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Hugo City Council Minutes for April 6, 2009 Page 9 of 13 neighborhood, and intersection improvements at 147ti'/ TH61 and 130' /TH61. Council and staff will continue working with MN DOT and other policy makers in the community for their support. No formal action was taken. Update on Rice Lake Park Complex -Phase 2 For the past several month, the Rice Lake Park Athletic Complex subcommittee has met with resident Sharon Hanifl-Lee to discuss her family foundation's interest in providing funding to the Phase 2 construction of the parks shelter and pavilion at the Rice Lake Park Athletic Complex. On Friday, April 13, 2009, Mayor Fran Miron, City Administrator Mike Ericson, and Public Works Director Scott Anderson met with Sharon Hanifl and her parents, Paul and Susan, at the Rice Lake Park Athletic Complex to discuss the project as well as the interest of the family foundation to participate. City Planner Kendra Lindahl introduced Theresa Forsberg from Landform, who will be architect on the Rice Lake Park shelter project. Theresa talked about LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Green Building Certification, which will put the City at a better level when applying for grants and tax incentives. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded to approve the scope of services agreement with Landform to provide concept and preliminary construction designs for the development of a 2,000 square foot park shelter and pavilion at a cost not to exceed $35,000. All Ayes. Motion carried. Establishment of Ordinance Review Committee For the past year, the City Council had established a code enforcement committee that was assigned the task of reviewing ordinances and proposing revisions to those ordinances. The committee had worked on the nuisance ordinance, junk vehicle ordinance, large recreation vehicle ordinance, and most recently, the sign ordinance. On that committee was Councilmembers Becky Petryk and Tom Weidt and former Councilmember Frank Puleo. Planning Commissioner Bob Rosenquist, Adam Moore, and Doug Galler have volunteered to be a part of a new ordinance review committee. City staff recommended Council formerly create the ordinance review committee and choose two members of the Hugo City Council to be members on this committee. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to table this item until the next regularly scheduled Council meeting due to the lack of time. All Ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on Washington County Sheriffs Grant for COPS Hiring Recovery Program City staff was contacted by representatives of the Washington County Sheriffs Department regarding the City's interest in participating in a grant application to the federal government for the new COPS hiring recovery program which would be funded through federal stimulus dollars. Specifically, the Washington County Sheriffs Department would submit an application to the federal government for grant dollars to fund all costs related to hiring a deputy for the City of Hugo for a period of three years. This COPS grant is familiar to the Hugo City Council in that it