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	<title>Edina, Minnesota &#187; Scott Neal</title>
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		<title>Conflicts of Interest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a very good article in this morning&#8217;s Star Tribune about an allegation that Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin has a conflict of interest in an upcoming vote he is going to take about who should &#8220;get&#8221; the County&#8217;s &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/conflicts-of-interest/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Financing The Future &#8211; 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We held our second of three Financing The Future sessions last night at Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse.  We combined the discussion about the City&#8217;s capital spending priorities and economic development practices with a wine tasting event facilitated by the staff from &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/financing-the-future-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Sales Tax Exemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until sometime in the early 1990&#8242;s, Minnesota city governments did not pay the state government&#8217;s sales tax when they purchased supplies or materials for public purposes.  I don&#8217;t know the background behind the historical change, but suffice it to say that &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-sales-tax-exemption/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report for June 4, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the report I prepared this morning to share with City employees describing the events and results of last night&#8217;s City Council meeting.  I&#8217;ll share it with my blog readers as well.  Enjoy! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Morning Everyone – &#160; &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-for-june-4-2013/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Financing The Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest professional challenges I face in my job as city manager is figuring out how to  conduct the process we use to create our annual budget.  In theory, I don&#8217;t need a process.  I could just do it &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/financing-the-future/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Jim Van Valkenburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 20:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Jim Hovland has ordered flags in Edina be flown at half-staff from sunrise Friday, May 31 to sunrise, Monday, June 3, in honor of former Mayor Jim Van Valkenburg, who passed away May 25. His funeral will be on &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/honoring-jim-van-valkenberg/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Roundabouts Are Safer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 21:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an article in yesterday&#8217;s St. Paul Pioneer Press that I think is worth reading.  It&#8217;s about the safety and effectiveness of roundabouts.  You can read it at this link: &#8220;Roundabouts are catching on, making roads safer, too&#8221; I&#8217;ve &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/roundabouts-are-safer/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report for May 21, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s meeting: The Council started its work with a closed session to discuss the potential purchase &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-for-may-21-2013/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yorktown Park Community Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that&#8217;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&#8217;s well done. In its first year of life, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/yorktown-park-community-garden/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winding Down At The State Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/winding-down-at-the-state-legislature/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report for May 7, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is my morning report to City employees describing the events and actions at last night&#8217;s City Council meeting.  Enjoy! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good Morning Everyone - The Council began its evening with a joint meeting with the Human Rights &#38; &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-for-may-7-2013/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MCMA Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s new and interesting in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/mcma-annual-conference/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Laurie Aherns is Retiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/laurie-aherns-is-retiring/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s Our Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/hes-our-guy/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DTA&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/dtas/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lisa Santa Maria</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article in today&#8217;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&#8217;s Lisa and me this morning.  She did not get her photo &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/lisa-santa-maria/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Website Ads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laurie Blake had a short story in Sunday&#8217;s Star Tribune about the City of Burnsville&#8217;s consideration of selling advertising spots on its City website.  Here&#8217;s a link to the story:  &#8220;Burnsville considers accepting ads on city&#8217;s website&#8220;. Ad sales are &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/website-ads/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not have realized it, but we are in the midst of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.  It&#8217;s April 14-20 this year. I know I am supposed to call them telecommunicators, but I can&#8217;t seem to get that term &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/national-public-safety-telecommunicators-week/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report for April 16, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my report from last night&#8217;s City Council meeting. Enjoy! The Council began its evening with a Work Session to discuss two future redevelopment projects at Pentagon Park and the Grandview District. Following the Work Session, the Council moved &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-for-april-16-2013/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Shortest Blog Post Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow me on Twitter @edinacityman &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>The Friday Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each Friday I prepare a report on a selected number of topics that the City is involved in, and then share it with City Council.  I&#8217;ve been doing this for many years.  It&#8217;s not particularly innovative, but it has proven &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-friday-report/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is Inevitable about Aviation Noise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting conversation yesterday on the telephone with a resident who was concerned about the message from Pat Doyle&#8217;s story about aviation noise that was in the Strib a couple of weeks ago. He told me that he and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/what-is-inevitable-about-aviation-noise/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council adopted a new ordinance this week that creates new standards and practices for how the City manages residential redevelopment projects.  We produced a set of FAQs for the new ordinance for employees so that they could more &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/faqs/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MSP Airport</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/msp-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my, it has been a busy week in the Star Tribune this week for Edina. Early in the week it was the editorial board commenting on the City&#8217;s consideration of a new ordinance to manage our residential redevelopment process. &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/msp-airport/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fairview Southdale Hospital</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fairview-southdale-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fairview Southdale has a large and historic presence in Edina.  It is the largest employer &#8211; by a mile &#8211; in the City.  It also drives a significant amount of economic activity.  Next time you&#8217;re driving up and down France &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fairview-southdale-hospital/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Redevelopment:  The Strib Weighs In</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/residential-redevelopment-the-strib-weighs-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/residential-redevelopment-the-strib-weighs-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the Star Tribune&#8217;s editorial board piece in this morning&#8217;s paper:  &#8221;Edina and home teardowns: In search of balance&#8220;. As editorials go, it&#8217;s OK.  Good headline.  We are in search of balance.  That&#8217;s exactly what we&#8217;re in search of.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/residential-redevelopment-the-strib-weighs-in/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EFD</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/efd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got a really good Fire Department here in Edina.  Among the many things they do really well is provide excellent ambulance services.  We are one of just a handful of cities in the Twin Cities metro area that operates &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/efd/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Error Report</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/error-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I&#8217;m wrong. In my City Council Meeting report blog post from yesterday I did not accurately describe the City Council&#8217;s action on the Wooddale Avenue advisory bike lane issue.  In the report, I said that the City Council authorized &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/error-report/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report from March 19, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-from-march-19-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-from-march-19-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 1, 2013, I will complete my 27th consecutive year as a city manager.  Last night&#8217;s Council meeting &#8211; March 19/20, 2013 &#8211; was the longest Council meeting of my career (dare I say, thus far).  We started our &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-from-march-19-2013/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parking Ramps</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/parking-ramps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a Feb 26 Star Tribune story about parking ramps at the 50th &#38; France business district:  Edina looks to expand parking at 50th &#38; France. Currently, the owners of properties in the 50th &#38; France business &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/parking-ramps/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>On and Under the Ice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the Ice:  Congratulations to the Edina High School boys hocket team for winning the 2013 state 2A hockey championship on Saturday night.  My son and I went to the game.  We sat next to one of the student sections.  We &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/on-and-under-the-ice/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Snark?  What Snark?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/snakr-what-snark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an article in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about the City of Edina&#8217;s experience with online public forums and dialogues. The article was written by Mary Jane Smetanka and is entitled &#8220;In Edina, civic discussions can turn uncivil.&#8221; I&#8217;ve added &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/snakr-what-snark/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got good feedback on this from readers that last time I did it.  That was enough encouragement for me to do it again.  Here is a highly summarized recounting of last night&#8217;s City Council meeting: The City Council met &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory Enforcement</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/regulatory-enforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I tried to think of a more engaging title, but that&#8217;s all I came up with today.  Regulatory enforcement.  It has blah written all over it, doesn&#8217;t it? But it&#8217;s not blah, particularly when the subject matter is residential &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/regulatory-enforcement/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t get into fund raising very much.  As a city official, it frequently feels like I am &#8220;putting the squeeze&#8221; on people that I am asking for money &#8211; even if the cause is noble.  I often wonder if the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/raising-money/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Meeting Report</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year or so, I have developed the habit of sharing a report with employees about the actions taken by the City Council the morning after our City Council meetings.  It&#8217;s not a big deal to prepare this report, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-council-meeting-report/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civility</title>
