1967 Village NewsDECEMBER 1, 1967
NEW HOPE-THE FAMILY STYLE VILLAGE
HISTORY
Our village was once a part of Crystal Lake Town-
ship. When this township decided to incorporate in
1936, the rural portion broke away and remained a
to_wnship called New Hope, a name suggested by
Pudge Heffelfinger then a County Commissioner.
On July 28th, 1953, because of inroads made by
developers annexing portions of the township to
the Village of Crystal, a successful vote to incor-
porate was held. The village contains approximate-
ly 3300 acres, is bounded on the south by 27th
Avenue (Medicine Lake Road), on the west by
County Road 18, on the north by 62nd Avenue,
and on the east by a jagged boundary approximat-
EMERGENCY POLICE
545-8841
• A complete suburban .commun-
ity ideally planned for desirable
home and industrial development
• Convenient location
• Excellent schools and churches
• Municipal liquor stores
• Practical park plan
• Large lots
• Storm sewers all in
• Intelligent zoning
• Served by good railroads and
highways (No high speed high-
ways bisect our village.)
• Sanitary sewer and city gas
• Municipal water softened and
treated
• 15 minutes to the loop
• Transportation (Bus)
• Excellent fire and police protec-
tion
• Low gas rates
• Low telephone & electric rates
• Second lowest village taxes of all
developed suburbs. (Hennepin County)
ing Louisiana Avenue. Realizing that the practical-
ly solid clay soil of the Village did not and would
not support private sewerage systems, the Village
Council requested permission to hook on to the
Minneapolis or Metropolitan Sanitary Sewerage
System. This also required negotiating an agree-
ment to use facilities in Golden Valley. After many
rejections and bec;ause New Hope had the backing
of the Minnesota State Board of Health recom-
mending either a Metropolitan connection or
a disposal plant discharging into streams running
through Minneapolis and intervening villages, New
Hope was finally allowed to use Metropolitan facil-
ities. Inasmuch as the Village was only 5 or 10%
developed and because a connection to a municipal
EMERGENCY FIRE
544-1441
water system would cost approximately what a
good well would cost and because of health and
fire protection and because municipal water is
eventual, acquisition of a municipal water system
was finally realized. In the meantime all necessary
ordinances and regulations and facilities necessary
to the operation of a model village were set up.
Municipal liquor had been voted in and so a Village
Municipal Liquor Store was built for the control of
the sale of spirituous liquors, for the revenue it
would ultimately bring in and in order to provide
an inexpensive, satisfactory location for temporary
Village Offices. The setting up of overall street im-
provements and provision for overall storm water
removal has also been provided for. All this did not
just happen. It had to be made to happen, and it
has not been easy.
These principles have guided the development and
growth of New Hope.
A. That our citizens are entitled to all of the
advantages of modern day living in as a
timely a manner and at as low a cost as is
possible.
8. Costly duplication must be avoided.
1. City sewer should be installed before
too many people have private systems.
2. City ·water should also be installed be-
fore private wells; for health, for .fire
protection, and for a dependable source
of supply -softened, treated and at as
low a cost as possible.
3. A complete storm sewer system must
be installed that meets total area re-
quirements.
4. Curbing gutters and streets should be
built once.
5. Adequate parks must be acquired
quickly.
6. Taxes must be as low as possible com-
mensurate with all necessary protection
. and advantages.
a. There is no pleasure when taxes are
excessive.
7. Park and recreation programs, school
and church, regular and leasure-time
activities all aid the Police Department
in reducing juvenile delinquency.
8. Zoning must be completed and realis-
tically adhered to so that our citizens
can be assured of their favorable sur-
roundings.
9. NEW HOPE is not an island .
10. All major improvements should be
quickly installed and financed so as to
be paid off with cheaper money from
. a broader tax base.
SCHOOLS
New Hope is wholly within School District No.
281, one of the largest, most well run and lowest
cost-per-student districts in the Metropolitan area.
