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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for May 18,2015 Page 3 of 5 Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Lawful Gambling Exempt Permit for the Hugo American Legion Auxiliary Post 620. Discussion on Water Summit The City of Hugo held a Water Summit on January 29 and April 9. Attendees at these meetings were leaders from the cities of Hugo,Centerville,Circle Pines,Columbus, Forest Lake, Lino Lakes, and Scandia,and local legislators, Metropolitan Council, and Department of Natural Resources. The makeup of the group is similar to that of the I-35 W/E Collation. At both these meetings, there was discussion regarding formalizing the group to meet on a regular basis to discuss and act on items that affect all communities. Petryk made motion, Miron seconded, to schedule the next water summit meeting for June 4, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. to include a BBQ. All Ayes. Motion carried. Miron made motion,Petryk seconded, to direct staff to prepare a draft agreement formalizing the group for consideration at the next meeting. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update on National Recycling.Inc.Site Improvements City Administrator Bryan Bear provided Council with an update on the status of the site improvements at National Recycling, Inc., 15717 Forest Boulevard North. He showed the approved site plan for NM and talked about the improvements that had occurred there. The area on the west side of the pond needs to be landscaped and improvements done in the front with trees and irrigation. A few light poles need to be added to the site and a final layer of payment with striping. Bryan explained the most significant concern is the condition in their Conditional Use Permit stating that no materials are to be stored directly on the ground. There is currently a small pile of scrap in the southeast corner of the site. The pile is naturally constrained in size due to the inability to maneuver around the pond and scale if the pile becomes any larger. The site needs to match the CUP site plan and conditions.The property owner has indicated that the business is operating differently than planned when the permit was first approved; there is now a need to conduct some sorting on the site. Bryan provided some options for the Council to consider. The City could insist the site comes into compliance by imposing timelines,which may result in formal enforcement action. Another option would be to encourage the property owner to apply for revisions to the plan through the CUP amendment process. Haas stated it was Council's responsibility to hold the business owner accountable to the CUP and require they come into compliance. Miron agreed there needed to be some end to this continuing situation.