CAS-11_WALMART CONCEPT PUD/REZONING IOP TO CC (3)December 14, 2011
CITY OF
CHANHASSEN Mr. William Matzek
7700 Market Boulevard Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
PO Box 147 2550 University Ave. W. Suite 238N
Chanhassen, MN 55317 St. Paul, MN 55114
Administration Re: Walmart Concept Planned Unit Development — Planning Case 2011-11
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110 Dear Mr. Matzek:
Building Inspections
Phone.952.227.1180 At their December 12, 2011 meeting, the City Council approved the attached
Fax:952.2271190 Findings of Fact and Decision for denial of the Walmart Concept Planned Unit
Development.
Engineering
Phone:952.227-1160 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 952-227-1139 or by email
Fax:952.227.1170 at kaanensonna.ci.chanhassen.mn.us.
Finance
Phone:952.227.1140 Sincerely,
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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Phone: 952.227.1120 K
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Recreation Center Kathryn R. Aanenson, AICP
2310 Coulter Boulevard Community Development Director
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND DECISION
IN RE:
Application of Walmart for Concept Plan Approval
to Rezone Property from Industrial Office Park (IOP)
to Planned Unit Development (PUD)
On November 28, 2011 and December 12, 2011, the Chanhassen City Council met at
regularly scheduled meetings to consider the above referenced application. On November 1,
2011, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the application, preceded by
published and mailed notice, and has recommended denial of the application. The City Council
now makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
The property is located at the southwest quadrant of the intersection of Trunk Highway 5
and Powers Boulevard and has a street address of 1000 Park Road, Chanhassen
Minnesota. The legal description of the property is Lot 1, Block 1, Park Two 2na
Addition, Carver County, Minnesota.
2. The property is guided for both Office Industrial and Commercial in the City's
Comprehensive Plan.
3. The property is zoned Industrial Office Park (IOP).
4. Section 20-501 of the City Code explains the purpose and intent of PUD zoning. In
return for greater flexibility than allowed in standard zoning, "the City has the expectation
that the development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive
proposal than would have been the case with the use of other, more standard zoning
districts." The Applicant has the burden of proving that these expectations will be met as
evaluated against certain specified criteria. The criteria and our findings with respect to
them are:
Preservation of desirable site characteristics and open space and protection of sensitive
environmental features, including steep slopes, mature trees, creeks, wetlands, lakes and
scenic views.
This development plan has not been designed with greater preservation sensitivity
than is required by a standard zoning district. The proposal meets the minimum
requirement for preservation required in all zoning districts. The development
plan includes extensive grading resulting in the elimination of the existing tree
canopy, except for the area within the protected wetland and undeveloped
preservation area. The retaining wall on the west side of the site has the
minimum required setback and does not provide greater protection of the natural
resources expected for a PUD.
More efficient and effective use of land, open space and public facilities through mixing
of land uses and assembly and development of land in larger parcels.
There is no mix of land uses and there is no assembly of land into large parcels.
High quality of design and design compatible with surrounding land uses, including both
existing and planned development. Site planning, landscaping and building architecture
should reflect higher quality design than is found elsewhere in the community.
The development plan does not reflect higher quality design than is found
elsewhere in the community. The development plan and the design of the building
does not even meet the minimum standards of City Code Chapter 20, Article
MR,, Division 7, Design Standards for Commercial, Industrial and Of/ice
Development District. The development plan is deficient in the following ways:
• The architecture does not meet the 50 percent facade transparency
requirement.
• The proposed development does not provide adequate distribution of green
space.
Sensitive development in transitional areas located between different land uses and along
significant corridors within the City.
The proposed development is located along Trunk Highway 5, which is a
significant City corridor. The proposal meets minimum requirements. The
development plan has not been designed with greater sensitivity than required for
a standard zoning district.
Development which is consistent with the comprehensive development plan.
The subject site is guided Office Industrial and Commercial, The Comprehensive
Development Plan states: "A new zoning district CC (Community Commercial)
will be created in the City Code to implement this land use. " The Community
Commercial zoning district has now been established to implement the
commercial guiding. The development plan does not meet the requirements for
the Community Commercial district because the footprint of the proposed
building exceeds 65, 000 square feet.
Parks and open space. The creation of public open space may be required by the City.
Such park and open space shall be consistent with the comprehensive park development
plan and overall trail development plan.
Not applicable.
Provision of housing affordable to all income groups if appropriate within the PUD.
Not applicable.
Energy conservation through the use of more efficient building designs and sightings and
the clustering of buildings and land uses.
This criterion is satisfied
Use of traffic management and design techniques including the provision of transit and
pedestrian linkages to reduce the potential for traffic conflicts. Improvements to area
roads and intersections may be required as appropriate. Where appropriate, the use of
transportation demand management strategies may be required within a project.
The development plan would result in serious traffic conflicts, including:
U-turns. Most of the traffic to the site will come from Powers Boulevard and
Highway 5. Many vehicles using the "right -out" at the eastern access of the
site will make a U-turn movement to return to Powers Boulevard and
Highway 5. This will create traffic conflicts and the potential for serious
accidents.
• Weaving between vehicles making a right turn out of the east access and
vehicles making the right turn into the west access.
The development plan has essentially 1 %: access points because the east
access is only a right in/right out, which is minimal for the size of retail
facility being proposed Truck delivery access is proposed to use the same
access points as the shoppers.
5. The proposed development does not meet the intent of PUD zoning. The development
would not result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive land use than would
be the case with the use of a standard zoning district. PUD zoning is not meant to be
used as a mechanism to simply circumvent the restrictions in standard zoning districts.
6. Chapter 20, Article XXIV of the City Code provides minimum requirements for parking
and loading berths. The PUD development plan is not in compliance with the following
requirements:
Off-street parking requirements - City Code, Sec. 20-1124(2)(s)
The 528 parking spaces provided do not meet the City Code for ratio of 5 stalls per 1,000
square feet of building. Based on a 117,278 square -foot building, 586 stalls are required.
The Applicant has provided a parking study that it believes demonstrates that the
Applicant needs only 4.5 stalls per 1,000. However, the Applicant's recommended ratio
excludes the factor of snow storage and effective parking supply. The study defines
effective parking supply as the number of occupied spaces at optimum operating
efficiency. "Parking lots are typically perceived as full at less than the actual total
capacity." (Kimley-Horn Study dated March 32, 2011). The study also states that snow
storage may have a significant effect on usable parking supply for three to five months
out of the year. The parking ratio recommended in the study does not accommodate snow
storage or effective parking. The net effect of this proposed development plan, including
the use of compact stalls and using a reduced parking ratio, will have an effective parking
standard of 3.17 spaces per thousand. This is well below the requirements of the City
ordinance. The minimum parking requirements cannot be ignored because of anything
that may be unique to the Applicant because zoning runs with the land and the property
could be sold to another retailer.
The parking provided takes advantage of 19 percent compact parking stalls. The City
Code allows up to 25 percent compact parking; however, these compact stalls are not
permitted for high-tumover parking lots. Retail use is a high turnover parking operation.
In addition, compact stalls are partially located within the loading and maneuvering area
which is prohibited by City Code.
Off-street loading facilities - City Code, Sec. 20-1142 et seq.
The design of the loading berths does not comply with the City Code in the following
respects:
a. Location. All berths beyond one shall be separated from areas used for
off-street parking.
The berths are not separated from areas used for off-street parking.
b. Access. Each required off-street parking berth shall be so designed as to
avoid interference with other vehicular, pedestrian or rail access or use of
public street alleys, or other public transportation systems.
The loading berths interfere with vehicular access because truck
maneuvering encroaches into required parking drive aisles.
C. Design. All loading areas shall consist of a maneuvering area in addition
to the berth and shall not use any of that portion of the site containing
parking stalls. Maneuvering areas shall be of such size to permit the
backing of truck tractors and coupled trailers into a berth without blocking
the use of other berths, drives, maneuvering areas or public right-of-way.
Truck circulation encroaches and blocks required parking, drive aisles
and pedestrian access.
7. The current zoning of the site, IOP, is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and
allows reasonable use of the property.
8. The Applicant has failed to document sufficient reasons to rezone the property to PUD.
DECISION
Concept Planned Unit Development approval is denied.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council the 12th day of December, 2011.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
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Wal-Mart wants to
move into Chanhassen
Article by: , Star Tribune
Updated: October 25, 2011 - 4:05 PM
A big -box debate is kicking up some dust in
the southwestern metro community of
Chanhassen.
Wal-Mart has proposed to build a 120,000-
square-foot retail store on a 14-acre site at
the southwest corner of Hwy. 5 and Powers
Boulevard, and the plan has spurred a
petition drive against the project.
Those on all sides of the issue can attend a 7
p.m. public hearing on Tuesday before the
Chanhassen Planning Commission at City
Hall, 7700 market Blvd.
The property at 1000 Park Road already
contains a large building, built in 1986 and
vacant for the past several years.
It would be torn down if Wal-Mart gets the
green light to proceed, said Kate Aanenson,
the city's community development director.
"What they're doing first is seeing whether
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The issue will be whether to rezone the
property from industrial office to planned
unit development status, she said.
Although the proposal is at the "concept"
phase, some citizens are speaking out
against the store and have organized an
online petition drive. It asks Chanhassen City
Council members to scuttle the project,
saying that Wal-Mart would add too much
traffic to an already -busy intersection,
negatively affect "local home-grown
businesses" in Chanhassen, and cause
safety concerns requiring additional police
activity.
Others have said that a Wal-Mart would ruin
the small-town feeling of Chanhassen, and
that the store isn't needed because there's
already a Wal-Mart in Eden Prairie near Eden
Prairie Mall, about seven miles away. Target
has stores in both communities.
Supporters of a new Wal-Mart have said that
the store would create hundreds of jobs for
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Chanhassen as one of the places that they're
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October 2007, but decided against building
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rAnBfld(93, lIIC. Walmart Store #5949-00
Technical Memorandum
To: Paul Oehme, City of Chanhassen
From: Lucas C. Payne, PE (MN), Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
William D. Matzek, PE (MN), Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc.
2550 University Avenue W.
Date: November 21, 2011 Suee 238N
St. Paul, MN
55114
Subj: Walmart Store #5949-00
Preliminary Drainage Analysis
The existing Site is located at the southwest quadrant of Powers Boulevard and MN Highway 5 in
the City of Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota. Walmart Stores, Inc. is proposing to build a
117,278 square foot retail store, proposed paved parking lot, stormwater management
infrastructure, and utilities.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) has analyzed the existing and proposed drainage
conditions of the Site. The analysis of the existing and proposed drainage systems was completed
with the assistance of HydroCAD, Version 8.00.
Existing Drainage
The existing Site is approximately 14.11 acres and 5.31 acres are covered with impervious
surfaces. The Site currently has a vacant building that is approximately 154,674 square feet. The
existing Site utilizes overland flow into multiple pipe networks around the Site. There are four
outfalls from the Site where untreated stormwater is discharged.
Outfall 1 takes drainage from the existing parking lot and building and discharges directly into an
existing wetland west of the Site through two existing stormwater pipes. Outfall 2 drains into an
existing drainage Swale at the northeast comer of the Site. The water then flows over land into an
existing 18" RCP which eventually discharges into the aforementioned wetland. Outfall 3 takes
drainage from the east side of the Site and sheet flows into an existing 15" RCP at the southeast
comer of the Site. The stormwater discharges into an existing stormwater system beneath Powers
Boulevard. Outfall 4 takes runoff from the south edge of the property. Stormwater sheetflows in
the Park Road Right -of -Way and eventually into an existing storm sewer system.
Proposed Drainage
The proposed Site will consist of a 117,278 square foot building and a paved parking lot. The
proposed Site will contain 8.73 acres of impervious surfaces. The proposed drainage system will
consist of the construction of a new storm sewer system, two underground stormwater
management systems, and four rain gardens. The proposed Site will discharge the majority of the
treated stormwater into the wetland west of the Site. Outfall 3 will convey sheet flow from offsite
and the easterly edge of the Site into an existing 15" RCP at the southeast comer of the Site. The
stormwater discharges into an existing stormwater system beneath Powers Boulevard. Outfall 4
takes runoff from the south edge of the property. Stormwater sheetflows in the Park Road Right -
of -Way and eventually into an existing storm sewer system. The amount of dishcharge into the
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Walmart #5949-00
Technical Memorandum
Park Road Right -of -Way decreases from the existing condition in the 2-, 10-, and 100-year
storms.
The Site will comply with all applicable Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District, City of
Chanhassen, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency applicable standards.
Rate Attenuation Summary
The proposed Site will increase impervious area by 3.42 acres. The stormwater management
system will provide rate attenuation for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year storms. The following table
summarizes the existing and proposed discharge rates from the Site.
EXISTING RUNOFF RATES
2-Year (cfs)
30-Year (cfs)
100-Year (cfs)
Outfall1
17.92
28.65
33.85
Outfall2
0.92
1.93
3.55
Outfall3
5.29
9.54
15.10
OutfaI14
1.73
3.65
6.34
Total Site Discharge
25.76
43.77
58.84
PROPOSED RUNOFF RATES
Outfalll/Outfall2
14.55
21.87
37.34
Outfall3
0.50
1.13
2.04
Outfall4
0.49
0.74
1.06
Total Site Discharge
15.54
23.74
40.44
Water Quality Summary
The Site will utilize two StormTech SC-740 systems, and four rain gardens to meet and exceed
the water quality requirements. The City of Chanhassen Surface Water Management Plan
requires that 1 inch of runoff from the new impervious shall be treated onsite. Since the Site
discharges into an impaired water, treatment will be provided for 1 inch of total impervious
throughout the Site. The StormTech systems will provide pretreatment within prefabricated
Isolator Rows. The StormTech Isolator Row is a row of StormTech chambers that are encased in
geotextile fabric and acts as a sediment trap, prior to discharging into the entire system. A strip of
non -woven geotextile fabric is wrapped over the top of the chambers for the entire length of the
row, separating the first flush from larger storms. The Isolator Rows have been designed to
remove up to 95% total suspended solids (TSS). Additional treatment will occur as water filters
through the attenuation chambers and exits the underlying draintile. The Isolator Rows can be
accessed via manholes at the ends of the rows and the sediment can be removed utilizing vacuum
trucks on an as -needed basis.
Four rain gardens will be placed in landscape areas throughout the Site. Rain gardens will
provide first flush water quality treatment by biofiltration. Filtration was used in lieu of
KimleyHorn
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infiltration due to the existing clay soils onsite. Rain gardens will also provide TSS and
phosphorous removal throughout the Site.
Below is a table summarizing the water quality treatment provided onsite.
WATER QUALITY TREATMENT VOLUME
Water Quality Treatment Volume Required
Impervious Area (ac)
Volume (cf)
1 inch over impervious area
1 8.73
31,690
Water Quality Treatment Volume Provided
Volume (cf)
StormTech System 1
22,433
StormTech System 2
9,670
Rain Gardens
4,696
Total
36,799
Please contact me at (651) 6454185 if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
t
Lucas C. Payne, P.E.
Aanenson, Kate
From: Cook, Jamie M [JMCook@cbburnet.comj
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Piz say no to walmart
Good afternoon,
My husband and I have been Chanhassen residents for many years. (kids attend Chan Elementary) We would
like to voice our concerns and do not want the Planning Commission/City Council to allow Walmart to build a
faculty off of Hwy 5 and Powers. We feel as many others do --that the charm of Chanhassen could be lost
forever!
Have you completed a traffic study? I imagine that would costly-- Traffic is major concern for all with the
possibility of hundreds of cars a day traveling on Powers and into Chanhassen? How will it affect the events
we have at Lake Ann --such as 4th of July and Miracles for Mitch? We have nothing against shopping at a
Walmart and believe this type of business/facility would be much better suited if it were located somewhere
off of 212 and not in the heart of Chanhassen. The proposed logistics is truly perplexing!
We shop at our local stores and can see how such a large conglomerate would really affect these business
such as the local hardware store. As Chan residents we are fortunate to say we still have many small
businesses and the feel of a small town that's why we live and raise our kids in Chan and not in Plymouth or
Eden Prairie. I have no doubt that when Target came to town it was opposed by many too-- but Target it is a
smaller store that is not overwhelming for the space nor traffic in Chan - Plus Target that gives back to the
community. Will having Walmart affect the money that is given back to the Chanhassen schools?
I am sure you are under pressure to hear the many voices of the Chan residents and I will predict they will be
loud voices on this topic! Please vote to turn down this proposal.
Regards,
Jamie and Jeff Cook
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Aanenson, Kate
From:
Don Draper [donrdraper@msn.com]
Sent:
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:14 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart - Yes
I'm very much in favor of a Walmart here. It will be a great convenience, add jobs and opportunity. Please vote to allow
it.
Thanks,
Don Draper
Aanenson, Kate
To: Tim Amlie
Subject: RE: Walmart Building
Hi Kate,
I had hoped to come to the meeting tonight, but I have a cold coming on that I don't want to spread it or hopefully make it
worse. Hopefully you can pass this on.
I am in complete support of the proposed Walmart plan. After taking time to drive around the area and seeing that it does
not sit next to any residential real estate, I feel it does not bring about problems that so many are voicing via the
newspaper or facebook (where I have already posted). Had it been next to housing, I may have a different opinion.
Those complaining about traffic may have forgotten about the "mall" that at one time (and hopefully will come back)
planned at Lyman and Powers - that would bring traffic onto Powers as well. It is already a 4 lane road which is more
than the Super Target sees in Chaska around it.
In terms of economic value - it is huge. We have a number of residents in this community that would benefit from jobs
from high school age to retirees looking for something. Sales tax revenue AND the property tax revenue would be much
greater than what we see from the current building at that site.
In a community our size, we need more shopping opportunity. The businesses in downtown Chanhassen are not the type
to be affected by a big box store - they are specialty shops. The only real competition will be for Target and quite
honestly, they need some. Target could have expanded to a Super Target in our community but decided against. We
have the largest retailer in the world knocking on our door in this economy - I think that shows a lot for us. People have
complained that we don't have enough good eating establishments in our community... Bringing in this type of retail will
bring along those types of businesses (even a Walmart). I grew up between Alexandria and Willmar - both towns have
Super Walmart stores - and the areas directly around them have brought in many eating establishments, etc. because of the
area becoming a shopping stop point. It will bring revenue to gas stations and the other stores as well.
My family owned a sporting goods store in St. Cloud for many years - it is still operating under new owners. We
absolutely feared the big box stores coming to town. We were wrong. People may have purchased items at the big box
stores, but when it came to after sale service and second purchases, they came to us. Business was incredible (the new
owners have even expanded since we sold off 12 years ago).
The bottom line is - I want to spend my money in my community. Those who are against Wahnart don't have to shop
there. In fact, those who are so against building it should pitch in towards the tax revenue our city would miss out if it
isn't built. Additionally, those who would most benefit from this business probably can't even make this meeting or have
the ability to voice their opinion... If one does the math in our community of nearly 23,000, I m guessing the percentage
of those against (but making a big stink) would be pretty small.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tim Amlie
8796 North Bay Drive
Aanenson, Kate
From: Cook, Jamie M [JMCook@cbburnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Plz say no to walmart
Good afternoon,
My husband and I have been Chanhassen residents for many years. (kids attend Chan Elementary) We would
like to voice our concerns and do not want the Planning Commission/City Council to allow Walmart to build a
faculty off of Hwy 5 and Powers. We feel as many others do --that the charm of Chanhassen could be lost
forever!
Have you completed a traffic study? I imagine that would costly-- Traffic is major concern for all with the
possibility of hundreds of cars a day traveling on Powers and into Chanhassen? How will it affect the events
we have at Lake Ann —such as 4th of July and Miracles for Mitch? We have nothing against shopping at a
Walmart and believe this type of business/facility would be much better suited if it were located somewhere
off of 212 and not in the heart of Chanhassen. The proposed logistics is truly perplexing!
We shop at our local stores and can see how such a large conglomerate would really affect these business
such as the local hardware store. As Chan residents we are fortunate to say we still have many small
businesses and the feel of a small town that's why we live and raise our kids in Chan and not in Plymouth or
Eden Prairie. I have no doubt that when Target came to town it was opposed by many too-- but Target it is a
smaller store that is not overwhelming for the space nor traffic in Chan - Plus Target that gives back to the
community. Will having Walmart affect the money that is given back to the Chanhassen schools?
I am sure you are under pressure to hear the many voices of the Chan residents and I will predict they will be
loud voices on this topic! Please vote to turn down this proposal.
Regards,
Jamie and Jeff Cook
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solely for the addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the
intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and
may be unlawful.
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sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any
attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. The
sender's employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Don Draper [donrdraper@msn.comj
Sent:
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:14 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart - Yes
I'm very much in favor of a Walmart here. It will be a great convenience, add jobs and opportunity. Please vote to allow
it.
Thanks,
Don Draper
Aanenson, Kate
To: Tim Amlie
Subject: RE: Walmart Building
Hi Kate,
I had hoped to come to the meeting tonight, but I have a cold coming on that I don't want to spread it or hopefully make it
worse. Hopefully you can pass this on.
I am in complete support of the proposed Walmart plan. After taking time to drive around the area and seeing that it does
not sit next to any residential real estate, I feel it does not bring about problems that so many are voicing via the
newspaper or facebook (where I have already posted). Had it been next to housing, I may have a different opinion.
Those complaining about traffic may have forgotten about the "mall" that at one time (and hopefully will come back)
Planned at Lyman and Powers - that would bring traffic onto Powers as well. It is already a 4 lane road which is more
than the Super Target sees in Chaska around it.
In terms of economic value - it is huge. We have a number of residents in this community that would benefit from jobs
from high school age to retirees looking for something. Sales tax revenue AND the property tax revenue would be much
greater than what we see from the current building at that site.
In a community our size, we need more shopping opportunity. The businesses in downtown Chanhassen are not the type
to be affected by a big box store - they are specialty shops. The only real competition will be for Target and quite
honestly, they need some. Target could have expanded to a Super Target in our community but decided against. We
have the largest retailer in the world knocking on our door in this economy - I think that shows a lot for us. People have
complained that we don't have enough good eating establishments in our community... Bringing in this type of retail will
bring along those types of businesses (even a Walmart). I grew up between Alexandria and Willmar - both towns have
Super Walmart stores - and the areas directly around them have brought in many eating establishments, etc. because of the
area becoming a shopping stop point. It will bring revenue to gas stations and the other stores as well.
My family owned a sporting goods store in St. Cloud for many years - it is still operating under new owners. We
absolutely feared the big box stores coming to town. We were wrong. People may have purchased items at the big box
stores, but when it came to after sale service and second purchases, they came to us. Business was incredible (the new
owners have even expanded since we sold off 12 years ago).
The bottom line is - I want to spend my money in my community. Those who are against Walmart don't have to shop
there. In fact, those who are so against building it should pitch in towards the tax revenue our city would miss out if it
isn't built. Additionally, those who would most benefit from this business probably can't even make this meeting or have
the ability to voice their opinion... If one does the math in our community of nearly 23,000, I'm guessing the percentage
of those against (but making a big stink) would be pretty small.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tim Amlie
8796 North Bay Drive
Aanenson, Kate
From: Cook, Jamie M (JMCook@cbbumet.comj
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Piz say no to walmart
Good afternoon,
My husband and I have been Chanhassen residents for many years. (kids attend Chan Elementary) We would
like to voice our concerns and do not want the Planning Commission/City Council to allow Walmart to build a
faculty off of Hwy 5 and Powers. We feel as many others do --that the charm of Chanhassen could be lost
forever!
Have you completed a traffic study? I imagine that would costly-- Traffic is major concern for all with the
possibility of hundreds of cars a day traveling on Powers and into Chanhassen? How will it affect the events
we have at Lake Ann --such as 4th of July and Miracles for Mitch? We have nothing against shopping at a
Walmart and believe this type of business/facility would be much better suited if it were located somewhere
off of 212 and not in the heart of Chanhassen. The proposed logistics is truly perplexing!
We shop at our local stores and can see how such a large conglomerate would really affect these business
such as the local hardware store. As Chan residents we are fortunate to say we still have many small
businesses and the feel of a small town that's why we live and raise our kids in Chan and not in Plymouth or
Eden Prairie. I have no doubt that when Target came to town it was opposed by many too-- but Target it is a
smaller store that is not overwhelming for the space nor traffic in Chan - Plus Target that gives back to the
community. Will having Walmart affect the money that is given back to the Chanhassen schools?
I am sure you are under pressure to hear the many voices of the Chan residents and I will predict they will be
loud voices on this topic! Please vote to turn down this proposal.
Regards,
Jamie and Jeff Cook
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Aanenson, Kate
From: Don Draper [donrdraper@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 5:14 PM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: Walmart - Yes
I'm very much in favor of a Walmart here. It will be a great convenience, add jobs and opportunity. Please vote to allow
it.
Thanks,
Don Draper
Aanenson, Kate
To: Tim Amlie
Subject: RE: Walmart Building
Hi Kate,
I had hoped to come to the meeting tonight, but I have a cold coming on that I don't want to spread it or hopefully make it
worse. Hopefully you can pass this on.
I am in complete support of the proposed Walmart plan. After taking time to drive around the area and seeing that it does
not sit next to any residential real estate, I feel it does not bring about problems that so many are voicing via the
newspaper or facebook (where I have already posted). Had it been next to housing, I may have a different opinion.
Those complaining about traffic may have forgotten about the "mall" that at one time (and hopefully will come back)
planned at Lyman and Powers - that would bring traffic onto Powers as well. It is already a 4 lane road which is more
than the Super Target sees in Chaska around it.
In terms of economic value - it is huge. We have a number of residents in this community that would benefit from jobs
from high school age to retirees looking for something. Sales tax revenue AND the property tax revenue would be much
greater than what we see from the current building at that site.
In a community our size, we need more shopping opportunity. The businesses in downtown Chanhassen are not the type
to be affected by a big box store - they are specialty shops. The only real competition will be for Target and quite
honestly, they need some. Target could have expanded to a Super Target in our community but decided against. We
have the largest retailer in the world knocking on our door in this economy - I think that shows a lot for us. People have
complained that we don't have enough good eating establishments in our community... Bringing in this type of retail will
bring along those types of businesses (even a Walmart). I grew up between Alexandria and Willmar - both towns have
Super Walmart stores - and the areas directly around them have brought in many eating establishments, etc. because of the
area becoming a shopping stop point. It will bring revenue to gas stations and the other stores as well.
My family owned a sporting goods store in St. Cloud for many years - it is still operating under new owners. We
absolutely feared the big box stores coming to town. We were wrong. People may have purchased items at the big box
stores, but when it came to after sale service and second purchases, they came to us. Business was incredible (the new
owners have even expanded since we sold off 12 years ago).
The bottom line is - I want to spend my money in my community. Those who are against Walmart don't have to shop
there. In fact, those who are so against building it should pitch in towards the tax revenue our city would miss out if it
isn't built. Additionally, those who would most benefit from this business probably can't even make this meeting or have
the ability to voice their opinion... If one does the math in our community of nearly 23,000, rm guessing the percentage
of those against (but making a big stink) would be pretty small.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tim Arlie
8796 North Bay Drive
Aanenson, Kate
From:
pschrupp@mchsi.com
Sent:
Friday, October 28, 2011 5:31 PM
To:
City Council
Cc:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart
We would like to add our names to the citizens that are opposed the proposed building of a
Walmart in Chanhassen.
Chanhassen continues to be named one of the best places to live in Minnesota (and the
country). Look at other cities that have earned that honor. The majority of them do not
have a Walmart!
The proposed location will require new streets,stoplights --- we assume at taxpayer cost.
There is a Target right across the corner from this location. If Target loses business and
closes, what would you do with that empty location?
There is an Office Max across the corner from this locatin. If Office Max loses business and
closes, what would you do with that empty location? We realize these are both "big box
stores", but their location draws people into town.
The increased traffic, perhaps 24 hours a day, will require extra police coverage not only
near the store, but in surrounding neighborhoods.
While we recognize that we are more suburb than small town, the extra lights from the parking
area will add to destroying the "night sky" in our area.
There is ample evidence that a new Walmart in town ends up closing down local businesses. The
wages and benefits (or lack of benefits) Walmart pays its employees would not support most
families that choose to live in Chanhassen --most Walmart employees would drive in to work and
leave rather than spending their dollars at other Chanhassen businesses.
If road construction allows shoppers easy in and out at Powers and Hwy 5, what incentive
would Walmart shoppers have to come into town to shop at other stores or eat at any of the
local restaurants? we like that there is still a "downtown" Chanhassen. We don't want to
end up like and Eden Prairie with malls and strip malls and no town center.
We are heartsick at the thought of a Walmart being the western entryway to our city.
While we appreciate that you are trying to grow our tax base, please --please use some
creativity. There must be another option that would make a better neighbor than Walmart.
Sincerely,
Paul and Toni Schrupp
1
October 28, 2011
City of Chanhassen
Planning Commission
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317-0147
Members of the City of Chanhassen Planning Commission:
RECEIVED
OCT 3 1 2011
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
While I realize that a city needs to grow, exactly why do we need a 100,000 square foot plus retail
establishment? Is there not already enough retail in Chanhassen? Do we really need a big box store?
The rationale we are told is to create jobs and add to the property tax base. So let us take a look at those
claims.
Will a Wal-Mart create jobs? No doubt about it.
Do not get me wrong, I am all for creating jobs but what kind of jobs are we talking about? After all, Wal-
Mart is known for paying mostly minimum wage jobs and providing health care for only a small
percentage of its store employees. As such, Wal-Mart is not going to create many high paying, middle
class jobs. Are a lot of Chanhassen residents going to be applying for these jobs? My guess is probably
not, so such a development is not going to do much for job creation for Chanhassen residents. Is this the
type of employer that the City desires? I doubt it.
Regardless of the jobs concerns, let us look at the property tax base side of the equation. In reviewing
the Staff Report, there are numerous infrastructure improvements that will be required including, but not
limited to:
• An additional left turn lane for westbound Highway 5.
• An additional left turn lane for northbound Powers Boulevard.
• Addition of turn lanes and a median for Park Road.
According to the Staff Report, it will be up to the developer to pay for these improvements. Does the City
really believe that Wal-Mart will pay for such infrastructure improvements? That would mark a radical
departure from past practices where municipalities pay for infrastructure improvements to get retail
development. Given today's economy, I find it hard to believe that Wal-Mart is willing to sink close to a
million dollars for the three infrastructure changes recommended. I am sure they will ask the City to pay
for these changes which, according to the staff report, are not budgeted for in any current or future
infrastructure budgets.
