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Mayor and City Council:

• Member contact information

City Departments:

• Administration: Oversees and supports City departments and operations

• Community Development: Oversees building, electrical permits, fence permits, code enforcement, housing and redevelopment, planning and zoning, and design committee

• Building and Zoning Department: Provides building permits and building inspections. A 24 hour notice is needed to schedule an appointment.

• Engineering: Oversees the planning and designing of new construction and reconstruction of Belle Plaine's sanitary sewers, water mains, storm drainage systems, streets and sidewalks, and other projects to support residents and businesses

• Finance: Responsible for accounts payable, invoices, and general questions regarding billing. Email at [email protected].

• Parks and Trails: Manages the City's parks and rental shelter facilities. Parks and facilities include the Aquatic Center, Archery Park, Blaha Memorial Bird Sanctuary, Century Park, Chatfield Square, City Hall, Court Square Park, Creekside Park, Founders Park, Fountain Park, Gateway Parking Lot, Heritage Square, Hickory Park, Meadow Park, Prairie Park, Riverview Park, Townsend Park, Union Square, and Veterans Park

• Public Works: Responsible for maintaining and repairing the City's streets, water treatment utilities, compost facility, and waste water system. Provides street sweeping, snow plowing, and street repair. Located at 891 Diversified Drive Belle Plaine, MN 56011. Intake phone number (952)873-6742. Hours are open 7 am - 3:30 pm Monday - Friday. Compost Site is located at SMSC Organics Recycling Facility 1905 Mystic Lake Drive South Shakopee, MN 55379 and The Mulch Store Shakopee 14800 Johnson Memorial Drive Shakopee, MN 55379. Open from sunrise to sunset Monday - Friday. Grass clippings and leaves accepted. For general sewer and water utility billing questions, intake phone number (952)873-4644.

Offers recreational activities, including hockey, camps, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, baseball, swimming, ice skating lessons, public ice skating, field trips, and golf leagues.

• Adult tennis lessons

• Day camps with swimming, hiking, fishing, fire safety, first aid, water and boat safety, severe weather safety, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, flag football and water skiing

• Field trips

• Kop Farm community garden

• Music in the Park free concerts

• Overnight camps with fishing

• Playground programs

• Seasonal events for spring, summer, fall and winter activities

• Softball

• Tot Lot program

• Yoga

Sponsors recreational programs for all ages including senior citizens and persons with disabilities; included are:

• Adaptive recreation for persons with disabilities

• Day camps

• Parks, playgrounds, picnic facilities, family gardens, recreational trails, ice rinks, two swimming beaches (Shady Oak Beach and Libbs Lake Beach), five tennis courts, basketball court, swimming pool, weight machines, free weights, meeting space, hiking trails, biking trails, skate park, canoe rental, sand volleyball, fishing, recreational facilities

• Youth sports leagues and classes including gymnastics, softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming lessons year round, CPR instruction, land and water aerobics, kick boxing, safety awareness/self defense, ice skating, ice hockey, skateboarding, and in-line skating

Sponsors recreational programs for all ages including senior citizens and persons with disabilities; included are:

• Adaptive recreation for persons with disabilities

• Day camps

• Parks, playgrounds, picnic facilities, family gardens, recreational trails, ice rinks, two swimming beaches (Shady Oak Beach and Libbs Lake Beach), five tennis courts, basketball court, swimming pool, weight machines, free weights, meeting space, hiking trails, biking trails, skate park, canoe rental, sand volleyball, fishing, recreational facilities

• Youth sports leagues and classes including gymnastics, softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming lessons year round, CPR instruction, land and water aerobics, kick boxing, safety awareness/self defense, ice skating, ice hockey, skateboarding, and in-line skating

Provide recreational programs year round for persons of all ages including persons with disabilities including:

• Adaptive programs

• Adult activities and athletics

• Edina Art Center

• Family events

• Youth art class

• Youth programs and camps

Offers recreational activities for those interested, such as:

• Day camps

• Indoor softball league and outdoor baseball

• Football

• Golf

• Lacrosse

• Music in the Park performances

• Outdoor skating rinks and ice skating

• Pickleball

• Savage senior club which includes card games, refreshments, and socialization

• Snowshoe hiking

• Soccer camp

• Volleyball

• Walking programs

• Youth activities such as gymnastics, soccer, skiing, outdoor skating, baseball, batting cage, computer skills, Tae Kwon Do, study skills instruction, and first aid

• Swimming lessons, water aerobics, Aquacise, Swimnastics, lifeguard instruction, swim club, lab pool, and open swimming

• Safety classes for motorcycles and mopeds

• Defensive driving for seniors

• Various craft and hobby instruction

• Health and fitness activities such as dance classes, yoga for adults, Tae Kwon Do for adults, health education classes, and beginners golf

• Business and finance classes such as planning for retirement, estate planning, and security classes

• Adaptive recreation

• Recreational facilities including skating rinks, tennis courts, a swimming beach, playground areas, picnic areas, a boat launch, and sliding areas

• Recreational activities including archery, baseball, football, softball, basketball, soccer, par three nine hole golf course, indoor ice center, adaptive programs, teen programs, Camp Explore day camp, and nature programs

• Educational programs including hockey clinics, a learn to skate program, swimming instruction, golf lessons and leagues, and cross-country ski lessons

• Nature and ski trails

• Equipment loans including canoe rack rentals at Alimagnet, Crystal Beach, Crystal Boat Launch, and Day and Lac Lavon parks

• Athletic club

• Alimagnet Dog Park: 7-acre site allows off lease recreation. Enclosed by fencing and has double-gated entrance for safety and control. Water area, open grass area, wooded area, and mowed trail that is approximately 1/2 mile.

• Community garden plots available for rental at Crosstown 12551 Portland Avenue South, Neill Park 13501 Upton Avenue, and Wolk Park 13800 Parkwood Lane

• Skate Park located at 251 Civic Center Parkway

Provides recreational activities through the Arena for online registration. Services offered:

• Adult sports

• Archery pass

• Batting cage pass

• Fall activities such as flag football, soccer, and more

• Racquetball pass

• Skating passes

• Summer activities such as baseball, sand volleyball, and more

• Swimming lessons

• Swimming passes

• Youth sports

• Wallyball pass

• Adult tennis lessons

• Day camps with swimming, hiking, fishing, fire safety, first aid, water and boat safety, severe weather safety, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, flag football and water skiing

• Field trips

• Kop Farm community garden

• Music in the Park free concerts

• Overnight camps with fishing

• Playground programs

• Seasonal events for spring, summer, fall and winter activities

• Softball

• Tot Lot program

• Yoga

Provides the following community education services to the Barnum School District:

• Driver's education

• Field trips for children and youth

• Karate classes

• Literacy writing

• Summer programming

• School readiness

• Youth baseball

• Zumba and more

The following are available:

• Adult basketball

• Adult volleyball leagues

• Basic skills of skating (grades K and older)

• Camp Alpha

• Cheerleading

• Flag and tackle football (grades 2 - 6 and grades 5 - 6)

• Girls softball (grades 3 - 6, 7 - 8, 9 - 12)

• Golf for youth and adults

• Gymnastics classes (grades K - 6)

• Lego Classes

• Little League

• Softball Clinics

• Spanish Classes

• Summer Sizzle

• T-ball baseball

• Tennis

• Tiger Track and Field

• Youth basketball (grades 1 - 6)

• Youth Tae Kwon Do (grades 1 and older)

• Youth volleyball (grades K - 6)

Sponsors recreational programs for all ages including senior citizens and persons with disabilities; included are:

• Adaptive recreation for persons with disabilities

• Day camps

• Parks, playgrounds, picnic facilities, family gardens, recreational trails, ice rinks, two swimming beaches (Shady Oak Beach and Libbs Lake Beach), five tennis courts, basketball court, swimming pool, weight machines, free weights, meeting space, hiking trails, biking trails, skate park, canoe rental, sand volleyball, fishing, recreational facilities

• Youth sports leagues and classes including gymnastics, softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming lessons year round, CPR instruction, land and water aerobics, kick boxing, safety awareness/self defense, ice skating, ice hockey, skateboarding, and in-line skating

• Keewatin has a city park located on third avenue across from the city hall. It has a pavilion with electricity and is used mostly for celebrations.

• There are two playgrounds owned by the city; as well as the school playground. One of these is at Peter Filippi Field; located at the eastern end of Third Avenue. Baraga Park and Playground is located at the corner of Fifth Street and West Howard Avenue.

• In the summer, Peter Filippi Field is where you will find the local youngsters. There are baseball, skateboard park and softball fields which host a summer ball program for boys and girls of all ages.

• In the winter, Peter Filippi Field is alive with skaters. There is an area for free style skating and a hockey rink. A warming house is open from 3:00 P.M. on weekdays and from noon until 9:00 P.M. on weekends with an attendant on duty. -

• Recreational facilities including skating rinks, tennis courts, a swimming beach, playground areas, picnic areas, a boat launch, and sliding areas

• Recreational activities including archery, baseball, football, softball, basketball, soccer, par three nine hole golf course, indoor ice center, adaptive programs, teen programs, Camp Explore day camp, and nature programs

• Educational programs including hockey clinics, a learn to skate program, swimming instruction, golf lessons and leagues, and cross-country ski lessons

• Nature and ski trails

• Equipment loans including canoe rack rentals at Alimagnet, Crystal Beach, Crystal Boat Launch, and Day and Lac Lavon parks

• Athletic club

• Alimagnet Dog Park: 7-acre site allows off lease recreation. Enclosed by fencing and has double-gated entrance for safety and control. Water area, open grass area, wooded area, and mowed trail that is approximately 1/2 mile.

• Community garden plots available for rental at Crosstown 12551 Portland Avenue South, Neill Park 13501 Upton Avenue, and Wolk Park 13800 Parkwood Lane

• Skate Park located at 251 Civic Center Parkway

• Classes, activities, and day trips for elementary and secondary grade youth

• Athletics: Pre-K and Kindergarten baseball and soccer; elementary soccer, volleyball, baseball and basketball, summer junior high baseball, junior high lacrosse, open gyms, and summer clinics

• Concerts in the Charlson Thun Community Bandstand at Bayfront Park

• Field trips

• Playground programs including day camps

• Preschool programs including day camps

• Youth programs including baseball, basketball, soccer, sports camps with volleyball, tennis, and more

Provides the following community education services to the Barnum School District:

• Driver's education

• Field trips for children and youth

• Karate classes

• Literacy writing

• Summer programming

• School readiness

• Youth baseball

• Zumba and more

• Babysitting instruction

• Ballet and jazz dance instruction

• Baseball

• Basketball

• Chess club

• Computer classes

• Cooking classes

• Day camps in band, show choir, etc.

• Defensive driving course

• Drawing instruction

• Field trips

• Firearms safety training

• Gardening instruction

• Gymnastics

• Indoor home safety education

• Karate

• Lacrosse

• Musical instrument instruction

• New driver training

• Painting classes

• Quilting instruction

• Sewing instruction

• Soccer

• Softball

• Tae Kwon Do Korean karate

• Tennis

• Track and field

• Yoga

• Abdella Memorial Park: Half mile paved walking path, tennis courts, ball field, 1/2 court basketball, play equipment, and picnic area

• Axelrod Park: Half court basketball, ball field, play equipment, shelter, and picnic tables

• Dingle Park: Shuffle board court and picnic area

• Growing Together Community Garden

• Heritage Park: Ball fields, tennis courts, horseshoe pit, badminton court, sand volleyball, half court basketball and seasonal football. Also has a building with meeting space, pavilion, and picnic areas.

