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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4th Q 13 City of Oak Tree City USA Fourth Quarter 2013 Newsletter Inside this issue: Fall leaves impact summer water quality Managing and disposing of leaves properly will help to improve your lawn, pro- Party in the Park tect your street from flooding, and improve the health of nearby wetlands and Recap waterways. Although leaves and grass clippings are natural, they contain high levels of phosphorus. When rain and melting snow carry yard waste off the New Park Name street and into nearby lakes, rivers and streams, it causes algae to grow out of Contest Winner control. Just five bags of leaves and clippings can grow up to 500 pounds of smelly green algae! When you clean up and compost leaves, seeds, twigs, What's Included and clippings during the fall, you help to ensure that our rivers, lakes, and In Trash Pickup ponds will stay clear and clean next summer. Recreational Got a small yard? Rake and bag leaves from your yard and sidewalk. Fires Dispose of the leaves by composting them in your yard or bagging them for curbside pick-up. Service Line Warranty Program Got a big yard? Rake areas directly un- p der trees and then use your mower to m mulch the rest of the leaves into the grass. Arborist - News Mowing is less time intensive than raking and the shredded leaves act as a natural fertilizer for your lawn. Be sure to aim the Utility Bill Information blower away from the street and driveway,, ., or bag the mulch and compost it. Letter from Got a street? Rake and bag the leaves , . Bayport Fire Chief and debris settled against the curb and in the street in front of your home, as well as ;'► � '►,► any debris covering the nearest storm Parking Pads and ��' a ,, d '� Firewood Storage drain inlet. Left in the street, leaves can clog storm drains and cause your street to W :. flood. The leaves also contribute phospho-A. St. Croix River Crossing Updates rus to nearby wetlands and waterways ,'" QLr that storm drains connect to, which con-. , � Q tributes to algae blooms during the sum- Notes from mer. at Public Works Remember: Keep leaves and yard waste out of the regular garbage, and Fall Clean-up never dump them in wetlands or buffer areas — it's illegal! Announcement Page 2 Fourth Quarter • City held 19th Annual Party in the Park on September 8 The City's 19th Annual Party in the Park was a big success! This year, the event was held on a Sunday af- ternoon rather than on National Night Out. The City served ice cream sundaes and root beer floats. There were activities and prizes for the children, live music, a Sheriff's Department K-9 show, and promo- tional items from local businesses. The City would like to extend a special THANK YOU to the following local businesses and organizations for their sponsorship and donations: Andersen Corporation Boutwells Landing Cover Park Manor Cub Foods Dahl-Tech, Inc. w r� - Eckberg Lammers Law Firm y Fred's Tire and Service Joseph's Family Restaurant n� ' Liquor Time , v Party on Stillwater Phil's Tara Hideaway Shear Hair Sport Clips Stillwater Motors Valley Floral Walmart Store, Inc. . If you attended the event and have any comments or suggestions, please visit the City's webpage, www.cityofoakparkheights.com, and click on the Contact Us link to let us know. We would love to hear from you! r— New City Park has a New Name! The Oak Park Heights held a contest to select a name for its new park land located at the former Moelter fly-ash site north of Valley View Park and west of Cover Park. The park is in the planning stage, but already has a playground, trails, and prairie grasses, and a picnic shelter will be built later this year. The contest was open to children 17 years and under. The entries were considered by the Parks Commission and nar- 1 4 rowed down to three finalists. The City Council selected the new name at their August 27 City Council Meeting. The winning name, Oak Park Crossing, was submitted by resident Shelby Zeuli. Shelby was recognized at the City's Party in the Park on September 8 by Mayor Mary McComber. Congratulations Shelby! L_ Tree City USA Page 3 Winterizing park shelters Recycling incentive program The City of Oak Park Heights has a recy- Park shelters will be winterized in early cling incentive program. The City awards a October. This means water will be shut prize of $25.00 or a fire extinguisher and/ or smoke detector. Residents participating off and drained from the interior plumb- in curbside recycling are picked randomly ing and bathrooms will be closed. The twice a month. City does provide portable toilets on site at Autumn Hills Park, Brekke Park, Cov- Recycling benefits the environment in er Park, and Swager Park. The portable countless ways: it reduces the amount of toilets will be placed prior to the re- natural resources used to make new prod- strooms being closed for the season. ucts, it saves energy, it prevents water and air pollution including greenhouse gas emissions, and it reduces waste. This means that the