Five elementary· schools, one at Boone and Medi-
cine Lake Road called Sunny Hollow, one at 47th
and Xylon Avenue called New Hope Elementary,
one at 34th and Boone called H. 0. Sonnesyn, one
at 62nd and Boone called Meadow Lake, one at
55th and Winnetka called Winnetka Elementary,
together with Hosterman Junior High at 55th and
Xylon, are now in use. The New Hope Cooper High
School is located on Virginia between 47th and
49th Avenues North. District No. 281 Administra-
tive Offices will be at Rockford Road (42nd Ave-
nue North) and Winnetka. The District School Bus
Garage is just south of this site on Winnetka Ave-
nue. A new school for trainables will be at 47th
and Boone.
CHURCHES
St. Raphael Catholic Church and Sct)ool -7301
Bass Lake Road in Crystal, The Episcopal Church
of the Epiphany -5520 Boone Avenue North,
The Northwest Baptist Church -Bass Lake Road
and Boone Avenue, The Crystal-New Hope Church
of Christ -Christian -5116 Boone Avenue North,
Mennonite Brethren Church of New Hope -4217
Boone Avenue North, Brunswick Methodist
Church -Rockford Road (42nd Avenue North) at
Brunswick Avenue North, Valley Community Pres-·
byterian Church -3100 Lilac Drive (Highway
100), Golden Valley Community Church of the
Brethren -8025 Medicine Lake Road, Meadow
Lake Bible Church -8716 -62nd Avenue North,
First Lutheran Church of Crystal -7708 -62nd
Avenue North, House of Hope Lutheran Church -
4800 Boone Avenue North, Beautiful Savior Lu-
theran Church (Mo.) -3316 North County Road
18, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church -9145
Medicine Lake Road, Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church -Rockford Road (42nd Avenue North)
and Gettysburg, Holy Nativity Lutheran Church -
3540 Winnetka Avenue North.
PARKS & RECREATION
The village has a park commission and many fine
park locations as shown on the map. School
grounds are also utilized. The Park Commission has
set up a complete overall year around program for
everyone's benefit. The park program is being con-
stantly .improved and added to.
The recreation department specializes in a varied
program of recreation activities for all age levels.
The Village Municipal Swimming Pool is located at
43rd and Xylon. Lessons in swimming and diving
are given mornings. The pool is open daily after-
noons and evenings from the first week in June to
the first part of September for everyone's pleasure.
The pool is well run and guarded for everyone's
benefit and protection. 137,000 people used the
pool in 1966. Two season plans are available for
Village of New Hope residents: The family season
ticket plan, which allows unlimited swims for both
parents and all children under age 19 (as of June 1)
and the single season ticket plan, which provides
for unlimited swims for an individ~al. The prices
are as follows:
Resident Family season ticket
Resident Single season ticket
NON-RESIDENTS:
$15.50
7.75
For the people who are not residents of New Hope,
the two plans above are available to the first 500
people who apply. The prices are as follows:
Non-Resident Family season ticket $23.25
Non-Resident Single season ticket 12.50
GUESTS:
A one-week (seven consecutive days) guest ticket
for out-of-town friends or relative~ is available. The
price is:
Family Guest ticket $5.25
DAILY ADMISSION: Resident and Non-Resident:
Single Admission
Children under 12 years
$.75
.50
All area families are urged to make full use of all
our facilities. For further information you may
call 533-1694.
A 3 par nine hole Golf Course (one of the finest in
the area) located one block west of Winnetka on
the Bass Lake Road is open to the public.
MULTIPLE DWELLINGS
Many multiple dwellings have been and are being
built. They are located mainly on major thorough-
fares and are ·used as buffers between residential
and commercial or industrial areas. Multiple dwell-
ings together with industrial development will form
a welcome addition to our tax base.