I find it interesting that the Staff Report does not recommend the addition of a traffic signal at Powers
Boulevard and Park Road. With the traffic volumes projected at opening and into the future, it seems like
a traffic light would be mandatory at this intersection, yet none is specified. I cannot even imagine the
traffic mess at this intersection without a traffic light. It is literally an accident waiting to happen, again
and again and again. And traffic lights are not cheap, particularly when it will have to be timed to a
number of other lights in the near vicinity. I am just guessing that a traffic light at Powers Boulevard and
Park Road will cost in the range of $200,00.01
Then there are the environmental issues. According to the Staff Report, because the site is near two
surface waters that have environmental issues, the site will require that storm water runoff from the
parking lot go through some sort of treatment before that water can enter Riley Creek and Lake Susan. I
am sure that Wal-Mart will not be willing to pick up the cost of this and will ask the City to pay for such an
improvement. I have no idea what such a water treatment process would cost for such a space, but I
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Wal-Mart Store Proposal
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have to imagine that it is not going to be cheap. Then there is all of the issues of removal of the existing
watershed attributes of the site should the development be approved. This will only further exacerbate
the issues regarding water quality in Riley Creek and Lake Susan.
So, based on my estimate, the City is looking at least at a million plus dollars worth of infrastructure
improvements that Wal-Mart will likely demand the City to somehow absorb.
Then there is the variance that will be required for entry into the development. According to the staff
report, the site will not comply with code as the entrance to the development will be 40 feet short of code
between the entrance and the Powers Boulevard and Park Road intersection. Based on the traffic
analysis presented, this entry configuration will likely mean that during peak times, traffic will back onto
Powers Boulevard in both directions as patrons attempt to enter the facility. As a result, it appears that
we will gain a traffic hazard with this plan.
If all of the above does not kill this effort, the eight code violations that are documented in the Staff Report
should kill it. Some of these code issues are going to be impossible to justify and will likely violate State
laws and statutes. So I do not know how the City can even consider this proposal realistic.
I am sure that Wal-Mart will demand property tax incentives to locate their store in Chanhassen as that is
standard operating procedure. So in addition to the infrastructure costs, the City will also likely have to
take a hit on property taxes. As a result, the net will likely be that the City will lose money on the deal for
at least the near term. If that sounds familiar, it should. That is the same deal the City cut to get the
existing downtown development and we are still paying for that. Seems to me that we are cutting off our
nose to spite our face if we move ahead with this proposal.
But the strangest thing of all about this proposal is that the Staff Report points to a number of building
sites along the new 212 corridor that are more than appropriate for such a development. So one has to
ask themselves, why does Wal-Mart want to locate its store at Powers Boulevard and Highway 5 when a
number of more appropriate sites are available along the 212 corridor? I find it hard to believe that Wal-
Mart is negligent and missed all of the code issues they were generating with their proposal. So why is
Wal-Mart proposing such a development at this location? Could it be that Wal-Mart deliberately wants to
destroy our existing downtown retailers? I think that is the question the Planning Commission and City
leaders should be asking the representatives of Wal-Mart. Competition is fine, but moving in with the
implicit plan of destroying a community's existing retail environment is reprehensible. It is all the more
reprehensible given that, as I recall, we are still paying for our existing downtown through tax incentives
and other giveaways that were granted at the time.
If Wal-Mart wants to come to Chanhassen, so be it. But bending over backwards, likely paying for
infrastructure improvements, granting tax incentives and creating the kind of variances that will be
required to build on the proposed site just does not make any sense. Chanhassen has plenty of more
appropriate sites for such a retail development. I would recommend that the Planning Commission reject
this proposal and direct Wal-Mart to more appropriate locations within the City.
Sincerel
Qeffrey B7 all
41 Fox Hollow Drive
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Mark Fuchs [markjfuchs@yahoo.com]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 10:57 AM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart Proposal
Dear Amy
Unfortunately we cannot attend the meeting but please know that our household (2 adults, 2 children) all vote to reject the
building of the wallmart in chanhassen.
Sincerely,
Mark and Carrie Fuchs.
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Patricia Hastreiter [Patty.Hastreiter@mpls.k12.mn.us]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 1:19 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
No Walmart in Chanhassen
Kate: Please forward this message to the Planning Commission members. Thank you.
Chanhassen Planning Commission Members:
We are, unfortunately, unable to attend the Planning Commission Meeting tomorrow night but wanted to let you know
that we are very much opposed to allowing a Walmart to be built in Chanhassen. We think it would be detrimental to
other nearby local businesses. We think it would bring too much traffic to the area. We don't like big box stores,
especially Walmart. They pay low wages and make it difficult for smaller businesses to compete. There is already a big
box Target store, which seems to sell a lot of the same merchandise as Walmart.
We have lived in Chanhassen for 17 years, We like it there, and plan to stay. We enjoy the trails and lakes and the
relative quietness of the area. We like the Lakewinds Food Coop and Byerly's. Our top concerns in Chanhassen do not
include property taxes. The quality of life and ambiance of the area are much higher priorities to us. We think that
Walmart would take some of that away.
Sincerely,
Patricia and James Hastreiter
6990Tecumseh Lane
Chanhassen, MN 55317
952-470-9057
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Amy Severson [aseverson@nemerfieger.com]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:19 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Cc:
Amy Severson
Subject:
Please! No Walmart in Chanhassen!
Importance: High
Hi Kate,
I am so glad you are the person to contact to protest the proposed Walmart in Chanhassen. You have made such a
beautiful city for us, and to think a Walmart could come in and destroy our town is a crime. I support and shop at my
downtown stores. Target has been part of my life since I was a child.
Please! Don't compromise our town! I will pay more in property taxes to keep it out and I think my neighbors would too.
PS yep-1 am that Amy, class of'76 and Sarah's mom!
Thank You Kate for your consideration to this appeal!!
Amy Severson
Senior Account Executive
952 278 3123 direct
952 925 1907 fax
nemerfieger.com
Aanenson, Kate
From: Jody Lane gokoberg@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:49 AM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: Stop walmart
We live in chanhassen and DO NOT want Wal-Mart coming here!
PLEASE pass on your vote to NOT ALLOW WALMARTTO BUILD IN CHANHASSEN.
We will be at the meeting.
Dave and Jody Lane
631 Bighorn Drive
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Dave Lane [daveelane@yahoo.com]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 2:45 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
W almart
Do not let Wahnart build in Chanhassen.
thanks
Aanenson, Kate
To: Megan Liebl
Subject: RE: Walmart in Chanhassen
From: Megan Liebl fmailto:mea.l1eb1(@amai1.coml
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 4:09 PM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: Walmart in Chanhassen
Hello Ms. Aannenson,
I am aware that there is a planning meeting regarding the future of Chanhassen tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm. Being
discussed is the proposal of allowing a Walmart store to be built and operated on the comer of Hwy 5 and Powers Blvd.
As an active and very concerned citizen of Chanhassen, please, please, please vote against this nronosal.
I'm sure you've received an overwhelming amount of feedback asking the same from other residents. After seeing all of
the letters to the Chanhassen Villager, talking with neighbors, reading Facebook posts, and other online chatter against
this proposal, it's hard to believe the idea is even still on the table. As your constituent, please do your part on behalf of
your citizens and residents of Chanhassen and be our voice by voting against the nronosal to build a Walmart in our nice,
small town.
My husband and I often say to each other, "I just LOVE Chanhassen" while driving through town. It has such the most
pleasant, small town feel, yet close enough to larger cities like Eden Prairie and Minnetonka. As you know our city has
been ranked very high on multiple Best Places to Live lists.
The addition of a Walmart would not only bump our lovely Chanhassen down on those lists, but it would surely put the
smaller shops and stores around town out of business. We were so saddened to learn of Chanhassen Center Drug's closing,
and now Somebody's House just a few doors down, but this would be just the beginning if a Walmart is thrown into the
mix. It would be tragic to see a business like Walmart take business and revenue away from stores like Target, Cub Foods,
Byerly's, Lakewinds and all of the smaller shops passing this vote would negatively impact.
Not only for the above -stated reasons is a Walmart in Chanhassen a bad idea, but also for these (and beyond):
• Increased traffic in a bad location - I cross the intersection of multiple times every day. This area is already
congested without a Walmart on that comer. There are pedestrians trying to cross in the crosswalks. Add more
traffic there and you're just asking for trouble.
• There is a nearby Walmart in downtown Eden Prairie
• Poor business practices - Some may say the addition would bring job to the community, but Walmart is notorious
for paying as -low -as -possible wages, and giving as few hours as possible to all staff to avoid having to pay for
healthcare benefit, etc.
• Increased crime rate - Just read this study: http://www.wahggcrimerqRprt.com/jqp ort.pdf . The study states that
"Wal-Mart stores had more calls for service than nearby Target stores. For the sample, the average rate of
reported police incidents at Wal-Mart stores was 400% higher than the average rate of incidents at nearby Target
stores and 6 times higher for the number of reported criminal incidents defined as "serious or violent."
Again, please vote against a Walmart in Chanhassen. We really don't need one, and there would be many more adverse
affects than positive implications to building one.
Thank you for your work.
Megan Liebl, Chanhassen
Aanenson, Kate
From: Susan.Wuoilett@wellsfargo.com
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:28 PM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: Walmart
Hi Kate,
I wanted to let you know that my husband and I are concerned with the potential new walmart
proposal for hwy 5 and powers.
I have read the proposal and I was torn for about a week, knowing the added sales tax may be
a benefit to the city. Since this walmart will be the furthest west, it will likely draw in
people from the western suburbs who currently drive into eden prairie to go to walmart.
However, I believe the possible negative side effects outweigh the positive. I am concerned
with the crime that Walmarts tend to attract, and the potential harm to the current small
businesses and boutiques we have in chan. Although the walmart would bring new job
opportunities, I have read the numbers and many of those will simply be removed or relocated
from current chan businesses, and all are lower paying jobs.
Although I understand the financial benefits are tempting, please vote no to preserve the
small town, classy that makes chanhassen special, and made my husband and I relocate from the
northern suburbs to live here.
Thank you,
Susie Wuollett
720 Bighorn Drive, Chanhassen
1
The Community Development Director received calls from the following people stating they are
opposed to the Walmart proposal:
• Gloria Leone
• Jane Osterfeld
• Kay Faust
Aanenson, Kate
From:
KIMBERLY MCREAVY [ktmtmcreavy@msn.com]
Sent:
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:20 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Wal Mart proposal
Hi Kay,
I just want to voice opposition for the proposed Wal-Mart which is up for Planning Commission review tonight. My
husband and I are against the project for multiple reasons, including increased traffic and potential detriment to existing
Chanhassen businesses.
Please pass our input along to the Planning Commission as we are not able to attend in person.
Thank you,
Kim and Tom McReavy
1350 Heather Court
Chanhassen
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Memorandum
To: David Cox, AIA � A� West
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From: Brian Smalkoski, P.E., AICP, PTP, PTOE
William Matzek, P.E., CPESC, LEED AP
Date: March 23, 2011
Subject: Walmart 5949-00
Chanhassen, MN
INTRODUCTION
Walmart Supercenters follow a variety of design variations, typically ranging
from approximately 90,000 to 220,000 square feet. At around 120,000 square
feet, the proposed Chanhassen Supercenter represents a relatively compact
footprint for a discount store that includes a full -service grocery department.
Classified as free-standing discount superstores (Land Ux 813) by the Institute
of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Walmart Supercenters typically utilize
independent trip and parking generation rates from the more general free-
standing discount store classification (Land Use 815), which do not include full -
service grocery departments. Parking Generation, 4`A Edition, published in 2010
by ITE, includes only a single parking generation study of a discount superstore.
Carried out on a Wednesday in mid -April, the observed peak parking demand
ratio for the 220,000 square -foot site was found to be 1.85 vehicles per 1,000
square feet gross floor area (GFA). 4)ue to the lack of available data for Saturday
parking generation rates at compact discount superstores, it was necessary to
conduct counts at local sites in order to establish reasonable parking generation
rates for a typical Saturday in December at the proposed Chanhassen, MN
Walmart Supercenter.
PARKING STUDY
A total of three sites located in the Minneapolis -Saint Paul metropolitan area
were selected for analysis. Each site, located in Apple Valley, Bloomington, and
Eden Prairie, respectively, was originally constructed as a standard Walmart
store, and underwent expansion during 2009-2010 to allow for the inclusion of a
full -service grocery department. With an average size of 142,000 square feet, the
three sites studied were 118,000, 121,000, and 188,000 square -foot Supercenters,
post -expansion. Parking supply at each site was calculated at 5.0, 5.0, and 4.4
spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA, respectively, for a weighted average of 4.7
spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA. Ten hourly independent field counts were
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conducted on Saturday, February 19, 2011, at each of the three sites between
9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Although demand never exceeded the effective supply
of parking, snow storage reduced the observed February parking supply at each
site by 30%, 32%, and 10%, respectively. The peak hour of demand was unique
at each site, with the average peak hour falling between 2 and 3 p.m. The final
results of the parking study documented Saturday maximum demand ratios of
2.54, 2.83 and 2.37 vehicles per 1,000 square feet GFA. This represents an
average ratio of 2.58 vehicles per 1,000 square feet GFA with a standard
deviation of 0.23. Final results of the parking study, formatted to represent
standard ITE documentation, are provided in Figure 1.
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
The parking study conducted in February represents a snapshot of potential
parking demand for a new site, and it is necessary to take into account additional
correction factors, depending on the planning objectives for the site:
• Seasonal Variation — Consumer spending fluctuates throughout the
year, and much like a shopping center, free-standing discount superstores
exhibit changing trip generation rates month -to -mouth. Figure 2, which
represents changing trip generation rates by month for shopping centers
in the United States, demonstrates that parking lot design is heavily
dependent upon the design month of interest. This is typically either an
"average" month, the non -December peak month, or December, the
month with peak demand.
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• Effective Parking Supply — The Urban Land Institute defines effective
parking supply as the number of occupied spaces at optimum operating
effrcienc?". Parking lots are typically perceived as full at less than the
actual total capacity, generally around 85-95 percent occupancy. To
prevent driver frustration and reduce time spent searching for open
spaces, it may be necessary to take this factor into account during
parking lot design.
• Snow Storage — Depending on site location, snowfall may have a
significant effect on usable parking supply for three to five months out of
the year. It is often necessary to take this into account in the design
stage, or develop contingency plans such as contracted snow removal
services.
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Shared Parking — Some sites have the potential to utilize shared
parking, particular if the peak hours of demand for each of the land uses
have no overlap. Schools and churches, for example, are often
compatible for shared parking reductions, and certain retail and
restaurant uses may exhibit offset peak hours.
All of these factors potentially play a role in the ultimate parking demand for the
site, and adjustments to average observed parking demand ratios must follow
from specific design objectives for the site and context sensitivity to the
surrounding communities.
The Chanhassen Supercenter will be located in a suburban industrial setting with
no nearby street parking. As such, it may be necessary to plan for peak seasonal
demand to prevent yearly parking spillover problems during the holiday shopping
season. By planning for absolute peak demand, however, there will be an
oversupply of parking for the remaining 11 months out of the year, making the
application of additional factors such as snow storage or effective parking supply
impractical. In such a case, it is reasonable to take the calculated average
observed parking demand ratio, and correct for seasonal variation to obtain a
design ratio for a December peak month:
Parking Supply Ratio = Observed Demand / Seasonal Factor
Seasonal Factor=0.85/1.49=0.57
(February to December Peak)
= 2.59 / 0.57
= 4.5
In the calculation, a seasonal variation factor of 0.57 is used to account for the
time of year in which the parking study was conducted (Febmary) relative to
parking demand during the peak month of December. Parking generation rates at
shopping centers in February represent about 85% of the demand during a typical
month, and 57% of the demand during December. December demand is typically
around 149% of the demand for a typical month. These seasonal adjustment
factors, when taken together, allow for a final recommendation of a supply ratio
of 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet GFA, which will provide adequate parking for
the peak month during the year, December.
KATWC_LDEV\WALMARn704l9-WDOCS\PARKING ST1DY\Walmart Parking Study
Memo Chanhassen Fiml.do
' Parking Generation, Fourth Edition. Washington, DC: Institute of Transportation
Engineers,2010.
a Smith, Mary S. Shared Parking, Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: LU-the Urban
Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers, 2005. Page 14.
a Smith, Mary S. Shared Parking, Second Edition. Washington, D.C.: ULI-the Urban
Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers, 2005. Page 3.
City of Chanhassen
7700 Market Boulevard
P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
t it L OF (952) 227-1100
Date: October 3, 2011 Review Response Deadline: October 21, 2011
To: Development Plan Referral Agencies
From: Planning Department By: Kate Aanenson AICP, Community Development Director
952-227-1139 kaanenson(a ci.chanhassen.mn.us
Subject: WALMART STORE #5949-00: Request for Rezoning from Industrial Office Park (IOP) to
Community Commercial (CC), and Concept Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval for a
commercial development of a 120,000 square -foot Wahnart Store on approximately 14.10 acres of land
located at the southwest comer of Highway 5 and Powers Boulevard (1000 Park Road).
Applicant: Walmart, c/o Kimley Horn and Associates.
Planning Case: 2011-11 PID: 25-5660010
The above described application for approval of a land development proposal was filed with the Chanhassen Planning
Department on September 30, 2011. The 60-day review period ends November 29, 2011.
In order for us to provide a complete analysis of issues for Planning Commission and City Council review, we would
appreciate your comments and recommendations concerning the impact of this proposal on traffic circulation, existing and
proposed future utility services, storm water drainage, and the need for acquiring public lands or easements for park sites,
street extensions or improvements, and utilities. Where specific needs or problems exist, we would like to have a written
report to this effect from the agency concerned so that we can make a recommendation to the Planning Commission and City
Council.
This application is scheduled for consideration by the Chanhassen Planning Commission on November 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers at Chanhassen City Hall. We would appreciate receiving your comments by no later than October
21, 2011. You may also appear at the Planning Commission meeting if you so desire. Your cooperation and assistance is
greatly appreciated.
1. City Departments:
a. City Engineer
b. City Attorney
c. City Park Director
d. Fire Marshal
e. Building Official
E Water Resources Coordinator
g. Forester
2. Carver Soil & Water Conservation District
3. MN Dept. of Transportation
4. MN Dept. of Natural Resources
5. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
6. U.S. Fish & Wildlife
7. Carver County
a. Engineer
b. Environmental Services
8. Watershed District Engineer
a. Riley -Purgatory -Bluff Creek
b. Lower Minnesota River
c. Minnehaha Creek
9. Telephone Company (Qwest or Sprint/United)
10. Electric Company (Xcel Energy or MN Valley)
11. Mediacom
12. CenterPoint Energy Minnegasco
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Property Information
Parcel ID: 255660010
Taxpayer Name: ISTAR MINNESOTA LLC
Taxpayer Address: PO BOX 4900
Taxpayer City St. Zip: SCOTTSDALE, AZ
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Property Address: 1000 PARK RD
Property City: CHANHASSEN
GIS Acres: 14.1
AS400 Acres: 14.68
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Watershed District: WS 064 RILEY PURG
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Tax Exempt: N
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t Aanenson, Kate
From:
pschrupp@mchsi.com
Sent:
Friday, October 28, 2011 5:31 PM
To:
City Council
Cc:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart
We would like to add our names to the citizens that are opposed the proposed building of a
Walmart in Chanhassen.
Chanhassen continues to be named one of the best places to live in Minnesota (and the
country). Look at other cities that have earned that honor. The majority of them do not
have a Walmart!
The proposed location will require new streets, stoplights ---we assume at taxpayer cost.
There is a Target right across the corner from this location. If Target loses business and
closes, what would you do with that empty location?
There is an Office Max across the corner from this locatin. If Office Max loses business and
closes, what would you do with that empty location? We realize these are both "big box
stores", but their location draws people into town.
The increased traffic, perhaps 24 hours a day, will require extra police coverage not only
near the store, but in surrounding neighborhoods.
While we recognize that we are more suburb than small town, the extra lights from the parking
area will add to destroying the "night sky" in our area.
There is ample evidence that a new Walmart in town ends up closing down local businesses. The
wages and benefits (or lack of benefits) Walmart pays its employees would not support most
families that choose to live in Chanhassen --most Walmart employees would drive in to work and
leave rather than spending their dollars at other Chanhassen businesses.
If road construction allows shoppers easy in and out at Powers and Hwy 5, what incentive
would Walmart shoppers have to come into town to shop at other stores or eat at any of the
local restaurants? We like that there is still a "downtown" Chanhassen. We don't want to
end up like and Eden Prairie with malls and strip malls and no town center.
We are heartsick at the thought of a Walmart being the western entryway to our city.
While we appreciate that you are trying to grow our tax base, please --please use some
creativity. There must be another option that would make a better neighbor than Walmart.
Sincerely,
Paul and Toni Schrupp
1
October 28, 2011
City of Chanhassen R6tCI�L'h
Planning Commission GLL!!
7700 Market Boulevard OCT 3 1 2011
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317-0147 CITY OF CHANHASS€N
Members of the City of Chanhassen Planning Commission:
While I realize that a city needs to grow, exactly why do we need a 100,000 square foot plus retail
establishment? Is there not already enough retail in Chanhassen? Do we really need a big box store?
The rationale we are told is to create jobs and add to the property tax base. So let us take a look at those
claims.
Will a Wal-Mart create jobs? No doubt about it.
Do not get me wrong, I am all for creating jobs but what kind of jobs are we talking about? After all, Wal-
Mart is known for paying mostly minimum wage jobs and providing health care for only a small
percentage of its store employees. As such, Wal-Mart is not going to create many high paying, middle
class jobs. Are a lot of Chanhassen residents going to be appfying for these jobs? My guess is probably
not, so such a development is not going to do much for job creation for Chanhassen residents. Is this the
type of employer that the City desires? I doubt it.
Regardless of the jobs concerns, let us look at the property tax base side of the equation. In reviewing
the Staff Report, there are numerous infrastructure improvements that will be required including, but not
limited to:
• An additional left turn lane for westbound Highway 5.
• An additional left turn lane for northbound Powers Boulevard.
• Addition of turn lanes and a median for Park Road.
According to the Staff Report, it will be up to the developer to pay for these improvements. Does the City
really believe that Wal-Mart will pay for such infrastructure improvements? That would mark a radical
departure from past practices where municipalities pay for infrastructure improvements to get retail
development. Given today's economy, I find it hard to believe that Wal-Mart is willing to sink close to a
million dollars for the three infrastructure changes recommended. I am sure they will ask the City to pay
for these changes which, according to the staff report, are not budgeted for in any current or future
infrastructure budgets.
I find it interesting that the Staff Report does not recommend the addition of a traffic signal at Powers
Boulevard and Park Road. With the traffic volumes projected at opening and into the future, it seems like
a traffic light would be mandatory at this intersection, yet none is specified. I cannot even imagine the
traffic mess at this intersection without a traffic light. It is literally an accident waiting to happen, again
and again and again. And traffic lights are not cheap, particularly when it will have to be timed to a
number of other lights in the near vicinity: I am just guessing that a traffic light at Powers Boulevard and
Park Road will cost in the range of $200,OQ0:;
Then there are the environmental issues. According to the Staff Report, because the site is near two
surface waters that have environmental issues, the site will require that storm water runoff from the
parking lot go through some sort of treatment before that water can enter Riley Creek and Lake Susan. I
am sure that Wal-Mart will not be willing to pick up the cost of this and will ask the City to pay for such an
improvement. I have no idea what such a water treatment process would cost for such a space, but I
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Wal-Mart Store Proposal
October 28, 2011
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have to imagine that it is not going to be cheap. Then there is all of the issues of removal of the existing
watershed attributes of the site should the development be approved. This will only further exacerbate
the issues regarding water quality in Riley Creek and Lake Susan.
So, based on my estimate, the City is looking at least at a million plus dollars worth of infrastructure
improvements that Wal-Mart will likely demand the City to somehow absorb.
Then there is the variance that will be required for entry into the development. According to the staff
report, the site will not comply with code as the entrance to the development will be 40 feet short of code
between the entrance and the Powers Boulevard and Park Road intersection. Based on the traffic
analysis presented, this entry configuration will likely mean that during peak times, traffic will back onto
Powers Boulevard in both directions as patrons attempt to enter the facility. As a result, it appears that
we will gain a traffic hazard with this plan.
If all of the above does not kill this effort, the eight code violations that are documented in the Staff Report
should kill it Some of these code issues are going to be impossible to justify and will likely violate State
laws and statutes. So I do not know how the City can even consider this proposal realistic.
I am sure that Wal-Mart will demand property tax incentives to locate their store in Chanhassen as that is
standard operating procedure. So in addition to the infrastructure costs, the City will also likely have to
take a hit on property taxes. As a result, the net will likely be that the City will lose money on the deal for
at least the near term. If that sounds familiar, it should. That is the same deal the City cut to get the
existing downtown development and we are still paying for that. Seems to me that we are cutting off our
nose to spite our face if we move ahead with this proposal.
But the strangest thing of all about this proposal is that the Staff Report points to a number of building
sites along the new 212 corridor that are more than appropriate for such a development. So one has to
ask themselves, why does Wal-Mart want to locate its store at Powers Boulevard and Highway 5 when a
number of more appropriate sites are available along the 212 corridor? I find it hard to believe that Wal-
Mart is negligent and missed all of the code issues they were generating with their proposal. So why is
Wal-Mart proposing such a development at this location? Could it be that Wal-Mart deliberately wants to
destroy our existing downtown retailers? I think that is the question the Planning Commission and City
leaders should be asking the representatives of Wal-Mart. Competition is fine, but moving in with the
implicit plan of destroying a community's existing retail environment is reprehensible. It is all the more
reprehensible given that, as I recall, we are still paying for our existing downtown through tax incentives
and other giveaways that were granted at the time.
If Wal-Mart wants to come to Chanhassen, so be it. But bending over backwards, likely paying for
infrastructure improvements, granting tax incentives and creating the kind of variances that will be
required to build on the proposed site just does not make any sense. Chanhassen has plenty of more
appropriate sites for such a retail development. I would recommend that the Planning Commission reject
this proposal and direct Wal-Mart to more appropriate locations within the City.
Sincerel
'Jeffrey B"-"—a f
41 Fox Hollow Drive
Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Mark Fuchs [markjfuchs@yahoo.com]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 10:57 AM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart Proposal
Dear Amy
Unfortunately we cannot attend the meeting but please know that our household (2 adults, 2 children) all vote to reject the
building of the wallmart in chanhassen.
Sincerely,
Mark and Carrie Fuchs.
r
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Patricia Hastreiter [Patty. Hastreiter@mpls.k12.mn.us]
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 1:19 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
No Walmart in Chanhassen
Kate: Please forward this message to the Planning Commission members. Thank you.
Chanhassen Planning Commission Members:
We are, unfortunately, unable to attend the Planning Commission Meeting tomorrow night but wanted to let you know
that we are very much opposed to allowing a Walmart to be built in Chanhassen. We think it would be detrimental to
other nearby local businesses. We think it would bring too much traffic to the area. We don't like big box stores,
especially Walmart. They pay low wages and make it difficult for smaller businesses to compete. There is already a big
box Target store, which seems to sell a lot of the same merchandise as Walmart.
We have lived in Chanhassen for 17 years, We like it there, and plan to stay. We enjoy the trails and lakes and the
relative quietness of the area. We like the Lakewinds Food Coop and Byerly's. Our top concerns in Chanhassen do not
include property taxes. The quality of life and ambiance of the area are much higher priorities to us. We think that
Walmart would take some of that away.
Sincerely,
Patricia and James Hastreiter
6990Tecumseh Lane
Chanhassen, MN 55317
952-470-9057
Aanenson, Kate
i
From:
Amy Severson [aseverson@nemerfieger.comj
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:19 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Cc:
Amy Severson
Subject:
Please! No Walmart in Chanhassen!
Importance: High
Hi Kate,
I am so glad you are the person to contact to protest the proposed Walmart in Chanhassen. You have made such a
beautiful city for us, and to think a Walmart could come in and destroy our town is a crime. I support and shop at my
downtown stores. Target has been part of my life since I was a child.
Please! Don't compromise our town! I will pay more in property taxes to keep it out and I think my neighbors would too.
PS yep-1 am that Amy, class of'76 and Sarah's mom!
Thank You Kate for your consideration to this appeal!!
Amy Severson
Senior Account Executive
952 278 3123 direct
952 925 1907 fax
nemerfieger.com
I Aanenson, Kate
From:
Jody Lane Ookoberg@yahoo.comj
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 11:49 AM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Stop walmart
We live in chanhassen and DO NOT want Wal-Mart coming here!
PLEASE pass on your vote to NOT ALLOW WALMART TO BUILD IN CHANHASSEN.
We will be at the meeting.
Dave and Jody Lane
631 Bighorn Drive
Aanenson, Kate
From:
Dave Lane [daveelaneQa yahoo.comj
Sent:
Monday, October 31, 2011 2:45 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Walmart
Do not let Wahnart build in Chanhassen.
thanks
i Aanenson, Kate
To: Megan Liebl
Subject: RE: Walmart in Chanhassen
From: Megan Liebl fmai1to:meg.1ieb1&1mai1.coml
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 4:09 PM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: Walmart in Chanhassen
Hello Ms. Aannenson,
I am aware that there is a planning meeting regarding the future of Chanhassen tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm. Being
discussed is the proposal of allowing a Walmart store to be built and operated on the comer of Hwy 5 and Powers Blvd.
As an active and very concerned citizen of Chanhassen, please, please, please vote against this proposal.
I'm sure you've received an overwhelming amount of feedback asking the same from other residents. After seeing all of
the letters to the Chanhassen Villager, talking with neighbors, reading Facebook posts, and other online chatter against
this proposal, it's hard to believe the idea is even still on the table. As your constituent, please do your part on behalf of
your citizens and residents of Chanhassen and be our voice by voting against the proposal to build a Walmart in our nice,
small town.
My husband and I often say to each other, "I just LOVE Chanhassen" while driving through town. It has such the most
pleasant, small town feel, yet close enough to larger cities like Eden Prairie and Minnetonka. As you know our city has
been ranked very high on multiple Best Places to Live lists.
The addition of a Walmart would not only bump our lovely Chanhassen down on those lists, but it would surely put the
smaller shops and stores around town out of business. We were so saddened to learn of Chanhassen Center Drug's closing,
and now Somebody's House just a few doors down, but this would be just the beginning if a Walmart is thrown into the
mix. It would be tragic to see a business like Walmart take business and revenue away from stores like Target, Cub Foods,
Byerly's, Lakewinds and all of the smaller shops passing this vote would negatively impact.
