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City Council Meeting of July 7, 2008 Page 6 of 10 Commission made a recommendation to the Council to approve an amendment to the Home Occupations ordinance. The Council discussed the restriction on trailers attached to vehicles, screening of the trailers, and wording on parcel size. Puleo made motion, Granger seconded, to approve ORDINANCE 2008-421 AMENDING CHAPTER 320 (COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE REGULATION) SECTION 1195-330.1 HOME OCCUPATIONS, SUBD. 2, (.i) AND SUBD. 13, (B) with a change to the wording from "greater than ten acres" to "ten acres or more" and a change to allow a trailer with a vehicle attached, not to exceed 46 feet in length combined, to be parked in Agricultural and Rural Districts on parcels at least ten acres in size. No changes were made to the screening requirement. Aye: Granger, Petryk, Puleo Nay: Haas, Miron Motion carried. Award of Bid for 2008 Bituminous Road Repairs Proiect At its May 5, 2008 meeting the City Council authorized staff to solicit bids for 2008 bituminous road repairs. The roads to be repaired include: Hyde Av. N., Heather Av. N., Upper Heather Av. N., Goodview Av. N. and Falcon Av. N. The proposed repairs include: repairing soft spots, milling/reclaiming the pavement and paving a new 2" layer of asphalt. The estimated project cost is approximately $134,000. Public Works Director Chris Petree explained that bids were received on Thursday, June 26, 2008. The City received 8 bids for the project with prices ranging from $125,570 to $171,809 with three bids below $128,000. The low bidder was Northwest Asphalt, Inc. at a price of $125,570, almost $9,000 below staff's estimate. Northwest Asphalt, Inc. is a qualified contractor and staff is confident in their ability to complete the project and at their bid price. Granger made motion, Haas seconded, to award the 2008 Bituminous Road Repair Project to Northwest Asphalt, Inc. at a low bid price of $125,570. Upon roll call voting aye: Puleo, Haas, Petryk, Granger, Miron Voting nay: None Motion carried. Discussion on Approval of Resolution for Washington County Certifying Change in Property Values At its June 11, 2008 workshop and June 16, 2008 City Council meeting, the Hugo City Council discussed with City Assessor Frank Langer and Washington County Director of Assessment Services Kevin Corbid the issues related to the reduction in the values of properties destroyed or damaged by the May 25, 2008 tornado. As Council is aware, this detailed work needs to be reviewed and certified by the County as well as an application sent to the State of Minnesota Executive Committee for approval. Kevin Corbid prepared a resolution to officially certify the change in property values as discussed with Council previously. Commissioner Dennis Hegberg stated this was a step in the process, and he would like to move forward quickly as possible to get the residents a portion of their first half of this year's property taxes returned to them and reduce their next year's tax. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2008-35 REQUESTING DAMAGED PROPERTY BE REASSESSED.