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EAGAN • SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
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SCOTT THEISEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Town hall history
Mike Nelson (right) of Eagan talks to Joanna Foote (left), communications coordinator for Eagan and historical soci-
ety member, about the differences between townships, villages, cities and their governments during a Sunday visit
to Eagan's historic town hall. At rear is Kim Hazel of Eagan. The town hall was open for visitors to tour Sept. 21 and
Sept. 24. (For more photos, visit our online Photo Gallery at www.mnSun.com.)
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• Start of WW I
• Woodrow Wilson was President
• U.S. Population was 99,111,000
• Panama Canal Opened
• World's 1st Red & Green Traffic Light Installed in Cleveland
• There were 48 States
• Charlie Chaplin was in the Movies
• Mother's Day was recognized
• Babe Ruth began playing for Boston
• First Scheduled Airline Flight
• Henry Ford Introduced Assembly Line Model-T
• Ford Motors Increased Pay to $2.40/Hr, 9 Hour Day
• 1st Successful Blood Transfusion in Brussels
• 1st Full Color Film
• Greyhound Bus Co. Started in MN
• Foxtrot Dance Introduced by Harry Fox in Amsterdam
• First Transcontinental Phone Call
• There Was NO Electricity in Eagan
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High -Tech Summer Camp Gives
Youth Hands-on Experience
Eagan Television's Video Camp lets kids experience all facets of
television video production.
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Eighteen youth, ages 10 -15, participated In Eagan
Televl5(Qn's third annual Video Camp last week.
From Monday through Thursday, children learned
about all aspects of television video production
including, script writing, videography, lighting, control
room, directing and editing.
The campers divided into three groups of six to plan
and produce their own video that will be cablecast in a
few weeks on Eagan Television Channels 15 and 20.
Although the majority of video campers are from
Eagan, others are from surrounding suburbs and as
tar away as Minneapolis- Some Thomson Reuters
employees have enrolled their chikiren in the camp as
well.
The E-TV studio is located al Thomson Reuters in a
first -of -its -kind public rlvate partnership.
Studio Supervisor Jeff Ongstad says the the camp is a
great opportunity for kids to get hands-on experience
with the professional equipment the studio owns.
It is also a way to get more people using the facility.
Video Camp introduces kids to the station at a young
age and, Ongstad hopes, they will come back again
and again, either as a volunteer or to produce a show
of their own some day.
For fifteen year old Frankie Donovan, back for his
second Video Camp this year, being introduced to E-
TV in 2009 has set him on a trajectory for a future
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1. Black Dog Road - The current Highway 13, is referred to on the 1879 Eagan Township map as "Black Dog Road." This
road was named for the "Black Dog Village," a Native American Village which sat on the banks of the Minnesota River,
on the Eagan side, near the current Cedar Avenue Bridge. As more fur traders and "Indian Farmers" moved through the
area (approximately 1837,) the "Black Dog Village" was moved to the present day Highway 13 and Blackhawk Road.
Evidence indicates that the "Black Dog Road" was likely used by the Native American tribes as a route following the
Minnesota River as early as the 1600's through the late 1800's. This route was a part of the original "West Plains Trail,"
a route for covered wagons taking settlers west. The road also roughly follows the original (1851) military reservation
line. rJ
2. Dodd Road - Dodd Road was one of the first "military roads" 'Which were the earliest constructed roads through the
territory. Originally tagged the "Mendota -Big Sioux Road" this 65-mile stretch of roadway from St. Peter (then known
as Rock Bend) to St. Paul, was begun (without waiting for congressional approval) by Captain William B. Dodd. Dodd
gathered a group of ten laborers and a surveyor and funds from area settlers and began the road project in 1853. The road
followed the high ground between the Minnesota and Cannon Rivers.
When the state Highway system was created, State Highway number 1, which ran from Albert Lee to the north shore of
Lake Superior, followed Dodd road through Eagan Township. This section was among the first roadway sections in the
state to be paved.
3. Highway 55 - Si 'ficant sections of what/is now Highway 55 through the eastern portion of Eagan appear on the 1879
map in an alig ent thAt4oughly follows its present route. Though the road is not given a specific name on this map it
was referre o as tIXMendota Roa&and later, State Trunk Highway number 1. The road intersects and merges at several
points wi 1 odd Road and what is now known as Jefferson Highway. Segments of this route were used by the stage
co. • h e "Halfway House," a hotel and tavern at what is now the intersection of Highways 55 and 149, was the frst
relay station on the stage coach route from St. Paul to Dubuque.
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4. Lone Oak Road - Though the Lone Oak Tree was a significant location for the sharing and disseminating community , / 17
information, only a very short section of what is now known as Lone Oak Road appears on the early Eagan map. An
approximate 1/8-mile section of road from the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad line, heading east to a connection with
Dodd Road at a Blacksmith Shop, appears on the 1879 map. This section does appear to run in front of the site of the `�'
Lone Oak Tree, just slightly south of the location of Trinity Lone Oak Church. S°- 6 4,
5. : i ' oad This roadway to rts name from the large outcropping of rock which towers above the Minnesota
River (where Acacia Cemetery now sits) that was used as an early navigational marker or "pilot" for tugboat captains, e'
military expeditions, fur trappers and Native American tribes traveling along the river This -site -wag aehuaf -eensidered, c u.
for a time, the 1oratinn where the Minnesota State Capitol would be built. The roa begins at this outcropping_ and
travels -sat th thrnhi ji a portion -of Mendota and through centralEagan to points further south. Within Eagan, the road has
also besrrreferred to, in earlyy tiwnship days, as "Fish Lake Road," tak,ig-thatname-€rem-the-lati' jnatilorth of the
current .. .: was one of the earliest routes that took travelers through much of Dakota C-ounty.
