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City Council meeting of March 17, 2003 Page 4 Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing the City Attorney to draft a resolution for Council review thereby rescinding Resolution 2003-12. All aye. Motion Carried. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to reconvene the JD2 Blue Ribbon Task Force and forward a copy of Resolution 2003-16 to the City of Forest Lake and the RCWD for their review, and a copy to Washington County for their cosignature. All aye. Motion Carried. CSAH 8/14 PROJECT UPDATE SET MEETING DATES / TAX ABATEMENT The Hugo City Council held a workshop on Monday, February 10, 2003, to discuss issues related to the CSAR 8/14 realignment project and the Planning Commission held a meeting on February 27, 2003, to discuss land use issues related to property between 14P Street and 147' Street respectively. Staff has continued to discuss issues related to the project with Washington County officials and Council members and determined that a question and answer meeting would be appropriate to discuss the proposed two lane alignment to Fenway Boulevard from CSAH 8. Staff scheduled this question and answer session for 5:00 pm, March 17, 2003 with Planning Commission chair Dave Schumann and City Council member Frank Puleo to answer questions and discuss issues related to the alternative alignment. Washington County transportation engineer Sandy Cullen, project manager Chris Manthey attended the Council meeting to share the latest information on the project. Washington County will hold a public hearing for Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 7:00 pm in the Council chambers in order to solicit public comment on the project. The public hearing is solely for Washington County in accordance with federal law, which states they must hold their own public hearing on the project. The City of Hugo's meetings are scheduled for April 28, 2003 and May 5, 2003. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to set a Council workshop to discuss the CSAR 8/14 realignment project for April 28, 2003 at 7:00 pm, Hugo City Hall with the final Council recommendation to be made at the Council's regular May 5, 2003 meeting. All aye. Motion Carried. CD Director John Rask discussed briefly the use of tax abatement to help fund the project. Haas made motion, Granger seconded, directing staff to approach Washington County and the White Bear School District on tax abatement issues relative to the realignment project. All aye. Motion Carried. REQUEST FROM NORTHSIDE CONSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES At its March 3, 2003 meeting, the Council discussed the request from the owner of Northside Construction for municipal water and sewer service connection. City Engineer Dave Mitchell collected information from the feasibility study prepared on the project, and presented it for discussion by Council.