simple act of recycling in your daily life provides significant protec- tion for our environment and reduces glob- al warming. Thank you for recycling! What's included in trash pickup? In addition to the typical garbage and recycling pickup, the City also co- vers the disposal of yard waste, large household items, and `white-goods' - such as televisions, refrigerators, couches, chairs, desks, water-heaters, _. stoves, dishwashers, dryers, etc. for single family residences and complexes with four units or less in Oak Park Heights. In order to have these items picked up in a timely fashion, please contact Judy Tetzlaff at City Hall, 651-439-4439, at least two days prior to collection day so that the special truck may be dis- patched to your home. If you receive a bill from Advanced Disposal for these additional services, please call the City Administrator at 651-439-4439 as most, if not all, of these items are covered under the City's contract, and you should not be billed. Some items are not included in your monthly fee are extra bags of garbage not placed in your container. The City's waste hauler, Advanced Disposal, will bill you $1.50 per bag. Some other items that are picked up for a fee are sinks, toilets, and construction debris. You will be billed by Advanced Disposal at a regulated rate as monitored by the City. REMINDER!! Waste pick-up is every THURSDAY and recyclable pick-up is every-other THURSDAY. However, if one of the six holidays—New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—falls on a weekday, collection may occur on FRIDAY of that week. Page 4 FourthQuarter 2013 Newsletter Recreational Fires Recreation fires are permitted in Oak Park Heights but there are a few things you should know. First of all, your fire pit must be thirty six inches or less in diameter and flames should be no higher than two feet. The fire should be monitored by a competent adult with a garden hose or fire extinguisher readily available in the event of an emergency. Make sure your fire is completely extinguished when you are done and never, ever leave a burning fire unattended! Only clean, dry wood should be used for a recreational fire. It is especially hazardous to burn material such as treated wood in your backyard fire pit because recreational fires burn at a low temperature which produces a large volume of smoke. The smoke carries toxic fumes which can be harmful to people gathered around the fire. Painted wood, plastic and rubber will also give off toxic fumes if burned. Materials such as leaves and other yard waste will cause excessive smoke which is prohibited by City ordinance. In addition, it is illegal in the State of Minnesota to burn household waste. Lastly, be a good neighbor—locate your fire where it wont send smoke into your neigh- bors yard or house and also be aware of wind conditions and burning bans. Smoke can cause problems for people who suffer from asthma and other respiratory conditions. NLC Service Line Warranty Program The City of Oak Park Heights has partnered with Service Line Warranties of America to offer the NLC Service Line Warranty Program to homeowners in Oak Park Heights. The NLC Service Line Warranty Program offers voluntary warranty protection at an affordable price for sewer lines in the event of a fail- ure. The NLC Service Line Warranty Program offers protection against normal wear and tear, which is not covered under most traditional homeowners policies. If lines break, leak, or clog—Service Line War- ranties of America will repair the line using local, licensed contractors who are familiar with local code and can ensure a timely response. This program provides up to $4,000 in coverage with an additional al- lowance for public street or sidewalk cutting. Additionally, the program has no annual or lifetime limits, services fees, or deductibles—just protection when you need it most. The program is offered at no cost to the City and no public funds are used to promote or administer the program. The program is entirely optional to homeowners in Oak Park Heights. Please watch your mail- box for a mailing from Service Line Warranties of America describing the program and its benefits. Welcome New Businesses • Thomas Grace Construction: 5605 Memorial Avenue North • Hassis Paintworks. : 5625 Memorial Avenue North Coming Soon • Noodles and Company: 13301 60th Street North Tree City USA Page 5 Fall browning on pines Tree Problems? Each fall, pines (white, red, Scots, jack) will lose the 2nd and 3rd year needles (just toward the inside of the tree from the current year's needle growth). The If you are an needles first turn yellowish, then brown, and fall off the trees. This is called "fall Oak Park browning" and is a regular phenomenon and not a disease or a reason for con- cern. Fall browning is often more pronounced during drought periods, so ex- pect more fall browning this year. resident, and have a problem Oak Wilt with a tree or shrub, such as Oak trees can be pruned up to April 1 in most years. Due to insect transmission an insect or a of the oak wilt