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Approved:November 5, 2025 <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025 <br />6:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, Chair Collins called to order the regular Planning <br />Commission meeting at 6:30 p.m. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Present were: Chair Joshua Collins, Commissioners Jessica Birken, Brad Bjorklund, Patrick <br />Burlingame, Stephen Erler, Nancy Jacobson, and Ben Lindau. <br />Also present were: City Administrator Jessica Jagoe, Community Development Director Jacob <br />Reilly, Senior Planner Elena Fransen and Council Liaison Kurt Weber. <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA – OCTOBER 8, 2025 <br />Commissioner Erler moved, seconded by Commissioner Lindau, to approve the October 8, <br />2025, agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously (7-0). <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />September 3, 2025 – Planning Commission Regular Meeting <br />Commissioner Jacobson moved, seconded by Commissioner Birken, to approve the <br />September 3, 2025, Planning Commission Regular Meeting as presented. The motion <br />carried 6-0-1 (Commissioner Bjorklund abstained). <br />PLANNING CASES <br />A.Planning Case 25-011 – 3254 Hamline Avenue North – Variance – Public Hearing <br />Not Required <br />Senior Planner Fransen stated dREamodel, Inc. (“The Applicant”), on behalf of the property <br />owner, has requested a variance from the required rear yard setback for decks in the R-1 Zoning <br />District to build a new, larger deck in place of an existing deck at 3254 Hamline Avenue North <br />(“Subject Property”). To construct the proposed deck, the Applicant is requesting a reduced rear <br />yard setback of 8.8 feet rather than 24 feet as required by city code. The proposed 568 square <br />foot deck would replace the existing 249 square foot deck attached to the south side of the <br />single-family dwelling. The existing deck extends approximately 18.28 feet south and the