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Circulator buses to roll ~~ ~t ~rough Arden Hills area r ' SfIELBY NrcoLAuS-DUNsKr cd to be able to take a bus to officials are expecting up to 125 Rosedale by July. passengers a day on Ule route, said Mass transit is weaving its way The City Council gave support Arden Hills acting Clerk to Arden Hills. to a proposal last week to fOnte Adminisu'ator Cathy Jago. Residents in U,e city are expect- Roseville Circulator buses to the The routes will run hourly until cily, and through two shopping 6 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays. ,- centers along Ule way. With Ihe additional roule, resi- I , The route begins at Rosedale dents will see an increase in their \, Center and continues on Lydia property Inxes. , A venue, west to Fairview A venue, Arden Hills residentS pay , to Lake Johanna Boulevard, east $235,000 a year in property taxes on County Road E. Ulrough Arden for transit services to the RTB. Plaza shopping center, north on The additional Circulator rou Ie Lexington A venue to Target will increase Ule cost to $313,000. Greatland in Shoreview, north on The property k'lXes on a $100,000 Lexington to COUnty Road F and home, for instance would increase west to Hamline Avenue to the by $9.80 because of the service. Arden View townhouses. AI that The tax money h~lps offset costs pOin t, the bus goes back to for bus passengers, who pay 85 Rosedale along the same foute. cents to ride the CirculalOr. Regional Transit Board (RTB) I Architect chosen for new . Arden Hills City Hall ~~) Arden Hills leaders took anoOl- o~ land O~' Higll\~ay 96 10 U,C e&;t ~ t.; er step toward bnilding a new 01 Ule cX1sImg CIty l'htll, dIe gate- City Hall last week. way area near the rC!lUenng plant The City Council chose BRW and Ihe area we.,t 01 Nnnhwoods Architects to exmnine four sites office building aU ol Red Fox for lhe building and a park main- Road. Icoance/public works facilily. Jfnone of Ole sites work out, Ule The site selection, called Phase city still has tile oplion nf trading J of the project, involves ule firm or selling the land for a parcel looking at U,e city-owned parcels elsewhere, raga said. to determine the feasibility of Tbe coullcil is expected to look locating Ule buildings all Ulem. at dmwings and a site analysis by Tbe firm will determine "how late sUlIuner or early fal1. they (the siles) will accommodate City leaders are planning. to those kinds of uses:' said aCling double the size of Cily Hall, a Clerk Adminisu'alor CaU1Y Jago, proposal Jago says will give them The sites 10 be studied are tile more room for storage. following: a parcel on tile nOl'th- "We're not talking a huge com- east quadrant of the Twin Cities plex, bere," sbe said, Army Ammunition Plfmt, a block .