2 Chanhassen LibraryCITYOF
CHANHASSEN
690 G(r Ce, ret D~ive
PO Bo.,; 147
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952. 937. ! 9OO
MEMOICXNDUM
TO:
FROM:
Park and Recreation Commission
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Todd t loflhmn. Park and Recreation Director
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DATE:
February 15. 2001
SUB J:
Chanhassen Library. Appoint Represcntatix e to
Participate in Planning Meetings
Members of the Commission have e×pressed an interest in discussing tiao
potential impact the library will have on the space in fi'ont of City tlall.
conclusion of this discussion, a representative to attend lk~ture library planning
meetings should be appointed.
The next meetings are scheduled for Saturdax. March 10 at 9:00 a.m. and
Tuesday. March 27 al 7:00 p.m. 13oth meetings are scheduled in the Council
('hambers.
~o options mr smmngu~s- ~ Pulte a lication "ewl w
,,::.,'~'~ :., . , ,.I :-. opment. . ' , tpp . i~ y s orn menr rarner man giving tn~
~[~';~!~3?f}~eptar~i~YP°°['l,'-i.)':}~eycompned.. · . :' ' counci[ap~ointee Mark.Krosk- park and trail fees.. .
un~nes aurmg a puouc near-.: -,:0{-,' ... ~.. · , ., · ..... · ...........
~:,'-~ .. ~--.',. ..... .. ,. .., .... '.}-'c.~:. Pulte has been working wxth m abst~ed from thevote. Peter- · Save more trees from a 1
Same of the :150.patlnU ,it:.~'::.] .?.? :' }' ? ~ '" ' _ ~ .... _' ',
.n~to, different, elementa~ . :-, , ..: , ...... . : ,,. .... -
~Jgo~S,:';,,qme:'were::'wor[~e.d resl nts o.__r 1 ut
adt-effec=,of bOunda~.ch~g..~t] .'>,......,/%;,.: · . . · .. ~ , :
~I.m~not here :to~ermc~ze~ .~[: .~ ....... _ ...... used to construct the hbram and
~J~sa ~m~ ~ot. eye.one, I: ' By:Mehssa Gilman the Ca~er Coun~ Libram Svs-
r.~e;~Ppy~,be~ause:~h~ge ~s,.[ -Sw~:,wm E . tern wall be respon~xble for pro- .
O~![..for. eye~ody.: ;vW~xr,: [. c.2 ;~,.?NOW this is just like the Gong v:dmg the collecttons and staff-
; .......... -..~,~; ..... .. ....... ?{;~, Show. Don t th~nk about ~t, don t , . g the hbra~...
ty consmer tge optmn recom- 17: ?~i'~'¢~ hand, ;USt sa~ whatever Friends of the Chanhassen Li-
': ...... ,'' ' 'x~ , :. ., g. ) J . .
ndedby the t~[.force. ;: ~ [:- corem i0 ~a' sfid ~br,~ desi~- bra~, cxty staff, and residents at-
[h~ ~.oun~a~ t~,~[ce.~[ .. erliff Scherer = tended the first design meeung.
~3ed?~gsqm~er,.~d~h~'[:' L -' ReSidenuattendingthelibra~'?.} DavtdHappew=appomteaby
mmeetmg[e~!~ysmcejan'-l' ':desia~56-en house Feb. 8 were' theCi~Counciltose~e~aciti-
Ti'~The./~ :~ad ~nowed ~ [· ;:i '~n at ~ge on the lib~ bu~g
tcke, thesc~oo/~n~scom- I :: ¢~'~hbta.ies ~n th~ w~ll rely' Man~er Sco~t gofe~f~,Ca~
[:~e-.tO~,g~¢,?3g~;~s: &¢..[:?::v~;,Lb-0ki likethe St Cloud "?is- ~rlcnon, a representauve of the
.~irilg/~tb::giO'~,a~:~hibll,.S[5 'an. ?.' :..,... ' r...::~ :: F~en&ofm~Libr~, =dHipOe.
