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City Council meeting of March 19, 2001 Page 2 of the Consent Agenda approved the Professional Service Agreement with HGA for work on the community charrettelvisioning process. DONATION TO CITY FROM TANGLEWOOD CHURCH For the past number of months, Tanglewood Church, a spin-off church from the Thanksgiving Lutheran Church that uses the City's Rice Lake Park Building for services, has used the Hugo City Hall for its Sunday worship services. Parishioners have made a $200 donation to the City for the use of the City facility. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved Council acceptance of the donation from Tanglewood Church. RESOLUTION APPROVING 147TH STREET AS A MNDOT MSAS STREET DESIGNATION At its March 5, 2001 meeting, the Hugo City Council accepted a recommendation from staff to approve the addition of 147'h Street as part of the City's MSAS street designation in the City for the purpose of obtaining municipal state aid. MnDOT requires that once MnDOT engineering staff makes acceptance of the street, a resolution from the respective jurisdiction be approved by that respective City Council. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2001-6, A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE SELECTION OF 147TH STREET AS THE ADDITIONAL .9 MILE STREET DESIGNATION FOR THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL STATE AID FUNDING. VOTING AYE: Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. ORDINANCE APPROVING QUORUM CHANGE FOR PLANNING COMMISSION On February 5, 2001, the City Council discussed the recommendation from the PC to increase the quorum from three to four members, and give the PC the authority to review variances associated with site plans, conditional use permits, and preliminary plats. On February 28, 2001, the PC held a public hearing to consider the proposed ordinance amendment and unanimously recommended approval. Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE 2001-347, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 320 (ZONING ORDINANCE) BY DELEGATING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES TO REVIEW VARIANCES AND CHANGING THE QUORUM FROM THREE TO FOUR VOTING MEMBERS. VOTING AYE: Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron Motion Carried. PUBLIC HEARING MNDNR NATURAL & SCENIC GRANT FOR CITY PARKLAND At its March 5, 2001 meeting, the Hugo City Council authorized staff to proceed with a grant application to MnDNR for a 50/50 matching grant for acquisition of the 21 -acre Bernin parcel of land adjacent to Oneka Lake. Mayor Miron reminded all present that the public hearing was being held to solicit public comment on the grant application. The public hearing was called to order with the following comments: