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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – JANUARY 31, 2026 3 think the ICE list will be? In the government’s own words, we will find you. He is a firm believer in karma. He doesn’t believe he’s allowed to swear, but his hate for ICE is very, very real. Airika Coblentz, Arden Hills – She is a proud parent and a resident of Arden Hills. She wanted to thank Councilmembers Holden and Weber. Their immediate responses to emails with proactive engagement with the community on this matter are seen and appreciated. She said there are Arden Hills residents in the Roseville School District. While operations in Arden Hills are minimal, we are also directly impacted by federal immigration enforcement in Roseville. The website states the City Council continues to be active in community conversations to ensure everyone feels safe. She assumes everyone is aware of the harm from the presence of ICE in Minnesota so she won’t restate those. She wants to share ideas that have already been enacted by other suburban cities in the metro area so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. First, City parking lot signs, as reviewed in the last meeting, the City can’t prohibit anyone from using our parks, but in several cities, including Roseville and Richfield, they have placed signs with the following verbiage: Unauthorized use including but not limited to staging for civil immigration enforcement activities is prohibited. Another option is: Parking for facility users only, parking lot use is limited to active facility use while on premises. Staging, storage or other activities are not permitted without a permit. She has heard from one Councilmember that after ordinances like this are passed, that we see ICE targeting those communities more aggressively and start to stage in the community in direct response to it. Some say it can make it worse for our residents. Her response to that is that Arden Hills should not limit how it protects it citizens based on the illegal actions of ICE and that signage making residents aware of what is illegal in our City lots, allows them to document illegal activity and notify the appropriate law enforcement and/or submit to the Attorney General’s online reporting form for Minnesotans to share impacts of federal actions. Second, call on Governor Walz to pass and eviction and foreclosure moratorium through an executive order. This was done in Roseville last week. Third, join the ten other suburban cities in support of the lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Attorney General and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, asking the US District Court to issue a temporary injunction against the unlawful ICE activity that is impacting school children from attending school safely, local businesses from thriving economically and reducing access to courts and public services due to the fear and apprehension caused ICE tactics. It argues that ICE operations be limited to acceptable constitutional operations. Bloomington was the most recent to join the lawsuit. The list also includes Brooklyn Center, Edina, Falcon Heights, Golden Valley, Lauderdale, Minnetonka, Mounds View, Richfield and St. Louis Park. She requests that Council strengthens the letter from August of 2025. We live in a different world now. Finally, there is nothing controversial about saying that immigrants are welcome here. It is legal and it’s true. She hopes our elected officials will work proactively to make that loud and clear. Eddie Coblentz, Arden Hills – He is a proud parent and resident. He wants to speak to specific changes he would like to see to the website. He would like to see a main page flag for positioning. Shoreview, Roseville and Richfield all have prominent banners or pop-ups currently displayed. The website has federal legislators contact information. It should also have contact information for our state legislators. Kelly Moller has been active in Arden Hills. He requests that we add more resources right now. Arden Hills has links to the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf and a parental authority form. There are many more mutual aid resources. Stand With Minnesota (.org) has a categorized list for donating but can also be looked at by those who are need. He requests specific information about rights be added regarding entering homes and the difference between a judicial and administrative warrant. Mounds View has links to other cities’ rights resources. So it can be as simple as mirroring what Mounds View has done. He would like us to make it clear that