CCP 09-27-2004 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 7 Mr. Moore stated the (rees had been removed from City property, He stated he did not have a list of the residents who had complained that the City had not removed its trees, but he could get the list to her. He indicated he had infonned many residents that the City trees had been removed. Councilmember Holden asked if the County was also removing trees on their land, Mr. Moore replied the County was removing their trees, but it was a slower process than what the City undertook, He stated he did not know how long it would take the County to remove their trees, Mayor Aplikowski stated she had spoken with a County Commissioner who indicated the County was removing trees, but not very fast. However, the County was concerned at this time with the trees on the golf courses, Mr. Moore stated the County's priorities were the golf courses, the parks and then the open space, He indicated, unfortunately, the City had County open space and therefore it would take them awhile to remove the trees. Couucilmember Rem suggested staff contact Friends of the Park to have disease-free trees available for purchase next spring, Mr. Moore stated staff was working with Friends of the Park on this issue. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS Ms. Wolfe-None, Councilmember Holden - Thanked Jackie for her hard work on the election, She stated September 19 was the newsletter deadline. She asked how the street sign installation was progressing, Mr. Moore replied installation was proceeding ahead of schedule, but they were suffering with a bad batch of sign posts, and they were waiting for the delivery of new sign posts, He estimated the posts should be delivered sometime this week. He hoped the signs would be completely installed by the end of the month, Councilmember Grant - Stated there was an I,35W Task Force meeting recently where a lot of preliminary plans were reviewed. He stated it was the intent of that Task Force to have a monthly meeting, He requested staff forward any concerns with Highway 10, 1-35W, Highway 96, etc, to Councilmember Larson and himself. Councilmember Rem - Asked staff for further information regarding the proposed Highway 10 reconstmetion project meeting scheduled for September 30, at the City of Mounds View be sent to her. Councilmember Larson - Stated the Fire Board would be meeting this Wednesday at 7:30 a,m, at the Shoreview City Hall. He stated North Heights had withdrawn their application, He believed the outcome was a good one and commended the Planning Commission and neighborhood for all of their work on this, He stated he was concerned about how the medians along Highway 96 would look compared to the City of Shoreview, Mr. Brown stated the Council had decided to plant prairie grass and trees in the medians. He indicated if Council