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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for March 5,2018 Page 9 of 10 Council talked about current compliance and how the City could put forth the presentation that it had already met all the permit conditions. This would then require action from the DNR, which could bide time through the fall into 2019. Council also felt it would be easy to show an appellate judge that Hugo had been arbitrarily brought into this. Council questioned whether the City would have to be doing anything during an appeal process. Snyder replied that the appeal alone would not freeze the permit conditions, but stipulation or an agreement during the appeal or a motion to accomplish that would do it. There would be a question of cost based on how aggressively they City challenges the merits of the permit conditions. If the decision is to wait, it may result in the correction of some things, but if doing nothing does not result in changes, the Council would be the recipient of that reality. Snyder stated that an appeal, if formed, would be on the watering ban and maybe the per-capita limitations. Council indicated they were not excited to appeal, and have done things with the hope that sensibility and reasoning would be applied at some point during this process. They acknowledged that if the City does not challenge the conditions, it may lose the right to have the conversation. Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to direct staff to prepare for an appeal and bring back a final recommendation at the next Council meeting and be prepared to enter into executive session. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update on Park Upgrades At its meeting of February 21, 2018, the Parks Commission recommended that improvements be made at Arbre Park, Frog Hollow Park, Heritage Ponds Park, and Val Jean Park. The Parks Commission included $50,000 in the Parks Capital Improvement Plan for park upgrades in 2018. Upgrades would include replacing over grown landscaping, adding benches, planting additional shade trees, and replacing damaged playground components. Parks Planner Shayla Denaway outlined the projects, estimated costs, and timelines for the neighborhood park improvements, with the work being done by the Public Works Department. The Parks Commission also discussed master planning Clearwater Creek Preserve, a 120-acre community park that is largely unimproved except for a 1/2 mile wood chip trail that has fallen into disrepair over the past two summers due to the wet conditions of the property. An active living grant application for $15,000 to master plan Clearwater Creek Preserve had been submitted to Living Healthy Washington County, and a master plan would include a wetland delineation and identify possible locations for trails. Weidt talked about an email he received regarding the condition of the playground equipment at Lions Park. Council generally agreed it needed to be considered for future repairs. Petryk made motion, seconded by Haas, to approve the repairs to the four parks not to exceed $50,000.