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March/April 2019 City Newsletter Spring 2019 Recreation Catalog Register in March • Summer Sports Leagues • Summer Camps • Summer Discovery Inside This Issue City News 3 Resident Resources 8 Organizations 12 Community Center 16 Recreation Programs 24 ShoreViews MARCH/APRIL 2019 SHOREVIEW City Hall 651.490.4600 ShoreViews Community Center 651.490.4700 Parks and Recreation 651.490.4750 UpcomingUpcomingEVENTS Building Permits 651.490.4690 Code Enforcement 651.490.4687 Forestry 651.490.4650 2019 Environmental Speaker Series Human Resources 651.490.4619 Planning and Zoning 651.490.4680 Should We Care About Carp in the Owasso Chain of Lakes? 651.490.4650 Recycling March 20 651.490.4661 Sewer & Water Bill Bartodziej, Natural Resources Specialist, Streets 651.490.4671 Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District 651.490.4630 Utility Billing Over the past ten years, metro-area lake and Police watershed managers have come to better Police protection is provided by the Ramsey understand the impacts of invasive common carp County Sheriff’s Office. The District Office is on aquatic systems. As a result, more advanced located at 1411 Paul Kirkwold Drive, Arden Hills, MN 55112. techniques to control this aggressive fish species For non-emergencies call 651.767.0640 are in use. Excess carp in lakes, especially shallow For emergencies call 911 lakes, can have profound negative impacts on water quality and ecology. Bill will discuss the Fire risks carp pose to our lake systems and recent Fire protection is provided by the Lake Johanna Fire Department. advances in carp management. An update on carp management in the For emergencies call 911 Dispatch Owasso Chain, including population assessment, netting and barriers to Non-emergency 651.415.2100 prevent carp migration will also be included. City Officials Managing Soil Fertility Sandy Martin, Mayor in Urban Vegetable Gardens 444 Lake Wabasso Court Office: 651.490.4618 April 17 [email protected] Dr. Chip Small, Emy Johnson, Council Member Associate Professor of Biology at 4700 Lorinda Drive University of St. Thomas Cell: 763.443.5218 Just like us, our gardens need good nutrition [email protected] to do well. And just like us, our gardens need Terry Quigley, Council Member the proper balance of nutrients to make us healthy. Dr. Small will discuss 1212 Silverthorn Court what we can do to prepare our soils so that our gardens can thrive while Home: 651.484.5418 [email protected] minimizing potential adverse environmental impacts. Sue Denkinger, Council Member All presentations are held in the City Council Chambers starting at 7 pm and 4494 Chatsworth Street last approximately 45 minutes with additional time for questions. Home: 651.490.3166 [email protected] Cory Springhorn, Council Member Becoming American 173 Dennison Ave. Cell: 651.403.3422 Film & discussion series [email protected] Join the Shoreview Human Rights Commission, League of Women Voters Terry Schwerm, City Manager Roseville Area, Do Good Roseville and Ramsey County Library-Shoreview Office: 651.490.4611 in a film and discussion series focused around the immigrant story. [email protected] Access Shoreview Family and Community: Immigration and Popular Culture: Sign up to receive our online newsletter that My American Girls: A Dominican Story The Search for General Tso is sent after each City Council Meeting with Thursday, March 14, 6:30 pm Thursday, April 11, 6:30 pm City news and events. Visit the City’s website at www.shoreviewmn.gov. Presented at the Ramsey County Library in Shoreview. city NEWS 2019 OF STATE THE CITY Mayor Sandy Martin ADDRESS 2018 has been dedication, leadership, and commitment to our city and an amazing and they all deserve our appreciation for their efforts to make extraordinarily successful Shoreview an even better place to live, work, and play. So year for the City of thank you to my colleagues: Terry Quigley, Emy Johnson, Shoreview. The year Cory Springhorn and Sue Denkinger. They are a pleasure was highlighted by the to work with and they contribute so much toward our Community Center success as a City. Expansion Project and Our recently completed community survey indicated that the recent opening of Shoreview residents resoundingly believe that Shoreview Bamboo Bay, the first is a great place to live. Ninety-seven percent of our major addition to the residents rated the quality of life in Shoreview as either Tropics Indoor Water excellent or good and this rating placed Shoreview among Park since the Community Center opened nearly 30 the top cities in the metropolitan area. In addition, 93% of years ago. Bamboo Bay is a shallow water pool that has Shoreview residents believe that the City is headed in the a large tropical themed aquatic play structure with more right direction, which is very gratifying and encouraging than 40 interactive water play features that are attractive to the staff, volunteers, and elected officials. These survey to our younger visitors. The expansion also addressed results are reviewed and analyzed by the City Council the need for additional family changing rooms. Included and City staff and they are used to guide us as we in the expansion project was a significant addition to continue Shoreview’s commitment to first class amenities the Tropical Adventure Indoor Playground, including an and programs that help us create a community with exclusive toddler area, additional parent seating, and a exceptional livability. private birthday party area. For our fitness members, we added four new state-of-the art fitness studios on Now, I would like to highlight some of the key the lower level. The addition of four new multi-purpose accomplishments of 2018, and also look ahead to some activity rooms upstairs has key projects that are planned in 2019. created space to expand One of the keys to Shoreview’s success in every single senior programming and area has been our long range planning and our ability to some specialized areas for adjust to change. After more than a year’s worth of work music, drama, science, and and extensive community involvement and significant input even cooking classes. New from all of our citizen committees and commissions, the and more comfortable City completed an update to the Comprehensive Plan this space will also be noticed year. “Destination Shoreview 2040” is a 20 year planning in the Wave Cafe, the document that covers everything from land use, housing Fireside Room and all of and economic development to city utilities, parks and open the hallways. space, and transportation. The Plan serves as a blueprint Throughout this for future development and redevelopment in the City and challenging year, the also identifies the City’s guiding principles and goals for City entire City Council has nearly all of our community facilities and services. demonstrated their vision, 3 WWW.shoreviewmn.gov city NEWS OF 2019 STATE THE CITY ADDRESS Economic Development City Council, Economic Development Commission, and During 2018, the City has seen a significant amount of City staff. These visits are always informative and help us economic development activity, particularly in the multi- to understand the challenges and needs of our business family housing area. The McMillan, a 134-unit market rate community. Several more visits are scheduled for 2019. apartment building located at the Rice Street/Grass Lake Place intersection, opened in the spring of 2018. This mixed-use development, which also includes some ground floor retail space and 14 townhome units, replaced a mostly vacant and deteriorated retail shopping center. The new development is valued in excess of $40 million. Parks and Trails During the past several months, the City has finalized the Master Plan for the Shoreview Commons area, which serves as the “central park” for the City. The City is working with design professionals to develop schematic The first phase of The Loden, a large two-phase 410-unit design and construction plans for the first phase of the market rate apartment project located at 1005 Gramsie Commons Park improvements that will include a new Road, opened this fall. This major redevelopment project decorative pond and formal garden area, a plaza-style is being undertaken by the development team of Eagle skatepark, additional trails, sidewalks and a new pedestrian Ridge Partners and Greco at a former office/manufacturing connection to the Ramsey County Regional Library, and a site in the Shoreview Corporate Center across the street new neighborhood playground area near Mound Avenue. from the Green Mill restaurant. Once the second phase is The second phase of the improvements, which are complete, the entire project value will exceed $80 million. expected to be completed in 2021, include a destination Both the McMillan and the Loden apartment projects playground and new park building. These exciting include many high-end amenities and provide some new improvements in the Shoreview Commons area will housing choices in the community. complement the recently completed Community Center Expansion, further enhancing this area as the social, The City Council has also approved a project submitted recreational, and cultural gathering place for Shoreview by JPL Development for a mixed-use development for residents. an 18-acre vacant property in the Rice Creek Corporate Center located at I-35W and County Road J. The project, The City Council is also very excited to be working with called the Edison, includes 300 market rate apartment the Shoreview Historical Society on the designation of units, 68 rental townhomes, and an outlot that is reserved Heritage Park during the next year. This new 2.5-acre for future retail development. The first phase of this park will include the historic City-owned Lepak/Larson development will include 150 apartment units and about house, and it is also the home to the historic Guerin Gas 40 townhomes and will begin this spring.