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Mayor's Report September 19,1995 Area Elected Officers meeting for School District 622, This was held on September 13 at the Woodbury City Hall. Major points covered: North St. Paul: The dedication of the new North High School went well (lasted over an hour), They are supporting the new Tax Levy referendum. Also searching for an Asst City Manager. Maplewood: "Growing by leaps and bounds" -New Cub Food/ Home Depot complex going to plan, Dayton's and Mervyn's under construction at Maplewood Mall, completion in 12 months. New road around Lake Gervais now complete. There is a new $1.3 million road improvement project around. Maplw'd Mall. Have an open space program with six sites, the nicest being at the junction of Larpenteur and Century. New Asst Manager on board November, have advertised for new Fire Chief to be recruited Dec/ Jan. Oakdale: Spartan. Promotions is being built at Oakdale Crossing, The golf course rough grading is complete and seeding will be started shortly An agreement has been signed for a Holiday filling station to be located on the North side of Hadley Avenue and 5th Street. Another will cover the NW Raquet C1ub.They are working with Washington County to extend the TIFF district, and are creating a Nature Center on Hadley using the Bouthelet property. They had approved a budget which gave a 0% increase in. taxes on the average home. Lake Elmo: I covered the upcoming visit of the Minnesota design team, as well as the expected agreement with Washington County on remuneration for the takeover of the landfill site. Landfall: The mobile home park reorganization under I -IRA funding, to convert the 50' wide i lots into double size lots was proceeding but not as fast as had been hoped. Eight or nine homes had already been relocated, with a further 16-18 still to be moved. They had selected Wildwood Sanitation as a single hauler for garbage disposal and anticipated an increased recycling rate from such a dedicated experienced hauler. They expected Saturn to move in next year, but knew nothing of the Harley D project, Woodbury: The target issue was the Livable Communities Act. They were studying this voluntary program and how it could be communicated and demystified. They find that 55% of their housing stock meets the affordable housing goal for homes at $115,000. They would like to see plans developed on a regional basis rather than City by city. On development, they were proceeding with the $6.3 million sports complex located half a mile South of I94 on Radio Drive. They will open the new ice arena (with seating for 1500) in November. The Cooperative School is under construction for opening in the fall of '96; A Y is being built on Radio drive across from State Farm which is progressing. State Farm is buying up surrounding properties so as to have a buffer and land for future expansion. The 494 Interchange will be completed by Thanksgiving '95, and a private health club has opened at The Seasons. Their tax levy will decrease 3.5% from 22.4% to 21.4% of the total tax levy. Housing starts will decline to approximately 600/ 630 per year from a high of 1100. They do not intend to extend the urban service area for 5 - 7 years as they have adequate land available. They are planning a vision and developing financial scenarios of Woodbury in the future. They may extend the Commercial/ Industrial zone eastwards along I94 to their border. School District 622: Their No 1 priority is the passage of the new Tax Levy Referendum on November 7, following the expiry of two levies in'95. They are proceeding with implementation of the $62.8 million School Bond Issue. Carver School will open in the fall of "95, Oakdale in the fall of '96, and North High will open in the fall of '97. They were also