City of Bloomington, MN 2015 Bloomington Today, 13 Aug 2015

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ August 12 – 18

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What’s buzzin’ in Bloomington? Prep work is taking place on the Old Cedar Avenue bridge. The Police Reserve Unit is looking for volunteers. Plus, there’s another opportunity to meet police.

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Welcome to Bloomington today I'm Laurie Schulte thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the buzz for the week of August twelfth through the 18th prep work is underway at the old cedar avenue bridge temporary access to the bridge is being built now, essentially, another bridge will be built next to the existing one. So crews can rehabilitate it eventually civil engineer, Julie long says the bridge will be lifted, a necessary step to rehabilitate the historic landmark. We.

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Have to lift it because most of the deteriorated structure is at the bottom, which is not unexpected, given the fact that it's Minnesota and we salt roads, and so that area was subject to a lot of salt and corrosion, and so the top part of the superstructure looks really good.

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But underneath the bridge is where a lot of the pack rust is and the members need to be replaced, and in order to get to them, you have to lift it off to take off all the pressure on the bottom part and be able to take it apart and put things back where they belong. The.

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Project is two months behind schedule: CenturyLink ran into some difficulties with fiber-optic lines, running down the old cedar avenue corridor under Long Meadow Lake in the Minnesota River. If there are no more surprises, the bridge should be complete in November of 2016 Engineers say the spring of 2017 may be more likely as they think the bridge may still have a surpriser to the old cedar avenue bridge opened in 1920. It was turned over to the city from mndot in 1981.

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It was closed to vehicles in 1993 and has been closed to all traffic since 2002 after a primary election in council district to the final two candidates, headed for the general election have been chosen. Unofficial results show Andrew, Carlson and Tom. Halting will move forward to the general election. Carlson got just over forty-eight percent of the boat Tom whole team received about 29 and a half percent and Susan Hofmeister Woodruff got about twenty two and a half percent of votes. The general election is set for November. Third highland greens golf course has an uncertain future.

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It's been operating at a loss and a task force is being organized to talk about the properties future. The group will brainstorm a riu strategy and present it to the City Council potential options include turning the course into a park. Residential area or combination of the two. A changing golf industry and bad weather are listed as factors for highlands. Poor performance in 2013, 157 golf courses closed nationwide last year, Fred Richards executive course closed in edina.

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If you would like to apply to be a part of the task force visit, the city's website and search highland greens task force or call 9525 638 717, the Bloomington Police Department is looking for more volunteers for its reserve unit. Reserve officers assist police when needed. They also have two night patrol ships a month. This video shows two reserve officers helping out at national night out. Reserves often participate in special events like this.

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It takes some training to become an officer there's a four-month Academy after that officers must still attend a training meeting once a month. In order to apply, you have to be at least 20 years old and a US citizen with a valid driver's license and no significant criminal history. The Bloomington unit usually has about 25 volunteers, but it's down to 18. If you want to get in on the academy that starts October first, you should apply it by September. First police reserve chief Russ bover house, says the job is interesting and rewarding I've.

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Been doing this for 22 years, one of the things I enjoy the most is driving around the city and see what seeing what's changing. I also like kind of being in on things and understanding how why things are happening in the city. You get a good feeling once you've helped a stranded motorist out there. You know, especially in the winter they've, been sitting there for half an hour and they can't get a hold of a total company and you pull up behind them and are able to help them out if.

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You want to apply visit the city's website and print out an application. You have to drop it off at the police department because all applications need a signature for more information feel free to email, BPD reserves at Bloomington, MN gov. If you don't want to volunteer for the police department, you can still get to know officers at an upcoming event. Safe summer nights is similar to safety, boot camp and National Night Out seat in this video, it's sponsored by the police department and is meant to get the community together in a safe and fun environment.

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The idea got started last year in st. Paul by a local businessman who wants to spread the event around the Metro free food games and community building are on the line up at the bloomington event. There will be a police k-9, a bomb squad truck and bloomington fire truck you'll also find a rock climbing wall, inflatable jumpers and face painting for kids safe summer nights is August nineteenth from six to eight. It's at valley view middle school.

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If you have questions, call the Prime prevention unit at 95, 256, 349 00- that is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of August 12 through the 18th. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find several stories on new artwork popping up in the south loop there's also a piece on the medalist concert band and their recent trip to Europe. Thanks for watching.

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