News from the City of Lake Elmo
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Meetings this week:
Monday, July 10th: Planning Commission 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11th: Public Safety Committee 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11th: City Council Workshop 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 13th: Finance Committee 5:30 p.m.
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Links to the 2017 City Meetings, Agendas and Meeting Minutes:
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Thank You Lake Elmo Jaycees!
Lake Elmo Jaycees made a donation of $11,400 to the City of Lake Elmo at the July 5th Council meeting.
The Jaycees provide development opportunities that empower young people (18-40) to create positive change. If you are looking for a way to build your leadership skills and give back to your community contact Lake Elmo Jaycees President Mike Slobodnik at
(952) 222-7610, or visit their website (
www.lakeelmojaycees.org) for information on becoming a member and upcoming events.
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Seeking Input
The Lake Elmo Public Safety Committee is seeking your input! At a special meeting to be held on July 11th, the Committee will be putting the final touches on their research regarding staffing issues and solutions for the Lake Elmo Fire Department and want to hear your thoughts. All are welcome!
WHEN: Tuesday, July 11, 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Lake Elmo City Hall
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The Lake Elmo Farmers Market is back for the summer 2017 season! The market will be open weekly at the Lake Elmo Elementary School from 9:00 am-1:00 pm on Saturdays thru September 9th.
Returning vendors include Grandma's Fresh Vegetables, Morsels, Old Village Artisans,Tumulty Bees, 4/R Farms, and Carols Award Winning Homemade Jams & Jellies. Some of the new vendors for the 2017 season include Love, Mom Homemade Eats, Hoppel Poppel Breads & Gluten Free. Vendors may change slightly from week to week, so stop out every Saturday to see what's fresh. It's going to be a great season!
Interested in becoming a vendor? All inquiries can E-mail Jerry at gbgoracki@hotmail.com.
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Cons
truction Updates
Old Village Phase 3 Improvements:
Utility work continues along Laverne Avenue with installation of water system, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer facilities. The contractor will be working to install sanitary sewer in easements over the next two weeks and hope to begin building the roadway with sand and gravel soon afterwards.
Small utility relocation has been ongoing recently with tree removal scheduled for the end of July in
the 31st Street Neighborhood. Pavement removal and deep utility installation is scheduled to begin in early August.
2017 Street Improvements:
Storm sewer installation will continue early the week of July 10th. Pavement removal along 55th Street, 57th Street, Jamaca Boulevard, and Jamaca Avenue is scheduled for early the week of July 17th. Draintile installation and shaping the gravel surface for concrete curb and gutter placement will follow.
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Lake Elmo Street and Utility Improvements
Work has resumed on the Downtown Lake Elmo Street and Utility Improvement Project.
Last week, concrete curb and gutter, and sidewalk were installed south of the railroad tracks. Work also continued on the retaining walls on the west side of Lake Elmo Avenue.
Lake Elmo Avenue This Week:
- Retaining wall work; including concrete steps at the new walls; continued.
- Concrete sidewalk south of the railroad tracks and curb repair work was done.
- Crews worked on restoring any disturbed driveways along Lake Elmo Avenue.
- The contractor will clean up the construction site as much as possible in anticipation of the July 4 Holiday Weekend.
- You may see some work occurring on Saturday, July 1. There will not be any work done on Monday or Tuesday of next week (July 3-4). We hope everyone has a happy and safe July 4 Holiday.
Lake Elmo Avenue Upcoming Work:
- Crews will continue with all clean-up and restoration along Lake Elmo Avenue.
- Retaining wall work; including steps at the new walls, will continue.
- Restoration of any disturbed driveways will continue next week. All driveways will be restored with the same material as it was before the project. (For example, if it was concrete before construction, concrete will be replaced.)
- Restoration (topsoil and sod) in all disturbed areas will continue.
- Weather permitting, final paving on Lake Elmo Avenue is planned for July 5-7.
