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Controversy is a-brewin' at the Arden Manor Mobile Home Park also, The owner promised certain projects would be completely done by June 30, and is bonded to see that they are, The residents are complaining that many things are still unfinished and that the owner is very difficult to talk to about it, A discussion was to have been held at the June 26 Council meeting, but the owner never showed up, although a dozen or so people from the Park (and mel.) waited several hours for him, At the July 10 Council meeting, the owner said that most of the delays in construction have been caused by the heavy rains and he requested a time ex- tension until September 30 to finish everything. It was explained that the Council's concern is completion of Arden Manor as per the Amended Special Use Permit. Some of the things not finished includes the swimming pool, tennis courts, equipment for the park, the fence along Highway 96, and final land- scaping. Several residents have lived in partially sodded lots since last fall, and with all the rain, the mud is terrible. Anyway, the Council decided to check the contracts that the owner of the Park has with the various construction companies (swimming pool, fence, etc,) to make sure that they were dated to be completed by June 30. If it is truly not the owner's fault that these things are not done, a time extension will.be granted. The City is not anxious to take over responsibility for completion of Arden Manor. School District 621 has asked Arden Hills for help in providing equip- ment and manpower to renovate the softball field at Moundsview High School and the softball field and hockey rink at Johanna Junior High School. Our Parks Director pointed out to the Council that AH extensively uses the ballfield8 at these two schools, plus the ones at Johanna Flementary and Valentine Hills. Along with Perry Park, all scheduled ball games are held at these fields, thus freeing our other parks for neighborhood use,_ The -estimated cost -to thev -1 lage of helping the School District would be $900-$1200. The Council feels that the City has its mown ma.intainance responsibilities and that it is the School District's obligation to maintain its own fields, After all, "do they come and help us plow snow?" Besides, Johanna Junior High School is in Roseville. The Council voted not to participate in the School District renovation project. POTPOURR"T t The opening of the Northwestern National Bank branch on F .has been delayed approximately a month because of the rai,ns.....Research is be.i g carried out on cable TV to Arden Hills; more later,,,..,Water installation_for the northwestern part of our Village has been approved; not gixi.te as extensive as originally planned, but not quite as narrow as the second plan, Of course there are still people who will get the water and have to pay for it that don't want it, and there are a few who want it that won't get it, but this new lay- out seems to satisfy the majority...... Neighbors at the Hamline Ave, -Floral Drive intersection have appealed to the Public Safety Committee for help with the traffic on this corner. The drivers coming up off the freeway are moving pretty fast, and it, makes the en- trance to Floral Drive rather challenging.,....Public Works plans to make an addition to their current building. They plan to do the Arden Hills thing,and disguise it with redwood and shrubs... Misre have ,been 6 breaks in the water main on County Road E by McGuirets in recent years. The cost of repair to the next - to -last break was $8000; the cost of this last one is not yet known. It is thought that soil conditions, material used in the mains and heavy traffic on E are causing the breaks. The City Engineer is investigating, Who is responsible for the bales of hay that blew onto County Road E-2 by Valentine Hills during one of our wind storms? One resident nearly hit them.