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MINUTES <br />HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION <br />May 26, 2005 <br />Call to Order <br />Chairman Schumann called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />PRESENT: Bailly, Hoffbeck, McRoberts, Rosenquist, Schumann, Weidt <br />ABSENT: Kleissler <br />ALSO PRESENT: Bryan Bear, Community Development Director <br />Michele Lindau, Community Development Assistant <br />Minutes of May 12, 2005 <br />Weidt made motion, Bailly seconded, to approve the minutes of May 12, 2005 as submitted. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Downtown Design Guidelines <br />Carolyn Krall, Planner at Landform, presented the Commission the draft downtown plan and <br />design guidelines. <br />Schumann explained that discussion of the downtown area began with the review of the <br />Comprehensive Plan in 1993. At that time, an EDA Commission was formed along with the <br />Downtown Beautification Committee. In 1995, the City starting soliciting input from the <br />community on what the residents would like to see in the downtown area. Several meetings and <br />charettes were held over the following years but the issue was put on hold because the <br />realignment of CSAH 8 was undetermined. <br />With the decision on the realignment of CSAH 8, the City Council and Planning Commission <br />have initiated continuing discussion on the downtown guidelines. With the impending <br />development of the downtown area, the Commission has expressed the need to be proactive in <br />the design of the downtown area and set standards to provide direction to the new development <br />in downtown Hugo. <br />The Commission discussed mixed uses, parking, elevations, traffic, lighting, signage, themes and <br />