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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for January 3, 2017 Page 7 of 8 increase in 2017. The building department conducted 3,278 inspections last year, including the ones for Lino Lakes, Lake Elmo and Scandia. Lake Elmo has recently has hired an inspector so those inspections will not be done in the future. There are currently 133 single family units and 132 multi -family available units available, and there are many more projects coming. There have been eight residential projects approved, or are in the process, and five nonresidential projects totaling 24,805 square feet of new commercial. Foreclosures continue to decline and account for less than 1% of the homes in Hugo. Leitz talked about the completed projects of the Beatification Subcommittee which include the new banners and logo, and evaluation of entry monuments, gateway elements, and the TH61/CASH 4 roundabout. Update on the Yellow Ribbon Network Council Member Chuck Haas and Phil Klein reported to Council on the Yellow Ribbon Network activities held recently. Haas talked about the work of the YRN to provide furniture to military families in need. The YRN has received 100 pounds of coffee from the Blaine and Lino Lakes Caribou Coffee shops which will be sent to the troops. The YRN's reputation has led a company- wide care package event at Blattner Energy. They will be supplying 3,400 care packages, including postage, for the YRN to send to individual service members. Hamburger night is the fourth Wednesday of the month, which will be January 25, 2017. Approve Cancellation of January 16, 2017 Meeting Due to the Martin Luther King Day Holiday Every year, the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday falls on the same day as the Council's second monthly meeting in January. City Administrator Bryan Bear informed staff there are no agenda items for this meeting and recommended Council cancel its regular meeting on January 16, 2017. Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to cancel the January 16, 2016 City Council meeting. All Ayes. Motion carried. Council Goal Setting Session on January 17, 2017 Annually, the Hugo Council holds a Goal Setting Session in January to develop goals and priorities for 2017. City Administrator Bryan Bear reminded Council they had scheduled the Goal Setting Session for Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. Schedule Hugo Fire Department Banquet for Saturday, January 21, 2017 City Administrator Bryan Bear informed Council they had been invited to attend the Hugo Fire Department annual banquet on Saturday, January 21, 2107 at the Split Rock Entertainment Center (formerly Stars and Strikes), 5063 273rd Street, Wyoming. Bear recommended Council schedule the Hugo Fire Department Banquet as a meeting if they wished to attend.