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ECR-WSS PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Twin Cities, MN Permit #1962 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 . I n Boy Scouts host recycling event Postal Customer s Tobacco ordinance revised i City to conduct survey d e his month I want to cover a couple little structural integrity and needed to be The other topic I want to address is an im T - topics, one about the City and one replaced.portant aspect of our community, namely about the Mounds View Public our educational system. Both Mounds Schools.Have you ever noticed a non-City work View High School and Irondale High crew alongside the road with rather large School were recently named as among the In January 2000, I started on your City and unusual looking drilling equipment? best high schools in Minnesota and the Council as a Councilmember. The folWhat they are doing is a process called nation by U.S. News and World Report, for - lowing year the city celebrated its 50th directional boring. Think of it as drilling an exceeding expectations when it comes to anniversary. This year the City is 61 years eight-inch hole horizontally. They start by student performance on reading and math old!digging a short trench at each end, and then tests and for preparing students for college. drill a horizontal hole, in our case 1,500 Both high schools were ranked as Silver on Your City Council continues to deal with a Gold, Silver, and Bronze ranking system. - the maintenance associated with a city of That places them among the top 30 Minne - its age. Some of the repairs and mainte1,500 feet of extra thick plastic pipe along sota high schools (top 10 in the metro) and - nance are visible, and others are not. I the road and then pull it through the 1,500 top 1,000 high schools nationally. want to take a moment to share informafoot shaft to the other end. This is how - tion about one maintenance job and its they avoid digging 1,500 feet of trench and I want to congratulate the Mounds View interesting method of repair.its associated challenges, saving time and Public Schools for doing an excellent job at such an important task, the education expense. On occasion a City water line will deof our children. If you see faculty and - velop a leak, a water main break as we Often you may notice smaller equipment staff, thank them for their dedication and call it. When this happens water is generalong the road boring smaller diameter achievement. - ally seen coming up from the ground in holes for such things as data cable and some fashion, sometimes a major amount electric lines. and sometimes less. The City only owns David Grant, Mayor the main water lines. Lines to individual businesses and homes are owned by the Celebrating Arden Hills is September 15 individual land owner. Over the last two months a water main line located along Old Highway 10 just north of Lake Valentine Road experienced three water main breaks over a two-month period. This section was a cast-iron line, and the issue was the soil being too acidic or too hot. Over time the soil basically ate away at the pipe until it had very