Morton Burleigh Bismarck Mandan (MBBM) Opportunity Development Subcommittee Sets Meeting Dates
March 11, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Morton Burleigh Bismarck Mandan (MBBM) Opportunity Development committee – a subcommittee of the Mayors’ Economic Advisory Group established by Bismarck Mayor John Warford and Mandan Mayor Tim Helbling – has set forth meeting dates and locations as follows:
March 16, 2010 4:00 p.m. Mandan City Hall
April 19, 2010 4:00 p.m. City County Building, Tom Baker Meeting Room
May 18, 2010 4:00 p.m. Mandan City Hall
June 22, 2010 4:00 p.m. City County Building, Tom Baker Meeting Room
July 20, 2010 4:00 p.m. Mandan City Hall
August 23, 2010 4:00 p.m. City County Building, Tom Baker Meeting Room
For more information, visit www.bismarck.org
Name The Dog Park
March 11, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
The Mandan Park District needs your help in selecting a name for the new “Community Dog Park”. The dog park is tentatively set to open by Memorial Day. Please log on to our website; www.mandanparks.com. The website will have “name the dog park” up and running next Tuesday, March 16. Deadline for submittal of potential names is April 15, 2010.
Change Your Clocks… Change Your Batteries
March 9, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
BISMARCK, N.D. – When it comes time to change your clocks on Sunday, March 14, the Bismarck Fire Department wants to remind everyone to make another change that could save your lives – change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Communities nationwide witness tragic home fire deaths each year. An average of two children per day die in home fires and 80 percent of those deaths occur in homes without working smoke alarms. Non-working smoke alarms rob residents of the protective benefits home fire safety devices were designed to provide. The most commonly cited cause of non-working smoke detectors is worn or missing batteries.
“Most fatal fires occur between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while most families are sleeping” says Ron Kunda, Fire Marshal for the City of Bismarck. “Children and seniors are most at risk for home fire deaths and a working smoke detector can give them the extra time it takes to get out safely.”
The Bismarck Fire Department recommends these simple steps:
o Install a smoke detector in each bedroom and hallway and on each level of your home.
o Install carbon monoxide detectors on each level of your home.
o Test the smoke detector once a month.
o If the smoke detector is older than ten years, replace it with a new one.
o Change the batteries twice a year, each time you change your clocks!!
o Don’t forget about your carbon monoxide detectors!!
o Vacuum out the dust from your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors.
o If your carbon monoxide detector is over five years old, replace it with a new one.
The Bismarck Fire Department would also like to remind you to have an escape plan in your home that includes two exits from each room and a safe meeting place outside the home. Be sure to practice the plan with your family so you can prepare for an emergency before it happens.
The Bismarck Fire Department encourages you to use this information to keep you and your family safe. For more information visit www.bismarck.org/fire or call 701-355-1400
Memorial Highway Corridor Study Input & Info Session – March 11, 2010
March 9, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
The third in a series of information and input sessions on the Memorial Highway Corridor Study is scheduled for March 11 at Prairie West Golf Course Club House, 2709 Longspur Trail.
Engineering, land use and design consultants will be available all day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a workshop to receive input. Business owners are invited to stop in at any time to explore how various alternatives might affect their property.
A formal reporting session will be held at 6 p.m. to include proposed roadway alternatives and results of an on-line survey.
The last information session was held Feb. 4. Here are links to PowerPoint presentations from the meeting.
Whether Memorial Highway is reconstructed will depend on federal, state and local funding sources. The corridor study is being commissioned by the Metropolitan Planning Organization and City of Mandan as a precursor to determining project costs and engineering. For more info, visit www.MandanMemorialHighway.com.
Bismarck Spring Load Restrictions to Begin March 10, 2010
March 6, 2010 by Dakota Media Access · Leave a Comment
Spring load restrictions will be placed on City of Bismarck streets and alleys effective March 10, 2010 at 7 a.m. Placement of spring load restrictions is coordinated with the North Dakota Department of Transportation spring load restrictions on NDDOT highways in the surrounding area.
Restrictions are lifted when roadbeds have stabilized enough to carry normal traffic.
Contractors/truckers should move heavy loads prior to March 10, 2010 before load restrictions are placed on City of Bismarck streets and alleys.
The spring 2010 load restriction map will be placed on the website March 9, 2010, prior to spring load restrictions being placed on city of Bismarck streets and alleys. The map will be available at www.bismarck.org, click on City Departments, Engineering, Maps.
If you have any questions, please contact City of Bismarck Engineering Dept. at 355-1505.
Updates will be announced in future news releases as new information becomes available.
The City of Bismarck reserves the right to change or establish additional load restrictions on city streets as deemed necessary.