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		<comments>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/civility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a larger societal discussion going on in America today about public civility.  The argument generally seems to circle not around the concept of civility, but more around what it means to be uncivil or rude or a bully.  There are &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/civility/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Edina, Edina?  The Ed Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve worked for city governments my entire adult life.  I am aware of city reputations and brands, because that&#8217;s the business I&#8217;m in.  As I continue to settle into my job in Edina, I still ask myself:  What Makes Edina, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/what-makes-edina-edina-the-ed-fund/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, good news for me anyway.  I had a good review with the City Council last night, so I get to stick around here for a while longer. That&#8217;s what I was hoping for.  I enjoy my job here in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/good-news/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Review Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old joke in my profession that the city manager&#8217;s performance review happens every first and third Tuesday in the City Council Chambers at Council meetings.  There&#8217;s a little something to that, of course, but today is my formal &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/performance-review-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Titan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a good Edina business article by reporter Todd Nelson in today&#8217;s Star Tribune:  &#8220;Business first for Web developer Irish Titan&#8220;.  It&#8217;s short and worth the read. The commercial office building that Irish Titan calls home is right across &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/irish-titan/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rebirth of Pentagon Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity last week to tour one of the refurbished office buildings at the Pentagon Park office complex here in Edina.  Pentagon Park consists of eleven buildings that total 659,000 square feet on 77th Street between France Avenue and Highway &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/rebirth-of-pentagon-park/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Newest Member of the NOC is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may recall that back in November 2012 there was quite the ruckus created about a proposal being considered by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), at the request of the FAA, that would have approved a new flight track for MSP &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-newest-member-of-the-noc-is/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Rivals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people think the term &#8220;friendly rivals&#8221; is an oxymoron.  I am not one of them.  I think it is possible to have a friendly rivalry.  In my world, the cities of St. Louis Park and Edina are friendly rivals.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/friendly-rivals/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I appreciate most about Edina is that it functions in many ways like a small town.  It&#8217;s not uncommon, for example, to find multiple generations of the same family in Edina &#8211; something that really isn&#8217;t &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/small-town/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>HRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council has its first meeting of the new year tonight.  The agenda for this meeting, as it is for all first meetings of the year, is chuck full of a required perfunctory actions.  I&#8217;m not saying these actions &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/hra/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back in the Saddle &#8211; Almost</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My oldest son, Toby, is married to a lovely Austrian woman, Marlene, and they live in Vienna, Austria.  They&#8217;re home with me for the holidays, so I&#8217;ve been taking some time off from work to spend time with them.  I&#8217;ve &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/back-in-the-saddle-almost/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Budget Is Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know.  Not a very enticing blog title, except to those of us in the budget making business.  The City Council approved a budget for 2013 at last night&#8217;s City Council meeting.  In addition to wrapping up the budget for &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-budget-is-done/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diligence and Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve blogged a few times about the new Hornets Nest project that is nearing completion at Braemar Arena.  The Hornets Nest is the project name of a 30,000 square foot addition to the West Arena which has new locker rooms &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/diligence-and-excellence/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Story About Teardowns In Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, there is another story about the pace and impact of residential redevelopment in Edina in the West Metro section of today&#8217;s star Tribune:  &#8221;Edina teardowns: When the new dwarfs the old&#8220;. The story doesn&#8217;t get into much depth, but does &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/another-story-about-teardowns-in-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Bite</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Lonetree had an article in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune entitled &#8220;Tax bite declines on metro homes&#8220;.  Lonetree does a good job of reporting the news that residential property taxes in Hennepin County are going to go down in 2013.  In &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/tax-bite/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Civic Symbolism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an interesting article written by Mary Jane Smetanka in today&#8217;s Star Tribune &#8211; West Metro section entitled &#8220;Symbolism abounds in city logos.&#8221;  Mary Jane does a nice job explaining the symbolism and history of a number of west &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/civic-symbolism/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Airport Noise Fears Resolved &#8211; For Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since it surfaced on our community&#8217;s radar about two weeks ago, it has been all hands on deck at Edina City Hall to learn about the proposal being consider by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to change the flight paths used &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/airport-noise-fears-resolved-for-now/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aviation Noise in Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City is receiving a great number of emails and phone calls at the moment from residents concerned about an impending action at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP) that will change the manner in which aircraft access the airport.  That change &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/aviation-noise-in-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Electoral Significance of Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a very interesting story today running on Minnesota Public Radio about Edina and its significance as an electoral bellwether.  It&#8217;s so interesting, I&#8217;ve decided to repost the entire article right here.  Enjoy! &#160; What did the election mean? Look at &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-electoral-significance-of-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Year Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday marked the completion of my second year as Edina&#8217;s city manager.  I think that anniversaries provide a good opportunity for reflection, so please indulge me a bit on Day 1 of Year 3. I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/year-three/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally.  Election Day is here.  There are three seats at stake on the Edina City Council.  In a Council-Manager city like Edina, candidates for the position of Mayor, which is considered a position on the City Council, run against each &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/election-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Plug:  Kristin Aarsvold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Aarsvold works in our Parks &#38; Recreation Department.  She composed a really well written blog a couple of weeks ago that she entitled &#8220;Bystanders Can Beat Bullies&#8220;.  I think it&#8217;s a great blog post because it shares a personal experience &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/blog-plug-kristin-aarsvold/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Improvements at Centennial Lakes Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It ended up being a pretty nice fall day today.  It was the kind of day that made me want to get outside and inspect something.  So I did. I made the short trek from my City Hall office to &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/improvements-at-centennial-lakes-park/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad News at the Ice Arena</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometime during the wee hours of Saturday morning, an element within the main chiller that keeps the ice frozen in the West Arena broke.  The part that broke caused a mechanical failure causing the two primary fluids that keep the ice frozen &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/bad-news-at-the-ice-arena/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Edina Film Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, a small group of dedicated volunteers staged a film festival fundraiser for the Edina Art Center at the historical Edina Theatre at 50th &#38; France.  The event was successful enough to encourage an encore.  The encore, which we call the second-annual &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-edina-film-festival/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Furniture In The News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a very nice article in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune about the surge in the purchase of new furniture that inevitably follows a surge in new home building.  The piece was written by John Ewoldt.  You can read it by &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/furniture-in-the-news/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that read my blog, you have surmised by now that I am not a photographer.  Well, after reading today&#8217;s post, you will surmise that I am not a reporter either.  