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<br /> . <br /> . ARDEN HILLS' <br /> . i'A good deal or investment <br /> into the unknown? <br /> ith a City <br /> Hall that's <br /> too small <br /> and a feeling that <br /> they're wearing out <br /> . their welcome in New <br /> Brighton's facility, <br /> Arden Hills leaders <br /> ponder moving into an <br /> aging, vacant building <br /> on the arsenal proper- <br /> ty. <br /> .. SHELBY NICOLAUS-DUNSKI <br /> The idea of using an existing <br /> building on the Twin Cities Anny <br /> Ammunition Plant s.ite as Arden <br /> . Hills City Hall is losing its luster <br /> among city officials. <br /> Silting around four gray, metal <br /> tHbles pushed together with the <br /> blare of a fan cutting through tlle <br /> noise of heavy traffic coming <br /> through the open windows, City <br /> Council members delmled the likeli- <br /> hood of moving into tlle building. <br /> Building 105, a two-story office <br /> being vacated by tlle army, with its <br /> high ceilings and old tiled floors, <br /> has changed little since tlle 1940s. <br /> Except for the alarming reddish- <br /> orange pHrtilions added in the <br /> 1970s, tile building remains tile , <br /> , <br /> same. <br /> But ii'S tile building's lack of i <br /> amenities that ha....:;; city official..:;; COI1- <br /> cerned. And a proposill 10 use tlle <br /> building in the interim while a City <br /> Hall is being built - which could Photo by Shf'lhy Nicolaus.Dun..l.:i <br /> last between 18 months and five <br /> ye:rrs - does nO! sit well either. Arden Hills City Council memhers debated in Building 105 at the <br /> arsenallast week whether the huilding would suffice a.s a City Hall <br /> PROPERTYlPll.ge II while a new City Hall is being built. <br /> . <br />