~}'jh'dihibpifiifi~'ofC16~ir.[,,f ~, iT~b:~id, ' · · ,. "7 '-MS&R will work dire=lywkh '
{:ig{5~lemgnta~,SCb°.q[this' [5. .... "LboMli[e~asachusetts' the building committee, rather'
:-I~will bi the'most'draMiti6~ [%' '~;~0 U=h, ' than the city council, to review
!tawing,ko' boundary haes I ; , "Nee& more windows, pubhc input, s;te¢lan proposals
ce;Bluff¢.Creek Elementa~ I . ~,~;~,,~,~- and to momtor t~e project as ~t ,, .....
~$~..Wsa~q m"xz~0. ,7: ;: c · I: *- "L$bk~ like transit' station in proceed. ~ouncu wm recmve re- · ....%, ~;, a,,,m~, m
~t, going to ~wde Jona~m = Eden Pr~fie ' ports from the bud&ng comm~t-
olluiiulu?y, · ~u ~uz I i iul~ml, ' "~h,, rrb ~h~nol, tee ..
~e~oopugns, My~[~ls. 'Toomd~tn~.' The process was absolutely
~nm are gmng to a aaterent . .~_t ]_~_: ...... :.k .t_ awesome ' Ha~e said "I loved "The libra~design people
.~ ....wny w= mere mcn <- ' ~h;~'g~ain rrm)' looking at the ¢ictures, and was ta~e me Iee~DacK an~ pro~uc,
)n to ~ Jona~m?', ':: ,. '"'~'~3~7c~5~. ~ .~0~ .... 1~ suroris~d at the cons'ensus in buildin~ from the ground up, a:
Dthers echoed Weir's.:~on-'. 'i~':;-*~.f~55oSfi;5~'i.Se~]~;}'~[;~ ter~s of what worked for peo- the citizens here ~ave eve~c
ils: "Not much of johhthan is and urban design firm, was hired pie." portunity to create exactly
at Jonathan (Elementary) so
1 might want fo'consider a new
ool name,~' Said one parent.
;witching il_effl&fl'ti~ry schools
uld be' "very' fraumatic for
.,De children,, saidSydneyl
X'Well.' Maxwell said :she had'
.e~ond'~radei~wh&t'aii't'~le'~pl
h~s bec¥ since he-learned he
uld have to mdve"itgaiiC.:;3.': h'
'xou~ dOn!t>want to/leave
at you khoW~ ~nd:.What y~u,'
~.~ii y0'ui-' Cji/rent: b~ilding;
l'{~k force staff:'66~h'aifpi?:;
~ l~Ofinie'Me'hl~en~ilu~Shcling TM~
'es~dents concerns:{;-:%: ??'-:
I"& INed in(th~-,~Oeltine
,6:ds rilighl~St~hgoa ' fo, 'iix:
rL"I% felt like ~e're' treated5
aa Hiighes.' (O/~6 $~tibfl':'c~l~s ::
ra ,.sEx. !true'to go:to:Ionaman.
shi~lentS
by the city to design the new
Chanhassen public library.
.Voters approved a $6 million
referendum during the Primary
Elektion. That money will be
Happe said he was impressed
with the process and the realiza-
tion that designing the library
will be a very representative pro-
cess.
they want in a library," he sat
Participants looked at phot
of libraries from across the U
and Europe. Some were old, t
di,tional buildings while otN
i .iGffmm's cloverfield or Grimm'S fat ,,'tale?.-.
'cOu
"D hs on to n e new eleme for
J'~ ~'"/5'15~;5-'!'": 4i" "i( planned c~ -~mmur~iv' 'su~;~!isdin'g ' ialfa v~a~ enormoUSiy ~;13~lar in'
?~:,*W~:(~°lsbn -' .:': theich0ol, Gl°i/~t Fieldi. ?;<~ ...~ U.S., e~pecially in thd~north,~
~CO~SP°NDENI School officials belie,/ed'th'ey states and Canada. -: ~.. ,'
r'-~(?iJ~¢~ording to the record books, iwere h0noring the e'iieem'ea Carp- When school officials recen
}i,th~'slte Of Clover Ridge Elementa- ~er C0hnty fa~-'mer~/h°rticulturist,.said Grimm once owned the
'"itS/Sch'~'$1; slated to .°Pen next fall,, by usingthe Word clover.' But the mentary school'properv
~.iai~iii~v'er'swe'nd~hn Grimm's Kelzer familX~is':n~t ~l~aSed with Kelzer reSearched
:?,lin~(?~;i,,!:i~ :. ' ,- ' ! '' ' thename.' "",.'5'~"~". ::
· , s great-great-grandson,'
${~ KelZ~', re~ei~tly called School,
Di~ri~'ll2 t'0 task'after it named
the school Clover Ridge Elemen-
tary. :~The C~rv M Ch~d~ l~oni ;.