6. Blackhawk Road - This section of roadway south from what was Black Dog Road (now Highway 13) connected to a
very small section of what is now Cliff Road. The roadway was not named on the 1879 map, but ran through several
farm properties and was the path to School number 13 (located at the intersection of what is now Blackhawk Road and
the Highline Trail). The road was later reported to be named for John Conklin, a soldier at Fort Snelling, who was given
the nickname "Blockhaute" (Blackhawk) because of his stories of having captured the Indian Chief Blackhawk in Illinois
in the 1820's.
7. Highline Trail - The route of the Highline Trail from what is now Blackhawk Road (the 1879 location of school number
13) to a lake on the Thomas Fallon Property (now Schwanz Lake in Trapp Farm Park) was one of the few east/west
roadways noted in Eagan in 1879 and with the exception of Pilot Knob Road, was one of the longest stretches of road in
Eagan at that time.
8. Rahn Road - Although the roadway w not named until much later when the Ced�GLOVe Development was
established, the section of roadway now know as Rahn Road, appears on the 1879 map in roughly its current route. It
travels roughly south from the then Black Dog Road (now Highway 13) to where it ends at a connection to a very short
section of what is now Cliff Road.
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9. Diffley Road - An approximate Yz-mile section of what is now Diffley Road, from school number 14 near the location of
a the current Lexington Avenue to Dodd Road, appears on the 1879 map (although Lexington Avenue does not appear off'"
on the 1879 map). This roadway section, even in 1879 runs to the northwestem-most corner of property owned by
William Diffley. It is likely that the Diffley children traveled this section of roadway to attend schoolhouse number 14.
10. Cliff Road - Only two very short sections of what is now known as Cliff Road, appear on the 1879 map. One, less than
%-mile section runs from what is now Rahn Road to what is now Blackhawk Road. The other longer section runs from
just west of Dodd Road into what is now Inver Grove Heights just past State Highway number 1, now, Highway 55.
11. 1914 Town Hall - Eagan's second Town Hall was built at its current Pilot Knob location for $ 1,047 in 1914. The site of
approximately 1/3 acre was chosen because it was as close as possible to the exact center of the township. this—Tewullall__
buil a as a mee m and pollingplac,e for several decades. The 1 1 owrrHall has been preserved and now
serves as a display area for the Eagan Historical Society. - . ��f
12. 1892 Town Hall site - Eagan's first Town Hall was built on land located southeast of the present Lone Oak and Pilot Knob
intersection. Its first use was as a polling place for the 1892 Presidential election. The building burned in 1914. 04 p
13. Lone Oak Tree - Eagan's symbolurr Oak Tree grew in the northeastern part of the city near the Hwy 49 and 55 intersection for
an estimated 200 — 300 years. It was used during early township days as a posting spot for official township notices and later for
advertising and notes. After time, traffic and pollution took its toll, the State Highway Department cut it down in 1984.
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14. Nicols Station - One of two early Eagan railroad depots, Nicols Stai was built in the early 1900's. The site was next to where
Nicols Road crosses the railroad tracks near the Minnesota River. s was on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Line, and was named for John Nicols who was a former owner of the site.
15. Halfway House - The earliest store in the township was Alexander Huard's Halfway House. This
combination store and saloon opened in 1865. This store, which is currently in operation, is located at the corner of Highways 55
and 149. The Halfway House also was the first relay station out of St. Paul for stagecoaches on their way to Dubuque,
Iowa. This was also a popular stop for the Solders stationed at Fort Snelling. ' 3
16. Wescott Station - James Wescott opened an Inn at the comer of Dodd Road and the old Cannon Falls Road (which is the present
route of County Road 71), in 1850. In 1866 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad line built a depot at this same location.
This depot was called Wescott Station. Over the years, other businesses were built near this location including a post office.
Note: a "T" in the spelling of Wescott was dropped over the years. y j r �tt� (A)Ps efr,6f.
17. Black Dog's Village site
18. Old Cedar Avenue Bridge - The old Cedar Avenue Bridge connected Eagan with Bloomington over the Minnesota River. The
bridge was built in 1890 by Hennepin County at a cost of $31,000.00.
It took four men to open the bridge via a turnstile mechanism to allow river traffic to pass.
Before the turn of the century, (20th century), 200 passenger steamers would come through during the summer. The bridge was
built for horse-drawn vehicles and cattle. �
The bridge was replaced with * e �� oncrete freeway bridge in 1980. A portion of this old bridge can still be seen as one
drives over the new cedar Avenue Bridge.
19. Patrick Eagan Farm site
20. Trinity Lutheran Church —
21. Shields Sorghum Mill
22. Shields by the Lake
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23. Moonshine Park - On the east side of LeMay Lake was stir achter f. lyyfarm. On the south side was a small old barn
which was deserted. = - _ . .. .. .. . ' ge gas engine and
other s am. a man named Jake made moonshine there
which was sold to a lot of customers. Dieir-dad sold a load of rye to Jake and when delivery was made, Jake gave him a clear
25. Holz Farm -
26. Ames Estate Library
glass of liquid which he drank. When this was swallowed, the sun went down at once. That's where the name of Moons a Park
came from.
