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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL – FEBRUARY 9, 2026 10 Councilmember Rousseau commented she would like the City’s tourism liaison be asked to resign because their decisions were not aligned with increasing tourism in the City of Arden Hills. Councilmember Weber stated he supported this being a direct action from the City but could also support this item going to a future worksession meeting. Councilmember Weber explained the Planning Commission met on Wednesday, February 4 and reviewed three planning cases. These items would be coming to the City Council in March. Councilmember Weber discussed an immigration enforcement issue that occurred in the community this past weekend at Arden Manor. He noted he witnessed ICE agents staging at County Road 96 and on a business property behind Holiday. He indicated this information did not show up on the immigration report from Ramsey County. He noted he spoke with the City Administrator regarding this matter and asked that any contact with immigration enforcement be recorded as such by Ramsey County. He reported he was happy to see the event at Arden Manor did not escalate. Councilmember Weber stated he was very disappointed with the fact the City Council could not come together to reconsider the EDA appointments. He noted he was not given clear information or transparency from the Mayor on his process when appointing members to the EDA. He reported two members of the City Council refused to allow this to happen. Councilmember Holden reported when she heard about the immigration event she contacted the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office and asked about what happened at Arden Manor. She reported the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department received no calls from Arden Manor regarding ICE activity but rather two ICE vehicles were viewed on County Road 96 and someone called in reports of accident. She noted a Ramsey County Sheriff drove by these vehicles, looked up the license plates and learned they were ICE vehicles. Councilmember Holden explained there were also calls on Round Lake Road on the cul-de-sac that ICE was in the area. She noted a Ramsey County Sheriff visited this area and ICE said they had arrested someone, but the exact location was unknown. For this reason, an incident report was not created. She encouraged residents with questions about ICE activity in the community to contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office. Councilmember Holden stated she would like to further discuss the tourism appointment at an upcoming worksession meeting. She indicated there were other issues that should be addressed such as where ICE agents were getting food and gas. She discussed how the hotels in the area have GSA contracts for the National Guard and stated she did not want the community to lose all of these rooms if the GSA contract were to go away. Councilmember Holden inquired if staff had an update on Shoreline Lane. City Administrator Jagoe reported the Property Owner had submitted a data request and the City Clerk was pulling together permit history for this property. She noted there was nothing to share with the neighborhood at this time. She stated if there were code enforcement items or concerns a resident should make a complaint with the City.