Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Positions are open on Planning, Parks and Recreation and Utility commissions.
The City of Rosemount is seeking residents to serve as members of its advisory commissions. There are two openings on the Planning Commission, two on the Parks and Recreation Commission and one on the Utility Commission. The City Council will interview candidates and make appointments. All Commission terms begin April 1. Commissioners receive a $35 stipend for each regular meeting they attend. Regular meeting dates of the month are: The Planning Commission is composed of five members. Among other things, members prepare or amend the city's comprehensive plan and review all development proposals. The commission also reviews the five-year capital improvement program for compliance with the adopted plans and submit its recommendations …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Here is the latest weekly update from the City of Rosemount.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: The City of Rosemount’s weekly update appears on the city’s website. Patch will feature news from the weekly update. The Rosemount City Council will have its say on a proposed nine-lot commercial development just east of the Highway 3-County Road 42 intersection this week. The council is scheduled to act on a request to develop the site at its regular Tuesday meeting. Project developer KJ Walk Inc. want to build a 70-room Country Inn and Suites and a Super America gas station/convenience store as part of the development. It is requesting a number of zoning approvals from the city, including: • An eight-lot preliminary plat. • A two-lot final plat…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A city press release says the chemical that leaked from a value Wednesday morning poses no safety risk.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog The bad smell in the air in Rosemount Wednesday morning does not pose any risk of fire or explosion, Rosemount officials say. Here is the news release issued on the City of Rosemount’s website: A chemical odor but not a safety risk resulted this morning from an incident at a private gas-handling facility near Highway 3 and 160th Street West in Rosemount. Rosemount Fire crews responded at 7 a.m. to a report of a valve break at the facility. The valve controlled the chemical used as an odor agent. No natural gas leaked at the facility, and there was no risk of fire or explosion. The smell may spread from the immediate area, and community notification phone calls …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Here is the latest weekly update from the City of Rosemount.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: The City of Rosemount’s weekly update appears on the city’s website. Patch will feature news from the weekly update. The Rosemount Planning Commission has issued its recommendations on the proposed nine-lot commercial development just east of the Highway 3-County Road 42 intersection. Here is the text from Friday’s Weekly Update: The Rosemount Planning Commission on Tuesday [Oct. 23] conducted a public hearing and heard an update item. The public hearing was a continuation from September and reviewed plans for an eight-lot subdivision, Rosewood Commercial, which includes a SuperAmerica convenience store and Country Inn and Suites hotel. Four …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Here is the latest weekly update from the City of Rosemount.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: The City of Rosemount’s weekly update appears on the city’s website. Patch will feature news from the weekly update. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions about a proposed nine-lot commercial development just east of the Highway 3-County Road 42 intersection in Rosemount. A public hearing about the development—which would include a 70-room Country Inn and Suites and a Super America gas station/convenience store—is scheduled for Tuesday’s Rosemount Planning Commission meeting. Project developer KJ Walk Inc. is requesting a number of zoning approvals from the city, including: • An eight-lot preliminary plat. • A two-lot final plat…
Sunday, October 7, 2012
The new park and ride will replace the temporary transit stop near the Rosemount Community Center.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: This press release appears on the City of Rosemount website. Construction began [this month] for a park and ride location in downtown Rosemount. When open, it will replace the temporary transit stop outside the Rosemount Community Center. The Rosemount Transit Station will be across from City Hall on 145th Street between Burnley Avenue and the railroad tracks. The 55,000-square-foot site will have parking for 102 vehicles and a shelter with indoor and outdoor seating. The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) designed the facility and will provide express bus service to downtown Minneapolis. The project is made possible through the cooperation…
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Rosemount residents can drop off items at the city’s public works facility, 14455 Brazil Ave.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: This is a press release from the City of Rosemount. A citywide clean-up day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 12 noon at the Rosemount Public Works Facility at 14455 Brazil Ave., just north of the Rosemount City Hall. Residents are welcome to participate in the event by dropping off unwanted items that are not normally collected by their residential solid waste haulers. Rosemount will be working with J.R.’s Advanced Recyclers for collection and disposal of electronic equipment and appliances. Anyone dropping off these items will pay J.R.’s directly. Therefore, participants who wish to dispose of electronics and/or appliances…
Monday, October 1, 2012
Here is the latest weekly update from the City of Rosemount.
Editor’s Note: The City of Rosemount’s weekly update appears on the city’s website. Patch will feature news from the weekly update. Discussion about a proposed nine-lot commercial development near the intersection of County Road 42 and Highway 3 has been tabled by the Rosemount Planning Commission. The 26.5-acre development—which would include a Super America gas station/convenience store and a Country Inn and Suites hotel—would sit at the northeast corner of the intersection. The lots would range in size from just under an acre to 14.9 acres. According to city documents—including the city’s weekly update—one person discussed potential traffic concerns during a public hearing about the project at the Sept. 25 Planning Commission meeting. …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Here is the latest weekly update from the City of Rosemount.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Editor’s Note: The City of Rosemount’s weekly update appears on the city’s website. Patch will feature news from the weekly update periodically. Bogart’s Apple Place Bowl donated $5,028 to Rosemount’s Beyond the Yellow Ribbon committee during the Sept. 18 Rosemount City Council meeting. The donation was a portion of the proceeds from a golf tournament that Bogart’s sponsored this past summer. Rosemount is one of dozens of municipalities in Minnesota that hold the distinction of being a Beyond the Yellow Ribbon city. According to the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon website, “a Yellow Ribbon Community unites all areas within a community to create a comprehensive network …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Apple Valley’s event is planned for Sept. 22 at the Quarry Point Athletic Complex. Rosemount will have its cleanup day on Oct. 6 at the city’s public works facility.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Do you have stuff around your household that needs to leave before winter? The cities of Apple Valley and Rosemount might be able to help. Both cities are planning fall cleanup days in the coming weeks. APPLE VALLEY Apple Valley’s fall cleanup day is planned for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Quarry Point Athletic Complex, 15725 Pilot Knob Road. Click here to see the brochure on the city's website. Materials accepted and associated fees include: • Car tires—$5 each • Semi tires—$10 each • Tractor tires—$25 each • Recliner, sofa, love seat—$15 each • Sofa with a hide-a-bed—$25 each • Wooden chairs—$5 each • Scrap metal—$7 minimum for small items (…
CJ Campbell
10:32 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
it would have been nice to know about this! I live in Apple Valley and awoke to what smelled like a giant skunk had sprayed outside my window--I felt sick and had to open window for fresh air and hope none of the odor came back at us! I was terrified there was a gas leak and went to neighbors who said their house smelled like a giant skunk too! so I figured it was not a leak---but still had … more ›