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JOINT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 29, 1998 arrived. If the need has not arrived, how much retrofitting will Hugo have to do in the future?This is a process that the council will have to work through. The council held a meeting in Hugo and gave the residents and businesses an opportunity to speak their mind. Unfortunately, in today's political environment, there is a lot of self interest as opposed to community interest. It is difficult to deal with this when we are suppose to be policy makers. Mr. LeRoux said that no decision has been made and this is just part of the process. He thanked everyone for coming this evening. Mr. Museus said that the future of Highway 61 will certainly include input from White Bear Township. He noted that Hugo just created a park board and suggested that the Hugo and Lino Lakes park boards meet on an annual basis in a similar manner as the councils do.As for street options A and B,he asked that the Lino Lakes Council discuss the options and give Hugo ideas. Mr. Museus also suggested that all interested parties in the"greenway"corridor get together and plan for the future. Mr. Miron said he appreciated all of the communities coming together. It is obvious tonight that Hugo will see the largest amount of growth in the near future. He also noted that the Hugo council has been visiting with Lino Lakes for a number of years and unfortunately, as Mr. LeRoux,the continuity has been lost and that is one of the reasons Hugo wanted to meet this evening. These road connections were talked about at previous meetings. Mr. Miron said that Hugo needs to continue to resurface them so that the new council members and mayor are apprised of what has been discussed in the past and determine where we are at. With regard to either of the street options A or B,there are a lot of negatives to them but the impetus behind at least starting to draw lines as development occurs. There is a very large area in Hugo that has the potential to develop in the very near future. Options are lost as properties develop so its important that we talk about the various options and preferable long before the actual need. Mr. Miron said he made notes of some of the issues talked about tonight and certainly we have to look at winter patrol (Bald Eagle Lake) and goose control, hunting on Bald Eagle.Lake, improvements to Highway 61,the County Road J interchange and light rail transit. The recreational trail corridors and park board meetings are also a part of the issues that face us that we could cooperate on and continue to meet on a regular basis. In addition,he suggested it would also be prudent to include Centerville in these conversation because these issues have an impact on Centerville and could see support on some of the things that we are trying to do. Mr. Miron said that the counties should be included in the discussion on park issues. We should make some effort to reach some of these goals. Mr. Tesch thanked everyone for coming this evening. He asked everyone to sign the register that was passed around to the audience. These persons will be notified about future meetings. Mr. Lyden said that the whole land issue is not as big of an issue as he had thought. Mr. Wessel said that as the Task Force goes through the whole comprehensive plan, we can talk about the issues raised tonight. He feels that every time the cities meet, it is always a valuable experience. Mr. Wessel said that the land use issue needs to be explored more. �-- PAGE 14