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2008 Comp Plan SWOT Page 1 of 2 <br /> Kendra Lindahl <br /> From: Michele Lindau [mlindau@ci.hugo.mn.us] <br /> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:20 PM <br /> To: Bryan Bear; Kendra Lindahl; Rachel <br /> Subject: 2008 Comp Plan SWOT <br /> Here is a response to our on-line comment form. C1 and C2 is in answer to the first yes/no <br /> question respectively. C3 and C4 to the second yes/no question. In other words,in the email <br /> below,the box was checked for "no" on the first question and "yes" on the second. The other <br /> questions are numbered. Hope this is not too confusing but it is the way the results of the form are <br /> presented. <br /> Michele <br /> Cl: <br /> C2: ON <br /> Tl: Thomas E. Raster <br /> T2: 15227 Greene Avenue,Hugo, MN 55038 <br /> T3: <br /> T4: 651-426-3050 <br /> T5:iraster@mindspring.com <br /> C3: ON <br /> C4: <br /> Remote Name: 209.180.29.32 <br /> Remote User: <br /> Date: 03/04/2007 <br /> Time: 12:43 PM <br /> 1. <br /> Hugo's main strength (and what used to be the primary attraction for prospective newcomers)was its <br /> rural character—opportunities to own a horse, to hobby farm, to hunt on your own land,to get away <br /> from the typical subdivision's quarter-acre lots and accompanying frustrations with neighbors. <br /> Unfortunately, this"strength" is fading with city hall's current development-oriented policies. <br /> 2 <br /> The greatest weakness(and threat to the above strength) is 20f years of city officials failing to honor <br /> and preserve Hugo's rural lifestyle. Instead,city officials have catered to developers and parroted the <br /> mantra that"development pays for itself and,therefore, longtime residents won't see development- <br /> related tax increases."The reality is that snowballing development causes a community to chase its own <br /> tail: The city expands infrastructure for anticipated development and then needs to attract more <br /> development to pay for the infrastructure. <br /> 3 <br /> It's critical for city officials to regain control over Hugo's future and to salvage some of its rural <br /> heritage. To a degree,officials do that when they insist that development(at least in the near-term) first <br /> take place west of the Highway 61 corridor. <br /> 4 <br /> 3/5/2007 <br />