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lt <br />EN HILLS <br />Approved: April 25, 2022 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />APRIL 11, 2022 <br />7:00 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor David Grant called to order the regular City <br />Council meeting at 7:00 p.m. <br />Present: Mayor David Grant, Councilmembers Brenda Holden, Fran Holmes, David <br />Radziej, and Steve Scott <br />Absent: None <br />Also present: City Administrator Dave Perrault; Public Works Director/City Engineer <br />David Swearingen; City Planner Jessica Jagoe; Finance Director Gayle Bauman; Assistant <br />Public Works Director Lucas Miller; City Clerk Julie Hanson; and Brad Fisher, Bolton & <br />Menk (Consultant) <br />PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br />1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br />MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Mayor Grant seconded a motion to <br />approve the meeting agenda as presented. The motion carried (5-0). <br />2. PUBLIC INQUIRIESANFORMATIONAL <br />Chris Hughes, 3515 Snelling Avenue North, stated he was a member of the One and All Arden <br />Hills Group. He explained one of the goals of this group was to advocate for an increase in the <br />amount of affordable housing in the City. He discussed the Metropolitan Council's affordable <br />housing goals for the City and how they relate to the TCAAP project. He asked what the City's <br />plan was to meet Met Council's affordable housing goals and questioned what the City was <br />actively doing to show progress towards this goal. He also asked why the Council is opposed to <br />the County's affordability goals. <br />Gregg Larson, 3377 North Snelling Avenue, stated last October he asked why the Council <br />opposed more housing units and affordability within Rice Creek Commons. He explained despite <br />numerous requests, he has not received a response as to the reasons. He discussed the City's <br />