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Council meeting of September 2, 2003 Page 7 increase costs to the City. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, that the City has no objection to suggested repairs of JD2 realignment project, as suggested. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to amend the previous motion requesting that the RCWD memorialize the RCWD's guaranteeing no change in hydraulic capacity or cost to the City. VOTE ON AMENDMENT: All aye. Motion Carried. VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION: All aye. Motion Carried. PROPOSAL FOR CHARRETTE PROCESS FOR COMPLETION OF DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN (CAROLYN KRALL, LANDFORM) At its special meeting of August 8, 2003, the Council reviewed with staff its process to date on the development of the downtown redevelopment standards and site designs. Council agreed with the progress of staff and the Planning Commission to date, and directed staff to continue with its work. Staff is recommending a final "charrette process" to complete the downtown plan, taking into account the new CSAH 8 alignment. Staff has received a proposal from the City's planning consultant firm, Landform, and Carolyn Krall from Landform was present to discuss this proposal with Council. This final charrette process would be an opportunity to utilize the revisioning documents prepared by Mike Lamb and HGA and involve the significant number of business and land owners along TH61, from the End Zone to the Post Office, to complete the downtown planning process. City staff recommended Council give strong consideration to acceptance and authorization of the proposal to finalize this work, which has been identified as the City Council's #1 goal for 2003. Funds for the work are available in the City's 2003 budget for consulting services. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to approve the proposal from Landform and Carolyn Krall for the charrette process to complete the downtown redevelopment plan, in the amount of $8,285, and upon approval from the City Attorney. All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH HUGO INVESTMENTS LLC FOR STORAGE OF PW EQUIPMENT (OLD INTERSTATE LUMBER SITE) The Washington County Highway Department completed its agreement with the City of Hugo for storage of the City's two plow trucks after the 2002-2003 winter season. Since that time, the City has stored the plow trucks on the west side of the public works building, with the City's road grader stored in the Fire Hall, and the new plow truck stored in the City's new water tower. Over the past year, staff has sought warehouse space to store the City's public works equipment and to secure a sight for storage of a sand/salt pile. With the recent change in ownership of the Stock Lumber site, staff has worked with the new owner, who has agreed to lease the City 2,640 sq ft for the City's public works equipment and to utilize an area for the sand/salt pile. PW Director Chris Petree reviewed the Lease Agreement with City Assessor Frank Langer and found the lease rates to be better than the competitive market in the Washington County area