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-4- Motion carried unanimously. • Mrs. Makowske requested the Commission be kept informed about H.R.A. _ meetings so a representative could attend. Mr. Childs reported the H.R.A. would be meeting following the Council meeting December 14th and Mr. Bjorklund could stay for that meeting as well. The same would be true for all H.R.A. meetings held the same evening the Commission minutes are reported in the future and staff would notify the Commission of other H.R.A. meetings when they are scheduled. He then answered questions about the failure of the proposed senior housing to get HUD 202 funding, saying Martin Sabo' s office had indicated other projects were considered by HUD to have more "efficient design factors" , which the Manager read to mean without some of the amenities developed for the project in an attempt to blend the City 's development character. The meeting was recessed at 9 : 20 P .M. and reconvened at 9 : 30 P.M. for a motion of commendation of Mr. Berg's services to the Commission after which he was presented with a farewell card and going away gift from the Commission members . Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Bowerman to express the Planning Commission 's appreciation of Ron Berg ' s help , good humor and perseverance in serving the Planning Commission the past years and their best wishes for future endeavors . . Motion carried unanimously. At 9 : 35 P.M. , the Chairman opened the public hearing on the revised Sign Ordinance. The November 30th letter from the City Attorney , in which Mr. Soth suggested several changes in organization of the document and clarifi- cation of certain definitions had been included in the agenda packet and Mr. Berg indicated he perceives none of the changes would contradict any of the revisions made by the Commission. The Manager commented that he had participated in rewriting the sign ordinances for seven cities which involved reading ordinances from about 50 other municipalities and he believes this ordinance to be one of the most reasonable and one of which Mr. Berg , the City Attorney and the Commission can justifiably be proud. Mr. 'Bjorklund indicated he perceives the ordinance would meet the criteria set in one of the seminars he attended for providing good, solid reasons for establishing ordinance requirements . Fie also liked the strong state- ment which indicates the City is serious about enforcement of those requirements . The notice of the hearing had been published, but there was no one present to provide further input and the hearing was closed at 9 : 45 P.M. • It was agreed the Commission should be given an opportunity to study the final draft of the ordinance which had just been provided them.