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ECR-WSS PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Twin Cities, MN Permit #1962 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 . I Water tower gets a fresh look n Green ideas for the holidays s Postal Customer Snows coming i TCAAP open house meeting held d e Notes from the City Council T he Arden Hills community was The Citys website organizes business business development and invited to the State of the City on educate residents on the im- Thursday, September 12, at Fla-on business districts, licenses, sign require-portance of the Citys business hertys Arden Bowl. Attendees heard the ments, and business resources.community. latest news on the TCAAP project, County Road E improvements, along with other The Twin Cities North Chamber of Com-The EDC consists of nine mem- current development and transportation merce and the St. Paul Chamber of Com-bers who are appointed by the City Coun- projects. The event was hosted by the Ar-merce co-host a monthly Shoreview-Arden cil. The Commissioners may be residents den Hills City Council and the Economic Hills Business Council for local businesses or non-resident business representatives; Development Commission (EDC). Over however at least four must be Arden Hills the past several years, the City Council discuss public policy. The meeting is held residents. and EDC have focused on identifying and on the third Wednesday of the month at achieving economic development goals.7:30 a.m. at the Northeast Youth and Fam-There currently are vacant seats on the ily Services Center on Lexington Avenue.EDC. For information about applying, con- Goals include promoting the Citys identity tact City Hall or download an application and brands by prioritizing locations for The EDC and the Communications Com-from the City website. gateway signs to the City. In addition, the mittee have been collaborating to include Arden Hills logo was included on the Red business-focused articles in nearly every Fox Road water tower when the water City newsletter. The articles highlight Ed Werner, City Council tower was repainted this fall. The logo Keeping our drinking water safe will be seen by over 100,000 people every by Kristine Goodrich day. Over the past several years, the City The City purchases water from the Saint A and the EDC have increased their efforts to rden Hills regularly monitors the Paul Regional Water Services, which treats quality of the City's drinking water reach out and communicate with the busi- water obtained from the Mississippi River and issues an annual report. The 2012 ness community. report shows that the City's water is safe and the Chain of Lakes, and from wells in to drink. Like most water supplies, water the Prairie Du Chien-Jordan aquifer. The City Council, EDC commission- in Arden Hills contains trace amounts ers, and staff have been visiting new and of some contaminants, many of which While the testing ensures water is safe at expanding businesses in Arden Hills. Staff are added as part of the water treatment the source, the plumbing at water users' has also visited businesses in the B-2 and process. But no containment level exproperties sometimes can contaminate wa Round Lake/Gateway business districts to -- ceeded federal drinking water standards. ter with an unsafe level of lead. If a faucet collect updated contact information and Arden Hills water contains trace amounts hasn't been used in several hours, you can keep businesses informed of public im- reduce this risk by letting the faucet run provement projects. In addition, staff will copper, haloacetic acids, nitrate, trihalo be visiting businesses in the Red Fox/Grey - methanes and chlorine. The 2012 report is your glass. You also can have your water Fox district in early 2014. posted on the City website.tested for lead. For more information go to www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.