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24. Touchdown Field - In 1941,- (Ted Wachter)as cultivating corn with a team of horses. stopped the horses to rest ( was hot).
I passed the time by counting the Navy Be -Plane trainers taking off and flying over me. They came from the airfield cross the
rive_tin•Blootningtone4he planes flew to Louis Trapp's farm, which was leased to the Navy to practice touching down and then
-immediately taking -off. I counted a hundred planes. L e .I t- 5
One time I went to the Old Town Hall to sign up for soil conservation and other farm programs offered by the Government. One
of the planes crashed in Edwin Englert's pasture, west of Town Hall. The student was hurt but the instructor was okay.
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27. Radio Center — In the 1900's, the area around Wescott Station became an important area for Eagan residents. With the railroad
line passing through, it was possible to get from Wescott Station to Rosemount and points south for 14 cents. The train would
take people north to St. Paul, etc. for 30 cents. With few roads and even fewer automobiles, the train was the best means of travel
o,�} gal citizens. In 1920, Wescott Station area had a school, post office, blacksmith shop, garage, stores and food grinding mill.
8, KSTP built radio towers and transmitters in the Wescott Station Area. The towers were located very close to the
intersection of Yankee Doodle Road and Highway 149. For a time this small community took the name Radio Center - even on
official highway maps. KSTP removed the towers about 5 to 10 years later for better locations north of St. Paul. N "'fitoti
,y 28. Oil Wells - When I (Ted Wachter, long-time Eagan Resident/City Councilmember/historian) was about eight years old, we were
picking strawberries when a car stopped on the road and a man walked over to us and wanted my dad to invest $50 in an oil well
venture. My dad told him even if he had $50 he wouldn't invest it in this wild scheme. Sometime later, dad and I drove to Eagan
to buy oak fence posts on Pilot Knob Road, cross from Thomas Lake Park, and dad showed me the wooden tower which was the
oil well. It had been a failure and only produce water. A lot of people lost a lot of money. The large well casing is still thereto
the best of my knowledge. 3 p.tar 5PIA... , 5 b•9.r'�w
29. 1965 City Hall/Police Station — Located at the northwest corner of Wescott and Pilot Knob Roads, the first City Hall building
also housed the Police Station. Later, in 198_when the second Police Station was built across the road (in what is now the first
floor of the Municipal Center) and even later, after the Municipal Center also moved across the street to its current location, this
building became Eagan's Fire Administration Building. In 1996, the original building was removed and replaced with the current
Fire Administration building. The original wood ceiling beams of the 1965 City Hall were preserved and are currently used in
the Lexington-Diffley Park picnic shelter. e (ux..
30. Current Municipal Center site -
31. Cedarvale Mall
32. Robert O'Niel Farm site
33. St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
34. Robber's Ravine Park
35. Threshers Fields —Long-time Eagan residents recall this being the site of large "threshing parties" each fall, in the early through
mid-1900's. Farmers would gather from many neighboring farms with special threshing equipment to help harvest each other's
wheat and oats. These "threshing parties" were also an occasion at which young farmers would show off to one another by
performing feats of strength and agility. Some folks recall that the Heuer brothers were known to grasp large sacks of grain, often
weighing 70 to 100 pounds, between their teeth. With their hands clasped behind their backs, they would begin swinging the
sacks until enough momentum was gained to swing the sacks up onto the wagon -bed all while holding them between their teeth.
The Park was named by the Eagan Historical Society to commemorate this history.
36. Scott's general store
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37. Onion Ca ( Eagan) - Wescott Station was a busy spot with a grocery store and a blacksmith that repaired farming equipment
rpened plow shares. Across the road and to the west side of the road was a railroad spur at Wescott Station. That is where
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41. Art Rahn
42. Cedar Grove Utilities
43. Establishing the Eagan Police Department
44. Establishing the Eagan Fire Department
45. Township established
46. Village of Eagan
47. The spelling of Eagan — Egan vs. Eagan
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farmers brought loads of onions to sell to Mr. Bernier who shipped them to other distributors. West Publishers used this side
track and is still in use today.
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40. Herb Polzin - Herb was involved in early politics in the township days of Eagan. At the annual meetings, as long as I can
remember, he was always appointed as Clerk. He also was the township treasurer. He was the man responsible to have the Town
Board appoint me to the Planning Board which was advisory to them. I (Ted Wachter) did this for 13 years.
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48. Yankee Doodle Road was named during WWI. Early town roads were commonly called by the name of the fami past whose
farm they went, and a segment of this road (which was then little more than a trail) was called Schmidt's Road . Anti -German
feelings were high during the war, and admitting that one lived on a road as German -sounding as "Schmidt's" would be met with
a lot of teasing. So when asked where one lived, people along this trail would say "Yankee Doodle Road".
49. Johnny Cake Ridge Road This name was given to the road by town Board action in October of 1964, after the Lawrence
Fitzgerald family, who lived along it, submitted the name. The Fitzgerald's several years earlier had come across a road by that
name in Ohio and suggested it for the Eagan road.
50. School Districts splitting Eagan —
51. 35-E and Blackhawk
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Supervisors pose during the recent open house.
