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, . 'I Minutes of regular Council Heeting Village of ~rden l'ills Monday, September 28, 1981 - 7:30 r .m. Village of Arden Hills Call to o rde r Pursuant to due c all and notice thereof, t-(ayor lJ'oodhurn called the meeting to order at 7: 30 p.m. Roll Call Present - Fayor Pohert \.,Toodhurn t Councilmen .r 8fl'leS Pinrnrt, J an e t Hall cnhors t. Pi ane ~!cfllister, Jlauri cn ,Johnson . Absent - r:one Also Present - Jlttorney .J ames Lyn den .. [nv:inaer Donald Christoffersen, Bnnd Counsel Pe te r Popovich, Treasurer f)onald Lamb, Clerk ~,dministrator Charlotte McNiesh, Peputy Clerk [)orothv Zehm. ~oval of Ninutes Wingert moved.. seconded by 11ollenhors t, tha t the t-'inutes of the September 14 th Council I'eetinr be approved as amended. l'o t 1 on carried unanimously. Business from the Floor - None FEPORT OF VILLAGE "TTOPNFY J ~ 1'1': S LYNDF.N Ordinance No. 222, Amending Section 6-16 of the City Code Wingert moved.. seconded by J 0 h n s 011:- th a t-('-rdi--na-nc~0":'2~ JlN ORDINANCE AIlENDINC SECTION 6-16 OF ARDEN HILLS CODE TO CHANGE FE FE FEN CE TO UNIFOPIl BrILDING CODE, be introduced by title. Notion carried unanimous ly. Proposed Croup 110m,:, 1385 C lImmi n.lL"--..!:.!'..n~ Nr. John o ' Ph elan, 1400 Cumminps Lane. expressed the concerns an d opinions of the Cummings Lane residents, some of which were: It is apparen tly cheaper to put these group home s for mentally retarded in residential neighborhoods than care for these people in State Hospi tal,.; it has n ' t worked in other neighborhoods; neirhbors wouldn't accept them, and they won't be accepted he re. It was explained th a t S ta te 181' supercedas City ordinances j State Statutes permit licensed resid"ntial facilities, serving six or fewer persons. as a single family residential use. O'Phelan s a1 d the neighbors were neve r advised that th is group home was proposed in the neighborhood; former owne r said b uye rs were a man and woman .. with two children; had heard the new owners closed in August, but no one moved in to the house t five cars have been there much of the time. O'Phe1an said tha t Mrs. N e 1 s on said . that she and her husband are in th i s fa r profit - ve t $40 to $60/ day/retarded person. dependinr on de l' re e of retardation; 6 people wi th mental age of 4 to 7 yrs. and ch ronologi cal age of 17-23 ,Jill yield $100,000/year. (l'Phelan said Nelsons are not roi n I' to live in the house; another couple (Jordans) will be house parents. 0'Phe1an said tha t Senator Ashbach stated J at a ne1rhborhood meet- ing that it 'I/'as not II the intent of the 1erislation" to permit th is type of group home as a permitted sinrle family resiclential use. Council was referred to ~ttorney l.ynden's letter of 9-18-81. Lynden tloted th at the re Is nothing in the City's ordinances or the statutes Of th e State th a t would en ab Ie the City to prevent a Tes1- dence from beinr used for the purposes proposed.