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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING APRIL 25 , 1973 The meeting was called to order at 8:20 PM by Craig Paulson, appointed chairman for the evening. Mr. Paulson appointed Mayor Lynn Carlson as chairman for the Public Hearing, which opened at 8:25 PM. Jim Houle, secretary for the Planning Commission, read aloud the notice of pub- lic hearing which had beenpublished in the White Bear Press. Mayor Carlson then introduced members of the Commission, Craig Paulson, Larry Ehret, Harley Johnson, and Jim Leroux, and also the planning con- sultants for the Village, Carl Dale and Bob Ei dem of Design Planning Associates, Inc . Carl Dale began a brief introduction by stating that the Comprehensive Plan is basicly that of the professional judgement of the consultants, andif the public doesn't agree with their ideas, they should speak up and let the Council and Planning Commission know how they feel. He said what they are definitely not proposing for Hugo is to be something like Roseville ,Richfield, Bloomington, etc . The Village should be more like Lake Elmo, Scott County, etc, where every square inch is developed in some way, beneficial to the community. Mistakes had been made in other communities, because only in the last five years has planning been taken seriously by suburban communities. Mr. Dale then referred to a map (copy on last page) when he told the pub- lic that instead of Hugo developing radially, it should be developed in corridors from North to South, with the Western one third (1/3) of the Village remaining urban, and. the Eastern two thirds (2/3) remaining essentially as it is today. The Western one third , or the old village g area, would remain urban with community facilities and improvements such as sewer, water, storm sewer, etc . , and the Eastern two thirds would remain rural, with low density population, gun clubs, game farms, etc. The Eastern portion should be retained rural even if it means new legis- lative action. This would keep public improvement needs and land owners' expense to a minimum. The main transportation corridor from St. Paul and White Bear Lake would be Highway # 61 through Hugo. The area could never expect to have mass transit, as people are too spread out. Commercial areas, as seen on the map, would be South of town, a special- ty center in town, one North on # 61, and one West. As Highway # 61 developes it should be a mixture of uses, a corridor developement. An example of this would be Highway # 12 from Johnson Parkway out. There ' s residential and_ business. Mr. Dale ended his presentation by saying that with their plan, the community can save wildlife, promote ecology, preserve rural areas, and still give the urban center their needs.