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MINUTES HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION March 6, 2008 Call to Order Chairman Schumann called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. PRESENT: McRoberts, Moore, Rosenquist, Schumann, Weidt ABSENT: Kleissler ALSO PRESENT: Bryan Bear, Community Development Director (CDD) Jay Kennedy, City Engineer Kendra Lindau, City Planner Michele Lindau, Secretary Rachel Simone, Associate Planner Resignation of Commissioner Kelly Bailly Chairman Schumann announced that Commissioner Bailly had submitted a letter of resignation from the Planning Commission. Her family was moving out of the Hugo area. Schumann thanked her for her years of service on the Commission. Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing The Commission held a public hearing to consider the 2008 Comprehensive Plan. Planner Kendra Lindahl provided a summary of the plan and highlighted some of the recent changes. Community Development Director Bryan Bear talked about a petitions that the City had received. One petition was from residents located on the east side of Oneka Lake requesting their property be removed from the proposed 2030 MUSA. The CDD presented a revised plan showing most of those properties removed, and the ones to the north and to the south along Greene Avenue designated as Very Low Density (VLD) to provide a transition area. Three other petitions were received by the City that involved a request to exclude all references to the Paul Hugo Farms Wildlife Management Area (Rice Lake) in the Comprehensive Plan, ban hunting activities within the WMA, and prohibit the discharge of firearms within the City of Hugo. The Commission had received the following comments via mail or email. The following requested to leave the Rural Preservation Program in the Comprehensive Plan: Lois Viector, 16566 Jeffery Avenue North Steve anderson, 16490 Jeffrey Avenue North Lucille Engstrom, 9916 170th Street North Mark Anderson, 16290 Jeffrey Avenue North Ellen and Bill St. Sauver, Jeffrey Avenue North