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CITY OF MEMORANDUM
CHANIIASSEN TO: Robert Generous, Senior Planner
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147 FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director
Chanhassen, MN 55317
DATE: April 26, 2013
Administration SUBJ: BLUFF CREEK WOODS: Request to Rezone 3.57 acres of property
Phone: 952.2271100
Fax: 952.2271110 from Agricultural Estate District (A -2) to Single - Family Residential
District (RSF); Subdivision with Variances for the construction of a
Building Inspections private street; and a Conditional Use Permit to allow development
Phone: 952.2271180 within the Bluff Creek Overlay District; Located 7331 Hazeltine
Fax: 952.2271190 Boulevard; Applicant: Martin Schutrop.
Engineering PARKS
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.2271170 This property is located adjacent to the Bluff Creek Preserve, a natural creek
corridor that traverses the city for 6 miles from northwest to southeast. The park
Finance preserve features large expanses of natural open spaces including floodplain,
Phone: 952.2271140 wetlands and woods. The portion of the preserve directly adjacent to the proposed
Fax: 952.2271110 Bluff Creek Woods development is 60 acres in size.
Park & Recreation TRAILS
Phone: 952.2271120
Fax: 952.2271110 The subject site has direct access to the Highway 41 trail that connects to both the
Bluff Creek Preserve Trail and the Minnewashta Regional Park Trail within
Recreation Center '/2- mile of the subdivision.
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.2271400 RECOMMENDATION
Fax: 952.2271404 As a condition of approval for Bluff Creek Woods, it is recommended that full
Planning & park fees be collected in lieu of parkland dedication and/or trail construction. Park
Natural Resources fees shall be collected in full for the two new homes at the rate in force upon final
Phone: 952.2271130 plat submission and approval.
Fax: 952.2271110
ATTACHMENTS
Public Works 1. Park and Trail Map
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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CITY OF April 25, 2013
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard Kathie Brown, Principal
P Box 147 Holy Family Catholic High School
Chanhassen, MN 55317
8101 Kochia Lane
Victoria, MN 55386
Administration
Phone: 952.2271100
Fax: 952.2271110
Dear Kathie:
Building inspections
Phone: 952.2271180 Please find enclosed a press release concerning a new program seeking youth
Fax: 952.2271190 members on the Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission. This initiative,
put forth by the Chanhassen City Council, is intended to provide an opportunity
Engineering for young people to engage in local governance. Young people serving on the
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.2271170 commission will provide recommendations and advice to the City Council
regarding parks, recreation and leisure services. Membership also includes
Finance voting privileges on issues that come before the Park and Recreation
Phone: 952.2271140 Commission.
Fax: 952.2271110
Please forward the press release describing this new opportunity to serve the
Park & Recreation Chanhassen community to the appropriate staff member(s). Interested
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.2271110 candidates may apply online at www.ci.chanhassen.nm.us /commissions
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard Sincerely,
Phone: 952.2271400
Fax: 952.2271404 70z19,1
Planning &
Natural Resources Todd Hoffman
Phone: 952.2271130 Park and Recreation Director
Fax: 952.2271110
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Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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CITY OF April 25, 2013
CHAN
7700 Market Boulevard Dave Adney, Principal
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317 Minnetonka High School
18301 Highway 7
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Administration
Phone: 952.2271100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Dear Dave:
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.2271180 Please find enclosed a press release concerning a new program seeking youth
Fax: 952.227.1190 members on the Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission. This initiative,
put forth by the Chanhassen City Council, is intended to provide an opportunity
Engineering for young people to engage in local governance. Young people serving on the
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.2271170 commission will provide recommendations and advice to the City Council
regarding parks, recreation and leisure services. Membership also includes
Finance voting privileges on issues that come before the Park and Recreation
Phone: 952.2271140 Commission.
Fax: 952.227.1110
Park & Recreation
Please forward the press release describing this new opportunity to serve the
Phone: 952.2271120 Chanhassen community to the appropriate staff member(s). Interested
Fax: 952.2271110 candidates may apply online at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us /commissions
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard Sincerely,
Phone: 952.2271400
Fax: 952.2271404
Planning &
Natural Resources Todd Hoffman
Phone: 952.2271130 Park and Recreation Director
Fax: 952.2271110
TH:k
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952,2271110
Web Site
www.c i.chanhassen.mn.us
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CITY OF April 25, 2013
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard Tim Dorway, Principal
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317 Chanhassen High School
2200 Lyman Blvd.
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.2271100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Dear Tim:
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180 Please find enclosed a press release concerning a new program seeking youth
Fax: 952.2271190 members on the Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission. This initiative,
put forth by the Chanhassen City Council, is intended to provide an opportunity
Engineering for young people to engage in local governance. Young people serving on the
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.2271170 commission will provide recommendations and advice to the City Council
regarding parks, recreation and leisure services. Membership also includes
Finance voting privileges on issues that come before the Park and Recreation
Phone: 952.2271140 Commission.