From Left front row Are Mrs Alyce Bolke, Clerk; Art Rahn. chair—
man; !d Schwanz. supervisor; Second row John Klein. supervisor;
and Herbert Polzin. treasurer. 1965.
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BOARD l•MICTBERS 1965
CHAIRMAN
SUPERVISOR
SUPERVISOR
TREASURER
CLERK
JSUTICE OF TEE PEACE
JUSTICE OF TES PACE
POLICE CHIEF
POLICE OFFICER
POLICE OFFICER
POLICE OFFICt
EAGAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DT ARTM2NT
FIRE CHIEF
1ST ASSISTANT
2;ND ASSISTANT
CONSULTING ATTORNEY
CONSULTING ENSINTER
Arthur Rahn
Edward Schwanz
John J. Klein
Herbert polzin
alyce bolke
Helen Kennedy
Silas Palmer
Martin Des Lauriers
Vernon Le Terdrs
Richard LeMay
Donn Smith
ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD
Donald Van Engen
Frank Lamb arger
Jay Berth,
Luther M. Stalland
Bonestroo, Rosen,
Anderlik & Assoc.
James Klingel, Chairman
Herbert Polzin
Ted Wachter
Don Christenson
EAGA7 PARK BOAS
Vernon Cole
Thomas Stearns
Jan Marien
EAGAN TOWNSHIP PROJECTION
PRESENT POPULATION 1965
TEAR 1955
Y*AR 2000
Gordon Beaudette
Tom Diffley
William Rydrych
Mavis Westbrook
John Conso,r
Richard Thorpe
7,000
62,000
112,300
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Recognized for their service to the City of Fagan are, from
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left Arthur Rahn, Herbert Polzin and William Rydrych.
At the last city council meeting for 1977, December 20,
three men ended a total of 72 years of public servive. They
are Mayor Herb Polzin, Council Member Art Rahn, and Council
Member William Rydrych. City engineer Robert Rosene was also
honored.
All three elected officials have served !;agan long and
well, but Mayor Polzin goes back the furthest in his public
oervice.Herb began in 1944, serving as treasurer of Tagan
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Township and continued in that office for 2g years.
In 1972, Herb left histreasurer job because he had been
elected mayor (the first one of the Village of Fagan). In'&d—
dition to these capacities, he was also a member of the ragan
Advisory Planning Commission from 1956 to 1972.
Art Rahn served on the Fagan Town Board of Supervisors
from 1953 to 1972.
Rahn left his position as chairman of the town board in 1972
because he had been Alected a council member.
William Rydrych was appointed to tho advisory planning
commission in 1965. In 1972 he was elected to the town bo-
ard and later that year he was elected to the city council.
He has served on the council since 1972.
At the close of the council meeting, Theodore Wachter
their fellow council member, thanked them forltheir service
and presented each of them with a framed certificate of ap-
preciation while commending them on their years of dedica-
tion and service on behalf of the council and the City of
Eagan.
Future Mayor Leo Murphy suggested that the gavel be re-
tired with them and placed in a display cafe at the city hall,
since it had been around for so long and had quite a history.
The council agreed with the idea.
Mayor Polzin noted that thp carvod work, Eagan, on thn
gavel was whittled one day long ago by a former member who
got bored by the meeting he was suffering through and so ent-
ertained himself with his handiwork.
Polain thanked everone for their help and th. meetin was
adjourned.
On Jan. 3. Leo Murphy will begin his term as mayor. That
meeting will also begin the terms of council memebers Mark Par-
ranto. Thomas A. Egan. James A Smith. _1
a re-elected former
member. And Theodore Wachter (also a re-elected former council
Member).
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cagan's rirst Mayor .
Council Take Office
THE FIRST council meeting in Eagan was f.W Monday. At the
council table, from left to right, ore Cleric-trwsurer Alyce
Rolle, councilmen lames Smith, Arthur Rohn, Mayor Herbert
Polsin, councilmen Ted Wachter, William Rydrych, village
attorney Paul Houge, and engineering cons!dtoat Ro►ett
CLERK -TREASURER Alyce Bolke is shown swearing in first
Mayor of Eagan, Herbert Polzin, Monday/November 6, 1972, at
the Eagan Town Hall, as councilman Arthur Rahn looks on.
The first Organizational meeting was held as the community
changed from township to village status.
Eagan village had its first council meeting Monday No-
vember 6, when Mayor Herbert Polzin and councilmen Arthur
Rahn, Ted Wacter, James Smith and William Rydrych were sworn
in by Village clerk Alyce Bolke, whose power continued from
township government. She was named clerk -treasurer, in the
council's organizational meeting. Arthur Rahn was named act-
ing mayor.
The Dakota County Tribune was named the official news-
paper. and the Valley National Bank of Eagan the official
depository. The three posting places for legal notices were
designated the famous Lone OakTree, Applebaum's and the town
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At the December 20, council meeting, Polzin paid tribute
to the city engineer, Robert Rosen,. Polzin spoke of Rosen,
recently being awarded the Golden Beaver (one of the highest
scouting awards). and also being named a WCCO Good Neighbor.
He presented Herb Polzin with a small framed phote of Pilot
Knob Road., amidst much clapping and laughter.
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Mayor Elect
hall, Meeting dates were given as the first and third Tuesday
and other Tuesdays for special meetins. Time was 7 P M in the
winter with 7:30 P M., for hearings, and 7:30 P M., in the sum-
mer with g:00 P M for hearings.
