HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-01-30 HRRC PacketAgenda
Human Rights and Relations Commission
City Of Edina, Minnesota
City Hall, Edina MN
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
7:00 PM
I.Call To Order
II.Roll Call
III.Approval Of Meeting Agenda
IV.Approval Of Meeting Minutes
A.Minutes: December 5th
V.Community Comment
During "Community Comment," the Board/Commission will invite residents to share relevant issues
or concerns. Individuals must limit their comments to three minutes. The Chair may limit the
number of speakers on the same issue in the interest of time and topic. Generally speaking, items
that are elsewhere on tonight's agenda may not be addressed during Community Comment.
Individuals should not expect the Chair or Board/Commission Members to respond to their
comments tonight. Instead, the Board/Commission might refer the matter to sta% for
consideration at a future meeting.
VI.Reports/Recommendations
A.Comprehensive Plan Committee Updates
B.Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan
C.2018 Human Rights and Relations Approved Work Plan
D.2018 Days of Remembrance
VII.Correspondence And Petitions
A.Sanford Berman
VIII.Chair And Member Comments
IX.Sta/ Comments
X.Adjournment
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Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: IV.A.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Minutes
From:Chante Mitchell, City Management Fellow
Item Activity:
Subject:Minutes: December 5th Action
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
Approve the December 5, 2017 Minutes.
INTRODUCTION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
December 5 Minutes
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Human Rights and Relations Commission
Edina City Hall, Community Room
December 5, 2017 5:00pm
I. Call To Order
Chair Nelson called the December 5, 2017, meeting of the Human Rights and Relations
Commission to order at 5:16pm.
II. Roll Call
Answering Roll Call: Chair Nelson and Commissioners Edwards, Kennedy, Beringer, and
Edelson.
Absent Members: Commissioners Martin, Meek and Rivera and Student Commissioners
Mangalick and Sinha.
Staff Present: Staff Liaison, MJ Lamon and City Management Fellow, Chante Mitchell
Late arrival: Commissioner Arseneault
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the meeting agenda for
December 5, 2017. Seconded by Commissioner Beringer. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the November 14, 2017, Human
Rights and Relations Commission meeting minutes. Seconded by Commissioner
Edwards. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None.
VI. Reports and Recommendations
A. 2017 Work Plan Updates
Race and Equity Update
Commissioner Edelson provided update on Facilities working group with site and
assessment tool. There is also a Race & Equity community survey that is available until the
end of the week to offer feedback.
Arseneault arrived at 5:27pm
Commissioner Arseneault provided an update on Institutions working group. The group last
convened on November 20th for the joint working group meeting to discuss the data that
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
was collected from Citizens League about the Working Groups. The group will now focus
on its work priorities, and should have a better sense of progress in January.
The Race & Equity Task Force convened the second community meeting on December 4.
Information collected from the community will help the Task Force and Working Groups
frame recommendations that will be sent to council. The hope is the Task Force will wrap
up around May.
Comprehensive Plan
Discussion of Commissioner Kennedy’s draft for new Chapter on Human Rights. Kennedy
presented a draft list of social capital/social well-being indicators to use when reviewing
each comprehensive plan chapter. Commission will review work on each chapter at the
January and February meetings, as follows:
Chapter Title Commission Member(s)
Community Profile Michelle (January)
Landuse & Community Design Jim/Heather/Robert (January)
Housing Jim/Heather/Robert (January)
Heritage Preservation Ellen (February)
Transportation Catherine ( January)
Water Resources Management Catherine (February)
Parks, Open Space and Natural Resources Pat/ Cindy (February)
Energy, Environment, and Resilience* Michelle/ Prasoon/ Saumya (January)
Community Services and Facilities Ellen/ Kristina (January)
B. 2018 Days of Remembrance Working Group
Three applications were received for the Working Group from Judy Halper, Dhondup
Tsering, and Jan Seidman.
Motion by Commissioner Arseneault to approve all three applications received
(from Judy Halper, Dhondup Tsering and Jan Seidman) for the 2018 Days of
Remembrance Event Working Group. Motion seconded by Beringer. Motion
carried.
C. 2018 Work Plan
Work Plan has been reviewed and will be approved tonight at the December 5th Council
Meeting.
Draft Minutes☒
Approved Minutes☐
Approved Date:
VII. Correspondence
None received.
VIII. Chair and Member Comments
Chair Nelson advised that he met with Scott Neal, Chief Nelson, and Staff liaison Lamon about a
potential bias offense incident.
Commissioner Kennedy reported on being interviewed about the HRRC’s essay contest, and,
reminded Commissioners about her December 16 speaking event in St. Paul on Prosecutions,
Forgiveness, and the Rise of Neo-Nazis featuring Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota and
Holocaust survivor Fred Amram.
Commissioner Edelson reported on her work on another Buddy Bingo event which partners
youth with seniors.
Commissioner Beringer reported on the successes of Free Bikes for Kids and reminded that bike
collections will occur again in next October 2018.
IX. Staff Comments
Staff liaison Lamon provided an update about new procedures for distribution of
correspondence beginning in January.
X. Adjournment
Motion by Commissioner Kennedy to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by
Commissioner Edelson. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 6:14 pm.
Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: VI.A.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:Comprehensive Plan Committee Updates Discussion
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
Committee members will provide an updates on their chapter.
Transportation: Catherine (ETC member will be in attendance)
Community Profile: Michelle
Landuse and Community Design: Jim/Heather
Housing: Jim/Heather
Energy, Environment, Resilience: Michelle/Prasoon/Saumya
Community Services: Ellen
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Responsibilities by dates
Commission Instructions Updated 2018.01.25
2015 Certified Local Government Annual Report
2017 Certified Local Government Report
Chapter 11 Review for Comp. Plan
Exhibit A- Edina Heritage Landmark Properties
Comprehensive Plan Housing Review
Chapter Title Commission Member(s)
Community Profile Michelle (January)
Landuse & Community Design Jim/Heather/Robert (January)
Housing Jim/Heather/Robert (January)
Heritage Preservation Ellen (February)
Transportation Catherine ( January)
Water Resources Management Catherine (February)
Parks, Open Space and Natural Resources Pat/ Cindy (February)
Energy, Environment, and Resilience* Michelle/ Prasoon/ Saumya (January)
Community Services and Facilities Ellen (January)
2018 Comprehensive Plan Update
Commission Instructions
WORK OBJECTIVES
Commissions are being asked to:
1. Review and analyze policies and goals outlined in the 2008 Comprehensive Plan to
determine their current relevancy
2. Identify which existing 2008 policies and goals should be:
a. eliminated or retained
b. retained and modified
c. completely re-written or
d. created for inclusion in a current chapter and/or new chapter
3. Engage with other commissions
a. identify overlapping topics/issues
b. work together to determine relevancy of each other goals and policies
c. assist with writing additional goals and policies
4. Make recommendations to policies, goals and/or the addition of content
a. Commissions will meet report on recommendations at a Planning Commission
work session.
b. Schedule:
March 28
Heritage Preservation Commission (5:30pm)
Transportation Commission (5:50pm)
Energy and Environment Commission (6:15pm)
April 11
Parks and Recreation Commission (5:30pm)
Arts and Culture Commission (6:15pm)
April 25
Community Health Commission (5:30pm)
Human Rights and Relations Commission (6:15pm)
5. Final Commission Review and Comment
a. Each commission will review a draft of the 2018 Comprehensive plan and provide
final comments back to the Planning Commission.
b. Expected timeline: July 2018
INSTRUCTIONS & TIMELINE
October
2017
A 2008 Comprehensive Plan chapter(s) will be given to the
Commission whose work is most closely related. For example,
members of the Edina Transportation Commission will receive the
Transportation Chapter from the 2008 Comprehensive Plan.
Objective 1
November
2017
Commissions will discuss their chapter(s), giving attention to goals
and policies at the conclusion of each chapter to determine their
current relevancy. It is anticipated that the discussions will include
critical evaluations of the goals and policies using the following
considerations and documents:
Changes that have taken place since the 2008
Comprehensive Plan
Examples of changes include: Economy, Environment,
Demographics, Housing, etc.
Vision Edina 2015 and Big Ideas Report (2017)
Commissions should review chapters through the
eight Vision Edina strategic focus area lenses.
