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00 <br />14669 FbpraM Avenue North • Hugo, MN 55038 <br />Call to Order <br />Minutes U.3 <br />HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />HUGO CITY HALL <br />MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018 — 7 P.M. <br />Mayor Weidt called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />PRESENT: Haas, Klein, Miron, Petryk, Weidt <br />ABSENT: None <br />ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Bryan Bear, Community Development Director Rachel <br />Juba, City Engineer Mark Erichson, City Attorney Dave Snyder, City Clerk Michele Lindau <br />Minutes for the September 17, 2018 ChN Council Meeting, <br />Klein made motion, Miron seconded, to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting held <br />on September 17, 2018, as presented. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Approval of the Aenda <br />Weidt made motion, Klein seconded, to approve the agenda as amended to add a visitor <br />presentation regarding Rice Creek Watershed District taxes, and a presentation on parking on <br />150t' Street and Generation Avenue. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Forest Lake Area Schools 2018 Operating Le,, -I- Referendum — Superintendent Steve <br />Masser <br />The Forest Lake Area School District has an operating referendum on the November 6, 2018, <br />ballot to revoke and replace its current levy. Steve Massey, Forest Lake Area Schools <br />Superintendent, presented information on the 2018 Operating Levy Referendum and answered <br />questions from the Council. Massey explained they were looking to increase the voter approved <br />levy by $825 per pupil. This was largely due to a $25,000 gap in state funding. He said all <br />districts have this gap and they face it by increasing their levy. The Forest Lake voter approved <br />referendum had not been increased in 12 years. Instead, they have cut their budget by $7.5 <br />million in the past four years. If approved, money would be spent on lowering class sizes, <br />restoring previous cuts and reductions, and restoring services for struggling students and <br />programs for advanced and gifted students. Steve stated that if the levy is not approved, the <br />school board had discussed combining elementary schools, making further reductions in <br />programs, increasing fees, and reducing staff. <br />Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2018-29 RECOGNIZING <br />THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA SCHOOLS OPERATING LEVY <br />REFERENDUM. <br />