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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for September 19, 2011 Page 4 of 5 Approve Pay Request No. 4 from Northdale Construction for Construction of the South Ethan Street Improvement Proiect The City of Hugo received Pay Request No. 4 from Northdale Construction for work completed to date on the construction of the South Ethan Avenue neighborhood street improvement project. Senior Engineering Technician Steve Duff and City Engineer Jay Kennedy have reviewed the Pay Request and found it to be satisfactory for work completed to date on the project. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved Pay Request No. 4 to Northdale Construction in the amount of $57,748.47 for work completed to date on the South Ethan Street Improvement Project. Approve Leave Of Absence for Firefighter Michael Childs from the Hugo Fire Department Staff added this item to the agenda. Firefighter Michael Childs has requested a Leave of Absence to allow him to attend a 14 week program at the St. Paul Fire Department Training Academy. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Leave of Absence for Firefighter Michael Childs from the Hugo Fire Department until December 31, 2011. Discussion on National Recycling, Inc. (NRI) Transition Plan At its May 16, 2011 meeting, the City Council approved several applications for National Recycling Inc. (NRI) including a plan to transition the business to a residential recycling center prohibiting the stock piling of scrap. To date, construction on the site has not started to transition the business, but progress has been made on the second location in Cambridge and the hiring of a contractor. NRI Owner Rick Mark and his construction contractor Brian Baas were present and explained the progress and proposed revisions to the approved transition plan. Rick would like to start construction at the Hugo location in May 2012, after the site is finished in Cambridge. The Hugo site would be completed by July 2012 as per the approved plans. Rick would like to revise the transition plan to include the new completion dates. Community Development Director Bryan Bear stated that staff was comfortable with the revisions to the transition plan that are proposed. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the amended transition plan as presented. All Ayes. Motion carried. Heritage Ponds Home Owner Association Request for Individual Water Meters A member of the Board of Directors for the Heritage Ponds Multi -family Homeowners Association Steve Anderson requested to address Council regarding the collective billing of the water usage of residents in the multi -family association. Mr. Anderson would like to have individual water meters to each unit in the association so sewer and water charges would be billed accordingly. The Council felt more information was needed. Miron made motion, Weidt seconded, to table this item to allow staff to do research and bring it back to the Council at the next meeting. All Ayes. Motion carried.