Please Note: On the day of paving, there will be no parking on Lake Elmo Avenue in the specified area. It will take one day to pave between the  railroad tracks and County Highway 14 (Old Hwy 5) and one day to pave south of the railroad tracks. If there are "No Parking" signs posted on the road, DO NOT PARK. Parking in these no parking zones could result in your car being towed.
30th Street Upcoming Work:
- Crews will be completing the necessary pond work in the next few weeks.
Washington County will begin sending out weekly construction updates; as they have over the 2015 and 2016 construction seasons and we will continue to share that information every week in the Fresh. The current update from Washington County can be viewed here:
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As in the past, copies of the Washington County updates will be available to pick up at the Lake Elmo Post Office and The Lake Elmo Inn.
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CSAH 13 (Ideal Ave./Olson Lake Tr.) Project Update
PROJECT SCHEDULE
This Week:
* Grading work and the storm sewer structures were substantially completed for the stormwater pond near 44th Street.
* Crews began sanitary sewer installation.
Future Upcoming Work:
* Prep work on the sheet pile retaining wall in preparation for installation of the concrete facing.
* Removal of the road surface to 50th St continues this week.
* Resume construction of the road base after removal of the road surface is complete.
* Continue seeding and blanketing of the stormwater pond.
* Continue storm sewer installation.
* Complete storm sewer installation up to address #4709.
* Resume sanitary sewer installation.
* Continue with construction of the road base.
ACCESS:
*Storm sewer work is ongoing between addresses #4554 and 4709. As a result the road may be impassable in this area particularly when pipe is being installed across the road.
* CSAH 13 is closed between 40th Street N and 50th Street N and is detoured to the west, utilizing 40th St, Hadley Ave, and 50th St. Local access for residents is currently being maintained from both directions.
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Fourth of July Parade on Lake Elmo Avenue
(Main Street, USA)
July 4, 2017 was the 29th Annual Independence Day Children's Parade in Lake Elmo. Families are invited each year to decorate tricycles, bicycles, wagon's, strollers, lawn tractors, row boats, and fire trucks to participate in the annual parade.
According to Dale Quast, the first Independence Day Parade was 28 years ago, in 1989. It consisted of a dozen kids decorating bikes and trikes for the now traditional ride down Lake Elmo Avenue. The 2017 parade lasted 17 minutes with hundreds of participants. It is not usual for people to travel many miles to participate or watch the parade.
Below, a photo of a similar parade, taken during the summer of 1921, may seem like it happened a long time ago. Consider this though, 96 years ago, a similar parade took place, down what was then called as Main Street.
Compare the backgrounds of the two photos accompanying this article. You will notice that the buildings in both pictures are much the same. The people are different but the structures are much the same as a century ago.
What 96 years ago was Lindeman's (and later Hagberg's) Store, is now DSGW Architects. The Spitz Kern Battery/Repair shop (later a chicken hatchery before being torn down) was replaced by our current post office building in 1962. Beers' Store is now divided up into three separate shops, (one empty, a therapeutic massage business and Granite Mortgage) The second story of the Beers building is, as then, an apartment.
(Sources: Memories of Lake Elmo, collected and authored by Gloria VanDemmeltraadt, Dale Quast and the Gorman Restaurant Photo Collection.)
Ted Wiers' threshing machine riding on Main Street as part of the Washington County Boys and Girls Club Parade in 1921. Note the similarity between the buildings is this photo and the 2017 photo below. (Photo courtesy of the Gorman's Restaurant collection.)
Scene from the 4th of July, 2017 parade. Times have changed but buildings still pay homage to an earlier time in Lake Elmo. (Photo Rolf Larson)
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Next week at the Lake Elmo Library
For more information please click here
EVENTS
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Volunteers Needed!
Finance Committee
Human Resources
Public Safety Committee
The City of Lake Elmo is accepting applications from residents interested in serving on the Finance Committee, Human Resources Committee and Public Safety Committee.
Information on each committee and an application form can be found under the "Government" tab on the City's website:
www.lakeelmo.org
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