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Approved: June 22, 2020 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MAY 28, 2020 5:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor Grant called to order the Special City Council meeting at 5:30 p.m. Note: On March 20th, the Mayor signed a determination allowing Councilmembers to participate in City Council meetings via telephone pursuant to State Statute 13D.021 Present via Telephone: Mayor David Grant; Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave McClung and Steve Scott Absent: None Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer Todd Blomstrom; Recreation Programmer Joe Vaughan; and City Clerk Julie Hanson; via telephone: Finance Director Gayle Bauman and Community Development Manager/City Planner Mike Mrosla 1. AGENDA ITEMS A. Flexibility for Local Businesses During Local Emergency for COVID-19 City Administrator Perrault stated that at a previous meeting, the City Council requested staff contact each of the on-sale liquor license holders to make them aware of the partial refund of their liquor license fees as was previously approved by the City Council. He stated that he had contacted these businesses and also explained the temporary flexibility option so that those interested could make application to the city. He indicated that he was not able to reach all of the on-sale liquor license holders directly but did in turn leave a voicemail message. He also followed up by sending an email to the on-sale liquor licensees. City Administrator Perrault said that he reached out to John Connolly of the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Connolly was supportive of assisting the city with outreach. Methods included the Chamber’s normal means of outreach that included a Facebook live check- in every Friday a s well as twice weekly outreach notifications for the member businesses. He