Mendota Heights is a high quality, family oriented residential
community, with the feel of the country and the amenities of a city.
While it is centrally located in the metropolitan area, the Minnesota
and Mississippi Rivers form a natural green belt around it, allowing
the community to maintain a quiet, private way of life, unique in the
Twin Cities. Mendota Heights achieved its successful business community
and exceptional residential neighborhoods by following the detailed
comprehensive plans set forth by its forefathers over forty years ago.
Innovative and forward thinking on the part of community officials has
resulted in a planned community which affords a quiet lifestyle for
its residents while providing a full array of services and employment
opportunities. The community has preserved an abundance of parks and
open spaces, encourages spacious residential development, and has planned
for diversified, high technology offices and business areas. Excellent
schools and a well-educated populace complement the traditional but
progressive character of the City. Civic pride and aesthetic excellence
are high priorities in Mendota Heights.
The mission of the Mendota Heights City government is
to preserve and enhance the quality of life in the community and to
plan, direct, and implement orderly growth. This is achieved by encouraging
and fostering:
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Community identity, citizen
participation and open access to government decision-making. |
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High quality cost effective
public service. |
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Conservative financial management
and low tax rates. |
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Development and maintenance
of parks, trails, and open spaces. |
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High standards of diversified
housing stock. |
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A commitment to strengthen
and maintain community heritage through preservation of older, well-established
neighborhoods. |
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Further development of well-designed
commercial and office projects. |
The Mayor and City Council, as the elected representatives
of the people, supported by recommendations from the Parks and Planning
Commissions, are responsible for establishing the policies necessary
to carry out this mission. The staff of the City implement the policies
established by the Council and provide direct services to the community,
making the vision a reality.
(Adopted by the Mendota Heights City Council on
June 3, 1986).