This is a great story that &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/heroes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Franchise, Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am an avid reader of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.  They do thorough reporting and give me good information about what it happening in the business world around me. They do a feature in each issue called the Top 25 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/franchise-anyone/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the credit rating analyst says&#8230;AAA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City is going to sell $14.8 of municipal bonds tomorrow morning.  The sale will be considered &#8220;pending&#8221; until the City Council approves it at tomorrow night&#8217;s City Council  meeting.  The bonds, which are referred to as General Obligation (G.O.) &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/and-the-credit-rating-analsyt-says-aaa/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Annual Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I belong to the a professional association called the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).  I&#8217;ve been a member for the ICMA for most of my career, which will be 25 years next year.   I just got back from our annual conference.  It &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/my-annual-conference/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the quarterly board meeting of the Municipal Legislative Commission this week at the Public Safety Center in Woodbury.  The Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC) is an organization of 15 city governments in the Twin Cities metro area that have a number &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/revenue/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Recycling System Starts Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents in Edina started a new recycling system today.  The city&#8217;s new contract with Allied Waste Systems to provide our residents with single-sort curbside started today, October 1.  You can read more about our new recycling system at this link:  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/new-recycling-system-starts-today/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changes In Braemar West</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are before (L) and after (R) photos of a major improvement project at the Braemar West Arena.  The before photo is taken from the north end of the west arena looking south, while the after photo is taken of the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/changes-in-braemar-west/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Day at Camp Ripley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fire Chief Marty Scheerer and I spent the day yesterday at Camp Ripley observing the Edina SWAT team doing training exercises   That&#8217;s them in the photo to the left. The SWAT team is comprised of employees from both the Police Department and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-day-at-camp-ripley/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Hedges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Hedges is just about the best guy you&#8217;ll ever meet.  For one thing, he&#8217;s an Iowan who made his lot in life in Minnesota.  He got his first job in the city management field at 23 years old.  And, after &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/tom-hedges/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>5th Graders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting experience last Friday.  I spent most of my morning with 5th graders at Countryside Elementary School hearing about their views, hopes and concerns about Edina.  I&#8217;ll tell you, they&#8217;ve got plenty of all three. Like many of their &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/5th-graders/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Promise:  Part III</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edina has been named one of America&#8217;s Promise Alliance&#8217;s 100 Best Communities for Young People presented by ING. The national award is given to communities across the country that focus on reducing high school dropout rates and providing services and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/americas-promise-part-iii/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Ready.  New Bills Are Coming.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year the City embarked on an initiative to replace every water meter in town.  The project is well under way.  To date, about 2,000 of our 14,000 meters have been replaced. The meters are being replaced because, among other reasons, the batteries in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/get-ready-new-bills-are-coming/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fruits of the Bargain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our discussions earlier this year with Simon Properties about how (or if) the City might provide them with economic assistance to incent them to renovate Southdale Center Mall, there were many other relationship issues on the table.  For example, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fruits-of-the-bargain/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State Fair Poll Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I missed out on the State Fair this year.  I had two kids that were moving to new apartments.  I had to finish a landscaping project at home.  Excuses, excuses. But even though I missed going to the fair this &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/state-fair-poll-results/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Single Sort Recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edina is switching from dual-sort to single-sort recycling beginning October 1.  Instead of sorting your recyclables into two or more bins, Edina residents will be able to place all of their recyclables into one container.  That container will will look &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/single-sort-recycling/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City and School: Working Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Edina School District does a big Welcome Back event each year for its teaching and support staff the week before the return of students.  They invited me to attend last year.  It was incredible.  The Edina High School marching band &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-and-school-working-together/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>R.I. P. Sgt. Steve Stroh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Stroh’s first day of employment for the City of Edina was March 2, 1987 when he started his new job as a part-time Community Services Officer. Starting as a CSO is a common path to becoming a Police Officer, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/r-i-p-sgt-steve-stroh/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Special Assessment Policy Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Star Tribune has been reporting about some policy changes the City has made to our special assessment policy.  The story this week was &#8220;Edina votes to ease sting of paying costs for road work&#8221; written by Mary Jane Smetanka. &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/special-assessment-policy-changes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another First for Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council created the first Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in Minnesota earlier this year.  We call it the Edina Emerald Energy Program.  The program allows property owners to finance energy efficiency improvements to their property through the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/another-first-for-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a franchise fee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the City Council&#8217;s August 6 meeting, the Council approved the first reading of two new ordinances that will create two new franchise fees:  one for customers of Xcel Energy, which sells electricity in Edina, and one of customers of CenterPoint Energy, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/whats-a-franchise-fee/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back in the Saddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not a real saddle.  More like a comfortable (for the most part) office chair.  I&#8217;ve been out of the office for a few days entertaining/parenting my 14 year old nephew and his 15 year old sister. They live in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/back-in-the-saddle-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preserving Edina&#8217;s Heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edina has a history.  It has grown and matured from a village of mostly Scottish and Irish immigrant farmers and millers to a beautiful modern suburban community.  But while we concentrate most of our City Council and staff attention on the future, there is one &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/preserving-edinas-heritage/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plan Your Work &#8211; Work Your Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year Assistant City Manager Karen Kurt and I met with the City Council in a retreat setting on during a cold February weekend at the Braemar Clubhouse to talk about how we could improve the way we organize &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/plan-your-work-work-your-plan/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>So Long Arrie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a retirement reception yesterday for outgoing Edina Chamber of Commerce President Arrie Larsen Manti.  That&#8217;s her in the pink dress next to current Chamber Board chair Robb Gruman from Fairview Southdale Hospital. To describe Arrie as &#8220;outgoing&#8221; works &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/so-long-arrie/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stall Guarding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I snapped this photo as I was driving into work today.  Don&#8217;t worry.  I was stopped.  I was west bound on 50th Street about a block west of France Avenue.  In order to see what I&#8217;m going to write about &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/stall-guarding/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hornets Nest:  Yes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last week&#8217;s meeting, the City Council approved all the necessary actions to advance the Hornets Nest Project.  Mary Jane Smetanka worte a brief piece about the project for this past Saturday&#8217;s Star Tribune.  Here&#8217;s a link to her story:  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/hornets-nest-yes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Water Plant In A Garage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City recently added a new water plant to our municipal water treatment system.  We call it Water Treatment Plant #6, or WTP6 for short.  It is one of the most interesting construction projects I&#8217;ve ever been a part &#8211; &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-water-plant-in-a-garage/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Hornets Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a project that has been in the swirling stage for a couple of years now but is just a few days from getting a hearing before the City Council.  The project is called the Hornets Nest.  The Hornets &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-hornets-nest/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Northfield</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am taking a few hours off this afternoon from the hustle and bustle of Edina to visit my old stomping grounds of Northfield.  I worked in Northfield as their city administrator from 1996 -2002.  The City recently recevied a &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/northfield/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Miller Park Field Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a hot, sweaty field trip this week to Miller Park in Eden Prairie to check out their &#8220;barrier free&#8221; park.  