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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 AUGUST 13, 2007 CITY OF HUGO 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE NEWSLE'T'TER c In this issue: joint City Council and Planning joint City Commission Meeting to Discuss Land Council and Planning Use and Infrastructure August 23, 2007 Commission Meeting On August 23, 2007 there will be a Joint City Council and Plan- SEPTEMBER ning Commission work session to discuss a future land use plan 6TH. 2007 OPEN and the future infrastructure for the City. The public is invited to HOUSE listen to the discussion between the Planning Commission and the City Council at the work session. July 23, 2007 Meeting Update The Council and Planning Commission will be presented a draft future land use plan that was worked on at the previous joint visit The city meeting on July 19, 2007. The reason for presenting the land use Website plan is to provide a working draft of a plan that the public, Your Role As A Council, and Commissions can work with at the later meetings Citizen on the 2008 Comprehensive Plan. With the new future land use '""""""""""""""" plan many parcels have changed in terms of a land use cate- gory. Most changes to the land use are not significant and are simply a name change, but others are complete land use changes. There will also be discussion on the City's growth management policy regarding the location and rate of future development occurring in the City. What is Infrastructure? Woo', It is a term for the public improvements made to a community such as sewers, roads, bridges, and public utility installations. At the August 23 meeting, the Council and Planning Commis- sion will be presented with the current infrastructure in the City and will have discussions on the future infrastructure. These plans will include the sewer and water systems, possible future transportation corridors, and ideas for water conservation. Transportation will be talked about in terms of existing planning efforts for major corridors in the City and planning efforts for future corridors for the City. There will also be discussion on the needs for locations of future water towers and how much wa- ter storage is needed for the towers. The presentation of the in- frastructure plans for the City will also include a discussion of financing.