TRANSPORTATION
The North Hennepin Transit Company has a bus
line running on Winnetka from 62nd Avenue North
to the Rockford Road and then east on the Rock-
ford Road to Crystal and then into Minneapolis.
The Medicine Lake Bus Company coming out of
Minneapolis on Olson Highway serves the South
end of the village, Medicine Lake Road to Boone,
north on Boone to 42nd Avenue North then west
to 18, south on 18 to Medicine Lake and then re-
turn on the same route.
VILLAGE HALL AND OFFICES
The Village Hall and Offices are located at 7701
Rockford Road (42nd Avenue North). Office
hours are Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. daily.
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VOTING
Registration is required. The village is divided into
three precincts: No. 3 north, No. 2 central, and
No. 1 south. The north precinct No. 3 votes at
Meadow Lake School, 62nd and Boone Avenue
North, and includes all voters living between the
west boundary and the east boundary between
Bass Lake Road and 62nd Avenue North. The cen-
tral precinct No. 2 votes at New Hope Elementary,
47th and Xylon, includes all voters living between
the west boundary and the east boundary between
the Rockford Road ano Bass Lake Road. The
south precinct No. 1 votes at ·sunny Hollow
School, Medicine Lake Road and Boone Avenue,
includes all voters living between the west bound-
ary and the east boundary between Medicine Lake
Road (27th Avenue North) and Rockford Road
(42nd Avenue North).
POLICE
We have a twelve-man full-time well-equipped
police force with three cars giving 24-hour service
to the citizens of the . Village. We constantly in-
crease our regular force to provide ample protec-
tion to our expanding population. Our Police De-
partment ranks as one of the best in the Metropoli-
tan area in handling major crimes as well as juvenile
offenses.
POLICE RESCUE SQUAD -
CIVIL DEFENSE
A twenty-man well-trained and equipped police
rescue squad supports our Police Department
whenever necessary. They also fill in on Civil De-
fense.
FIRE DEPARTMENT-VOLUNTEER
Twenty-nine men have been well trained and
equipped. Four Fire Trucks are in use and are
housed in a new Fire Hall at Zealand and 43rd Ave.
Our Fire Department which is associated by
Mutual Aid to departments in 12 neighboring com-
munities has a very enviable record.
INDUSTRY
Approximately 700 acres have been set aside for
industrial development. A great deal of activity in
our industrial area is in progress and the 190 acre
Science Industry Center on County Road 18 and
the Sao Line Tracks is well under way. Refer to
map for location of sites, etc.
TAXES
Despite our tremendous development and because
the constructive policies of the New Hope Village
Council, taxes have consistently been reduced. See
back page for comparison charts on taxes.
INSURANCE
Because of a New Hope-Golden Valley-Crystal
hook up with Minneapolis water and an excellent
Fire De.partment with fine equipment and Fire
Hall, our insurance classification has dropped from
class 10 to class 6. This means our fire insurance
premiums have been reduced substantially.
MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
Our Municipal Liquor Store will be in use nine
years as of December 12, 1967. While it started
with a deficit, it has consistently gained year by
year and is now showing a good yearly profit. This
year we should have a net of approximately
$50,000.00. It is possible this profit could ap-
proach $100,000.00 per year as the Village devel-
ops. An off sale liquor store was opened in the
Midland Shopping Center, 27th and Winnetka and
is showing a steadily increasing profit. A store
opened November 15, 1966 in the New Hope
Shopping Center is doing an increasing volume of
business.
SUBURBAN SANITARY DISPOSAL
.AUTHORITY
The Village of New Hope has bee!"' instrumental
with other villages in setting up this authority
which is primarily concerned in eventually provid-
ing an inexpensive, convenient and readily available
means for disposing of solid waste. A 3-acre site for
an incinerator when and if needed has already been
purchased on County Road 18 just south of the
Sao Line Tracks in New Hope. This site is com-
pletely isolated from all residential development.
This brochure furnished by the Village of New
Hope has been prepared by May!)r Milton C.
