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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for February 4, 2019 Page 6 of 8 Approval of City Council Focus Goals and Ongoing Priorities for 2018 The Council held a goal setting workshop on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, for the purpose of setting goals and priorities for 2019. City Administrator Bryan Bear had compiled items discussed during the workshop and reviewed them with the Council. Bryan explained these goals serve as guide to help staff to prioritize work during the coming year. He reviewed priorities related to conservation, economic development, community development, infrastructure, parks, public safety, and administration. Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the 2019 City Council Goals and ongoing priorities. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update on Hopkins Schoolhouse At its July 2, 2018, meeting, Council approved a committee to explore options for the future of the Hopkins Schoolhouse. Historic Preservation Consultant Olivia Schiffman reported on the progress of the committee and their recommendation. The seven -member committee had met several times and discussed all options for the schoolhouse and obstacles. It was concluded by the committee that there were several benefits to a public private partnerships, and a big benefit would be if the City would give financial support. Olivia shared a marketing flyer for the lease of the Hopkins Schoolhouse for a public/private partnership and reviewed the development criteria stating the committee was recommending the Council approve it and move forward with publishing the marketing flyer. Miron, who served on the committee, talked about the agreement of the group to form a public private partnership, and he felt there needed to be discussions on where the City was financially in supporting it. Klein recognized that a fair amount of work needed to be done, which may get expensive, and suggested the County may be able to help reduce the cost. Haas questioned how a business would be taxed if it operated out of the schoolhouse. City Administrator Bear replied that it would be taxed as used, so it would be commercial. Petryk asked if the lease amount would be fairly inexpensive, and Schiffman replied that it would be discussed when reviewing proposals. Haas guessed it would take well over $100,000 to get the property in shape for someone to use, and said he would be very hesitant to do that without knowing the benefit to the City. Weidt acknowledged there were many unknown variables which made it hard to determine support of the project, but he would like to see what proposals come forward.