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Lawn maintenance tips for protecting waterbodies
<br />There are numerous lakes, streams and
<br />ponds in Arden Hills, and you can protect
<br />our water by following these lawn mainte-
<br />nance tips:
<br />1. Fertilize smart
<br />Use phosphorus-free
<br />fertilizer and sweep up
<br />fertilizer spills on hard
<br />surfaces. This helps
<br />prevent fertilizer from
<br />getting into the storm
<br />drain.
<br />2. Mow smart
<br />Aerate your lawn, seed bare patches
<br />and mow at a healthy setting. A healthy,
<br />vigorous lawn needs less water, fertilizer
<br />and maintenance.
<br />3. Don’t sweep or dump grass clip-
<br />pings into the street
<br />Remove grass clippings and leaves from
<br />the street, sidewalks, trails and driveways.
<br />Grass clippings and leaves in the street end
<br />up in the storm sewer and are carried to
<br />area water bodies.
<br />In fact, according to the City’s Illicit
<br />Discharge
<br />Ordinance
<br />Section
<br />1020, “No
<br />person shall
<br />intentionally
<br />dispose
<br />of grass,
<br />leaves, dirt
<br />or landscape
<br />material
<br />into a water resource, buffer, street, road,
<br />alley, catch basin, culvert, curb, gutter,
<br />inlet, ditch, natural watercourse, flood
<br />control channel, canal, storm drain or any
<br />fabricated natural conveyance.”
<br />4. Scoop the poop
<br />Please pick up after your pets. Rainwater
<br />washes pet waste into lakes and streams.
<br />Pet waste contains bacteria that can cause
<br />illness.
<br />May 14, 2018
<br />Unless otherwise indicated, all items ap-
<br />proved unanimously by 5-0 vote.
<br />• Accepted donations from the Arden
<br />Hills Foundation for use at Floral Park
<br />gardens from the Graco Foundation
<br />in recognition of volunteer time given
<br />by Dan Dietz and Renee Schmidt, and
<br />for a memorial tree planting at Arden
<br />Oaks Park from Steven Johnson for
<br />Gary Kremer.
<br />• Held a special assessment hearing,
<br />awarded the contract and adopted the
<br />special assessment roll for the 2018
<br />street and utility improvement project
<br />for street reclamation at Wedgewood
<br />Circle, Parkshore Drive and Brueberry
<br />Lane; and street reconstruction at
<br />Indian Oaks Court, Indian Oaks Trail,
<br />Floral Drive, Norma Circle, Gale
<br />Circle and James Circle.
<br />• Adopted an ordinance amending the
<br />2018 fee schedule updating the utility
<br />rates for water, sewer and stormwater
<br />funds based upon a utility rate study
<br />performed by the City’s municipal
<br />advisor, Ehlers, to assess current and
<br />future needs for actual operating costs
<br />and costs of future infrastructure im-
<br />provements for these utilities.
<br />May 29, 2018
<br />Unless otherwise indicated, all items ap-
<br />proved unanimously by 5-0 vote.
<br />• Issued a proclamation in recogni-
<br />tion of Planning Commission Chair
<br />Roberta Thompson’s years of service
<br />on the Planning Commission and on
<br />the Parks, Trails and Recreation Com-
<br />mittee.
<br />• Held a public hearing and approved
<br />the preliminary plat, final plat and
<br />Comprehensive Plan amendment at
<br />3246 New Brighton Road for a sub-
<br />division to create three single-family
<br />residential lots at the former Lake
<br />Johanna Fire Station No.1 property.
<br />• Tabled to June 11, 2018, a site plan re-
<br />view request by Primrose Schools for
<br />site modifications at 4061 Lexington
<br />Avenue. Primrose Schools is consider-
<br />ing purchasing the property currently
<br />owned by Bremer Bank for a new
<br />daycare center (4-1, Holmes opposed).
<br />For a complete and detailed listing of
<br />recent City Council action, please review
<br />the meeting minutes on the City website at
<br />cityofardenhills.org and click on Agendas
<br />& Minutes.
<br />Benchmarks: A review of recent City Council action
<br />City Council filing packets
<br />available July 12
<br />The Mayor and two City Councilmem-
<br />ber seats will be up for election this
<br />fall. All three open seats will be for
<br />four-year terms (2019-2022).
<br />If you are interested in running for
<br />one of the open seats, you must file
<br />an Affidavit of Candidacy. Candidate
<br />filing packets will be available July 12
<br />at City Hall or at the Ramsey County
<br />Elections Office (90 West Plato Blvd.,
<br />Suite 160, St. Paul).
<br />The filing period will open on Tuesday,
<br />July 31 at 7:30 a.m. and will close on
<br />Tuesday, August 14 at 5:00 p.m. The
<br />cost to file is $2 and must be paid with
<br />cash or check.
<br />Candidates may withdraw from the bal-
<br />lot by filing an affidavit of withdrawal
<br />at any time during the filing period and
<br />through Thursday, August 16 at 5:00
<br />p.m. Filing fees are not refundable.
<br />For more information about the filing
<br />process, contact the City Clerk at 651-
<br />792-7811, or Ramsey County Elections
<br />at elections@co.ramsey.mn.us or 651-
<br />266-2171.
<br />Please note: For its Annual Stormwater Meeting, the City will have an informational
<br />booth at the Penny Carnival, July 27, Perry Park, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., to provide resi-
<br />dents with information on the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan.
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