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City Council meeting of October 6, 2003 Page 8 REQUEST FOR SPEED REDUCTION ON TH61 AT 130M STREET Hugo resident Jill Hughes has submitted a letter to the City requesting a speed reduction on TH6I in the area of 1301° Street. She outlines in her letter the rationale for such a request and staff forwards it to Council for discussion. As Council is aware, City Engineer Dave Mitchell will be submitting a request for a traffic signal to MnDOT for that intersection. Ms. Hughes makes several important points in her letter, but at this time, staff would not want to jeopardize the funding request. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, to table this matter until the meeting of October 20, 2003. All aye. Motion Carried. SCHEDULE BREAKFAST bEEETING WITH HUGO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (OCTOBER 20, 2003) Several months ago, Council met with business owners from the Bald Eagle Industrial Park to discuss TIF shortfalls. At this meeting, business owners and Council agreed that a breakfast meeting in October would be a great idea in order to involve the business owners in a networking opportunity, along with members of the HBA and a site visit to other businesses. Council directed staff to schedule a breakfast meeting and staff has recommended Council select Monday, October 20, 2003 at 7:30 am in the Oneka Room at Hugo City Hall. Invitations to members of the HBA and other businesses in the community, along with business owners in the BEIP will be sent. Miran made motion, Petryk seconded, approving the selection of Monday, October 20, 2003, at 7:30 am for the breakfast meeting with the HBA, as well as other non-member businesses. Staff should work with the Hugo American Legion to schedule the event in its banquet room. All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES FOR PURCHASE OF PW AND FD VEHICLES At its August 8, 2003 meeting, Council discussed with staff the City's budget to date and also the use of equipment certificates to fund the purchase of vehicles for the Hugo FD and PW departments respectively. Finance Director Ron Otkin informed Council that a total of $875,000 would be available, with no increase to the urban tax rate, if Council were to purchase the 5 -year equipment certificates. Staff recommended Council approve the proposed resolution to authorize the sale of equipment certificates for the purchase of FD and PW vehicles, with a final decision for vehicles to be determined at the October 24, 2003 Council workshop. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2003-56 PROVIDING FOR THE COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATED SALE OF $875,000 G.O. CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003A. VOTING AYE: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried.