Summer 2015 ShakopeeCity Newsletter | Parks & Recreation Brochure Let’s Go Fishing Popular program teaches love of favorite pastime Grow West City explores Inside: future growth Parks & Recreation summer programs The Good Life Community-wide survey gives Shakopee city services high marks A Publication of the City of Shakopee l Summer Registration Opens March 24 2015 HUBER PARK Performance & Events Series FREE MAY FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT! May 28 Thursday 7 p.m. Shakopee Sr. High Wind Ensemble JUNE June 4 Thursday 7 p.m. South of the River Community Band 5-7 p.m. Wheelies Family Bike Event June 11 Thursday 7 p.m. The Splatter Sisters June 18 Thursday 7 p.m. Mixed Nuts - Family Comedy Show June 20 Saturday Sunset Movie in the Park* June 25 Thursday 7 p.m. Magician Matt Dunn JULY July 9 Thursday 7 p.m. Jazz on the Prairie Big Band July 16 Thursday 7 p.m. AlphaBits Band July 23 Thursday 7 p.m. Star of the North Concert Band July 30 Thursday Sunset Movie in the Park* - Shakopee Derby Days AUGUST Aug. 6 Thursday 7 p.m. Balloon Artistry by Mandana Show Aug. 13 Thursday 7 p.m. Joel Kachel - Acoustic Pop Rock Aug. 20 Thursday 7 p.m. Treasure Beyond Measure - Comedy Pirate Show Aug. 27 Thursday 7 p.m. Lehto & Wright - Folk Rock SEPTEMBER Sept. 3 Thursday 6:30 p.m. Rain Makeup Date Sept. 10 Thursday 6:30 p.m. Rain Makeup Date Sept. 12 Saturday Sunset Movie in the Park* Events take place at Huber Park, 150 Fillmore St. N. Schedule subject to change. *Movie rain site is the Shakopee Community Center. Check the City website two weeks prior for movie title. www.ShakopeeMN.gov | (P) 952-233-9500 | Weather Hotline 952-233-9502 Presented by Shakopee Parks & Recreation Hometown Find us on www.ShakopeeMN.gov MessengerNews from the City of Shakopee Summer 2015 City News The Good Life Community Survey 3 y of Shak it op C e Mayor’s Message 4 e Shakopee residents rank quality of life, Calendar 4 C 2014 o City Administrator 5 city services among tops in the metro m y m ve Quiet Zone 7 uni Sur Small-town feel? Friendly ty Westward Growth 8 people? Quiet neighborhoods? Ask the City 10 What do you like best about living Canterbury Road Study 11 in Shakopee? Flood of 1965 12 A recent community-wide Clean Up Day 13 survey conducted by The Morris Public Safety Corner 14 Leatherman Co. highlights Crime Prevention 16 many great attributes that make Calendar Shakopee a great place to live. Parks & Recreation According to the telephone survey conducted in December, Activities Brochure 93 percent of residents rated Eighty-three percent of residents say Shakopee has a strong Spotlight: Let’s Go Fishing 17 Shakopee’s quality of life as good or community identity. Events like the popular Night to Unite Director’s Letter 18 excellent. The 27-percent excellent celebration in August helps build connectedness and neighborliness. Summer Calendar 19 rating places the community Community Center 20 among the top third of metro cities. Fitness Programs 22 The survey interviewed 400 residents regarding their perceptions of Shakopee’s quality Birthday Parties 25 of life, taxes and services, quality of city services, public safety, Ice Arena 26 Skate Park 28 WHAT DO YOU recreation, roads and transportation, shopping and restaurants and LIKE MOST communication. Enigma Teen Center 29 ABOUT LIVING IN Special Events 30 “The survey was comprehensive and contacted residents of a variety SHAKOPEE? Preschool Programs 32 of ages, ethnicities and genders from across the community’s precincts,” Youth Programs 36 Other said City Councilor Jay Whiting. Location 5% 4% Adult Programs 45 Parks/Trails 2% The Morris Leatherman Co. conducts more than 100 surveys Older Active Adults 46 Schools 5% a year for local governments, such as cities, school districts Learn to Swim 49 Small-town feel and counties across the state. SandVenture Aquatic Park 55 23% CITY SERVICES Youth Sports Associations 57 Friendly People Park Facilities 65 14% Shakopee ranks in the top quartile of metro cities Registration 70 Neighborhood/ Housing 18% in terms of value of City services, according to Peter Location Map 74 Sense of Leatherman of The Morris Leatherman Co. Seventy- Community eight percent of residents feel the quality of services 6% Safe 8% Cover Photo: Greta Caliri lights a Quiet/Peaceful received are good or excellent for the property taxes paid. sparkler during a neighborhood Fourth 15% Continued on page 6 of July celebration. Photo by Katharine Caliri. Summer 2015 3 CITY CALENDAR March 28 Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m.-1 Message from the Mayor p.m., Shakopee Community Center As we look at the next 10 years in Shakopee, we have a lot of April 1 Winter parking regulations work to do around transportation and housing. Right now, the end. City of Shakopee is working on a variety of studies to help meet 4-May 30 Free Yard Waste Collection, our future needs. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, SMSC Organics Recycling A Rail Safety and Quiet Zone Study is under way to identify Facility actions we could take as a community to improve the safety 13-17 Severe Weather Awareness of rail through Shakopee, reducing noise from whistles and Week. Tornado drills at 1:45 possibly having trains clear road crossings faster. Check out and 6:55 p.m. April 16. page 7 for more information about the study. We anticipate 25 Clean Up Day, 7:30-11:30 results back in late summer with actions yet in 2015. a.m., Shakopee Public Works 25 Tree Sale, 1-4:30 p.m., In February, the Shakopee City Council imposed a 12-month Shakopee Public Works moratorium on new development on the west end of the Mayor Brad Tabke May 13 Shakopee Open Book city, roughly south of Vierling Drive from Marystown Road Meeting, Noon.-7 p.m., Scott to County Road 69. This will allow us time to complete a County Taxation Department master plan for the entire area. This plan will look at market needs for housing, new 25 Memorial Day, City offices commercial-industrial opportunities and neighborhood retail, bringing more services to and Community Center west Shakopee. Read more about the study on pages 8-9. closed. June 3 Night to Unite Registration Another study in progress looks at the County Road 83 corridor for future development opens, City website. and redevelopment. The 169 interchange should be the tourism gateway to Shakopee, 6 SandVenture Aquatic Park pleasurably welcoming people from near and far to our community and RiverSouth. We opens for the summer. will be looking at this corridor for traffic flow, aesthetics and mobility as new projects 11 Wheelies Expo and Bike enter the area. Learn more about this study and 2015 road projects on page. 11. Ride, 5-7 p.m., Huber Park The last project I’d like to let you know about is a continuation of last year’s County July 1 Happy Birthday America Road 101 Corridor Marketing Plan. Starting this summer, we will be diving deeper Parade, 10:30 a.m., Lions Park into the recommendations of that study and focusing on specific improvements for 4 Fourth of July, City offices downtown Shakopee. and Community Center closed. As you can see, a lot is going on in Shakopee! The City Council values your input on 21 Summer Splash Bash, noon- these topics and anything else going on in our community. If you have any ideas for the 4 p.m., SandVenture Aquatic City, please give us a call or visit www.ShakopeeMN.gov where you can “Submit to the Park Idea Box” by clicking on the City Government tab. 28-Aug. 11 Filing dates open for City offices. Brad Tabke 29-Aug. 2 Shakopee Derby Days: Movie in the Park, Summer Carnival, Sign up for the City’s E-News in March to be entered into a random Splashtacular and more. CHANCE drawing to win four free admission tickets to SandVenture Aquatic August 4 Shakopee Night to Unite, TO WIN Park. Subscribe at www.ShakopeeMN.gov/enews. 5-9 p.m. MAYOR CITY HALL Brad Tabke .................................................. 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[email protected] Website ....................................................... www.ShakopeeMN.gov Find @ Inbox Comments or suggestions on the Hometown Messenger should be us eNotications | E-News directed to the editor Kristin Holtz at [email protected] 4 Hometown Messenger DID YOU KNOW? Council looks to hire next Shakopee is a Plan A city and operates on a weak Mayor-Council plan, so administrative, as well as City Administrator by June legislative authority, is the ultimate responsibility of the City Council. The City Council appoints a Interviews anticipated to start next month City Administrator to manage the day-to-day operations of government. In a city with as varied needs as next administrator: service, initiative and continuous Shakopee, it’s important to have a leader • Getting to know the community improvement. whose diverse set of skills can manage • Managing the transition • Welcomes diversity and cultivates the challenges. Thus, it’s no surprise the • Growth and economic development inclusivity; seeks opportunities to be Shakopee City Council has a long wish list • Community amenities and services active in the community. for Shakopee’s next City Administrator. • Organizational management With the resignation of Mark McNeill in • Building the team Applications are currently being December, the City Council hired Waters • Collaborative partnerships accepted for the position with the City Council set to select candidates during & Company Executive Recruitment to Stakeholders also emphasized a special meeting Tuesday, April 14.