Additional Edina Guiding Documents
Chamber of Commerce – Economic
Development/Stakeholder Engagement Analysis
(January 2017)
Quality of Life Survey (August 2017)
Living Streets Plan (2015)
Affordable Housing Policy (2015)
Parks, Recreation and Trails Strategic Plan (2015)
Metropolitan Council System Statement for the City of
Edina (2015)
Objective 1
November
2017
Determine if the goals and policies outlined in 2008’s
Comprehensive Plan should be:
eliminated or retained
retained and modified
completely re-written or
created for inclusion in a current chapter and/or
new chapter
Objective 2
Dec 2017/
Jan 2018
Engage with other to discuss overlapping issues and assist
with writing appropriate goals and policies.
Objective 3
Jan/Feb
2018
Complete work objectives Objective
1,2,3
March
2018
Make recommendations to policies, goals and/or the
addition of content
Commissions will present recommendations to
the Planning Commission at March work
sessions.
Objective 4
July 2018 Review and Comment on draft 2018 Comprehensive Plan Objective 5
2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTERS
A Commission will be provided a chapter(s) as the lead reviewer. This does not mean
Commission’s cannot provide input on other chapters AND there may be cases when a
Commission creates content that might be better served by its own chapter. The 2008
chapters includes:
Land use
Transportation
Housing
Water Resources
Parks
Health
Heritage Preservation
Sustainability
Community Facilities and Services
Chapter Responsibility Chart:
We will look to Commissions for input on chapters most closely related to the goals and
missions of the Commission. The chart designates the chapter or chapters your commission will
be asked to focus on.
Chapter Title Commission(s)
Community Profile Human Rights and Relations Commission
Community Health Commission
Landuse & Community Design Planning Commission
Housing Human Rights and Relations Commission
Heritage Preservation Heritage Preservation Commission
Transportation Transportation Commission
Water Resources Management Energy and Environment Commission
Parks, Open Space and Natural Resources Parks and Recreation Commission
Arts and Culture Commission
Energy, Environment, and Resilience* Energy and Environment Commission
Community Services and Facilities Parks and Recreation Commission
Community Health Commission
Human Rights and Relations Commission
Arts and Culture
EDINA HERITAGE PRESERVATION BOARD
ANNUAL CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CLG) REPORT
2015 FISCAL YEAR
The following is a summary of the projects, reviews and activities reported to the City Council and
Minnesota Preservation Office for the fiscal year 2015, (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015):
A. Local Designation of Preservation Sites:
1.See attached list of properties designated Edina Heritage Landmarks & those determined eligible
for designations as Exhibit "A".
2. Eight new properties were determined eligible for Edina Heritage Landmark designation: (included
on Exhibit "A") See Exhibit "B" for property descriptions
1) Arthur Erickson House 5501 Londonderry Road
2) Foursquare House, 4247 Grimes Avenue
3) Johnson House, 4300 France Avenue
4) Millpond Cascade, Minnehaha Creek (W of Hwy 100)
5) Schaefer House and Stable, 5117 Schaefer Road
6) Paul and Mary Carson House ("Maryhill"), 6001 Pine Grove Road
7) Claude D. Kimball House, 4520 W. 44th Street
8) Bruce A. Abrahamson House, 7205 Shannon Drive
3.0ne property was locally designated an Edina Heritage Landmark property:
• The Oskann House - 6901 Dakota Trail
4.The city protected approximately 600 historically significant properties in fiscal 2015 and expects to
add more in 2016.
5. No significant heritage resources were destroyed or damaged as a result of any activity financed,
permitted, or otherwise supported by the City of Edina.
B. Review of Requests for a Certificate of Appropriateness in the historic Country Club
District:
I. 4511 Browndale Avenue
Request: Changes to the street facing facade
Action: Approved 10/14/14
2. 4524 Drexel Avenue
Request: A new detached garage
Action: Approved 11/10/14
3. 4901 Bruce Avenue
Request: Changes to the street facing facades
Action: Approved 11/10/14
4. 4513 Bruce Avenue
Request: Changes to the street facing facade
Action: Approved 1/13/15
Edina Heritage Preservation Board
2015 CLG Report
5. 4504 Sunnyside Road
Request:
Action:
6. 4505 Arden Avenue
Request:
Action:
7. 4601 Casco Avenue
Request:
Action:
A new front entry portico
Approved 2/10/15
Changes to a COA approved 3/11/14
Approved 2/10/15
Changes to a COA approved9/9/14
Approved 2/10/15
8. 4602 Wooddale Avenue
Request: A new detached garage
Action: Approved 3/10/15
9. Country Club District Neighborhood
Request: 7 area identification signs at main entrances to neighborhood
Action: Approval pending final approval 3/10/15
10. 4513 Arden Avenue
Request: A new detached garage
Action: Approved 6/9/15
I. 4902 Bruce Avenue
Request: A new detached garage
Action: Approved 7/14/15
12. 4621 Browndale Avenue
Request: Changes to street facing facade
Action: Approved 7/14/15
13. 4600 Drexel Avenue
Request: Changes to street facing facade
Action: Approved 9/8/15
C. Heritage Preservation Board Membership: 2015
See attached Roster Exhibit "C"
D. National Register Nominations in 2015: NONE
The following properties in Edina are listed on the National
Register of Historic Places:
George Baird House, 4400 West 50th Street
2. Jonathan Taylor Grimes House, 4200 West 44th Street
3. Grange Hall, 4918 Eden Avenue
4. Cahill School, 4924 Eden Avenue
5. Country Club District
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Edina Heritage Preservation Board
2015 CLG Report
E. Local Inventories and Studies:
• Local Inventory: "Historic Building Survey of Edina, MN",
Prepared by Setter, Leach & Lindstrom, July 1979, Historic Consultant, Jeffrey A. Hess
• "Historic Context Study", Prepared by Robert C. Vogel and Associates, July 1999
• Recodified Section 850.20 "Edina Heritage Landmarks" of the Zoning Ordinance, 2003
• Comprehensive Heritage Preservation Plan, June 2006
• Heritage Preservation Element of City's Comprehensive Plan submitted to Metropolitan
Council, 2009
• Morningside Bungalow Multiple Property Study, 2010
• Section 801 Heritage Preservation Board of City Code replaced with Section 1500/1504, 2011
• Thematic Study for Heritage Resources Associated with Edina Women, 2011
• Suburban Development in Edina Since 1935: A Historic Context Study, 2013
F. Assurances:
The HPB held monthly meetings as needed. The minutes of said meetings are recorded and kept at
City Hall, Edina, MN. The meetings were posted and open to the public. The assurance statement is
attached for Public Participation and Commission records.
G. Activities Accomplished in 2015 and Planned for 2016:
2015 Activities & Accomplishments:
I. The City of Edina contracted with Pathfinder CRM, LLC to provide heritage preservation
advice and services.
2. The Oskam House at 6901 Dakota Trail was added to the inventory of properties designated
Edina Heritage Landmark District. (See A.3.)
3. Eight new properties were added to the city's inventory of properties determined eligible for
Edina Heritage Landmark District designation. (See A.2. & Exhibit B.)
4. HPB members published several articles on the Boards & Commissions "Advisor's Blog" to
educate the public on the importance of heritage preservation, as well as the significance and
regulations pertaining to the historic Country Club District.
5. The Moore House at 6909 Hillcrest Lane began the process to gain designation as an Edina
Heritage Landmark District property. (HPB approval of the nomination study and plan of
treatment on 9/8/15).
6. 2015 Heritage Preservation Award — Awarded during Preservation month (May)
Savory Gardens, 5312 Wyman Avenue — Established in 1946, the largest supplier of hybrid
hostas with over 2,000 varieties, it is the last of 3 local nurseries to still be operating in the
city. It was recognized for being a thriving nursery business since 1946.
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Edina Heritage Preservation Board
2015 CLG Report
7. The HPB's annual summer tour - Adath Yeshurun Cemetery, 5605 France Avenue, established
in 1888 led by HPB member Peter Sussman.
8. HPB member Peter Sussman attended the 2015 AASLH Conference in Little Falls, MN on
September 17th - 18th.
Continued to 2016 Activities:
• Wooddale Bridge - MnDOT #90646; SHP° #HE-EDC-633, at Wooddale Avenue over
Minnehaha Creek - A single-span stone and steel culvert built in 1937 as a Works Progress
Administration (WPA) federal relief project was determined eligible for local landmark
designation in 2008 because of its design characteristics and association with the WPA. In 2014,
the bridge was accepted for a National Register study under the supervision of Mn DOT CRU.
