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City Council meeting of February 22, 2000 Page 3 McMahon stated that, for security reasons, the Sheriff s Department has expressed interest in sharing the Fire Department's communication room. Stoltzman made motion, Haas seconded, to authorize the Washington County Sheriffs Department to utilize the Fire Department's communication room. All aye. Motion Carried. Chief McMahon was directed to provide a formal request for this action. ATTORNEY'S REPORT (END ZONE LIQUOR LICENSE) At the Council's request, the City Attorney reviewed whether the current holder of the liquor license of the End Zone bar, Ms. Antonina Kramarczuk, was, and is, married to Adrian Kramarczuk, a former licensee, whose license was revoked. In his report, the City Attorney recommended that the CityCouncil direct Ms. Kramarczuk to provide the City written proof, satisfactory to the City Attorney, of her ownership or interest in the corporation, which is operating the End Zone bar, and the City Council conduct a hearing, under Hugo City Code, Section 2.32, to determine whether Ms. Antonina Kramarczuk has had an interest in the previous license, which was revoked; whether the license has been issued only to the applicant as required by Chapter 150, Section 7, Subd. 4, of the City Code; whether the applicant has made a false of misleading statement on any application of the liquor or beer license; whether the applicant has any ownership interest in the license. Barnes made motion, Stoltzman seconded, that the Council direct the Attorney to prepare a statement of the complaint, and notice of hearing, on the four (4) issues, and schedule a hearing for the City Council meeting of March 27, 2000, at 7:00 pm. All aye. Motion Carried. "RAIN GARDEN" REVIEW The Council considered a report prepared by Bethel College students on the use of "rain gardens" to manage urban storm water runoff. Also considered were reviews of the report prepared by the City Water Resource Engineer, the City Engineer, and the City's Park Planner, on the feasibility of using "rain gardens" as storm water management technique in the City of Hugo. This matter is pertinent to the design of Ethan Avenue in the Oakshore Park subdivision. Council member Petryk felt that the City should not make any decisions on this project until May, when all residents of the development have been updated on the new activity. Petryk made motion to be discussion of this matter until the Council meeting of May 15, 2000. Petryk withdrew her motion. Council member Barnes felt that engineering, policy, and maintenance issues should be decided prior to implementation of "rain gardens" in this project. Council member Petryk felt that the previous feasibility report served the needs of residents: ponding, paths, trees, street widths — a "minimal impact" project. If any of these issues were not satisfied, area residents would be