fungus to fresh wounds on healthy oaks, oaks should not be disease, have wounded or pruned from April 1 to July 1. If they are wounded during the growing season (April 1- October 1), the wounds should be painted with latex P I a n t i n g house paint to prevent oak wilt infection. It is best to prune oaks between Oc- questions, or tober 15 and March 15. just want to have a plant identified, call Emerald Ash Borer D r. Kathy Emerald ash borer (EAB) has not yet been confirmed in Washington County. Widin, the OPH Check ash trunks for bark cracks and "S-shaped" larval galleries under the Arborist, at 439 bark. If larvae are present there may be a lot of woodpecker activity, particular- -4439 Ext. Iy in the top half of the tree. If you see any signs of EAB activity, please contact 11o6. She can the Arborist. Do not move ash wood with intact bark from one area to another. either answer The city is continuing to remove ash trees which are doing poorly, are interfer- ing with power lines, competing with other trees, have storm damage, or are your question blocking sight lines along the street. If you have an ash tree that you think over the phone should be removed, contact the Oak Park Heights Arborist. or make an appointment Watering trees and shrubs for a site visit. This service is Weather has been unusually dry since mid-summer, with little or no rain. Trees paid for by the or shrubs which have been planted within the past five years will definitely need City of Oak water. Established shrubs, small trees and evergreens will need water this fall park Heights. as well. Water plants well, once per week, at the ground line. If the property slopes at all where you are watering, use a root feeder, which attaches to your garden hose, pushed into the ground about 4 inches. Do not use fertilizer on trees and shrubs during drought periods. Water plants up to the time that the ground freezes. ` New Trees" — If you received a new boulevard tree in August of this year, or in 2012, please water those trees well once a week (at least 10 gal. of water per week) up until the ground freezes. Any week where we have 1/2 in. of rainfall, or more, you will not need to water. Leave mulch around new trees for at least sev- eral years to help retain soil moisture. Page 6 FourthQuarter 2013 Go GREEN: Pay & View Oak Park Heights Utility Bills Online Pay ONLINE WHY? Help save natural Go to www.CityOfOakParkHeights.com resources by vfeuving 1. Click"Pay Utility Bill" and paying online 2. You will go to our payment processor's website where you should register and make your payment • Easy,fast and secure ' • Pay immedfatefy, Or CALL schedufe a payment 3= onset up Auto-Pay 1-877-886-7968(have your bill handy to provide your account number) . Keep costs down; . " opt out of paper tiffs A View Bills Online • PnOrec0ts,view payment hrstory Go to www.CityOfOakParkHeights.com and more 1. Click"View Utility Bill" We accept... 2. You will go to our payment processor's website to register 3. You will get an email each time your bill is ready @Check VISA You don't have to a online to view our bills online. pay Y FSH 1W Third quarter 2013 utility bills City Meetings Utility bills for the third Quarter of 2013 (July 1 — Sep- (subject to change) tember 30) will be mailed to residents in October and will be due November 9, 2013. City Council: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at '7:00 Auto pay is available. With p.m. auto pay, there is no need to waste time writing and Planning Commission: mailing a check. Paying Typically the 2nd Thursday at your utility bill electroni- 7:00 P.M. � ` tally allows you to save time and money on stamps Parks Commission: and late fees. The amount 3rd Monday at 6:30 P.M. � you owe on your utility bill is automatically withdrawn Agendas and Minutes are posted from the ac-count you designate on the billing due date on the City's website: each month. You will continue to receive your bill so www.cityofoakparkheights.com that you know the date and amount to be withheld from your account. If you are interested in participating, please call or stop Trick-or-Treating in by City Hall to obtain an enrollment form. The form is Oak Park Heights takes place on also available on the City's website, under City Infor- Thursday, October 31. mation, Forms & Handouts. Call Judy Tetzlaff at City Hall, 651-439-4439, if you have questions. Tree City USA Page 7 IAyoortfrg88%artmolit 204 N.3rd Street •Bayport,MN. 55003 •Hall M511215-4401 •Fax 16511275-4402 YPOR NESOTAA Fire and life safety are the reason we have Fire Departments. Each year the calls for service increase as do the complexity of the calls. The old days of having a wood-sided home and shingles are a thing of the past. Now we have homes wrapped tight and all holes are sealed. The roof is ventilated by ridge vents, and they are much more airtight. The materials inside have become more of a hazard as most contents are plastic or composite. With this new era we as fire fighters need to have training on all types of fires we may encounter. The