MnDOT suggested that the National Register listing be completed prior to the city pursuing
local landmark designation. The HPB has been waiting for a National Register report from
MnDOT CRU prior to pursuing local landmark designation. However, due to the lack of
response from MnDOT, the HPB has added the local designation of the bridge to their 2016
work plan.
• The HPB identified completing a heritage resource disaster management plan (DMP) in their
2014/2015 work plan. To engage the city's emergency management team with the goals of the
DMP it was determined that the city's historic resources should be included on the city's data
management system, and protocol should be provided to ensure that in the event of an
emergency, the historic resources are known to the emergency responders. Will work toward
integrating the plan with the city's electronic property management system under the direction
of the public safety department (fire/police).
• The "Explore the History of Your Home" created in response to inquiries received from the
public regarding the history of homes in the community had been working toward providing
opportunities to engage the public in the research and discovery process. Of particular interest
to the HPB was the web site www.placeography.com which functions like a Wikipedia site,
allowing for public participation in documenting the history of properties in a community. The
committee took a short hiatus, but has targeted late 2015 to commence their work.
2016 Work Plan a (proposed pending City Council Approval) Attached as Exhibit "D".
Prepared by: Joyce Repya, Senior Planner and Staff Liaison to the Heritage Preservation Board.
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Wr Local overnment Official
Annual HPC Certified Local Government Assurances
Name of HPB: Edina
Fiscal Year: 2015
1. I hereby certify that the Edina Heritage Preservation Board has adhered to the public
participation provisions as stipulated under Section III.D of the "Minnesota Certified
Local Government Procedures Manual" issued by the Minnesota State Historic
Preservation Office.
2. I hereby certify that the Edina Heritage Preservation Board has adhered to the
procedures of the State Archives Department of the Minnesota Historical Society,
regarding commission records (see the State Archives publication "Preserving and
Disposing of overnment Records," pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 138.17, online at
www.mnh .ore/ireserve/records/recser .)
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Date
(This form may be used to certify compliance with requirement III.E.2.f of the Annual
Report required for all CLGs.)
February 1985; Revised May 2010
EXHIBIT A
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARKS
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARK DISTRICT (EHLD) PROPERTIES: Address & Year
Designated
I. Grimes House - 4200 W. 44th Street - 1976
2. Minnehaha Grange Hall - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
3. Cahill School - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
4. Baird House - 4400 W. 50th Street - 1978
5. Peterson House - 5312 Interlachen Boulevard - 1987
6. Country Club District - NE Edina - 2003
7. Edina Theater Sign - 3911 W. 50th Street - 2006
8. Edina Mill Site - Dwight Williams Park, W. 50th Street - 2006
9. Browndale Bridge - Browndale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek - 2008
10. Oskann House - 6901 Dakota Trail - 2015
The properties listed above have been officially rezoned by the City Council upon nomination by the
HPB. Certificates of Appropriateness are required for demolition, moving a building, new construction,
and excavation.
Determined Eligible for Landmark Designation: (Heritage Award winners = *)
Eligibility for landmark designation places no restriction on the property owner, but would put some
limits on the government's ability to do projects that impact the property.
By ordinance, the HPB has sole responsibility for nominating properties for designation as Edina
Heritage Landmarks. The first step in the nomination process is the HPB Determination of Eligibility,
which is a policy statement that in the opinion of the Board a given property meets one or the Heritage
Landmark eligibility criteria by being associated with an important historic context and by retaining
historic integrity of those features necessary to convey its significance. The next step is to prepare a
written nomination and a plan of treatment, which is prepared by staff subject to the approval of the
HPB. All authority for the designation of Heritage Landmarks is vested in the City Council.
I. Erickson House - 4246 Scott Terrace - 1980
2. Odd Fellows Hall - 4388 France Avenue - 1980
3. St. Stephen the Martyr Episcopal Church* -, 4439 W. 50th Street - 1980
4. Simmons House - 4116 W. 44th Street - 1980
5. Leeskov House - 4410 Curve Avenue - 1980
6. Skone House - 431 I Eton Place - 1980
7. Morningside United Church of Christ* -4201 Morningside Road — 1980
8. Onstad House - 4305 Morningside Road — 1980
9. Sly House* - 6128 Brookview Avenue — 1980
10. West Minneapolis Heights (NW Edina) — 1980
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EXHIBIT A
II. Wooddale Bridge - 5000 block of Wooddale Avenue - 2008
12. Blackbourn House - 5015 Wooddale Lane - 2010
13. Morningside Bungalow Style Homes — @ISO Homes - 2011
14. 4400 — 4412 France Ave. Commercial Building - 2012
15. Convention Grill* — 3912 Sunnyside Road - 201 2
16. Southdale Center* — W. 66th St./France Ave.! W. 69th St./ York Ave. - 2012
17. Marri & Hendrik °skarn House - 6901 Dakota Trail - 2014 - EHLD 8/5/2015
18. Sara W. Moore House - 6909 Hillcrest Lane - 2014
19. Arthur Erickson House* - 5501 Londonderry Road - 2014
20. Foursquare House, 4247 Grimes Avenue - 2014
21. Johnson House, 4300 France Avenue - 2014
22. Millpond Cascade, Minnehaha Creek (W of Hwy 100) - 2014
23. Schaefer House and Stable, 5117 Schaefer Road - 2014
24. Paul and Mary Carson House ("Maryhill"), 6001 Pine Grove Road - 2014
25. Claude D. Kimball House, 4520 W. 44th Street - 2014
26. Bruce A. Abrahamson House, 7205 Shannon Drive - 2014
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Edina Heritage Preservation Board Exhibit B
2015 CIG Report
New Properties Added to the Determined Eligible for Landmark Designation List in 2015:
I. Arthur Erickson House, 5501 Londonderry Road
The historic Arthur Erickson House, constructed in 1950, is a large, one-story, wood and stone Ranch
style residence characterized by its asymmetrical massing and low-pitch roof. Built in 1950 for one of
the founders of the Erickson Brothers Oil Company (now part of Holiday Companies), it was designed
by Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. of Los Angeles. The property is in an excellent state of preservation.
Contextually, the Erickson House is architecturally significant under Criterion C as an outstanding
example of Midcentury Modern residential architecture. It reflects the broad pattern of postwar
suburban development in Edina and embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Ranch style.
Secondarily, it represents the work of Lloyd Wright (1890-1978), who is considered a master builder by
architectural historians.
2. Foursquare House, 4247 Grimes Avenue
This historic house is a two-story, frame, stucco clad building with a pyramidal hip roof and an
enclosed front porch. Built in 1914, it is classified as an example of the vernacular American
Foursquare house type. The house occupies a standard size residential lot in the Morningside
neighborhood and is in a good state of preservation.
Contextually, the house is significant under Criterion A as a well preserved specimen of the
vernacular American Foursquare house type associated with the broad pattern of early suburban
development in the Morningside neighborhood. Historic integrity is good and it clearly
possesses the defined characteristics required to strongly represent the historic context.
3. Johnson House, 4300 France Avenue
The Johnson House is a one and one-half story, frame, gable-front house with a full-width front
porch and a detached two-car garage. Classified as an example of early twentieth-century
vernacular cottage architecture, the house was constructed in 1905. In its design and materials, it
resembles contemporary bungalows and incorporates some decorative detailing derived from the
Arts and Crafts movement. The house has been altered from its as-built appearance but the
facade retains much of its original character.
Evaluated in the perspective of the local historic context "Morningside: Edina's Streetcar
Suburb, 1905-1935," the Johnson House is historically significant under Criterion A. Its heritage
preservation value is wholly the product of its association with the broad pattern of early
suburban development in the Morningside neighborhood. Architecturally, it embodies the
distinctive characteristics of the vernacular front gable cottage property type, illustrating the
transition in suburban housing from traditional cottage forms to Arts and Crafts influenced
bungalow designs.
4. Millpond Cascade -Minnehaha Creek - North of Highway 100
The Mill Pond Cascade is a water control structure located at the bend of Minnehaha
Creek a short distance upstream from the Browndale Bridge within the Mill Pond. Built in 1934,
The reinforced concrete structure was originally designed to supply groundwater to the Mill pond
from a 400-foot well, part of an urban waterway reclamation project sponsored by the Village of
Edina in partnership with the U.S. Civil Works Administration (the predecessor of the Works
Progress Administration or WPA). The well has been capped and the cascade no longer
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Edina Heritage Preservation Board Exhibit B
2015 CLG Report
functions as a water control structure. It is, however, in a very good state of preservation and is
an established and well known visual feature of the historic Mill Pond in Minnehaha Creek.
