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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for October 17, 2022 Page 4 of 6 Areawide Review (AUAR) as part of the Everton Avenue Neighborhood Study. Minnesota Rules 4410.3610, Subd. 7, required the document to be reviewed and updated every five years until all development in the study area had received final approval. The last update to the plan was in October, 2017. All required agencies had commented, and no revisions were required. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2022-68 AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE EVERTON AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW (AUAR) UPDATE 2022. Receive Feasibility Study and Set Public Hearing for Birch Tree Ponds Neighborhood Mark Erichson reminded Council they had previously authorized staff to prepare a feasibility study for the 2023 Birch Tree Ponds Area Street Improvement Project, and a neighborhood meeting was held on September 29, 2022, to discuss the project. He presented information on the project showing the project location and explained which roads would need a partial street reconstruction and which roads would be an urban roadway mill and overlay project. Utility improvements were being proposed for watermain isolation valves and some sanitary sewer maintenance. The sanitary sewer would be televised to make repairs to it if needed prior to road repairs. Erichson said the feasibility study had been completed, and the total project cost was estimated at $2,113,700. According to the Assessment Policy last updated in 2013, the assessment rate for the partially reconstructed street would be $4,100 per unit, and streets with the urban roadway overlay would be $2,100 per unit. The total being assessed would be $672,900, or 31.8%, of the total project cost. Erichson provided a proposed schedule for the project. If the Council accepted the feasibility study this evening, the public hearing would be set for November 21, 2022. A neighborhood open house would be held in January, 2023. Construction would take place June-September, 2023, and the assessment hearing would take place in October 2023. Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2022-69 RECEIVING THE FEASIBILITY REPORT AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2023 BIRCH TREE PONDS AREA STREET IMPROVEMENTS. All Ayes. Motion carried. Hopkins Schoolhouse Update City Administrator Bryan Bear reminded Council of its February 7, 2022, meeting, where they listened to an update from the Hopkins Schoolhouse Committee and learned of their desire to save the schoolhouse. There was consensus of the Council that the committee should reach out to the community to see if there was an ambitious group to save the schoolhouse, and they were given a six-month deadline. A community meeting was held on April 23, 2022, to gather those interested in saving the schoolhouse, and the meeting resulted in a group that had since been working on a plan since. This group met with staff on October 6, 2022. Bear shared that the plan they presented would involve conversion of the structure into a heritage center and recreation hub. Bear stated the group was very organized but needed a few more months to work on funding source details. The group requested approval to tarp the roof to prevent more water damage in the meantime. The