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ECR-WSS PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Twin Cities, MN Permit #1962 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 . I Public TCAAP meetings held n Rice Creek Trail Master Plan revised s Postal Customer i Recycling saves energy d e Notes from the City Council I n my annual article for the Arden Hills for a couple of years, the planning and safety was the main goal of this separated I try to provide meaningful remediation will continue at an energetic intersection project. Notes, information on important City events pace throughout 2014. In September a along with comments on current and community open house ouse was held to In 2014, Ramsey County is also planning upcoming activities. Last year I wrote that gather ideas on a TCAAP Master Plan. to make improvements on Lexington Av - Ramsey County was planning to pursue the Another community open house to provide enue from I-694 through the County Road acquisition and remediation of the TCAAP feedback on the Master Plan proposal will F intersection. Street improvement projects site and that the City Council supported be held this winter, and the City Council is being considered by the City Council for these efforts by the County. Both wanted to expected to consider the TCAAP Master 2014 includes work on Round Lake Road see the property get out of the ownership Plan in late spring or early summer. Work south of Highway 96 and for 2015, work of the federal government, cleaned up envion the environmental review document, on County Road E between Lexington Av -- ronmentally, and put into productive use.the AUAR, is scheduled for completion enue and Highway 51 (Snelling Avenue). during the summer of 2014; work on the Regulations and Policies is anticipated to improvement in 2015 is a MnDOT project All I can say today is, Boy, has a lot hapbe completed in the fall of 2014. that calls for the replacement of the County - pened with TCAAP over the past year. Road E bridge. This bridge over Highway The City and County entered into a joint One of the challenges for the redevelop51 is planned to be removed and replaced, - powers agreement for the redevelopment of ment of the TCAAP site will be securing and this project will take an entire con - transportation funding for improvements to struction season to complete. of TCAAP from the federal government in the I-35W interchanges at Highway 96 and April; the County approved a contract with at County Road H. This goal will require a I have found the Arden Hills Notes to be Bolander and Sons, Inc. for the remecoordinated approach by numerous investan excellent way to communicate with -- diation of the TCAAP site to residential ed parties at the State Legislature in order residents and businesses. However, some standards; and the City approved a contract of the information in the City newsletter with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. region for these I-35W improvements.can be dated due to the lag time between for three TCAAP planning reports the creation of the newsletter and its delivery. Master Plan, the Regulations and PoliFor this and other reasons, everyone is - cies, and the Alternative Urban Areawide Speaking of transportation improveencouraged to view our City website at - Review (AUAR). The remediation project ments&the 2013 Highway 10 and 96 grade www.cityofardenhills.org for the latest approved by Ramsey County is expected separation improvement project experiinformation on City projects. You can also - to take up to 30 months to complete. The enced weather delays early in the construcalways call City Hall at 651-792-7800 with - Kimley-Horn work for the TCAAP plans tion season, but it still looks like the project questions or comments. that the City authorized will take about 18 will be substantially completed by the end months to complete. of the year; which means it will be open Patrick Klaers, City Administrator - While the construction of a redevelopment tion scheduled for 2014. Improved public project at the TCAAP site is not anticipated project at the TCAAP site is not anticipated