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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 2013Water tower gets a makeover by Susan Cathey A Tower Tidbits s you traveled along Snelling The bowl of the tower, which serves resi- Avenue or I-694 during Septem-dents and businesses south of I-694, holds Some things you may not know ber, your attention one million gallons about the Arden Hills water tower: may have been caught by the of water. It also tent covering the Citys provides a reservoir " The tower is about 145 feet high. south water tower. Now you from which to draw " The bowl of water at the top is 74 feet in will notice the new paint job for the north tower. diameter and 40 feet deep when full. and City logo beautifying For this project, it " The logos are approximately 46 feet wide this structure.was drained and by 19 feet tall. painted inside as " Arden Hills gets its water from Roseville The contract was awarded to well as out. Minor who gets it from St. Paul. Classic Protective Coatings, structural improve- " The bottom of the tower provides room whose workers applied a ments were made, for storage. Public Works stores off- new color to the formerly and the bowl was season equipment there. light blue tower, erected disinfected before in 1987. The City Council being put back into agreed to use the shade of service. The total tan called Barbados, the cost for the work Learn about the Citys most recent same color used on the north was just under drinking water report on page 4 of this tower. The two City logos, $800,000 plus engi- newsletter. positioned to be visible from each direc-neering and inspection fees of $48,800. tion of the freeway, are painted in a green called Serpentine. Community members offer ideas and opinions during TCAAP open hou by Jessica Luther This is very important insight that the Attendees participated in discussions and Attendees participated in discussions and C consultants will take into account as they planning activities to inform consultants TCAAP Master Plan Open House planning activities to inform consultants draft the Master Plan, Hutmacher said. of the community preferences for the mix on Tuesday, September 17, to learn, ask of the community preferences for the mix questions, and share ideas about the and placement of land uses. Those who and placement of land uses. Those who Hutmacher concluded, We are on sched TCAAP development process before the weighed in revealed diverse opinions of weighed in revealed diverse opinions of - ule with the master planning process. The Master Plan was drafted. This open house what the land should be used for. what the land should be used for. Planning Commission and City Council marked the end of the discovery phase of the Public Involvement Plan and began Plan in December. Residents will be asked the work to draft the Master Plan.what the City has heard in previous plan what the City has heard in previous plan - to provide feedback on the draft Master ning efforts, said Hutmacher. Common ning efforts, said Hutmacher. Common Plan at an open house in January 2014. We were very pleased with the open themes included: house, Jill Hutmacher, City of Arden concentrate commercial uses on the concentrate commercial uses on the " Hills Community Development Direcwestern side and residential uses on western side and residential uses on - tor, said. The attendees seemed very the eastern side of the site, the eastern side of the site, engaged and were willing to provide parks, green space, and trails are parks, green space, and trails are " comments and participate in the land use important, exercise.retail should be located near the access retail should be located near the access " points to the site. News from Around the Town: Arden Hills Service Directory 1245 West Highway 96 from Eureka Recycling Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 Find resources and case studies at the Event Planning webpage at www.mngreengatherings.org. 8:00 a.m.--4:30 p.m. Some communities make discarded holiday trees into mulch for use 651-792-7800 Contact your trash hauler to see if they offer this service. In 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that the 911 12.6 million tons of plastic packaging. Almost 90 percent of thi away. But you can avoid big piles of wasted paper this holiday s 651-767-0640 ideas below not only conserve paper and other resources, they al 651-481-7024 Use presents to wrap presents: Use items that can be reused: A hat in a matching scarf Scarves, handkerchiefs or bandanas " " 651-767-9640 Jewelry in a wooden box Fabric scraps " " Cookies in a reusable tin or cookie jar Reusable decorative bags " " David Grant 651-538-0747 Barbecue grill utensils or picnic sup Hand-sewn or purchased cloth bags " " - plies in a tablecloth A cake pan, basket or a wooden box " Kitchen gifts in towels or all-purpose " cloths Reuse paper items: Old posters and maps " Reuse wrapping paper: Old sheet music " Reuse last years holiday paper Newspaper, like the Sunday comic " " Save all the wrapping paper you get " pages this year and use it next year Brown Kraft paper (paper bags) " Wallpaper scraps make excellent, Advertisements from magazines and " " durable, reusable wrapping paper catalogs Cathey preventable. Eureka Recycling is here to serve as your partner i have questions about