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The Official City Newsletter for Arden Hills Residents October 2001
City budget for 2002 in planning stages
Some unresolved issues may affect the final levy
Dealing with the unknowns
The Arden Hills budget for levied is less than the overall levy limit The Council has approved the budgeted
the 2002 year is in the by$83,399. The table at the bottom of amount for police and fire protection,
planning process. Once the which the City contracts out to the
budget amount has been deter- Ramsey County Police Department
mined,the city sets its property tax and the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire
levy for the year. The proposed Truth in Taxation Hearing: Departments.However,certain line
levy has been set at$2,201,002.00, Proposed 2002 Property Taxes items of the budget at the time of
which is an 8.7 percent increase publication had not been definitively
from last year's levy. December 10, 2001 resolved and may affect the final levy
amount.The areas of expenditures that
6:30 p.m.
Factors impacting the budget need to be reviewed further are:
Arden Hills City Hall
Because of recent Minnesota State Y • Increased costs for operation of
Legislative changes,Homestead the new City Hall,
and Agricultural Credit Aid -- • Identification of streets that will
(HACA)funds that Arden Hills had �� be included in the 2002 pavement
traditionally received from the state are this page indicates the amount of the management program,and
no longer available. Of the 8.7 percent proposed levy and compares Arden Hills • Final decisions and resolution of
increase, 5.2 percent accounts for the with the most recent information we have the costs involved with the City
recapture of the HACA amount,and about proposed levies for other northern Hall staff reorganization.
3.5%accounts for normal increased costs suburban cities which also have to make
of operations and inflation. The amount up for HACA funds.
Proposed Tax Levies-a Comparison
---Change---
Community 2001 Levy 2002 Preliminary $ %
Arden Hills $2,025,092 $2,201,002 $ 175,910 8.7
Mounds View $2,166,916 $2,614,215 $ 447,299 20.6
New Brighton $3,481,550 $5,229,375 $1,747,825 50.2
Roseville $6,897,499 $8,922,884 $2,029,385 29.4
Shoreview $4,617,438 $6,078,980 $1,461,542 31.7
Vadnais Heights $1,900,000 $2,453,000 $ 553,000 29.1
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Arden Hills names new city planner
Fire(non-emergency) Parrish sees opportunities for commercial and residential planning
651-633-2404
ollowing his selection from a field of our city
Parks and Recreation 30 applicants, Aaron Parrish began planner.
651-634-5120
Fas our City Planner on August 27, j
replacing Jennifer Chaput, who resigned to Aaron lives
Police(non-emergency)
accept a position with the Minnesota in Coon
Department of Transportation. Aaron Rapids with
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comes to our staff from our neighboring wife Lisa
Police and Fire Emergency City of Mounds View,where he has served and an
911 for the past year as Economic Development infant son.
Coordinator. Lisa is a
Arden Hills City Hall teacher in
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4364 West Round Lake Rd Although his degrees that include majors the Anoka- Aaron Parrish
Arden Hills,MN 55112 in Urban Studies are relatively recent— Hennepin
baccalaureate from Hamline University in Schools,but
Office Hours 1998 and master's from Minnesota State luckily has a mother in nearby Blaine
8 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.M-F. University at Mankato in 2000—he has who is willing to provide a
accumulated significant experience as a grandparent's loving day care for seven-
Dennis Probst Mayor: municipal employee along the way.While month-old Grant.
Councilmembers: at Hamlin,he was also an employee of the
Beverly Aplikowski, Parks Department of Anoka County. While Arden Hills Notes welcomes Aaron
David Grant,Gregg Larson a graduate student in Mankato, he also Parish to our City Hall staff.
Lois Rem interned with the staff of the City of
Mankato and did special projects for the Summer road improvement
City Administrator:Joe Lynch City of Oakdale.
projects complete
Council meetings are held at Why a move from Mounds View to Arden In Minnesota, summer means road
City Hall,4364 West Round Lake Hills?His answer, in part at least, dealt repair. Work completed on Arden Hills
Road,the second and last Monday with the dual planning challenge of Arden streets by Ramsey County this season
of the month at 7:30 p.m.The includes:
public is welcome. Please call the Hills as both a fully-developed residential
City Administrator(651-634-5120) and business community(one of only two 'Recycling and resurfacing of County
if you have topics for the agenda. in the I-35W corridor in which the number Road E-2 from I-35 W to Old Snelling,
The meetings are televised,tape of jobs substantially exceeds the number of •Resurfacing of New Brighton Road
delayed,on Cable Channel 16 on residents) and one with the future potential From County Road D to County
the following Wednesday at Road E-2
lla.m. and 7 p.m. challenge of the Twin Cities Army Ammu-
nition Plant(TCAAP) property still to •Resurfacing of Hamline Avnue from
Communications Committee: come. His current agenda of planning cases County Road F to Highway 96,
Chairperson Sue Schroeder includes primarily residential or other •Seal coating of County Road E from
(651-636-8954), Elwood Caldwell, additions or remodeling, although a New Brighton Road to Lake Johanna
Fran Holmes,Mary Nosek. possible apartment primarily for Bethel Boulevard,
Council Liaison: Lois Rem. students is also in preliminary discussion. *Resurfacing of Old Highway 10 from
Staff: Joe Lynch, Sheila Stowell.
Desktop Publisher: Mary Nosek County Road E to Lake Valentine
According to City Administrator Joe Road.
