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<br /> Highway 10196 Project Postal Customer Official The Ocial City Newsletter for Arden Hills Residents July/August 2011
<br /> • Arden Plaza Redevelopment City grants municipal consent for 1-694 improvement project
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<br /> City Earns Finance Report Awards n June 1 the City Council granted Accomplishing these goals requires elimi- Noise mitigation
<br /> d 0 Municipal Consent(See What's nating the existing Hamline Avenue/I-694 uring construction an earthen berm
<br /> e Municipal Consent?on page 3)to on-and-off-ramps.This will likely shift will be created on the south side of
<br /> Mn/DOT for the 1-694/Highway 51/High- traffic to the ramps at Lexington Avenue. I-694 to help address the visual and sound
<br /> way 10 improvement project.The Council impact of traffic on I-694 for the Valentine
<br /> had denied Municipal Consent on October Lexington Avenue changes Hills neighborhood.Unfortunately,space
<br /> 24,2010,citing 14 concerns about the The Lexington Avenue bridge will and elevation conditions did not allow for
<br /> Notes from the City Council impact on surrounding roads,noise mitiga- be widened to create a 12-foot wide an effective earthen berm sound barrier for
<br /> eventeen years ago our family The biggest challenge for the City of the north shore of Lake Johanna. tion,trails and non-motorized access across ADA-compliant pedestrian/bicycle the Briarknoll neighborhood.
<br /> moved to Arden Hills from St.Pe- Arden Hills and its citizens is the pro- I-694,aesthetics,and cost containment. lane on one side of the bridge(which
<br /> ter,Minnesota. After seven months posed Vikings Stadium. On May 10, Trails and trail connections are also of side is yet to be determined)(Mn/ In 2014,the year after the construction
<br /> of house searches around the Twin Cities, 2011,Ramsey County and the Vikings vital importance to the citizens of Arden After the October 24 denial,two things DOT,2012). is completed,Mn/DOT plans to do a
<br /> we settled in the Valentine Hills area. announced that they had come to an agree- Hills.Unfortunately,Arden Hills is di- happened: negotiations continued,and The existing concrete median on the $200,000 landscaping project in the area.
<br /> Reasons include the Mounds View School ment to jointly pursue the development vided by many major roads and railroads. Mn/DOT filed a request for an Ap- Lexington Avenue bridge will be It will work with the City to determine
<br /> System(where our daughter Courtney of a new multi-purpose stadium on the They separate neighborhoods and separate peal Board hearing. Some of the City's removed and the bridge restriped to the types and placement of trees.The City
<br /> attended from kindergarten through high TCAAP site.The Legislature must weigh people from parks. Trail connections are concerns involved issues that fall under create full-length dedicated left turn Council has indicated that it would con-
<br /> school);open spaces,trails,and lakes;the in before this proposed stadium can pos- needed to tie the City together to improve Ramsey County's responsibility,and lanes on the bridge(Mn/DOT,2012). sider adding funding to the project if it felt
<br /> proximity to St.Paul and Minneapolis; sibly move forward.As of this writing,it safety and enhance the feeling of com- County officials joined the negotiations. Lexington Avenue from the 1-694 that more trees were needed.
<br /> good housing stock;and the neighbor- will apparently take a back seat to the state munity. By the Appeal Board hearing on April 19, bridge north through the County
<br /> hood. budget situation. 2011,only three issues remained unre- Road F intersection will be reworked Schedule
<br /> I look forward to hearing from you, solved.The Appeal Board had 30 days to create dedicated turn lanes,with The Mn/DOT project was scheduled
<br /> Last summer I decided to run for City I was assigned as Council Liaison to the to issue a ruling,but recommended that turn arrows,in all directions(Ramsey 1 to start in August 2011,but the State
<br /> Council.My wife Joani and I visited the Parks,Trails,and Recreation Commit- Mn/DOT,Ramsey County, and the City County,2013/2014,after I-694 proj- shutdown has affected the timeline of
<br /> neighborhoods of the City and door- tee this year. In early July,Joani and I try to resolve the open issues on their ect is completed). highway projects.At this time it is not
<br /> knocked most of the homes. It was such visited all of the city parks in Arden Hills. own by May 6.The City Council granted known when this project will start.
<br /> a pleasure to meet the citizens of the com- Arden Hills is lucky to have 14 city parks Ed Werner Municipal Consent on June 1,after it
<br /> munity,and I thank them for the words of that encompass slightly over 100 acres. 1758 Crystal Avenue was convinced open questions had been
<br /> encouragement and votes. By the way, In addition,we are blessed to have Tony ed.wemer@ci.arden-hills.mn.us answered,analyses had been verified,and Celebrating Arden Hills: September 17
<br /> Arden Hills is appropriately named with Schmidt Regional Park,a county park on 651.636.2547 negotiations had yielded the best solutions
<br /> all the hills around the community. possible,given the constraints of budgets Fling into the Parks— Fling into the Arts—
<br /> State-of--City meeting is Wednesday, September 14 and topography and the risk of not know- Tony Schmidt Park Bethel University
<br /> The first six months of my term have been ing what the Appeals Board would say.
<br /> 3 p.m.-dusk: Rock climbing wall, 5-8 p.m.: Student art,professional art,
<br /> exciting and challenging with the High- p
<br /> The Arden Hills City Council and the Economic Devel- — The project bungee trampoline,miniature golf, Mounds View High School Orchestra,
<br /> way 96/Trunk Highway 10 Interchange 1 opment Commission are hosting a State-of-the-City community Bethel Jazz Band,tours,snacks,desserts,
<br /> Project and the 1-694/Trunk Highway 51 event to reach out to the business community.Residents are ® /(n/DOT's project runs along I-694 pontoon rides, here Li i booths,
<br /> 1�/1 Shoreview Northern Lights Variety and beverages.
<br /> municipal consent and noise wall issues. welcome to attend,too. from Lexington Avenue(between g
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<br /> view and Arden Hills to 1-35W in Band,Shakopee Prior Lake Shock- ood!
<br /> The Fox Ridge Development of 39 new Wednesday,September 14 waves Water Ski Show,fireworks at Fun!
<br /> single family homes by the Pulte Group 7.30 to 9:30 am. New Brighton.The goals are to address: ! Entertainmen
<br /> drew much attention with the current North Heights Lutheran Church,1700 West Highway 96,Arden Hills
<br /> • Lack of highway capacity dusk
<br /> residents of the Keithson Drive neigh- Inconsistent lane alignments(includ-
<br /> borhood. Other issues include sediment Councilmember presentations will cover the Vikings stadium proposal,upcoming ing left-side ramps at Hamline Avenue Limited parking at both venues.Parking also available at Perry Park,3700 New
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<br /> contamination at Round Lake,potential re- road improvement projects,the B-2 District implementation plan,and more. an Brighton Road.
<br /> development in and around County Road Deteriorating pavement structure Shuttle from Perry Park to Tony Schmidt Park beginning at 2:45 p.m.
<br /> E,a new McDonald's,and Arden Village If you plan to attend,RSVP to Rebecca Brazys at cityhall@ci.arden-hills.mn.us or Substandard deceleration and accel- Shuttle between Bethel University and Tony Schmidt Park beginning at 4:45 p.m.
<br /> (a proposed 55-unit affordable apartment 651-792-7811. eration lanes
<br /> complex). Deficient bridges
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