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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for February 1, 2021 Page 5 of 9 147th Street. There was also a purchase agreement for the City owned property along Highway 61, and the City will be doing a water reuse project on CSAH 8. The City will be exploring potential staffing needs at the Fire Department and evaluating staffing needs at the Sheriff's Department. Bear stated that staff also anticipated spending time managing the COVID-19 Pandemic. Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the 2021 City Focus Goals and Ongoing Priorities. Roll call vote — all ayes. Motion carried Approve Lions Park Pavilion and Park Design and Authorize Construction Documents City Administrator Bryan Bear began by explaining how the next three agenda items were interconnected and asked Council to consider each one individually but recommended proceeding with all these projects together. Lions Park redevelopment, street and parking improvements, and the stormwater reuse project were all dependent on each other and involved several funding sources. Bear stated it would be a priority to keep things moving and on schedule. Planner Shayla Denaway provided background on work done on the redevelopment of Lions Park. At the City Council meeting of October 5, 2020, proposals from WSB and Associates and HCM Architects were approved to develop the design of Lions Park to 50%. A community workshop was held on October 12, 2020. At the City Council meeting of October 19, 2020, three stakeholder committees were formed to design the playground, pavilion, and overall park site. At the meeting of January 20, 2021, the Parks Commission reviewed the committees' recommendations and recommended Council review and approve the Lions Park pavilion and park designs. Proposals were received from WSB and HCM to draft construction documents, and the Parks Commission recommended Council authorize this. Matt Lysne with HCM Architects presented the design for the pavilion and layout showing how the City Hall parking lot was redesigned with the new park building at the west end. Key features were the axis arrangement with the parking lot, City Hall and the large gathering space all in alignment. He showed the building layout and explained how it flowed with entry out to pavilion, garden spaces, and playground structures. There was a large community gathering room that would seat around 120 people. A catering service room with windows was shown connected to the gathering room that would also be accessible from outside. The building had large windows facing east and large doors to the north. There were also doors opening to the west that led into an outdoor seating area. The lobby would act as a hub to a small and a large meeting room. He showed where the mechanical room, janitor's room, large storage room, and restrooms were located and explained there would also be restrooms at the west end of the building with only outdoor access. There was also a large picnic shelter attached to the building. Lysne showed the building elevations and color renderings pointing out there would be a lot of windows to let light in. The exterior would be red brick and limestone similar to City Hall. There would be light gray metal panel components on the sides of the building and white framed windows. The large overhang on the north side of the building would have a wood ceiling to bring in warmer tones.