Fax: 952.2271110
Please forward the press release describing this new opportunity to serve the
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120 Chanhassen community to the appropriate staff member(s). Interested
Fax: 952.2271110 candidates may apply online at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us /commissions
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard Sincerely,
Phone: 952.2271400
Fax: 952.227.1404 7 ,
Planning &
Natural Resources Todd Hoffman
Phone: 952.2271130 Park and Recreation Director
Fax: 952.2271110
TH:k
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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CITY OF April 25, 2013
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard Dan Beckering, Head of School
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317 Southwest Christian High School
1981 Bavaria Road
Chaska, MN 55318
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Dear Dan:
Building Inspections - _ -
Phone: 952.227.1180 Please find enclosed a press release concerning a new program seeking youth
Fax: 952.227.1190 members on the Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission. This initiative,
put forth by the Chanhassen City Council, is intended to provide an opportunity
Engineering for young people to engage in local governance. Young people serving on the
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.227.1170 commission will provide recommendations and advice to the City Council
regarding parks, recreation and leisure services. Membership also includes
Finance voting privileges on issues that come before the Park and Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1140 Commission.
Fax: 952.227.1110
Please forward the press release describing this new opportunity to serve the
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.2271120 Chanhassen community to the appropriate staff member(s). Interested
Fax: 952.2271110 candidates may apply online at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us /commissions
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard Sincerely,
Phone: 952.2271400
Fax: 952.2271404
YYY
Planning &
Natural Resources Todd Hoffman
Phone: 952.227.1130 Park and Recreation Director
Fax: 952.2271110
TH:k
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.2271300
Fax: 952.2271310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.2271125
Fax: 952.2271110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
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Press Release
City of Chanhassen Seeks Youth Members for Park and Recreation Commission
April 22, 2013
The City of Chanhassen is seeking applicants for one or two youth commissioners on the Chanhassen
Park and Recreation Commission. Applicants must be 16 to 18 years of age and reside in Chanhassen.
Youth member terms will be for one year, serving from April to March annually. The Park and
Recreation Commission is an advisory body that provides recommendations and advice to the City
Council regarding parks, recreation and leisure services. Youth membership includes voting privileges on
issues that come before the Park and Recreation Commission.
The Park & Recreation Commission is responsible for:
• The preparation and maintenance of a comprehensive Parks and Open- Space -Plan for the —
future development of the city park and recreation system that is submitted to the City
Council for implementation.
• The preparation of an annual 5 -year Park and Trail Acquisition and Development Capital
Improvement Plan (CTP) for delivery to the City Council.
• Evaluation and guidance regarding the city's annual special event series and recreation
program offerings.
Visit the City of Chanhassen's website to find and complete an on -line application to be considered for a
youth position on the City of Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission. Contact Todd Hoffman,
Park and Recreation Director at 952- 227 -1129 or at thoffman @ci.chanhassen.mn.us /commissions for
additional information.
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Al Klingelhutz, `Mr. Chanhassen,' dies at age 9 - Chanhassen villager: News Page 1 of 3
Al Klingelhutz, `Mr. Chanhassen,' dies at age 91
Posted: Monday, August 13, 2012 11:14 am
Al Klingelhutz, a lifelong Chanhassen resident who helped shape the community, died Aug. 13 at
the age of 91.
Funeral services are planned at St. Hubert's Church in Chanhassen at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17.
Visitation will be at the church on Thursday, Aug. 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to
10:15 a.m. prior to mass.
At the Aug. 13 Chanhassen City Council meeting, current Mayor Tom Furlong paid tribute to
Klingelhutz.
"We lost a great man and a visionary leader for our own city of Chanhassen," Furlong said. "Al
was a good man and we're all going to miss him."
Aloysius H. Klingelhutz was born on the family farm in Chanhassen on June 9, 1921, to Dennis
and Susan (Jacques) Klingelhutz.
As an adult, Klingelhutz was a farmer/ mayor/ county commissioner and realtor who literally
helped turn Chanhassen into a city.
Klingelhutz worked with others in the early 1960s to merge Chanhassen Township with the
village of Chanhassen. Klingelhutz Lived in the township, which in 1961 was the largest piece of
unincorporated land in Carver County and the target of competing local governments, according
to the city's centennial history book.
On the west end of the township, land was being annexed to Chaska to accommodate the
McKnight Development known as the "new town of Jonathan." Victoria was thinking about
annexing another part of the township, and another group was promoting annexation of the
township to Excelsior.