Not only for the above -stated reasons is a Walmart in Chanhassen a bad idea, but also for these (and beyond):
• Increased traffic in a bad location - I cross the intersection of multiple times every day. This area is already
congested without a Walmart on that comer. There are pedestrians trying to cross in the crosswalks. Add more
traffic there and you're just asking for trouble.
• There is a nearby Walmart in downtown Eden Prairie
• Poor business practices - Some may say the addition would bring job to the community, but Walmart is notorious
for paying as -low -as -possible wages, and giving as few hours as possible to all staff to avoid having to pay for
healthcare benefit, etc.
• Increased crime rate - Just read this study: http://www.walmarterixneremrt.conVreport.t>df . The study states that
"Wal-Mart stores had more calls for service than nearby Target stores. For the sample, the average rate of
reported police incidents at Wal-Mart stores was 400% higher than the average rate of incidents at nearby Target
stores and 6 times higher for the number of reported criminal incidents defined as "serious or violent."
Again, please vote against a Walmart in Chanhassen. We really don't need one, and there would be many more adverse
affects than positive implications to building one.
Thank you for your work.
Megan Liebl, Chanhassen
Aanenson, Kate
From: Susan.Wuoilett@wellsfargo.com
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:28 PM
To: Aanenson, Kate
Subject: W almart
Hi Kate,
I wanted to let you know that my husband and I are concerned with the potential new walmart
proposal for hwy 5 and powers.
I have read the proposal and I was torn for about a week, knowing the added sales tax may be
a benefit to the city. Since this walmart will be the furthest west, it will likely draw in
people from the western suburbs who currently drive into eden prairie to go to walmart.
However, I believe the possible negative side effects outweigh the positive. I am concerned
with the crime that Walmarts tend to attract, and the potential harm to the current small
businesses and boutiques we have in chan. Although the walmart would bring new job
opportunities, I have read the numbers and many of those will simply be removed or relocated
from current chan businesses, and all are lower paying jobs.
Although I understand the financial benefits are tempting, please vote no to preserve the
small town, classy that makes chanhassen special, and made my husband and I relocate from the
northern suburbs to live here.
Thank you,
Susie Wuollett
720 Bighorn Drive, Chanhassen
1
The Community Development Director received calls from the following people stating they are
opposed to the Walmart proposal:
• Gloria Leone
• Jane Osterfeld
• Kay Faust
Aanenson, Kate
From:
KIMBERLY MCREAVY [ktmtmcreavy@msn.comj
Sent:
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 4:20 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
Wal Mart proposal
Hi Kay,
I just want to voice opposition for the proposed Wal-Mart which is up for Planning Commission review tonight. My
husband and I are against the project for multiple reasons, including increased traffic and potential detriment to existing
Chanhassen businesses.
Please pass our input along to the Planning Commission as we are not able to attend in person.
Thank you,
Kim and Tom McReavy
1350 Heather Court
Chanhassen
Chanhassen Villager ' www.chanvillager.com
COMMENTARY: WALMART
We could use 250 to 300
more jobs in Chanhassen
BY CHERYL AYOTTE
I attended the Wal-Mart pub-
lic hearing on Nov.1.
I watched person after per-
son get up and speak about the
evils of Walmart. How they
under pay their employees;
how they attract violent crime;
how the people that would
shop there are not "the kind of
people we want in our city."
What really got me was the
negative response, based on
studies, analyses, comments,
none of which were vetted, on
the evils that a Walmart would
bring to Chanhassen.
I have to ask, "Where do you
people get your information."
Here are the facts that I do
know at this point. Walmart
would provide about 250 jobs at
$12.50 an hour. It would add to
the tax base and income of local
residents that might obtain a
job there. (Here is a news flash:
Home values in Chanhassen
are at best, being challenged.
People are out of work. And
Chanhassen has not raised its
taxes for years.)
If we do not get Walmart or
something comparable, we will
probably have to raise taxes.
I heard a lot of people speak.
These so called experts were
able to confirm crime will rise.
It is just nonsense to think that
a band of criminals are going to
descend on our city because of a
Walmart. Lifetime Fitness has
had more crime with break-in's
into cars in their parking lot
and in the lockers since they
have been in our city.
The saving of the "soccer
field" for the children was
mentioned. It is on private land,
not a city park, if the owner of
the land sells it do we prevent
that also?
Sounds a bit elitist to me.
I know someone who works
at Walmart and she is one
of the typical people. She is
young, hard working and a
good person. She is not "low
class" as one woman from
Long acres categorizes a Wal-
mart employee. This Walmart
employee has a 4-year degree.
She is supporting herself and
paying for her schooling. She
lives in Chaska on her own on
a Walmart salary.
Who can deny someone
a $12.50 an hour job and the
News flash! Louisville, Colo., has a
Walmart two miles from its city center,
and: Louisville was the No. 1 city in the
nation this year.
expansion to our tax base.
I mean at some point those
against Walmart will be picket-
ing City Hall over raising our
taxes. These same people are at
City Hall begrudging the city
employees a half percent raise
in salary.
Here is how I see it. I am not
a regular Walmart shopper, but
after checking the ads in last
Sunday's newspaper, if I want
an iPod touch for Christmas
this year and my daughter
wants a Kitchen -aide mixer
and my husband wants a new
Kindle I am going to Walmart.
Each item is about $20 to $30
less than other stores. I can
then take all the money I save
as a result of my Walmart
purchases and order an or-
ganic turkey from Lakewinds,
because I love shopping there.
The last time I checked getting
what you have to have, or want
for less, is a good thing.
Here is the real rub. Our
homes are now 30 percent less
valuable than they were five
years ago. We need the tax base
to offset this residential trend.
Plain and simple.
The anti-Walmart group
kept saying that Chanhassen
was one of the best places to live
in the United States. The fact
is we slipped from No. 2 to No.
10 in best places to live. With
no expansion of our tax base,
where will we be next year?
News flash! Louisville, Colo.,
has a Walmart two miles from
its city center, and Louisville
was the No.1 city in the nation
this year.
To tell Walmart we do not
need your 250 -300 jobs at $12.50
an hour or your taxes in our
city is unbelievable.
Ayotte is a Chanhassen resi-
dent.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
...................................... ......... ........... ..........................................
WALMART
Unanimous
decision
Chanhassen residents are so
proud of our community, as we
should be. We also need to be
proud of our Planning Commis-
sion for making the unanimous
decision to not recommend
WalMart's proposal to the City
Council.
It was evident at the
Plannning Commission meet-
ing Nov. 1 that there were too
many deficiencies in WalMart's
proposal. I want to thank the
commission for seeing that
the proposed land WalMart is
interested in will not work for
a big box retailer.
Unfortunately this is not
over. Show your concern by at-
tending the City Council meet-
ing on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.. Also,
visit the ChanhassenFirst.org
web site to sign the petition and
learn how you can help!
Carol Anderson
Chanhassen
City has
lotto lose
I had the opportunity to at-
tend the Planning Commission
meeting and I want to thank the
members of the commission for
unanimously voting no to Wal-
mart's deficient proposal.
Listening to the community
voice their concerns inspired
me to do my own research. It is
educational to read online all of
the studies conducted on how
Walmart has impacted other
communities.
It's been documented in
one article after another, that
when WalMart moves in, other
businesses close. What would
Chanhassen stand to lose?
Businesses like its toy store,
party goods store, butcher shop,
floral shop, hardware store, pet
store, automotive store, sport-
ing goods store, grocery stores,
office supply store, hair salons
and garden center, as well as
the general merchandise store
located diagonally from the
proposed site.
Chanhassen could also lose
businesses that serve those
stores, such as attorneys, print-
ers and accountants. Just one
example: A 2007 study by the
University of California Irvine
found that for every new retail
job created by WalMart, 1.4
jobs are lost when current busi-
nesses lay off workers or close.
Since the average WalMart
employs 360 workers, our area
could see a net loss of nearly
150jobs.
I moved my family to Min-
neapolis 16 years ago and we
chose Chanhassen as our home
primarily because of the won-
derful small- town feeling and
all that comes along with that
atmosphere. At the meeting,
I was proud to be a Chanhas-
sen resident and share in the
passion and intensity from my
community. I am concerned
that this is far from over.
Please visit chanhassenfirst.
org to learn how you can help
and to sign a petition. It is also
important to attend the City
Council meeting on Nov. 28 to
communicate that we want this
to end now!
Laurie Johnson
Chanhassen
Astounded
at mob mentality
We were astounded at the
provincial mob mentality ap-
parently exhibited at the Wal-
mart planning meeting Nov.
1.
Is this the behavior we ex-
pect of a people famous for
tolerance? Is it legitimate for
an organized vocal minority to
usurp the rights of the rest of
us? We want Walmart to come
to Chanhassen. We want lower
prices and better selection.
Unlikely you'll get those from
a small cadre of Mom and Pop
stores.
We suspect the opposition to
Walmart comes mainly from
those with a vested interest,
namely Target employees and
the unions. It seems to us this is
fundamentally un-American.
Andy and Ann Hopper
Chanhassen
Keep rallying
against project
Residents of Chanhassen, we
are fortunate to live in a sup-
portive, thriving community
where we invest in our proper-
ties, the education of our chil-
dren and our environment.
With good reason, Chanhas-
sen has been voted one of the
best places to live by many
sources in recent years. We
would be doing ourselves a dis-
service in compromising the
community we are proud to call
home, by allowing Walmart to
move in. If Walmart were to
move into our community, it
would impact all of us: from our
daily commutes to helping sus-
tain local merchants to the cost
all of us would bear to fund the
modifications required to fit a
"square peg in a round hole, 'to
quote a planning commission
member.
It just doesn't fit. The struc-
ture proposed does not fit in
the space, area businesses
would be negatively impacted
and the environment and in-
frastructures surrounding the
property would be affected, I
am pleased with the Planning
Commission's unanimous deci-
sion to vote down Walmart's
proposal on Nov. 1. And the
citizen's of Chanhassen can
continue to show their support
by educating themselves at up-
coming meetings and sharing
the details with their neigh-
bors. Please, I urge readers to
attend an upcoming rally at the
Chanhassen Library on Nov. 21
at 6:30 to learn more about how
we can support and preserve
Chanhassen.
Abby Ellis
Chanhassen
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By TOM MEERSMAN • meersman@stain bune.com
A big -box debate is kicking up some dust in the
southwestern metro community of Chanhassen.
Wal-Mart has proposed to build a 120,000-square-
foot retail store on a 14-acre site at the southwest cor-
ner of Hwy. 5 and Powers Boulevard, and the plan
has spurred a petition drive against the project.
Those on all sides of the issue can attend a 7 pm.
public hearing on Tlresday before the Chanhassen
Planning Commission at City Hall, 7700 market Blvd.
The property at 1000 Park Road already contains
a large building, built in 1986 and vacant for the past
several years.
It would be torn down if Wal-Mart gets the green
light to proceed, said Kate Aanenson, the city's com-
munity development director. "What they're doing
first is seeing whether the city would be receptive to
rezoning this piece of property," she said.
The issue will be whether to rezone the property
from industrial office to planned unit development
status, she said.
Although the proposal is at the "concept" phase,
some citizens are speaking out against the store
and have organized an online petition drive. It asks
Chanhassen City Council members to scuttle the
project, saying that Wal-Mart would add too much
traffic to an already -busy intersection, negatively af-
Photos by BRUCE BISPING • bbisping@startribune.mm
Lucas Emmons from the Robbinsdale Transition Center and Wally Kubitschek worked on building a deck and stairs at a Habitat for Humanity
house that is being remodeled in New Hope. The Transition Center is apost-high school program for adult special education students.
By EMMA CAREW GROVUM • emmacarewgrovum@startribme.com.
Anew partnership between the Robbinsdale Transition
Center and Habitat for Humanity has adult students
from the special education program working alongside
Habitat volunteers to help rehab a previously foreclosed -upon
New Hope home.
Over the course of the month, six to eight students from the
transition center take a Cooper High School activities van to the
home and work from 830 am. to 1 p.m. They do the same tasks
as other volunteers, said McKinsie Clyde, site supervisor for
Habitat for Humanity.
"It's not our typical group," she said — many of the group's
volunteers are retirees who have more time to offer. "But I've
worked with special needs [volunteers] at almost every proj-
ect I've worked on."
The students have done tasks ranging from refinishing the
hardwood floors to rebuilding the back porch. Clyde said the
group will train any volunteer to do any task that is needed.
Rehab continues on AAG ►
Dakota Moorman from the Transition Center sanded a railing.
feet "local home-grown businesses" in Chanhassen,
and cause safety concerns requiring additional
police activity.
Others have said that a Wal-Mart would ruin the
small-town feeling of Chanhassen, and that the store
isn't needed because there's already a Wal-Mart in
Eden Prairie near Eden Prairie Mall, about seven
miles away. Target has stores in both communities.
Supporters of a new Wal-Mart have said that the
store would create hundreds of jobs for the commu-
nity, add valuable revenue to the tax base and make
good use of an under-utilized property.
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Howwouldyou
sell Minneapolis?
Selections from the MPiS. blog, the
source for Minneapolis news at
www.startribune.com/mpls:
Come for the Spoonbridge. Stay for the lefse.
OK, that doesn't quite trip off the tongue the
way a good tag line should. Can you do better?
This week, Meet Minneapolis will announce its
new marketing tag line and logo intended to help
draw tourists and convention -goers to Minneapo-
lis. The city -funded convention and visitor bureau
is primarily trying to lure people living within 400
miles of the city.
The new logo, tagline and the branding from
which they spring will be introduced Thursday at
1130 am. in the Crystal Court of the IDS Center.
Let's hope it's more memorable than the "Prosper"
branding unveiled earlier this month by Greater
MSP, the new regional economic development
entity.
We asked for your suggestions on the blog, and
here are some of them:
• Warm feet. Cool heads.
• Dam fine river city.
• You lake us; you really lake us.
• The city that never shivers.
• More than nice! Minneapolis: Pretty dam
nice.
• Nice with a little bit of ice.
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Supportboosted
for littlest learners
• St Louis Park is the ordyMinnesota school
district to receive a federal grant to fund
counselors, filling a void at elementary schools.
By RFri.Y SWM-keRysmith@startiibme.com
For years, St. Louis Park elementary school stu-
dents struggling with issues from family divorce
to school bullying would turn to teachers or other
staff, with no trained counselor in sight.
Soon, extra support will finally be available.
The school district is the only one in Minnesota
to receive a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the
U.S. Department of Education. It will fund the hir-
ing of a program coordinator and a counselor for
each of the district's four elementary schools.
"There are tremendous needs not being met,"
said Angela Jerabek, a counselor who will oversee
the project. "We need someone here to help these
children."
The counselor shortage isn't unique to St Louis
Park
Across Minnesota, the ratio of 759 students
to each counselor in grades K-12 ranks among
the worst in the nation — 49th, ahead of only
California. The American School Counselor As-
sociation recommends a 250-to-1 ratio; the nation-
al average is 457 students per counselor. Lagging
St. Louis Park continues on AA4 ►
• Vandalism had erased the name of a Civil War veteranfrom a Minneapolis cemetery in 1965. Now he has aheadstone again, thanks to a descendant and the American Legion.
Soldier finally gets a gravestone
By MARY JANE SMETANKA
smetan@startribme.com
For 45 years, Gustav Vetter's grave at
Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis was
virtually anonymous.
A small marker in the ground simply
said "Father." Next to it was a marker for
"Mother and son Charles:' The tall fam-
ily marker that had once dominated the
Vetter plot had been vandalized and ap-
parently shattered in 19a
Thanks to the Veterans Administra-
tion and Minneapolis/Richfield Ameri-
can Legion Post 435, the Civil War vet-
eran who died a century ago has a grave
marker again. The stone was dedicated
last weekend with a post ceremony that
included an honor guard, a rifle salute and
a flag presentation.
"It's about recognizing a veteran who
served our country, even though it was150
years ago," said Craig Dineen, post com-
mander. "Part of our mission is to help out
with stuff like this."
Vetter has a marker again because of
his great -great-granddaughter, Susan Sul-
livan of Andover. Sullivan, a retired social
worker, was doing some genealogical re-
search a few years ago and tracked down
the Lakewood plot
"I knew other Vetters were there, but I
was shocked to find that Gustav was bur-
ied there and I didn't know it," she said.
"I was horrified to discover it had been
vandalized when I was still a teenager.
Just the base of the monument remains.
I ran around the cemetery looking for the
headstone; I thought'Father' belonged to
someone else:'
Gravestone continues on AA4 ►
MARYIANE SMETANKA • StarTnbune
Gustav Vetter's grave again has a marker after more than 45 years
of anonymity.
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PLYMOUTH
Kids to have their
own garage sale
Plymouth is sponsoring a
"Kid's Garage Sale" from 12-3
p.m. Nov 6 at Plymouth Creek
Center,14800 34th Av
The city is inviting kids,
including nonresidents, to
make money by clearing out
their old toys and clothes and
selling them from a table they
can rent
Cost is $13 a table for Plym-
outh residents and $17 for non-
residents. Sellers must pre -
register for a table and be be-
tween the ages of 6.13. Admis-
sion to the sale is free for buy-
ers. For more information or
to register, call 763-509-5200 or
go to wwwplymmidurm.gov.
WAYZATA
Community Rake-a-
Thon set for Friday
Holy Name of Jesus School
in Wayzata is sponsoring a
Rake-A-Thon on Friday, with
students raking yards around
the community.
Holy Name of Jesus Cath-
olic Community parishioners
nominated residents who
could use the help, and on
Friday, 25 teams of students
from the pre-K through grade
6, along with about 100 other
volunteers, will pitch in to do
the work free of charge.
Formore information, go to
www.hnoj.org/school/rakea
thon or call 763-473-3675. Ho-
ly Name of Jesus School is lo-
cated at 155 County Road 24,
Wayzata
EDEN PRAIRIE
Foundation grant
applications due soon
Applications are due
by Nov 2 for the fall 2011
Eden Prairie Foundation
grants. Forms are available
at the front desk of the Eden
Prairie City Center, 8080
Mitchell Road, and online at
www.edenprairiefoundation
.org.
Since 1981, the foundation
has awarded more than $1
million in grants to communi-
ty organizations and scholar-
ships to students. The grants
are intended to promote non-
profit or tax-exempt pro-
grams, including city and
school district programs, that
make Eden Prairie a better
place to live and work
For more information, con-
tact distribution co chairs Ka-
tie Castro at 763-2,45-2420 or
Kathy Nelson at 952-942-1122.
BROOKLYN PARK
River Park access
Closes temporarily
The public boat launch at
Brooklyn Park's River Park is
closed through mid-Novem-
her for reconstruction of the
ramp and parking lot
The construction project
will nearly double the capaci-
ty of River Park from six trail-
ers to 11. Other access points
along this stretch of the Mis-
sissippi River are available
during the closure: at Anoka
Riverfront Regional Park on
East River Road in Fridley,
and at North Mississippi Re-
gional Park on N. Mississippi
Drive in Minneapolis.
For more information, go
to www.mndnrgov
ROGERS
Alzheimer's conference
aimed at caregivers
The Wellstead ofRogerswill
host"Coping with Alzheim-
er's and Dementia" from 9:30
am-3:45 p.m Nov 2.
The workshop for care-
givers, families, friends and
health care professionals will
be held in the Crown Room
at the Wellstead of Rogers,
20600 South Diamond Lake
Road. Speakers include:
e Dr. William Orr, found-
er and director of Orr Mem-
ory and Geriatric Behavioral
Clinic in Mendota Heights,
will present "Differentiating
Depression and Dementia'
• Mark Reese, counselor
for the Comprehensive Sup-
port for the Alzheimees Care-
givers Project at the Universi-
ty of Minnesota, will discuss
"Caring for the Caregiver"
and the importance of reduc-
ing stress for caregivers.
e Joan Thralow, occupa-
tional therapist, will present
"Dementia and the Family:
Understanding and Manag-
ing Behavior."
The registration fee will
be a food donation to CROSS
Food Shelf. Respite care will
be available on site but is lim-
ited, and reservations should
be made today. To RSVP or
for more information, call
Heidi at 763-428-1981.
STAFFREPORTS
police blotter
CORCORAN
OCT.7
Medical. A 4-year-old girl was taken to
the hospital by ambulance after she fell
out of a golf cart on the 6300 block of
Snyder Road and hit her head on a log.
OCT. 10
Animal complaint Officers respond-
ed to the 20700 block of County Road
50 on a complaint that a neighbor's dog
was chasing some chickens. The caller
had talked to the neighbor but said they
were not receptive nor cared whether
the dog chased the chickens. An officer
spoke with the dog's owner and advised
the owner to keep the dog on his proper-
ty or risk a citation for allowing a dog to
main at large.
EDINA
OCT.13
Theft. A wallet was stolen from a wom-
an's purse at Big Bowl, 3669 Galleries
The woman had left her purse unat.
tended.
GREENWOOD
OCT.1
Drunken driving. Following a traffic stop
on Hwy. 7 and Christmas Lake Road,
officers arrested a 48-year-old Wayzata
woman for drunken driving, possession
of an open bottle of alcohol, possession
of marijuana in a motor vehicle and
possession of drug paraphernalia
HOPKINS
OCT.3
Suspiclous person. Officers responded
to a report regarding a suspicious per-
son at Dunn Bros. on Shady Oak Road
and Mainsheet. someone reported that
a man hangs out at the coffee shop for
hours a day and seems suspicious. Offi-
cers spoke with the coffee shop manage-
ment who said he is a customer and not
causing any problems.
Noise complall A parent and children
reportedly were yelling at each other for
an hour on the 100 block of Blake Road
N. Officers checked and found it was a
birthday celebration and everything had
quieted down.
MINNETRISTA
OCT.2
Curfew violation. Officers confiscat-
ed shaving cream, mustard, eggs, 171
rolls of toilet paper and other house-
hold items from some juveniles on Sun-
nybrook Lane. Officers issued curfew vi-
olation citations to 10 teenagers.
OCT.3
Vandalism. Someone threw beans and
eggs at a home on Sunnyfield Road.
OCT.4
Curfew violation. Officers pulled over
a vehicle on county Road 19 because
toilet paper was hanging out of a win-
dow. They issued curfew violation ci-
tations to four juveniles and confiscat-
ed toilet paper, forks, confetti and shav-
ing cream.
OCT.5
Assist Mild. A 7-year-old boy called 911
to report that he was home alone. Offi-
cers determined there was a miscommu-
nication between his nanny and his par-
ents. The boy was fine.
PLYMOUTH
SEPT.30
Property damage. A 23-year-old Minne-
tonka man was arrested for shooting
a pellet gun and damaging two vehi-
cles in a parking lot on the 3600 block of
Lancaster Lane N.
OCT.4
Theft. Someone stole two sets of golf
clubs from a garage on the 9700 block
of37th Place N.
OCT.5
Theft. Two Coon Rapids women, ages
36 and 46, were cited for shoplifting
after being caught stealing boots from
Famous Footwear at 4190 Vinewood
Lane N.
RICHFIELD
OCT.15
Theft. A handgun and holster were
stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked
on the 7500 block of 1Ith Avenue S.
SHOREWOOD
SEPT. 29
Burglary. Liquor and cash were stolen
from an unlocked garage on the 26200
block of Wild Rose Lane.
Susan Hilliard "612-673-7131
Items are selected from reports made
to police departments and are not in.
tended to provide a comprehensive
picture of crime.
halloween events
MAPLE GROVE
Fall Festival
on Main Street
Kids can dress up for a
trial run in their Halloween
costumes and have fun with a
costume contest as well as do
some trick -or -treating at Ar-
bor Lakes from 9:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday.
A costume contest is
planned from 9:30 a.m, to 1
p.m. at the Maple Grove Arts
Center, 7916 Main St. Other
events are planned along Ar-
bor Lakes Main Street from
Elm Creek Boulevard to Ar-
bor Lakes Parkway.
There will be trick -or -treat-
ing at participating businesses
for ages 1 to 10 from 9:30 am.
to 2 p.m. and free pumpkins
and pumpkin decorating at 3
Squares Restaurant. For com-
plete details, go to wwwarbor
lakes.net.
CORCORAN
Haunted Acres open
nightly till Halloween
Haunted Acres is open
at Corcoran Lions Park, at
Hwys.101 and 10 in Corcoran,
through Halloween, aimed at
mature audiences who can
handle graphic depictions.
The park will be open from
7-10 p.m. Friday -Monday.
Admission is $10. For de-
tails, go to www.hamellions
hauntedacres.com .
PLYMOUTH
'Halloween at the
Creek' is Monday
Halloween at the Creek
is set for 6-8 p.m. Monday at
Plymouth Creek Center,14800
Minnesota landscape Arboretum
CHANHASSEN
`Pumpkin Paloozaweekend at arboretum
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum has big plans for Halloween weekend.
On Halloween, the arboretum also will present its'Ar-BOO-return" celebration, with
free admission for everyone arriving in costume on Monday. Other events are planned,
including a special story time and spooky live music by Sheri O'Meara at 10 am. in the
visitor center.
The arboretum's free family -friendly "Ghouls & Goblins at the Maze" event is set for
1-5 pm. Saturday, when kids can dress up in costume for "spook-tacular" music and fami-
ly -friendly activities such as decorating "apple -heads." And its Pumpkin Palooza display
ofpumpkins and gourds as well as its "Scarecrows on Parade" display will be continuing.
Arboretum gate admission will be free during the event hours from 1-5 p.m Saturday, but
registration is strongly suggested at wwwarboretum.umn.edu/ghoulsandgoblins.aspx
or 612-625-9456.
For more details on arboretum events, go to www.arborebimumri.edu.
34thAv. Costumes are encour-
aged, but no scary ones.
Admission is $7 for ages 4
to adult, and children must be
accompanied by an adult. Kids
3 and under are admitted free.
Pre -register at 763-509-5200.
EXCELSIOR
Halloween show
at Old Log Theater
The Old Log Theater will
halloween calendar
FRIGHTMARES AT BUCK HILL Attrac-
tions include the Orchard Manor Dead
and Breakfast, Bellharm-Lovejoy Asy-
lum, Fright Factory, Haunted Hollow and
Scream Scene. Also live music, a magic
show and roving monsters. Starts nightly
at 7 o'clock, Thursday -Sunday. $20. Buck
Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. 952.
435-7174.
GREAT SCARECROW FESTIVAL- A display
of scarecrows as well as pony and cam.
el rides, giant hay stack jump, live enter-
tainment and more. Emma Krumbee's
Orchard and Farm, 501 E. South St, Belle
Planne. Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through
Sunday.$5, 952-873.3006.
HALLOWEEN ON THE MALL hick -or.
treating and free entertainment. 5.7
p.m. Monday. Free. Eden Prairie Center,
school news
HOPKINS
Blake meets with filial
candidate for top job
The food candidate of four
scheduled to interview for the
top job at the Blake School vis-
ited recently.
Mark Erickson, president
of Wittenberg University, a
1,900-student private liberal
arts college in Ohio, visited
the Hopkins campus Oct. 17-
18. A finalist is expected to be
named by the board of trustees
by mid -November.
Erickson's visit followed
visits by three other candi-
dates: Ward Ghory, who re-
cently served as head of school
at the University School of Mil -
Waukee; Mindy Hong, the in-
terim assistant head of school
at the Baldwin School in Penn-
sylvania; and Anne Stavney, as-
sistant head of the Lakeside
School in Seattle.
Blake is looking to fill the
top spot after Head of School
John Gulla announced that he
would leave after 14 years at
the end of this school year. The
1,400-student pre-K 12 school
has campuses in Hopkins, Way-
zata and Minneapolis.
Blake hosts noted
author Eula Biss
The Blake School will host
a visit by author Eula Hiss next
week. She will read from her
book, "Notes from No Man's
Land: American Essays," and
take questions beginning at 7
p.m Tuesday.
8251 Flying Cloud Dr., Eden Prairie. 952-
949-8456. .
THE MINNEAPOLIS HORROR -. TALES
FROM THE NIGHT SHIFT: Costumed ac-
tors dramatize the dangers of working
at the city's flour mills. Reservations re-
quired.6:30, 7 and 7:30 tonight $10-$14.
Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St, Mpls.
651.341-7555:
OLD LOG HALLOWEEN SHOW: A kids
show featuring Scott Crosbie and the
Medicine Show Music Company and jug-
gler Craig Carlson.2 p.m. Saturday. $10.
Old Log Theater, 5185 Meadville St, Ex-
celsior. 952.474.5951.
SCREAM TOWN: A haunted corn maze
and forest and other fright attractions.
7 p.m. Friday -Sunday. $15.$20. Scream
Town, 7410 Hwy. 212 W., Chaska
A discussion about the book
which received the Graywolf
Press Nonfiction Prize and the
National Book Critics Circle
Award for criticism, will begin
at 6 p.m at 511 Kenwood Pkwy.
in Minneapolis. It's free and
open to the public.
WEST METRO
Edina, Minnehaha,
Blake writers honored
Six west -metro high school
seniors are among 13 Minneso-
ta winners recently recognized
as superior writers by the Na-
tional Council of Teachers of
English.
Edina High School seniors
Anne Cavanagh, Allen Fang,
Will Freeman and Erik Reim -
berg, Minnehaha Academy
senior Brady Ryan and Blake
School senior Miel Jasper re-
ceived the Certificates for
Superior Writing for their
writing samples.
They were among 520
winners of the 2011 National
Achievement Awards in Writ-
ing selected by a team of
English teachers in Minne-
sota.
EDINA
High school thespians
present'Urinetown'
Edina High School is pre-
senting "Urinetowm The Mu-
sical," a satirical musical.
Shows are scheduled for 730
p.m Friday, Saturday, Nov 3,
Nov 4 and Nov 5, plus a 130
p.m show on Nov 5.
present a special Halloween
show for kids featuring the
Medicine Show Music Com-
pany at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Tickets are $10. For reser-
vations, call 952-474-5951 or go
to www.oldlog.com.
NORTHWEST METRO
'Tween' Halloween
party on Friday
The Monster Mash Teen
SEVERS CORN MAZE: This year's theme
is outer space, with live music and en-
tertainment, a pumpkin Slinger, pig rac.
es, giant slide and petting zoo. to a.m.-
6 p.m. Saturday and. Sunday: last tick-
ets sold at 4:30 p.m. $13. sever's Corn
Maze, 1100 Canterbury Rd., Shakopee,
952-974.50M
SPOOKY SATURDAY. Arts and craft ac-
tivities, music, games and trick -or -treat.
ing. 3-5 p.m. Saturday. $4-$5. Eden Prai-
rie Community Center, 16700 Valley View
Rd., Eden Prairie.952-949.8456.