reducing waste, please call the Hotline at Council meetings are held at City Hall on the second and last Monday of the he Citys Public Works Department plows snow after two or more i T month at 7 p.m. Meetings are televised of accumulation. Lesser amounts are only salted/sanded as neede live on Cable Channel 16. Meetings of will not go out until after the snow has stopped, unless the sno the Planning Commission are televised heavy. In that case, roads will be opened, then cleaned up after the month. Playbacks of City meetings The City does not have a bare street policy, as this requires to begin the morning after the meeting and continue every day until the next cleaning of the mailboxes is the responsibility of individual re - City meeting. Playbacks are 3 a.m., 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. Monday through Fri the walks and trails to the best of its ability. Some trails are - day, and 7 a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m. on due to them being too steep to plow. Saturday and Sunday. For web casts, visit www.ctv15.org. Snow plowing parking restrictions: No vehicle can be parked on t - cumulation of two or more inches of snow and continuing until af been completed. - letter of the City of Arden Hills, an equal-opportunity employer. Go to www.cityofardenhills.org/snowplowing. 2 Benchmarks: Everything you wanted to know a review of recent City Council action about Benchmarks September 30, 2013 by Dave McClung, City Council Authorized the purchase of two Toro Approved a payment in the amount "" Arden Hills Notes, n each edition of the I of $19,336 to the Lake Johanna Fire zero-turn mowers and the trade-in of you will see a series of bulleted items the two 2011 Toro mowers currently in Department, which is the Citys share Council. These items are called Bench truck) (5-0) - Adopted Resolution 2013-037 ap marks. Because they are so abbreviated, a " - pointing Brent Bartel to the Planning Approved Resolution 2013-038 few readers have questioned their purpose. " Commission for a term expiring certifying a list of delinquent utility December 31, 2015 (5-0)accounts to Ramsey County to be Benchmarks are intended to alert readers to added to property taxes payable in important actions taken by the City Coun - Approved Payment No. 1 to Classic " 2014 (5-0) cil. Some of the most important actions of Protective Coatings, Inc. for the South the City Council warrant a separate, more Water Tower Rehabilitation Project in Approved Planning Case 13-014 for " Arden Hills Note detailed story in the s; the amount of $151,050 (5-0) an amendment to the Final Planned but most of the Councils votes are more Unit Development for Phase 1 of routine. Approved Payment No. 1 to SAK " the Lexington Station redevelopment Construction, LLC for the 2013 Sani - proposal at 3833 Lexington Avenue, If a bulleted item sparks your interest, you tary Sewer Lining Improvement in the can go to the Arden Hills website at amount of $292,179 (5-0) submitted plans, as amended by the www.cityofardenhills.org, look for the City Council (approval of the master Approved Payment #4 to North Valley, " City Council page, and then click on the sign plan for phase 1 of the Inc., in the amount of $115,012 for the agenda for that dates meeting. Attached ) development) (5-0 2013 Pavement Management Program to each agenda item is a staff report that to each agenda item is a staff report that (5-0) provides the background for that agenda item. If the item is a Planning Commission Fundraising underway for Gateway Sign project case being brought to the City Council by Fran Holmes agenda may include site maps, drawings of help fund the Highway 96 and Lexington he newly formed Arden Hills Founda T - planned improvements, and the Planning Avenue gateway sign. The Citys Eco tion has begun a campaign to request - Commissions recommendations. If the nomic Development Commission, which the support of local businesses with the minutes of that City Council meeting have is an advisory committee comprised of Citys gateway sign initiative. The Citys been approved, you can look at the minutes City business people, has been requesting - for a more detailed version of the Councils gateway signs in Arden Hills for a number section of County Road D, Lake Johanna discussion. of years to help promote local businesses. Boulevard and New Brighton Road, in the Citys newly acquired triangle parcel. A bulleted summary of a planning case One of the purposes of the Arden Hills The City is currently considering place - may include abbreviations like PUD Foundation is to connect the generosity of ment of the next gateway sign on the for a Planned Unit Development case. By the business community with the needs of south side of County Road E2, just east of looking back at agendas and minutes, the the City. Cleveland Avenue. The City has budgeted planning process begins to make more approximately $25,000 per gateway sign, sense to a reader. Likewise when it comes The Arden Hills Foundation is asking lo which includes lighting and landscaping. - to street construction you will see terms cal businesses to give forward give forward to promote such as PMP for Pavement Management their presence in the City. In the near The Citys 2014 plan is for a gateway Program which is the program the City future, foundation board members