Accompanying me, in the order shown in the photo, were (L-R) intern Ari Klugman, City Council Member Mary &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/miller-park-field-trip/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Name Your Neighborhood:  Morningside</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marci Matson is the executive director of the Edina Historical Society. She has agreed to do a series of blog posts in association with the City&#8217;s efforts on neighborhood identification. Marci will help us with historical context. Her posts will &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/name-your-neighborood-morningside/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stockton Swirling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a story this week in the Bloomberg News about the impending bankruptcy filing for the City of Stockton, California. I think this is a shocking story. A city of almost 300,000 is deciding right now if it wants &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/stockton-swirling/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Serving Since Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got to do something earlier this week that I really enjoy doing in my job as city manager. I got to attend the swearing in of a new police officer. During my 20+ years in this job the swearing &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/serving-since-today/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a couple of interesting articles today in the Star Tribune that are worth referencing in my blog. One is a story about Southdale Center. Southdale Center is going to be featured in an upcoming PBS special about the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/lobbying/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you recognize the device in this photo? It looks like is might be a smoke detector, or perhaps a CO detector. But, in fact, it&#8217;s a repeater. Or, at least that&#8217;s what I think it&#8217;s called. This particular repeater &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-open/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Getting It Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share two photos today because they help illustrate a point.  That point is that details matter. In the photo to the left, you see the American and Minnesota flags flying at half-staff, pursuant to an order issued &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/getting-it-right/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Passive Enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was an article this past weekend in the South Metro section of the Star Tribune about the City of Burnsville getting a jump on inspecting property in the city for dandelions.  Read it here:  &#8220;Burnsville inspections air to nip &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/passive-enforcement/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changes at Southdale Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The transformation is happening at Southdale.  You can see it moving forward.  Tile is being removed.  Sheet rock is being covered with plywood, and that is being covered with attractive wood tiles.  The old metal rail on top of the glass walls &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/changes-at-southdale-center/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Mayor of Morningside</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I did an evening speaking gig at the annual meeting of the White Oaks Neighborhood Association.  I spoke for 15 minutes about current events around Edina and then did 15 minutes of Q&#38;A.  The audience &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-last-mayor-of-morningside/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Council Meeting Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been trying to start a new habit.  I want to provide a summary of the notable actions and activities of a City Council meeting to employees via email within 8-12 hours of the completion of the meeting.  I &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/council-meeting-summary/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Day One</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Ari Klugman.  Ari is my intern.  She started today.  Ari grew up in Hopkins and graduated from Hopkins High School and Minnesota State University-Mankato.  Ari is currently a graduate student in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/day-one/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chase The Money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 21:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a good story in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about a new fund of money that was created by the State Legislature during the past legislative session that is designed to provide state funding to local community projects.  In past years, the State &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/chase-the-money/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>And the winner is&#8230;.Edina!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 19:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Environmental Initiative Awards were announced last Thursday night at a ceremony at the Nicollet Island Pavilion.  The City of Edina&#8217;s Emerald Energy Program won the Energy and Climate Protection Award.  The City is also part of the GreenStep &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/and-the-winner-is-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a resident of Minnesota, you live in the second most &#8220;bike friendly&#8221; state in the United States of America, according to the website of the League of American Bicyclists.  The League posts rankings of states according to their &#8220;bicycle &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/bikes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations Jennifer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s Jennifer Bennerotte.  Jennifer is the Director of Communications &#38; Technology Services for the City of Edina.  That means that she is in charge of our website, newsletters, cable television presence, marketing, media relations and all aspects of our internal &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/congratulations-jennifer/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lost Wave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lost Wave is coming&#8230;&#8230; This is The Lost Wave.  That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to call the new Flow-Rider at the Edina Aquatic Center.  The Flow-Rider shoots pressurized water up an inverted surface. If you step out into the water &#8211; &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-lost-wave/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Before and After</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night this week, the roof of the building that houses our shooting range at the South Metro Public Safety Training Center was damaged in a fire hose training exercise.  The guy shooting the hose (who was not an &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/before-and-after/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hose Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; I had the opportunity to spend some time at the Fire Department last week on Hose Testing Day.  No, Hose Testing Day is not some kind of ancient fire fighting holiday.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/hose-testing/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Name Your Neighborhood Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the questions I was asked during the interview process for the Edina city manager selection process was trying to get at how I felt about the creation of a formal network of municipally-recognized neighborhood associations.  Would I be &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/name-your-neighborhood-project/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Police Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Sunday, May 13 was Mother&#8217;s Day and the first Day of National Police Week.  National Police Week runs through Saturday, May 19 this year.  Tomorrow, May 15, is National Peace Officers Memorial Day. National Police Week was established in 1962 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/national-police-week-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want That To Happen To Here.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article in today&#8217;s Star-Tribune by Tim Harlow about the Vadnais Heights Sports Center:  &#8220;Vadnais Heights Sports Center might need taxpayer bailout.&#8221; If you haven&#8217;t read it yet, read it. It is a good story, and is helpful in explaining &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/i-dont-want-that-to-happen-to-here/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations Teach of the Year Jackie Roehl</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie Roehl lives in St. Louis Park and teaches sophomore English at Edina High School.  Yesterday, she was selected by her peers as Minnesota&#8217;s 2012 Teacher of the Year. That&#8217;s her getting hugged by last year&#8217;s Teacher of the Year, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/congratulations-teach-of-the-year-jackie-roehl/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina Heritage:  Convention Grill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There it is.  The Convention Grill, 3912 Sunnyside Road in beautiful Edina, Minnesota USA.  The City Council honored the Convention Grill at their meeting last night with the 2012 Edina Heritage Award.  Someone has been serving and eating lunch from &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-heritage-convention-grill/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Golf Dome Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year a fire destroyed the Braemar Golf Dome.  That&#8217;s a photo I snapped of the golf dome remains from the the hillside to the west of the dome just last week.  Interestingly, the place where I was standing was &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/golf-dome-decision/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Day In The Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to the Twins game last night with two of my sons.  We lost 7-6 to the Red Sox.  It was a beautiful evening in downtown Minneapolis.  The game was equal parts excitement and frustration as the Twins made &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-day-in-the-life/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ramp Down, Ramp Up</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/ramp-down-ramp-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the April 15 City Council meeting, the Council held a public hearing on a proposal to make very significant improvements to the public infrastructure at 50th &#38; France.  The proposed improvements include renovation and replacement of sidewalk pavers, installation &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/ramp-down-ramp-up/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recognition for Mayor Hovland</title>
		<link>http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/recognition-for-mayor-hovland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity last week to attend the 2012 annual meeting and awards luncheon of the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Center for Transportation Studies.  The Center for Transportation Studies(CTS) has been a part of the University of Minnesota since 1987.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/recognition-for-mayor-hovland/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deal on Southdale.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At their meeting Tuesday night, the City Council approved the proposed development agreement with Simon Property Group which provides Simon with a $5 million, zero-interest loan as an incentive to undertake a larger revitalization of the Southdale Mall. The Council vote &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/deal-on-southdale-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deal On Southdale?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past year, representatives of the City and Simon Properties (owner of Southdale Mall) have been in discussions about how to revitalize the mall.  Simon reps talked about the issue with their corporate leaders.  City reps talked about the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/deal-on-southdale/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agenda Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of forming the agenda for a City Council meeting is one of the few tasks in my job that is 100% art and 0% science.  Most everything else I do is a combination of the two, with most &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/agenda-management/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back In The Saddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted anything to this blog since March 23.  Why?  I took a few days of R&#38;R for spring break.  