equipment has doubled in price, if not tripled, and we need to replace it every 7-10 years. New trucks (Fire Pumpers) cost upwards of $600,000 and last about 20 years, and ladder trucks are $1.5 million. The call volume in Oak Park Heights has gone from 100 in 1998 to over 650 in 2013. The new St Croix crossing project did put a delay in our calls for service for the residents on the north side of 36, but we worked with the developer and have a very good plan in place. Two medical bags with Oxygen and AEDs were purchased by Ames Construction for us to allow two of our members to respond from home and increase response time. This was a very good gesture from Ames to help us, and it is working. The Bayport Fire Department is committed to providing excellent service when asked. If your home does not have house numbers that can be seen from the road PLEASE have them replaced so we can find you. We are always looking for new members for our team. If you would like more information or want to tour the department please call me, and I will take care of your request. Mark Swenson Bayport Fire Department Emergency Call Volumes For Oak Park Heights 1998-2013 Fire Chief Bayport Fire Department 650 600 294 North 3rd St. 0 500 Bayport,MN 55003 450 Office: 651-275-4401 fax: 651-275-4402 Mobile: 651-300-2101 E-Mail: Mark.Swenson@BavportFire.org 300 z5a zoa 150 100 50 rim TTT 1988 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013' Year Proudiv Serving the Cornmunihes of •Bayport •Baytown Oak Park H011111l= •Ykst takelantl Join the Bayport Fire Department for their 125th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, September 21! There will be a fire truck show in Lakeside Park from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., children's games from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., and Fire Department demonstrations from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Food and beer will be served. Visit bayportfire.org for more details! Page 8 FourthQuarter 2013 House Numbers Required by City Ordinance Not only are house numbers required by the City's Zoning Ordinance, they are essential for peo- ple to find you and can be critical for emergency response groups, such as the police depart- ment, fire department and emergency medical responders to assist you as quickly as possible. To make it easy to locate your home, your house numbers should be: A minimum of 3 inches in height Made of a durable, weather resistant material such as metal, glass, plastic, etc. A color that stands out with the house or background upon which they are placed such as dark numbers against a light background Easily and clearly seen from the street when approached from any direction. You may want to consider having the numbers coated with a reflective material for better visibility at dark or locating them beneath a light source Attached to your home or a sign post that faces the street If your home does not have house numbers on it, make it a priority to put them on today. Parking pads and firewood storage City Ordinance state that cars, trucks, trailers, boats, snowmobiles, water-skis, four-wheelers, motor homes and oth- er similar items shall be parked in your garage or other accessory building, upon your driveway or an approved park- ing pad. What is an approved Parking Pad? An approved Parking Pad is a parking pad that is hard surfaced constructed of asphalt, concrete, cobblestone, pav- ing block or crushed rock that meets minimum Class 5 material specifications and has at least a 4 inch deep base. Designated parking pads shall extend directly from the driveway, away from the house and may be located within the front, side or rear yard setback. Parking pads must be set back at least 5 feet from rear yard property lines. There are Limitations to What You Can Place on a Parking Pad Your parking pad may be used for the placement of: • No more than a total of two (2) recreational vehicles (boats, snowmobiles, etc.) or pieces of equipment (trailers, etc.), not including racing cars. • Registered and operable passenger vehicles. • No more than one (1) truck and/or trailer not to exceed a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds, except when loading, unloading or rendering a service. • Construction and landscaping materials currently being used on the premises. Firewood Storage shall not be on a parking pad. Firewood shall be neatly stacked and stored in the side yard or rear yard or residential premises. Tree City USA Page 9 St. Croix River Crossing updates Section of 56th Street N. to permanently close in mid-September Beginning in mid-September, a section of 56th Sreet N. will permanently close. Large trucks and semis may find it difficult to turn in this area. Large vehicles should use an alternate route if traveling between Highway 36 and Highway 95 until the new ramps open this fall. Historic Scenic Overlook now open to the public The historic Lake St. Croix Scenic Overlook located off Lookout Trail near Peabody Avenue has reopened. Crews will return later this fall