will sign on the southwest corner of Highway uses to prioritize and then construct/main - contact local businesses by mail to request 96 and Lexington Avenue. Because this tain our City streets. donations. Any business or resident who is a major intersection, there is a need would like to donate to the Foundation for a larger gateway sign and extensive Arden Hills Notes may send a check (made payable to the landscaping to increase the visibility of publication, meaning it does not include Arden Hills Foundation) to Arden Hills the sign. The City estimates that the cost formal actions such as requests for bids, of formal actions such as requests for bids, offormal actions such as requests for bids, of- Foundation, 1245 W. Highway 96, Arden for this project will be approximately Hills, MN 55112. For more information, $50,000, which is double the budgeted acts requiring publication. The Shoreview please feel free to contact Foundation $25,000. This is an important gateway Arden Hills Bulletin Board Member Fran Holmes via email at to the City, and with the development of newspaper. So Benchmarks are not the of newspaper. So Benchmarks are not the ofnewspaper. So Benchmarks are not the of- franh116@aol.com. TCAAP, this area will become an even All donations will be more important entryway to Arden Hills. there to give readers a summary of recognized. The Arden Hills Foundation Board plans the action. to ask Arden Hills businesses to make tax deductible donations to the Foundation to 3 ECR-WSS PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Twin Cities, MN Permit #1962 Arden Hills, MN 55112-5734 . I Water tower gets a fresh look n Green ideas for the holidays s Postal Customer Snows coming i TCAAP open house meeting held d e Notes from the City Council T he Arden Hills community was The Citys website organizes business business development and invited to the State of the City on educate residents on the im- Thursday, September 12, at Fla-on business districts, licenses, sign require-portance of the Citys business hertys Arden Bowl. Attendees heard the ments, and business resources.community. latest news on the TCAAP project, County Road E improvements, along with other The Twin Cities North Chamber of Com-The EDC consists of nine mem- current development and transportation merce and the St. Paul Chamber of Com-bers who are appointed by the City Coun- projects. The event was hosted by the Ar-merce co-host a monthly Shoreview-Arden cil. The Commissioners may be residents den Hills City Council and the Economic Hills Business Council for local businesses or non-resident business representatives; Development Commission (EDC). Over however at least four must be Arden Hills the past several years, the City Council discuss public policy. The meeting is held residents. and EDC have focused on identifying and on the third Wednesday of the month at achieving economic development goals.7:30 a.m. at the Northeast Youth and Fam-There currently are vacant seats on the ily Services Center on Lexington Avenue.EDC. For information about applying, con- Goals include promoting the Citys identity tact City Hall or download an application and brands by prioritizing locations for The EDC and the Communications Com-from the City website. gateway signs to the City. In addition, the mittee have been collaborating to include Arden Hills logo was included on the Red business-focused articles in nearly every Fox Road water tower when the water City newsletter. The articles highlight Ed Werner, City Council tower was repainted this fall. The logo Keeping our drinking water safe will be seen by over 100,000 people every by Kristine Goodrich day. Over the past several years, the City The City purchases water from the Saint A and the EDC have increased their efforts to rden Hills regularly monitors the Paul Regional Water Services, which treats quality of the City's drinking water reach out and communicate with the busi- water obtained from the Mississippi River and issues an annual report. The 2012 ness community. report shows that the City's water is safe and the Chain of Lakes, and from wells in to drink. Like most water supplies, water the Prairie Du Chien-Jordan aquifer. The City Council, EDC commission- in Arden Hills contains trace amounts ers, and staff have been visiting new and of some contaminants, many of which While the testing ensures water is safe at expanding businesses in Arden Hills. Staff are added as part of the water treatment the source, the plumbing at water users' has also visited businesses in the B-2 and process. But no containment level exproperties sometimes can contaminate wa Round Lake/Gateway business districts to -- ceeded federal drinking water standards. ter with an unsafe level of lead. If a faucet collect updated contact information and Arden Hills water contains trace amounts hasn't been used in several hours, you can keep businesses informed of public im- reduce this risk by letting the faucet run provement projects. In addition, staff will copper, haloacetic acids, nitrate, trihalo be visiting businesses in the Red Fox/Grey - methanes and chlorine. The 2012 report is your glass. You also can have your water Fox district in early 2014. posted on the City website.tested for lead. For more information go to www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.