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Your City needs you. There are lots of ways to serve by Susan Cathey he 2012 elections are over, and act positively with the business community T we citizens have done our part in and advise the City Council on economic How to get involved choosing our leaders and lawmakdevelopment, redevelopment, and related - ers. In this democratic system of ours, there community development issues. All of the City ommittees and commis are other opportunities to participate and - sions currently have vacancies. Terms of serve. Volunteers are needed for member The Parks, Trails, and Recreation Com - - service are on a volunteer basis and last ship on the Arden Hills advisory commit mittees purpose is to review and evaluate - three years. tees and commissions. These bodies are these City facilities and programs. The established by the City Council to aid in Committee makes recommendations to the If you are interested in applying for a City Council on cost-effective approaches commission/committee you can download of City affairs, and members are appointed to maintenance, expansion, and improve - an application from the Citys website. from those who apply. Perhaps one of these ments. Geographical balance of the eight Click on the Council & Committees groups is just the right place for you.committee members is a goal. tab across the top of the home page of the Citys website and choose Application facili The Communications Committee The Communications Committee - for a Committee Appointment from the tates positive interaction with the commu - dropdown list. functions as nity, informs the community of City news The Planning Commission the Citys Planning Agency and its Board events, and advises the City Council on Its a great opportunity to become involved of Adjustments and Appeals. Duties communications issues, including recom - in, and learn more about, your City. Your include preparing and reviewing the Citys mendations on administration of the Citys participation is appreciated! Comprehensive Municipal Plan and rewebsite. The main responsibility of the - viewing proposed acquisitions and disposal of real property and proposed improvenewsletter newsletter Arden Hills Notes. If you like - ments to real property to see if they are in to write, this may be your spot. compliance with the Municipal Plan. Mem - bership consists of seven commissioners The Financial Planning and Analysis and one alternate.Committee - The Economic Development Commission expertise make up this group. the business climate and economic devel - opment direction of Arden Hills. The nine members of the Commission seek to inter - he Citys Public Works Depart T - ment plows snow after two or will get as close as possible to the mail - more inches of accumulation, boxes, but the cleaning of the mailboxes is lesser amounts are only salted/sanded as the responsibility of individual residents. It needed. Plows will not go out until after is also the responsibility of adjacent home - the snow has stopped, unless the snow becomes too heavy; in which case, roads One of these will be on your street soon! will be opened, then cleaned up after The City plows the walks and trails to snow has stopped. the best of its ability. Some trails are not plowed if icing occurs due to them being The City does not have a bare street too steep to plow. policy, as this requires tons of salt, around Snow plowing parking restrictions: No vehicle can be parked on the street after the accumulation of two or more inches of snow and continuing until after snow Go to www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us. Click on Find Information on.. plowing has been completed. and then on Snow Plowing 4