The township was populated by fanners, one of whom was Klingelhutz.
"The farmers were leery because they figured their taxes would go up. A lot of them were losing
their farms. They couldn't make their payments the way it was," recalled Klingelhutz in a story in
the Chanhassen Villager last year.
A Chanhassen Township supervisor at the time, he campaigned with several other township
residents for a referendum supporting an annexation to Chanhassen. On May 2, 1967, The .merger
was approve by a 2 to 1 margin.
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It was the beginning of a new Chanhassen. Following the annexation, another election was held
within weeks for a new city council, and Klingelhutz was one of the new members elected.
With its growth, Chanhassen had to change the way it conducted business.
City leaders knew they needed a plan for orderly growth and they needed to preserve some land
for parks. Klingelhutz was familiar with the Welter family that owned property on Lake Ann.
"I told one of the boys if they ever wanted to sell, I wanted to talk to them," said Klingelhutz. "It
wasn't too much later that they were ready, so we negotiated with them and passed a referendum
in 1969 to buy the property. It was one of the best investments ever made by the city. It's a
beautiful park."
Klingelhutz said the city paid $300 per acre for the land and was also able to get state and federal
- grants - to h 1p witirtire - purch se
"It was a heck of a deal for the city. I'm proud of the way it turned out," he said.
Although busy raising his family and running a farm, Klingelhutz decided to run for mayor when
Gene Coulter announced his retirement from the position. After handily winning the 1971
election, he worked to continue modernizing the city operations.
The centennial history book quotes a "long -time resident" as saying Klingelhutz "turned the city
into professional people." As mayor, Klingelhutz also served as the city's ambassador,
representing the city at various functions at home and elsewhere. It was during this time he
became known as "Mr. Chanhassen," although Klingelhutz said he doesn't know the exact origin
of the label.
He was a farmer - mayor. There was no city manager. That responsibility fell on Klingelhutz.
"Because of growth, the job required a lot of time," said Klingelhutz. "I'd have to come out of the
field or barn a lot to run to city hall to take care of business, and there were a lot of meetings to
attend." The job took its toll on the man who was farming the same land that his father fanned. He
tells people that the reason his hands are so big is because of all the cows he milked by hand
before milking machines became popular.
During the city's annual Frontier Days celebration in 1972, he was asked by the Chanhassen
Jaycees to sit in the dunk tank they used to raise money to sponsor the festivities.
Community residents gathered around as the 6- foot -3 -inch mayor sat on the seat waiting for
someone to throw a ball at the target, thereby tripping a mechanism that caused the person on the
scat to drop into a tank of water. When a ball hit the target, Klingelhutz went dawn, but it soon
Mme ap <i : ,.hat he couldn't get back up. An ambulance was called and h was hospitalized
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That summer he laid in a hospital bed set up in his family's living room. Meanwhile, his family
handled most of the farm chores, including picking and selling sweet corn and other vegetables.
Members of the Chanhassen Fire Department and the Jaycees also offered their assistance and
came to help out.
After taking a few years away from public service, Klingelhutz was elected to represent the city of
Chanhassen for eight years on the Carver County Board.
He said he was always proud to represent Chanhassen.
"It was and still is a good place to raise a family and run a business. That's why it has attracted so
many people and grown so much. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else."
Klingelhutz was born on June 9, 1921, in his family's farm house one mile south of downtown
Chanhassen - on - Highway - 1 - 0 - 1 - was - the - sixth - of trinee chi - orn to Dennis aid - Susan
(Jacques) Klingelhutz.
He attended St. Hubert's Catholic Grade School when it was housed in the convent and featured
only several classrooms for all the students in first through eighth grade.
After grade school, he attended and graduated from Eden Prairie High School, which was the
school district serving the area south of Chanhassen at that time.
Eventually, Al bought the dairy operation from his parents.
"We went to the attorney about the farm," he said. "I can still see him. He drew up the contract
and looked at my dad kind of seriously and said, `You're being tough on the kid. He'll never make
it. "'
The contract required Al to repay his parents within 10 years.
"God, I had it paid up in nine and -a -half years," AI smiled. "Things were kind of tough, but I had
a good herd of cows. I fooled that old judge." Klingelhutz remained a bachelor until he was 33
years old, at which time he married another Iifelong Chanhassen resident, Mary Jane Roeser, on
Sept. 15, 1953, at St. Hubert's Church.
"I saw him in church when I was 12 and he was 22. I thought he was the most handsome guy I
ever saw. I never thought of him as a boyfriend or something," Mary Jane said.
That didn't come until after she had returned from three years of nursing school in St. Cloud.
Together, the couple raised seven children: Brian, Claire, Michael, Neil, Joann, Al, Jr., and Kurt.
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