Yorktown Park Community Garden

Scott Neal, May 20, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

Now that’s what an Edina-style community garden looks like.  A beautiful setting.  Fertile black soil that is mulched nicely.  An attractive, secure black metal fence.  everything tucked in with a solid concrete maintenance strip.  It’s well done. In its first year of life, …
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Winding Down At The State Legislature

Scott Neal, May 14, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

The waning days of the state legislative session are always the most interesting ones.  The legislature has been tending over the last decade to push more and more of their decisions off to the last possible moments.  The city has …
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City Council Meeting Report for May 7, 2013

Scott Neal, May 8, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

The following is my morning report to City employees describing the events and actions at last night’s City Council meeting.  Enjoy! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Morning Everyone – The Council began its evening with a joint meeting with the Human Rights & …
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MCMA Annual Conference

Scott Neal, May 6, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

I attended the annual conference of the Minnesota City/County Management Association (MCMA) last week.  It was good for me to spend two days with my peers to talk about our respective challenges and learn about what’s new and interesting in …
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Laurie Aherns is Retiring

Scott Neal, April 30, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

I am fortunate in life that I can count Laurie Ahrens as a friend. She is the city manager in Plymouth. Laurie announced her retirement last week at the April 23 City Council meeting. Her last day on the job will …
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He’s Our Guy

Scott Neal, April 29, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

State Representative Ron Erhardt represents Edina in the Minnesota House of Representatives.  He is a very interesting guy who has led a very interesting political life. Rep. Erhardt made some interesting comments this past week about our friends in Rochester.  …
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DTA’s

Scott Neal, April 25, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

About 2 1/2 years ago, Comcast implemented a digital conversion of their cable channels about the basic service.  The conversion required their customers to get digital conversion adapters (DTAs) in order to receive the new encrypted digital channels.  You might …
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Lisa Santa Maria

Scott Neal, April 24, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

Great article in today’s Star Tribune about Opportunity Partners.  There is a mention in the article about the City of Edina and our association with Lisa Santa Maria.  That’s Lisa and me this morning.  She did not get her photo …
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Website Ads

Scott Neal, April 23, 2013 | Posted in Scott Neal

Laurie Blake had a short story in Sunday’s Star Tribune about the City of Burnsville’s consideration of selling advertising spots on its City website.  Here’s a link to the story:  “Burnsville considers accepting ads on city’s website“. Ad sales are …
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