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1 | P a g e <br />Arden Hills City Council February 17, 2021 <br />Bryan Mills <br />Sarah Mills <br />1280 Wynridge Drive <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br />February 17, 2021 <br /> <br />Arden Hills City Council <br />1245 W Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112 <br /> <br />Re: Expansion of Building 14 on Boston Scientific Campus <br /> <br />Mr. Mayor: David Grant <br /> <br />City Council Members: Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, Dave McClung, and Steve Scott <br /> <br />Planning Commission Members: Paul Vijums (Chair), Steven Jones, James Lambeth, Jonathan <br />Wicklund, Subbaya Subramanian, Clayton Zimmerman, Marcie Jefferys, Kurtis Weber <br /> <br />We are writing you today to raise concerns regarding the proposed Boston Scientific expansion <br />of Building 14. As longtime residents and community members of Arden Hills, we and you appreciate the <br />relatively small, quiet, and safe community we all call home. We are concerned that this proposed <br />expansion is inconsistent with that standard. <br /> <br />Boston Scientific operates on a large 93-acre campus. Tall, noisy, 24/7 operations must be located <br />within the central portion of campus NOT adjacent to residential family homes. <br /> <br />After attendance and careful evaluation of the proposal brought forward during the community <br />meeting on December 15th, 2020 we feel it is imperative to highlight our current and future concerns <br />regarding the Building 14 proposal. <br /> <br />1. Noise: The proposed expansion is immediately adjacent to single-family residential homes and <br />its direct negative impact on their lives needs to be understood. This is different than other <br />campus expansions due to its present and future impact on residential homeowners. As <br />presented, Boston Scientific plans to expand upon an already out-of-compliance 24-hour-a- day <br />7-day-a-week operation. Summarized below are the activities out of compliance with City of <br />Arden Hills code: <br /> <br />a. Garbage: Emptying the oversized compactor occurs daily between the hours of 5:20 – 6:00 <br />a.m. on the north western most position of the property, a site not currently screened by <br />any physical structure. This is not only unsettling but an unwanted daily alarm for the closest <br />residents. This continues to be out of compliance for the City of Arden Hills Code: 660.04 <br />Collection and Licensing Subd 4. <br />I. Subd. 4. No person, company, or corporation shall collect or remove garbage, <br />refuse, recyclable materials, or other mixed municipal solid waste in any residential <br />district or from any property sharing a property line with a residential district in <br />which the collection can cause a negative impact to the adjacent residential district