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CITY OF HUGO <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />HANSEN PROPERTY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING <br />WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 <br />RICE LAKE CENTRE COMMUNITY ROOM <br />7:00 PM <br />Mayor Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />Present: Haas, Klein, Petryk, Weidt, Miron <br />Present from the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Commission: Schmidt, Parker, <br />Taylor and Strub <br />Also Present: City Administrator Mike Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Bryan Bear, Public Works Director Scott Anderson, Economic Development and Parks <br />Intern Shayla Syverson <br />Mayor Miron opened the meeting and thanked the residents for attending. <br />Community Development Director Bryan Bear provided a PowerPoint presentation <br />explaining the City's history of long-term park planning with a reference to the 1998 <br />Parks Master Plan, a background of the Hansen property located at Irish Avenue at 140th <br />Street, and details of the purchase agreement. He noted that the Parks, Recreation and <br />Open Space Commission had established a long-term goal of a large -acre community <br />park in eastern Hugo. Bear also discussed the previous use of the Hansen property as a <br />gravel pit with a rock crusher and as an asphalt plant. It was after a neighborhood <br />meeting in July 2007 and legal action taken by the City that the gravel pit was reclaimed <br />and restored. The Purchase Agreement for the Hansen Property was approved by the <br />Hugo City Council on July 28, 2009 and has several contingencies upon closing. The <br />contingencies include City Council approval, clean-up of the site, and the securing of <br />financing by the City. If these contingencies are met, then the closing will be complete at <br />the end of October at which time the property would become public land. <br />Citizen Comments <br />Citizens raised questions regarding the interim and future use of the property as a park. <br />The majority of citizens expressed an interest in passive uses of the park. Examples <br />given for potential short term use included walking trails, a nature center, a dog park, a <br />man-made lake, paved biking trails, archery, use by senior citizens, horseback riding, and <br />cross country skiing. Providing youth athletic facilities and collaboration with local <br />School Districts was discussed. The concerns discussed over the interim use of the <br />