News from the City of Lake Elmo

March 3, 2017
 
Tuesday, March 7 - City Council Meeting 7:00  p.m.
 
 
Links to the 2017 City Meetings, Agendas and Meeting Minutes:
 
                                    City Meetings
 
City Agendas and Minutes
                                                                               

  
            FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS   
 

COLD WEATHER SAFETY TIPS
Stay off the thin ice
With homes closed up - have working Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Clear snow from hydrants - (THANK YOU!)
Additional Fire Safety Tips can be found at the State Fire Marshals website by using the link below:
 

EMERGENCY CALL RESPONSE                       
January - November 2016      Fire- 106         Rescue- 42      Medical- 241               TOTAL = 389


TRAINING
Asst. Chief Mike Cornell was selected for, and completed the MBFTE (Mn Board
 of Firefighter Training and Education) Leadership Development Training Course. This is a 34 hour, 4-module
 course, held on weekends at Camp Ripley. The course is designed to prepare future leaders and Chief Officers for the fire service. The modules include Leadership, Human Resources, Financial Management 
and Marketing. Today's fire department requires far more expertise and knowledge than it did a generation ago to meet the expectations of the public - and their firefighters - and to be successful.

Members of the Leadership Class were recently recognized at the Mn State Fire Chiefs Conference. Asst. Chief Cornell is front row, right.
 
COMMUNITY TRAINING
CPR
The Lake Elmo Fire Department offers FREE "Friends and Family" hands only CPR training.  We loan out a kit provided to the department courtesy of the Lake Elmo Rotary Club.  Each kit contains a training DVD and inflatable mannequin.  It is simple and easy CPR training for the whole family.  I personally trained my kids with this kit when they were as young as 5 years old.  You only need check it out from the downtown fire station and return it when you are done.
We also offer a free basic first aid training course.  This course is conducted in the fire station by a certified instructor covering first aid basics and a variety of situations that you may be confronted with.  More advanced first aid and CPR training courses are offered for a fee with a certified instructor as well.  Completion of the advanced fee based training includes a course completion card which is valid for 2 years through the American Heart Association.
For all training inquiries, Contact Captain Nick Witter @ 651-770-5006. 

HIRING
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE!!
Lake Elmo FD is now accepting applications for our next recruit class. Applications can be found on-line or stop into our Station #1 and pick one up, or call 651-770-5006. Give us a try! 
 
 If you have questions or want additional information, feel free to contact station 1 @ 651-770-5006.
 
If you have any questions or suggestions please contact Chief Malmquist @




Volunteers Needed for the 2040 City of Lake Elmo
Comprehensive Plan Update Advisory Panel
Are you interested in helping guide the future of the City of Lake Elmo? The City is undertaking an update to its Comprehensive Plan document that guides the City's long-term land use, growth and development in the community. The update process will primarily focus on identifying a unified vision for the future the City, updating the land use, growth, parks and trails, transportation, and wastewater facilities components of the Plan. The City is seeking 2-4 volunteer members for the Comprehensive Plan Update Advisory Panel. The Panel will provide guidance to City Staff and Consultants working to update the Comprehensive Plan chapters. We anticipate that the Panel will be most active from April 2017-November 2017 on an as need basis. The City is hoping for Advisory Panel members of diverse background, ages and interests including youth, seniors, new residents and old. For more information or to apply, please contact Planning Director Stephen Wensman at 651-747-3911.


Next week at the Lake Elmo Library

  
For more information please click here  EVENTS

 

Lake Elmo's one Fatal Fire


Fran Pott says, "The only fatal fire that I know of in the Lake Elmo area was at Cimarron Mobile Home Park on an unusually cold day in January, 1977. When the fire started, A family of five (two adults and three children) were in the house. The fire was blazing between the parents and children's bedrooms. The children went into a closet to hide."

Articles from the Saint Paul Dispatch stated that the fire was very sudden though a cause was never found. The parents, who awoke to flames, tried their best to reach the children, Donald, 9, Michael, 6, and Angela, 4, but were unable to get them out of the house. The Dispatch reported that the mother had burns over 20 percent of her body from trying to get the children out. Two weeks before this fire, another home in the Cimarron development had been destroyed by fire with no casualties. Because of that, the parents said that he had been planning to buy a fire alarm and smoke detector the day after fire claimed the lives of his children.

Pott continued, "the house was completely involved in flames when we got there. We heard about the children inside but it was too late for anyone to go in to find them. I knew at that point that they couldn't have been feeling any pain. They were later found in the closet.

Source: Memories of Lake Elmo, collected and authored by Gloria VanDemmeltraadt.


 
Spring Landscape Workshops 


The East Metro Water Resource Education Program and Master Gardeners in Washington County invite you to join us for some Spring Dreaming!
 
We are offering fun, informal workshops to help you with ideas and how-tos for your own property including:
 
*             Small landscaping projects: incorporating gardens, natural areas, and spaces for play;
*             Managing drainage and erosion issues using raingardens, swales, dry creeks while protecting water resources;
*             Creating habitat for pollinators, birds and wildlife on your property;
*             Managing invasive species such as buckthorn.
 
Enjoy an evening with your community and get helpful advice from Master Gardeners and Water Resource Educators.
 
***RSVPs received at least 2 days before the workshop will receive a free aerial print out of their property to use during the workshop***  
North Saint Paul - April 6 @ 6p.m. Casey Lake Park Building
St. Paul Park - April 11 @ 6p.m. City Hall
Oakdale - April 18 @ 6p.m. Washington Conservation District Office
Hugo - April 27 @ 6p.m. City Hall
Forest Lake - May 2 @ 6p.m. City Hall
 
RSVP to the workshops at: tinyurl.com/SpringDream2017
 
For more information contact Jenn Radtke: jradtke@mnwcd.org or 651-330-8220 x44