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Octoher 6, 1959
N¢s. Wn. Frits
8072 Long Lake Rnad
Ydew Brighton 12, Ydinnesota
Dear h'a�s. Frits:
Rncea R. R�� SuPaNwndnu
He enclose check, payable to Vil]sge of Mounds
View in Pull payment Por Hockey Rink materials which
you have beea good eaough to turn over to us.
We a�e extremelg �atYeYul to you for th3s
fine gesture. The boas°ds sre to be iastelled at
Sdgewood Junior High School to be used by the school
and co�unity recreation under school direotion.
Thank you very� very much.
RRR;1Y
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cc: Mr. Ja�s Gibaoa, bisyor
7670 Groveland Rosd
Minneapolis 21, hiinnesota
Sincerely,
%��YF/li�''p'w�
�Zalph R. Reeder
Superintendent
ihe Village of Mou�ds View is located in the N.W.
corner af Ramsey County. It is about I6'miles fTOm
domtown St. Paul and 12 miles from downtown Minneapol3s.
It covers about 2600 acres and had a 1960 population of
6,417. The present estimated population is 6,700. ?he
saturation population will be about 17,000 and may be
reaehed about 1980,
ihe Municipal deep well system, recently completed,
is designed to serve the ultimate developement of the
Village. Four hundred acres are presently zoned and
reserved for industrial and cammercial rises.
Of the 15 school buildings in District #621, Pinewood
Elementary, Red Oak Elementary and Edgewood Junior
High are within the Village, Messiah Lutheran, Spring
Lake Park Lutheran, Cross of Glory Lutheran and Sunriae
Methodist Church a:e lo�ated in Mounds View. The Aamsey
County Library ha. a branch in Mounds View.
Mounds View is part of the North Suburban Sewer
Distriet which plans to start construction of a sewer
system this year� Mounds View is also a�ember of the
North Suburban Ho-pital District which plana to e�nstruet
a 200 bed hospital in the near futuxe.
Natural ga:; ±s �erved to the Village by Northern
States Power of St, Paul ar.d electr3city is served by
Northern States ro�zr of Minneapolis.
Interatute Free���qy # 35 West is under construetion
along the Easte^r. border of the Village and U.S. #1�
crossea the Villa�a {SOT Ea�t to West.
The Anoka County Airport is located on the Nosth
border of the Village and is presently being expanded
to be the second major airport in the Minneapolia- St. Paul
area. The Twin City Arsenal, owned by the Defense
Department and leasad by private indsastries is lccated on
±he Fast border of the Village. Minneapolis Honeywell and
other companies do ciasaified work io� tho d9fena�
department and th� space agency at this facility.
Lakeside Park, jointly owned and operated by Mounds
View and Spring ?.zke Park, has an improved awimming beach�
picnic area, lighted ball diamond and other recreation
facilities, Numer.ous playgrounds are located thraugh ouL
the Village, The�e have swings, ball diamonds, skating
rinks with warming houses.
Most of the :onmeroial deveJ.opements at the present
are the neighbo�h.x,d �vr�: o£ r.etailer. We are aeeking
industry and commercial buGtness to locate� in Moundi Visw.
The Village liccn��:: t6e sale of liquor by private operatos�
rather than by a muni^.��oal �tore.
Additional informati.en m�y be obtained by reforrinq to
one or more os ..h_ nac�es on the attached list.
The following tivie groups or pessons ere
aetive in Village affairt and may be eontaeted for
additional' information:
Planning Commiseion
Milt Stole. Chairman
2132 Terraee Dr1ve
St. Paul 12, Minnasota
Induetrial DevelopemBnt Committee
Jaek �ell. Chairman
5379 Clifton Drive
St. Paul 12. Minneaota
Busineas Mens Asooeiation
Jameb Schlishtmann
2475 Clearview Drive
St. Paul 12, Min�eaota
Youth Astiv�t�ea Committee
Fran Muelles. Chaixwomen
2146 Terrate Drive
St. Paul 12, Minnesota