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Arden Hills Service Directory 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 www.cityofardenhills.org 651-792-7800 Office Hours Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 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 612-599-2457 fholmes@cityofardenhills.org Dave McClung 651-332-0352 davemcclung@cityofardenhills.org Steve Scott 651-604-0919 sscott@cityofardenhills.org City Administrator Dave Perrault 651-792-7824 dperrault@cityofardenhills.org Communications Coordinator Dawn Skelly 651-792-7817 dskelly@cityofardenhills.org Communications Committee Council Liaisons Brenda Holden Fran Holmes Council meetings are held at City Hall on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings are televised live on Cable Channel 16. Meetings of the Planning Commis- sion are televised as well. Please visit cityofardenhills.org for information about archived meeting playbacks. Arden Hills Notes is the official news- letter of the City of Arden Hills, an equal-opportunity employer. The Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County Annual Tree Sale is now open. You can purchase plants or trees for your yard or balcony as well as the opportunity to donate money for trees for Arden Hills. The order deadline is April 19 and plants and trees will be available for pick up on Saturday, May 4, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 2015 Van Dyke in Maplewood. To order or donate, visit friendsoftheparks.org. For more information, call 612-703-9044, or send an email to info@friendsoftheparks.org. The Recycling Association of Minnesota is selling compost bins to Ramsey County residents for $44, plus tax this year. The bins normally sell for $64. Ramsey County residents can get the $20 discount by ordering online at RecycleMinnesota.org and entering promo code “Ramsey,” or by calling 651- 641-4589 and mentioning that you are a Ramsey County resident. Pick up your pre-ordered bin on April 27 in Maplewood. Find additional dates and locations at RecycleMinnesota.org. Annual Tree Sale on Now Through April 19 Compost Bin Sale - Save $20 Council To Hold Public Hearing on Tobacco Ordinance The Arden Hills City Council is considering changing the city’s ordinance regarding tobacco sales. Proposed changes could include raising the age of tobacco purchasing to 21 and regulating the sale of flavored products. A public hearing and a possible vote on the proposed changes will take place at the regular City Council meeting on Monday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Public input is welcome. City News Updates Mediation Continued from Front Page “Those agreements took significant time to develop,” said Mayor Grant. “Requests to significantly increase density on the site would require the city to change its compre- hensive plan, undertake additional studies and redo the master plan. This could put us back to square one.” “This is a large and important project for the City of Arden Hills and for the region,” said Mayor Grant. “It is not an inconvenience, as the county has said the city views it. On the contrary, this project will bring more housing and more jobs, and those are very good things. We need to make sure the residents and businesses in the area are properly served and that the development is properly funded and sustainable for all.” City sets planning fees In other business related to the TCAAP redevelopment, the City Council, at its January 28 regular council meeting, set planning fees at $2,743 per acre to recoup planning costs in preparation for site development. The Council also changed its fee schedule in December to increase water and sewer utility connection fees for the site. “These fees will ensure the city recovers previous TCAAP expenses and that existing residents are not paying for TCAAP related costs,” said City Administrator Dave Perrault.