Winter 2019-20 Hometown Messenger

Apply to serve on city board or commission We are currently seeking applicants to fill openings on the following city boards and commissions: • Bicycle Advisory Committee • Planning Commission/BOAA • Park and Recreation Advisory Board • Police Civil Service Commission • Shakopee Public Utilities Commission Applications are available at www. ShakopeeMN.gov/employment. Deadline is Dec. 15. Winter Parking regulations in effect through March 31 Winter parking regulations are in effect from Nov. 1 to March 31. During these months, there is no parking on any city street from 2 to 6 a.m. EXCEPTION: In the area north of 10th Avenue and west of Marschall Road, odd/even parking rules apply. On even-numbered days between 2 and 6 a.m., parking is allowed on the even- numbered side of the street. On odd- numbered days, parking is only allowed on the odd-numbered side of the street at those times. After a snowfall of 2 or more inches, a snow emergency is declared and parking restrictions are effective 24 hours a day until the snow has been plowed curb to curb. Additionally, there is no parking on snow routes during a snow emergency. If you’re planning to have guests who need to park overnight on the street, call the Police Department at 952-233- 9400 to request a parking variance.

A LOOK BACK In 1842 and as a sightseeing tour, the first steamboat, Argo , came up the Minnesota River to Chief Ŝakpe II’s village of Tiŋta-otoŋwe. By 1853 weekly visits from steamboats occurred during navigation season. Passengers on the steamboats could explore the countryside, and settlers would receive supplies and news from the outside world. Thomas A. Holmes arrived to the area just beyond the village of Tiŋta-otoŋwe via steamboat in 1951. He decided to stay and build a trading post which was called “Holmes Landing.” The land where the trading post was built would later become Shakopee. Steamboats were a main mode of transportation to Shakopee until the mid-1860s when railroads appeared. Above: Steamboat Loretta Howard under Lewis Street Swing Bridge in 1880. Photo Courtesy Shakopee Herritage Society

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