Taking a few days of R&#38;R meant that I needed to get some work done before I went and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/back-in-the-saddle/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much of what we do in local government happens gradually.  We often prepare long term plans that, with equal parts hope and luck, come together in pieces over time.  But once in a while, a successful venture can come together &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/success/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an interesting article in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about a relatively new practice in the very important process of discerning who to hire.  The practice, as described in the Star Tribune article &#8211; &#8220;Resume, references, password&#8221; &#8211; involves employers &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/privacy/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fore!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Braemar executive course opened yesterday &#8211; March 12. Yes, that&#8217;s early. OK, so the executive course in March doesn&#8217;t quite resemble the beauty of the regulation course at Braemar in June, but it&#8217;s open. It&#8217;s playable. And, we are looking for &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fore/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Our Courthouse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a discussion going on right now at the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners that, depending on its outcome, could have a significant impact on the way that Edina residents access the judicial system.  The Hennepin County Board was &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/losing-our-courthouse/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good News For Citizens and Hornets Fans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s good news today for fans of the State of Minnesota and the Edina Hornets. The Edina High School boys hockey team defeated Burnsville last night to win Section 2AA and a trip to the 2012 Boys State High School &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/good-news-for-citizens-and-hornets-fans/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Residential Redevelopment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edina made the cover of the Star-Tribune&#8217;s &#8221;B&#8221; section today with an article called &#8220;Tensions build in Edina over teardowns.&#8221; What the reporter calls &#8220;teardowns,&#8221; I prefer to call &#8220;residential redevelopment.&#8221; I suppose we&#8217;re both right. You can&#8217;t have one without the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/residential-redevelopment/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats Chief Long</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the annual Connecting With Kids (CWK) Leadership Breakfast this week. Connecting With Kids is an Edina-based non-profit organization that addresses youth issues in the community.  CWK honored Edina Police Chief Jeff Long with its annual Leadership Award this year &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/congrats-chief-long-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent Friday night and Saturday afternoon with the City Council at what I hope will be our annual planning retreat.  Assistant City Manager Karen Kurt and I planned and facilitated the retreat.  We talked about staff workload planning, reviewed &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/retreat/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Disparities Report In The News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very good article in the Star Tribune earlier this week by Laurie Blake on the recent evaluation report that was completed on the State&#8217;s Fiscal Disparities program.  Your can read the article at this link:  &#8221;Metro-area tax-sharing plan&#8217;s pluses, minuses&#8220;. Two state &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fiscal-disparities-report-in-the-news/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edinborough Park In The News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a good article in the Star Tribune this morning written by Mary Jane Smetanka about Edinborough Park:  &#8220;Seniors rise up to save their pool.&#8221; Mary Jane&#8217;s assertion is true that seniors are expressing their dismay about the possibility of  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edinborough-park-in-the-news/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unnecessary Licenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a press release that came across my desk this morning from Edina state representative Keith Downey: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PRESS RELEASE GERLACH, DOWNEY TO INTRODUCE PRO-JOBS OCCUPATION LICENSING BILLS (ST. PAUL) ­–  Senator Chris Gerlach (R – Apple Valley) and Representative &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/unnecessary-lisences/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Observances</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council had a joint meeting earlier this week with the City&#8217;s Human Rights &#38; Relations Commission (HRRC).  The HRRC is a citizen advisory commission that advises the City Council on issues and polices related to human rights and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/religious-observances/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Front Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link:  Front page of today&#8217;s Minneapolis Star-Tribune This was the first story I read in today&#8217;s paper. I did a TV interview about it with KARE-11 early in the afternoon and just got off the phone with Joe Soucheray&#8217;s &#8220;Garage &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/front-page/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Save With A Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was doing a presentation on our recent reorganization last week at Fire Station No. 1 when one of the firefighters told me about a call that he&#8217;d been on the day before.  Despite his best efforts, the person who &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/save-with-a-purpose/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Disparities Report Is Near</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a story in this morning&#8217;s Star Tribune written by David Peterson, Laurie Blake and Katie Humphrey called &#8220;Twin Cities tax-share program receives scrutiny&#8221; that is worth reading.  At least I think it&#8217;s worth reading.  I&#8217;ve been involved in the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fiscal-disparities-report-is-near/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting Edge Stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a meeting yesterday with Katherine Blauvelt (right) and Jesse Struve (center) to discuss the progress we&#8217;ve made on getting the City&#8217;s Emerald Energy Program (EEP) up and running.  It was a serious meeting, but the finger wagging was &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/cutting-edge-stuff/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reorganization</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I shared my plan last week with Department Directors for a reorganization of City departments.  I shared that same plan with some employee groups late last week, but I am doing a number of meetings with employee groups this week, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/reorganization/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doing What We Do Best</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that I am a regular reader of the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper.  The Star Trib is my inspiration for many blog posts &#8211; like today.  I read a piece &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/doing-what-we-do-best/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Visa or No Visa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments all over the country struggle with the how to accept payment for services.  I know it sounds like a simple issue, but it&#8217;s not.  If you own or work for a private sector business, you can decide how and &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/visa-or-no-visa/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unruly Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I belong to an email listserve where Minnesota city managers post and respond to one anothers&#8217; questions.  As you might imagine, it can be a really interesting listserve.  Lots of interesting questions.  Lots of interesting suggestions, responses and recommendations. There &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/unruly-customers/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Stop Ahead Sign</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t use my blog to rant, so I&#8217;ll try to keep this to a complaint and not a rant.  This is my least favorite traffic sign.  It&#8217;s called the Stop Ahead Sign.  The purpose of the Stop Ahead Sign &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-stop-ahead-sign/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Edinborough Park Starts Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is a photo of the inside of Edinborough Park right here in Edina. The park was developed in 1987 as part of larger mixed use development that includes office/retail building, a hotel and an 18-story senior citizen condo building that all &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-future-of-edinborough-park-starts-tonight/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edinans in the News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great story in the Star-Tribune this morning about Edinans in the news, making a difference in the world: Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 27, 2011 Check it out.]]></description>
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		<title>Southdale and Simon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an article in today&#8217;s Star-Tribune called &#8220;A role of the dice at Southdale&#8221; by Thomas Lee.  The article focuses on the role the new Hergberger&#8217;s department store will play in the future success of Southdale Center.  Later in the article, there &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/southdale-and-simon/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Night:  A Rousing Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rousing success might be a little too ethusiastic, but I think I can say that it went pretty well.  In my blog yesterday, I predicted that we&#8217;d get to budget around 9 pm and wrap up the meeting around 10 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/budget-night-a-rousing-success/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight is Budget Night.  Well, technically, it&#8217;s a City Council Meeting night.  But for those of us involved in the city government budget making process, tonight is the night when the City Council takes final action on the proposed City &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/budget-night/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Property Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve got only one hour of your very valuable life that you&#8217;re willing to invest in order to learn how Minnesota&#8217;s local property tax system works, then I would recommend you spend it by clicking on the following two links: Minnesota &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/minnesota-property-taxes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Edina the second safest city in America?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to real estate marketing website neighborhoodscout.com, the answer is a resounding &#8220;Yes!&#8221;  Hit the link and see the list, then click on the Edina link in the list to see their crime report and index on Edina.  Did you &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/is-edina-the-second-safest-city-in-america/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>To hire or not to hire?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been struggling some this month to come to a resolution of what ought to have been a relatively simple decision:  Should we fill a vacant utility billing clerk position? If we choose to fill the position, should we just fill it with a &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/762/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Panel Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; It&#8217;s Solar Panel Installation Week this week at Edina City Hall.  