Keep it clean!

Shoreview’s beautiful lakes, wetlands, and streams need your help! Sand, salt, dirt, leaves, and pet waste can find their way into our storm sewers, leading to pollution and algae, turning our lakes green. You can help keep our city’s water supply clean!

Pick up after your pet

Whether it's in your lawn, on the sidewalk, or at the park, pet waste carries harmful bacteria and phosphorus into the water supply. Pick up after your pet and put pet waste in the trash to make sure it doesn’t reach the storm drain system and our local bodies of water.

Adopt-a-drain

Residents can adopt a storm drain online! By adopting a storm drain near your home, you’re protecting the water supply throughout the city. Simply keep the drain clear of leaves, trash, and debris. In winter you can help keep the drain clear of salt and sand build up. Visit adopt-a-drain.org to adopt a drain near your home.

Fall lawn care

Rake or mulch your leaves this fall to prevent them from clogging storm drains, washing into local water bodies, and smothering your lawn. Raking and collecting leaves to bring them to county yard waste sites or contact your trash hauler to find out what yard waste options they provide. See below for yard waste site hours.

Mulching by mowing over the leaves on your lawn breaks leaves up into small pieces and helps keep your lawn healthy by fertilizing it without needing to add extra fertilizer.

However you clean up your leaves, make sure they don’t end up in the street!

Rain and Pollinator Garden Event

Join the Arden Hills/Shoreview Rotary at McCullough Park on Saturday, Sept. 16 for a rain and pollinator garden event. Learn about the benefits of rain gardens and how to start one in your yard. All ages are welcome at this family event.

Ramsey County Yard Waste Sites

Free yard waste sites are open through November 30 for leaves, grass clippings, brush and other plant material.

April - November

M/W/F: 11 am – 7 pm

Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm

Sunday: 9 am – 5 pm

Arden Hills – 3530 Hudson Avenue

Mounds View – 8307 Long Lake Road

White Bear Township – 5900 Sherwood Road

Do you have an ash tree on your property?

Main characteristics to look for in an ash tree:

• Compound leaves: there are 5 to 11 leaflets joined on a stem

• Opposite branches: the branches grow directly across the trunk or stem from each other

Now is the time to make a plan for removal of your ash tree if you have not been treating it. Ash trees are being infested by emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive insect that attacks and kills ash trees native to Minnesota.

Treating trees with an insecticide trunk injection is effective when it is started early as a preventative strategy. Many trees that have not already been treated are too heavily infested for treatment at this point in time.

Contact licensed tree companies for estimates on tree removal. The city does not have funding to assist with tree removals on private property.

Tips for hiring a tree care company

• Check the list of licensed tree companies shoreviewmn.gov/tree-trimmers

• Get more than one estimate from licensed companies

• Don’t pay for work in advance

• Ask about the company’s certifications and experience

• Make sure you understand what work is included in the estimate

Meeting broadcast schedule

Channel 16 broadcasts live city council and planning commission meetings every month.

Live Shoreview City Council Meetings

• First and third Monday every month at 7 pm Live Shoreview Planning Commission Meetings

• Fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 pm

View the full schedule and replay information at shoreviewmn.gov. Council and planning commission meetings can be streamed live at shoreviewmn.gov/agendas

@cityofshoreview

Heat pump water heaters and clothes dryers?

Heat pumps are energy-efficient devices used to heat and cool a building using a refrigeration cycle. They use electricity to transfer heat from a cool space to a warm space by transferring thermal energy. You may be hearing a lot about heat pumps as a more energy efficient way to heat and cool your homes. That is true, but this article will focus on the fact that heat pumps can also be used to heat your hot water and dry your clothes.

Did you know that you can reduce the energy used to heat your water and dry your clothes by 66%? While heat pumps may sound new and exotic, they really aren’t.

• First, they are proven technologies that we’ve used for decades in air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers and dehumidifiers. Clothes dryers and water heaters that use heat pumps are available at many big box and home appliance stores right now.

• Second, hooking them up and installing them is straightforward for people who install water heaters and clothes dryers for a living.

• Third, a little preparation on your part may be needed ahead of time. Most of us don’t even think about replacing water heaters or clothes dryers until our old one stops working— that is normal, because you obviously need a replacement as soon as possible! If you have an electric water heater and an electric clothes dryer, you’re likely very prepared. If you have a gas furnace and a gas water heater, you’ll need to have an electrician run some wiring (Heat pumps use 240 Volt electric wires). Doing that ahead of when your old one fails, will get you prepared to put in a heat pump water heater or clothes dryer quickly.

Heat pump water heater—looks pretty much like your current hot water heater, right? Heat pump clothes dryer on the right, matched to a washing machine on the left, again, the dryer looks like what you’re used to. They are sometimes called, “ventless dryers” and are very common in Europe and Japan and have often been used in American apartments.

What can you do next?

Check your big box and/or appliance stores for availability, to learn how quickly your payback will be.

Check out the environmental quality committee’s speaker from earlier this year for more information on water heaters and clothes dryers.

Get ready for winter with a home energy audit from the Home Energy Squad. This program is provided by Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy and delivered by the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE). The Home Energy Squad does in-home visits to install energy saving materials, inspect equipment, and provide support and guidance on next steps. Free visits are available to income qualifying households.

www.mncee.org/home-energy-squad www.mncee.org/

Shoreview Community Foundation

150 community supporters gathered on May 11 for “Evening with Friends” celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Shoreview Community Foundation. Welcomed by live string ensemble music, guests greeted old friends and met new ones before MC Perry Nelson invited all to the table for introductions and dinner.

The program featured guest speaker John Noltner, award-winning photographer, author, and activist. Noltner is the founder of the multimedia arts project A Peace of My Mind, a cross-country project created to rediscover the common humanity that connects us. A 2022 SCF grant funded Noltner’s workshops and exhibits in Shoreview, demonstrating how to build community and bridge divides through portraits and personal stories. Platinum sponsors Greco, Eagle Ridge, and Tycon were recognized with plaques presented by Mayor Sue Denkinger. Former mayor Sandy Martin, a founding member of the Shoreview Community Foundation, spoke about the impact of grants awarded in the community over the past 15 years. For further information, visit shoreviewcommunityfoundation.org.

Register for Fall programs in CivicRec!

Create your account at shoreviewmn.gov.

Visit shoreviewmn.gov/parks-rec

Click “register online”

Select Login/Create account on your desktop or mobile device

Create your SVMN account

Fill in all required information

Add additional household members and click "save"

If you are a Shoreview resident, enter your zip code and change your city to Shoreview Policies

• Five days notice required for cancellations

• Cancellation fee $5 – $10 depending on the program

• No refunds for missed classes

• Scholarships available for Shoreview residents

• Restrictions apply

Registration Schedule

Registration begins at 8 am fall registration schedule

Tuesday, August 8: Shoreview residents

Thursday, August 10: Annual members

Friday, August 11: General registration

Contact us

Parks & Rec

Monday – Friday: 8 am – 4:30 pm

651-490-4750 recreation@shoreviewmn.gov

Weather updates

For weather updates call 651-490-4765