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Hugo City Council Minutes for January 5, 2009 Page 9 of 13 Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to authorize the Parks and Recreational Commission to move forward with a needs assessment at a nominal dollar amount. All ayes. Motion carried. Approve Revisions to the City's Sign Ordinance Over the past several months, the City's ordinance review committee has reviewed and made revisions to the City's sign ordinance which was in need of a major overhaul. As Council is aware, the goal of the committee was to complete the sign ordinance by the end of the year, but input from the business owners and Hugo Business Association was necessary in order to make modification and revisions to the sign ordinance to allow for the grandfathering of a number of current signs. At their December 11, 2008 meeting, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the sign ordinance as proposed by staff to the City Council. Associate Planner Rachel Simone presented Council with a PowerPoint outlining the revisions to the City's sign ordinance. Council discussed signs located in the agriculture district on silos and buildings or advertising agriculture products, and how they were not addressed in the sign ordinance. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to table approval of the sign ordinance to allow revisions to clarify sign requirements in the Agriculture Zoning District. Ayes. Haas, Klein, Petryk, Miron Nay: Weidt Motion carried. Discussion on Sign Complaints On July 7, 2008 the City Council directed staff to delay action on sign complaints until the new sign ordinance was adopted. There have been complaints since then that staff would like to address. Staff and Council discussed the enforcement of the sign ordinance for the complaints pending approval of the sign ordinance. Miron made motion, Klein seconded, to table enforcement of the sign ordinance until Council approves the ordinance after it is revised by staff. All ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on Proposed Washington County Library Kiosk Washington County Library Director Pat Conley has requested the City of Hugo consider the installation of a library kiosk at Hugo City Hall along with a prorated share of grant dollars for the kiosk. Library Director Pat Conley attended the meeting and presented the idea of the pilot program, one of two in the County, to the City Council to determine if there is an interest in locating a library kiosk at Hugo City Hall. Pat explained the kiosk would be linked to the library database, and lockers would be located in the lobby at City Hall for readers to retrieve books they had requested. Washington County would be responsible for providing the kiosk and City would only need to provide space, telecommunication port, and staff may have to answer minor questions.