Evaluated in the perspective of the local historic context "Minnehaha Creek:
From Wilderness Stream to Urban Waterway," the Cascade is historically significant for its
associative value under Criterion A in the areas of engineering and conservation. It is one of very
few surviving examples of New Deal era water conservation engineering in Edina. Although
no longer function, the cascade is in good condition and includes all of its basic structural
elements. It is categorized as a designed historic landscape feature.
5. Schaefer House & Stable, 5117 Schaefer Road
The historic Schaefer House is a two story single-family dwelling built in 1936. It has stone
walls and a gable roof. It shares a 2.36 acre lot with a guest house, originally constructed in
1932 as a horse stable. The house and guest house have been altered somewhat from their
original appearance but retain their essential historic character.
Evaluated in the perspective of the local historic context "Midcentury Modern Architecture and
Landscapes, 1935 to 1975," the property is historically significant under Criterion A for its
association with the broad patterns of neighborhood history and suburban development. The
house has not lost any of its basic historic character defining design elements.
6. Paul & Mary Carson House - "Maryhill", 6001 Pine Grove Road
The historic Carson House is a two-story, frame house with a modified rectangular plan, wood
siding, and a gable roof. The house was built for Dr. Paul Carson and his wife Mary in 1940-41.
The architect was William Gray Purcell (1880-1965). The house was designed by Purcell in
correspondence with the future owners (over 600 pieces of their correspondence are preserved in
the Northwest Architectural Archives at the University of Minnesota.) The property is in
excellent condition and has had very little alteration since its construction in 1941. The
Minnesota Land Trust holds a conservation easement on the property, which includes
approximately one-half acre of woods.
Evaluated in the perspective of the local historic context "Midcentury Modern Architecture and
Landscapes, 1930s-I970s," the property is architecturally significant as a product of the
dissemination of the Prairie School design philosophy and aesthetic. The house meets eligibility
criterion C in the area of architecture as one of the few preserved examples of Prairie School
architecture in Edina. It is also noteworthy for its connection to Purcell, a prominent architect
who practiced in the Twin Cities between 1909 and 1921.
7. Claude D. Kimball House, 4520 West 44th Street
The historic Kimball house is a two story, frame dwelling located on a large corner lot in the
Browndale Park subdivision. The Tudor Revival style house is characterized by its steeply
pitched gable roofs, decorative half-timbering, and stucco wall cladding. The house was built in
1913 or 1914. The identity of the architect-builder is not known. The property is in a good state
of preservation.
Contextually, the Kimball house reflects the general themes and trends outlined in the historic
context "The Suburban Landscape, 1883 to 1975." The house is believed to be one of the oldest
examples of the Tudor Revival mode in Edina. Although it is not an outstanding example of the
Tudor style, it has been evaluated as historically significant under Criterion A because it is a
distinctive and distinguishable entity that illustrates the broad themes of early twentieth-century
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Edina Heritage Preservation Board Exhibit B
2015 CIG Report
suburban development and the dissemination of the Tudor Revival or "Elizabethan" aesthetic.
8. Bruce A. Abrahamson House, 7205 Shannon Drive
The historic Abrahamson House is a small, steel framed dwelling with a flat roof and very little
decorative detailing. It is set on a wooded hillside in the Knollview Addition. Built in 1956, the house is
classified as an example of the International Style. The designer was the original owner. The house is
little altered from its as built appearance.
Contextually, the property is significant under Criterion C as an example of Midcentury Modern
residential architecture that embodies the distinctive characteristics of the International Style. Architect-
designed homes in the International Style are comparatively rare in Edina. Additionally, it is significant as
the residence of Bruce A. Abrahamson (1925-2008), a partner in the Minneapolis firm of Hammel,
Green and Abrahamson from the mid- 1950s to the 1990s and an important American architect whose
contributions to the Modern movement are well documented.
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Boards and Commissions Public Rosters
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Last First Membership Street Street Info Public
Name Name Type 1 2 Zip Provided Public Email
Birdman Michael Adult BC 5045 Bedford Ave 55436 Email Only (952) 285-6960 michaelmbirdman@gmail.com
Christiaansen Jennifer Adult BC 5300 64th Street West 55439 Email & Phone (612) 720-8620 jennifer.christiaansen@gmail.com
Druckman Joseph Student BC 7113 Shannon Drive 55439 Email Only jmdruckman@gmail.com
Kelly Karen Adult BC 4504 Sunnyside Rd 55424 Email Only karenkelly7@comcast.net
McLellan Bruce Adult BC 5709 Hawkes Drive 55436 Email & Phone (952) 929-8464 brucemclellan1@gmail.com
Moore Robert Adult BC 6909 Hillcrest Lane 55435 Email & Phone (952) 922-2937 boblmoore@hotmail.com
O'Brien Tim Adult BC 4512 Bruce Avenue 55424 Email & Phone (952) 925-4359 tobrien@faegre.com
Otness Peter Student BC 7029 Down Road 55439 Email Only peter@otness.com
Pearson Colleen Adult BC 4513 Browndale Ave 55424 Email & Phone (612) 791-2022 colleen.m.pearson@gmail.com
Sussman Peter Adult BC 6904 Mark Terrace 55439 Email & Phone (612) 432-3981 peter@sussman-mn.com
Weber Ryan Adult BC 303 Monroe Avenue South 55343 Email Only ryanjweb@hotmail.com
Volunteer count: 11
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Exhibit D 2015 CLG
report
Board/Commission: Heritage Preservation Board
2016 Annual Work Plan DRAFT
*Complete each section with a white background & designate it initiative is new or a continuation from the previous year
*Return to MJ Lamon by September 29
Initiative El New Initiative Target Completion Budget Staff Support Required Council
El Continued Initiative Date Required Approval
El On-Going InkliAmilins
Designate Wooddale Bridge (Wooddale Ave. in
front of St. Stephens Church) an Edina Heritage
2016 No Yes
Landmark
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Initiative • New Initiative I
El Continued Initiative
• On-Going Initiative
Target Completion
Date
Budget
Required
Staff Support Required Council
Approval
Explore the History of Your Home Subcommittee:
Provide opportunities for the public to record the
history of their homes on a site such as
"Placeography.org".
2016 No Yes
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Initiative 0 New Initiative Target Completion Budget Staff Support Required Council
El Continued Initiative Date Required Approval
CI On-Going Initiative
Educational Opportunities Subcommittee: Provide
opportunities for public to engage in celebrating
February 2016 No Yes
Edina's heritage during Preservation Month - May.
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Exhibit D 2015 CLG
report
Initiative CEI New Initiative
El Continued Initiative
111 On-Going Initiative
Create a sheet to be included in the new resident
packet that highlights "Edina Historical Facts".
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
El New Initiative
El Continued Initiative
C7 On-Going InitiativeAL
Begin work on updating the Heritage Preservation
Element of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan -late 2016
Target Completion
Date
Budget
Required
Staff Support Required Council
Approval
May 2016 Yes
Target Completion
Date
2018
Budget
Required
Staff Support Required Council
Approval
No Yes
Initiative
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
initiative . 6 New Initiative
LI Continued Initiative
• On-Going Initiative.
Target Completion
Date
2017
Budget
Required
No
Staff Support Required
Yes
Council
Approval
Update the map of all Edina properties determined
eligible for Edina Heritage Landmark designation as
well as those properties already designated Edina
Heritage Landmarks
Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Initiative 111 New Initiative Target Completion Budget Staff Support Required Council
El Continued Initiative Date Required Approval
On-Going Initiative
Add to resources publically available on topics such
as architecture and technical advice, i.e. the
No Yes
"Preservation Tool Box".
Exhibit D 2015 CLG
report
Ongoing Responsibilities
RESEARCH: Evaluate potential heritage resources to add to the determined eligible for landmark designation list.
PRESERVATION: 1. Review Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) applications for heritage landmark designated properties;
2. Invite eligible property owners to designate their properties Edina Heritage Landmarks.
COMMUNICATION & EDUCATION: 1. Educate public on the importance of heritage preservation to the vitality of the community.
2. Continually update the Heritage Preservation page on the City of Edina's web site.
3. Attend Minnesota Heritage Preservation conferences to enhance education and communication
Other Work Plan Ideas Conside ed fo Current Year or Future Years_ .
_ .
2017 - Begin work on re-surveying the historic Country Club District (required every 10 years; last done in 2008).
