[0:02] [Music] [0:06] it's time for city updates for the month [0:08] of May where we'll be featuring [0:10] information about the upgrades to [0:12] Clapwick Park um the new features added [0:15] to the Lakew Walker docks um and the uh [0:20] community engagement meetings that the [0:21] city has been bringing into our [0:23] neighborhoods and an update on Arbor Day [0:26] and Memorial Day [0:28] so big news the city council awarded [0:30] contracts for the Clappage Park [0:32] improvement project uh th this was at [0:35] their May 6 council meeting what that [0:37] means is that now we have the [0:39] contractors ready to go to start the [0:41] construction project that'll commence uh [0:44] early June and go all the way into fall [0:47] of this year so unfortunately that means [0:49] the park is going to be for the most [0:51] part closed to our public the good news [0:54] is that the park is going to be [0:56] completely reconstructed uh there's [0:59] going to be a brand new playground in a [1:01] different location kind of at the base [1:03] of the hill rather than on the hill [1:05] accessibility improvements enhancement [1:07] of sidewalks and a walking loop around [1:10] the park uh improved grading and [1:13] drainage which will help um the the the [1:16] lifespan of the ice in the winter uh so [1:19] that's exciting the warming house is [1:21] going to be expanded and there'll be [1:23] additional more functional related [1:25] improvements like parking uh uh street [1:28] crossings etc so really great project [1:30] the council has been uh working on this [1:33] for quite some time along with uh the [1:35] help of the parks and trails board uh [1:38] for any information or more details [1:39] about what it's going to look like [1:40] please go to our website um search [1:43] Clappage Park project webpage it'll be [1:45] right there or call city hall with more [1:48] questions [1:50] so one of the big priorities for city [1:52] leadership is community engagement for [1:53] 2-way dialogue with residents and other [1:55] stakeholders and in the last month we've [1:57] held four sessions uh two were focused [2:01] on the potential for adding a food and [2:03] beverage uh sales tax uh so we had one [2:06] uh focused on meeting with businesses [2:08] and the other with residents and well [2:10] attended um second we uh are taking out [2:14] city leadership into the neighborhoods [2:16] and we held our first one in the central [2:18] core of downtown and had uh kind of [2:21] about 50 people show up for that our [2:23] next one will be in the fall in the [2:26] Margaret Circle neighborhood so stay [2:28] tuned for that we had a meeting on [2:31] County Road 101 with the neighborhoods [2:33] of Hollybrook and Pondridge and [2:35] Waycliffe and um Harmony Circle and [2:38] Shady Way talking about uh traffic and [2:40] safety cur concerns on 101 and we held [2:43] that in partnership with the city of [2:45] Plymouth Three Rivers Parks District the [2:47] MI uh Minnesota DOT as well as Henipin [2:51] County as that's a county road to share [2:53] that information with those other agency [2:55] partners to try to address safety [2:57] concerns on 101 one um the county will [3:00] be coming back to us with a series of [3:01] updates in the next uh several weeks and [3:04] stay tuned for that update on the docks [3:07] so last year uh the bumpers didn't work [3:09] appropriately so we put a we had a group [3:11] that uh uh put together a solution we [3:14] have some trial bumpers going on [3:16] basically uh through June um and then [3:20] assuming everything works well we're [3:21] going to be uh putting those bumpers up [3:23] for the rest of the docs if you have any [3:25] questions uh want to provide feedback uh [3:27] talk to the doc masters out on the docs [3:30] they have a little QR codes where you [3:31] can provide feedback uh thank you so in [3:34] the month of May we have a couple of [3:35] exciting events coming up uh first is [3:37] our Memorial Day event in Heritage Park [3:40] midm morning on Memorial Day uh that is [3:43] hosted by the American Legion and then [3:45] second we'll be celebrating Arbor Day on [3:47] May 31st and there will be a event from [3:51] 12:00 to 2 at the depot park and [3:54] there'll be a scavenger hunt for kids [3:56] there'll be some speakers on um [3:58] pollinator gardens and native [4:00] landscaping and tree information uh [4:02] there'll be a limited number of free and [4:04] seedlings that'll be handed out to the [4:06] public and then at 1 p.m the Arbor Hill [4:10] Tree Farm will plant a large American [4:12] elm uh along the south uh area of Berian [4:15] Lake so hope to see you out there at [4:17] both those events that would be Memorial [4:18] Day at Heritage Park um and then the [4:21] second would be on the 31st celebrating [4:23] Arbor Day uh beginning at Depot Park see [4:25] you there