TRAIL OF TERROR: More than 15 attrac-
tions, including halls of horror, a haumt
ed hayride and a Hollywood horror corn
maze. 7.11 p.m. Thursday -Monday.
$12.95-$18.95. Minnesota Renaissance
Festival Grounds, 12364 Chestnut Blvd.,
Shakopee. 952.445-7361.
Go to www.edinatheaterorg
for more information. Tickets
can be purchased at www seat
yourself.biz/editm
GOLDEN VALLEY
Breck hosts event for
Prospective students
Breck School will host an
admissions open house and
barbecue lunch on Saturday.
Prospective students from
preschool to grade 12 can meet
teachers and students as well
as tour the campus from 9 am.
to noon.
For more information, go to
www.breckschool.org.
ST. LOUIS PARK
Benilde presents
'Fiddler on the Roof
Benilde-St. Margaret's
School will present "Fiddler
on the Roof" Friday through
Sunday. Shows are scheduled
for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 pan. Sunday.
Tickets, which are avail-
able at wwwbsmschooLorg/
drama, are $10 for adults and
$6 for students and seniors.
Admission for children under
age 5 is free.
BLOOMINGTON
Hillcrest celebrates
20-year mark
Bloomington's Hillcrest
Community School will cele-
brate its 20th anniversary as a
community school beginning
Dance, sponsored by the parks
and recreation departments of
Golden Valley, Robbinsdale,
New Hope and Crystal, is
scheduled for7-930 p.m. Friday
atthe ClystalCommunityCen-
ter, 4800 Douglas Drive.
The party is aimed at kids in
grades 5-7 and will feature mu-
sic, contests and treats for those
who go in costume. Tickets are
$5 if bought by Thursday or $8
at the door.
STAFF REPORTS
VAl1EY5CANE: Indoor and outdoor
mazes, scare zones, shows and Planet
Spooky. Open Thursdays -Sundays; see
www.valleyscare.com/hours.cfm for de-
tails. $9.99-$41.99. Valleyfair, Hwy. 101 and
valleyfair Dr" Shakopee. 952-445-7600.
MUSIC R THEATER
MINNETONKA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
"Spooktacular." 3 p.m. Sunday. Minne-
sota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arbo-
retum Dr., Chanhassen. Free. 952-401-
5954.
ACADEMY OF RUSSIAN BALLET. "The
Great Halloween Adventure." 1 p.m. Sun-
day. $12-$18. Eden Prairie High School,
17185 valley View Rd" Eden Prairie. 612-
501.9208.
on Thursday. A storyteller and
students' creative arts and tal-
ents will be featured, and from
5 7 p.m an open house will
be held for families, staff and
students at the school at 9301
Thomas Road.
Kennedy presents
'My Fair Lady'
Kennedy High School the-
ater students will present "My
Fair Lady" Friday through
Sunday.
Shows are scheduled for 7
p.m Friday and Saturday and
2 p.m Sunday in the school's
auditorium at 9701 Nicollet Av.
S, Bloomington
Tickets are $10 for adults
and $8 for students or seniors
and can be purchased at 952-
681-5231 or at the door one hour
before show time.
OSSEO SCHOOLS
Admission Possible
serving more students
Admission Possible, a non-
profit organization that helps
high school students prepare
for college, has expanded into
the Osseo School District, of-
fering college preparatory guid-
ance and support
Initially, it will serve Osseo
High School juniors who will
graduate and seek college
entrance in 2013. The 11-year-
old program currently serves
7,600 low-income Twin Cities
high school and college -age
students.
KELLY SMITH
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Wednesdays
Q&.
KATHRYN OSTROM
ST. LOUIS PARK
In the hunt
for another
swim title
The state swimming honor roll
confirms it: While many of the
same names also occupy the top
spots in other events, the 100-yard
breaststroke is often filled with
names that crop up only in that
event.
For St. Louis Park's Kathryn
Ostrom, the breaststroke is her
specialty. She won the event as a
sophomore last year at the Class
IA state meet, following older sis-
ter Megan, who won it as a senior
in 2009.
Staff writer Jim Paulsen talked
with Kathryn about what draws
her to the breaststroke.
Q So far, how has this season pro-
gressed for you?
A My stroke has felt good so far.
I'm just trying to stick with it and
get better.
Q It seems like there is a fami-
ly fondness for the breaststroke.
Why?
A Maybe it's because when I was
little, I wanted to be like my sister.
She was really good, so I wanted to
be like her. And we both struggle
with the backstroke. The breast-
stroke is something that comes
naturally to us.
Q Were you surprised to be so suc-
cessful in last year's state meet?
A Yes, I was. I was just thinking
about getting into the top eight and
placing higher than I did the year
before. I n&er realized I could ac-
tually win it _
Q Has winning it last year put
more pressure on you this year?
A Maybe a little. There is more
added pressure from my school.
It seems like the whole school
knows I won it last year. All my
classmates keep coming up to me
and saying "You won it last year.
You're going to win it again."
Q What is so different about the
breaststroke than other strokes?
A Well, your shoulders are never
completely rotating like in the but-
terfly or the backstroke or the free-
style. And in those [other] strokes,
your knees never completely bend
like in the breaststroke.
Q Obviously, as a state champion,
you need to work hard to improve
because other swimmers are aim-
ing for you. What have you been
working to improve?
A I've been working hard on my
turns and pullouts. Like in the but-
terfly, the breaststroke is an open
turn. I always fall behind on turns,
so I've been getting my legs stron-
ger so I can push off the wall hard-
er.
Q Do you do anything to get away
from swimming?
A Swimming kind of takes up
most of my life, but I like hang out
with friends and keep up with my
school work I go hunting with my
dad. He's a big hunter.
Q Really? What do you hunt?
A [Sunday] I went pheasant hunt-
ing somewhere up north of Elk
River.
Q Did you shoot any?
A We got four. I shot one. It was
fun. I like to shoot. I'm a member
of the St. Louis Park school trap -
shooting team
Q Do you hunt anything else?
A No. But I might go deer hunting
this year.
Q What to you prefer, shooting or
swimming?
A Definitely swimming. I put a lot
more pressure on myself when I
swim
Q Any big goals?
A I want to break the Class IA
[state meet] record. That's what
I'm shooting for.
W W W.STARTRIBUNE.COM/PREPS
SPOTLIGHT JEFFERSON VOLLEYBALL
Photos byJERRY HOLT • jghoh@startribme.com
Bloomington Jefferson senior Haley Bodway has more than 1,500 career kills, but sprained ankles and a tom hamstring have limited her appearances this season
Rolling with it
eInjuries have hampered Haley Bodway's senior season, but she's battling to be in therefor a postseason run.
By BRIAN STENSAAS • bstemaas@startribune.com
For all the accolades Haley Bodway has racked
up in her prep volleyball career, she hit a milestone
last week that most toddlers master with ease.
"I ran yesterday," she beamed. "My gosh, this has
been so hard."
Bodway, one of Bloomington Jefferson's go -to
players on the court since she was in eighth grade
and the owner of more than 1,500 kills, has spent a
good chunk of her senior season on the bench.
Instead of this being the year coach Michelle
Grice could sit back and watch matches unfold —
the product of more than four years of sometimes
agonizing planning — she was back to square one.
"We got back to fighting together from the
ground up," Grice said. "It was gritty and it was
tough But that's who we are as a team."
Bodway, a Western Michigan recruit, rolled an
ankle in the Jaguars' fifth match of the season. She
was back three and a half weeks later, tossing aside
the four-to-six-weektecovery time medical person-
nel told her to expect, only to roll it again in prac-
tice.
Out another week, Bodway was back to help
Jefferson sweep defending Class 3A champion
Lakeville North on Oct. 6. Five nights later, she suf-
fered a tom right hamstring.
"It's been a huge roller coaster," Bodway said.
"Get over one wall and then hit another one."
Bodway, who receives physical therapy every
day, hopes to be cleared to play by Friday's Class
3A, Section 6 tournament opener against the win-
ner of Wednesday's opening -round matchbetween
Eastview and Park of Cottage Grove.
She participated in workouts over MEA breakbut
wore a wrap around her hamstring.
Whether it was on purpose or not, the wrap was
NOTEBOOK
blue. Not quite Jefferson s uniform shade of blue,
but close.
It's a symbolic nod to the type of team lead-
er she's been forced into this season, showing her
support in other ways.
"I'd much rather be on the court," she said. "It's
hard to look forward to a game when you know
you're injured and you can't contribute. [But] you
have to find a way to contribute somewhere else ei-
ther verbally or just to be encouraging."
In the past, that role has fallen to classmate Kelley
Wollak. A solid volleyball player in her own right
who is headed to Nebraska -Omaha next fall, Wollak
had been known for her upbeat attitude and com-
munity service project coordination.
Kelley Wol-
lak, who will
play for Ne-
braska -Omaha
next year, has
stepped up in
Bodway's ab-
sence.
This year?
"I'm a new person on the court," she said. "I've
taken it upon myself to do more things on the court
because Haley had done such a great job for so
long."
Of Wollak's 797 kills since eighth grade, 271 have
come this season.
Wollak recently had a dream. In it, she said, she
continuously struggled to get the ball over the net
before succeeding just prior to waking up.
Perhaps it's an omen for a ]efferson program that
hasn't advanced to state since 1999, won only four
matches in 2007 and this year has a roster full of se-
niors eager for one last shot
"This is what we live for," Wollak said.
Tourney time ? It's here Aready for some
By BRL4NSTENSAAS
bster s @startribmex=
While football, volleyball and
cross-country teams across the state
get section play underway this week,
state tournaments have begun in oth-
er sports. Here are some highlights.
Soccer
Fans of Benilde-St. Margaret's soc-
cer teams will be busy this week The
boys' team (16-2-1) is the No. 2 seed in
the Class IA tournament and opens
play against Cloquet-Esko-Carlton
(14-3-2) at 530 p.m Thursday at St
Cloud State University. The Red
Knights girls'team (16-0-3) earned the
top seed in Class IA and drew South
St. Paul (10-9) in the opening round.
That game is set for 530 p.m. Friday at
Roseville High School.
Winners of all quarterfinal match-
es, which also include teams from
Blake and Wayzata in the girls' tour-
nament and Minneapolis Southwest,
Maple Grove and Eden Prairie in the
boys' tournament, advance to games
at the Metrodome next week
Tennis
Once the team champions are
crowned Wednesday in girls' tennis,
the individual and doubles competi-
tion gets underway Thursday in both
classes. There is plenty of west -met-
ro flavor.
Twelve of the 16 singles qualifi-
ers in Class 2A, including defending
champion Kelsey Frechette of Roch-
ester Century, return from last year.
That group includes Edina senior
Caroline Ward and Eden Prairie se-
nior Maddie Buxton.
Ward, who was ranked fourth in
the final coaches poll, placed sixth last
year, while Buxton won a doubles title
in 2009 before losing in the consola-
tion quarterfinals of last year's singles
tournament.
In Class 2A doubles, three pairs
return from last year's field includ-
ing senior Katie Mattson and eighth -
grader Hayley Haakenstad of
Chanhassen. They took consolation
honors last fall.
In Class 1A, senior Mena Sulli-
van of Providence Academy will
compete in the doubles event this
year with sister Eva, a sophomore.
Elena won a singles title in 2009 and
placed second last year. She was
ranked second in Class lA in the fi-
nal coaches poll.
True Team state
Stillwater (2,254.5 points) re-
gained its reign in the pool, winning
the Class 2A True Team meet over
Edina (2,167.5), defending champion
Wayzata (2,064), Minnetonka (1,857)
and Maple Grove (1,456.5). The Ponies
have won every True Team meet but
one since 2004.
Nffld Larson (50- and 100-yard
freestyle), Paige Haller (200 IM),
Madeleine Eden (100 butterfly and
500 freestyle) and Olivia Anderson
(100 breaststroke) won individual
events for Edina
AA4• WEST EXTRA -STAR TRIBUNE -WE DNES DAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011 (SW)
Wal-Martwants to
move into Chanhassen
� WAL-MART-FROM AAl
The potential Wal-Mart
site is located across Powers
Boulevard from Ridgeview
Chanhassen Clinic and near a
number of other businesses.
Feedback at cityban
Chanhassen Mayor Tom Fur-
long said he has received nu-
merous calls and a -mails about
the proposed store, but is keep-
ing an open mind and wants to
hear more from city staff, citi-
zens and Wal-Mart representa-
tives at the public hearing.
"It has been a while since
we've had a project of this size
come through," Furlong said. "I
think that's a credit to our area
and our city, that in an econo-
my where very little is happen-
ing in terms of new retail de-
velopment, that businesses are
looking to Chanhassen as one
of the places that they're look-
ing to expand."
Wal-Mart signed a purchase
agreement to buy 26.5 acres in
the nearby city of Carver in Oc-
tober 2007, but decided against
building a store there the fol-
lowing spring.
If approved by the city's
Planning Commission, the
Chanhassen project would go
to the City Council for discus-
sion and possible action on
Nov. 28.
Aanenson said that if the
city approves the rezoning,
Wal-Mart wouldneed to return
with a more detailed final pro-
posal that would go through
the same process of city re-
view and discussion.
Tom Meersman • 612-673-7388
Howwouldyou sell Minneapolis?
4 MPLS. FROM AA!
• Gayer than San Francisco,
more hipster than Manhattan
• Coolest city on earth.
• A city where you can be
yourself.
STEVE BRANDT
Neighbors rally
for school
Residents of the city's
Longfellow neighborhood are
buoyed by the prospect of
Howe School reopening in
the fall of 2013 as part of a
plan to create a dual K-5 cam-
pus with nearby Hiawatha
Community School.
Reopening the school, which
shut down in 2005, would allow
the Minneapolis Public Schools
to open up more space for the
crush of kindergarten students
expected to crowd classrooms
in south Minneapolis over the
next several years.
But the school district isn't
so sure that's the right move
now.
Residents who live near
Howe will host a "Howe-
loween rally and parade at 1
p.m. Sunday to show their sup-
port for reopening the school
at 3733 43rd AV. S.
"We were always told that
it would never reopen as a
school:' said organizer Sarah
Nassif, who lives a half -block
from Howe."If the school dis-
trict can use it, we think they
should."
The district is also consid-
er reopening Cooper School
instead, residents learned last
week during a community
meeting.
The district is entertaining
four offers for the Howe prop-
erty, including two from char-
ter schools. If the district sells
Howe, it may be able to use the
money to reopen Cooper.
If not, the district could try
to interest the bidders in the
Cooper property, and attempt
to use proceeds from that sale
to pay for Howe's renovation
Nassif favors reopening
Star7Yibunefile
Howe School at E. 38th Street and 43rd Avenue S. in Minneapolis.
Howe, which is four blocks
from Hiawatha Cooper, at 3239
44th Av. S., is nine blocks from
Hiawatha
Reopening one of the two
schools is part of a plan to deal
with an unexpected increase in
enrollment in Minneapolis' ele-
mentary and middle schools.
District staff has hosted
meetings around the city this
month on proposals which
could alter attendance bound-
aries or grade assignments for
more than a dozen schools.
COREYMTTCBELL
Empty Shinders site
to get new life
The long -vacant storefront
of Shinders historic bookstore
on Hennepin Avenue soon will
be home to a prominent Min-
neapolis design firm and pos-
sibly a restaurant
Shea, Inc. announced last
week that it had signed a 10-
year lease for the space on 8th
and Hennepin, which has been
closed since 2007. The remain-
ing artifacts from the 91-year-
old bookstore were recently
auctioned off.
Shea's services range from
architecture to interior and
graphic design They have a
hand in a multitude of cur-
rent and past projects along
Hennepin Avenue.
The company will move its
headquarters to the building
next July, occupying part of the
first floor and all of the second
floor. A news release states that
there is a "potential restaurant
tenant on the lower level."
The exterior stone and inte-
rior terrazzo floors will be re-
stored, but Shea plans to "over-
haul" the rest of the building.
The move into Slanders
represents yet another devel-
opment on Hennepin, which
is undergoing a major trans-
formation. Downtown lead-
ers hope to eventually trans-
form the avenue into an arts
corridor.
"The businesses that are
taking a chance on Hennepin
just encourage more business-
es to do the same, which cre-
ates more density and a vibrant
downtown scene," Council
Member Lisa Goodman said.
"Shea has been instrumental
in helping to shape that scene,
and I love that they are walking
the talk and not just designing
spaces, but putting themselves
and their employees in the
middle of the excitement and
helping to fulfill the vision for
a changing and entertainment -
focused Hennepin."
ERIC ROPER
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ed daily on the MPLS blog, go to
www.startribune.com/mpls.
Soldier finally gets a gravestone
� GRAVESTONE FROM AA!
Gustav was 85 when he died
in Minneapolis in 1911. Sulli-
van's research showed that he
was born in Germany and em-
igrated to America in 1848, a
year of turmoil and revolutions
across Europe. He married an-
other German immigrant, Jea-
netta Kuby, in Pennsylvania
They moved to St. Louis, De-
tIoit and Wisconsin, raising
eight kids along the way.
Gustav, who worked as a
miller and a carpenter, joined
the Union forces in 1862. He
was part of Wisconsin's 26th
Regiment, an all -German unit
During his tenure they fought
at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg
and Wauhatchie. Gustav was
honorably discharged as a
corporal in 1864 after he be-
came M.
The family moved to Minne-
sota around 1875. Jeanetta died
in 1910, Gustav in 1911.
Sullivan said she felt bad
about the missing marker for
years. She checked out the
prices of cemetery markers
- she and her husband are re-
tired- and thenfound out that
the Veterans Administration
would provide a headstone.
She contacted the Legion post
about paying the stone's place-
ment costs of about $400, and
the post board and member-
ship supported the donation
She is happy the stone has
been replaced. A century after
he died, she said, Gustav Vetter
deserved better than a mysteri-
ous resting place.
"It just seemed a shame that
there was nothing to show that
he'd been on earth:" she said.
Mary Jane Smetanka • 612-673-7380
Support boosted for littlest learners
A ST. LOUIS PARR FROM AA1
state funding is blamed for the
shortage in Minnesota
At the Park Spanish
Immersion School in St. Louis
Park, the hiring of a counselor
next month will help all 518
students - not quite the
national average, but better
than going without, Principal
Corey Maslowski said.
The four counselors will do
traditional one-on-one work
with students, helping them
cope with issues from family
divorce and homelessness to
bullying and building friend-
ships. But they'll also start
school -wide programs with
a focus on the Search Insti-
tute's "Sparks" curriculum, to
motivate and engage students
through activities they're pas-
sionate about
The counselors also will
launch a small group pro-
gram, modeled after gifted -
and -talented programs, that
will work with students, giv-
ing them individualized at-
tention to boost their grades.
By helping potentially at -risk
students early on in their ed-
ucation, Andy Wilkes, the dis-
trict's gifted -and -talented spe-
cialist, hopes to see more di-
versity in junior and high
school advanced classes
down the line, including more
students of color or from low-
income families.
"It's exciting to see that same
opportunity be extended to an
under -performing student," he
said. "What would resonate
with high -performing students
can work for under -performing
students:'
Kelly Smith • 612.673-4141
BOOKS
BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AU-
THORS: "Patriots of Brooklyn." Stories
and Civil War soldiers' photos and their
families from Brooklyn Township. 7 p.m.
Tue. Rockford Road Library, 6401 42nd
Av. N., Crystal.
DAVID LaROCHELLE: "The Haunted
Hamburger and Other Ghostly Tales."
2:30 p.m. Sat. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St,
Wayzata. 952-473-9341.
FREDERIC BLANCH: "Last Words." 2 p.m.
Sun. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St., Wayzata.
952-473-8341.
GREG BRICK: "Subterranean Twin Cit-
ies." 7 p.m. Tue. Plymouth Library, 15700
36th Av. N., Plymouth.
PEGGY KEENER: "Potato in a Rice Bowl."
6:30 p.m. Tue. Hopkins Library, 22 llth
Av. N., Hopkins.
DIVERSIONS
BLOOMINGTON FEDERATED WOMANS
CLUB FALL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER:
Featuring a style show, marketplace
and luncheon. 10 a.m:2:30 p.m. Sat.
$25. Minnesota Valley Country Club,
6800 Auto Club Rd., Bloomington. 952-
944-9794.
BOOSEUM AND GHOST TROLLEY -.A fam-
ily-frlendly event takes guests on a trol-
ley ride down a spooky trail and a trip
through the haunted museum. 6-9 p.m.
Sat. $547. Excelsior -Lake Minnetonka
Historical Society Museum, 305 Water
St.; Excelsior.
EDINBOROUGH PARK: An enclosed one -
acre park with a swimming pool, indoor
playground and multi -purpose play
area. See www.edinboroughpark.com
for times and admission prices. 7700
York Av. S., Edina. 952.833-9540.
HALLOWEEN ON THE MALL- Trick -or -
treating and free entertainment. 5-7
p.m. Mon. Free. Eden Prairie Center,
8251 Flying Cloud Dr., Eden Prairie.952-
949-8456.
HENNEPIN-OVERLAND RAILWAY MU-
SEUM:A 29-by-65-toot HO scale model
train layout. Open 1-4 p.m. Sat. -Sun. $5.
2501 E. 38th St., Mpls. 612-276.9034.
THE MINNEAPOLIS HORROR - TALES
FROM THE NIGHT SHIFT: Costumed ac-
tors dramatize the dangers of working
at the mill. Reservations required. 6:30
p.m. today. $30-$14. Mill City Museum,
7045.2nd St., Mpls. 651-341.7555.
OLD LOG HALLOWEEN SHOW: A kids
show featuring Scott Crosbie and the
Medicine Show Music Company and
juggler Craig Carlson. 2 p.m. Sat. $10.
Old Log Theater, 5385 Meadville St,
Excelsior. 952-474-5951.
ORONO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL:
Crafts, music and dance performanc-
es. 6-8 p.m. Fri. Free. Otten Bros. Nurs-
ery, 2350 W. Wayzata Blvd., Long Lake.
952.473.5425.
PAVEK MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING:
Home to one of the world's finest col-
lections of antique radio, television and
broadcast equipment documenting the
history of the industry. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
today -Sat, next Wed. $5-$6.,Pavek Mu-
seum of Broadcasting, 3515 Raleigh Av.
S., St. Louis Park. 952-926-8198.
SCREAM TOWN: A haunted corn maze
and forest are just two of the five at-
tractions. 7 p.m. Fri. -Sun. $15-$20. 7410
Hwy. 212 W., Chaska.
SEA LIFE MINNESOTA- See endangered
animals and explore various ecosys-
tems in this underground aquarium
featuring interactive displays. 10 a.m.-
7:30 p.m. today -Thu., Mon. -next Wed.; 10
a.m: 8:30 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Sat;
10 ann.-6:30 P.M. Sun. $14.99-$19.99.
Sea Life Minnesota, Mall of America,
Bloomington. 952.983-0202.
SPOOKY SATURDAY. Arts and craft ac-
tivities, music, games and trick -or -
treating. 3-5 p.m. Sat. S4$5. Eden Prai-
rie Community Center, 16700 Valley
View Rd., Eden Prairie. 952-949-8456.
STAND UP FOR RECOVERY: A dinner
and silent auction with comedy by Matt
Fugate and John Bush. Proceeds benefit
the Wayside House. 5:30 p.m. Thu. $75.
Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418 Wayzata
Blvd., Golden Valley. 952-405-7651.
FAITH AND VALUES
ART SURVIVES - EXPRESSIONS FROM
THE HOLOCAUST. Works by five Holo-
caust survivors. Ends Dec. 22. Sa-
bes Jewish Community Center, 4330
S. Cedar Lake Rd., St. Louis Park. 952-
381-3400.
EXPERIENCING GRACE: The Rev. Rolf
Nestingen speaks on one congrega-
tion's attempt to leave the ELCA.7 p.m.
Thu. Free. Calvary Lutheran Church,
7520 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley.
763-545-5659.
GREAT DECISIONS - THE HORN OF
AFRICA. Elias Ngeru speaks. 1:30 p.m.
Tue. Minnesota Valley Unitarian Uni-
versalist Fellowship, 10715 Zenith Av.
S., Bloomington. 952-884-8956.
PETES BOUTIQUE: A craft fair with var-
ious handmade gifts.9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.
St. Peter Catholic Church Richfield,
6730 Nicollet Av. S., Richfield. 612.
866-5089.
FINANCIAL
BUY YOUR FIRST HOME WITH RESALE
IN MIND: Advance registration re-
quired. 6:30 p.m. Thu. $19. Central Mid-
dle School Eden Prairie, 8025 School Rd.,
Eden Prairie. 952-975-6940.
AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BUYING AND
NEGOTIATING FOR YOUR FIRST HOME:
Advance registration required. 6:30
p.m. Thu. $15. Plymouth Middle School,
10011 36th Av. N., Plymouth. 763-504.
6980.
LANDLORD 101: Discussion on renting
out your home or other rental proper-
ties. Advance registration required. 7
p.m. Thu. $24. Central Middle School
Eden Prairie, 8025 School Rd., Eden Prai.
rie. 952-975-6940.
MARKETING EXPO: Find the latest prod-
ucts and services for marketing your
business. Free admission with business
card. 3-7 p.m. next Wed. Golden Valley
Golf and Country Club, 7001 Golden Val-
ley Rd., Golden Valley. 952-238-1700.
SOCIAL, NETWORKS FOR BUSINESS:
Advance registration required. 7 p.m.
next Wed. $25. Winnetka Learning Cen.
ter, 7940 55th Av. N., New Hope. 763-
504-6980.
WRITE YOUR OWN WILL: Prepare and
complete your will in class. Advance
registration required. 6:30 p.m. next
Wed. $38. Central Middle School Eden
Prairie, 8025 School Rd., Eden Prairie.
952-975-6940.
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sample breads and
take home a loaf and dough. Advance registration required.
6:30 p.m. next Wed. $39. Robbinsdale Middle School, 38th
and Toledo Av. N., Robbinsdale. 763-504-6980.
7MTWXTW171T,T
CZECH KOLACHES: $13 supply fee pay-
able in class. Advance registration re-
quired. 9 a.m. Sat $35. Plymouth Mid-
dle School, 10011 36th Av. N., Plymouth.
763-504-6980.
DINNER WITH A CHEF- PASTRY COOK-
ING: A demonstration by pastry chef Mi-
chelle Gayer of Salty Tart Bakery. Reg-
istration required. 6:30-8 p.m. Thu. $45-
$55. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,
3675 Arboretum Dr., Chanhassen. 952-
443-1422.
FRENCH WINE DINNER: Chef Mark Crane
creates a gourmet meal paired with
wines from Bordeaux. Reservations re-
quired. 6:30 p.m. Thu. $65. Colette Bar
& Bistro, 5601 W. 78th St., Bloomington.
952-656-5913.
GLORIOUS GARLIC: Additional $15 food
fee paid to the instructor. Advance
registration required. 6 p.m. Thu. $29.
Chanhassen High School, 2200 Lyman
Blvd., Chanhassen. 952-556-6200.
INDIAN MAIN DISH COOKING: Khichdi and
cudhi. $10 supply fee payable in class.
Advance registration required. 6:30 p.m.
next Wed. $29. Plymouth Middle School,
10011 36th Av. N., Plymouth. 763-5D4-
6980.
KNIFE SKILLS: Basic techniques, main-
tenance and selecting the right knife.
Advance registration required. 6 p.m.
today. $35. Chanhassen High School,
2200 Lyman Blvd., Chanhassen. 952-556-
6200.
LETS TALK IRISH AND ALL THINGS BUT-
TER. Learn how to make modern inter-
pretations of Irish classics. Registra-
tion required. Noon Fri. $15. Byerly's,
3777 Park Center Blvd., St. Louis Park.
952-253-3409.
HEALTH AND FITNESS
CPR REFRESHER: Pre -registration re-
quired. 5:30 p.m. today. $49. District
112 Education Center, 11 Peavey Rd.,
Chaska. 952-556-6200.
FOODS TO REDUCE PAIN AND INFLAM-
MATION: Advance registration required.
1 p.m. next Wed. $29. Winnetka Learn-
ing Center, 7940 55th Av. N., New Hope.
763.504-6980.
HOW TO EAT_ BUT NOT TOO MUCH: Ad-
vance registration required. 6:45 p.m.
Tue. $39. Central Middle School, 8025
School Rd., Eden Prairie. 952-975-6940.
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BASIC HOME ELECTRICAL REPAIR: Ad-
vance registration required. 6 p.m. to-
day. $29. Cedar Ridge Elementary, 8905
Braxton Dr., Eden Prairie. 952.975-6940.
BASIC HOME PLUMBING REPAIR: Ad-
vance registration required.6 p.m. next
Wed. $29. Cedar Ridge Elementary, 8905
Braxton Dr., Eden Prairie. 952-975-6940.
FALLING LEAVES: Drop -in family nature
activities. $9, or free for members and
ages 15 and under. Noon-4 p.m. Sat. -
Sun. Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,
3675 Arboretum Dr., Chanhassen. 952-
443.1400.
FINE RUGS: Learn how to incorporate
area rugs into your design scheme.
Reservations requested. 10 a.m. Sat.
Free. Gabberts Furniture & Design Stu-
dio, 3501 Galleria, France Av. S., Edina.
952-928-3123.
INSIDER TIPS TO SUCCESSFUL Ki
EN AND BATH REMODELING: Learn se-
crets to save time and money. Advance
registration required. 7 p.m. Thu. $10.
Winnetka Learning Center, 7940 55th
Av. N., New Hope. 763-504-6980.
NORTHWOODS BOUTIQUE: Antiques,
furniture, floral, garden items and
more. From Oct. 29-Nov. 12 on the fol-
lowing schedules: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon. -
Fri.; 9 a.m: 5 p.m. Sat, 30 a.m.5 p.m.
Sun. Also 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 13. Free.
Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse, 6364
John Harris Dr., Edina.
OWLS TO ORCHIDS: Sperry Stensaas,
author and naturalist, will discuss
"Magic and Mystery in Our Northern
Bogs" at the Minnesota River Valley
Audubon Chapter meeting. 7:30 p.m.
Thu. Minnesota Valley National Wildlife
Refuge Center, 3815 E. American Blvd.,
Bloomington.