Proposed Month for Joint Work Session: September
Council Comments:
EDINA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
ANNUAL CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CLG) REPORT
2017 FISCAL YEAR
The following is a summary of the projects, reviews and activities reported to the City Council and
Minnesota Preservation Office for the fiscal year 2017, (October I, 2016 to September 30, 2017):
A. Local Designation of Preservation Sites:
I.See attached list of properties designated Edina Heritage Landmarks & those determined eligible
for designations as Exhibit "A".
2.No new properties were determined eligible for Edina Heritage Landmark designation.
3.The city protected approximately 600 historically significant properties in fiscal 2017 and intends to
add more in 2018.
4.No significant heritage resources were destroyed or damaged as a result of any activity financed,
permitted, or otherwise supported by the City of Edina.
B. Review of Requests for a Certificate of Appropriateness in the historic Country Club
District:
I. 4608 Casco Avenue
Request: New Home with Attached Garage (Non-Historic Property built in 1977)
Action: Final Approval 10.10/16
2. 4920 Arden Avenue
Request: Change to Street Facing Façade
Action: Approved 3/14/17
3. 4632 Browndale Avenue
Request: Change to Street Facing Façade
Action: Approved 4/17/17
4. 4607 Bruce Avenue
Request: New Detached Garage
Action: Approved 5/9/17
5. 4608 Wooddale Avenue
Request: New Front Entry Canopy
Action: Approved 6/13/17
6. 4505 Casco Avenue
Request: Change to Front Entry Vestibule
Action: Approved 6/13/17
7. 4629 Casco Avenue
Request: New Detached Garage
Action: Approved 7/11/17
Edina Heritage Preservation Commission
2017 CLG Report
8. 4602 Browndale Avenue
Request: Change to Street Facing Façade
Action: Approved 8/8/17
C. Heritage Preservation Commission Membership: 2017
The City Council officially changed the name of the Heritage Preservation Board to the Heritage
Preservation Commission. See attached HPC Roster Exhibit "B"
D. National Register Nominations in 2017: None
The following properties in Edina are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
I) George Baird House, 4400 West 50th Street
2) Jonathan Taylor Grimes House, 4200 West 44th Street
3) Grange Hall, 4918 Eden Avenue
4) Cahill School, 4924 Eden Avenue
5) Country Club District
6) Wooddale Bridge #90646, Wooddale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek
E. Local Inventories and Studies:
• Local Inventory: "Historic Building Survey of Edina, MN",
Prepared by Setter, Leach & Lindstrom, July 1979, Historic Consultant, Jeffrey A. Hess
• "Historic Context Study", Prepared by Robert C. Vogel and Associates, July 1999
• Recodified Section 850.20 "Edina Heritage Landmarks" of the Zoning Ordinance, 2003
• Comprehensive Heritage Preservation Plan, June 2006
• Heritage Preservation Element of City's Comprehensive Plan submitted to Metropolitan
Council, 2009
• Morningside Bungalow Multiple Property Study, 2010
• Section 801 Heritage Preservation Board of City Code replaced with Section 1500/1504, 201 I
• Thematic Study for Heritage Resources Associated with Edina Women, 201 I
• Suburban Development in Edina Since 1935: A Historic Context Study, 2013
F. Assurances:
The HPC held monthly meetings as needed. The minutes of said meetings are recorded and kept at
City Hall, Edina, MN. The meetings were posted and open to the public. The assurance statement is
attached for Public Participation and Commission records.
G. Activities Accomplished in 2017 and Planned for 2018:
2017 Activities & Accomplishments:
I . The City of Edina contracted with Pathfinder CRM, LLC to provide heritage preservation
advice and services.
2. 2017 Heritage Preservation Award - Awarded during Preservation Month (May)
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Edina Heritage Preservation Commission
2017 CLG Report
Nancy Johnson & Paul Anton- 5133 Mirror Lakes Drive. Built in 1951, on a heavily wooded, 2/3
acre site within the Highlands neighborhood. The home was designed by architect Robert
Cerny, famous for his mid-century style homes in Minnesota. Ms. Johnson and Mr. Anton
purchased the home in 2014 and have done both interior and exterior improvements that
stayed true to Robert Cerny's vision and improved the home's contemporary livability.
3. The HPC's annual summer tour — Veteran's Memorial Park /Wooddale Bridge in Utley Park.
4. Staff Liaison Emily Bodeker attended the 2017 MNSHPO conference Albert Lea, MN on
September 14th & 15th.
5. As part of the City's 2018 Comprehensive Plan update work, the HPB evaluated adding the
following 4 themes to the Historic Context Study:
1) Churches
2) Cold War Fall-out Shelters
3) WPA Federal Relief Construction
4) American Four-Square Houses.
Proposed 2018 Work Plan Initiatives: (Attached as Exhibit "C") to be considered by the
Edina City Council, December 2017.
Prepared by: Joyce Repya, Senior Planner and Staff Liaison to the Heritage Preservation Commission
(July 2017)
And
Emily Bodeker, Assistant Senior Planner and Staff Liaison to the Heritage Preservation Commission (July
20 I 7-Present)
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Local Government Official
Annual HPC Certified Local Government Assurances
Name of HPC: Edina
Fiscal Year: 2017
1. I hereby certify that the Edina Heritage Preservation Commission has adhered to the
public participation provisions as stipulated under Section III.D of the "Minnesota
Certified Local Government Procedures Manual" issued by the Minnesota State Historic
Preservation Office.
2. I hereby certify that the Edina Heritage Preservation Commission has adhered to the
procedures of the State Archives Department of the Minnesota Historical Society,
regarding commission records (see the State Archives publication "Preserving and
Disposing of Government Records," pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 138.17, online at
www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/recser .)
(This form may be used to certify compliance with requirement of the Annual
Report required for all CLGs.)
,-/
Date
February 1985; Revised May 2010
EXHIBIT "A"
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARKS
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARK DISTRICT (EHLD) PROPERTIES: Address & Year
Designated
I. Grimes House - 4200 W. 44th Street - 1976
2. Minnehaha Grange Hall - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
3. Cahill School - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
4. Baird House - 4400 W. 50th Street - 1978
5. Peterson House - 5312 Interlachen Boulevard - 1987
6. Country Club District - NE Edina - 2003
7. Edina Theater Sign - 3911 W. 50th Street - 2006
8. Edina Mill Site - Dwight Williams Park, W. 50th Street - 2006
9. Browndale Bridge - Browndale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek - 2008
10. Oskam House - 6901 Dakota Trail - 2015
11. Wooddale Bridge #90646 - Wooddale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek - 2016
The properties listed above have been officially rezoned by the City Council upon nomination by the
HPC. Certificates of Appropriateness are required for demolition, moving a building, new construction,
and excavation.
Determined Eligible for Landmark Designation: (Heritage Award winners = *)
Eligibility for landmark designation places no restriction on the property owner, but would put some
limits on the government's ability to do projects that impact the property.
By ordinance, the HPC has sole responsibility for nominating properties for designation as Edina
Heritage Landmarks. The first step in the nomination process is the HPC Determination of Eligibility,
which is a policy statement that in the opinion of the Board a given property meets one or the Heritage
Landmark eligibility criteria by being associated with an important historic context and by retaining
historic integrity of those features necessary to convey its significance. The next step is to prepare a
written nomination and a plan of treatment, which is prepared by staff subject to the approval of the
HPC. All authority for the designation of Heritage Landmarks is vested in the City Council.
