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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM e DATE: January 22, 1998 TO: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrator FROM: Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Superintendent 0S, SUBJECT: Monthly Department Head Report Publie Safety Commission The City of Arden Hills Public Safety Commission met on January 15, 1998. Councilmember Malone gave the Oath of Office to all the Commission Members and the new chairman of the Arden J.lills Public Safe tv Commission; Mr. John Tholen, who then took over and thanked outgoing Chairman Arnold Delger for his service to the Commission. The City Engineer, Mr. Greg Brown was present and gave the Commission his background from college through Desert Storm up to his current involvement with BRW. Commission Members then asked a few questions; mostly street related, which Mr. Brown answered. The Public Works Superintendent updated the Commission on the proposed Lake Josephine ordinances, City Attorney, Jerry Filla has drafted a Joint Powers Agreement and ordinances, as . requested by the Lake Josephine Improvement Association, pertaining to Lake Josephine, This material has now been sent to the Roseville City Attorney for his evaluation. Mr. Craig Wilson has taken the Safety Survey Sheets returned from Arden Hills residents and separated them into categories. Residents wishing to address the Public Safety Commission will be invited to do so starting with the Public Safety Commission's March meeting. The Public Safety Chairman, Ramsey County Deputy Sheriff John Tholen, asked the Commission to support the request of Ramsey County Sheriffs Department for the installation of stop signs on Dunlap Avenue at Tiller. Chairman Tholen noted several accidents have occurred at this location, one of which had injuries. The Commission unanimously supported that request. Public Works The Public Works Department now has over 130 new CII Water Meters installed. The crew had their first opportunity to read the new radio read meters automatically for the first quarter billing this month, and all is satisfactory. The City does not have the necessary software to download the readings to an automatic billing machine as of yet; however, the City has ordered new computers, which can accept this software, Currently, the readings from the hand held reader are manually transferred to the billing department, . Several more snowfalls have been plowed and this has went well, except for some plow break downs, nothing serious. Last year Public Works started hooking the snow out of cul-de-sac driveways where the driveways really take a hit. This resulted in several calls and letters thanking the Public Works Department for the extra effort, ---.---- - -----