Marcy Anderson of 2R35 Vilas Lane, speaking for the local
league
in the
of Women
official
Voters, asked that council agendas be published
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It was decided to do this.
newspaper.
Paul Hauge of the firm Stalland and Hauge of Eagan and
Minneapolis was named the village attorney; Bonestroo, Ander-
lik, and Associates, engineer;,J uran and Moody, fiscl consultant
Dr. 'Erickson of Rosemount, Health Officier.
Other persons named were: Martin DesLauriers, police chief;
Roger Sperling, on MASAC (airport noise); William Schulta, fire
chief; William Branch, publich works superintendent; Dale Peter-
son , building inspector; Wilkerson, Guthman, and Johnson, Au-
diting firm.
Present members of the planning koard were renamed. Serving
to 1975 are Jon Marble and Joe Harrison; 1974, Leo Murphy and Er-
win Hoelmken. Nominated to vacancies, one due to the death of
Thomas Diffley, were Francis J. Dembroski, 1040 McKee Street
Charles Hall presently on the town board; John Toso, 1933 Tur-
quoise; Bea Bloomquist, 2054 Copper Lane; Robert Losinski, 2P99
Fairlawn Place; and Donald Christenson, 3650 Pilot Knob Rd. A
former planning board member. Members named were Francis J. Dem-
broski, Charles Hall and Mr. Toso. Mr. Hall is to continue on the
park board as well
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M ayor elect
Assessment committee memberships were continued. Health
and hospital committee members are -David Lundst.n, Peg Black,
Joe Krisnik, Wayne Winsor, and Al Hauser.
Salary of the mayor was made a $175 per month, the same
receive,
as the town board chairman, and councilman will recieve $125,
per month. Township supervisors had received $150.00 per month.
Committee assignments for councilmen were: Park and play—
ground, Ted Wachter; utilities, James Smith; Street and bridges
Arthur Rahn; Public Safety, William Rydrych. All serve on the
zoning committee.
The tax levy adopted at the October 10 continued annual
township meeting was reconfirmed. All township ordinances were
adopted as law. The meeting was well attended by interested
residents.
The council meets November 14 at 7;00 p. M.
Francis J. Dembroski
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SAGAN BR:".AXS GROUND FOR POLICE FACILITY
Dignitaries taking part in the groundbreaking ceremonies
for the Eagan Police Department facility are, from the left,
Henry Miidcelaon, contractor, Ray Eklund, contractor, Janes Horne,
architect; Paul Hauge, city attorney, Arthur Rahn, councilman;
Red Boyd, Dakota County Sheriff; Herbert Polzin, Mayor; Martin
DesLauriers, Police Chief; Alyce Bolke, City Clerk; Rep. Ray
Kempe, District 53L; congressman; second District; Thomas Hedges
City Administrator; Jamee Sinth, councilman; Jay Berthe, assistant
police chief; and William Rydrych, councilman.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held on the site of the future
'Eagan Police Department, Friday November 4, 1977.
The new police department facility will be an 'S,000 sore y4r<,
foot, single story building with a full basement. I t allows for
future construction of a second story that could be used for admi-
istrative offices and city council chambers.
Tagan's Police Facility
The new facility will be located an 20 acres of land on the
east aide of Pilot Knob Rd. acrossfrom city hall. Th, site allows
for future constrcction of municipal offices, a fire station, a
community building or other possible facilities such as a library.
The construction contract was awarded to Henry 0. Mikkelson
in th• amount of $l7,555. The building will be funded by the use
of federal revenue sharing funds.
The completion date for the new police facility is expected
to be June 1, 197g.
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One of the problems of a growing community such as Cedar
Grove is the delivery of mail. The above picture which might
at first glance appear to be a rural carrier's nightmare, is
the poet office departments's method of handling nail tempor
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arily for a new pro cat ;until the roads are surface and the
streets become more establiched.t Above photo was taken at Ce-
dar Grove, on Cedar Avenue near Highway 13, where the situat-
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ion changes daily. Temporary Carrier Herbert H. PJ.lzin of 940
Blue Gentian Road, has almost 60 boxes at one stop outside Ce-
dar Grove. He has 455 patrons on his 62 miles of Route 1, St.
paul 11. Postal officials say the problem appears inside the
post office as much as outside. The carriers must "case“ all
mail before delivery, and the incomeini families need an inside
casing space, as w.11 as an outside box. Tventually the
will deliver mail directly to the houses at Cedar Grove.
carrier
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Mr. Polzin is replacing the late George Casey who died
November 21. Officials at Cedar Grove say their goal is
2000 dwellings. And if the present rate of conetruction
keepa up, they'll no doubt make it.
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BOARD MaM B~'R.3 1965
CHAIRMAN
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CLERK
JSSTICE OF TR PEACE
JUSTICE OF THE PAC
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POLICE OFFICER
POLICE OFFICER
POLICE OPFIC
'EAGAN VOLUNTEER FIR DMPARTMTNT
FIRS' CHI
1ST ASSISTANT
2ND ASSISTANT
C0*.SULTING ATTORN7IY
CONSULTING ENSINETR
Arthur Rahn
Edward Schwanz
John J. Klein
Herbert go1zin
alyce bolke
Helen Kennedy
Silas Palmer
Martin Des Lauriers
Vernon Le Tendre
Richard LeMay
Donn Smith
ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD
Donald Van Engen
Frank Lamberger
Jay Berth,
Luther M. Stalland
Bonestroo. Rosen,
Anderlik & Assoc.