I. Erickson House - 4246 Scott Terrace - 1980
2. Odd Fellows Hall - 4388 France Avenue - 1980
3. St. Stephen the Martyr Episcopal Church* -, 4439 W. 50th Street - 1980
4. Simmons House - 4116 W. 44th Street - 1980
5. Leeskov House - 4410 Curve Avenue - 1980
6. Skone House - 4311 Eton Place - 1980
7. Morningside United Church of Christ* - 4201 Morningside Road — 1980
8. Onstad House - 4305 Morningside Road — 1980
9. Sly House* - 6128 Brookview Avenue — 1980
EXHIBIT "A"
10. West Minneapolis Heights (NW Edina) — 1980
II. Blackbourn House - 5015 Wooddale Lane - 2010
12. Morningside Bungalow Style Homes — @I50 Homes - 2011
3.4400 — 4412 France Ave. Commercial Building - 2012
14. Convention Grill* — 3912 Sunnyside Road - 2012
15. Southdale Center* — W. 66th St./France Ave./ W. 69th St,/ York Ave. - 2012
16. Sara W. Moore House - 6909 Hillcrest Lane - 2014
17. Arthur Erickson House* - 5501 Londonderry Road - 2014
18. Foursquare House, 4247 Grimes Avenue - 2014
19. Johnson House, 4300 France Avenue - 2014
20. Millpond Cascade, Minnehaha Creek (W of Hwy 100) - 2014
21. Schaefer House and Stable, 5117 Schaefer Road - 2014
22. Paul and Mary Carson House ("Maryhill"), 6001 Pine Grove Road - 2014
23. Claude D. Kimball House, 4520 W. 44th Street - 2014
24. Bruce A. Abrahamson House, 7205 Shannon Drive - 2014
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EXHIBIT "B"
2017
EDINA HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Name
Michael Birdman
Laurie Blake
Karen Kelly
Scott Loving
Robert Moore
Sarah Nymo
Peter Sussman
Hannah Nemerov
Payton Puerzer
Contact Information
michael@birdmanenterprises.com
Lablake10@gmail.com
karenkelly7@comcast.net
Scott.loving@gmail.com
boblmoore@hotmail.com
sarah@rehkamplarson.com
peter@sussman-mn.com
Student Member
Student Member
Term
3/2019
3/2020
3/2019
3/2019
3/2018
Edina Historical Society
3/2020
3/2018
Hennepin History Museum
9/2017
9/2017
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Staff Liaison: Emily Bodeker
Assistant City Planner
ebodeker(&,edinamn.gov
Consultant: Robert Vogel
Pathway CRM
revogelQvathfindercrm.com
City of Edina (952-826-0462)
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
319 So. Division Ave.
P.O. Box 503
Spring Grove, MN 55974
EXHIBIT "C"
2018 Annual Work Plan Proposal
Initiative # 1 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) Target Budget Required
Staff Support Required
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
Completion (Staff Liaison)
(Staff Liaison)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Date
Decide
Ongoing Initiative Type
q New Initiative q Continued Initiative IZ Ongoing Responsibility
Evaluate potential heritage resources to add to the determined eligible for
heritage landmark designation list. -Research
• Funds available
Funds are included in the Planning
Department Budget.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
• Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
• Other Staff: Consultant, Robert
Vogel
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 2 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM)
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Decide)
Target Budget Required
Completion (Staff Liaison)
Date
Staff Support Required
1 (Staff Liaison)
Initiative Type
q New Initiative q Continued Initiative IZ Ongoing Responsibility
Ongoing
Review Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) application for changes to
heritage landmark designated properties. -Preservation
Funds available
Fees are collected for COA
Applications: $600 or $1200 for a new
house in the CCD.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
IZ Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
• Other Staff Consultant, Robert
Vogel
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 3 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) Target Budget Required
Staff Support Required
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
Completion (Staff Liaison)
(Staff Liaison)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Date
Decide)
Ongoing Initiative Type
q New Initiative q Continued Initiative Ongoing Responsibility
Invite owners of determined eligible properties to designate their
properties Edina Heritage Landmarks. -Preservation
▪ Funds available
Funds are included in the Planning
Department Budget.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
E Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
q Other Staff
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 4 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM)
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Decide)
Target Budget Required
Completion I (Staff Liaison)
Date
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
Ongoing Initiative Type
q New Initiative q Continued Initiative Ongoing Responsibility
Provide opportunities for the public to engage in celebrating Edina's
heritage during Preservation Month (May), and throughout the year.
—Communication & Education
El Funds available
Funds are included in the Planning
Department Budget.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
▪ Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
q Other Staff
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 5 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM)
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Decide
Target , Budget Required
Completion (Staff Liaison)
Date
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
Ongoing Initiative Type
q New Initiative q Continued Initiative El Ongoing Responsibility
Add to resources publically available on topics such as architecture and
technical advice, i.e. the "Preservation Toolbox".
El Funds available
Funds are included in the Planning
Department Budget.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
El Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
Z Other Staff: Consultant, Robert
Vogel
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 6 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM)
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review &
Decide)
Target Budget Required
Completion (Staff Liaison)
Date
Staff Support Required
(Staff Liaison)
2018 Initiative Type
New Initiative q Continued Initiative q Ongoing Responsibility
Re-survey the historic Country Club District (required every 10 years; last
done in 2008) with an eye on re-evaluating the District's plan of treatment.
I Funds available
Funds are included in the Planning
Department Budget.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
IZ Staff Liaison
q CTS (including Video)
IZ Other Staff: Consultant, Robert
Vogel
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Initiative # 7 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) Target Budget Required Staff Support Required
q 1 (Study & Report) q 2 (Review & Comment) Completion (Staff Liaison) (Staff Liaison)
q 3 (Review & Recommend) q 4 (Review & Date
Decide)
Initiative Type 2018 0 Funds available
q New Initiative Z Continued Initiative q Ongoing Responsibility Funds are included in the Planning Z Staff Liaison
Department Budget.
Comprehensive Plan Update-assist as requested with the development of
the City's Comprehensive Plan update.
q Funds not available
There are not funds available for this
project (explain impact of Council
approving initiative in liaison
comments).
q CTS (including Video)
Z Other Staff: Consultant, Robert
Vogel
Liaison Comments:
City Manager Comments:
Progress Report:
Parking Lot: (These items have been considered by the BC, but not proposed as part of this year's work plan. If the BC decides they would like to
work on them in the current year, it would need to be approved by Council.)
Proposed Month for Joint Work Session (one time per year, up to 60
minutes):
q Mar q April q May q June q July q Aug q Sept q Oct q Nov
Council Comments:
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Chapter 11: Community Services and Facilities
11.2 PUBLIC SAFETY: POLICE PROTECTION
Goals
1. Maintain or improve police service levels in both response and prevention activities.
Policies:
a) Utilize new technology to plan for and allocate resources and maintain rapid responses.
b) Expand crime prevention, with emphasis on seniors.
2. Promote traffic safety through enforcement and education.
Policies:
a) Provide presence and visibility on roadways.
b) Use radar, digital display signs, etc. to increase driver awareness.
c) Use statewide partnerships to increase funding and education efforts.
3. Make cost-effective use of technology to meet public safety goals.
Policies:
a) Monitor technological advances
b) Maintain workforce digital skills
c) Participate in joint task forces
4. Ensure that the community is prepared to mitigate and respond to disasters.
Policies:
a) Educate the community about preparedness.
b) Update the Emergency Operations Plan regularly.
c) Build collaborative efforts with state and county agencies.
New goals
1. Create awareness programs about elder scams and protocols for detection and investigation of
perpetrators and services for victims.
2. Develop color-blind policing; incorporate diversity training throughout all positions; provide
training in dealing with mentally-ill residents, employees, and visitors.
3. Raise awareness about, detect, and prevent internet crime; sexting and other forms of
sexploitation; and sex and human trafficking.
4. Implement the use of body cams by all officers and appropriate review of data.
5. Increase strategies to prevent DUIs.
6. Enforce prohibitions on cell phone use while driving.
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11.3 PUBLIC SAFETY: FIRE PREVENTION
Goals
1. Prevent fire ignition wherever possible.
2. When fires occur, minimize impact on lives and property.
3. Perform pro-active information management, to allow the City to forecast needs in areas
of building fire protection systems, operational support, and program development.
Policies
a) Fire detection, automatic suppression, structural compartmentalization, building access,
and site controls.
b) Prevention information to emphasize citizen survival by teaching proven fire safety
techniques
c) Public information programs.
d) Smoke detector installation
e) Building inspection activities
New Goals
1. Develop and distribute information programs in multiple languages and in Braille.
2. Provide fire detection devices for the hearing-impaired at low or no cost.
11.3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH/PUBLIC HEALTH
Goals
1. Ensure an effective local government public health system
2. Reduce behavioral risks that contribute to morbidity/mortality (tobacco, alcohol, drug
use, physical inactivity, poor nutrition, weight control; through education)
3. Promote health for all children, adolescents, and their families
4. Promote well-being ofelderly, disabled, those with disease or chronic illness
5. Reduce exposure to environmental health hazards
6. Develop a public health emergency preparedness plan
New goals
1. Address toxic waste and disposal.
2. Implement procedures that are more rigorous than the 2017 EPA changes that increase
toxic substances in air, water, soil.
3. Increase health care access and screening.
4. Increase access for elderly and low-income residents to free or reduced-cost routine
prophylaxis: flu shots, glaucoma checkups, blood pressure monitoring, diabetes screening,
etc.
5. Design and implement increased education programs for prevention and management of
Type 2 Diabetes (weight management, exercise and activity, evaluation and assessment).
