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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for June 5,2017 Page 5 of 8 swimming pools were submitted for review. On February 9, 2017, the ORC agreed that staff should begin drafting a swimming pool ordinance to address the number of variance requests the City was receiving. On March 6, 2017, City Council approved staff to begin preparing a swimming pool ordinance. At its May 25, 2017 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider the swimming pool ordinance. The Planning Commission made a recommendation to approve the ordinance to the City Council. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved ORDINANCE 2017-484 RELATED TO AND REGULATING SWIMMING POOLS. Approve Special Event Permit for Tough Mudder Event on July 14-16, 2017 Tough Mudder had submitted an application for a Special Event Permit to hold a three day event at Wild Wings Game Farm on July 14-16, 2017. Tough Mudder is a for-profit company located in Brooklyn, New York, that holds approximately 50 events throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. On Saturday and Sunday, participants will run a 10-12 mile course with approximately 22 military style obstacles. On Friday, the Tough Mudder X will be held, which will involve 200 elite athletes on a one-mile obstacle course. This event will be filmed for national television. The Tough Mudder requires a Special Event Permit approved by Council because there will be approximately 12,000 attendees over the weekend, impacts to public streets, use of an amplified sound system, and alcohol will be served. This event was held in 2016, and staff noted there were impacts to traffic. Tough Mudder has modified their parking procedure, which staff feels will greatly reduce or eliminate traffic impacts. Staff has worked with the applicant on details of the event and believes it to be well organized. Elizabeth Quicksell, 6477 Egg Lake Road, thanked everyone on the Council for their service. She said she does not get notified of the events and does not appreciate all the traffic they bring. City Clerk Michele Lindau provided a brief description of the modified parking and traffic plan. Quicksell said she didn't have problems with the stacking of cars,just the continuous traffic in front of her home making it difficult to get on to the road. The Council talked about the benefits of having these events in Hugo and the positive impacts they have on businesses in Hugo. Haas asked that a phone number be provided to residents to call if they needed to have assistance getting through traffic. Miron asked that a letter be sent to all residents along the route notifying them of the event. Haas made motion, Weidt seconded, to approve the Tough Mudder Special Event Permit adding a condition to provide affected residents with a phone number to call if they need assistance in getting in and out of their driveways and to provide notice to residents along the route. All Ayes. Motion carried. Award of Bid for the Waters Edge Water Reuse Proiect The Council had previously authorized the preparation of plans and specifications and the advertisement for bids for the Waters Edge Water Reuse project. City Engineer Mark Erichson explained that bids were received on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 and were opened and read aloud.