: In the 1800S~ Gr{~: developed
'alwir/ter-~i~dyT'foi-m' of alfalfa,
s0mefim~i' iz~fe~d to ~."Everlast-
ing Clover" (as translite'd from the
Courthouse records and came
with a different answer..~.,e
ers are 'also currently in a $~18,~
assessment diqpute with ih'e:
· Chaska,"resulting from':thb:En?,
more trees trom a. large;
peen wOi'lS, lll~ tuw~tzu._zx,~,uu,~.~ -
.?
ibniq/design P~ople Will - ~ &ere m$&rn with strong lines
feedback andproduce a: Constructed of cold-seeming ma-
ff0m the ground up;'kiiid ;. 'iei'i~l~ : like 'steel. While people
exes here have every op-. Called out their opinions, anoth-
~ t6 creaie"6Xactly-~vh~t": e'r'. MS&R representative took
nt in a librarY,,. he said. :' :-"ri&esl and-then shared the com-
:ipints looked i~'photos :- ,i~,n 'th~mes he picked up on.
. , . ·. ~. . ,,?~,;., ,.
{es from' across die U.S.: ~,:,','~:: SS/tfi/'n'~fry-'' .
°P'e~' Soffi~ weii~bld, i/a-, -~'.~ '?Calm;` focused
buildings .while others il Wood ~
& Rockcastle, got resident~ to react to different
f,l~sign d~ lesign open house Feb. 8. MS&R have been hired by the city to
I ,ew $6 blic:, Iibra~, :7 '; 7 ·
· " ~' ':'~,:":'~":,~ :~". '~:: (' ':~ ', ~'~ r: ' ':" ' '
· Lots of light and windows
· Unique shapes of windows
· Not too busy
· Natural
· Masonry
· Practical
· ~Too much geometry
· Quiet
DESIGN to page 2
y for-,, county alfalfa p oneer draws flak
:enorm0uklypc~ iii~'~ th'~'~;J?$;Wh~d:ifii~l~iheiitary school site propei-cy, Bruers said. ' '
;peaally m the northern' :"ong,nated wzth the aty, school of-' beheve ~f at all possible we
~d Canada. ?'.;.~; % ;.- ~ "ficiils iai& "We were told by the should try to recognize Wendelin
~ school offichls' rfichriil)~ 5' 'city ihat the land had been ok, ned Grimm's contribution to Ameri-
imm once owried the.lelec .'. b')~' M?.:- Grimm," said Nancy can agricultupe when he brought
5/"'.school: Prope~;'' S~eVe ::!!:Kracke, school dis/rict c0mmuni-'Grimm A, Ifalfa' t,o America 142
:esearched Carver Cohfity )' fi/relations director, years ago, Bruers memo stated.
0u~records ~d Larnfi-.:flp 55 :'..Thi'city had compiled an elten- The Kelzer farm (Grimm's second
/i' ',,it aiiswei:?~ '_(5[hjb Kel~:' !;' siv"e?~h paPer on Grimm, con- farm in the county) is just west of
dst, ~arrently intd $~618,000 !.:' iained in'a'hiem6randum prepared the elementary school site.
