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see which ones we want to keep, particularly along our borders. { Councilman Wingert says that street light discussions are always fun ---for every light there are 16 different opinions. The Planning Commission meeting of December 6 was rather startling: I arrived at 9:00 p.m. (after doing two hours of fractionswith the 12 -year-old that left us both in tears) to find nearly 20 people in the audience'. It seems that the major item of interest was the proposed 43 -lot development south of Highway 96 and Snelling Avenue, known as the McClung property. A Public Hearing had been scheduled and many of the immediate neighbors were naturally interested. City Planner Orlyn Miller said that there are several problems in this area, among which are the many under -sized lots (14 of them) and the lack of a sewer -water -drainage - utility study. Mr. McClung, who owns the land, wants such a study done also. He said he had already spent $80.00 on aerial survey maps alone, and would like to get going on the project. The Planning Commission then asked for comments from the f loor. A spokesman from the adjacent Arden dills Townhouse Association read a statement saying that the development was O.Y. with them, but that they were worried about water run-off and would like to see as many trees left as possible. One resident on N. Snelling was concerned about heavy machinery moving up and down that road. Orlyn Miller feels that the upgrading of North Snelling is inevitable if this area is to be developed. At the Planning Commission meeting of December 13, the land directly south of the McClung property came up for discussion. This area is referred to as Briarknoll, and of course any sewer -water -drainage discussion of the McClung section must consider Briarknoll also. A lovely large map was set up for all of us in attendance to see, and Orlyn showed some preliminary ideas for the "residential collectors". These, I gather, are streets. We have to make sure that the traffic circulation in this area, when developed, will not overload any current roads. One Commissioner questioned the value of having such complete circulation of traffic. He pointed out that the Arden Townhouses and Hunter's Park have only one entrance each, and that this actually promotes neighborhood unity. On the other side of that coin is that one entrance is very often inconvenient. At any rate, not much can really be done until the water situation is cleared up. The City Engineer is going to tell Arden Hills just how much such a complete water study will cost, and then we can go from there. Stay tuned in. Did you know that Arden Hills has a City Landscape Inspector? He's the one that makes certain all developers keep their promises regarding trees and shrubs. Apparently Hunter's Park put in some plantings that aren't as large as they were supposed to be, and our Land- scape Inspector questioned them about it. The representative of Dreyfus Interstate Develop- ment Corporation, who built Hunter's Park and is responsible, said the residents had exerted pressure to get the plantings in as soon as possible. And at the same time, trees were in short supply because of all the Dutch elms that need replacing. The Council decided to , ask the Hunter's Park Home Crooners Association to work with Dreyfus on an amended landscape plan for the Council's approval, hoping to save some of the too -small trees that have already been planted. The developer also has to provide a bond to insure that the plantings will be done as promised. The Council has routinely approved the 1978 liquor licenses for the six places in Arden Hills allowed to,sell drinkss McGuire's, Big Ten Supper Club, Lindey's, Flaherty's, tike Arden Hills Club, and the Blue Fox Inn. This is the maximum number of licenses allowed , by law for a city of our size. (When we get up to 10,000 people, then we can have more.) Star Liquors also had itsoff-sale license approved, as did some of the above restaurants. Looks like we're set for the year. ' Did you know that Arden Hills has a City Landscape Inspector? He's the one that makes certain all developers keep their promises regarding trees and shrubs. Apparently Hunter's Park put in some plantings that aren't as large as they were supposed to be, and our Land- scape Inspector questioned them about it. The representative of Dreyfus Interstate Develop- ment Corporation, who built Hunter's Park and is responsible, said the residents had exerted pressure to get the plantings in as soon as possible. And at the same time, trees were in short supply because of all the Dutch elms that need replacing. The Council decided to , ask the Hunter's Park Home Crooners Association to work with Dreyfus on an amended landscape plan for the Council's approval, hoping to save some of the too -small trees that have already been planted. The developer also has to provide a bond to insure that the plantings will be done as promised.