• Lions Levee Park: Boat access and picnic area

• Riverside Park: Hiking, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing

• Sittlow Park

• Veterans Memorial Park

• Whitbred Memorial Park: Hockey, ice skating, half court basketball, picnic area, play equipment, and seasonal football and baseball

Parks located in Lino Lakes. To find a park, visit website to Find a Facility Tool.

• Arena Acres Park: 519 Andall Street with a playground and basketball court

• Behm's Park: 7699 Mustang Lane with a playground and basketball court

• Birch Park: 6520 Pheasant Run South with a playground, baseball/softball fields, picnic shelter, ice skating rink, and hockey rink

• Birchwood Acres Park: 572 Lonesome Pine Trail with a playground and baseball/softball fields

• Brandywood Park: 1300 Velvet Leaf Lane with a playground

• City Hall Park: 1189 Main Street with a playground, two baseball/softball fields, an ice skating rink, and hockey rink

• Clearwater Creek Park: 2270 Tart Lake Road with a playground, basketball court, and picnic shelter

• Country Lakes Park: 6600 West Shadow Lake Drive with a picnic area and scenic lake view

• Highland Meadows Park: 624 Arlo Lane with a playground and basketball court

• LaMotte Park: 6936 LaMotte Drive with an open space area

• Lino Park: 7850 Lake Drive with a playground, baseball/softball fields, and picnic shelter

• Marshan Park: 7204 Lake Drive with a playground and soccer field

• North Pointe Park: 6690 21st Avenue South with a playground, picnic shelter, basketball court, pickleball court, and a paved trail

• Pheasant Hills Park: 6659 Sherman Lake Road with a playground and basketball court

• Shenandoah Park: 475 Arrowhead Drive with a playground and picnic area

• Sunrise Park: 6918 Sunrise Drive with a playground, four baseball/softball fields, a soccer field, two picnic shelters, ice skating rink, and two hockey rinks

• Sunset Oaks Park: 7481 Leonard Avenue with a playground, soccer field, and open space area

• Tower Park: 1750 Birch Street with four pickleball courts, two tennis courts, and a parking lot

• Watermark Park: Currently under development which will be located within the Lennar Watermark development

• Wenzel Farms Park: 7139 Ivy Ridge Lane with a playground and basketball court

• Woods Edge Park: 720 Village Drive with a playground equipment, paved trail, and a fort-building area

• Woods of Baldwin Lake Park: 6130 Oak Wood Lane with a playground, basketball court, and a picnic area

Sponsors recreational programs for all ages including senior citizens and persons with disabilities; included are:

• Adaptive recreation for persons with disabilities

• Day camps

• Parks, playgrounds, picnic facilities, family gardens, recreational trails, ice rinks, two swimming beaches (Shady Oak Beach and Libbs Lake Beach), five tennis courts, basketball court, swimming pool, weight machines, free weights, meeting space, hiking trails, biking trails, skate park, canoe rental, sand volleyball, fishing, recreational facilities

• Youth sports leagues and classes including gymnastics, softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, swimming lessons year round, CPR instruction, land and water aerobics, kick boxing, safety awareness/self defense, ice skating, ice hockey, skateboarding, and in-line skating

• Baseball

• Basketball day camps

• Soccer

• Volleyball

• Dog obedience classes

• Field trips

• Painting instruction

• Softball

Responsible for caring for and overseeing the city parks:

• Airport park

• Aquatore park

• Aurelia park

• Baseball Complex

• Blaine Wetland Sanctuary

• Broken Oaks park

• Carrara East park

• Carrara West park

• Centennial Green park

• Centennial park

• More parks can be found online at https://www.blainemn.gov/facilities