James Klingel, Chairman
Herbert Polzin
Ted Wachter
Don Christenson
EAGAN PARK BOARD
Vernon Cole
Thomas Stearns
Jan Marien
EAGAN TOWNSHIP PROJECTION
PRESENT POPULATION 1965
VAR 19a5
MAR 2000
Gordon Beaudette
Tom Diffley
William Rydrych
Mavis Westbrook
John Consoer
Richard Thorpe
7.000
62.000
112,300
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MAILMAN POLITICIAN
Part of the History of Eagan Township - 1963 through 1972
by John J. Klein
The period in Eagan's history from 1960 through 1972 was one of major transition
and preparation for future growth, during which the foundation was laid to accomo •
date its development. Policies were established to build a total community in
which people could live, work, and play. All varieties of housing would be pro-
vided, and businesses and industry would not only be welcome, but they would not
be exploited.
them to locate
industrial tax
Developers
were given prompt, fair
decisions, and this encouraged
in Eagan thereby providing it with a 50-50 ratio of commercial and
base ve'?is residential. Eagan has consistently had the lowest tax
of the 70 or 80 most populous communities in the Seven County Metropolitan Area.
In 1963, Eagan was on the threshhold of highly accelerated growth, and it had no
police, fire, or public works departments, no utility program, and was operating
out of a little one room town hallwithno water facilities and a one -seater out-
house. It was heated by a pot-bellied stove which either roasted you or permit-
ted you to freeze depending upon where you sat during the cold winter night Town
Board meetings. There were about 10 rows of seats made from unpainted 2 by 12
planks, and 2 file cabinets.
Recognizing the potential for explosive growth, the Town Board established Police,
Fire, and Public Works Departments. The consulting engineer firm of Bonestroo,
Rosene and Associates was engaged to prepare comprehensive Storm Sewer, Sanitary
Sewer, and Water Supply Plans. The Luther M. Stalland Law Firm prepared the neces-
sary legal documents establishing these departments and utility programs.' Eagan
was the only community in Dakota County and perhaps the whole Metro Area which had
two foot topographic maps flown and prepared for its entire area. At the time,the
$20,000.00 cost for these maps was a major budget expense, but the two foot topo
maps were essential to the engineers in establishing a sound utilities system.
Aerial photographs needed for topographic maps can only be flown in the early (S�jpring
ram,
after the snow has melted and before the trees leaf out or in the lateOutumn after
the leaves are down and before the ground is covered with snow. Potential devel-
opers and landowners would haze hPen limited to these two times of year for topo-
graphic information.
The initial cost of $20,000.00 for these topo maps has been recovered many times over
through their sale .at the rate of $6.00 per acre)and has served as one of the many4110
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ways a community can be helpful to private development.
The first comprehensive Storm Sewer, Sanitary Sewer, and Water Plans were ready
in 1965, and Eagan embarked upon building its utilities program. A systematic,
common sense approach to implementing the system made it very acceptable to the
citizens of Eagan, old time land owners and newcommers alike.
On August 22, 1965, dedication ceremonies were held for the new Eagan Town Hall
complete with modern facilities, an office, and a meeting room which could accom-
odate 200 people. In less than three years Eagan had outgrown its new Town Hall,
and in 1968 built an addition to it to provide additional office space and to also
provide facilities for a greatly expanded Police Department which included lock-
up cells, squad rooms, an interrogation room, and dispatcher facilities for both
the Police Department and the Fire Department. Eagan Township had the only lock-
up cells in western Dakota County.
In 1963, fire protection for the township was being provided by contracts with
the Mendota Heights and Rosemount Fire Departments. The Cedar Grove area which
was the most populated part of Eagan was not adequately protected by these two
departments because of the distance factor.
To provide better protection, a Special Fire District was delineated and established
by a vote -of the people lying within its boundaries. Implementing this new dis-
trict became impossible because Minnesota taws prohibit taxing for a fire'district
until it is providing the service, and bonds could not be sold for building and
equipping the special fire district. Once this became known, the Town Board ex-
plained the situation to the citizens of Eagan, and in October of 1963, the Special
Fire District was dissolved by the Town Board; the Eagan Volunteer Fire Department
was formed. The first fire hall was built on Rahn Road in the Cedar Grove area, and
the contracts with Mendota Heights and Rosemount continued for the protection of
the rest of Eagan)until the Eagan Volunteer Fire Department grew and expanded to
adequately protect all of Eagan. A second and third fire hall were built, and
Eagan was then served exclusively by its own Volunteer Department.
In 1959 the Minnesota Legislature created the Minnesota Municipal Commission (MMC),
a three member appointed body to hear petitions for incorporations and annexations.
The law contained an exclusive method for incorporating any unincorporated area,
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townships, into villages, and it P g provided for right of the people in the affected area
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to vote on the issue of their form of government.
The MMC would hear testimony and receive evidence in cases of annexation or in-
corporation, and either approve of the application and set an election for that
purpose or disapprove, in which case the request to annex or incorporate was de-
nied, and the community boundaries and governmental structure would remain the
same.
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Incorporated communities (cities and villages) could annex all or parts of un-
incorporated townships, and in 1961, the City of Bloomington petitioned to annex
the area of Burnsville Township which contained the Blackdog Power Plant. This
plant provided nearly 90% of Burnsville's tax base at that time, and Bloomington's
action was a pure and simple attempt at pirating that tax base.