Arden Hills Notes is the official Lynch, he and the council felt that Aaron's
newsletter of the City of Arden municipal staff experience in planning,
Hills,an equal oppornmiy coupled with relevant professional studies Find more information about our city
employer. and his knowledge of the area,were among on the web at:
the factors that led to his appointment as http://Www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us
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Benchmarks of recent actions
September 10 • Approved Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire September 12
• Held a public hearing on Resolution Department 2002 capital improvement • Discussed rationale, standards and defini-
#01-14 reciting a proposal for an elderly plan(CIP)budget. tions,and scope of Pavement
housing development,giving prelimi- Management Plan.A revised map and
nary approval to the project and the • Approved Ramsey County Sheriff's document will be approved at an upcoming
issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to Department 2002 operating budget. Council meeting.
Minnesota law,and ratifying the
preparation of a housing finance • Approved Resolution#01-16 clarifying As you rake those leaves...
program.(Presbyterian Homes proposed sums of money to be levied for
Bloomington Care Center,Inc.Project) levy year 2001,payable in 2002. The city compost site(at Hudson Road off of
The bonds will fund acquisition of New Brighton Road)is open for disposal of
property in Bloomington and refinanc- • Approved Rochon Corporation Change leaves, grass clippings, and soft-bodied plant
ing of capital improvements to facilities Order#5 for City Hall Construction. materials. When you bring items to the site,
in Arden Hills. please remove materials from their containers
• Approved Rochon Corporation Pay or bags and take the containers with you.
• Adopted Truth in Taxation public Request#11 for City Hall Construction
hearing dates for proposed taxes Project. The site is open from 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. on
payable in 2002. (Resolution#01-15) Monday,Wednesday,and Friday; from 9 a.m.
• Approved Pay Request#3 by Dave to 5 p.m. on Saturday; and from 11 a.m. to 5
• Approved Joint Powers Agreement with Perkins Construction for Old p.m. on Sundays.
Ramsey County for election system Highway 10 water main extension.
replacement.
City approves draft of Storm Water Management Plan
long with the city's recent update ment of problem areas,pond design This document should be a guide for many
of its comprehensive plan,it is standards,land use controls,capital aspects of future water-related issues in Arden
equired by Minnesota statutes improvements and their financing,annual Hills,ranging from regional drainage to street
and rules to prepare a surface water operating costs,and information and reconstruction and decisions about the
management plan that is consistent with education. appropriate uses in and near our lakes and
the larger watershed plan(in our case,the wetlands.
Rice Creek Watershed District). Among items in the appendices are copies
of agreements with the Rice Creek A copy of the draft report is available at City
Watershed District and neighboring Hall and at the Arden Hills Public Library.
In the process of describing the city's communities and the final report of the
plans for storm water runoff and drainage, Arden Hills Water Quality Task Force.
it covers all of the City's surface water
bodies,runnoff,and drainage and plans Move to new city hall planned for October
for their maintenance and improvement. Although the completion date of the new occupancy,but the issue of waterproofing at
City Hall is uncertain, the lower level was still in the
The Council recently approved an the staff knows it will process of being resolved at
"agency review draft"of its Storm Water move into the building the time this newsletter was
Management Plan that was prepared by before the end of printed.
the consulting firm of Short,Elliot,
October.
Henderson(SEH). It includes sections on Staff will move into the
the physical environment;water quality The current leased facility with landscaping
analyses;city goals,policies and objec- space must be vacated incomplete.However,all
rives; and implementation plans for the by that date.The new interior levels will be finished
various projects described. Maps show City Hall interior is and furnished.
areas needing additional storm water nearly ready for
mangaement and timetables for assess-
Neighborhood Crime Watch
Help us help you
-A message from the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department Crime Prevention Unit
he goal of the Crime Prevention Neighborhood Watch Requirements gathering like a picnic or a barbecue.
Unit is to improve the quality of Neighborhood Watches are required to
life for all the citizens in the have two meetings per year. Steps for getting started
communities that it serves.This is The purpose of these meetings First,contact the Ramsey
accomplished through crime prevention is for neighbors to get to know County Sheriffs Department
programs designed to educate and one another so they are more Crime Prevention Unit at
empower residents to lessen the likelihood apt to look out for each other's 651-490-4503 to request
that they will be the victims of crime. interests.After these require- information on the program.
ments are met,Crime Watch Talk with neighbors to see if
Start a Neighborhood Watch signs are posted in the neigh- they want to participate in the
A Neighborhood Watch Group is an borhood by the City's Public program.If you feel there is
association of neighbors who agree to look Works Department.One of the enough interest,contact the
out for the safety and security of every two meeting is a business County Sheriffs Crime
member of their neighborhood.This is meetings that is attended by a Prevention Unit or your local
done by neighbors getting to know each member of the Sheriff's law enforcement agency to
other and through continued communica- Department.The other is a social set up a meeting date.
tion with each other.
The Neighborhood Watch program works Protect your home with a Home Premise Survey
to educate its participants in the principles
of deterrence,detection,and the reporting
of crimes and suspicious activity.This remise surveys are conducted by the Crime Prevention Deputy or a
program has proved to s one activity.
most Community Affairs Officer free of charge to residents. Premise surveys
effective and least costly answers to are designed to reduce the opportunity for crime to occur at your home or
preventing crime in a neighborhood. business by assessing your current level of security.
Once the watch is established,Neighbor- After inspecting your home, recommendations will be made.These
hood Watch signs are posted on the recommendations may range from upgrading locks on doors and windows
streets.These signs say it all: to improving exterior lighting and trimming bushes and shrubs. For more
CRIMMINALS BEWARE—THIS information contact the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department Crime
NEIGHBORHOOD CARES— Prevention Unit at 651-490-4503 or your local enforcement agency.
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