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. ,:;ItP~-13-9~ FRI 07:44 QM DB.C 636 3331 p.a3 -- .. Citizen Contract for Arden HlIIs . Heres a small liSl of problems ove,. tire past several yttars we have obserVed in OUT fair City. if yours is not inc!lIdlld please add it. We believe Oll1' respOnsll showd be 10 dll1lelop a belle,. process whllTeby OUT City government will be mOTe responsive to us Citizens: . Keithison Dr.-An entire development enginHred and completed in 1988 suffers flooding alter the drought, requiring condemnation of property for a drain, rebuilding of roadway and special . assessments for all residents. No one is held responsible. Economic Redevelopment.- Where is our business corridor at Ihe south end of Round Lake? It . staned with purchase of the old ADM site and pollution cleanup. We now have over $ 400,000 invested and not one stick of development. What about commercial vacancies and small business suppon for local businesses in other areas of the City? . City Planning- It has been revealed during recent public hearings that Arden hills has done no real comprehensive planning to date. The City's comprehensive plan is merely the penciled in version . of preexisting historical uses. Similarly there is no plan to connect and improve citizen access to the palts of the city separated by major traffic corridors. The City contlnlJ6s to purslJ6 multiunit PUD type developments. to be put up fast in marginal land use areas around the City. The proven . results in the long term from this type of development are; traffic congestion, potential tax increases for additional services such as sewer and water, fire, police, schools, and disruption of sensitive natural areas. .- W CO Rd F Reconstruction- The City plans to tum this road into an Indy 500 raceway for High School studenrs. The City took tfle road back from the County and immediately planned an . enlarged thoroughfare (hat does not meet tfle needs of rhe residents. T1le City would not even allow a two week delay for reconsideration of the plan over Objections of a majority of neighborhood ff1sidents affected by the projsct. The City is using 225,000 of funds from a special Citywide tax on . your water I,ifl for this proiect. Townhomes of Lake Valentlne- A project /hat passed through the planning commission 5-1 over . objections of 50-100 residents. It is proposed to be built upon a questionable piece of land adjoining Lake Valentine that has been rejected for development twice before. Vsry few conditional uses were attached even tflough the developer plans to send runoff from the project into Lake " . Valentine via a culvett that the City will have 10 maintain in the future. No soil tests were made and some of the engineering was presented on stationary of a concrete firm. . The Arsenal-Arden Hills City fathers/mothers are singularly focused on a project to build a City Hall and County Maintenance base on beautiful Sunfish Lake k>catsa at 96 and Hamllns in the Arsenal property. This Lake has been home to nesting Loons and the threatened and rare blandings turtle. Orher plans for the Arsenal include extensive R1 residential devopment. These projects will increase . traffic on 96. Hamline and Hwy 10 already two of the busiest corridors in the City. The City owns property across 96 to the east of the current City Hall but has refused to modify its plans to build mere after being tumed down in a City referendum vote. . Can ~ On Ben",,_? ~ Thil.Ik SQ And HctU lilnY:. .. .