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2008 Comp Plan SWOT Page 2 of 2 <br /> Continuing the thought from the "Opportunities discussion": There are growing pressures for <br /> development east of the Highway 61 corridor. Can city officials resist pressures from some landowners <br /> for premature expansion of the MUSA?Can city officials regain the trust of Hugo's voters after recent <br /> instances where the mayor and council adopted an attitude of"We know better than you what's good for <br /> you" and resorted to backdoor methods to build a new fire station and city hall? <br /> 5 <br /> We would like to see Hugo's rural character preserved in the majority of the city east of the Highway 61 <br /> corridor by sticking with 5-or 10-acre minimums for areas east of the Highway 61 corridor. Limit future <br /> commercial development and quarter-acre lot residential developments to the area west of the Highway <br /> 61 corridor. <br /> 6 <br /> No! We definitely prefer being left alone. However,we would be interested in learning about programs <br /> that compensate landowners for preserving rural land,particularly when that parcel includes lakeshore <br /> as ours does. Over the years,we've planted over 4,500 trees on our 7+ acres ... and our property has <br /> become a sanctuary for wildlife displaced by development west of Greene Avenue. We'd be sick if to be <br /> forced to sell out and then have a developer destroy the character of our property. In our specific case, <br /> can city officials resist pressures from the landowner to our east for premature expansion of the MUSA, <br /> particularly when that expansion would envelope properties whose owners don't want to subdivide but <br /> might be forced to do so should their property taxes balloon to reflect the extension of city water and <br /> sewer services through their properties ... or who might be forced to hook up to city water and sewer. <br /> 3/5/2007 <br />