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(SO) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 STAR TRIBUNE SOUTH EXTRA AA5 Jordan is banking on new projects JORDAN FROM AA1 Star Tribune file IT ISN'T JUST FOR BUSES: Morning commuters gathered at the Burnsville Transit Station to meet their van pool for the drive downtown. Second BRT line in the works -4 ORANGE FROM AA1 Metro Transit doesn't currently run in Burnsville. The city is served by the MVTA, whose buses transport about 55 percent of the transit riders commuting on I-35W. It offers 217 daily trips from Burnsville Transit Station, including 27 during the peak hour. Asked how Metro Transit would avoid duplicating the Savage will give latest depot tenant more time to succeed have required people to walk more than a half mile to get to jobs at Best Buy and the South-town area, she said.

What the Knox stations will look like will be further defined in the next year, Morrison said. The pair of stations are expected to cost about $30 million. Dipping Knox under 1-494 might also provide an opportunity for a pedestrian and bike trail under the freeway, DAVID and there might be a new park-and-ride lot at American Boulevard, she said. The Knox dip would be done in similar fashion to the way that American Boulevard dips under Hwy. 77 (Cedar Avenue) near the Mall of America, she said.

In a future phase of I-35W BRT service, Lakeville will be the southern terminus. Laurie Blake 952-746-3287 PETERSON dapetersonstartribune.com 651-894-9898 ing in Jordan. There are "real businesses coming into Shakopee, and we believe people will see Jordan as an attractive option and place to live," Helgerson said. And there are obvious health benefits to having a walking track, gyms with a rubberized multipurpose floor, and a weight and fitness room, Helgerson said. Seniors will be able to use the walking track for free, and membership rates will be reasonable for all, he said.

The center will "offer a lot of different opportunities that our youth have missed out on," said City Council member Tanya Velishek. Middle school upgrades Both projects will likely be complete in December 2015, with construction on each to begin in September 2014 with the pouring of footings. School will start a week early next year and spring break will be eliminated so school can end in late May, giving the district a longer construction season, Helgerson said. The new school will use the old building's shell, but the rest will be completely updated, including a 15,000 square-foot academic addition with larger classrooms and flexible learning spaces. The school enrolls 540 students.

From an academic and mechanical standpoint, the old school "isn't functioning properly anymore," Helgerson said. Lance Chambers, principal of Jordan Middle School, said that in addition to new spaces, like a commons area and cafeteria at the center of the building, he's excited about the basics functioning heating and cooling systems, roofs that don't leak and better security throughout. "The space we create for our students will be something that will help our students learn in a 21st century school," said Chambers. Will the city pitch in? The center will be run by community education, but an open question is whether the city will chip in to pay for some of its maintenance and staffing costs, Helgerson said. Currently, the city and district have a joint powers agreement related to community education.

In the coming months, the two groups will decide whether to re-evaluate that agreement and divvy up the center's costs. Earlier this year, Helgerson gave a "shot in the dark" estimate that operational costs might total $114,000 annually, and it was suggested the city could pay half. Some City Council members, such as Jeremy Goebel and Velishek, who is on the joint powers board, believe the city should contribute. "It's a win for the community," she said. Goebel, who describes himself as conservative, said it makes sense for the city to be involved in running the center because "our expertise is in managing these sorts of things." But City Council member Thom Boncher said he's heard from residents who are unhappy, even angry, about the community center being built because they didn't vote for it.

Now, "residents are being asked to accept being taxed twice for the coming recreation center once as school district residents and again as city residents." Boncher also wondered why the city would want to pay to maintain facilities it doesn't own. "The devil is in the details in terms of how the actual community center feature plays out and whether the city will be involved in it," Shukle said. DEPOT FROM AA1 the 4-1 majority, she said the depot one of Savage's last historic buildings should be the kind of place "that brings in the public." Al McColl, who voted against the proposal, thinks it's time the city looked at a retail, office or other type of business. "I don't think six months is going to change anything," he said. While "I sincerely hope I'm wrong," he said, "maybe a restaurant isn't the appropriate business" for the depot.

Victorey was less concerned about revenue. She said when the city partnered with the Dan Patch Historical Society to move the building, it wasn't because the city wanted to make money. It was "to bring a piece of history downtown." Even without rent money, the city has an incentive to keep the building occupied. Flavor at the Depot pays $290 a month in property taxes on the building, and if it closes, the city is locked in to paying the taxes through the end of 2015. The city also can afford to be relaxed about the pace of the depot's development.

A grant from the Shakopee Mde-wakanton Sioux Community Richfield and Bloomington when an off-freeway station for the Cedar Avenue line in Eagan has proved to be such a time-consuming stop that it will be replaced with a center freeway stop at a cost of $14 million. Morrison said the ridership that would be gained by locating the stations off the freeway in Richfield and Bloomington would offset trip delays. A stop in the center median would Flavor at the Depot manager Cindy Hurley has experience running a restaurant. and the opening of the farmers market in June to build word-of-mouth. "What we have is working," Paul Hurley said.

"It just takes time." Graison Hensley Chapman is a North-field freelance writer. 'Spirits! Aberlour 12 yr Beefeater Gin 1 Black Velvet 1 Breckenridge Bourbon Breckenridge Vodka Captain Morgan Original 1 Chivas Regal 12 yr Crown Royal 1 Knob Creek 9 yr Korbel Brandy Laphroaig 10 yr Maker's Mark Bourbon Patron Silver Red Breast 12 yr Seagram's Vodka 1 Skyy Vodka 1 Stolichnaya Vodka 1 Templeton Rye suburban service, Morrison said that I-35W has a lot of commuter service provided by MVTA, Southwest and Metro Transit, but that still leaves room for frequent, reliable midday, evening and weekend service. Dakota County Administrator Brandt Richardson questioned why Metro Transit would consider an off-freeway station along Knox Avenue in paid for the $35,000 exhaust system. Funds to restore and move the depot downtown, totaling $123,500, came out of a city fund for community projects. The city's expenses for maintenance, such as irrigation and clearing snow from the parking lot, would happen either way.

"We're still ahead," said City Administrator Barry Stock. "Even with the leases that were subsequently terminated," he said, "we've collected more money in rent over the years than what we've absorbed in costs to operate the building once we got there." The DP Coffee Depot was open for a half-year in 2007 before handing off the location to the Savage Depot, which added a food menu, before closing in the summer of 2012. Unlike the owners of those two businesses, Stock said, Cindy Hurley has experience running a restaurant. In the 1990s Hurley an experienced cook and baker who runs the kitchen owned a dessert and boxed-lunch catering restaurant with locations in Apple Valley and Minneapolis. That gives the Hurleys confidence that all their restaurant needs is time, warm weather One degree of separation between you and everything you want to know.

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