6. Develop city-wide information programs, including at South View and Valley View Middle
Schools and Edina High School, about opioid addiction, addiction prevention, and addiction
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treatment. A pilot program has begun in Minnetonka through the Minneapolis FBI and is
being replicated throughout the state.
11.5 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: Schools
Goals
1. Maximize achievement of all students.
2. Work in partnership with the community to create a safe, inspiring, and welcoming
learning environment.
3. Work in partnership with the community to develop all students as responsible citizens
and leaders.
4. Work in partnership with the community to provide learning opportunities beyond the
classroom through innovation and creativity.
5. Expand leadership expectations for all members of the school district.
6. Expand and maximize the district’s resources of time, talent, and finances.
New goals
1. Address discrimination in the schools through proactive education and programming.
2. Develop policies to meet the needs of LGBTQ students.
3. Provide language and culture classes for the increasing immigrant and refugee adult
populations.
4. Review school programs for the public and for parents to insure appropriate programming
and inclusion of all who are represented in the schools.
5. Despite federal rollback of transgender equity policies, develop and implement policies to
enhance transgender equal rights.
6. Assess policies and procedures for fully integrating out-of-district students and families
into the Edina School District, to insure maximum success for each student.
7. Provide free access to extra-curricular and co-curricular activities so that economic
barriers do not prohibit youth participation.
8. Since Sobriety High School’s closure in 2013, there is no Edina-based program for youth in
recovery. Review area programs, determine needs, assess feasibility of a southwest
metro program. Review counseling services, especially resources for youth struggling
with opioid addiction.
9. Review promotion of the PSEO option and recruitment into that program for all eligible
students.
10. Review access to and recruitment for AP courses to insure representative student
participation.
11.6 EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: LIBRARIES
No goals, no policies.
New goals
1. Review library collections to insure representation for all library users.
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2. Review computer facilities to include appropriate hardware for those with vision
challenges.
3. Review availability of ASL translators for public programs, especially for programs geared
to youth.
11.7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Goals and policies
1. Continue expansion of fiber-optic network.
2. Create city-wide wi-fi access.
3. Keep Edina’s IT on par with industry standards.
11.8 COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
1. Match communications initiatives to needs and desires of residents and businesses.
2. Redesign website every five years.
3. Develop a plan for programming on EDINA 16.
4. Expand neighborhood block captain program.
5. Enhance Edina’s community vision.
New Goals
1. Review access to and training in electronic communications among seniors and foreign-born
residents. Review the extent of wi-fi accessibility and education in places where elderly and
new residents from overseas live/recreate/shop/etc.
2. Review public access to voice-activated
Chapter 6. Heritage Preservation
Hard to evaluate; have no knowledge of sites established by or important to recent arrivals or to
ethnic/religious minorities. Have contacted a member of the Heritage Preservation Commission but
have not received a response about the nature of sites that have been selected recently for designation.
EXHIBIT “A”
1 | P a g e
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARKS
EDINA HERITAGE LANDMARK DISTRICT (EHLD) PROPERTIES: Address & Year
Designated
1. Grimes House - 4200 W. 44th Street - 1976
2. Minnehaha Grange Hall - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
3. Cahill School - Frank Tupa Park, 4918 Eden Avenue - 1977
4. Baird House - 4400 W. 50th Street - 1978
5. Peterson House - 5312 Interlachen Boulevard - 1987
6. Country Club District - NE Edina - 2003
7. Edina Theater Sign - 3911 W. 50th Street - 2006
8. Edina Mill Site - Dwight Williams Park, W. 50th Street - 2006
9. Browndale Bridge - Browndale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek - 2008
10. Oskam House - 6901 Dakota Trail - 2015
11. Wooddale Bridge #90646 - Wooddale Avenue over Minnehaha Creek - 2016
The properties listed above have been officially rezoned by the City Council upon nomination by the
HPC. Certificates of Appropriateness are required for demolition, moving a building, new construction,
and excavation.
Determined Eligible for Landmark Designation: (Heritage Award winners = *)
Eligibility for landmark designation places no restriction on the property owner, but would put some
limits on the government’s ability to do projects that impact the property.
By ordinance, the HPC has sole responsibility for nominating properties for designation as Edina
Heritage Landmarks. The first step in the nomination process is the HPC Determination of Eligibility,
which is a policy statement that in the opinion of the Board a given property meets one or the Heritage
Landmark eligibility criteria by being associated with an important historic context and by retaining
historic integrity of those features necessary to convey its significance. The next step is to prepare a
written nomination and a plan of treatment, which is prepared by staff subject to the approval of the
HPC. All authority for the designation of Heritage Landmarks is vested in the City Council.
1. Erickson House - 4246 Scott Terrace - 1980
2. Odd Fellows Hall - 4388 France Avenue - 1980
3. St. Stephen the Martyr Episcopal Church* -, 4439 W. 50th Street - 1980
4. Simmons House - 4116 W. 44th Street - 1980
5. Leeskov House - 4410 Curve Avenue - 1980
6. Skone House - 4311 Eton Place - 1980
7. Morningside United Church of Christ* - 4201 Morningside Road – 1980
8. Onstad House - 4305 Morningside Road – 1980
9. Sly House* - 6128 Brookview Avenue – 1980
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10. West Minneapolis Heights (NW Edina) – 1980
11. Blackbourn House - 5015 Wooddale Lane - 2010
12. Morningside Bungalow Style Homes – @150 Homes - 2011
13. 4400 – 4412 France Ave. Commercial Building - 2012
14. Convention Grill* – 3912 Sunnyside Road - 2012
15. Southdale Center* – W. 66th St./France Ave./ W. 69th St./ York Ave. - 2012
16. Sara W. Moore House - 6909 Hillcrest Lane - 2014
17. Arthur Erickson House* - 5501 Londonderry Road - 2014
18. Foursquare House, 4247 Grimes Avenue - 2014
19. Johnson House, 4300 France Avenue - 2014
20. Millpond Cascade, Minnehaha Creek (W of Hwy 100) - 2014
21. Schaefer House and Stable, 5117 Schaefer Road - 2014
22. Paul and Mary Carson House (“Maryhill”), 6001 Pine Grove Road - 2014
23. Claude D. Kimball House, 4520 W. 44th Street - 2014
24. Bruce A. Abrahamson House, 7205 Shannon Drive - 2014
2008 Comprehensive Plan / Housing Review
By: Jim Nelson and Heather Edelson
Date: 1/30/18
Goals
1. Provide an attractive environment and promote housing that is compatible in
quality, design, and intensity within neighborhoods in order to ensure the
vitality and health of single-family and multi-family/mixed-use neighborhoods.
Housing should support and be supported by surrounding land uses, traffic
patterns, public facilities, and connections to open space and natural resource
features. Keep, but add reference to neighborhood scale as well as encouragement
of “green” building techniques.
2. Promote increased housing opportunities and a diversity of housing types by
promoting the creative and innovative use of land designated for
residential/commercial mixed-use while complementing the character of
existing development and promoting transit use and other mobility alternatives.
Keep.
3. Encourage the production of additional affordable housing units to meet the
City’s housing needs and, at a minimum, its Metropolitan Council affordable
housing need allocation (212 units). Strive to maintain 20 percent of Edina’s
housing stock as affordable, with the goal of increasing the percentage of single-
family homes that are in this category. Promote owner-occupied units over
rental units when providing affordable housing. Keep but add encouraging the
inclusion of affordable housing located on or near mass transit locations and
encouraging the development of mass transit alternatives to other areas. Also, we
need to understand where the 212 number comes from and where the city is at
with respect to these 2008 goals. Also, what is the mechanism by which the city has
promoted owner-occupied housing?
4. Seek to accommodate the total projected 1,500 new households projected to
locate in the City by the year 2030. Update this projection.
5. Promote a vision of community that is inclusive of a wide range of ages, incomes,
and abilities and offers a wide range of housing options for Edina’s residents.
This broad vision of community is a cornerstone to promoting workforce
housing that includes a wide range of housing prices and options, based on the
principle that those who contribute to the community should have the
opportunity to live here. Also, this housing vision strengthens and reinvigorates
community institutions and makes the City an attractive destination for young
families. Keep but add reference to diversity – ethnic, racial, sexual preference, etc.
6. Increase the appeal of Edina’s housing stock in order to attract new residents
and retain current residents. Delete.
7. Promote life cycle housing to support a range of housing options that meet
people’s preferences and circumstances at all stages of life. Keep.
