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I City .of Arden Hills Page 3 Spring ,1992 I Cblic Works at Work Water and Sewer Rates Take the "Flower rYou to Increase Power" Challenge II Streets will be swept throughout After a thorough study con. The Parks & Recreation Depart. April, finishing around May 1. i Until all streets have been swept, ducted by the citizen's Finance ment challenges you to beautify :1 please do not park on any street Committee and the City's staff, Arden Hills by planting flowers from 7 a.rn. to 3:30 p.m. the City Council has approved around your mailbox between rate increases for both water and May 15 and Memorial Day. il . . . sewer service: Although costs Neighborhoods with the most have risen steadily, the increase flowerS will be acknowledged as Sewer maintenance begins in is the first in nearly five years. part of the annual Yard ,I April and lasts throughout the Costs have been rising at annual Beautification Recognitio"; summer. You, may hear a rum. rates of six percent for water and Award. b1ing noise from your plumbing eight percent for sewer. I as the line in front of your home Arden Hills businesses will kick. is cleaned. If your sewer vents are clogged, the forced water Rather than enacting the in. off the Flower Power campaign could cause water to shoot from ' creases in one-step, the Council on May 16 by planting flowers II tHe toilets in your home. To avoid has chosen to phase.in the new along County Rd. E (downtown this, keep all toilet lids down rates, with the first c!1ange effec- Arden Hills): Gateway garden II while the lines near your home tive April I, 1992, and the second sites will also be planted on. May are being cleaned. on January I, 1993. The new 16 by the Parks & Recreation rates will be mailed to residents staff, area Boy and Girl Scouts . . . with the April billing. and "Green Thumb"vo1unteers. I ~th tornado season approach- : 109, remember that property "Green Thumb Volunteers" Needed owners are responsible for ;1 downed trees and brush removal. The City will clear roadways, but As part of the Flower Power Campaign, the Parks & Recreation I is not responsible for hauling Department is seeking volunteers from the residential and business II and/or chipping brush that lands community to care for the City's Gateway flower beds this spring off the streets. 'and summer. Families, individuals, clubs and company groups are II invited to take part in making Arden Hills more beautiful. Pet Owners... Please, The City will prepare the beds, provide 'the flowers, and water the !I , plants. Volunteers are asked to plant the flowers on May 16 and The Arden Hills Trail System is cultivate and weed the beds throughout the, summer. Signs will be' I enjoyed by people and pets alike. placed beside the beds to acknowledge the volunteers. In addition, I However, we are receiving an participants in the May 16 planting will be treated to a breakfast at I ever-increasing number of com- McGuire's Restaurant.To become a "Green Thumb Volunteer," call plaints about animal waste on John Buckley, Parks Director, at 633-5676. the trails. , Look for Gateway flower beds at the following locations: I If you bring your pets with you Arden Hills City Hali Co. Rd. F & Hamline I on the trails, please take the, Co. Rd. D & Cleveland' Co. Rd. E-2 & Old Hwy. 10 responsibility of cleaning up after Lexington Avenue & Hwy 96 Co. Rd. D and Lk. Johanna Blvd. 41Jm. Doing so is not only cour- , "- I ,!s, it is required by our Lexington Avenue & Co. Rd. E C<>. Rd. D and Cleveland ordmances. ' , (north and south corners) I