to complete the final details of the restoration. A temporary closure of Lookout Trail for utility work is anticipated in mid to late September and will limit access to the overlook. There will be a grand opening of the Scenic Overlook in October when it becomes fully accessible. Ongoing traffic impacts Traffic traveling on Highway 95 between 10th Avenue N. and the Highway 36 junction has shifted east onto the temporary pavement through fall 2013. Highway 95 will continue to have a single lane in each direction. This movement is necessary for crews to reconstruct and realign Highway 95. Construction of the new Beach Road bridge continues through the end of November. Crews will remove the old bridge and Highway 36 ramps this fall. There will be no full closures of Highway 36 for this re- moval. Overnight work on the bridge foundations continues. The noise disruptions associated with the nighttime work are similar to the noise associated with the ongoing daytime work. Crews will work 24 hours Sunday night through daytime Saturday, and the nighttime work is expected until early December. Project information The Minnesota approach project will be complete by fall 2014 and the new St. Croix Crossing bridge will be complete in fall 2016. When all work is finished, motorists will have smoother highway pavement sur- faces, improved flow at intersections, improved frontage road system and a new river crossing between Minnesota and Wisconsin. All of this will occur while maintaining or restoring the area's cultural, historic and environmental resources. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Winter skating Oak Park Heights maintains three rinks for park patron use. Brekke Park, located on 5500 Omar Ave N has a pleasure rink and a boarded hockey rink. Cover Park, located at 15366 581" Street N, which is on the same intersection of Beach Road and Peller Ave, has a boarded hockey rink. Both parks have warming houses for patron's convenience. Ice is made as soon as nature allows and usually takes up to two weeks to form a solid ice sheet thick enough to skate on. Warming house Hours: Monday— Friday 3:30 PM — 9:00 PM Weekends 9:00 AM — 9:00 PM Holidays 9:00 AM — 9:00 PM Page 1 Fourth Quarter 2013 Warning: Beware of Water Treatment Scams It is important you are made aware that false claims,deceptive sales pitches,or scare tactics have been used by some watertreatment companies. Every person has a right to decide what is best for thems elves and theirfamily, and you may choose to install additional water treatment to further Iowerthe levels of contam inants of emerging concern, chlorine, and other chemicals in your water. However,you should be extremely cautious about purchasing awater treatm ent system. If you are cons idering the purchase of a home watertreatment system,the Minnes ota Department of Health (MDH)recommends the following: • Make s ure the treatment system/device you are considering is certified to achieve the results being claimed. Reliable certifiers include:NSF International, Underwriters Laboratories(UL), and the Water Quality Association (W 4A). • Makes ure the treatment system/device actually addresses whatever issue you are concerned about—no one system will treat all water quality problems. • Workwith a reputable watertreatment company. • Verify that the installation is done by alicensed plumber or licensedwater conditioning contractor(as required bystate law). Such plumbers and contractors are licensed through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry(htte:ffwww.d10.mn.wavcddfPIumbinELaakuD.aso). • Compare watertreatm ent systems and prices. • If you live in a city, contact your local watersystemfar more information regarding your water quality. • If you are contacted by a company to test your water and they saytheyare workingwiththe city or astate agency, ask for their contact person at the city orstate. • Make s ure you understand howto properly Lis e and m aintain the system, otherwise it m ay not work properly and,in some cas es,can even make yourwater quality worse. Be wan{of cam panies claiming theirsystem is maintenance-free. Beware of ant's ales pitch that involves one or more ofthe following: • Reciting a list of recent groundwater contamination problems across the state,regardless ofwhetherthe contamination actually affects the resident or not. • Conducting a series of in-home"water quality tests"that the s alesperson claims indicate the pres ence of contamination,when in fact they m ay simply indicate the presence of naturally occurring minerals in the water. • M's representing state and federal drinking water standards,claiming the resident's water exceeds those standards,and implying the water is unsafe to drink. • Offering "ane-time onV' offer of a water treatment system at a"greatly reduced"price,when in fact the systems m ayr be sold at inflated prices. Anyone who believes they have been provided false or m's leading information orthat they have been subjected to unfair or high-pressure tactics in the cours a of a sales visit s hould