To protect the retention of the Blackdog Plant in Burnsville Township they filed
a petition with the MMC to incorporate into a village, but the MMC had already
revealed its "grand plan" to force incorporation of the five townships of Burns-
ville, Lebanon (now Apple Valley), Rosemount, Inver Grove, and Eagan into one larr,
municipality with a area three times the combined size of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Another MMC philosophy was to expand existing commun'ties at the expense of cutting
up others, so when Burnsville petitioned to incorporate, the MMC arbitrarily decided
to add 12 sections of Eagan into the incorporation order for the new Village of
Burnsville. They had to recind that order, because the residents in those 12 sec-
tions had not been officially notified. The MMC then voted to arbitrarily order
8 sections of Eagan into Burnsville, but after tremendous public pressure, this was
reduced to 2.7 sections of Eagan. These 2.7 sections contained about half of Eagan's
population and assessed value. It would have split the Cedar Grove area and would
have left the Eagan Fire Hall with 2 volunteers, and the other 42 volunteers would
have been in the new Village of Burnsville.
It was the intent of the MMC to cut up the rest of Eagan Township and annex part of
it to Mendota Heights and part to Rosemount. Had the MMC p & it in their Burns-
ville order, it would have been the beginning of the end of Eagan.
The MMC then ordered an incorporation of the new Village of Burnsville which in- •
cluded all of Burnsville, 2.7 sections of Eagan which was the area west of Rahn Road,
and that part of Lebanon (Apple Valley) lying west of the proposed I-35E alignment.
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The wording on the ballet made no provision for choice in the annexations, but
the people could only vote "For" or "Against" the new village as set forth by the
MMC order, and only those living within that area could vote on the issue. The
other 32 sections of Eagan were disinfranchized. All voting was, by MMC order,
to take place in the Burnsville Town Hall,denying the Eagan voters the right to
vote in their established voting precincts and requiring them to travel 16 miles
to a location unknown or unfamiliar to them. There would have been no way to
ascertain how the Eagan citizens voted on the issue.
The Eagan Town Board requested the MMC to permit its residents to vote in their
normal precincts, and when this was denied the Board filed an appeal with the Dis-
trict Court. Judge Bruenig ordered the MMC to permit the people of Eagan to vote
in their own precincts. The incorporation vote favored incorporation of the new
Village of Burnsville by a 909 to 625 margin, but because of Judge Bruenig's order,
we were able to determine that the Eagan residents in the 2.7 sections voted 5 to 1
(519 to 125) against. Had all of the 34.5 sections of Eagan been able to vote, the
issue would have surely been rejected.
On the basis of Eagan's vote, the MMC's order to incorporate the Village of Burnsville
was appealed by Eagan to the District Court. Judge Bruenig ordered the MMC to delete
the 2.7 sections of Eagan from its order. The MMC refused to comply and appealed to
the State Supreme Court which sustained Judge Bruenig's order. Luther Stalland, the
attorney for Eagan, litigated the entire appeal process in a superior manner. Had
Eagan not fought for its right to vote in its own precincts, no separation of the
vote would have been possible, and there would not be the community of Eagan today.
In 1969 an 8 member committee was formed to study the merits of incorporation. It
recommended that Eagan should by-pass the village status and incorporate directly
into a Charter City. To do this required special legislation, and although the
majority of the Town Board was not in favor of this, the board requested the legis-
lation in the interest of democracy)so that the people would have the right to vote
on their form of government. Special legislation granted an election on the issue,
and the election was held on November 3, 1970. The Eagan Incorporation Committee
prepared a report which was distributed to every household in Eagan, and a public
informational meeting was held on the issue on October 21, 1970 in the Cedar Ele-
mentary School. Considerable debate took place between the committee members who
were in favor of the Charter City and Town Board Chairman John Klein and Supervisor
Art Rahn who were opposed to it. The results of the November 3rd election were
2,050 against incorporating into a Charter City and 1,231 for. /'C--Vise I
Over the years?since 1959 when the MMC was first established, each legislative ses-
sion alternately provided for a vote of the people or removed their right to vote on
incorporation matters. In 1971, the law did not provide for the right to vote,
and a petition by one hundred freeholders could request the MMC to incorporate Eagan
into a village without the vote of the citizenry. The over 400 freeholder petition
against incorporation was disregarded by the MMC, and it ordered Eagan to be incorpor-
ated into a village on October 19, 1972 without a vote of the people. Subsequently,
state legislation _eliminated the village form of government and made all villages
statuatory cities. Today, the City of Eagan is a statuatory city.
Eagan, as a Township, was providing all of the necessary services such as police,
fire protection, public works, administrative, parks, planning, etc. and still
maintaining the lowest taxes in the Metropolitan Area. Even the MMC admitted this
at the hearings. The Township form of government is the only form of government •
left in which the electorate set their taxes at an annual meeting. It is inter-
esting to hear various people talk about having an old time Town Hall meeting for
it suggests the feeling of true democracy, and it would have been a grand experi-
ment to have permitted Eagan to function under the township form of government)as
long as it adequately provided for the nee'ds of its people.
On September 9, 1965, the Dakota County Board held a public hearing on a Uniform
Street Naming and Numbering System)which it intended to adopt throughout the county.