WILDHEARTS COLLECTION: A mix of
consigned home decor goods and furni-
ture. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. next Wed. 912 Main -
street, Hopkins. 612.240-0286.
REUNIONS
BROOKLYN CENTER HIGH SCHOOL:
Class of 1971.6 p.m. Sat VFW Post 494,
5222 56th Av. N., Crystal. 612-804-8523.
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PROJECTS: Ends Thu. Chaska Communi-
ty Center, 1661 Park Ridge Dr., Chaska.
952-448-5633.
CRAIG DAVID: Various works. Ends Dec.
9. Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park
Ridge Dr., Chaska. 952-448-5633.
EVERYDAY LIFE - A VISUAL EXPLORA.
TION: Paintings by Kathleen Krishnan.
Ends Sat. Hopkins Center for the Arts,
1111 Mainstreet Hopkins. 952.979-1111.
HOLDING THE HOLY: Fiber works by
Donna Kjonaas and Vicki Kessler. Ends
Sat. Robbin Gallery, 4915 42nd Av. N.,
Robbinsdale. 763-537-5906.
KATHY SEGER: Oil paintings. Ends Nov.
25. Eden Prairie Art Center, 7650 Equita.
ble Dr, Eden Prairie. 952-949-8304.
LANDSCAPES FROM WITHIN: Works
by Jill Van Sickle. Ends Nov. 13. Atrium
Gallery, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd.,
Bloomington. 952-563-8575.
MEMBERS JURIED ART EXHIBITION:
Ends Dec. 2. Inez Greenberg Gallery,
1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.
952-563-8575.
MEMBERS JURIED ART EXHIBITION:
Ends Wed. Edina Art Center, 4701 W.
64th St., Edina. 952-903-5780.
A SENSE OF PLACE- luried landscape
show. Ends Nov. 3. Minnetonka Cen-
ter for the Arts, 2240 North Shore Dr.,
Orono. 952-473-7361.
SINISTER ROBOT HEAD AND OTHER
MUSINGS: Works by John Largaespa-
da. Ends Sun. FAIR School Crystal, 3915
Adair Av. N., Crystal. 763-971-4500.
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WILEY JR.: Ends Nov. 24. Minnetonka
Center for the Arts, 2240 North Shore
Dr., Orono. 952-473-7361.
music
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF MINNE-
SOTA. Works by Deak and Prokofev.
4 p.m. Sun. $15-$25. South View Mid-
dle School, 4725 South View Ln., Edina.
651-450-0527.
FALL EXTRAVAGANZA. 1-5 p.m. Sat Free.
Excelsior and Grand, Excelsior Blvd. and
Grand Av., St. Louis Park.
GOLDEN VALLEY ORCHESTRA:"Spook-
arama" a family concert. 2 p.m. Sun.
Free. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
4439 W. 50th St., Edina. 612-850.9208.
MINNESOTA SYMPHONIC WINDS:3 P.M.
Sun. Free. Wayzata Community Church,
125 E Wayzata Blvd., Wayzata. 952-294-
9810.
MINNETONKA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
"Spooktacular." 3 p.m. Sun. Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum
Dr., Chanhassen. Free. 952-401-5954.
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ACADEMY OF RUSSIAN BALI "The
Great Halloween Adventure" 1 p.m.
Sun. $12418. Eden Prairie High School,
17185 Valley View Rd., Eden Prairie.612-
501-9208.
THE BOARD: 8 p.m. Thu. $5. Huge Im-
prov Theater, 3037 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls.
612-412-4943.
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA: A misfit and a
new girl become friends in this adapta-
tion of the Newbery award -winning nov-
el. 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. today -Thu., next
Wed.; 7 p.m. Fri.; 1 & 7 p.m. Sat; 2 p.m.
Sun. $12-$15. Hopkins Center for the Arts,
1111 Mainstreet Hopkins.952-979-1111.
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$19. Rick Bronson's House of Comedy,
8100 24th Av. S., Bloomington.952.858-
8558.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK: 7:30 P.M.
Sat., Mon.; 2 p.m. Sun. $12-$15. Sabes
Jewish Community Center, 4330 S. Cedar
Lake Rd., St Louis Park. 952-381-3400.
EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL- Two con art-
ists attempt to take advantage of a
kind-hearted optimist. 1:30 p.m. to-
day, next Wed.; 1:30 & 8 p.m. Thu. -Fri.;
8 p.m. Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. $19.50-$32. Old
Log Theater, 5185 Meadville St, Excelsi-
or.952.474-5951.
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next Wed.; 6 p.m. Thu: FrL, Tue.; 4:30
p.m. Sun. W-$79. Chanhassen Dinner
Theatres, 501 W. 78th St., Chanhassen.
952-934-1525.
A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR BASE-
MENT. The fourth installment in the
Church Basement Ladies musical com-
edy series. 1 p.m. today, next Wed.; 1
& 7:30 p.m. Thu.; 7;30 p.m. Fri.; 3 & 7:30
p.m. Sat; 2 p.m. Sun. $26-$32. Plymouth
Playhouse, 2705 N. Annapolis Lane,
Plymouth. 763-553-1600.
MYSTERY CAFE. Dinner and mystery
theater. 7:30 p.m. Fri. -Sat Ramada Mall
of America, 2300 E. American Blvd.,
Bloomington. 763-566-2583.
SHENG WANG. 8 p.m. today -Thu., Sun.;
8 & 10:30 p.m. Fri. -Sat $13-$19. Rick
Bronson's House of Comedy, 8100 24th
Av. S., Bloomington. 952-858-8558.
STEVIE RAYS COMEDY CABARET.8 p.m.
Fri. -Sat.; 7 p.m. Sun. $25. Chanhassen
Dinner Theatres, 501 W. 78th St,Chan-
hassen. 952-934-1525.
SWEET CHARITY: A dance club host-
ess loses sight of who she in a search
for love. 7:30 p.m. Thu. -Sat; 2 p.m.
Sun. $25-S28. Bloomington Theatre and
Art Center, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd.,
Bloomington. 952-563-8575.
WAIT UNTIL DARK- A suspense thrill-
er by Frederick Knott. 7 p.m. Fri. -Sat
$10. Lenox Community Center, 6715
Minnetonka Blvd., St Louis Park.
A WRINKLE IN TIME: A brother and sis-
ter embark on a quest to find their fa-
ther. 7 p.m. today -Fri., next Wed.; 11
a.m. & 2 p.m. Sat; 2 & 5:30 p.m. Sun.
$16-$40. Children's Theatre Company,
2400 3rd Av. S.. Mpis. 612-874-0400.
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Dr. Heidi Gunn chatted with a patient, teacher Dawn Cherwinka, during an appointment at the
Farmington district's health clinic
A doctor for teachers, just
steps from the classroom
• Employers such as the Farmington School District are turning to on -site health
clinics in hopes of curbing medical costs and boosting productivity.
By SARAH LEMAGIE • slemagie@startribune.com
Wclen Lisa Peters'finger started swell-
g after she was bitten by an aban-
oned kitten on her fans last month,
the Farmington High School teacher figured
she should seek medical attention.
At most other metro -area schools, "I would
have probably had to take the day off and go to
a clinic;' she said.
Instead, Peters got a tetanus shot without
leaving the building, at the employee health
clinic that the school district opened this year.
For employees, the new clinic is a conve-
nient place to seek basic medical care and fill
common prescriptions — at no out-of-pocket
cost. For their part, district leaders hope it will
save money in an era of tight budgets and ris-
ing health care costs.
"There's so many ways that this is less ex-
pensive;' said Farmington Superintendent Jay
Haugen.
District leaders hope the clinic will help em-
ployees avoid health problems or catch them
earlier, when they're often cheaper to treat.
And by diverting some insurance claims that
employees would otherwise make, the district
hopes to reduce its premiums.
Workplace clinics have been tried in past
decades but are making a comeback as em-
ployers seek new ways to control costs, boost
productivity and retain workers.
"Over the past five to seven years it's been a
fairly steady and, I would claim, an accelerat-
ing trend," said Dr. Bruce Hochstadt, who spe-
cializes in on -site clinics for Mercer, an inter-
national benefits consulting firm.
While many factories have long maintained
occupational health clinics for work -related
injuries, many new on -site clinics focus on
wellness and primary care.
Nor are the clinics limited to behemoths
such as General Mills and 3M. The Farmington
district, for example, provides health insurance
to about 600 employees.
Some critics have raised privacy concerns
when employers and medical clinics are so
closely linked, but providers in Farmington
and elsewhere point out that federal law pro-
tects patient confidentiality.
At the new Farmington clinic, district em-
ployees and dependents over age 5 can get flu
shots, stitches, physical exams and help manag-
ing chronic conditions such as diabetes and high
cholesterol, among other services. The clinic also
stocks about 30 generic medications, giving pa-
tients an inexpensive way to fill prescriptions.
The clinic is run by NeoPath Health, a Twin
Cities startup whose first client was the Brook-
lyn Center School District. Robbinsdale schools
teamed up with NeoPath this month. And Min-
neapolis Public Schools is partnering with its
insurance provider, HealthPartners, on an em-
ployee clinic that's slated to open next summer
Farmington Superintendent Jay Haugen got a
flu shot from licensed practical nurse Lisa Gunn
at its new district office.
"I think you're going to see an explosion of
school districts doing this;" Haugen said.
A hedge against rising costs
Farmington got serious about opening the
clinic around the time that its former health in-
surance provider said the district's premiums
were on track to go up by 24 percent in one year,
said MaryAnn Thomas, the district's human re-
sources director. Instead, the district switched
to a new provider, Medico
This year, the district expects to pay about
$5.8 million in health insurance premiums.
The district pays NeoPath a monthly fee of
about $16,000, plus an estimated annual bill of
$40,000 to stock the clinic.
At the clinic, a NeoPath physician sees patients
one day a week and a licensed practical nurse is
on -site two days a week A Medica health coach
also visits once a month to consult about issues
such as how to lose weight or quit smoking.
Employees still have regular health insur-
ance through the school district, and NeoPath
isn't trying to break existing relationships be-
tween patients and their doctors, said compa-
ny President Joe McErlane.
"If you have a great relationship with a doc-
tor already I don't want to disrupt that at all," he
said. But surveys show that many workers don't
have a primary doctor, he said. "We rely on ur-
gent care. We rely on the emergency room"
Lots of personal attention
With half-hour appointments and consulta-
tions via e-mail, phone or webcam when she's
not in the clinic, NeoPath's Dr. Heidi Gunn said
she's able to give patients as much personal at-
tention, and often more, as other doctors can in
their own offices.
Gunn, who joined NeoPath after 10 years of
family practice in Little Falls, Minn., makes a
point of chatting with patients to identify other
potential health issues.
"Sometimes those'by the ways' end up being
big things;' Gunn said.
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The home the students are
working on is part of Habi-
tat's rehab program, which
renovates old homes for re-
sale to low-income buyers.
Clyde said the organization
has shifted away from build-
ing new houses to rehabbing
old ones in response to the
foreclosure crisis.
Clyde said she was sur-
prised to find that the New
Hope home was in better
shape than expected. "The
person who owned it clearly
loved it," she said. Clyde ex-
pects that work on the home
will be completed ahead of
schedule as a result. The
home has 1,525 square feet and
was built in 1964, she said.
The students are overseen
by Wally Kubitschek, work
coordinator at the Transition
Center. It was Kubitschek
who arranged to borrow the
van so the students wouldn't
have to walk to the site, and he
also arranged for bag lunch-
es from the cafeteria services
so students would be able to
have a meal on -site.
Kubitschek is also helping
to renovate the house right
alongside his students. On a
recent day, he and 20-year-old
Lucas Emmons braved chilly
conditions to build stairs for
a porch in the back of the
home.
Emmons said he has en-
joyed working on different
tasks at the house, such as
building the stairs and sand-
ing some of the interior walls.
He had previously done some
work with his father to explore
his interest in carpentry.
"It makes you feel good
because you're helping out
someone else," he said.
The Habitat project fits
into the Transition Center's
curriculum in a number of
ways, Kubitschek said. The
students are all ages 18 to 21
and have some kind of disabil-
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tive disabilities.
The Transition Center ad-
dresses three areas of transi-
tion: employment, postsec-
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pendent living. Working on
the New Hope home gives
the students an introduc-
tion to work in carpentry,
while also teaching them to
be handy in their own homes,
Kubitschek said.
Clyde said she has enjoyed
having the students on the
site and would be willing to
work with them again. Most
of the students, she said, are
"engaged in what they're do-
ing. They're very interested
in making sure they're doing
it right."
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worked on Habitat hous-
es before the transition cen-
ter program. He and anoth-
er student, Amy Van Heel,
18, were helping lay new lino-
leum floors in the kitchen on
a recent visit.
Both said they thought
the skills they were learning
would be helpful once they
are living on their own.
"At the Transition Center
we're working on ourselves,"
Slocum said. "When we
here, we're helping others."
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Wal-Mart got the equivalent of a
rejection letter from the Chanhassen
Planning Commission last week, but
the huge national firm said it does not
intend to abandon plans to build a new
retail store in the southwestern metro
community.
The commission voted 7-0 against
recommending that the City Coun-
cil approve the "concept plan" for
the store, proposed for a 14-acre site
at the southwest corner of Hwy. 5 and
Powers Boulevard.
The vote came at the end of a pub -
and still build a store that neighbors and shoppers will
accept and appreciate.
lic hearing attended by an overflow
crowd that spilled into two adjoining
rooms in City Hall.
Opponents said the store would add
too much traffic to the already -busy
intersection. They said it would hurt
small local businesses and cause safety
problems that would require addition-
al policing. And they contended that
the store is not needed because there's
already a Wal-Mart about 7 miles away
in Eden Prairie. They've gathered more
than 1,000 signatures on a petition op-
posing the Chanhassen project.
Supporters of a new store have said
that it would create hundreds of jobs,
add revenue to the tax base and im-
prove an under-utilized property.
Wal-Mart's plan includes demolish-
ing a large building at the site at 1000
pas sever years.
The technical issue before the com-
mission was whether to recommend
rezoning the property from indus-
trial office to planned -unit develop-
ment status, said Kate Aanenson, the
city's community development di-
rector. Getting approval of a concept
plan essentially allows the company
to receive direction from the Planning
Commission and the citybefore incur-
ring the expense of developing a more
detailed proposal.
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Ted Hathaway, special collections, preservation and digitization manager, showed a copy of Father Hennepin's 1698 journal.
The Hennepin
County Board
is renewing its
ties with the
152-year-old
Athenaeum,
which formed
the foundation
for the
Minneapolis
Public Library.
BY KEVIN DUCHSCHERE • kduchschere@start ibune.com
In a climate -controlled room high above Nicollet Mall, gloved librarians Ted
Hathaway and Heather Lawton carefully opened two books. One was an ex-
quisite 2-by-3-foot volume of hand -colored Audubon bird portraits, the other a 1'A
pocket-size 1698 book by Father Hennepin on his discoveries in merique.
"This;' Lawton said, sweeping her hand over the Hennepin book, "was a best
seller in Europe."
The books belong to the Minneapolis Athenaeum, a private subscription li-
brary -
brary founded in 1859 that gave birth to the Minneapolis Public librarywhich in
turn provided an early home for the nascent Hennepin County Library.
When Hennepin County took over the city's libraries in 2008, the Athenae-
um became the county s ward by default. Now it's official.
Last week, the County Board voted to continue providing the Athenaeum
with a home and staff support at the Minneapolis Central Library, just as the city
had done for more than 100 years.
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The library owns several prints by
Edward Curtis, including this one of
Geronirno.
MPLS,
The life of the city,
from alley to lake to skyway
Shopping
center
bounces back
and forth
Selections from the MPLS. blog,
the source for Minneapolis news
at www.startribune.com/mpls:
First you owned the Franklin
Circle Shopping Center. Then you
didn't. Then you owned it again. But
in the end you don't.
That's the saga of a shopping
center that's a casualty of the 2010
bankruptcy of nonprofit develop-
er Great Neighborhoods Develop-
ment Corp.
The city twice last month bought
out senior creditors in the foreclo-
sure of the shopping center at 1201
E. Franklin, but as of this writing,
Franklin Bank is back as owner. That
relieves city officials for several rea-
sons. First, it means that the city gets
back the $2.8 million it invested to
protect its subordinated lending po-
sition. Second, the city also gets re-
payment of roughly $600,000 the
corporation owes it, most of that
dating back to a 1981 loan. Third, it
means the city won't own or need to
operate the center.
Here's how the foreclosure re-
demption unfolded:
First, Franklin Bank took pos-
session as the first mortgage hold-
er. Then the city, which held second
position, paid off the center's debt to
Franklin and took possession. Then,
next position lender Franklin re-
turned to ownership by paying off
the city's loans. Last month, the city
as next position lender cut a check to
buy out Franklin.
Franklin's investment is a vote of
confidence that it will still be ahead
after buying out the city, which has
an appraisal estimating the proper-
ty's value at $3.66 million.
Two other more junior credi-
tors will have a shot at redeeming
the property. But Minnesota Non-
profit Assistance Fund and inves-
tor Larry Hopfenspirger will likely
need to figure the center has a high-
er upside than the city's estimate for
that pay off.
The bankruptcy and resulting
foreclosure is a hangover from a 30-
Year financial relationship between
the city and Great Neighborhoods.
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`A forgotten man' to be honored by Minnesota firefighters
• Fifty-six years after his death, Richfield
firefighter Jim Spillane will be remembered
for his sacrifice.
BY BOB VON S"rERNBERG • vomte@smrtribme.com
On a June night 56 years ago, Jim Spillane died
while fighting a house fire in Richfield set by an
arsonist
Spillane, who was overcome by smoke from
the blaze, is the only Richfield firefighter ever to
die in the line of duty.
But his name is not among the 194 listed on
a modest memorial to Minnesota's fallen fire-
fighters at Minneapolis -St. Paul International
Airport
That's about to change, thanks to
the efforts of Richf-ield's current fire
chief, who's part of an effort to move
the memorial from an obscure spot
at the airport to the State Capitol
grounds.
"It's almost like he's looking from
his grave and seeing that it's his time
to shine," said Spillane's daughter,
Mary O'Rourke. "It just makes me
happy he's going to be remembered
after all of these years:'
Fire Chief Wayne Kewitschcalled it "absolute-
ly satisfying — especially for the family — that
Jim Spillane's f nallybeing recognized for giving
Jim Spillane, hon-
ored after 56 years.
his life for the people of Richfield."
In 1955, as Richfield was in the
midst of the postwar suburban
housing boom, the city was hit by a
string ofarson fires set at homes that
were under construction.
On the night of June 15, two were
reported, and Spillane was part of a
crew that responded to one in the
6400 block of 5th Avenue S.
He collapsed while fighting the
blaze in the home's attic area and
died in an ambulance on the way
to the hospital He was 32 and left behind a wife
and two young children.
'Maybe that person will go on and on and
won't be caught," his wife, Florence, said the
next day. 'All I know is that I can't have my
husband back"
The arsonist was never caught
Fast -forward to a few weeks ago. The Minne-
sota Fire Service Foundation is in the midst of
trying to raise $600,000 to relocate and expand
a memorial that's little -seen by members of the
public — unless they're picking up their baggage
at the airport.
Part of the fundraising entails soliciting con-
tributions from fire departments across the state.
Kewitsch got a call from Eden Prairie Fire Chief
George Esbensen, who's leading the effort, asking
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briefly
WEST METRO
Annual Sleep Out
to start this weekend
The Sleep Out, Interfaith
Outreach and Community
Partners' annual campaign to
raise money to help meet the
basic needs of 1,500 families in
eight west -suburban commu-
nities, kicks off Saturday and
will continue through the hol-
iday season.
The goal of the campaign
is to raise $1.8 million. Since
1996, IOCP has raised more
than $13 million through Sleep
Out fundraising.
A kickoff rally is scheduled
for 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Oak-
wood Play£relds,1700 County
Road 101 N. in Plymouth, with
music, food and activities for
all ages.
The next big event in the
fundraising season is "Give to
the Max Day" on Nov 16. To
maximize Sleep Out donations
on that day, IOCP has secured
a $150,000 matching gift pool
from two anonymous donors,
and it has set a $500,000 goal
for that day.
Last year, IOCP raised
more than $275,000 on Give to
the Max Day, placing it among
the top seven nonprofits in the
state in fundraising during the
annual event
To make an IOCP dona-
tion as part of Give to the Max
Day, go to www.givemyLLorg/
Sleepout2011 . And for more
information on the IOCP and
the Sleep Out, go to www iocp
.org.
EDINA
Voter ID discussion
sponsored by League
The league of Women Vot-
ers of Edina will show the new
league documentary, "Democra-
cy for All? The Barriers of Vot-
er ID," at meetings on Thursday
and Saturday. Both sessions are
scheduled for 9:45 am.
The Thursday meeting will
be held at the Grandview Li-
brary, 5280 Grandview Square,
and the Saturday meeting at
Edina City Hall, 4801 W. 50th St
The 17-minute film will be
followed by discussion about
whether voter ID is needed in
Minnesota, its costs, and how
it would affect eligible voters.
For more information, contact
hvvedina@gmaiLcom or find
LW VE on Facebook
PLYMOUTH
Skate Park plans
`soft opening'today
The Parks and Recreation
Department will be showing
off its new skate park tonight
from 530 730 at the Plymouth
Creek Playfield, 3625 Fernbrook
Lane.
There will be a ribbon -cut-
ting ceremony along with re-
freshments and music, plus
open skating for both skaters
and roller bladers. The 3rd lair
Skate Park in Golden Valley is
sending its demonstration team
to show off its skills.
The skate parkin all concrete,
made of components built and
poured on site. Plymouth Parks
and Rec said the park has been
generating interest "from both
local and not -so -local skaters,"
and that "one individual check-
ing out the newpark came from
as far away as Arizona'
`Divas' Night Out'
at the arboretum
An evening of "Divas' Night
Out & Holiday Shopping" is
planned at the Minnesota Land-
scape Arboretum from 6-9 pun.
Saturday.
The evening will include
wine tastings and food sam-
pling, fashion shows, live mu-
sic and even psychic readings.
There will also be more that 27
booths of unique holiday gift
items, from home decor to jew-
elry to clothing.
Admission will cost $25,
which includes wine and appe-
tizer samplers. To register, go
to wwwarboretum.ummedu/
divas.aspx or call 952-443-1422.
BUFFALO
Humane Society offers
low-cost sterilization
Low-cost spaying and neu-
tering services will be available
at the Animal Humane Soci-
ety in Buffalo on Friday, provid-
ed by the Kindest Cut, a mobile
surgical unit.
Services will be available
for cats, dogs and rabbits, and
are geared for pet owners with
limited incomes who could
not otherwise afford steriliza-
tion. They will be offered from
730 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Humane
Society's offices at 4375 Hwy.
twin Cities
S T A R T R I B U N E. C O M/ L O C A L
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Schools • Corey Mitchell
612.673.4491
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Reporter • Randy Furst
612.673.7382
randy.furst@startribune.com
Public safety • Matt McKinney
612-217.1747
matt.mckinney@startribune.com
Courts • Abby Simons
612-673.4921
abby.simons@startribune.com
City Hall • Steve Brandt
612-673-4438
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West Subuabs
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612-673.1707
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Hennepin Co.
Kevin Duchschere
612-673-4455
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612-673-7380
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612.673-1711
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612.673.4141
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612-673-7388
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West prep sports
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612-673-7564
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Reporter • Brian Stensaas
612-673-4127
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Kids Against Hunger of the West Metro is holding its "Pack-a-thon" on Friday and Saturday.
EXCELSIOR
Kids Against Hunger plans `Pack-a-thon'
Kids Against Hunger of the West Metro is planning is seventh annual "Pack-a-thon" on
Friday and Saturday, and it's planning to have Vikings and Packers fans compete in a pack-
ing challenge.
The organization hopes to pack more than 350,000 meals to be shipped to Somalia and
HaU With the Vikings -Packers game coming up Monday night, fans are urged to wear their
team's gear and engage in some friendly competition.
Kids Against Hunger works with Children's Lifeline, which feeds 8,000 children each day
in HaitL In Africa, meals also will be sent to refugee camps where Somalis arrive after flee-
ing their homes.
Hours of the Pack-a-thon are 5-10 p.m. Friday and 8 am.-6 pm. Saturday at Mount Calvary
Lutheran Church, 301 County Road 19 in Excelsior. More than 900 volunteers are expected to
participate. For more information, contact Renee Whisnant at 612-940-1950.
Kids Against Hunger of the West Metro is a satellite organization of Kids Against Hunger,
based in New Hope.
police blotter
CORCORAN
OCT. 13
Harassment. Officers instructed a
24-year-old woman to go home be-
cause she was harassing little kids
on a basketball court on the 7800
block of Maple Hill Road.
OCT. 17
Property damage. Three mailboxes
were damaged between the 7900 and
8100 blocks of Strehler Road.
OCT. 22
Property damage. Someone slashed
the tires on three vehicles parked in
the driveway of a home on the 6500
block of Hunter Lane.
EDINA
OCT. 24
Assault. Officers responded to AMC
Theater at Southdale Center regard-
ing a physical altercation. A 19-year-
old Bloomington man and a 23-year-
old Farmington man were arrested
for assault.
OCT. 29
Theft. A purse was stolen from an
unlocked vehicle on the 6900 block
of Gleason Circle.
corrections
EXCELSIOR
OCT.7
Theft. A man left his keys on the bar
at Haskell's, I Water St., and someone
took them.
Theft. Someone stole coins valued at
$1,300 from Excelsior Coin Gallery, 449
2nd St.
OCT. B
Disorderly conduct. An intoxicated 50-
year-old Waverly man was arrested for
disorderly conduct after causing a dis-
turbance at Maynard's Restaurant, 685
Excelsior Blvd.
OCT. 24
Disorderly conduct An 18-year-old
Excelsior man was arrested for disor-
derly conduct and possession of mar-
ijuana and a 19-year-old Excelsior man
was arrested for disorderly conduct
on Mill Street. The two men were hid-
ing in the woods, dressed in black, and
throwing apples at passing vehicles, po-
lice said.
HOPKINS
OCT. 14
Miscellaneous. A man in his 30s got
stuck in the public restroom at Kentucky
Fried Chicken, 1728 Mainstreet The re-
stroom's doorknob came off in his hand
and he was unable to open the door. The
Apoemby
THE HOUSE
David R. Brink,
92, which ac-
In travel to my summer lodge
companieda
Ipassatinytown,
feature about
A crossroad of antiquity
him and his po-
Its houses gray and brown.
etry writing in
retirement, was
One house, once elegant, stands out,
published with
For want of paint and care,
some punctua-
Its roof askew, its fences down,
tion changed in
For animals a lair.
the Nov.2 issue
of West Extra.
And when I met, and wed, my love,
Here's the cor-
At once she felt the charm.
rect version of
She wanted that deserted house
the poem in full:
And saw no hint of harm.
She said it was her "haunted house,"
Hopkins Fire Department responded and
extricated him.
OUT. 20
Suspicious activity. Someone with
flashlights was in the Automated Build-
ing Components building at 201 3rd St.
S. at 5:10 a.m. Officers found that work-
ers were removing asbestos and other
items from the building, which is being
demolished.
MAPLE GROVE '.
OCT. 14
Theft Two pairs of shoes were stolen
from Famous Footwear, 8076 Wedge -
wood Lane. The suspects fled in a ve-
hicle.
Theft A purse and a wallet were stolen
from an unlocked vehicle parked in the
driveway of a home on the 11500 block
of 72nd Avenue.
RICHFIELD
OCT. 26
Theft Someone stole catalytic convert-
ers from two company vehicles parked
outside Andon Balloons at 6418 Penn
Av. S.
OCT. ZB
Disorderly conduct. A 23-year-old
man was arrested for disorderly con-
duct at Frenchman's Bar, 1400 66th St.
She longed to meet its ghosts,
To dwell and walk there a delight
And entertain as hosts.
Said she, "The price should not be high.
I'd gladly give my purse.
Back taxes might suffice"... Said I:
"There's no investment worse."
And so we lived without her house,
That single wish denied,
Untilthe unexpected day
When, suddenly, she died.
And now her house is falling down.
It's haunted now at last.
And my investment in that house
Has grownto something vast.
55 SE. in Buffalo.
Licensed veterinarians will
perform the surgeries. Fees
range from $40 to $100, depend-
ing on the gender and species of
the animal
To see if you qualify for
the low-cost services or to
make an appointment, go to
wwwldndestcutmn.com or call
763-489-SPAY. More informa-
tion is also available at www
.animalhumanesocietyorg.
LONGLAKE
Holiday boutique
at St. George Church
The annual holiday bou-
tique at St. George Church in
Long Lake is scheduled for 9
a.m -4 p.m. Nov 19. In addition
to craft vendors, the children's
choir will sing and food will be
available.
This year's event will also
feature a gingerbread house
decorating contest Entry fee is
$15 per house, and houses may
be entered by individuals, fami-
lies or groups. One gingerbread
kit will be provided for each
entry fee paid and houses can
be decorated from 1 to 4 dur-
ing the sale. They'll be judged
on Sunday, Nov 20, during the
Knights of Columbus pancake
breakfast Sunday at the church
from 830-1130 am. The break-
fast will benefit the Ricky Whit-
more Scholarship Fund.
For details, call the church of-
fice at 952-473-12,47. St George
Church is located at 133 N.
Brown Road in Long Lake.
ST. LOUIS PARK
Register for STEP
holiday programs
St. Louis Park Emergency
Programs (STEP) will be dis-
tributing holiday food baskets
this month. Registration to re-
ceive a basket will run through
Nov 23, or until 500 households
have been accepted.
St. Louis Park households
can register during their food
shelfappointments or Monday-
Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. and
Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Ad-
dress verification with a recent
utility bill or lease is required.
STEP is also accepting dona-
tions. A gift of $30 will pay for
a holiday food basket For more
information, call 952-925-4899
or e-mail kate@STEPslp.org.
More information also is avail-
able at www.STEPslp.org.
STAFF REPORTS
E., after an officer saw him smash a
bucket into the bar's window. He had
been kicked out of the bar for causing
problems.
Burglary. A man broke into a home on
the 7400 block of 5th Avenue S. and
stole $7,000 m cash, jewelry and an Pod
Touch. He was seen running through the
backyard.
TONKA SAY
OCT. 14
Theft. An Pod and change were sto-
len from an unlocked vehicle parked
in the driveway of a home an Pleasant
Avenue.