These are the solar panels that City Council approved earlier this year.  They were the centerpiece of an initiative from the City&#8217;s Energy &#38; Environment &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/solar-panel-week/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>One More Time&#8230;The Budget Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the encouragement of the City Council, City staff has added a new participative element to our annual budget making process.  We engaged the Citizens League to help us engage our residents in a civil, balanced discussion about the trade-offs &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/one-more-time-the-budget-workshop/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wood Smoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re starting to receive more calls and emails about the issue of wood smoke.  The issue was initially raised by people who were advocating that the City of Edina do more to reduce or eliminate wood smoke in the community.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/wood-smoke/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments, Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve mentioned this before, but I have been an active blogger about city government issues since 2003 &#8211; March 2003, to be sort of exact.  During the time that I&#8217;ve been blogging  I&#8217;ve done a fair amount of speaking &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/comments-anyone/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Ceil Smith Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s Ceil Smith.  Ceil&#8217;s first day working for the City of Edina was November 14, 1977 &#8211; 34 years ago.  During her tenure with the City, Ceil served the City as its volunteer coordinator, risk manager, contract negotiator, human resources manager and Assistant &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/happy-ceil-smith-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Herberger&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edina and Southdale Shopping Center welcomed a big new neighbor this week with the addition of a new Herberger&#8217;s department store at the mall.  Herberger&#8217;s has settled into 135,000 square feet that was formerly occupied by Mervyn&#8217;s California.  The Mervyn&#8217;s space &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/herbergers/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Enterprises</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an article in today&#8217;s Star Tribune by Mary Jane Smetanka entitled:  &#8220;Cities Weigh Services That Don&#8217;t Pay Their Way&#8220;.  I am linking to the article because I think it describes one of the toughest budget challenges we face in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-enterprises/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Budget Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a resident of the fair city of Edina, and you&#8217;re interested in sharing your feedback with the City about its proposed 2012-2013 budget, you&#8217;re in luck.  Next week, the City is hooking up with the Citizens League &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/budget-budget-budget/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina PACE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the &#8220;Back To Work Minnesota: Creating Jobs Through Energy Efficiency&#8221; event yesterday in St. Paul.  The event was organized by Senator Al Franken.  I think the purpose of the event was self-explanatory. I was there to talk about the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-pace/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Water Tower Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Painting a water tower is no easy job.  Yes, there is technology involved, but a fair amount of the work is done by hand.  In the photo on the left, the dark lump on the water tower is a guy &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/water-tower-art/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina Goes Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice article in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune (above the fold in the west metro section) about Edina &#8220;going green&#8221;, which is a cute headline on a couple of different levels: http://www.startribune.com/local/west/131931978.html The length of the article does not lend itself to &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-goes-green/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Special Assessments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The night of a City Council&#8217;s annual final special assessment public hearings is very unpredictable.  It is the final time, short of a court room, for property owners to come face to face with their City Council to confront or compliment the Council on what can &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/special-assessments/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Promise Alliance Recognition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Edina!  Edina has been recognized by the America&#8217;s Promise Alliance as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People.  This is Edina&#8217;s second consecutive year of making the Top 100 list.  Three other Minnesota communities &#8211; St. Louis &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/americas-promise-alliance-recognition/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grapes Hat or New Blog Link:  You Decide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that&#8217;s me with my new &#8220;grapes hat&#8221;.  Actually, what appears to be a flashy purple grapes hat is actually a link to our newest blog:  Edina Liquor  At the Edina Liquor blog you&#8217;ll read about what&#8217;s new in the City&#8217;s &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/grapes-hat-or-new-blog-link-you-decide/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Agency Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what a credit rating agency report looks like?  Here&#8217;s our most recent report from Moody&#8217;s Investor Services: New Issue:     MOODY&#8217;S ASSIGNS Aaa RATING TO CITY OF EDINA&#8217;S (MN) $15.1 MILLION GO BONDS,SERIES 2011A     &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/541/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ye Olde Town Hall Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I attended the City Council&#8217;s Fall 2011 Town Hall Meeting on Saturday morning.  In addition to helping the Council Members answer a couple of questions (they answered most of them), I was also chief photographer.  That&#8217;s my work to &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/ye-olde-town-hall-meeting/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>do.town</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that&#8217;s Mayor Jim Hovland doing the &#8220;movie camera&#8221; with Dexter, the do-groove guy from the Blue Cross &#38; Blue Shield of Minnesota&#8217;s &#8216;do&#8217; campaign.  The purpose of the &#8217;do&#8217; campaign was to get us all up and moving to increase our level &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/do-town/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Slip And A Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit rating agency Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s announced their decision today to downgrade their credit rating for the State of Minnesota from their highest/best rating (Aaa) to their second highest/best rating (Aa+).  You can read a short news story about the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-slip-and-a-trip/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Conferencing in Milwaukee</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got back last night from the 2011 annual conference of the International City/County Management Association.  This year&#8217;s conference was held at the Frontier Airlines Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The conference is billed as &#8220;The world&#8217;s foremost professional development &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/conferencing-in-milwaukee/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration in Olathe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inspiring a more collaborative culture within the city government of the City of Edina is one of my goals. It can create more value for the money we already spend and produce more cost effective outcomes for our residents. I &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/472/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Disparities Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my post last week about the Market Value Homestead Credit program transformation into the Market Value Homestead Exclusion program, I made a reference to another local government finance program in Minnesota that I am not fond of.  That program &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/fiscal-disparities-study/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At their meeting earlier this week, the City Council adopted Resolution 2011-89 entitled &#8220;Joining the National Remembrance of the 10th Anniversary of September 11th&#8221;.  For today&#8217;s post, I want to share that resolution with the readers of this blog.   WHEREAS, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/remembering-911/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina in the Sun</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice article in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about the conversations and actions going on in Edina concerning solar energy.  The Council and the City&#8217;s Energy &#38; Environment Commission are interested in the City leading the community toward greater use of solar &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-in-the-sun/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MVHC = MVHE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, there have been two local government finance issues in Minnesota that really bug me.  One of them has changed dramatically and the other may be about to change dramatically. The one that has changed is the Market Value Homestead Credit program.  This &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/mvhc-mvhe/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota State University-Edina?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a good article by Katie Mintz in the Aug 31 Edina Sun about an expansion of the Minnesota State University-Mankato campus here in Edina.  I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to tour the facility with MSU &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/minnesota-state-university-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building Civic Imagination and Capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a really good meeting last week with my friends at the Citizen&#8217;s League.  I met with them because the City Council has charged me with adding a new citizen engagement aspect to our annual budget formation process.  I &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/building-civic-imagination-and-capacity/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Awesome</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the annual Edina Schools back-to-school staff kick-off event today at the Edina Performing Arts Center.  It&#8217;s my first time at this event, and I will say it was awesome!   Not only was the band awesome, the Superintendent Ric Dressen was &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/awesome/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The City Manager Performance Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consulting services agreement between the City and Personnel Decisions, Inc. for the recruitment of the new city manager (me) included a provision that after six months of employment of the new guy/gal, the consultant would facilitate a performance review &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-city-manager-performance-review/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local Government Lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Star Tribune reprinted an editorial in today&#8217;s paper from the Austin (MN) Daily Herald entitled &#8220;Cities are wasting money&#8220;.  Despite the bias of its title, the editorial raises an interesting premise:  Why should cities pay lobbyists to influence the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/local-government-lobbying/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Baseball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;inside baseball&#8221; is typically used by civilians (i.e. &#8211; normal people) to describe a discussion of technical jargon by wonks among civilians.  