The communities which were cities at the time)could opt to retain their existing
street names and numbers, or they could elect to adopt the new county system. Burns-
ville Village and Eagan Township were the only two communities which strenuously ob-
jected to being forced into the new county system which had a sterility of numerical
names for the East/West streets such as 101st St., 102nd St., etc., and a monoton-
ous and limited alphabetical series of names for theNorth/South streets. All of the
North/South streets in the first mile would be required to have names beginning with
the letter "A", all in the second mile with the letter "B", etc.
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Eagan has always placed a high value on its heritage and history and insisted on
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being able to retain its historic street names such as Pilot Knob Road, Lone Oak
Road, Yankee Doodle Road, Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Rahn Road, Silver Bell Road,
Blue Gentian Road, etc. Eagan also wanted its street names to reflect its vibrance
and beauty with names such Cherrywood Court, Mourning Dove Court, Kings Wood Drive,
Blue Bill Circle, Carnelian Lane, Turquoise Trail, Oak Chase Lane, Wilderness Run
Circle, and others,which not only add color to the community, but actually have a
beneficial effect on the value of the homes. Fortunately, through the strong efforts
of the Town Board, Eagan was not forced into the county system and was permitted to
retain its naming and numbering system.
Eagan Township became famous statewide, for it was unwilling to accept state laws which
were conflicting or poorly conceived, and Eagan became very visible at the state leg-
islature attempting to correct them. Laws such as those which permitted townships to
establish voting precincts, but which would require all voting to take place at the
Town Hall when a bond issue was on the ballot needed to be corrected. It was like
requiring St. Paul or Minneapolis t re
in their city halls when bond issues were
on their ballots. Or the right to establish a Special Fire District, but deny any
way of implementing it. There were numerous bad or conflicting laws dealing with taxes,
roads, franchises, salaries, police enforcement, bonding, etc. that Eagan Township
became famous for bringing to the attention of the legislature and correcting.
In 1965, Eagan, along with many of the suburban communities recognized the need for
attending to the sewerage problem in the 7-County Metro Area, and joined with them
to find a sollution to the problem. Several sewer disricts were formed. The Minne-
apolis -St. Paul Sanitary Sewer District (MSSSD), the North Suburban Sanitary Sewer
District (NSSSD), the Southwest Sanitary Sewer District (SWSSD), and the Bloomington -
Eagan -Burnsville Regional Pollution Control District were established to cope with
the problem on a regional basis taking into account the natural topographic consider-
ations for minimizing interceptor lines and treatment plant costs while providing
maximum efficiency of treatment facilities.
Polarization took place between the Minneapolis -St. Paul District on the one side,
and the various suburban districts on the other. The MSSSD tried to force the entire
7 County Area into the one -plant concept at Pig's Eye, and the NSSSD, SWSSD, and B.E.B.
Sanitary Sewer Districts believed a more efficient, more flexible, less expensive, and
less polluting system of regional plants would be the best manner in abating the
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Eagan Township, Burnsville Village, and the City of Bloomington officially formed •
the Bloomington -Eagan -Burnsville Pollution Control District in 1966, and after three
years of battle before the State Legislature and the State Pollution Control Agency,
the B.E.B. broke the back of the one -plant concept] nd was granted a PCA Permit to
construct the B.E.B. Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Eagan on September 8, 1969.
This plant immediately treated the sewage at 95% efficiency as compared to the MSSSD
Pig's Eye Plant which was only treating`at 35% efficiency.
The State Legislature created the Metropolitan Sewer Board in 1969)giving it control
of all treatment plants in the 7 County Metro Area as of January 1, 1971, and re-
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quiredgevery treatment plant become the property of the newly created Metro Sewer
Board as of that date. The B.E.B. Plant which was fought for, designed by, and
nearly completed by the communities of Bloomington, Eagan, and Burnsville)had to
be signed over to the Metro on January 1, 1971. It is the second largest plant of
its kind in Minnesota, is the most efficient, and is being used to monitor all:f.
sewage treatment in the 7 County Area. The B.E.B. name was changed to the Seneca
Wastewater Treatment Plant and was officially dedicated on September 6, 1972.
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Ironically, the very people who tried to stop the construction of the B.E.B. Plant,
and who delayed its approval, were the recipient of a National Award for its
excellence and regional concept for sewage treatment,
400 years ago, Sir Francis Bacon, the brilliant advisor to Queen Elizabeth I,, said
there are three things essential to the greatness of a countryy 1 rtile Ads,
2. Industrious people, and 3 Good roads to move the people and products from place
to place. The Romans knew the value of good roads. Early on, Eagan also realized
the value of adequate transportation corridors and a good thoroughfare system, and
has worked cooperatively with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Hwy. Dept.)
and the Dakota County Hwy. Dept. in the development of Eagan's Major Thoroughfare
Plan. Eagan's local roads and the county roads are basicly completed, and after long
and tireless efforts a new Cedar Avenue Bridge is in place. The I-494 Bridge and
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Freeway across the nothern part of Eagan will be opened to traffic in the Fall of
1982, and after a long, drawn out battle on the location at Blackhawk Lake, I-35E
is once again under way and is scheduled for completion in 1985.
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With the completion of the Interstate Highway System and the elimination of
the bottlenecks at the river crossings, Eagan will grow even more explosively
than it has in the past. Fortunately, it has'weri preparednand provided for
its growth.
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