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WHITE BEAR LAKE — The downtown parking lot project is moving ahead, with one change — the trees likely will stay. An engineering firm is currently preparing the plans and specifications for the project, and a draft layout will likely be presented to the council for review on April 22, followed by final approval on May 27. “They are looking at multiple options,” said Public Works Director/City Engineer Paul Kauppi. “They are looking to see if there are different configurations that provide any additional stalls or amenities.” Four parking lots are proposed to be included in the project, scheduled for late summer and fall, including Lot 1 (Third Street and Banning Avenue), Lot 2 (Fifth Street and Banning Avenue), Lot 3 (Fifth Street and Cook Avenue) and Lot 4 (Fifth Street and Cook Avenue). Based on a preliminary review, the revised layout for Lot 2 SHANNON GRANHOLM | PRESS PUBLICATIONS would gain approximately Residents of White Bear Lake 15 stalls but would require and visitors of downtown say the removal of four mature they prefer to preserve four maoak trees. (See “Council schedules public hearing for ture oak trees downtown over the addition of parking spaces. downtown trees” April 2.” At the request of Council Member Andrea West, the council held a public hearing to hear residents’ opinions on what they would like to see happen with those trees. Nearly 30 people spoke, all in favor of keeping the trees. Several members of the SEE DOWNTOWN TREES, PAGE 7
Counties food scraps pickup program will include Vadnais Heights BY MADELINE DOLBY EDITOR
The city of Vadnais Heights is set to be included in the next phase of the Ramsey County /Washington County Food Scraps Pickup Program. Currently, the program is offered in over 25 cities and towns within the two counties. In Ramsey County, the program has been implemented in Maplewood and North St. Paul. The food scraps pickup program allows residents to have their compost collected directly from their homes, eliminating the need to transport them to a drop-off site. “This (the food scraps pickup program) complements our food waste drop-off program,”
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According to Carreno, the county anticipates that the program will be available to White Bear Lake residents in early 2026. Food scraps drop-off locations will be available throughout Ramsey County, including the new Environmental Center (See “Ramsey County opens new environmental center for residents,” White Bear Press, March 26, 2025). “We are moving forward with a system where we can accept your trash and your food scraps bags together. And we are using robots to separate the trash from the food scraps bags,” Carreno added. “We feel like there are definite benefits to this system, both from the ability for people in multiunit housing to
said Beth Carreno, environmental health program supervisor for Ramsey County. “This is going to be pickup at people’s residences.” Carreno explained that the program has been rolled out to different cities done through a multiyear phased rollout to all of the residents within Ramsey and Washington counties. Since April 2023, three program phases have been completed. “We’ve been able to make this system available to all of the communities that haul directly to the Recycling and Energy Center, which is in Newport,” she added. “Communities will be added as their waste transfer stations have the sortation capacity.” Vadnais Heights will be included in Phase 4 of the program rollout.
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