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•❑ *»� ****� • � � ..�` .� ._� I� Election Information The City of Arden Hills contracts with Ramsey County to administer elecrions. For more information about voring before Elecrion Day by either absentee ballot (envelope voring) open now through November 2, or during the early voting period of October 27 through November 2(where you place your ballot directly in the ballot counter), visit cityofardenhill s. org/electionsandvoting. Arden Hills City Hall is no longer an early voting locarion. The following locations are open now through Monday, November 2 for in-person absentee voting: • New Brighton Community Center 400 lOth St NW, New Brighton • Ramsey County Library - Roseville 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville • Ramsey County Elections Office - Plato Building 90 Plato Blvd. W, Suite 160 If you received your absentee ballot by mail, you can drop it off in person. V'isit https://www. ramseycounty.us/re sidents/ elections-voting/voters/vote-election- day/vote-mail and select "Return your ballot in person" for a list of locarions and hours. Election Day, Tuesday, November 3 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Uote only at your assigned precinct. Precinct 1: Presbyterian Church of the Way, 3382 Lexington Avenue N Precinct 2: Anderson Center (Bethel University Satellite Campus), 2 Pine Tree Drive Precinct 3: North Heights Lutheran Church, 1700 West Highway 96 If you do not know your polling place, visit the Office of the Secretary of State's Polling Place Finder at https://pollfinder. sos.state.mn.us/. You can visit the City's website at www.cityofardenhills.org or My husband, Jim and I have lived on Beckman Ave in the SW corner of Arden Hills for over 40 yrs. I have been an Arden Hills Council member since 2002 and have over 18 years of experience with diverse council issues. I am not afraid to ask the hard questions. I am proud of the work I have done as an Arden Hills Council member. I am always prepared and actively participate at council meetings. `� I enjoy talking with and helping =� '� residents. Residents should not , ' � ��,. %: �� ;t�� hesitate to pick up the phone and call councilmembers. Meetings are open and detailed minutes are available on the City website. I am running to keep the City financially sound, provide life-cycle housing, expand our trail system and maintain City assets for as long as possible. The TCAAP (Rice Creek Commons) development must be a complementary extension of our current City. It is crucial that TCAAP doesn't place the City at financial risk for current and future Arden Hills taxpayers. I have extensive TCAAP (Rice Creek Commons) knowledge having participated in the development of the JDA, TCAAP Redevelopment Code (TRC) and the planning and zoning of the properiy. The City is at risk. Residents and businesses cannot be taxed out of the City. At what cost do we develop, if it forces people out of their homes and businesses. The City currently has 46% affordable housing, we can't force those folks out through taxes for TCAAP. Our City recently received a AAA bond rating, the highest for a City our size. I will continue to keep costs down through, a.) Maintenance, keep City assets as-long-as possible, b.) Plan for future replacement costs and large City expenditures so that there are not large fluctuations in taxes, c.) Do more projects in house and limit consultants spending. COVID will have an impact on future years' budgets. Purchases and projects will need to be postponed, however the Council must be careful not to postpone items that will become costly in the future. I will continue to find grant opportunities and work with our legislators to secure state bonding money to expand trails and utilities projects. We also need to focus on encouraging businesses to create public amenities, shared parking, and trails. These partnerships have and will allow the City to add and connect trails. This is necessary since the City's budget is $5 million annually and a mile of trail cost roughly $1 million. I would like the City to do additional work with the Sherif�'s department on issues of racial equity and ensure our City confronts issues related to diversity and inclusion. Contact me at HoldenBJ24�a,aol.com , 651-636-2987 or visit my website Brenda4ardenhills. com. 651-792-7800