I think I&#8217;m guilty of it sometimes.  I don&#8217;t think of it as a term of &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/inside-baseball/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Downgrade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you&#8217;ve probably heard by now, credit rating  agency Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s has downgraded the credit worthiness of the United States of America from their top rating of Aaa to the rating one rund down from Aaa:  Aa+.  The reverbarations from &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-downgrade/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Job Well Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I get to be the recipient of very nice letters of appreciation for the efforts of City staff from local residents.  I was on the receiving end of such a letter this week.  It was a &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-job-well-done/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Incentives and Disincentives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All cities &#8211; whether they know it or not or whether they do it consciously or not - reward certain behaviors and discourage others.  That&#8217;s what law making is all about, and City Councils make laws just like state legislatures and Congress &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/incentives-and-disincentives/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Aboard, Karen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Kurt started her job as Edina&#8217;s new Assistant City Manager yesterday.  Karen comes to us from the City of Eden Prairie where she was the Human Resources Manager there from 2002-just a few weeks ago.  I hired Karen while I &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/welcome-aboard-karen/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, Rain Go Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s a good photo of a bad situation.  The intense rainfall that we received last Friday caused substantial run-off into metro creeks and streams.  The run-off increased the volume and flow speed of those creeks and streams, and that caused &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/368/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State Government Shutdown Over?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got the following message from the League of Minnesota Cities about the apparent end of the State government shutdown.  I&#8217;ve included it today as blog post to give readers a chance to see what a city government advocacy group &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/state-government-shutdown-over/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Beauty, Weeds, Neither or Both?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a story in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune written by Mary Jane Smetanka called &#8220;No mowing at Edina city building draws complaints&#8221; that&#8217;s worth reading.  The story is about the look of the landscape in front of the City&#8217;s spanking &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/natural-beauty-weeds-neither-or-both/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Employee Retirement Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was (another) story in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about the localized ill economic impacts of a public employee pension system.  This one was about Central Falls, Rhode Island.  Read it, but then please read on. I&#8217;ve read too many of &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/public-employee-retirement-systems/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good Work from Young People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a good story about two young City staffers that are working for us this summer at Centennial Lakes Park:  Jon Fossey and Elsa Goldman. For days, a young, healthy duck with the top ring of a Gatorade bottle stuck &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/good-work-from-young-people/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Southdale Chat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written here a number of times about the City&#8217;s interactions this year with Southdale Center&#8217;s owners Simon Properties.  Typically, a business&#8217;s ups and downs are necessarily the fodder to feed a city manager&#8217;s blog.  However, when a business asks to remedy its &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/southdale-chat/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Quality of Life Survey Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The preliminary results of the 2011 Quality of Life Survey (QLS) results are in.  Staff are reviewing them today. I will be sending them out to City Council Members early next week.  Later next week, we will release them to employees &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/2011-quality-of-life-survey-results/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Four?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a nice story in today&#8217;s Edina Sun by Katie Mintz that talks about the analysis the City is having completed of its golf enterprise operations.  You can read the story at this link:  City golf study. The City&#8217;s &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/four/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Participation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We kicked off the City&#8217;s next budget preparation process at our June 7 Work Session with the City Council.  One of the Council&#8217;s priorities in this year&#8217;s process:  public participation.  How to do it?  That&#8217;s the question. I think the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/public-participation/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Shutdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get together with a group of my city manager peers a couple of times during the year in an informal group to discuss matters of mutual interest and concern.  We met yesterday for lunch at St. Louis Park City &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-shutdown/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, We&#8217;re on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the City of Edina, Minnesota is on Facebook.  We launched our City Facebook page yesterday.  See it here:  facebook.com/edinamn Cities do lots of interesting interactive things with their Facebook pages.  We want to do that too.  If you&#8217;ve got &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/yes-were-on-facebook/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coyote Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past week I’ll bet the City has received around 100 emails from around the country asking (and sometimes demanding) that the City of Edina do one or more of the following actions:  1. Stop trapping coyotes with steel-jaw &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/coyote-politics/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next two days we will interview six finalists for our Human Resources Director position and six finalists for our Assistant City Manager position.  Human Resources candidates are here today.  Assistant City Managers are here tomorrow. I mentioned in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/interview-days/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unhappy Hour</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota is sort of an oddball when it comes to liquor laws.  Some cities are allowed to have municipal liquor stores.  Some aren&#8217;t.  Wholesale beer distributors have their sales areas protected by state law.  The state controls who can serve &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/unhappy-hour/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City Extra</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City offers what I call an &#8220;email push&#8221; news service called City Extra.  You can sign up for City Extra at our website:  Cityofedina.com.  You can sign up for the service which will then &#8220;push&#8221; news to your email &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/city-extra/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Finalists to Finance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am part of the City&#8217;s internal investment advisory board.  The other members of the board are Finance Director John Wallin, Assistant Finance Director Eric Roggeman and Parks &#38; Recreation Director John Keprios.  The four of us meet at least &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/from-finalists-to-finance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six weeks ago we started the recruitment process to attract candidates to two key City positions:  Assistant City Manager and Human Resources Director.  The Assistant City Manager position was last held by Heather Worthington.  Heather left that job last &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/finalists/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spending Money More Wisely</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By anyone’s calculation, the city government of the City of Edina spends a lot of money each year.  Reasonable people can disagree about whether the people that manage your city government (like me) spend it wisely or not, but in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/spending-money-more-wisely/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Police Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I participated in a flag raising event this morning at Edina City Hall to recognize the start of the 2011 National Police Week.  Raising the national, state and city flags is something that happens almost every day here without &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/national-police-week/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coyotes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 16:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ At our City Council meeting this week we had six people speak during our Community Comment section.  Half of them spoke to the Council about their recent interactions with coyotes.  Yes, coyotes in Edina.  Coyotes may not be native to &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/coyotes/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Measuring work performance of human beings can be challenging.  There are some professions that are easier to measure than others, but for most employees in  both the public and private sectors, the measurement of work performance can really end up being a &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/measuring-performance/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The T-Word</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an interesting post the other day in a blog that is sponsored by Twin Cities Business Magazine.  An organization called NAIOP wants to study and recommend ways in which local governments could explain their spending decisions to the public.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/the-t-word/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public Comment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an article in yesterday&#8217;s Star Tribune entitled &#8220;In Edina, they speak their mind, and on TV&#8221; that describes a recent discussion the Council and I had about changing the City Council&#8217;s meeting agenda.  I initiated the discussion with the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/public-comment/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moth Battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our April 5 City Council meeting, the Council received a presentation from Ms. Lucia Hunt from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture about her department&#8217;s plan this summer to treat an anticipated infestation of Gypsey Moths here in Edina.  Most &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/moth-battle/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Hour?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good article in the Edina Patch about the City&#8217;s liquor ordinance.  Click here for the link:  Will There Ever Be A Happy Hour In Edina? It&#8217;s a fair question.  The City&#8217;s current liquor ordinance does not allow a number of &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/happy-hour/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Demo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demo can be shorthand for &#8220;demonstration&#8221;.  Not in this case though.  