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<br />Miaut~s of Regular Cou~cil Mesting
<br />Village of ArdeD Rills
<br />Monday, January 26, 1930 - 7.30 p.m.
<br />Vil1ag~! Hall
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<br />Call to Ord,,!:"
<br />PU~l~to-"due call ald n)tice th<:reof, Acting Me,yoE Woodburn
<br />cal1",d the meeting to orde~ at 7:30 p.m.
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<br />P :resen t - AI:, ting Mayor Rob;:;;:: t Woodt urn, Councilmen Ward Hanson,
<br />Charlie C,:ichton.
<br />AblH!Ut - ~byor Henry J. C:epea\i, Jr., Councillllan James Wingert.
<br />Also P..osefit - Treasurer D.,nald La1fib, Attorney James Lynden, Clerk
<br />AdministratoT Ch~rlotte McNiesh, Deputy Clerk Dorothy
<br />Zehm.
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<br />BUBineaa from the FloOT
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<br />REPORT OF VILLAGE ATTO~NEY JAMES LYNDEN
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<br />Ordinance No. 212, RepBaling Sectiona 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3 of City Cod!
<br />~Pl!bl1c ~'s Reserve ~.f7Fina1"""ie~j~
<br />Henaon moved, seconded by ~Eichton. that Council adopt Ordinance
<br />No. 212, AN ORDINANCE IlEPE,:\LING SECtIONS 2-1, 2-2 AND 2-3 OF THE
<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY CODE ~ELATrNG TO PUBLIC WORKS RESERVE FUND. Kotion
<br />cs;.ried unanimously.
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<br />PUBLIC HEARING:
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<br />,Vo!>.catiof>, of, Ri~b t-o f-W,!I...::.. Lake Johanna III vd ./Suell;inJl: Avenue
<br />Acting Mayor Woodburn open~d the Fublic Hearing at 7:47 p.m.
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<br />Clerk Administrator KcNi~sb verified that the Notice of Hearing W86
<br />published in the New B~i~ton Bulletin on January 10th and 17th, 1980,
<br />tbat notices were mailed ta shutting property owners, and notice waS
<br />poeted s t Village Hall, To:q Schmi lit Park and Penny..
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<br />A transparency, depicting :he parcel proposed to be vacated by the
<br />City, WllS shown. The parc,!l is located at the southwest corner of:
<br />Snelling Avenue and Lake J0hanna Blvd. and abutting Ridgewood Road.
<br />Lynden explained that ehe ~ouDcil vants to know if there are any
<br />objections to the propDsmd vacatioD as shown.
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<br />Ar"~~~:!.Kuehn. 3180 Rid,l!'_~?E:~~d, pc in t:e d ,out chs t Ridgewood Road)
<br />as con8tzucte~ cuts off B ~ortioa of hiB (Kuehn) property; expressed
<br />concern that setbacks DO the subject property be measured from the
<br />proper'ty lifles. not from t:,,,, road,,'s.y. Kuehn described the parcel
<br />aa a "steep bank" betwBea Snellinl Aveaue and Ridgevood Road.
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<br />De1orio Wolcyn, 3582 Siems Court, said they were originally told
<br />th,nt:he-'S't"€,~p bank area i'J"-uuau"itable for building.
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<br />Andrew Kuehn aa:td we don't waut it vacated; some of the neighbors
<br />US'"(;-[t'ldls"park; it 1:1 a "lId areo" for the Village uov; w,,,nt it
<br />to continue ss it is; :an :oresee wbat will occar OD this ridge as
<br />evideaced b~ what has happened before; continued development along
<br />this ridge would be a mi3t~ke; feel. the residents alr~ady there
<br />ahould be protected.
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<br />Crichton noted that tho Ci~y Parks Department looked at the parcel
<br />across tbe street (south.aut corner of the Snelling/County Raad E
<br />intersection) for park purpoaes; nated that an "active park" may
<br />be far les5 desirable than if residentially developed.
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<br />.rh'ne Perker~ 3570 RidgBwood Road. said her propetty 1.s adjacent to
<br />tho south lj,ne of the proposed vac,'ilted parcel; expressed concern re
<br />drl\i:nage whj,ch she d"'s':ribf~cl HS a major problem for her property if
<br />bonen are allow~d to the n0rtb of her property.
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