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• CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
Operations and Finance Committee Agenda
Thursday,January 20, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
City Hall, 4364 West Round Lake Road
1. Call to order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes, December 16, 1999 Meeting
4. Old Business
a. Sewer and Water rate evaluation
b. City Assessment Policy
c. Other Priorities as time allows
5. New Business
• 6. Staff Update
a. Terry Post, City Finance Director
b. Dwayne Stafford, Public Works Director
7. City Council Update
a. Council Liaison, Bev Aplikowski
8. Other Business
9. Future Meeting Date/Time
10. Adjournment
Please contact Sheila at(651) 633-5676 if you are unable to attend this meeting.
Enclosures: Committee Meeting Draft Minutes, December 16, 1999
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• CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
Operations and Finance Committee Minutes
Thursdays, December 16, 1999, 7:00pm
City Hall, 4364 West Round lake Road
1. Call top Order @ 7:00pm
2. Roll Call
Members Present: Aaron Frederickson, Mark Kelliher, Ray McGraw and Clayton
Zimmerman
Also Present: Terry Post, Dwayne Stafford and Beverly Aplikowski
Absent: Chuck Mertensotto, Terry Nygaard and Charles Stoddard
3. The Minutes were approved
4. Old Business
a. Sewer and Water Rates
1) Terry Post explained the background on water and sewer rates to the
committee members. He explained that the last time this issue was discussed
in committee was 1992.
• a) The cities current contract with Roseville as a water vendor will be
up for renewal on December 31, 2002
h) Over the years, Roseville has been pricing their water for Arden I(ills
at their current rate of purchase
c) TCAAP currently generate water for their own purposes and sells
some to Fridley and New Brighton. However, there are some
questions about the quality of the TCAAP water because those cities
do have to provide additional treatment for human consumption
d) New Brighton, Mound View and Shoreview only have enough water
for their won resident and would not he able to provide water to
Arden Hills
e) Rate Increase generally equal to cost increase. However,
maintenance on the infrastructure is always reflected in the increases
as well.
2) Potential Vendors in the future were identified
a) Saint Paul—(however, the water would have to be piped from St.
Paul to Arden Hills, bypassing Roseville)
b) TCAAP
c) 'TCAAP plus a new after treatment facility
d) Joint powers with Arden Ilills and another city like Roseville
3) Senior Discount
a) Terry Post
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b) There was a considerable discussion on the issue of the senior
discount and the three pricing mechanism.
c) Chairman Kelliher suggested that due to the abscesses, it would be
better to wait until everyone is present so the committee can break
into a subcommittee and further explore the issue before any
recommendations be made.
5. No New Business at this time
6. Staff Updates
a. Dwayne Stafford—Public Works/Safety
1) Speed Limit literature piece from a conference
2) Clearing sewer easements
3) Parking issues
a) Sgt. Lady felt it would be tough to enforce the city's parking
ordinance—will be issuing warnings and a copy of Arden Hill's
parking ordinance
b) Council approved sign posting near Valentine School. School
principal said that the main culprits are the parent volunteers. Also
said he will warn them.
c) Garbage collection—Ray visited Maplewood on 12-16-99--see
information in December package—will be discussed next week,
b. Terry Post—City Administrator
I) Truth in Taxation meeting- two residents attended the meeting. There will
be a 2.96% levy increase (mainly for inflationary reasons
2) Land conveyance process—there are still several "environmental hoops" the
city needs to jump through--hopefully there will be a groundbreaking in the
spring
c. Beverley Aplikowski—Council Update
1) David Grant was appointed to the city council. He will be sworn in January
2000, David is an systems analyst for Northwest Airlines
2) Ingerson Road project
3) 1-35W coalition grant--S700,000 to study improvements to the corridor
4) Capital program print-outs--breakdown
Respectfully Submitted,
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City of Arden Hills
Operations and Finance Committee
Minutes - January 20, 2000
City Hall, 4364 West Round Lake Road
1. Called to order at 7:05 p.m.
2. Roll Call—Present: Mark Kelliher, Ray McGraw, Clayton Zimmerman, Chuck
Mertensotto, Terry Nygaard, Chuck Stoddard. Absent: Aaron Fredrickson.
City Officials: Lois Rem, Dwayne Stafford, Terry Post (until 7:35 p.m.).
3. The minutes of December 19, 1999 were approved as written.
4. Old Business:
A. Sewer and water source discussion. Ray McGraw moved that we shelve the
discussion until Council directs us to look into the matter. Our contract for water
with Roseville/St. Paul runs until 2002. Seconded (Nygaard) and approved
unanimously.
• B. Mark Kelliher led a discussion of water rates. Committee members are to contact
various surrounding municipalities with the following questions:
a. The source of the water.
b. Rates—greater or lesser than cost.
c. Any future water/sewer issues on the horizon.
d. Same rates for residential and commercial.
e. Sewer bill linked to water bill.
f. Discounts for any special interest groups.
g. Conservation measures.
5. City Assessment Policy. Ray McGraw reported on his conversation with Shoreview
officials regarding their assessment policy.
6. Trash Haulers. Ray McGraw distributed a package of reports on the matter of trash
pickup and noted the number of trucks involved in this business on Arden Hills streets
throughout the week.
7. Staff Updates:
A. Dwayne Stafford—season to catch up on maintenance and training.
B. Lois Rem—Ingerson road project.
• CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
MEMORANDUM
DATE: December 9, 1999
TO: Operations and Finance Committee Members
FROM: Mark Kelliher,Committee Chair
Dwayne Stafford,Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Operations and Finance Committee,December Agenda
The City has no sign or special requests for review for the December meeting.
Committee members will be able to get back to work on the issues prioritized at previous
meetings. The Committee Chair asks that members review and bring along previously provided
information on the sewer and water rates and the City's Assessment Policy.
Committee members may be asked to consider breaking into sub-committees to review some of
the prioritized issues, and provide information to the committee as a whole for recommendations
on possible changes.
• City Finance Director, Terry Post,will be available to provide his expertise on the sewer and
water rates, as well as the Assessment Policy.
Enclosed is a copy of the City of Maplewood's newsletter regarding garbage collection. It may
be worthwhile to talk to Maplewood to see where they are at with their garbage collection
organization, as they seem to have the same issues as Arden Hills.
Also enclosed is a response from Ramsey County regarding a request by the City for uniform
speed limits on Old Highway 10/Old Snelling Avenue in Arden Hills.
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