mt dispute with 'the'bity:bfi7! by.c6mmffnity Developrtnent Di- Acco?ding to County Re-
. resulting from' the'Engldrii'i, red°rSliirleyi~fuers. Ciwstaffmis- corder records, the Schindler
rdeSctension im~avemen~]) ":' in{i~ref~d the informatfon and in- family owned the future ele-
replication that Grirnm h'a.~, "f:ei're,d3 /esite had been ,Grimm's CLOVER to page 2
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.,~,~.u wp un luemay, verx z/. / and after school~are, to celebrate its 50thAnniversary. The
· p.m. Parents with children five years Round Up guests are asked to eh- reunion will be held on July 21
of age by Sept. 1 are encouraged to ter the building from the west end. 2001. Organizers are looking for any
attend this event. ~ Our Savior Lutheran School is Io- memorabilia former students can
The evening will begin with a cated at 23290 Highway Seven in provide~ For more information con-
short presentation by Principal, Shorewood, just east of County
Fred Limmel followed by a tour of Road 41. tact Deb Biegler (320) 963-5732 or
the facility. Parents will be intro- For more information, please call Julie Hudek at (320) 963-5899, or
duced to the curriculum and discuss the school office at 952-474-9710, e-mail sttimsch~lakedaklink, net
Design continued from front '
"I was surprised to see that resi- &rings, and computer generated relationship between the libra'ry'afid
dents came together with the same movies, the open space, how many stories
taste and had a similar.vision for ' "We'll be able to g/ve you a pret- the library should be, and how
how important this building will be ty good sense of what it feels like," the new and old libra.ry bui!d!ngs
for the community," Happe said. Scherer *said. aye connected.
MS&R will be ·incorporating ~es- As a member of the building ' "I hope you all stick With the pro-
iden'ts' feedback on design, func- committee Happe said he wants to cess, because building a library is
tionality, how the light flows into the make sure everyone's point of view ally rewarding," Scherer said. "It's a
building, etc. and will begin to ere- and needs are recognized. He said lot of work and sometimes it seems
ate a building modeled on residents' he will try to always ask what small easier to stay home, but I hope you
input, children, teenagers and senior citi- keep slogging thrb'ugh iL"=-~-
Scherer told the group MS&R zens would want in their library. ~.Resider/i~ are invited to attend
would be using a variety of tools to MS&R will continue to talk with two more public meetings, which
illustrate what the library will look residents in order to gain their opi~-" are scheduled for 9 a.m., March 10
like including models, sketches, ren- ions on topics like, public art, t'h~ and 7 p.m., March 27.
Clovercontinued from front Mx'"'"' ....... --'"-~f
eft); not the Grimm family. Kelzer bution worthy of honor, even if he was an immigrant is really signifi-
learned that in 1857 Joseph Schin- did not own that particular parcel cant. It says a lot about people's
dler acquired thc land from the U.S. of land." determination back then to make a
Government. It then passed to Grimm does have an area histo- life for themselves."
Frank Schindler in 1886, and Phil ry. As Grimm's great grandson, Because of its ,~Sdespread popu-
and Frank Schindler in 1927. Clarence Kelzer, proudly pointed larity, it's entirely possible that
Jonathan Development Corpora- out, his nearby Laketown Township Grimm's alfalfa was grown on the
tion acquired the land from the farmstead was the location of Schindler farm.
Schindler family in the late 60s or Grimm's second farm. According to a reuse stud), re-
early 1970s. Chaska Investment sub- Grimm purchased the Laketown garding the origihal Grimm farm-
scquently became owners of the Township farm in 1872, and lived stead, located in Carver Park Re-
land in the 1980s when it acquired on tine property for a few years with serve, by 1900 over 50 percent of
the Jonathan properties, his wife and his oldest daughter's Minnesota's alfalfa crop was grown
Chaska Investment last 3'ear family, in Carver Count): The study also
deeded the parcel of land to the city, No one disputes Grimm's con- stated that Grimm often shared his
which in turn deeded it to the school tribution to agriculture. "His alfalfa alfalfa with area farmers.
district for the new school, wasn't just Carver County's. It was Initially, the alfalfa was a "local
"Our intent in choosing the name really considered one of Minneso- phenomenon," Brown said. "So it
Clover Ridge was to honor Mr. ta's most important contributions to actually would be the kind of thing
Grimm for his very noteworthy agriculture," said Leanne Brown, that neighbors ?ould say... "It's
contribution to agriculture in the executive director of the Carver working so well on his property, why
northern plains states," Kracke said. Count), Historical Society: "The fact wouldn't it work well on mine?".
"\Ve would still believe his contri- that the guy was local and that he
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