Drugs. An 18-year-old Tonka Bay man
was arrested for possession of marijua-
na and possession of drug parapherna.
lia on the 19900 block of Hwy.7 after an
officer noticed a vehicle with two males
under age 21 that was parked in front of
the liquor store.
Susan Hilliard • 612-673-7131
Items are selected from police reports
and are not intended to provide a com-
prehensive picture of crime in a neigh-
borhood or community.
Bloomington's Human
Services Division will
host its annual Veterans
Appreciation Lunch from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Thursday at Creekside
Community Center, 9801
Penn Av. S. The luncheon
was already fully booked
last week. For informa-
lion,call 952-563.4944 or
e-mail reservations@ci
.bloomington.rnn.us.
An item on the event
that appeared on page
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extra section contained
an error.
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Q&A
MICHAEL
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ROANE
HOLY FAMILY
Footwork
on the path
back to state
One year ago, Michael Roane
was a cornerback for Holy Fami-
ly, playing a key defensive role for
a team that advanced to the Class
3A championship game.
Roane, a 6-2, 195-pound all-
around athlete, also found some
playing time at guard, a position
that carries unique responsibili-
ties in the Fire's offense: occasion-
ally carrying the ball
But Roane has found his
niche this season, taking over
at quarterback and putting up
impressive statistics running (1,432
yards) and passing (1,164 yards,13
TDs). He led Holy Family to the
Class 3A, Section 2 championship
with a victory over Minneapolis
Washburn on Friday, sending the
Fire to the state tournament for the
third consecutive season.
Staff writer Jim Paulsen talked
with Roane about his adjustment
to quarterback this season.
Q How has the transition to
quarterback gone for you?
A I played quarterback in my fresh-
man year and a little bit in my soph-
omore year. And last year Iplayed a
little when Jeff [Soule] was hurl It's
kind of taken me by surprise how
well things have gone. I have to give
most of the credit to other players
on the team, like the offensive line
that has given me alot ofhuge holes
to run through.
Q What has been the biggest
adjustment?
A Just getting all of the footwork
down. It comes down to centime-
ters. For example, I need to get to
a certain depth on some passing
plays. I can't just drop back and
throw it. I have to be in the exact
right spot.
Q Last year, the team advanced to
the Class 3A championship game.
How has that carried over to this
season?
A Most people thought last year
was our school's big chance. We
had like 18 or 19 seniors on the
team. When it ended, the seniors
this year started thinking, "This
can't be the last trip to state. If they
can do it, why can't we?"
Q What has been special about
this team?
A We've all just worked so hard
to get where we are. We knew we
couldn't replace some of the guys
we lost last year, but we have had
a lot of good people come up and
pull their weight.
Q Pretty fulfilling to get this far?
A Oh yeah. I couldn't ask for abet-
ter group of guys to play with. At
some schools, players might not
like going to practice, but here, we
all look forward to practice. It's just
one big group of friends. We're like
a big family that hangs out togeth-
er all the time, after practice and
on weekends and before games.
Q How big a deal is it for the school
to have the team go to another
state tournament?
A I think it's a huge thing for the
school. There are a bunch of great
r-.ts teams at Holy Family but I
th-,k football is one of the greatest
successes. We've won 27 straight
games at home. People love to
come out to the games. Making it
this far makes it fun for everyone.
Q The season goes by pretty fast,
doesn't it?
A It's crazy how fast it goes by. Like
just in the blink of an eye, it's over.
That's why, for the rest of the season,
I'm going to make the best of every-
thing I do because you never know
when it will be your last play.
Q Have you thought about next
year?
A Yeah. I've heard from some Di-
vision I schools and some Division
II and 11I schools. I haven't decid-
ed where I'm going yet. It will be
somewhere where I can play foot-
ball. That's always been a dream
of mine. I'm still trying to find that
perfect match for me.
Six games to watch, looking to the west
By BRIAN STENSAAS • bsteosaas@startribunecom
The three-week ruin to the Prep Bowl begins this weekend with the state quarterfinals in football. A handful
of west -metro teams have advanced to the season's final tournament. Here is a closer look at their first games:
CLASS5A
EDEN PRAIRIE (9-1) VS. ANOKA (9.1)
7 p.m. Friday at Osseo High School
The skinny -Eden Prairie's offensive output sputtered
against Wayzata (zero points) and Minnetonka (six) in recent
weeks, but make no mistake: The Eagles remain one of the
elite teams. More often than not, Eden Prairie does enough to
get the job done. And you can bet the sting of last year's upset
loss to Brainerd in the state quarterfinals still bums.
WAYZATA (10-0) VS. MOORHEAD (8.3)
8 p.m. Saturday at St. Cloud State University
The skinny: Even as a depleted unit,the defending Class 5A
champs roundlytook care of business in its 30-6 sectionfinal
victory over Osseo. WithErik Roti sidelined, Antonio Ford
took command by rushing the ball 31 times for 196 yards
and atouchdown,wtdchwas actuallythe side storyto quar-
terback Nick Marlin's three-TD performance. The Trojans are
dinged up on defense, too, but have enough depth to make up
forthelosses.
SPOTLIGHT EDEN PRAIRIE VOLLEYBALL
CLASS 4A
ROGERS (9-1)
VS. ROCORI (9.1)
i 7 p.m. Thursday at
St. Cloud State University
The skinny- Before the season
Rogers coach Marc Franz said
he wasn't sure what type of
team he'd have, given the large
number of players gone from
last year's march to the state
semifinals. Answer: Another
good one. A three-point loss
to Elk River is the lone setback
for the Royals this season.
Defense is the name of the
game again up I-94, as Rogers
has a pair of shutouts and has
held another four opponents
to single -digit points.
CLASS3A
ANNANDALE (6.5)
VS. GREENWAY/NASHWAUK-KEEWATIN (9.2)
i 7 pmL Friday at Chisago Lakes High School
The skinny: Definitely one of the biggest surprises of the
tournament. The Cardinals are at state for the first time and got
there despite a 3-5 regular season record.
HOLY FAMILY (10-1) VS. FAIRMONT (10-1)
7 pan. Friday at Chaska High School
The skinny: The Fire has a tough test right off the bat if it wants
to continue playing and improve upon its runner-up finish a
year ago. Holy Family has the advantage of playing closerto
home.
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY (9.2) VS. PERHAM (8-3)
5 p.. Saturday at St. Cloud State University
The skinny: A battle of unranked teams with much to prove.
i The Lions, winners of six in a row, are at state for the first time,
and squeaked by Rockford by a point to reach the 8-team field.
• A slow start and injuries
didn't stop Eden Prairie
THEY PLUG from making it to state.
By BRIAN STENSAAS
bstensaas@startribune.com
rth only three regulars back
from last year's double -
AND PLAY digit loss team, the word
Ain volleyball circles was to
♦ Eden Prairie's
Sarah Wilhite
hit the ball past
Wayzata's Julia
Doyle during the
Class 3A, Section
6 championship
match last week in
Edina The Eagles
advanced to the
state tournament
with a 3-1 victory.
► The Eagles'
Kirsten Peterson
celebrated the
section title.
Photos byKYNDELL HARKNESS - kyndell.hukness@startribune.com
not expect much from Eden Prairie this
season.
The Eagles saw the memo, but elect-
ed to crumple it up and pound it away
like a perfectly placed kill.
"We're not a team that settles," se-
nior middle blocker Kirsten Peterson
said. "We don't let things bother us.
One good thing about our team is we
don't give up."
They can play some good volleyball,
too.
The Eagles (24-6) made it through the
tough Class 3A, Section 6 tournament,
advancing to state by way of a 3-1 victory
over defending state runner-up Wayzata
in the championship match. Eden Prai-
rie received the fourth seed for the state
tournament, and opens play at 9 am.
Thursday against unseeded Owatonna
(22-8) at Xcel Energy Center.
It's the Eagles' second trip to state in
program history, their first since 2004.
That the team made it this far is im-
pressive anyway, but the meter riseswhen
you factor in the lack of returning starters
and the run ofbad luck with injuries.
Outside hitter Ellen Piechowski and
middle Michaela Su have both missed
significant time in the past two years.
Piechowski has torn both of her ACLs
and partially tore her right ACL again
late this season. Sir, a 6-4 force, has
worked through a handful of different
ailments.
In addition, Leesa Hulstrand suffered
a concussion during the Eastview tour-
nament when a ball from another court
rolled under her, and she landed on it
while going for a kill.
"It's been kind of like you just plug
in another player and keep on keep-
ing on," coach Chad Becker said. "For-
tunately we have a lot of depth. When
players get an opportunity, they have to
come out and play well, and I've seen
that from this group. They've been there
for each other all season long:'
Ranked sixth along with Blaine and
Centennial in the season's first coach-
es poll, the Eagles lost their first three
regular -season dual matches. It was
merely a speed bump.
Eden Prairie has hung around all sea-
son, winning the Lake Conference be-
fore its run through the section tour-
nament.
Defeated by Hopkins in the regular -
season finale to ruin their perfect con-
ference record, the Eagles exacted re-
venge in the section tournament in a
five -game semifinal thriller.
"All year, our coach has been telling
us that we just need to play together as
a team and communicate," junior Sarah
Wilhite said. "I think we were able to do
that last week Our sets and our passing
[were] really great"
Becker sees this week's state tourna-
ment as wide open, giving "five or six
teams a legitimate chance" at receiving
goldmedals Saturday.
It comes down to "Are you going to
get Tour points and find matchups to
exploit?" Becker said. "It's been a fun
season to watch around here. At some
point, you're going to have to beat the
besttenms to win it all."
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DIVERSIONS
EDINBOROUGH PARK: An enclosed one,
acre park with a swimming pool, indoor
playground and multi -purpose play ar-
ea. See www.edinboroughpark.com for
times and admission prices. 7700 York
Av. S., Edina. 952-833-9540.
HENNEPIN -OVERLAND RAILWAY
MUSEUM: A 29-by-65-foot NO scale
model train layout. 1-4 p.m. Sat. -Sun.
$5. Hennepin -Overland Railway Histor-
ical Society, 2501 E. 38th St, Mpls.612-
276-9034.
HOLIDAY LIGHTS AT SHOPPES AT AR-
BOR LAKES: Festive holiday music plays
as 52,000 lights glow throughout the
decorated pathways. Shoppes at Ar-
bor Lakes, 12459 Elm Creek Blvd., Ma-
ple Grove.
HOME FOR LIFES FALL FEAST: Garth
Stein, author of "The Art of Racing in
the Rain," will be the guest speaker at
a fundraiser for Home For Life, an an-
imal sanctuary near Stillwater. Ad-
vance ticket purchase required. 6 p.m.
Fri. $100. Metropolitan Ballroom, 5418
Wayzata Blvd., Golden Valley. 800-252-
5918.
PAVEK MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING:
Home to one of the world's finest col-
lections of antique radio, television and
broadcast equipment documenting the
history of the industry. 10 am: 5 P.M.
today -Sat, next Wed. $546. Pavek Mu-
seum of Broadcasting, 3515 Raleigh Av.
S., St. Louis Park. 952-926-8198.
RAPTORS IN THE YARD: Meet a cap-
tive merlin and barred owl up close and
learn about these birds of prey. 2-4 P.M.
Sun. Free. Lowry Nature Center, Carver
Park Reserve, 7025 Victoria Dr., Victoria.
763.559-6700.
RELAY FOR LIFE BOUTIQUE: More than
40 crafters and specialty vendors. Pro-
ceeds benefit the American Cancer So-
ciety's Relay for Life of Eden Prairie. 11
a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Free. Eden Prairie Com-
munity Center, 16700 Valley View Rd,
Eden Prairie.
SEA LIFE MINNESOTA. See endangered
animals and explore various eco-sys-
tems in this underground aquarium
featuring interactive displays. 10 am:
7:30 p.m. today -Thu., Mon. -next Wed.; 10
am: 8:30 p.m. Fri.; 9 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Sat;
10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sun. $14.99-$19.99.
Sea Life Minnesota, Mall of America,
Bloomington. 952-883.0202.
BOOKS
ADINA HOFFMAN AND PETER COLS
Twin Cities Jewish Book Fair. "Sacred
Trash: The Lost and Found World of the
Cairo Geniza" 7 p.m. Thu. $6-$9. St. Paul
Jewish Community Center, 1375 St. Paul
Av., St Paul. 651-698-0751.
D G. BAHTUGH: "Nap -Nap, Quack -
Quack." 3 p.m. Sat Bookcase, 607 E.
Lake St., Wayzata 952-473-8341.
DANIELLE SOSIN: "The Long Shining
Waters." 1 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble
Galleria, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina 952-
920.0633.
IZZELDIN ABUELMSH: "I Shall Not Hate:
A Gaza Doctor's Sacrifice on the Road to
Peace." 7 P.M. Tue. $649. St. Paul Jew-
ish Community Center, 1375 St Paul Av.,
St. Paul. 651-698-0751.
JACLYNN HERRON: "Singing Solo." 7
p.m. Thu. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St.,
Wayzata 952-473.8341.
JAN BRETT: "Home for Christmas." 5
p.m. next Wed. $5. Wayzata Community
Church, 125 E. Wayzata Blvd., Wayzata
952-473-8341.
JOHN REIMRINGER: "Vestments".7 p.m.
Thu. Edina Library, 5280 Grandview
Square, Edina.
JOYCE SIDMAN: "Swirl by Swirl." 2 p.m.
Sun. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St., Wayzata
952-473-8341.
KAREN HENRY CLARK: "Sweet Moon
Baby." 1 p.m. Sat. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake
St., Wayzata. 952-473-8341.
MEIR SHAIEV: Twin Cities Jewish Book
Fair. "My Russian Grandmother and Her
American Vacuum Cleaner." 7 p.m. to-
day. $12. Sabes Jewish Community Cen-
ter, 4330 S. Cedar Lake Rd., St. Louis
Park. 651-698.0751.
N.M. KELBY: "White Truffles in Winter".
7 p.m. Tue. Ridgedale Library, 12601
Ridgedale Dr., Minnetonka
PHILIP SCHULTZ: "My Dyslexia." Reg-
istration required at www.groves
academy.org, bearec@grovesacademy
.org or 952-915-4297.7 p.m. Tue. Groves
Academy, 3200 S. Hwy. 100, St. Louis
Park. 952-920-6377.
SUSAN KOEFOD: "Washed Up." 7
p.m. Mon. Bookcase, 607 E. Lake St.,
Wayzata. 952-473-8341.
FAITH AND VALUES
ART SURVIVES - EXPRESSIONS FROM
THE HOLOCAUST. Works by five Holo-
caust survivors. Ends Dec. 22. Sabes
Jewish Community Center, 4330 S. Ce-
dar Lake Rd., St. Louis Park. 952-381-
3400.
WHEN LIFE COMES UNDONE: A work-
shop with T J. and Mary Ann Addington.
9 a.m. Sat. $10. Wayzata Free Church,
705 N. County Rd. 101, Plymouth,
FINANCIAL
GET COMPLETELY OUT OF DIBT, IN-
CLUDING YOUR MORTGAGE: Advance
registration required. 6:30 p.m. today.
Winnetka Learning Center, 794T 55th
Av. N, New Hope. $29-$39. 763-504-
6980.
HOME SELLERS GUIDE TO A SUCCESS-
FUL SALE: Advance registration re-
quired. 6:30 p.m. Thu. $15. Winnetka
Learning Center, 7940 55th Av. h., New
Hope. 763-504-6980.
POWER YOUR JOB SEARCH WITH
LINKEDIN: Advance registration re-
quired. 7 p.m. today. $25. Winnetka
Learning Center, 7940 55th Av. N., New
Hope. 763-504-6980.
REAL ESTATE INVESTING: Advance reg-
istration required. 7 p.m. next Wed. $15.
Plymouth Middle School, 10011 36th Av.
N., Plymouth. 763.504.6990.
FOOD AND WINE
ALSACE FRENCH WINE DINNER: A multi -
course dinner paired with Alsace wines.
Reservations required. 6 p.m. Tue. $65.
Salut Bar Americain-Edina, 5034 France
Av. S., Edina. 952-929.3764 or 661-917-
2345.
CARMELA TORSI HOBBINS: Leads a
cooking class and signs copies of her
book. "Celebrations with Camela's
Cucina." Register by Fri. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Tue. $25. Nordic Ware, 4925 Hwy. 7, St.
Louis Park. 952-924-9672.
CLASSIC CHATEAUBRIAND: Advance
registration required. 6 p.m. Mon. $39.
Plymouth Middle5chool, 10011 36th Av.
N., Plymouth. 763-504-6980.
CRAVE WINE CLASS: Sommelier Tim Ed-
munds highlights wines from the Bur-
gundy region of France. Call 612-876-
1424 to register. 6:30 p.m. Mon. Crave
Restaurant Galleria, 3520 W. 70th St.,
Edina $55.
GREAT MAIN DISHES - NO MEAT. Addi-
tional $14 food fee paid to the instruc-
tor. Advance registration required. 6
p.m. Fri. $29. Chanhassen High School,
2200 Lyman Blvd., Chanhassen. 952-
556-6200.
JAMS, JELLIES, MARMALADES A BUT-
TERS: Advance registration required.
6:30 p.m. Mon. $39. Central Middle
School, 8025 School Rd., Eden Prairie.
952-975-6940.
LIFE RECIPE FOR LUNCH: Learn how to
make a healthful three -course lunch
in less than an hour. Registration re-
quired. Noon-1 P.M. Thu. $25. Cooks of
Crocus Hill, 3925 W. 50th St, Edina.952-
285-1903.
LOCAL FOOD AND WINES. Chef Beth
Jones from the U of M Campus Club
cooks a four -course harvest dinner,
paired with four wines from several
wineries. Registration required. 6:30-8:
30 P.M. Thu. $55-$60. Minnesota Land-
scape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr.,
Chanhassen. 952-443-1422.
MAKE -AHEAD MEALS: Roasted lem-
on turkey and peppers, spicy citrus
pork chops and dill salmon on rice. 1-
3 p.m. today. $79. Southshore Center,
5735 Country Club Rd., Shorewood.952-
474-7635.
MEREDITH DEEDS: Chef and author
shares cooking and entertaining tips
from her new book, "Everyday to Enter-
taining." Registration required. 6-9 p.m.
Fri. $65. Cooks of Crocus Hill, 3925 W.
50th St., Edina. 952-285.1903.
OUTSTANDING PASTA SAUCES: Ad-
vance registration required. 6 p.m. Tue.
$39. Central Middle School Eden Prai-
rie, 8025 School Rd., Eden Prairie. 952-
975-6940.
ROBUST REDS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD: Sample food and wine pair-
ings. 1 p.m. Sat. $35. La Cucina di Norma
Rosa's Ristorante Italiano, 4168 W.
Broadway Av., Robbinsdale. 763-504-
6980.
SATURDAYS IN THE KITCHEN - SPIC-
ES: Learn how to make and use spices
in your dishes. Registration required.
9-11 am. Sat. $30440. Minnesota Land-
scape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr.,
Chanhassen. 952-443-1422.
A TOAST TO COURAGE: Eight Thin Cit-
ies food trucks will serve tasty cuisine
food, paired with wine and craft beers.
Proceeds will benefit Courage Center
Camps. 6:30-10 p.m. Sat. $125. BMW
of Minnetonka, 15802 Wayzata Blvd.,
Minnetonka.
TRADITIONAL TEAM THE ARBORETUM:
Tea with sweets, scones, savories and
trifle. 2:30-4 p.m. today. $23-$26. Res-
ervations required., Minnesota Land-
scape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr.,
Chanhassen. 612.626-3951.
TRUFFLES - CANDIES FOR ALL OCCA-
SIONS: $12 supply fee payable in class.
Advance registration required. 6 p.m.
Thu. $29. Plymouth Middle School,
10011 36th Av. N., Plymouth. 763-504-
6980.
WINE -TASTING COMPETITION: Blind
tastings of five varietals. Reservations
due by Nov. 7.5:30-8:30 p.m. today. $25.
Spasso Restaurant, 17523 Minnetonka
Blvd., Minnetonka 952-224-9555.
HEALTH AND FITNESS
BALANCED FOODS FOR BALANCED
MOODS: Advance registration required.
7 p.m. Tue. $38. Central Middle School
Eden Prairie, 8025 School Rd., Eden Prai-
rie.952-975.6940.
HEALTH CARE FOR SENIORS: Advance
registration required. 6:45 p.m. Mon.
$19. Eden Prairie Education Center,
8040 Mitchell Rd., Eden Prairie. 952-
975-6940.
HYPNOSIS: For stopping smoking or
weight loss. Advance registration re.
quired. 6:30 p.m. Thu. $59. Rogers High
School, 21000 141st Av. N., Rogers.763-
241-3520.
INFANT/CHILD/ADULT CPR: Pre-reg!s-
tration required.5 P.M. Fri. $59. District
112 Education Center, 11 Peavey Rd.,
Chaska. 952-556-6200.
YOUR BONE HEALTH: Pre -registration
required. 6:30 p.m. Tue. $9. District
112 Education Center, 11 Peavey Rd.,
Chaska 952-556-6200.
HOME AND HOBBIES
ANTIQUE ALLEY: Country chic, antiques
and gift items. 9 am: 6:30 p.m. Thu.; 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Fri. -Sat; noon-4 P.M. Sun.
218 Central Av., Osseo. 763-420-3220.
SEE COTTAGE: Antiques, vintage and
re -purposed items and more. 9 a.m.-5
p.m. today -Sat. 441 2nd St, Excelsior.
952-220-0285.
BUCKTHORN BUST: Drop -in nature fam-
ily activities Sat. and Sun. through No-
vember. $9, free for members and ag.
es 15 and under. Noon-4 p.m. Sat. -Sun.
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675
Arboretum Dr., Chanhassen. 952-443.
1400.
CONSERVING NATURAL AREAS OF THE
ROOT RIVER: Topic for Twin Cities Wild
Ones meeting. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tue. Free.
Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake
Shore Dr., Richfield. 612-293-3833.
HOME DEPOT SEMINARS: Improve
the safety and security of your home,
10 am. Sat.; learn how to update
your cabinets, 1 p.m. Sat; install-
ing a backsplash before tiling, 1 p.m.
Sun. Register at a Home Depot or at
www.homedlepot.cona/clinics.
MAMA'S HAPPY: Repurposed and vin-
tage home items. 6-9 p.m. today; 10
am: 6p.M. Thu.; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri. -Sat.;
noon-5 p.m. Sun. 2271 Commerce Blvd.,
Mound.
NIC AMC PADDYWACS: Vintage finds,
antiques, home accessories, whimsical
treasures. 10 a.m.-8 P.M. Thu.; 10 am.-
5 p.m.Fri: Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. 201 E.
Main St., Anoka 763-235-8545.
NORTRWOODS BOUTIQUE: Fall show
featuring antiques, furniture, floral,
garden items and more. Through Nov.
12: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon. -Fri., 9 am: 5
p.m. Sit., 10 am-5 p.m. Sun. and 9 a.m.-
2 p.m.Nov. 13. www.northwoodsboutiq
ue.nel Free. Braemar Golf Course Club-
house 6364 John Harris Dr., Edina.
SELECTING CARPET. Reservations re-
quested. 10-11 a.m. Sat. Free. Gabberts
Furniture & Design Studio, 3501 Galleria,
France Av. S., Edina. 952-928-3123.
TREE TOPPERS FOR CHRISTMAS TREES
OR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS: A demon-
stration at the Diggers Garden Club
of Robbinsdale meeting. 7 p.m. today.
Robbinsdale Historic Library, 4915 42nd
Av. N.,Robbinsdale. 763-535-3047.
ART
ARTISTRY IN WOOD: Viking Woodcarv-
ing Club exhibition, featuring wood art
in a wide variety of styles and woods.
10 am: 5 p.m. Sat. -Sun. Free. Southtown
Shopping Center, Hwy. 494 & Penn Av.
S., Bloomington.
CRAIG DAVID: Various works. Ends Dec.
9. Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park
Ridge Dr., Chaska. 952-448-5633.
EXTREMELY MINNESOTA. Juried ex-
hibit of Minnesota artists. Ends Dec.
15. Robbin Gallery, 4915 42nd Av. N.,
Robbinsdale. 763-537-5906.
GIFTS! GIFTS! GIFTSI: Handcrafted gifts
by 50 regional and international artists.
Ends Dec. 23. Edina Art Center, 4701 W.
64th St, Edina. 952-903-5780.
INTERSTICES: Paintings by Gregory Gra-
ham and Michael Schmidt. Ends Dec. 4.
Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Main -
street, Hopkins. 952-979-1111.
KATHY SEGER: Oil paintings. Ends Nov.
25. Eden Prairie Art Center, 7650 Equita-
ble Dr., Eden Prairie. 952-949-8304.
LANDSCAPES FROM WITHIN: Works by
Jill Van Sickle. Ends Sun. Atrium Gallery,
1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.
952-563-8575.
MEMBERS JURIED ART EXHIBITION:
Ends Dec. 2. Inez Greenberg Gallery,
1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington.
952-563-8575.
RICHARD MERCHAN: Recent paintings.
Ends Nov. 30. Griffin Gallery, 5222 W.
78th St, Mp1s. 952-844-9894.
SYNTHESIS - PUBLIC ART BY FOSTER
WILEY JR.: Ends Nov. 24. Minnetonka
Center for the Arts, 224G North Shore
Dr., Orono. 952-473-7361.
WEARABLE ART EXTRAVAGANZA: 2
P.M.- 8 P.M. Fri: 10 a.m- 4 p.m. Sat.
Hopkins Centerforthe Arts, Jill Main -
street, Hopkins. 952-979-1111.
music
45LST ARMY BAND: Veterans Day con-
cert. 7 p.m. Thu. Free. Nurmandale Com-
munity College, 9700 France Av. S.,
Bloomington. 952-487-7462.
BLOOMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHES-
TRA: "Optimism and Despair." 3 p.m.
Sun. $12414. Immanuel Lutheran
Church, 16515 Luther Way, Eden Prairie.
952-563-9573.
CLASSIC BIG BAND AND THE NOSTAL-
GICS: Veterans day dance where vets
are encouraged to wear uniforms. 8
p.m. Fri. $9. Knights of Columbus, 1114
W. American Blvd., Bloomington.
COLONIAL CHAMBER SERIES: 4 p.m.
Sun. $20. Colonial Church of Edina, 6200
Colonial Way, Edina.
CONSORTIUM CARISSIMI: "Spaniards
in Rome." 7:30 p.m. Fri.; 2 p.m. Sun. $5-
$15. St. Mary's Chapel, St. Paul Semi-
nary, 2260 Summit Av., St. Paul. 612-822-
1376.
LITTLE RIVER BAND: 35th Anniversa-
ry tour with Kurt Jorgensen Band. 8:30
p.m. Fri. $24-$39. Medina Entertainment
Center, 500 Hwy. 55, Medina. 763-478-
6661.
MINNETONKA CIVIC ORCHESTRA: The
Minnetonka Civic Orchestra performs
"Once Upon a Time..." 3 p.m. Sun. Free.
Arts Center on 7, 18285 Hwy. 7, Minne-
tonka. 952-401-5954.
WROURKE'S FEAST: Traditional Irish
music. 7:30 p.m. Thu. Hopkins Center
for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins.
952-979-1111.
ST. PAUL VOCAL FORUM: "Sing Me to
Heaven." 7 p.m. Sat. Salem Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church, 4150 Dupont Av.
N., Mpls. 3 p.m. Sun. St. Peter's Catho.
lic Church, 2600 N. Margaret St., North
St. Paul. Free. 651.270-0990.
WAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
Works by Beethoven, Gabriela Frank and
Robert J. Bradshaw. 3 p.m. Sun. Free.
Wayzata Cam munity Church, 125 E. Way-
zata Blvd., Wayzata. 952-473-8877.
THEATER
BRIGADOON: Two American tourists
stumble upon a Scottish town that
only awakens for one day every hun-
dred years. 7:30 p.m. Thu. -Sat. $10-$15.
Wayzata High School, 4955 N. Peony
Lane, Plymouth. 763-745-6907.
DISNEY'S'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST":
7:30 P.M. Fri. -Sat; 1:30 p.m. Sun. $5-$7.
Eden Prairie High School, 17185 Valley
View Rd., Eden Prairie, 952-975-8008.
DISNEY'S ALADOIN JR.- 7:30 p.m. Fri. -
Sat.; 2:30 p.m. Sun. $10-$13. Hopkins
High School, 2400 Lindbergh Dr.,
Minnetonka.
EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL Two con art-
ists attempt to take advantage of a
kind-hearted optimist 1:30 p.m. to-
day: 1:30 & 8 p.m. Thu. -Fri.: 8 p.m. Sat.;
2 p.m. Sun. $19.50-$32. Old Log Theater,
SIBS Meadville St., Excelsior. 952-474-
5951.
HAIRSPRAY: 11 am. & 6 p.m. today, Sat,
next Wed.; 6 p.m. Thu. -Fri., Tue.; 4:30
p.m. Sun.$47-$79. Chanhassen Dinner
Theatres, 501 W. 78th St, Chanhassen.
952-934-1525.
ISAAC WrITY:8 p.m. today -Thu., Sun.; 8
& 10:30 p.m. Fri. -Sat $13419. Rick Bron-
son's House of Comedy, 8100 24th Av.
S., Bloomington. 952-858-8558.
A MIGHTY FORTRESS 15 OUR BASE-
MENT: The fourth installment In the
Church Basement Ladies musical com-
edy series. I p.m. today and next Wed.;
1 & 7:30 p.m. Thu.; 7:30 p.m. Fri.; 3 & 7:30
P.M. Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. $26432. Plymouth
Playhouse, 2705 N. Annapolis Lane,
Plymouth. 763-553-1600.
MYSTERY CAFE: Dinner and mystery
theater. 7:30 p.m. Fri. -Sat. Ramada Mall
of America, 2300 E. American Blvd.,
Bloomington. 763-566-2583.
PLAID TIDINGS: A holiday twist based
on the original, "Forever Plaid." 6 p.m.
Fri. -Sat., Tue.-next Wed.; 5 p.m. Sun.
$45464. Chanhassen Dinner Theatres,
501 W. 78th St., Chanhassen. 952-934-
1525.
STEVIE BAYS COMEDY CABARET. 8 p.m.
Fri. -Sat $25. Chanhassen Dinner The-
atres, 501 W. 78th St., Chanhassen.952-
934-1525.