Hon_sey and is dedicated to the Village Council
who very wisely saw what should be done and has
had the courage of their convictions in getting it
done, so that New Hope has become the envy of
and the example for all suburban villages every-
where. It is . also . dedicated to those staunch far-
sighted citizens who supported the Council in their
programs.
If you like your living family style, you will like
New Hope, because New Hope is a Village that has
been designed with the family in mind.
THE NEW HOPE STORY
The first sewer trunk was laid in the Village in the Spring of 1958.
The water system was put into use August, 1959.
Taxable Building Permits Issued
(Excluding schools & churc~es)
Year Mill Rate No. Permits Amount Assessed Valuation
1959 -42.59 195 3,319,869.00
1960 -39.64 320 4,850,311.00 1,185,750.00
1961 -37.46 400 8,035,458.00 2,770,295.00
1962 -35.22 382 6,529,318.00 2,780,670.00
1963 -36.30 468 9,166,702.00 3,631,816.00
1964 -34.80 500 8,474,048.00 5,117,884.00
1965 -33.00 521 9,364,144.00 5,956,354.00
1966 -31.56 503 9,858,246.00 7,479,840.00
1967 -30.02 (Thru Oct.) 573 16,841,315.00 8,454,196.00
!here are more than 35 separate areas being developed in New Hope at present.
The 1967 State Legislature's passing of the State
Sales Tax will substantially reduce Real Estate
Taxes in the Village.
The State Mill Rate will be removed.
The Property Tax levy for the County, Village, and
Schools will be reduced by 30%.
There is an anticipated reduction of $78.00 in Real
Estate Taxes on a $12,000.00 home, and $140.00
reduction on a $18,000.00 home. The maximum
reduction is $250.00 under the provisions of the
State Law.
PERTINENT FACTS:
The Village Council meets the 2nd and 4th Tues·
days of each month in the Village Hall at 7:30 p.m.
' The Planning Commission meets the 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays of each month in the Village Hall at
8:00 p.m.
The Village has a Burning Ordinance. Burning of
trash is permitted between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. on
Mondays through Fridays and between 5 a.m. and
9 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in a satisfactory
trash burner if the wind velocity is less than 20
miles per hour. Fire is to be attended by someone
15 years· of age or older. See Ordinance.
All dogs must be licensed, must have a rabies shot
and must be leashed.
Building permits are required on all new work over
$50.00
Registration is required in order to vote. Register
at the Village Hall . The Village Hall will be open
evenings for registration two weeks before registra-
tion closes.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Call or Write the Following:
Ml LTON C. HONSEY, Mayor
8021 -60Y2 Avenue North
ALLAN DYSON, Councilman
8216-39th Avenue North
ART HOFF, Councilman
3430 Yukon Avenue North
ROBERT BONNER, Councilman
3830 Boone Avenue North
ELMER THORSON, Councilman
5840 Decatur Avenue North
HAR LYN LARSON, Village Manager
7701 -42nd Avenue North
533-1521
MRS'. BETTY POULIOT, Clerk-Treasurer
7701 -42nd Avenue North
533-1521
A. D. McLEAN, Chief of Police
Emergency No. 545-8841
Village Hall -533-1521
WILLIAM REIMER, Fire Chief
4624 Winnetka Avenue North
Home -537-5573
Emergency -544-1441
BONESTROO, ROSENE, ANDERLIK & ASSOC.
Village Engineers
646-4886
WILLIAM CORRICK, Village Attorney
533-2241
JANE OLSON, Chm., Civil Service
4020 Nevada Avenue North
537-3528
RICHARD PLUFKA, Chm., Planning Commission
8517 Hopewood Lane North
545-0135
DOUGLAS PRELLWITZ, Assessor
7701 -42nd Ave.nue North
533-1521
HARVEY FELDMAN, Park & Recreation Director
7180 -42nd Avenue North
533-1694 ,