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