Edina City Council — Transcript
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Story
Edina breaks ground on new fire station with integrated public health services
School Resource Officer (SRO) Program Operations
New Fire Station 2 Construction and Public Health Integration
Votes (3)
Formal Vacation of Miniwawa Avenue Right-of-Way Easement
The City Council addressed a long-standing issue concerning the Miniwawa Avenue right-of-way. Despite its removal during highway expansion in the 1970s, formal recorded documentation of its vacation was never found. The council adopted a resolution to reaffirm and legally document the vacation, particularly for the portion running through Tupa Park, to ensure clean land titles.
School Resource Officer Program Overview
This segment provided an overview of Edina's School Resource Officer (SRO) program, highlighting the daily activities and philosophy of Officers Kyle Water Street and Joseph deausen. Their work focuses on building positive relationships with students to foster trust and minimize negative interactions, while also serving as crucial liaisons between the schools and the police department during crises. The assignment is a rotating position, typically lasting 3-4 years.
Construction of New Fire Station 2 and Site Improvements
A groundbreaking ceremony marked the official start of construction for the new Fire Station 2 at 441 West 76th Street. This facility will replace the undersized station on York Avenue and notably include dedicated space for the Public Health division, making services more accessible to the community. The City Council also approved a $71,000 purchase for 18 large-diameter trees for the site, with additional smaller plantings under a separate contract. The project, expected to complete in late 2025, emphasizes community investment and sustainability.
Notable Quotes (5)
to resolve the matter and allow for a clean legal description of the land prepared the city council earlier this month adopted a resolution vacating the right of-way easement that runs through Tupa Park but we never found a legal recorded document so it was recommended to go back in front of council reaffirm the the vacation we knew existed that we just didn't have documentation for
I look at it as a way to try to build relationships with students and if you can build those positive relationships and get them strong nice and early the chance of having to deal with a student at least in my mind on a negative aspect is less
when a crisis does come up and inevitably in public schools that does happen uh they are our direct connection to um the police department ... those relationships are established and there's a sense of trust
This station will house our Public Health division uh it's the first time the the needs of our community and the public will will be able to be addressed from the public health aspect with staff that they can see face to face right here out of Fire Station 2
we're super excited about uh this project with the city of Adina um it's going to have a great features for the community lots of community space uh lots of sustainability as well built into the project that's that's really going to be a great um asset for the community and everybody in it
Ordinances & Resolutions (3)
Adopted by the City Council to formally vacate a right-of-way through Tupa Park, addressing missing historical documentation for Miniwawa Avenue.
Refers to the missing legal documentation for the vacation of Miniwawa Avenue's right-of-way.
Covers the purchase of smaller diameter trees, shrubs, and native plantings for the new Fire Station 2 site.