SWEET CHARITY: A dance club hostess
loses sight of who she is in asearch for
love. 7:30 p.m. today -Fri.; 2 & 7:30 P.M.
Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. $25428. Bloomington
Theatre and Art Center, 1800 W. Old
Shakopee Rd., Bloomington. 952-563-
8575.
A WRINKLE IN TIME: A brother and sis-
ter embark on a quest to find their fa-
ther. 7 p.m. today and Fri.; it a.m. & 5:
30 p.m. Sat.; 2 & 5:30 p.m. Sun. $16440.
Children's Theatre Company, 2400 3rd
Av. S., MPIS. 612-874-0400.
PETS
DOG TREAT COOKING CLASS: 7 p.m. Tue.
$25. South Shore Community Park, 5355
St. Albans Bay Rd., Shorewood. 952-
960-7900.
school news
GOLDEN VALLEY
Breck plans two
admissions events
Breck School will host two
admissions events next week
On Monday, the Golden
Valley school will host a pre-
school through kindergarten
event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, a fifth -grade
event including tours, meet-
ings with teachers and admin-
istrators and admissions infor-
mation will be held from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m.
Child care is available
for children ages 3 and up.
For more information, go to
www.breckschool.org.
ST. LOUIS PARK
Benilde hosts open
house for families
Benilde-St. Margaret's
School will host an open
house for all prospective stu-
dents and their parents on
Tuesday. The event will take
place from 6-6:45 p.m. and in-
cludes a presentation by Bob
Tift, school president. Regis-
ter at www.BSMschooLorg/
admissions.
A financial planning ses-
sion will be held from 7-8 p.m
Thursday. For more informa-
tion contact 952-915-4345.
ROBBINSDALE
Preschools to hold
`not just a food drive'
The Robbinsdale Area
Schools' Creative Play pre-
schoolwill hold its fourth "Not
Just a Food Drive" next week.
The event is intended not only
to help those in need, but also
to teach kids about nutrition,
math skills and sharing.
Creative Play has classes
at Cavanagh, New Hope,
Sonnesyn and Zachary Lane
schools, and all five class-
rooms will take part. Last year,
Creative Play donated more
than 1,100 pounds of food.
MINNETONKA
High school presents
`Dracula: The Musical'
Minnetonka Theatre will
present "Dracula: The Musi-
cal" beginning this weekend
and continuing until Nov. 19.
A behind -the -scenes spe-
cial fashion show of the cos-
tumes will take place at 2:30
p.m. Sunday at the Arts Cen-
ter on 7 Studio Theatre before
a 4 p.m. matinee performance
of the show. Seating is limit-
ed. Call 952-401-5898 to make
a reservation.
Shows also are sched-
uled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, 18
and 19. Tickets are $18 for
adults, $16 for seniors, $12 for
youth under age 18 and $10
for students. For more infor-
mation, go to www.minne
tonkatheatre.com
ORONO
Orono High presents
the musical `Oliver'
Orono High School will
present the musical "Oliver"
from Friday through Nov 20.
Shows are scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and Nov 18 and 19 and at 2 p.m
Nov 20.
Tickets cost $10 and can be
purchased at the high school
Provided photo
Jun Spillane with his children in the early 1950s.
Richfield firefighter
honored after 56 years
A FIREFIGHTER FROM AAl
for his department's donation.
"I said we're definitely in be-
cause we've got a name on the
memorial," he said. "George said
'No, he's not on the list' And all
I could think was, You've got to
be kidding me. Wow - this just
isn't right"
"I know I hadn't seen any-
one from Richfield on the list,
so that's how this whole thing
got started," Esbensen said.
'And George worked so dili-
gently. Spillane's name is now
on the list'
Kewitsch had undertaken
some documentary spade-
work, tracking down contem-
porary newspaper accounts at
the city and state historical so-
cieties and forwarding the in-
formation to the state Fire Mar-
shall's office.
As for why Spillane's name
wasn't already on the memo-
rial, he could only guess that
"probably somebody didn't talk
to somebody. Back then, the fire
service wasn't all that organized
compared to today."
The foundation is about two-
thirds of the way toward its
fundraising goal, which would
allow it to dedicate the new me-
morial next October to coincide
with National Fallen Firefighters
Memorial Weekend, so "Mrs.
O'Rourke wouldn't have to visit
her father in such an inglorious
location," Esbensen said.
Coincidentally, the depart-
ment was preparing to honor
Spillane by naming the train-
ing mom in its new station after
him, so Kewitsch was already in
touch with O'Rourke.
While asking for some fam-
ily photographs of her father,
Kewitsch mentioned the omis-
sion of Jim Spillane's name on
the memorial
"He told me that his name
had never been listed. I never
even knew there was a memo-
rial," she said. "But I said I'd like
it if he could be remembered."
Beyond knowing the basic
fact that her father died fight-
ing a fire, O'Rourke has only be-
latedly learned the details sur-
rounding his death
When her mother died three
years ago, O'Rourke discov-
ered in her mother's basement
a cache of newspaper clippings
about the fire. 'Td never seen
any of them before, so for the
first time in my life I knew what
really happened;' she said. "I
never realized it, but the arson
happened just three blocks from
our house:'
Her belated re -acquaintance
with a father she barely remem-
bered ("I was just 2'/2 when it
happened") didn't end there.
By way of a family member,
she also got a collection of let-
ters her father had written to his
parents during his service in the
Coast Guard during World War
11'Tm 59 and I've finally gotten
to know him better," she said.
O'Rourke said her mother
would have been "just thrilled
to learn that he's going to be re-
membered. I wish she could be
here to read about it:,
Jim Spillane "has been for-
gotten for a long time," she said.
"He died without ever being
honored, a forgotten man Not
any more."
Bob von Sternberg "612-673-7184
or before each performance.
CHASKA
School presents `Once
Upon a Mattress'
The Chaska High School
Theater will present the mu-
sical "Once Upon a Mattress"
this weekend through Nov. 19.
Shows are scheduled for 7
p.m. Friday and Saturday and
Nov 17, 18 and 19 and 2 p.m.
Sunday.
Tickets are $12 for adults
and $10 for students and senior
citizens, and can be purchased
at www.112performing.org or
at the door before the show.
A behind -the -scenes tour
with the cast and crew will
take place after the Sunday
matinee for students in grades
2-7. Admission to the tour is $3
for one student and a parent.
A "talk back" with the cast and
crew will take place after the
Nov 18 show and is open to all
audience members.
ST. LOUIS PARK
School shows `Little
Shop of Horrors'
St. Louis Park High School
presents "Little Shop of Hor-
rors" Friday through Nov 20.
Shows are scheduled for,
730 p.m. Friday through
Saturday and Nov 18 and 19,
with matinees at 2:30 p.m. on
Sunday and Nov 20.
Tickets are $10 for adults
and $7 for students and se-
nioIs.
MINNEAPOLIS
Minnehaha Academy
stages `Dear Finder'
Minnehaha Academy stu-
dents this week will present
a documentary play about
the Holocaust entitled "Dear
Finder."
Shows are scheduled for
7:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday with a 230 p.m, mat-
inee on Sunday.
Tickets are free, but do-
nations will be taken for the
school's theatre department;
suggested donation is $5 for
students or $10 for adults.
The play is not suited for all
ages. Gunshots and simulated
violence occur.
HOPKINS
High school actors
perform `Aladdin Jr.'
Hopkins High School will
host performances of "Alad-
din Jr." this week, with shows
at 730 pm. Friday and Saturday
and 230 pmL Sunday.
Tickets are $13 for adults and
$10 for youth or seniors. Go to
www lhstheaterorg for more
information or tickets.
KET I SMrrH
Chanhassen
gives thumbs
down to
Wal-Mart
4 WAL-MART FROM AAI
recommendation one way or
another, but said that Wal-Mart
has not adequately addressed
specific issues about traffic,
parking and encroachment of
the 120,000-square-foot build-
ing on a nearby wetland.
The Planning Commission
vote against the concept plan
was advisory, and the issue
now goes to the Chanhassen
City Council for further dis-
cussion on Nov 28.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman
Lisa Nelson said that the pub-
lic hearing was the first oppor-
tunity for the company to hear
from neighbors and shoppers,
and that the public feedback
was helpful.
"When we go into a com-
munity it's not a short-term
deal, it's a long-term relation-
ship;' she said. "We can meet
and exceed the city's codes
and the neighbors' expecta-
tions for a Wal-Mart store in
Chanhassen," she said.
Tom Meersman"612-673-7388
(SW) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 • STAR TRIBUNE • WEST EXTRA • AAS
M •
Photos by MARLIN LEVISON • mievison@startribune.com
Waitress Andrea Huggins brought a round of drinks recently to patrons on the patio of Froggy Bottoms River Pub in downtown Northfield.
Froggy's was flooded out a year ago by the adjacent Cannon River; the basement of the 130-year-old building had 4 feet of standing water.
FroggyBottoms springs
back after record flood
• Helping restore the
old bar, submerged
under several feet of
water, was a lifesaver
for one of its new
owners.
By JIM ADAMS
jadams@startribune.com
It looked like Froggy Bot-
toms River Pub on the Can-
non River in Northfield was
sunk for good.
Last year's record flood had
Poured more than4 feet of wa- Good friends Laurie Hoheisel, left, and Shannon Mills teamed up to become the new owners of the
ter into the basement bar at 305 landmark pub, refurbishing it for its recent soft reopening and Saturdays grand reopening.
Water St. S., making it a literal
watering hole.
But the bar -restaurant's re-
covery, remodeling and grand
reopening Saturday have
Pulled its new co-owner, Shan-
(QWAS A MESS. I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO
SOMETHING FOR MY KIDS AND
MYSELF THAN JUST STAY IN
THE HOUSE. ))
non Mills, 41, out of a down- Shannon Mills, after the death of her husband, Don.
ward spiral that took her home,
her husband and her job.
Bad things started happen-
ing to Mills on May 31, 2009,
when fire destroyed the ga-
rage of her Northfield town-
house. The home sustained
severe smoke damage, forcing
Mills' family of five to move.
The next day, her husband,
Don, was laid off from his ma-
chinist's job because of the
slow economy.
Three weeks later, Don was
diagnosed with colon can-
cer. Later their home went in-
to foreclosure, and his cancer
bills rose almost as fast as the
Cannon on Sept. 23-24, 2010. It
was the worst flood in North-
field history. The river crested
at 25 feet, 3 feet higher than the
previous record.
The raging river surged
over the flood wall on the edge
of Froggy's outdoor patio. It
came up through the floor
of the 130-year-old limestone
building, which is listed on
the National Register of His-
toric Places.
Besides a mess that only a
frog could love, the flood left
Mills, who was then the as-
sistant bar manager, without
a paycheck when bills were
growing for her husband's che-
motherapy and treatment.
Her best friend, Laurie Ho-
heisel, decided to lend a hand.
The two had met about four
years earlier in a poker club
after the Mills family moved
from California. Mills had
worked about 15 years in bars
and entertainment clubs. Ho-
heisel, a Lakeville business-
woman, recalled when Mills
told her about the flood.
"She walked up to me and
said, 'I don't have a job any-
more. Froggy's is under water
right now' She was shocked,"
Hoheisel said. 'After all Shan-
non had been through, I was in
shock with her. We had a silent
moment. I thought,'What are
we doing to do?"'
What she did was orga-
nize a fundraiser at the North-
field VFW club that produced
nearly $10,000 to help with the
Mills' bills. Don Mills, howev-
er, didn't live to see it; he died
last February, a month before
the event was held.
At the VFW, David Hvisten-
dahl, 63, who owns the pub's
limestone building, made Ho-
heisel an intriguing offer.
"He said, 'You and Shan-
non should reopen Froggy's,",
Hoheisel recalled. She re-
plied that before Don died, he,
Shannon and Hoheisel — who
owns several businesses with
her husband, who's a contrac-
tor — had talked about taking
over the pub.
"I like that idea," Ho-
heisel told Hvistendahl.
She broached it with Shan-
non Mills, who, still grieving,
shrugged it off.
But she mulled it over a few
more days. She said she had
retreated to her bedroom after
Don's death and her three chil-
dren, now 18 to 22, were taking
caring of her.
"I was a mess," she said. "I
thought it would be better to
do something for myself and
my kids than just stay in my
house." Three days later, she
asked Hoheisel if she was se-
rious.
"I said, Absolutely. Let's do
it; "Hoheisel said.
Since last June, the two
women, former pub manager
Jake Hvistendahl (David's son)
and many others put in long
days ripping out ruined sheet -
rock, cleaning and sealing the
limestone walls and adding a
knotty pine facade to several
walls. The two women pooled
their resources to replace all
the tables, chairs, kitchen gear
and other equipment.
They rent the decade -old
bar from the Hvistendahls,
who, using government loans,
also spent more than $200,000
to remake interior walls and
replace boilers and electrical
systems, said David Hvisten-
dahl, whose law office is next
door. Jake Hvistendahl, re-
cently married, said he is leav-
ing Froggy's to work in sustain-
able design.
Only two major pieces ofthe
original pub remain: The spiral
steel staircase, with surround-
ing frog decor, still descends
to the pub from the street lev-
el above. The other flood sur-
vivor is the 30-foot-long ma-
hogany bar, which boasts a
130-year-old walnut front that
once fronted the teller win-
dows at the long -gone North-
field National Bank
Of course, most of Froggy's
nearly 400 plastic, ceramic,
metal and other frogs are still
sitting around the pub, unfazed
by a little flooding.
Froggy's was packed with
regulars and visitors at its re-
cent soft reopening.
Among them was Chip
DeMann. He and a group of
friends had been meeting Fri-
days at Froggy's for years. In
Froggy's absence, they had
tried other bars.
"We just didn't feel at home
there," DeMann said.
Breaking bread,
but not the bank
• Diamond City Bread is
one of Elk River's hidden
gems.
By PAULLEVY
plevy@startribunacom
The bakers at Diamond
City Bread in Ells River joke
that they keep their dough in a
bank vault But maybe they're
not kidding.
The basement bakery —
which specializes in sour-
dough bread and supplies
loaves to co-ops, restaurants
and farmers markets from the
Iron Range to Winona — is
housed in a building that once
was the Bank of Elk River.
Any place else, a bank vault
within a bakery would be the
main topic of conversation.
But here, it's the sourdough.
"Sourdough is our special-
ty," said Garrett Jordahl, who
has been baking at the store
since its inception in 1996 and
now owns it. "It's a lot more
work because you have to
have sourdough culture.... It
takes time and patience.
"Sourdough breads ferment
— 20 to 22 hours. That's a long
time, but our customers seem
to appreciate it"
One drives all the way from
Forest Laket for a loaf of sour-
dough, Jordahl said. Another
told Jordahl she drives nearly
six hours from northern Min-
nesota to buy a dozen loaves.
Even in the heart of Elk Riv-
er's quaint, downtown busi-
ness district, it's not the easi-
est place to find. Below side-
walk level, in the middle of
Jackson Street, lie Diamond
City's gems.
The daily breads include
sourdough, 12-grain, honey
wheat and white. Then there
are the daily specials: toma-
to garlic basil, wild rice blue
cheese, green olive mozzarel-
la, parmesan pepper, roasted
onion rosemary, you name it
"We have to be different
and we have to be creative,"
said Jordahl, 41. "Every gro-
cery store with a bakery has
an acceptable product. It be-
came clear, early on, that I
had a natural ability. I'm using
every ounce of that"
Diamond City Bread was
started by Frank Galli, a cor-
porate salesman who want-
ed to try something different.
Galli, who owns the building,
also owns Pompeii Pizzeria
upstairs.
"I just wanted to open a
small business," Galli said.
"It's a real neat building, the
original Bank of Elk River,
built in 1915."
He needed a head baker.
Jordahl was baking for Nelson
Bros. Restaurant & Bakery in
Clearwater, making pies and
rolls. His wife, Angela, was re-
turning to school, and Jordahl
was looking for more work
Galli offered more than
that. He offered Jordahl a part-
nership. Galli eventually left
the business (while keeping
the building). Diamond City
Bread went through two own-
erships before Jordahl pur-
chased the business in 2005.
When farmers markets
in Annandale, Monticello,
Champlin, Rogers and Beck-
er began featuring his breads,
word and aromas spread. Jor-
dahl hired other bakers and
marketedbreads in coops and
natural -foods stores in Anoka,
Cambridge, Winona, Virginia
and Grand Marais, Minn Res-
taurants began approaching.
"The hard work was get-
ting our products out there,"
Jordahl said. "The baking is
exciting, even after all these
years. Who knows what we
might create tomorrow?"
AA6 • WEST EXTRA • STAR TRIBUNE • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 (SW)
Photos by RICHARD TSONGTAATARII • rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com
Sue Mackert, left, board chair of the Athenaeum, and outgoing special collections librarian Heather
Lawton opened up Vol. II of John James Audubon's hand -painted "The Birds of America." The Athenae-
um has the complete four volumes, published in the early 1800s. The birds illustrated are snowy owls.
corner
A ATHENAEUM FROM AAI
It's a satisfying quid pro quo
for the county and the Athe-
naeum, a nonprofit with its
own board and endowment.
"It's been a longstanding,
mutually beneficial relation-
ship," said Sue Mackert, the
Athenaeum's board chair.
The agreement recognizes
the Athenaeum's role in shap-
ing the library and its ongo-
ing contributions: more than
100,000 volumes in the gener-
al collection as well as special
collections of 6,000 rare and
valuable works, many focused
on natural history, Indians, ex-
ploration and Aesop's Fables.
It all began just before the
Civil War, when Minneapolis
business owners — many of
them displaced New England-
ers who felt the need for more
literate pursuits in the wilder-
ness — organized a subscrip-
tion library along the lines of
the Athenaeum in Providence,
R.I.
For years, the Minneapo-
lis Athenaeum was the only
library in the pioneer settle-
ment. In 1885 it signed a 99-year
operating agreement with the
city's new public library, giving
Minneapolis a ready-made and
wide-ranging collection.
Today the Athenaeum is
housed in the Hennepin Coun-
ty Library's special collections
room, on the fourth floor of
the Central library, accessi-
ble through a carved wooden
arch, a remnant from the city s
first library.
More than 3,000 people use
special collections every year,
said Hathaway, who manages
the division. They range from
Ph.D. candidates working on
dissertations to school kids
assembling their History Day
projects.
The vast majority of users
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to Sam Barnes, Star
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school budgets?
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of local schools now in the pages
of the Star Tribune.
A centuries -old vespers book was donated by W.H. Dunwoody.
THE
ATHENAEUM'S
COLLECTION
DRAWS A
SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT
CROWD; FOR
INSTANCE,
A WILDLIFE
ARTIST
CONSULTS ITS
BIRD FOLIOS
FOR INSIGHTS
ON PAINTING
DUCKS.
are researching Minneapolis
history, including house histo-
ries and genealogies. The Ath-
enaeum's collection draws a
slightly different crowd; for
instance, a wildlife artist con-
sults its bird folios for insights
on painting ducks. There are a
wealth of primary sources on
the Dakota Conflict of 1862, a
collection that's sure to get a
workout with the war's sesqui-
centennial next year.
It's all available to the pub-
lic, although you may have to
make an appointment to use
some of the older materials.
Meanwhile, work is underway
to make the collections more
accessible than ever. Many
materials, as well as informa-
tion on visiting special col-
lections, already are available
at www.hclib.org/pub/search/
specialcollections.
"The department is focusing
on digitization now. It allows us
to balance access and preserva-
tion," said Lawton, who is leav-
ing special collections after six
years to become archivist for
the Archdiocese of St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
In January, an exhibit fea-
turing the Athenaeum's sepia -
toned Native American photo-
graphs by Edward Curtis will
open for two months at the
Minnesota Marine Art Muse-
um in Winona.
"What we want to do, and
expect to do, is get this collec-
tion out to the public," Mack-
ert said.
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`Amahl and the Night exhibit entries so
Visitors' next month Plymouth Parks
The West River 'theater
Group will present "AI
and the Night Visitors" in
three settings next month.
Performances are sched-
uled for:
• 7 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3 and
2:30 p.m Dec. 4 at the Discgt-
ery Theater in Buffalo;
• 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 1 p. .
Dec. 10 at the Waterton
Performance Art Theater m
Watertown;
• 1 p.m Dec.17 at St. Mary's
Basilica in Minneapolis.
The opera tells the story of
a crippled shepherd boy and
his mother who were visit-
ed by the three kings during
their journey following the
Star of Bethlehem. The one -
act opera is an hour long and
performed in English.
Good will offerings will
be collected during the per-
formances in Buffalo and
Watertown to help local char-
ities. St. Mary's Basilica will
sell premium and preferred
tickets for $15 to $75, but seats
also will be available for oth-
ers with a good will offer-
ing accepted. Proceeds will
benefit the Basilica. Go to
www.maryorg.
ST. LOUIS PARK
Senior program plans
ught musical jam session
and
Recreation is seeking en-
tries for its cell phone pho-
tography contest, "Pho-
tos at your Fingertips," at
www.plymouthmn.gov/
cellphotos.
With cell phones now
ubiquitous and capable of
taking photos at a moment's
notice, scenes that once were
lost are now often captured
and recorded. The contest is
an attempt to highlight some
of the more noteworthy ex-
amples.
Photographs may be sub-
mitted via e-mail. Volunteers
will organize the entries, se-
lecting at least one image
from each person who en-
ters, and have them printed
on card stock in 5-by-7-inch
format and hung on the gal-
lery walls at the Plymouth
Creek Ceri*,,14800 34th Am
in Plymouth. Photos will be
available for sale for $5 each,
with proceeds going to fund
arts programs.
Submission deadline is
Dec. 16. Entries will be ex-
hibited Jan. 2-Feb. 2, with a
public reception planned for
2-3:30 p.m. Jan. 7.
Rules and entry forms are
available at the website. For
more information, call 763-
509-5223.
A free jam session for anyone
who loves music — from guitar
and bass players and drummers
to line dancers and singers and
anyone who just wants to listen
— is scheduled for 1-330 p.m.
Nov. 16 at the Lenox Commu-
nity Center, 6715 Minnetonka
Blvd.
Sponsored by the St. Lou-
is Park Senior Program, it's a
chance for anyone to join in
playing or listening to music.
All skill levels and ages are wel-
come.
For more information, call
952-928-6444.
MINNEAPOLIS
MacPhail highlights
20th Century composers
The MacPhail Center for
Music's Spotlight Series con-
cert at 7 p.m. Sunday will fea-
ture the romantic melodies
of 20th Century composers,
from Shostakovich to Ravel.
Tickets are $20 for adults
and $15 for seniors 55 and old-
er and youth ages 6-18.
The MacPhail Cen-
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Wealthy Chanhassen, Minnesota, NIMBYs Oppose Retail
Competition, Support Development Socialism
by MARC SCRIBNER on NOVEMBER 2. 2011 1 COMMENT
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Reading the tired, silly claims of left-wing,
anti -Wal-Mart activists generally makes me
yawn. But it annoys me to see some of my
former neighbors from my hometown of
Chanhassen, Minnesota, going around
trampling on property rights and opposing
the liberalization of the real estate market.
Let's start with a demographic profile of
modern Chanhassen. When my parents
moved our family there in the early 199os,
large parts of the city were still
undeveloped. It was on the fringe of the
southwestern Minneapolis suburbs. Since then, the city has developed rapidly due to its close
proximity to the Minneapolis -St. Paul core — leading to population doubling over the past two
decades, with most of the growth coming from upper -middle class families with children.
According to the 2010 Census, households are quite wealthy, with 48.6 percent of them earning
at least $1oo,000 annually. Only 2.1 percent of families are below the poverty level, with the
median family income hovering around $113,000 annually. High -quality housing, good schools,
and recreational amenities abound. Things are so great in Chanhassen that Money magazine
ranked it #2 on their 2009 list of Best Places to Live in the United States (it appeared at #10 in
the nation in 2011).
Locals are fond of these mostly arbitrary rankings, almost as fond as some of them are in
believing Wal-Mart will destroy their quality of life if the mega -retailer is allowed to open a store
in Chanhassen. After several hundred angry, presumably wealthy NIMBYs showed up at a
recent Planning Commission meeting to demand that a site currently occupied by a large vacant
building not be put to productive use (yes, you read that correctly), the notoriously anti -
development Commission denied the Wal-Mart request for a necessary upzoning (a designation
that permits more intense development). It is now up to the City Council to decide whether or
not it will listen to the city's planning apparatchiki.
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A couple of the irate NIMBYs, after finding a free website template online created an online
activist group called "Chanhassenis ." For a city long known for its support of conservative
Republicans (George W. Bush was the first president to visit Chanhassen in the run-up to the
2004 election and put on a huge rally for supporters), I found it odd that the Firsters were
regurgitating the faux -arguments manufactured by multi -million dollar astroturf organizations
funded by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (due to Wal-Mart ostensibly
believing the same thing about unions as Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey: "The
union is like having herpes. It doesn't kill you, but it's unpleasant and inconvenient, and it stops
a lot of people from becoming your lover.") and citing a propaganda film by far -left
"documentary" filmmaker Robert Greenwald (perhaps most famous for directing the 198o
Olivia Newton -John box office flop "Xanadu"). Oh, and a barely -sourced article written by a
North Carolina State University economist that does not even conclude that Wal-Mart's entry
results in net negative economic effects.
The Firsters rely heavily on the assumption that Wal-Mart harms small businesses. The
economic literature on Wal-Mart expansion does not support their claim. The most robust
econometric analysis to date PDFI found that the "claims about harm to the small business
sector are statistically unfounded, and should be given no weight in future political and court
decisions regarding openings of new Wal-Mart stores."
Another study [gatedl focusing on the impact of Wal-Mart's entry to the food market, authored
by MIT economist Jerry Hausman and Ephraim Leibtag of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
was published by the highly regarded National Bureau of Economic Research. Drs. Hausman
and Leibtag found that "Wal-Mart's entry into a new geographic market creates a direct price
effect by offering a lower price option to consumers and an indirect price effect by causing
traditional supermarkets to lower their prices because of the increased competition." Generally,
consumers prefer lower prices, and Wal-Mart will be directly be competing with the existing
Target big -box store directly across Highway 5 (which opened to great fanfare — and which
offers essentially the same products at slightly higher prices: good PR and targeting suburbs
over rural areas has convinced a lot of suburbanites that Target is somehow a "classier" big -box
retail mega -chain) and an existing supermarket chain store just down the road. It is also
approximately two miles, a straight shot, from an interchange with U.S. 212, an uncongested
freeway that was extended into the city several years ago.
Furthermore, Hausman and Leibtag go on to note that this greatly benefits lower -income
consumers as opposed to wealthy consumers, most of whom will continue to expend more of
their food budgets on luxury items, and that "a significant decrease in consumer surplus arises
from zoning regulations and pressure group tactics that restrict the entry and expansion of
supercenters into particular geographic markets." Wealthy Chanhassen residents, who likely
shop at the nearby high-priced Lakewinds Natural Foods and/or luxury supermarket Byerly's,
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won't be hurt very much by the NIMBYs intent on keeping Wal-Mart out of the market. But
lower -income consumers who can't afford such expensive tastes certainly will be hurt.
But perhaps the most obnoxious and breathtakingly misinformed opinion expressed: "Echoing a
theme heard throughout the evening, Fisher said Chanhassen wasn't named a top place to live
by national magazines by lowering standards for development." Like I said, Chanhassen
residents are very protective of their arbitrary quality of life rankings. But what is interesting is
that Chanhassen, which has never been ranked first in the nation by Money, lost out to
neighboring #t Eden Prairie last year. Best Place to Live 2010 Eden Prairie if my buildup in this
paragraph hasn't hinted to you, has — wait for it — wait for it — its very own Wal-Mart
Supercenter! I guess the Money editors didn't feel Eden Prairie had reduced its "standards of
development" by enough to kill its quality of life ranking. Again, Chanhassen Firsters, that
Money ranking for Wal-Mart-friendly Eden Prairie was NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION.
Wal-Mart has lobbied willing municipalities and counties for eminent domain condemnations
and and special tax privilages in the past (although so has Target, and virtually every major big -
box chain). These actions have been rightly criticized. The city should not grant any special
subsidies to Wal-Mart that are unavailable to other private businesses (or rather, Chanhassen
shouldn't be in the business of subsidizing any business in the first place). And, if the footprint
is significant enough, the city might wish to require the mega -retailer pay for necessary
upgrades to public infrastructure. But for some reason, the NIMBYs believe that they better
understand retail store economics than the world's largest retailer and that they deserve some
say in how private development moves forward. "Democratizing" development is by definition
anti -market and the harmful economic distortions created by such political interventions can be
quite large. These distortions, like most market distortions, disproportionately harm lower -
income households.
This makes me wonder if Chanhassen's residents are falsely regarded as fiscally conservative
supporters of the most compassionate economic system: capitalism. To me, they appear to be
nothing more than vicious, petty, anti -consumer, land -use socialists. Here's for hoping that a
principled silent majority of residents is just asleep at the moment and that they wake up soon.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLANNING CASE NO.2011-11
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chanhassen Planning Commission will hold a
public hearing on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in
Chanhassen City Hall, 7700 Market Blvd. The purpose of this hearing is to consider a request for
a Rezoning from Industrial Office Park (IOP) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) on
approximately 14.10 acres of land located at the southwest comer of Highway 5 and Powers
Boulevard (1000 Park Road). Applicant: Walmart, c/o Kimley Horn and Associates, hic.
A plan showing the location of the proposal is available for public review on the City's web
site at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/serv/plan/I 1-1 l.html or at City Hall during regular business
hours. All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and express their opinions
with respect to this proposal.
Kate Aanenson, AICP, Community Development Director
Email: kaanenson(aci.chanhassen.mn.us
Phone: 952-227-1139
(Publish in the Chanhassen Villager on October 20, 2011)
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Date: October 3, 2011 Review Response Deadline: October 21, 2011
To: Development Plan Referral Agencies
From: Planning Department By: Kate Aanenson AICP, Community Development Director
952-227-1139 kaanensonci.chanhassen.mn.us
Subject: WALMART STORE #5949-00: Request for Rezoning from Industrial Office Park (IOP) to
Community Commercial (CC), and Concept Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval for a
commercial development of a 120,000 square -foot Walmart Store on approximately 14.10 acres of land
located at the southwest corner of Highway 5 and Powers Boulevard (1000 Park Road).
Applicant: Walmart, c% Kimley Horn and Associates.
Planning Case: 2011-11 PED: 25-5660010
The above described application for approval of a land development proposal was filed with the Chanhassen Planning
Department on September 30, 2011. The 60-day review period ends November 29, 2011.
