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r BACKGROUND MEMO FOR THE EDA MEETING OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 3. Approval of Minutes for EDA meetinp-of October 20, 2008 Staff recommends approval of the October 20, 2008 EDA meeting minutes. 4. Health East Clinic Staff invited Scott North, CEO, and Len Kaiser, Administrative Director both from Health East Clinic to welcome Health East into Hugo. The new clinic is under construction and is located at the northwest corner of County Road 8 and Everton Avenue. They attended the November 17, 2008 meeting and talked about the progress of the construction of the building. They were welcomed into the City as a new business. 5. Discussion on City Owned Property Mark Finneman from Finn Daniels Architects and Richard Fischer from Richard Fischer Architects will be present at the meeting. They would like to discuss a development idea for the City owned property in the downtown. They will be presenting their ideas to the EDA at the meeting. 6. Update on BR&E Committee Staff will update the EDA on the progress of the BR&E subcommittee. 7. Update on Proposed Sip-n Ordinance Since August 6, 2008, the ordinance review committee (ORC) has been working on revising the City's sign ordinance. The ORC consists of three Planning Commissioners, Tom Weidt, Bob Rosenquist, and Adam Moore, and two Council members, Mike Granger and Frank Puleo. The goals of the committee were to make the sign ordinance business friendly, make sure the signs are easily seen by the public, and make sure the signs are made out of quality materials. These goals were the basis of creating a new sign ordinance. Staff presented the proposed sign ordinance to the Hugo Business Association and the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the ordinance on November 13, 2008. Staff will update the EDA on how the sign ordinance will affect businesses and the outcome of the public hearing. 8. Update on Downtown Redevelopment Staff will update the EDA on downtown redevelopment projects.