HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-072 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2013/05/20RESOLUTION NO. 13-072
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AND EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO
UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENT SCOTT ANDERSON
WHEREAS, Scott began his employment as a Laborer with the City of St. Louis Park over
31 years ago on May 17, 1982, was promoted to Water Treatment Operator, then through
personal effort and education was subsequently appointed Utility Supenntendent in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Scott has worked to ensure clean and safe water for St. Louis Park residents
and implemented new systems, procedures, and equipment to reduce energy usage and improve
utility operations; and
WHEREAS, Scott oversaw the rehabilitation of all City water treatment plants, painting of
all water storage facilities, and expansion of electrical generation capacity so basic water and
sewer needs can be met during major power outages; and
WHEREAS, Scott liked to add humor and fun to work as evidenced by his developing and
implementing the "Grit Pit" and creating the "highly regarded and often referred to" backwater
valve video; and
WHEREAS, Scott served as the Chair of the Water For People organization from 1996 —
2006 where he raised thousands of dollars to fund sustainable drinking water across the globe
and traveled to Guatemala to visit water projects in development, and also served as Chair of the
Minnesota Section Amencan Water Works Association (AWWA) during 2006 — 2007; and
WHEREAS, Scott is a tireless volunteer, attending two mission trips to Russia to deliver
humanitarian aid to orphanages, and traveling the state to give presentations on drinking water,
the environment, and healthy working relationships to school kids and utility operators; and
WHEREAS, Scott was honored with the Spirit of St. Louis Park Award in 1990, the Water
For People "Kenneth J. Miller Founders' Award" in 2006, the "Leonard N. Thompson Award"
from the Minnesota Water Works Association in 2009, and the "George Warren Fuller Award"
from the American Water Works Association in 2011; and
WHEREAS, Scott will be remembered for his favorite accomplishment (a 1990 video
entitled "Quenching Your Thirst"), his wise, witty, and sometimes scatterbrained nature, his
ability to translate for engineers, for not viewing a glass half full or empty but overflowing, for
bringing joy to those around him, and for his motto "Life is Tremendous"; and
WHEREAS, Scott is planning numerous outdoor retirement activities with his wife Jo at
their new country home near Isle and thoroughly enjoying his precious granddaughter Sage;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park, Minnesota, by this resolution and public record, would like to thank Utilities
Superintendent Scott Anderson for his great contributions and 31 years of dedicated service to
the City of St. Louis Park and wish him the best in his retirement.
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