In order for us to provide a complete analysis of issues for Planning Commission and City Council review, we would
appreciate your comments and recommendations concerning the impact of this proposal on traffic circulation, existing and
proposed future utility services, storm water drainage, and the need for acquiring public lands or easements for park sites,
street extensions or improvements, and utilities. Where specific needs or problems exist, we would like to have a written
report to this effect from the agency concerned so that we can make a recommendation to the Planning Commission and City
Council.
This application is scheduled for consideration by the Chanhassen Planning Commission on November 1, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers at Chanhassen City Hall. We would appreciate receiving your comments by no later than October
21, 2011. You may also appear at the Planning Commission meeting if you so desire. Your cooperation and assistance is
greatly appreciated.
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a. City Engineer
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Kathryn Aanenson, Planning Director
FROM: Alyson Fauske, Assistant City Engineer
DATE: November 1, 2011
SUBJECT: Planning Case 11-11: Walmart Concept Plan at the southwest comer of Highway
5 and Powers Boulevard
ROADWAYS
The property lies south of Highway 5, west of Powers Boulevard and north of Park Road.
Highway 5 and Powers Boulevard are classified as Minor Arterials in the City's Transportation
Plan and are under the jurisdiction of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Carver
County, respectively. Park Road is a city street and is classified as a Major Collector roadway.
The development team performed a Traffic Impact Analysis to estimate the impact the proposed
Walmart store would have on the roadway system. The analysis assumes that trips to the site
will distributed as shown in Figure 1.
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The analysis included the existing traffic volumes and estimated growth to the year 2030 due to
residential, commercial and industrial growth within the area. The analysis focused on the peak
PM volumes since this will likely be time that has the highest impact to traffic. The additional
PM trips generated each hour to the proposed store are shown in Figure 2.
the proposed
development.
The peak PM hour traffic to the site will include "pass -by" trips, meaning vehicles that are
already travelling in a particular direction will stop at the site, then continue to their ultimate
destination. Figure 3 shows the projected peak PM hour traffic volumes to the site for years
2013/2030.
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The following roadway improvements have been recommended based on the projected traffic
volumes identified in the Traffic Impact Analysis:
1. An additional left turn lane for west -bound Highway 5 to south -bound Powers Boulevard
needs to be constructed,
2. The existing left turn signal on Highway 5 needs to be retimed for west -bound Highway
5 to south -bound Powers Boulevard,
3. An additional left turn lane for north -bound Powers Boulevard to west -bound Highway 5
needs to be constructed,
4. Installation of a traffic control signal at the intersection of Powers Boulevard and Park
Road,
5. Increase the length of the left turn on north -bound Powers Boulevard to west -bound
Highway 5, and
6. Installation of turn lanes and a raised median within Park Road.
These improvements are not identified in the City's 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan, therefore
the developer should make these improvements if the development is approved. Based on the
developer's preliminary drawings these improvements can be constructed within the existing
right of ways.
SITE ACCESS
The site currently has two access points on Park Road, as shown in Figure 4. The proposed
access points are shown in Figure 5. A comparison of the existing and proposed access points as
compared to the City Code requirements is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Access Spacing Comparisons
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Comprehensive Plan
Distance from Eastern
Access to Powers Boulevard
170 ft
180 ft
220 ft
Distance Between Eastern
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290 ft
200 ft
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Access spacing from an adjacent street- in this instance, Powers Boulevard- is intended to
provide drivers sufficient distance to travel past an intersection before making a turn, and to
provided sufficient stacking distance for vehicles turning in to the access. Adequate distance
between access points is required for similar reasons. Access spacing requirements consider the
classification of streets and the land use of the property: spacing for a commercial property along
a high volume road is greater than that for a private residence on a low volume road.
The developer proposes to shift the eastern access approximately 10 feet west of the existing
access, however the access still would not meet the minimum access spacing requirement from
Powers Boulevard.
Figure 6 illustrates Staffs concerns with the proposed access points and associated roadway
modifications.
Proposed turn lane taper is too close to
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turning off of Powers Blvd drivers
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Figure 6: Staff concerns with accesses and proposed modifications to Park Road
Staff looked at aerials of more than 60 big box retail sites in the metro area. Staff found two
sites that have only two access points; the remaining sites had 3 or more accesses. There is
approximately 310 feet between the accesses on "Site A" where both accesses are on the same
street. Neither access to "Site A" are close to an intersecting street. The accesses to "Site B" are
on different streets; neither are close to an intersecting street. At this point staff has not found a
big box retail site within the metro that has similar access issues as the concept plan submitted to
the city.
accesses on the same street.
accesses on two different streets.
Parking is currently restricted on the north side of Park Road. The proposed modifications to
Park Road would require that the south side of Park Road be a "No Parking" area as well.
Employees of the IWCO property currently park on the south side of Park Road. The
developer's engineer has discussed the proposed median on Park Road and the potential on -street
parking restriction with the owners of the IWCO.
Some of the vegetation on the west side of the site would have to be trimmed or removed in
order to ensure adequate sight distance at the west access.
GRADING
The concept plan identifies the proposed finished floor elevation of the store to be 931', which is
approximately nine feet lower than the ground elevation on the east side of the building. The
concept plan includes retaining walls on the west, north and east sides of the property. The
developer's engineer has indicated that the maximum height of the retaining walls are
approximately 10 feet on the west side,16 feet on the north side and 20 feet on the east side.
Portions of the proposed wall encroach into the existing drainage and utility easement. If the
project proceeds staff will work with the developer to have the walls shifted outside of the
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easements and/or it may be determined that an Encroachment Agreement can be executed to
allow the walls within the easement.
UTILITIES
Public water and sanitary sewer is available to the property. If the project proceeds utility plan
must be submitted showing the existing and proposed services to the property.
RECOMMENDATION
If the applicant proceeds with a site plan, the developer must work with City staff to address the
following concerns:
1. The right turn lane on Park Road,
2. The curb radius of the "right -in" to the site,
3. The weaving issue between the two access points, and
4. The stacking distance at the west access.
5. The retaining wall within the drainage and utility easement.
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Estimated Market Value 2010 Values 2011 Values Last Sale
(Payable 2011) (Payable 2012)
Land $2,240,100.00 $2,036,500.00 Date of Sale
Building $3,547,800.00 $3,480,200.00 Sale Value
Total $5,787,900.00 $5,516,700.00 Qualified/
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140020
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Quality:
01
Home Style:
TAG:
Story:
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June 30, 2011
CITY OF
Mr. Dave Sellergren
Fredrickson & Byron, P.A.
CIIANHASSEN
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
7700 Market Bouievard
PO Box 147
Dear Mr. Sellergren:
Ohanhassen MN!55317
1 am sending you this letter to outline the process for a potential submittal for a
Administration
Walmart store in Chanhassen. Because Walmart is requesting a commercial zoning
well in excess of the intended zoning district, 1 have the following concern: I do not
think it is prudent for Wal-Mart to submit a complete application without first
receiving conceptual approval from the City Council on the zoning designation.
Building Inspections
Phone 95222NIBO
At our two previous meetings we discussed the following issues:
Fax 952 2271190
Engineering
1. Zoning — The size of the proposed building exceeds the maximum square footage
Phone 952.2271160
for any single use in this zoning district. Therefore, a PUD or zoning amendment
Fax 952227.1170
is required.
Finance
2. Traffic — Kimley-Hom has submitted the traffic study to the City. This study is
Phone: 9522271140
now at SRF, the City's consultant, for review. To date they have not begun the
Fax. 952 2271110
review due to non-payment. We have requested this be covered by the
Park & Recreation
applicant/Wal-Mart. This review should be completed before doing anything else
Prone.?52.2271120
but it cannot move forward until the payment is received.
`ax. 95 2271110
I would recommend submitting a concept plan for a PUD. The conceptual PUD
Recreation Cen1e'
process is intended to give you direction to your request for Commercial zoning, and
limit your expenditures (no formal architectural or site engineering plans), while
ax:9522271404
receiving guidance from the Planning Commission, City Council and the community.
While conceptual approval is non -binding, the process allows a better understanding
Planning &
of any potential issues.
Natural Resources
'..one 952227.1130
Following is an excerpt from the city code for conceptual planned unit
-ax 952 22n 11n
developments.:
Public Works
7901 Par4 Place
Chanhassen City Code
phone. 952 2271300
fax 952.2271310
Sec. 20-517. - General concept plan.
Senior Center
(a) /n order to receive guidance in the design of a PUD prior to submission of a
isne 952 227 i 125
formal application, an applicant may submit a concept plan for review and
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comment by the planning commission and city council. Submission a f a
concept plan is optional but is highly recommended for large PUDs. In order
•m;s
for the review to he of most help to the applicant. the concept plan should
contain such specific information as is suggested by the city. Generally, this
Chanhassen is a Comniunily for life-Proviwng for Tc11?q sc Na i.n; tr r'
Mr. Dave Sellergren
June 30, 2011
Page 2
information should include the.following information appropriate to the type of
development, e.g., commercial, industrial or residential:
(I) Approximate building areas, pedestrian ways and road locations;
(2) Height, bulk and square footage of buildings;
(3) Type, number or square footage or intensities of specific land uses;
(4) Number ofdwelling units;
(5) Generalized development plan showing areas to be developed or preserved; and
(6) Staging and timing cf the development.
(b) The tentative written consent of all property owners within the proposed PUD shall be
_filed with the city before the staff commences review. Approval of the concept statement
shall not obligate the city to approve the final plan or any part thereof or to rezone the
property to a planned unit development district.
(c) The final acceptance of land uses is subject to the following procedures:
(1) The developer meets with the city staff to discuss the proposed developments.
(2) The applicant shall file the concept stage application and concept plan, together
with all supporting data.
(3) The planning commission shall conduct a hearing and report its findings and
make recommendations to the city council. Notice ofthe hearing shall consist of a
legal property description, description of request, and be published in the official
newspaper at least ten days prior to the hearing, written notification of the
hearing shall be mailed at least ten days prior thereto to owners of land within
500 feet of the boundary of the property and an on -site notification sign erected
(4) Following the receipt oj'the report and recommendations from the planning
commission, the city council shall consider the proposal. If the planning
commission fails to make a report within 60 days after receipt of the application.
then the city council may proceed without the report. The council may approve
the concept plan and attach such conditions as it deems reasonable. Approval
shall require a simple majority vote of city council. except for proposals requiring
comprehensive plan changes which shall require a four -fifths vote of the entire
city council.
Mr. Dave Sellergren
June 30, 2011
Page 3
I am available to discuss the process with you if you have any questions. Please feel free to
contact me at 952-227-1139 or by email at kaanenson(a),ci.chanhassen.mn.us. Applications for
the city review process can be found on the city`s web site at
ham://www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/serv/comdev/curplan.htmi.
Sincerely,
CITY OF CHAN ASSEN .4 1\0jWqW-\1-
Kate Aanenson, AICP
Community Development Director
ec: Roger Knutson, City Attorney
Todd Gerhardt. City Manager
Paul Oehme. Public Works Director/City Engineer
12195 Singletree Lane
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
C
700 American Blvd E
oomineton, MN 55420
PROJECT NAME: walmart Store k5949-00
LOCATION: 1000 Park Road, Chanhassen, t+W 55317
LEGAL DESCRIPTION ANDPID: Lot 1, Block 1, of the Park Two 2nd Addition Plat.
255660010
TOTAL ACREAGE: 14.10 ACRES
WETLANDS PRESENT: X YES NO
PRESENT ZONING:IOP - Industrial Office Park District
REQUESTED ZONING: PM - Planned unit Development
PRESENT LAND USE DESIGNATION: Industrial Office/ Community Commercial
REQUESTED LAND USE DESIGNATION: Commercial
REASON FOR REQUEST: The p. p pp quest a PUD in order to
develop an approximately 120,000 SF retail building on said property. The proposed
development has been prepared in accordance with the City of Chdnhassen'e Code of
FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW: Include number of existing employees: and new employees:
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or clearly printed and must be accompanied by all information
and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, you should confer with the
Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and procedural requirements applicable to your application.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A written
notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
This is to certify that I am making application for the described action by the City and that I am responsible for complying with
all City requirements with regard to this request. This application should be processed in my name and I am the party whom
the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to this application. I have attached a copy of proof of ownership
(either copy of Owner's Duplicate Certificate of Title, Abstract of toe or purchase agreement), or I am the authorized person
to make this application and the fee owner has also signed this application.
I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I further
understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any
authorization to proceed with the study. The documents and information I have submitted are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge.
1&;
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Signature of Applicant Date
V_- Zo/i
Signs, a of Fee Owner Date
y:lplenlhxnukk•clnpnuM rcvica np+lication.Joc
CITY Q>r CMANHAMEN
7700 Market Boulevard — P.P. Dox 147
Chanhassen, MN 5017 — (982) 2V-1100
09-VIRLOPMRN? ROVIEW APPLICATION
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Planning Case No.
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tail:
Consultaiden with City staff is gg" prior to submittal, including review of development
p�•
Comprehensive Plan Amendment -
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
.interim Use Permit(IUP)
Non-gonforming Use Penult
Planned Unit Development'
Rezoning
Sign_ Permits
- Sign Plan Review _
Site Plan Review (SPR)•
Subdivielon' -
An additlorrai As of $3.00 pep address wishin the puleft I
prior to the public hearing.
Temporary $ales Permit
Vacatlon of Right-oRWay/lasaments (VAC)
(Addlaonal re"eimne bee May apply)
Variance (VAR)
Wetland Alteration Permit (WAP)
Zoning Appeal .
Zoning Ordlnanoe.Amendment
Notiffoatlon Sign_— $200 -
.- -(City to Install and remove)
X_ Escrow for Filing Fess/Attomey Cost"
- $60 CUP/SPFWACNAR/WAPIMstes & Bounds
• $450 Minor SUB. -
TOTA4Itlli _
oaring notiffeatlanarea will be Invelesd to Me applicant
I
"Five (5) full•alle t41f!!d copies of the plans must be submitted, including an lYi' X 11" raduced
copy for each ptan sheet along with a ftilfiM in TIFF+prbup 4 (".tif) forma"
t
"Escrow will be required for other applicatione through the development contract.
Building material sample$ must be submitted with site plan reviews.
NOMV When mullttple appliealicerfa am processed, the appropriate foe shall be charged for
eseh aippiio"on.
Real Estate & Design
David Cox, Sr. Design Manager
October 3, 2011
Ms. Kate Aanenson, AICP
City of Chanhassen
Community Development Director
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Walmart
Save money. Live better.
2001 SE 100 Street
Bentonville. AR 72716
Phone 479 2000550
Fax 479.273,4107
w .walmart.corn
RE: Wal-Mart Store 95949-00, Chanhassen, MN
Authorization to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to serve as Wal-Mart's Permitting Agent
Dear Ms. Aanenson:
On behalf of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust (Wal-Mart), I authorize
Will Matzek of Kimley-Horn and Associates to act as Wal-Marys duly authorized agent for preparing
applications and subsequent correspondence required to obtain permits and/or approvals for the
local/state/federal permitting agencies.
Sincerely,
David Cox, AIA
Senior Design Manger
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
cc: TR Rose
SCANNED
PROJECT NAME: Wollmart store M49-00
LOCATION: 1000 Park Road, Chanhassen, MH 55317
LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND PID: Lot 1, Block 1, of the Park Two 2nd Addition Plat.
: 255660010
TOTAL ACREAGE: 14.10 ACRES
WETLANDS PRESENT: X YES NO
PRESENTZONING:10P - Industrial Office Park District
REQUESTED ZONING:PUD - Planned Unit Development
PRESENT LAND USE DESIGNATION: Industrial Office/ Community Commgrcial
REQUESTED LAND USE DESIGNATION: Commercial
REASON FOR REQUEST: Thep p70P'. '.: _rr: quest a PUD in order to
develop an apprAximatey 120,000 SF retail building on said property. The proposed
development has been prepared in accordance with the City of Chdn4a2sen1p Code of
FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW. Induds number of existing employees: and new employees:
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or Beady printed and must be accompanied by all information
and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, you should confer with the
Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and procedural requirements applicable to your application.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A written
notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
This is to certify that I am making application for the described action by the City and that I am responsible for complying with
all City requirements with regard to this request This application should be processed in my name and I am the party whom
the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to this application. 1 have attached a copy of proof of ownership
(either copy of Owner's Duplicate Certificate of Title, Abstract of Title or purchase agreement), or i am the authorized person
to make this application and the fee owner has also signed this application.
I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I further
understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any
authorization to proceed with the study. The documents and information I have submitted are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge.
9"AD_Q2
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Signature of Applicant Date
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Signa, a of Fee Owner Date
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WALMART CONCEPT PUDIREZONING -PLANNING CASE 2011-11
$750.00 Planned Unit Development
$200.00 Notification Sign
$950.00 TOTAL
$950.00 Less Check #2111324 from Kimley-Horn & Assoc., Inc.
$0.00 BALANCE
SCANNED
Property Card
Taxpayer Information
Taxpayer Name
TARGET CORPORATION T-0862
ATTN: PROPERTY TAX DEPT
Mailing Address
PO BOX 9456
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55440-9456
Property Address
Address
851 78TH ST W
City
CHANHASSEN,MN 55317
Parcel ID Number 251840010
Parcel Information
Uses Commercial GIS Acres 10.08
Tax Acres
Plat CHANHASSEN RETAIL ADDITION
Lot 001
Block 001
Tax Description
Building Information
Building Style Foundation Sq Ft Bedrooms
Year Built Finished Sq Ft Bathrooms
Other Garage N
Miscellaneous Information
School District Watershed District Homestead Green Acres Ag Preserve
0112 WS 064 RILEY PURG BLUFF N N N
CREEK
Assessor Information
Estimated Market Value 2010 Values 2011 Values Last Sale
(Payable 2011) (Payable 2012)
Land $3,639,400.00 $3,308,500.00 Date of Sale
Building $6,841,200.00 $6,787,100.00 Sale Value
Total $10,480,600.00 $10,095,600.00 Qualified/
Unqualified
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Year Built: 1993 Model: 13
Heated Sq. Ft.: 131019 BVAL: 130110
Arch: Quality: 02
Home Style: TAG:
Story: 1 Garage: N
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Payable Year 2012 Land: $3,308,500
Payable Year 2012 Building: $6,787,100
Payable Year 2012 Total: $10,095,600
2011 Special Assessment: $100
2011 Total Tax: $350,044
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Taxpayer Information
Taxpayer Name
ISTAR MINNESOTA LLC
C/O TTA/EPROPERTY TAX DEPT 114
Mailing Address
PO BOX 4900
SCOTTSDALE, AZ 852614900
Property Address
Address
1000 PARK RD
City
CHANHASSEN,MN 55317
Parcel ID Number 255660010
Parcel Information
Uses
Commercial GIS Acres 14.10
Tax Acres 14.68
Plat PARK TWO 2ND ADDITION
Lot 001
Block 001
Tax Description
EXC HWY R-O-W
Building Information
Building Style
Foundation Sq Ft
Bedrooms
Year Built
Finished Sq Ft
Bathrooms
Other Garage N
Mbcellaneous Information
School District
Watershed District Homestead
Green Acres Ag Preserve
0112
WS 064 RILEY PURG BLUFF N
N N
CREEK
Estimated Market Value 2010 Values 2011 Values Last Sale
(Payable 2011) (Payable 2012)
Land $2,240,100.00 $2.036,500.00 Dale of Sale
Building $3,547,800.00 $3,480,200.00 Sale Value
Total $5,787,900.00 $5,516,700.00 Qualified/
Unqualified
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1986 Model:
14
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154674 BVAL:
140020
Arch:
Quality:
01
Home Style:
TAG:
Story:
1 Garage:
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$2,036,500
Payable Year 2012 Building:
$3,480,200
Payable Year 2012 Total:
$5,516,700
2011 Special Assessment:
$100
2011 Total Tax:
$208,394
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77U0 Market soulevard — P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN $5317— (982) 227-1100
DISVELORMONT IIIIII-VIEW A"WICATION
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Planning Case No.
N=:
Consultation with City staff is CliguirAprior to submittal,including review of development
p
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
-Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
interim use. Permit (IUP)
Non -conforming Use Permit
Planned Unit Development'
. Rezoning
Sign Permits
Sign Plan Review
Site Plan Review (SPR)•
Subdivision"
An Additional fee of $3.00 par address within the pmblte t
prier to the publiehssrfng, :
Temporary Sales Permit
Vacation of Right-of:Way/gssements (VAC)
(Additional recording bee may apply)
Variance (VAR)
Wetland Alteration Permit (WAP)
.Zoning Appeal .
Zoning Ordinanes Amendment
Notification Sign.—$200
(City to install and remove)
XEscrow for filing Fees/Attomey Cost-
- $50 CUP/SPRNACNARIWAP/Metes & Bounds
- $450 Minor SUB
amina not)neatlan area wilt be Inveleed to the appgoont
"Five (5) foll-ahto f ' copled of the plans must 0submitted, Including an aYh" X 11" reduced
copy for each plan oboe) along with a jj#jVjjWillt In TIFF -Group 4 (*A format,
t
"Escrow1wil► be required for other applications through the development contract.
Buildimg materiel samples must be submitted with site plan :revlews.
NOTIN: When multiple appllcalione are processed, the approprtAte fee shall be charged for
stash application.
Aanenson, Kate
From:
dgjinc@aol.com
Sent:
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:58 PM
To:
Aanenson, Kate
Subject:
WAL-MART
Good Afternoon - I live in the Lake Susan Hills neighborhood and have been a resident of Chanhassen since 1991. This
is the first time I have felt the need to address the city and let my feeling known about any city projects. I have just heard
about the proposed Wal-Mart on Powers and Hwy 5.. I AM 100% OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT. I believe it is wrong
for our community and personally oppose the general Wal-mart business policy- the way they treat their employees - how
Ilocal small business dries up under the shadow of a Wal-mart and how the dynamics of a city change when a huge box
store like Wal-mart dominates and dictates the local business climate. I will attend the Nov. 1st planning meeting and alert
my neighbors. I hope reason will prevail and this project will be killed. Doug Jacobson 952-937-5381 . .
CITY of
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone:952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Building Inspections
Phone:952,227.1180
Fax:952.227.1190
Engineering
Phone:952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
Finance
Phone:952.227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax:952.227.1110
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227.1404
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax:952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone:952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
MEMORANDUM
TO: Kate Aanenson, Community Development Director
FROM: Jernu Mohn, Building Official
DATE: October 10, 2011
SUBJ: Conceptual PUD review for proposed " Wahnart' to be located at
1000 Park Road.
Planning Case: 2011-11
I have reviewed the plans for the above project, received by the Planning
Department on September 30, 2011. Following are my comments, which should be
included as conditions of approval.
1. Structure must comply with Minnesota State Building Code.
2. The structure is required to have an automatic fire extinguishing system.
3. Building plans must be prepared and signed by design professionals licensed
in the State of Minnesota.
4. Retaining walls over four high must be designed by a professional engineer
and a permit must be obtained prior to construction.
5. Detailed occupancy related requirements will be addressed when complete
building plans are submitted.
6. The owner and/or their representative shall meet with the Inspections
Division as soon as possible to discuss plan review and permit procedures.
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CITY OF
CAANAASSEN
October 25, 2011
Mr. William Matzek
7700 Market Boulevard Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
PC Box 147 2550 University Avenue West, Suite 238N
Chanhassen, MN 55317 St. Paul, MN 55114
Administration
Re: Walmart Concept Planned Unit Development Application
Phone: 952.227.1100
Review Period Extension
Fax:952.227.1110
Dear Mr. Matzek:
Building Inspections
Phone:952.227.1180
Fax:952.227.1190
As part of the application for Concept Planned Unit Development for Walmart
located at 1000 Park Road in Chanhassen, the city is taking an additional 60 days for
Engineering
review. Your new review deadline date is January 27, 2012.
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax:952.2271170
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 952-227-1139 or by email
at kaanenson@ci.chanhassen.mn.us.
Finance
Phone:952.227.1140
Fax:952.227.1110
Sincerely,
Park & Recreation CITY OF CHANHASSEN
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952227.1110 KA7
X1VA0n1-\-
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard Kathryn R. Aanenson, AICP
Phone: 952.227.1400 Community Development Director
Fax: 952.227.1404
KRA:ktm
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone:952.227.1130 c: iStar Minnesota LLC
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone:952.227.1300
Fax:952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax:952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow
SCANNED
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard — P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317 — (952) 227-1100
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATION
Name and Address:
Walmart c/o Kimley-Horn and Assoc
_2550 University Ave W Suite 238N
St. Paul, MN 55114
Contact:William D. Matzek
Phone:651-643-0497 Fax:651-645-4197
Email: Will.Matzek@Kimley-Horn.com
Planning Case No.o?61 1— 1 )
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
RECEIVED
SEP 3 0 2011
Property Owner Name and Address:
iStar Minnesota LLC c/o istar Financial I
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Contact:
Phone: Fax:
Email:
NOTE: Consultation with City staff is required prior to submittal, including review of development
plans
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
Interim Use Permit (IUP)
Non -conforming Use Permit
X Planned Unit Development' It -ISO
Rezoning
Sign Permits
Sign Plan Review
Site Plan Review (SPR)`
Subdivision'
An dd'F
Temporary Sales Permit
Vacation of Right-of-Way/Easements (VAC)
(Additional recording fees may apply)
Variance (VAR)
Wetland Alteration Permit (WAP)
Zoning Appeal
Zoning Ordinance Amendment
t
Notification Sign $200
(City to install and remove)
X Escrow for Filing Fees/Attorney Cost"
- $50 CUP/SPR/VAC/VAR/WAP/Metes & Bounds
- $450 Minor SUB
K; �1zy _ N�� r.
TOTAL FEE $950.00 odC.K�tattt3a�1
a I tonal e of 43.00 per address within the public hearing notification area will be invoiced to the applicant
prior to the public hearing.
'Five (5) full-size folded copies of the plans must be submitted, including an 8%" X 11" reduced
copy for each plan sheet along with a digital copy in TIFF -Group 4 (*.tif) format.
"Escrow will be required for other applications through the development contract.
Building material samples must be submitted with site plan reviews.
NOTE: When multiple applications are processed, the appropriate fee shall be charged for
each application.
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PROJECT NAME: walmart Store #5949-00
LOCATION: 1000 Park Road, Chanhassen, MN 55317
LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND PID: Lot 1, Block 1, of the Park Two 2nd Addition Plat.
PIN: 255660010
TOTAL ACREAGE: 14.10 ACRES
WETLANDS PRESENT: X YES NO
PRESENT ZONING:IOP - Industrial Office Park District
REQUESTED ZONING:PUD - Planned Unit Development
PRESENT LAND USE DESIGNATION: Industrial Office/ Community Commercial
REQUESTED LAND USE DESIGNATION: Commercial
REASON FOR REQUEST: The purpose of this application is to request a PUD in order to
develop an approximately 120,000 SP retail building on said property. The proposed
development has been prepared in accordance with the City of Chanhassen's Code of
FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW: Include number of existing employees: and new employees
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or clearly printed and must be accompanied by all information
and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, you should confer with the
Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and procedural requirements applicable to your application.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A written
notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
This is to certify that I am making application for the described action by the City and that I am responsible for complying with
all City requirements with regard to this request. This application should be processed in my name and I am the party whom
the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to this application. 1 have attached a copy of proof of ownership
(either copy of Owner's Duplicate Certificate of Title, Abstract of Title or purchase agreement), or I am the authorized person
to make this application and the fee owner has also signed this application.
I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. I further
understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any
authorization to proceed with the study. The documents and information I have submitted are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge.
Signature of Applicant Date
Signature of Fee Owner Date
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PROJECT NAME: walmart Store #5949-00
LOCATION: 1000 Park Road, Chanhassen, MN 55317
LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND PID: Lot 1, Block 1, of the Park Two 2nd Addition Plat.
PIN: 255660010
TOTAL ACREAGE: 14.10 ACRES
WETLANDS PRESENT: X YES NO
PRESENTZONING: IOP - Industrial Office Park District
REQUESTED ZONING: PUD - Planned Unit Development
PRESENT LAND USE DESIGNATION: Industrial Office/ Community Commercial
REQUESTED LAND USE DESIGNATION: Commercial
REASON FOR REQUEST: The purpose of this application is to request a PUD in order to
develop an approximately 120,000 SF retail building on said property. The proposed
development has been prepared in accordance with the City of Chanhassen s Code of
FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW: Include number of existing employees: and new employees
This application must be completed in full and be typewritten or clearly printed and must be accompanied by all information
and plans required by applicable City Ordinance provisions. Before filing this application, you should confer with the
Planning Department to determine the specific ordinance and procedural requirements applicable to your application.
A determination of completeness of the application shall be made within 15 business days of application submittal. A written
notice of application deficiencies shall be mailed to the applicant within 15 business days of application.
This is to certify that I am making application for the described action by the City and that I am responsible for complying with
all City requirements with regard to this request. This application should be processed in my name and I am the party whom
the City should contact regarding any matter pertaining to this application. I have attached a copy of proof of ownership
(either copy of Owner's Duplicate Certificate of Title, Abstract of Title or purchase agreement), or I am the authorized person
to make this application and the fee owner has also signed this application.
I will keep myself informed of the deadlines for submission of material and the progress of this application. 1 further
understand that additional fees may be charged for consulting fees, feasibility studies, etc. with an estimate prior to any
authorization to proceed with the study. The documents and information I have submitted are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge.
Signature of Applicant Date
Signature of Fee Owner Date
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September 30*, 2011
Ms. Kate Aanenson, AICP
Community Development Director
City of Chanhassen
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147 —
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Re: Conceptual PUD Application Review
Walmart Store #5949-00
1000 Park Road
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Dear Ms. Aanenson:
❑Kimley-Horn
and Associates, Inc.
Suite 238N
2550 University Avenue West
St. Paul, Minnesota
55114
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
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CHANHASSEN PLANNING DEFT
Kimley-Hom is excited about the opportunity to work with the City of Chanhassen on the
redevelopment of the 1000 Park Road property. Per your recommendation, we compiled a
conceptual PUD submittal for City review. The proposed redevelopment of an existing 14.11
acre light industrial/office site with an approximately 120,000 square foot Walmart retail
store. Construction is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2012 be completed for a grand
opening in 2013. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for reviewing the attached application and corresponding materials and we look
forward to working with you on the project.
Sincerely,
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William D. Matzek, PE, CPESC
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
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