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Home My WebLink About2024-01-12January 12, 2024 Public Meetings Next Week: City Council Meeting, Tuesday,January 16th, 7:00 p.m.Parks Commission Meeting,Wedsday, January 17th, 6:30 p.m. City offices will be closed on Monday, January 15th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Visit our website Join us on Nextdoor Full meeting packets and meeting can be accessed here: Agendas and Minutes 2024 Presidential Primary Election2024 Presidential Primary Election Tuesday, March 5, 2024Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Early & absentee voting begins next weekEarly & absentee voting begins next week In-person absentee voting will begin January 19 and run through March 4. at Vote Centers: Cottage Grove Service Center: 13000 Ravine Parkway, Cottage Grove. Forest Lake Headwaters Service Center: 19955 Forest Road N, Forest Lake. Washington County Government Center: 14949 62nd Street. N., Stillwater. Woodbury City Hall: 8301 Valley Creek Road, Woodbury. Starting February 16, in-person absentee voting will also be available at Oakdale City Hall, 1584 Hadley Ave. N., Oakdale. Hours: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday, March 4: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Highway 36 & Lake Elmo Avenue Improvement Project Online Engagement is now live! Washington County, in partnership with MnDOT and the Cities of Grant and Lake Elmo, has hosted a series of open houses to plan for future improvements to the Highway 36 and County Highway 17 (Lake Elmo Avenue) Intersection. Click the link below to view proposed design alternatives, and to learn about the schedule and next steps for the project. An online engagement is available for viewing with all of the information that was shared at the most recent in-person open house on Wednesday, January 10. Visit the online engagement anytime on the project website January 10 — January 24 to provide your feedback. Project website link: Lake Elmo Ave. Winter Parking Please remember that the City of Lake Elmo has a winter parking ordinance that prohibits parking on city streets from November 1st through March 31st between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. This gives crews a window of time for clearing streets curb to curb more efficiently. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation! The City of Lake Elmo has been working with Washington County and their environmental specialist to incorporate recycling efforts in our downtown area and at the new City Center. A grant provided by Washington County offered the city an opportunity to place bins throughout downtown, Lions Park and VFW Field, and at City Hall. These bins will help promote recycling throughout the area and can help reduce waste up to 60% in common areas. Drop Box Available The new City Center building has a convenient drop box located on the front of the building. Utility payments, permit applications and other documents may be dropped in the box during or after office hours. View the winter constellations 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Lake Elmo Park Reserve Make the stars your old friends while watching the great celestial show in the skies. Following a short orientation, get to know constellations such as The Big Bear, Orion the Hunter, Gemini the Twins, and Taurus the Bull, and hear the stories behind them. The event will be hosted by retired WCCO meteorologist Mike Lynch, who has been hosting star watch events and teaching astronomy for more than 50 years. The group will use large telescopes, among the largest mobile telescopes in Minnesota, for close-up views of the moon, Jupiter, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and other wonders in the winter skies. Participants will receive a handout package with user-friendly star maps and constellation charts, apps, websites, a telescope-buying guide, and more. Dress to be outdoors for the majority of the program. Bring a lawn chair or anything else needed for comfort. Cost is $5 per person. Children ages 6 years old and younger are free. Register online at the Washington County website. See www.co.washington.mn.us and search “Parks programs and events.” Lake Elmo Park Reserve is at 1515 Keats Ave. N. in Lake Elmo. See more information at www.co.washington.mn.us/parks. Follow Washington County Parks on social media at @WashCountyParks. Parks Master Plan Survey Lake Elmo Residents are invited to participate in a survey to help the City gather information for creation of a master parks plan. Please take a few minutes to share your feedback with us! The QR code to the left will take you directly to the survey, or you can also access the survey here: Parks Master Plan Survey Emerald Ash Borer Washington County will remove ash trees from Lake Elmo Park Reserve Washington County is continuing ash tree removal within Lake Elmo Park Reserve in response to the emerald ash borer. Starting Nov. 15 through March 31, 2024, ash trees will be removed near trails and in natural areas of the park. These removals will help minimize risk to the public from falling trees and will also reduce fuel loads that can increase fire risk within the park. To complete the work, a contractor will be using equipment to cut and haul the trees to staging areas, before chipping and removing debris from the site. Once work commences, ski trails on the south side of Lake Elmo and the snowmobile trail will be closed. Only ash trees will be removed, and new bareroot trees will be planted in suitable areas in the spring of 2024. See the county website at to view a map of ash trees. Green dots are trees to be removed, and purple dots are ash trees surveyed in summer of 2023. If time and weather conditions allow, staff will also remove dead or dying ash trees along the property boundaries. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture website has more information about the emerald ash borer at www.mda.state.mn.us/eab Be a part of making regional transportation investment decisions How would you invest in regional transportation? As part of this round of the Regional Solicitation, the Metropolitan Council and the Transportation Advisory Board would like to know how you would distribute funding for transportation projects across multiple funding categories. Your responses will help inform the Transportation Advisory Board as it considers project selection this spring. Use this tool to build your budget and learn more about the funding categories. The budget exercise will be open through Jan. 31. The City of Lake Elmo has begun participation in the State of Minnesota's Performance Measurement Program. This program began in 2010 for cities and counties to report on at least 10 performance measures annually as a way to aid residents, taxpayers, and state and local elected officials in determining the efficacy of counties and cities in providing services and measure residents' opinions of those services. Click here to access reporting results The Valley Branch Watershed District (VBWD) is a public organization tasked with protecting and managing local water resources within an area spanning 14 cities and townships in Washington and Ramsey Counties. The VBWD is seeking input from you as it begins updating its Watershed Management Plan which will guide VBWD actions for the next 10 years. Please take a brief (5- 10 minute) survey to help the VBWD better understand your concerns and priorities regarding our local water resources. 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