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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Approved: February 4, 2026 <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA <br />PLANNING COMMISSION <br />WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2025 <br />6:30 P.M. - ARDEN HILLS CITY HALL <br /> <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL <br /> <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 /> <br />ROLL CALL <br /> <br />Present were: Chair Joshua Collins, Commissioners Jessica Birken, Brad Bjorklund, Patrick <br />Burlingame, Stephen Erler, Nancy Jacobson and Ben Lindau. <br /> <br />Absent: None. <br /> <br />Also present were: Community Development Director Jacob Reilly, Senior Planner Elena <br />Fransen and Council Liaison Kurt Weber. <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA – DECEMBER 3, 2025 <br /> <br />Commissioner Bjorklund moved, seconded by Commissioner Burlingame, to approve the <br />December 3, 2025, agenda as presented. The motion carried unanimously (7-0). <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> <br />November 5, 2025 – Planning Commission Regular Meeting <br /> <br />Commissioner Lindau moved, seconded by Commissioner Jacobson, to approve the <br />November 5, 2025, Planning Commission Regular Meeting as presented. The motion <br />carried unanimously (7-0). <br /> <br />PLANNING CASES <br /> <br />A. Planning Case 25-014 – 4100 Hamline Avenue Noise Wall <br /> <br />Senior Planner Fransen explained Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC) applied for site plan <br />review to construct a noise barrier wall along a portion of the northwest corner of the Arden Hills <br />corporate campus. The stated purpose of the wall is to further reduce the level of noise generated <br />from Building 14 that reaches neighboring residential properties. While study documents <br />submitted by BSC demonstrate the operation meets local noise compliance requirements, the <br />noise barrier wall is intended to further mitigate sound from daily operational noise including