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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JANUARY 31, 2026 6 up properties to put detainees in inhumane conditions. We don't want that here. We have TCAAP, we have an empty grocery store, we have a number of places that they may try to access and purchase with the intention of a detention center. The City needs to draft or strengthen a separation agreement. We should post signage about using City property for staging. We should have an ordinance that any agents or law enforcement must be unmasked, be required to show a badge with a badge number, and they must be required to show a photo ID to identify themselves. We don't even know who is kidnapping our people. The City should be doing everything possible to educate residents and businesses. There should be more information on the website, maybe a newsflash with a link. She wasn't sure what the ordinance is for signs. She looked it up, it says you can have campaign signs in an election year and certain residential signs. She thinks residents should be allowed to display any sign in our yards, such as ICE Out. If a business has a sign that guns aren't permitted on the premises, can ICE still enter? The Arden Hills website says the Sheriff will get involved only when there is a threat to public safety. This isn't specific. Does this mean they won't protect families in their homes or businesses or kids in schools. It says we have the right to refuse a search of our car, home or place of business but will the sheriff enforce that? What can we legally do? More importantly, what will they do? ICE drives cars with no license plates and dark windows. Can't RCSO stop them to request license and insurance and give them a ticket? They maybe won't pay the ticket, but if they continue using the vehicle, we can have them towed. If a business posts there are areas for employees only, will the Sheriff help enforce that so they can't kidnap employees. She would like the City to show what is a judicial warrant, on the website. She said it's supposedly illegal for ICE to retaliate against protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets. Will the Sheriff protect people who are on the sidelines, documenting with their phones? Will they protects us from ICE using chemical irritants against peaceful observers. Mary Henry, Arden Hills — She said from personal experience, she has been standing on the street on the East side of St. Paul for three and a half weeks. They will move wherever they have new opportunity. If they run out of opportunity with ethnic or minority owned businesses, they will move into our community. There is no stopping how these people will behave. If we think we can avoid what is happening in other municipalities, we are being naive. She has watched a pregnant black woman be detained in front of her 3 children. It was horrific to see that family torn apart the way they were. She was heartened that she was able to contact a rapid response team that was able to respond in ten minutes. They were able to work with the family and she believes it was a good outcome. We aren't immune. Arden Mannor is vulnerable. Businesses are vulnerable. She would like to see specific statements on the website and in our published materials to say it is our expectation that ICE and CBP act in constitutional and legal manners. They will respect temporary restraining orders and habeas corpus petitions, rather than moving people out to Texas in the blink of an eye. Families are struggling. She also thinks it's important to say to businesses and residents do not open the door unless there is a judicial warrant. They may barrel in, anyway, but businesses and residents can make those statements. Molly Hoffman, Arden Hills — She thanked Council for calling the special meeting and allowing the community to speak. The people of Arden Hills deserve a community that is built on trust and safety. She works at the international office of a local university. Three weeks ago she talked to a staff member who was detained while putting groceries in his car in a parking lot. He was approached, at random, purely because of the color of his skin. He was held for six hours at the local federal detention building before he was released. He is a PhD researcher living completely legally in the United States with a spouse and very young child. What he described horrified her. Sadly his is only one story out of hundreds or thousands of similar stories and his is far from the worst. The City provides immigration resources on its website and a statement that says Arden