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- .. .. . CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESTOA CITY ADMINISTRATOR RECRUITMENT PROFILE The Communitv Mendota Heights is one of the Twin cities premier suburbs, offering high-quality residential and business areas. Per capita incomes and average property values are among the highest in the area, but homes in the more moderate price- bracket are also available. While the emphasis has been on maintaining large-lot, spacious development, the community is unique in its convenient location and highway access. Both I-35E and 1-494 traverse the city. Major employment centers (downtown Minneapolis, downtown st. Paul, and the Bloomington 1-494 "strip", including MSP airport, are virtually minutes away). While Mendota Heights has traditionally been thought of as a st. Paul suburb, the City is becoming more cosmopolitan, with residents employed in many parts of the metropolitan area. At the same time, the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers form a natural green belt around the community, enabling it to maintain a quiet, private way of life. . citizens place a high emphasis on parks, open spaces, and recreation areas, as evidenced by their recent approval of a $3.4 million parks bond referendum. Excellent schools and a well-educated populace complement the traditional but progressive character of the City, civic pride and aesthetic excellence are hallmarks of Mendota Heights. Despite its residential heritage and character, the City does welcome high-quality business development, and approximately 25% of the land has been reserved for that purpose. Most of that land is owned by United Properties, one of the Twin Citie's foremost developers of business properties. Recent locations in the Mendota Heights Business Park include Solvay Animal Research Laboratories, Northland Insurance, the American Registry of Radiological Technicians., and a Courtyard by Marriott hotel. cray Research (the supercomputer giant) has long maintained facilities in the community, and intends to relocate its corporate headquarters here in the near future. Mendota Heights currently has 9,000 residents, up from about 7,200 in the 1980 census. While most of the land in the community is now platted, significant new construction of single- and mUlti-family homes shoUld continue for the next . few years. The ultimate.population projection is in the range of 12,000 - 14,000. There are currently 3,000 jobs in Mendota Heights, and. that number is expected to grow to around 6,000 by the year 2000. Land area is 10 square miles.