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o -AR�ENHILLS Approved: July 14, 2025 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 5, 2025 ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL [DRAFT--..., Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Mayor David Grant called to order the special City Council meeting at 8:00 a.m. Present: Mayor David Grant and Councilmembers Tena Monson and Emily Rousseau Absent: Councilmembers Brenda Holden and Kurt Weber (Excused) Also present: City Administrator Jessica Jagoe and Assistant to the City Administrator/City Clerk Julie Hanson 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Councilmember Monson moved and Councilmember Rousseau seconded a motion to approve the meeting agenda. The motion carried (3-0). 2. PUBLIC INQUIRIES/INFORMATIONAL Laura Myers, 1383 Arden Place, stated she has owned her home in Arden Hills for 34 years. She raised her children here and loves the location, schools and amenities. She noted she recently made improvements to her home and would love to improve the rest of the property. She said the existing 1954 detached garage is rundown and that it currently lines up with a very narrow driveway which is right next to the house. If the garage had to be moved 10 feet over from the property line, it would cause a dangerous situation and undue hardship trying to get in and out of a new garage. She stated the garage would not be very usable and because it doesn't make sense for their property the way it is laid out, she is asking for a variance to build a new, bigger garage on the existing footprint of the old garage in order to have more storage space. Steve Wendell, 1383 Arden Place, stated they have signed statements from many neighbors and provided the copies to the City Clerk for distribution to the Council. Mayor Grant commented he believed this was the first time the Council had received any presentation on this particular property.