Tuesday, May 10, 2011
You can still park next to a mailbox—just not when the postal carrier is coming.
The City of Fridley wants to make sure you get your mail. The Fridley City Council unanimously approved a new ordinance Monday that would ban parking in front of a mailbox between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, excluding federal holidays, in a way that blocks the mail carrier from delivering mail. The ordinance allows parking in front of a mailbox during those hours—unless the mail carrier is trying to deliver mail. “If you are parked in such a way that obstructs or interferes with mail delivery, that’s a violation of the ordinance,” said Fridley Director of Public Safety Don Abbott. Over the years, the Fridley Police Department has dealt with complaints from residents that they didn’t get their mail delivered that day because …
Monday, April 18, 2011
Fridley's Fire Chief isn't in favor of legislation that passed the House over two Fridley reps' 'No' votes.
A bill banning state and local codes from requiring fire sprinklers in single-family homes has passed the Minnesota House of Representatives and a state Senate committee, but it doesn't get a passing grade from Fridley Fire Chief John Berg. The bill, H.F. 460, "flies in the face of the building code process that was established for debating and amending building codes that protect people," Berg said in an email. The bill passed out of the state Senate's Judiciary and Public Safety Committee (over Sen. Barb Goodwin's "no" vote) and got its second reading in the state Senate last week. State Reps. Tom Tillberry (DFL-51BA) and Kate Knuth (DFL-51A) cast votes against the bill. (Fridley's other representative, DFLer Carolyn Laine of House …
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Several council members questioned whether the change in city code opened the door to alcohol at other events.
The Fridley City Council approved changes to the city code Monday that would allow the sale of strong beer and wine at community festivals at Commons Park and Community Park. The one community festival set to benefit from the council's action is 49er Days. The council considered explicitly limiting the change to 49er Days but in the end approved a more general definition: "Community festivals shall include Fridley 49er Days and other festivals of broad community appeal and participation as designated by City Council." Council Member Ann Bolkcom wonder whether the change would let the city deny a permit to "20 to 30 people who want to have a party." City Attorney Fritz Knaak said the council could in practice limit the new code language to…
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John Berg
8:23 pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
I stand corrected. Light weight construction does not save builders money. Sorry! John Berg more ›