8. Acknowledge the interrelationship between land use and transportation, and
support the expansion of existing transportation infrastructure capacity through
wise land use. We would like to see some definition of “wise land use.”
9. Recognize that housing is a long term investment and promote housing policies
that offer enduring opportunities for medium and low income residents to house
themselves, emphasizing home ownership.
10. Recognize that successfully reaching affordable housing goals assists the City in
achieving related community goals. These goals include:
a. Preserving and enhancing the strength of the schools;
b. Maintaining community character and supporting a strong tax base;
c. Fostering diversity;
d. Supporting Edina businesses’ ability to remain competitive in regional
and global markets and attract quality employees;
e. Providing lifecycle housing opportunities for community renewal.
11. Add: Using funds collected on new developments in lieu of providing affordable
housing in a manner which creates equivalent amounts of affordable housing.
Policies
The city will:
1. Provide active leadership and acknowledges its responsibility to meet its
affordable housing needs for residents and its workforce through its land use
and fiscal policies. The City will promote a program that will assist workers
employed within the City to live in the City. We’d like to know what efforts
have been made in regard to the last sentence and how effective they have
been.
2. Research, develop, and offer resources to allow the flexibility for senior
residents to age in place. Keep, but add “and/or continue to reside in Edina.”
3. Seek to protect and maintain the residential neighborhoods that contain
lifecycle housing and remain attractive to young families. The City will
continue its program of offering assistance to income eligible property
owners to rehabilitate their homes, thus maintaining the condition of the
City's housing stock. Define “lifecycle housing.” Also, does the City have a
program for rehabilitation of homes and what has been its impact?
4. Collaborate with public, nonprofit and private groups in the planning and
developing of housing, especially with those that focus on the provision of
housing for which the marketplace does not sufficiently provide. As
recommended by the Edina Housing Task Force, invite the Edina Housing
Foundation and the West Hennepin Affordable Housing Land Trust to
develop proposals to create opportunities for 80 families to purchase
existing housing through the use of second mortgages and community land
trusts. The City should also work with the Greater Metropolitan Housing
Corporation to develop plans for assisting low-income seniors to transition
to downsized housing. What is the status of the efforts, if any, described here?
5. Encourage repairs and improvements to existing single-family homes that
extend their useful life, and ensure that they are designed and constructed in
a manner that complements the dwelling’s character and is compatible with
adjacent homes and the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Is this
happening?
6. Update the 1998 survey of housing conditions. Has this been done?
7. Encourage the preservation and maintenance of, and improvements to,
existing affordable housing. Who owns this?
8. Encourage the development of long-term management strategies for
affordable housing, in cooperation with non-profit housing organizations, to
ensure the continuation of its affordability features to successive households.
The City will continue to fund and expand its financial and technical support
of community land trusts that provide affordable housing within the City.
This seems to duplicate policy 4.
9. Expand educational outreach to the community about programs that foster
affordability and maintenance. What educational outreach has been done?
10. Add: “Encourage the adoption of sustainable, state of the art green building
methods in all new residential construction and redevelopment.”
Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: VI.B.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan Discussion
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
HRRC has been provided information on the draft bike and pedestrian master plan. Commission can provide
comments through Chair, Jim Nelson, who has been serving on the master plan task force.
https://www.edinamn.gov/494/Pedestrian-Bicycle-Master-Plan
Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: VI.C.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Report and Recommendation
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:2018 Human Rights and Relations Approved Work
Plan
Discussion
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
Council approved the 2018 work plan.
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
2018 Approved Work Plan
Approved by City Council 2017.12.05 Commission: Human Rights and Relations Commission 2018 Annual Work Plan Proposal Initiative # 1 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) ☐☐☐☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐☐☐☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐☐☐☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☒☒☒☒ 4 (Review & Decide) Target Completion Date Budget Required (Staff Liaison) Staff Support Required (Staff Liaison) Initiative Type ☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility April 2018 ☒ Funds available Funds are available for this project. ☒ Staff Liaison: Hrs__10 ☒ CTS (including Video) ☐ Other Staff: Hrs_____________ Tom Oye Award (Martin) ($75 for plaque + possible cost for new printed materials) • Coordinate recognition • Track nominations • Update website ☐ Funds not available There are not funds available for this project (explain impact of Council approving initiative in liaison comments). Progress Report: Click here to enter text. Initiative # 2 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) ☐☐☐☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐☐☐☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☒☒☒☒ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐☐☐☐ 4 (Review & Decide) Target Completion Date Budget Required (Staff Liaison) Staff Support Required (Staff Liaison) Initiative Type ☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility August 2018 ☐ Funds available Funds are available for this project. ☒ Staff Liaison: Hrs__8 ☐ CTS (including Video) ☐ Other Staff: Hrs_____________ Bias Offense Response Plan • Review and update, if needed, annually ☒ Funds not available There are not funds available for this project (explain impact of Council approving initiative in liaison comments). Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Approved by City Council 2017.12.05 Initiative # 3 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) ☐☐☐☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐☐☐☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐☐☐☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☒☒☒☒ 4 (Review & Decide) Target Completion Date Budget Required (Staff Liaison) Staff Support Required (Staff Liaison) Initiative Type ☐ New Initiative ☒ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility October 2018 ☒ Funds available Funds are available for this project. ☒ Staff Liaison: Hrs__10 ☒ CTS (including Video) ☐ Other Staff: Hrs_____________ Sharing Values, Sharing Communities (Edelson/Meek): Commission will coordinate 1 or 2 annual community events. ($300 for marketing materials and refreshments, depending on event) • Topic to be determine by commission • Event Coordination • Communications/Marketing ☐ Funds not available There are not funds available for this project (explain impact of Council approving initiative in liaison comments). Progress Report: Click here to enter text. Initiative # 4 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) ☐☐☐☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☐☐☐☐ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐☐☐☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☒☒☒☒ 4 (Review & Decide) Target Completion Date Budget Required (Staff Liaison) Staff Support Required (Staff Liaison) Initiative Type ☐ New Initiative ☐ Continued Initiative ☒ Ongoing Responsibility April 2018 ☒ Funds available Funds are available for this project. ☒ Staff Liaison: Hrs__15 ☒ CTS (including Video) ☐ Other Staff: Hrs_____________ Days of Remembrance ($75 for printed materials, $100 for refreshments) • Speakers and focus to be determined by commission • Event coordination • Communications/Marketing ☐ Funds not available There are not funds available for this project (explain impact of Council approving initiative in liaison comments). Progress Report: Click here to enter text.
Approved by City Council 2017.12.05 Initiative # 5 Council Charge (Proposed Charge Completed by CM) ☐☐☐☐ 1 (Study & Report) ☒☒☒☒ 2 (Review & Comment) ☐☐☐☐ 3 (Review & Recommend) ☐☐☐☐ 4 (Review & Decide) Target Completion Date Budget Required (Staff Liaison) Staff Support Required (Staff Liaison) Initiative Type ☐ New Initiative ☒ Continued Initiative ☐ Ongoing Responsibility December 2018 ☐ Funds available Funds are available for this project. ☒ Staff Liaison: Hrs__10 ☐ CTS (including Video) ☐ Other Staff: Hrs_____________ Comprehensive Plan • Assist with reviewing and updating of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan ☒ Funds not available There are not funds available for this project (explain impact of Council approving initiative in liaison comments). Progress Report: Click here to enter text. Parking Lot: (These items have been considered by the BC, but not proposed as part of this year’s work plan. If the BC decides they would like to work on them in the current year, it would need to be approved by Council.) 1. Partnership with School District 2. Affirmation of Edina, as a Human Rights City, as a Welcoming Community for all residents, including immigrants and refugees. Proposed Month for Joint Work Session (one time per year, up to 60 minutes): ☐ Mar ☐ April ☐ May ☒ June ☐ July ☐ Aug ☐ Sept ☐ Oct ☐ Nov Council Comments:
Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: VI.D.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
From:MJ Lamon, Project Coordinator
Item Activity:
Subject:2018 Days of Remembrance
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
Approve date for event.
INTRODUCTION:
Days of Remembrance working group will provide an update.
Date: January 30, 2018 Agenda Item #: VII.A.
To:Human Rights and Relations Commission Item Type:
Correspondence
From:Chante Mitchell
Item Activity:
Subject:Sanford Berman Information
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
www.edinamn.gov
ACTION REQUESTED:
None.
INTRODUCTION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Smith Journal Article
Insight News Article