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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 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 Ed Werner 651-636-2547 ewerner@cityofardenhills.org City Administrator: Patrick Klaers 651-792-7810 pklaers@cityofardenhills.org Communications Committee Kristine Goodrich, editor; Susan Cathey, Tina Kulzer 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 Ingerson Park 3255 North Lexington Avenue continued on page 3 A City park that truly shines brightest in winter months, Ingerson Park is our fea- ture this month. Located on Lexington Avenue in the southeast corner of Arden Hills, Ingerson Park boasts some of the most unique and dramatic landscape among all City parks. The undisputed star of this park is The Hill: the grand slope that begins at the high ridge line that bisects the park through the middle and ends in a low-elevation flat at the park’s tree-lined southern boundary. It is picture-perfect terrain for winter sledding. With the early arrival of snow this year, Ingerson Park has a headstart on another memorable season of winter recreation for Arden Hills residents. The other amenities available at Ingerson Park reside on the higher-elevation northerly portion of the park acreage. They include half-court basketball, a playground area, and a picnic shelter. Pedestrian access to the park continues to be uniquely challenged by the park’s location off a major thoroughfare. However, vehicle parking is available in a small parking lot off the park’s entrance on Lexington Avenue, making this neighborhood park accessible to visitors from all parts of the City. One of our oldest parks Acquired for $21,000 in 1967 during the City’s first wave of park land acquisition during the 1960s, the five-acre property that would become Ingerson Park was considered ideal park space due to its combination of natural wooded areas and open and varied topogra- phy that had potential to be developed into a neighborhood play area. The goal of the City planners during this time was to ensure the preservation of the terrain within. Rental housing existed on the park property at the time of purchase, so the early stages of development at Ingerson Park required a bit more work and expense than just clearing overgrown brush and adding amenities. Over the next several years, the City completed the demolition of any remaining buildings that would not serve the City or its plans for Ingerson Park. An open basement structure remained on the park property for a time until it was filled in for purposes of safety and appearance. In 1972, an old house on the property was destroyed through a burn conducted by the fire department. Vandals then burned a garage structure on the site in 1974, which had been slated for possible use as a park equipment storage structure. By the mid-1970s, the typical park amenities (playground equipment, benches, basketball court surface/back- board, picnic tables and grills) were finally added. Volunteers shape park development In 1969, the Josephine Hills Garden Club—a civic group comprised largely of resident neighborhood women—was recruited to solicit neighborhood input on the development by Tina Kulzer