Demo means &#8220;demolition&#8221;. Demo started this week on the former Storables and Thomasville Furniture stores on France Avenue.  That&#8217;s a photo of what the former Thomasville store looked like &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/demo/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Pothole Season, Again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There it is.  The dreaded pothole.  It is the curse of our streets at this time of year.  The temperature changes combine with the moisture and create the failure in our road building materials that cause us drive more attentively, &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/208/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Snow, Ice and Salt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a good article in today&#8217;s Star Tribune by Josephine Marcotty entitled: &#8220;Road salt turning Twin Cities lakes into dead seas.&#8221;  This isn&#8217;t the first piece the Star Tribune has done about the future (and perhaps current) impact of &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/snow-ice-and-salt/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Peer Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sat down with the managers of the City&#8217;s enterprises last week (plus the Parks &#38; Recreation Director, Communications &#38; Marketing Director and the Assistant Finance Director) to start something new here:  internal peer review. It probably goes by other &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/peer-review/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government&#8217;s Role</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the experts are predicting a very rough spring of flooding in Minnesota.  Most of us are accustomed to watching the Red River rise and fall in northwestern Minnesota, but this spring we are expecting to see significant flooding risk &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/governments-role/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Sewer Clog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that photo to the left was the cause of an actual clogged sewer in the Edina sanitary sewer collection system, so called because its purpose is to collect wastewater from the residents, businesses and guests of the City and then &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/anatomy-of-a-sewer-clog/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Tax Burden:  The Super Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Dayton&#8217;s proposed 2012-2013 biennial state budget includes a new State property tax on what are referred to as &#8220;extremely high valued homes&#8221;, which in the budget is defined as single-unit residential homesteaded and non-homesteaded properties, including agricultural and seasonal-recreational homes &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/more-tax-burden-the-super-tax/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Property Tax Burden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are almost as many ways to measure tax burden as there are ways to tax.  One that&#8217;s going to get more attention in Minnesota very soon is the comparison of one&#8217;s property taxes to one&#8217;s taxable income.  It&#8217;s part &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/property-tax-burden/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Oye Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most communities have created ways to recognize their citizens for acts of courage, community service or just good old fashioned good citizen-ness.  In Edina, we&#8217;ve got a couple of notable awards that our bestowed by the City.  Currently, our  Human Rights &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/tom-oye-award/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Working Together For You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council and I will be meeting with the Edina Board of Education and Superintendent for a joint meeting next Monday night.  Joint City-School meetings are not new to me.  I organized them regularly with Dr. John Roederer in &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/working-together-for-you/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Like To Miss Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, that’s not entirely true.  There are some meetings that I don’t mind missing.  But today’s example is not one of them. There’s a meeting in downtown Minneapolis today sponsored by Hennepin County that I wish I did not have &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/i-dont-like-to-miss-meetings/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an annual discussion going on right now at the State Legislature around the question of whether the good citizens of Minnesota should be allowed to purchase beer, liquor and wine on Sundays.  The State Legislature sets the rules for &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/sunday-sales/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Agreement(s)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my top priorities since coming here in November (aside from learning my job, all the names of my coworkers, who&#8217;s who in the community, etc.) has been to finish up the process of reaching agreements with the City&#8217;s &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/reaching-agreements/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edina Veterans Memorial?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many issues before the City Council at their Council meeting tomorrow night is the proposed Edina Veterans Memorial.  What is the proposed Edina Veterans Memorial?  Click on this link for more information:  Edina Veterans Memorial. So what are the &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/edina-veterans-memorial/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spider Pigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Edina Police Department will be participating in the Eden Prairie Polar Plunge again on Saturday March 13th, 2011 at noon. The plunge is being held at Round Lake in Eden Prairie.   The Polar Bear Plunge is organized by Minnesota law enforcement.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/spider-pigs/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft and Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was short story in today&#8217;s Star Tribune about Microsoft&#8217;s plan to relocate and consolidate their Twin Cities office space into the Centennial Lakes area of Edina.  The plan will relocate about 200 Microsoft employees who currently office in Bloomington &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/microsoft-and-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Asking the right question</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad died about ten days ago and the funeral was last week.  As my family and I were preparing to pack to head down to Iowa for the funeral, it became apparent to me that two of my boys had taken &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/asking-the-right-question/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Council Meeting of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow night is the first City Council meeting of 2011.  The agenda for that meeting is a unique combination of the very important, important, interesting, unusual and perfunctory.  Here are some examples: Very Important:  Swearing in newly elected and re-elected City &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/first-council-meeting-of-2011/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Got A New Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our final City Council meeting of the year last week the Council approved the new budget for 2011.  The total budget for all municipal services and functions next year is $90,997,744.  That total includes not only the budget for &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/weve-got-a-new-budget/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Big idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been stretching my listening and note-taking skills this week during something that we&#8217;ve been calling the BIG Idea Listening Tour. The concept is simple. I would describe it like this: 1.  City Manager sets aside multiple defined blocks of time for &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/whats-your-big-idea/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>AED and Man Save Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article in the Edina Sun Current:  EMT, parents at Edina hockey game save referee&#8217;s life. What I like about this article is that it gives equal credit to man and machine for saving the life of Mr. Kevin Whipple.  &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/aed-saves-man/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Challenges Ahead For The State</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Minnesota released its official budget forecast today for the 2012-2013 biennium.  It doesn&#8217;t look very good.  The article in today&#8217;s online version of the Star Tribune quoted the projected budget deficit for that biennium to be $6.2 &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/budget-challenges-ahead-for-the-state/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Strong Sense Of Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended an event at Braemar Club House this morning called &#8220;A Breakfast With A Purpose&#8221;.  It was sponsored by the Edina Resource Center.  The event was attended by people representing all sorts of different Edina community organizations.  Valeria Burke &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/a-strong-sense-of-community/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Missions for Commissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I am still new here, lots of people ask me what my goals are for the City of Edina.  It strikes some people strangely that I have not entered this job with a clear set of 10 well written &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/missions-for-commissions/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Liquor Store Tour Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was my introduction to the Edina municipal liquor store operation.  My tour guide and chief professor for the day was Steve Grausam, the City&#8217;s Director of Liquor Store Operations.  We started with the store outside of Lund&#8217;s at 50th &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/liquor-store-tour-day/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve Got A Lot To Learn About Golf</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counting Edina, I&#8217;ve worked as a city administrator/city manager in five cities in three states over the past twenty two years.  During my career I have had many opportunities to learn about the ins and outs of managing interesting public ventures or &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/ive-got-a-lot-to-learn-about-golf/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Week II</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m well in to Week II now. The League of Women Voters of Edina held a very nice public reception for me on Monday night. There were 50-100 people there, I think. It was an Open House so not everyone &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/week-ii/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Week One In The Bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday night at 5:31 pm and Week One is &#8220;in the bag&#8221;. It&#8217;s done. I can&#8217;t do it again. There are no do-overs to make first impressions now. I either made a good one, or I didn&#8217;t. And, by &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/week-one-in-the-bag/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Day Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first days of any new job are precious because first impressions are important. I&#8217;ve been using my first days to meet my new co-workers. For example, this morning I met with a shift of Police Officers at their morning &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/day-three/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Edina</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Neal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my first day as Edina&#8217;s new city manager. My new co-workers gave me a very warm welcome. It&#8217;s really good to be here. I have been a blogging city manager (or a city manager blogger) since March of &#8230; <br /><a class="readmore" href="http://www.edinamn.gov/wordpress/welcome-to-edina/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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