contact the Minnes ota Attorney General's office Consumer Complaints division at 655-296-3353 or800-657-3787 or online at http:}/www.ag.st ate.m n.us}C o ns u m erf Co m p la int.as p. MDH has m are inform ation about drinking water and ham a watertreatment systems on their webs ite at: http:f{www.healt h.state.m n.usfdivs{ehfwelIs}index.htmI htto:Ilwww.healt hstatP.m n.Lis MOvslehlwaterlfacis heetlmmIDau.htmI M 1 4 M 1 S 4 T A Environmental Health Division Drinking Water Protection Section P.O. Box 64975 St.Paul,MN 55164-0975 bE�A�TME�IT�t rftlTl 651-201-4700 Tree City USA Page 11 Notes from Public Works Protect your house from frozen meters and pipes You can take easy and inexpensive steps to prevent the damage, expense and inconvenience associated with freezing pipes and meters. Temperatures are colder along the floor and cement block wall of the basement than near the ceiling. Circulating the warmer air can help prevent fro- zen meters. In some homes, meters are in separate unheated rooms or boxes; open the doors to rooms or open a meter box to allow warmer air to circulate. Simply keeping your home and basement warm enough will help prevent freezing. In addition: • Check along the foundation for areas where cold wind can enter the basement or a crawl space and plug them with insulation. • Close off crawl space vents and doors. • Replace broken or cracked basement windows or doors. • Install a storm window or cover basement windows with weather insulation kits • Make sure basement doors and windows close tightly. • Seal or caulk cracks in the walls. • Insulate pipes. • Don't forget to turn off the water supply and drain all outdoor faucets! Hydrants Trash receptacles Prevent sewer backups Note the location of the near- During a snow event on a Dumping grease down the est hydrant to your home. It trash pickup day, it is help- drain can cause sewer back- is extremely helpful and ap- ful to the street plowing crew ups. Grease solidifies in the preciated that residents help when residents keep trash sanitary sewer and creates city staff and the fire depart- receptacles from creeping too dams and blockages in the ment in maintaining hy- far into the street. Please be invert. Dumping grease in drants clear of snow. Keep- aware on trash day if a snow the sanitary sewer usually ing a hydrant clear and easi- event is occurring. The affects houses closest to the ly accessible could save pre- plows will likely be out. entry point, but can also have cious time in the case of an adverse effects further down- emergency. stream. Water main breaks Water main breaks usually occur during freezing and thawing cycles which causes the ground to shift. To report a potential main-break, please call City Hall at 651-439- 4439 during business hours and the Oak Park Heights Public Works Department emergency duty number at (651) 485-2304 after 4:30 PM or on weekends and holi- days. As a last resort contact the Oak Park Heights Police Department at (651) 439- 4723; an officer will contact Public Works. City of Oak Park Heights Presorted 14168 Oak Park Blvd N, Box 2007 Standard Oak Park Heights, MN 55082-2007 U.S.Postage PAID Twin Cities,MN Permit No. 90100 On City of Oak Park Heights - 14168 Oak Park Blvd. N. OAK PARK HEIGHTS FALL CLEAN-UP DAY PO Box 2007 Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 Saturday, October 5, 2013, 7:3o a.m. to 1:oo p.m. Phone:651-439-4439 Fax:65 1-439-0574 The City of Oak Park Heights will be hosting-a Police non-emergency:651-439-4723 Fall Clean-up on Saturday_, October r;, 2013 Police Emergency:911 from 7:`jo a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Office Hours: Monday through Friday The Clean-up event will be in the southwest corner of the former St. 8:00 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Croix Mall (Andersen Corporation) parking lot, 14167 59th Street excluding legal holidays North in Oak Park Heights. MAYOR Proof of residency such as a utility bill or driver's license will Mary McComber:351-7879 be required. Common items disposed of include appliances,brush, COUNCILMEMBERS construction materials, furniture, cardboard, scrap metal, Chuck Dougherty:491-0419 carpet, TVs, and computers. Mike Liljegren:351-2742 Mike Runk:439-5458 Mark Swenson:270-5385 Hazardous waste (such as paints, stains, oil, gas, pesticides, or other CITY ADMINISTRATOR chemicals from your home), tires, stumps, and firewood will not be Eric Johnson accepted. If you have any questions please call City Hall at 651-439- 4439 or Advanced Disposal at 651-459-3029• WINTER PARKING REMINDER Parking regulations begin November 1St through March 31St. No parking is al- The Oak Park Heights lowed on City streets during the hours of 1:00am and 6:00am. Please be aware newsletter that these parking restrictions are in place AND ENFORCED regardless of is published by the City whether or not there has been recent snowfall. Vehicles left parking on the of Oak Park Heights. streets may be removed without notice by the Oak Park Heights Police Depart- Comments are welcome. 651-439-4439 ment.