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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for May 4,2015 Page 4 of 7 Approve Hiring of Four Seasonal Compost Site Employees Each year,the Public Works Department hires seasonal employees to staff the compost site. Staffing the hours of operation is divided between several part time seasonal employees. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the hiring of Peter Schmidt, Scott Barsness,Ronald Sparrow and Arlo Werner as part-time seasonal employees to fill the staffmg needs at the Hugo compost site. Approve Ordinance and Summary Ordinance for Zoning Code Text Amendments At its March 2,2015 meeting,the City Council authorized zoning ordinance text amendments related to inconsistencies within the City Code to be reviewed by the Ordinance Review Committee(ORC). Staff had completed the revisions relating to zoning district and performance standard inconsistencies and an amendment to the livestock and poultry ordinance. Staff recommends that the zoning text amendments be approved. The ORC and Planning Commission agreed that the proposed zoning text amendments were necessary and recommend approval by the City Council. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved ORDINANCE 2015-470 AN ORDINANCE DELETING,ADDING,AND AMENDING ARTICLE IV-ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE VI-REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC USES AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and the Summary Ordinance for publication. Approve Authorization to Create Ordinance on Solar Gardens Staff has been receiving many inquiries from solar companies and residents regarding the construction of solar gardens. Staff will be preparing a work plan for the ORC to discuss creating and implementing a solar garden ordinance to regulate future solar projects. Adoption of the Consent Agenda authorized the ORC to create a solar garden ordinance for the City Code. Update on Marketing of City Owned Properties At the April 6, 2015 meeting,the Council was provided an update on the marketing of the City owned properties, and they discussed incentives based on the project meeting certain development criteria. The Council had directed staff to proceed with the development incentives and criteria,and to also review it with the St. Paul Port Authority to see what they would charge to market the property for the City. Planner Rachel Juba explained that staff contacted the St. Paul Port Authority and learned there were two ways they could provide economic development services. One would be a Brokerage Service Agreement,based on a percentage of the sale, and the other would be an Economic Development Consulting Agreement,which is based on an hourly fee. Haas talked about the need to have the land sold and adding to Hugo's tax base, instead of remaining vacant. He stated that a time frame should be set for the City to market it before asking the Port Authority to do so, if it does not sell. Weidt suggested visiting the issue again in September. Miron asked how staff would be marketing it. Rachel responded that the City would be doing the same thing a broker would do. Haas asked for a written list of what the City will be doing to market it.