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Arden Hills Service Directory 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 Office Hours Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. City Contact Information 651-792-7800 www.cityofardenhills.org Sheriff and Fire 911 Water and Sewer Problems (During non-business hours) 651-767-0640 Mayor: David Grant 651-538-0747 dgrant@cityofardenhills.org Councilmembers: Brenda Holden 651-636-2987 bholden@cityofardenhills.org Fran Holmes 651-631-1866 fholmes@cityofardenhills.org Dave McClung 651-332-0352 davemcclung@comcast.net Robert Woodburn 651-633-2389 rwoodburn@cityofardenhills.org City Administrator: Patrick Klaers 651-792-7810 pklaers@cityofardenhills.org Communications Committee Editors/writers: Susan Cathey, Tina Kulzer Writer: Emma Theis Council Liaison: David Grant Staff Liaison: Amy Dietl Desktop Publisher: Mary Nosek Council meetings are held at City Hall on the second and last Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Meetings are televised live on Cable Channel 16. Meetings of the Planning Commission are televised as well. Visit www.cityofardenhills.org for information about taped meeting playbacks. Arden Hills Notes is the official news- letter of the City of Arden Hills, an equal-opportunity employer. 2 City Park Profiles--a series Sampson Park 1900 Lake LaneSampson Park lies quietly tucked away at the dead-end of Lake Lane, which ascends up a slight slope from the western shore of Lake Johanna. This park was added to the City park system in 1970 and was intended to be utilized by neighbor- hood families as a passive nature area and by users of the City trail system, which runs adjacent to the park. Vehicle access to Sampson Park is from Lake Lane only (by way of Lake Johanna Boulevard), so it is not a City park that is often viewed by the casual passer-by. This one-acre park boasts only basic amenities – a playground climbing structure, a swing set, and half-court basketball – but it has much to enjoy by way of natural scenery and local history. A memorial gift Philip H. Sampson donated a parcel of land at the end of Lake Lane to the City in Sep- tember 1970. The donation stipulated that the property was to be used for park purposes only and read as follows: “This land is donated by the Sampson family in memory of Maye E. Sampson who enhanced the beauty of this spot by planting trees.” A memorial plaque honoring Maye Sampson was later installed in the park. The City was gifted a beautifully maintained and ideally landscaped property, dotted with a wide variety of trees and shrubs – a perfectly-prepped park space. A few months later, in November 1970, two pieces of adjacent property were acquired by tax forfeiture through the State of Minnesota to make Sampson Park approximately one acre in size. With the land in need of little work and its use clearly determined, the City became the steward of a generous gift and continues to maintain it as such. Trail link complete Sampson Park’s amenities have received the typical schedule of maintenance and replacement over the years. However, last year saw a particular improve- ment to the park that will likely create the greatest impact in usage the park has ever seen: new trail was finally plowed to connect Sampson Park to the Elmer L. Andersen Memorial Trail. The Elmer L. Andersen Memorial Trail head is located at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue North and Glenpaul Avenue. Sampson Park is located on the diagonal trail seg- ment which crosses through the southwest quadrant of the City, just south of where the trail enters Tony Schmidt Regional Park and winds north to its terminus. Sampson Park will likely see many new visitors now that City trail users can access the park more easily for a rest or recreation break. This new trail link also significantly increases the ease with which bicyclists and pedestrians can transition between the trail system and the surrounding residential neighborhood. by Tina Kulzer