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Hugo City Council Minutes for April 6, 2009 Page 11 of 13 Discussion on Improvements to Goodview Avenue South into City of Grant City staff was contacted by Councilmember Chuck Haas who was contacted by residents living on or near Goodview Avenue South who are interested and supportive of improvements to the gravel road which has been posted as a minimum maintenance road by the City of Grant. Staff provided the Council a copy of an article written by reporter Aaron Rupar in the April 1, 2009 issue of The Citizen newspaper describing a petition that has been circulated by both White Bear Township and Hugo residents which formally requests that the City of Grant turn over maintenance and control of the road to Washington County. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to table the discussion until the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting due to the lack of time. All Ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on Yellow Ribbon Community Status to support National Guard Service Men and Women Councilmember Chuck Haas recently attended a meeting regarding the Yellow Ribbon Community program, which is a consorted effort to have community support to publicly support the National Guard men and women who are serving abroad. City staff provided Council a copy of the brochure that has been circulating in an effort to build a networking of support for the service members and their families throughout their deployment cycle. Councilmember Haas and County Commissioner Dennis Hegberg explained the services provided by the Yellow Ribbon Community network were to support those deployed to Iraq as well as the friends and families left behind by assisting military families in many different areas. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to support the City of Hugo's participation in the Yellow Ribbon Community with Councilmember Haas as the liaison. All Ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on New State Legislative Changes Regarding Horse Boarding and Classifying Horses as Livestock During 2008, Washington County reviewed the operations of all horse boarding and/or training operations within the county. Information was gathered related to the specifics of each operation, for example the number of horses boarded, number of personal horses, training facilities, and the total acres used as part of the operation. The information gathered was used to make classification decisions for the 2009 assessment. House File No. 797 has been presented to the MN House of Representatives and deals with the classification of livestock. City Assessor Frank Langer was in attendance who explained the Washington County Assessor's Office changed the classification of several parcels containing horse operations from agricultural to commercial. Dan Ramberg, owner of Woodloch Stables at 5676 170th Street was concerned about the increase in his property tax as a result of this reclassification.