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MINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 13, 2007 <br />Mayor Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 7:12 pm. <br />PRESENT: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron <br />City Administrator Mike Ericson and CD Director Bryan Bear <br />Planning Commissioners Present: Bronwen Kleissler and Dave Schumann <br />PRESENTATION OF REVISED RURAL & OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE <br />CD Director Bryan Bear provided a PowerPoint presentation of the ordinance and the timeline by <br />which the Planning Commission worked on and provided revisions to the original ordinance adopted <br />in 2006. The revisions offered more objectivity reach a maximum in density of 12 units per 40 acres <br />from a base of 8. Bryan stated that more than 750 postcard invitations were mailed and the meeting <br />was advertised in The Citizen. <br />COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC <br />Mayor Fran Miron opened the public comment period and invited residents to address the Council <br />by first stating their name and address. He stated that the Council wanted to listen to the residents <br />and he was pleased with the large turnout. A total of 30 residents addressed the Council expressing <br />their support for, or opposition to, the revised ordinance. The following residents spoke: Cindy <br />Petty; Jess Roush; Lee Roebke; Jerry Cullen; Sally Miesen; Vicky Hoffbeck; Steve Wlaschin; Kate <br />Drewry;Dale Good; Rene Glidden; Jan Olson; Len Kort; Beth Minor; Larry Ehret; Sandy Malaski; <br />Fred Hummel; Cathy Scobie; Ellen St. Sauver; Clyde Wagner; Kevin Opfengar; Ernie Trimmel; Jim <br />Latimer; Tom Raster; Phil Blackstuen; John Waller; Yvonne Stonner; Muriel Stoltzman; Jim Bever; <br />Ron Scobie; and Malcolm Cammack. <br />Resident Cathy Scobie addressed the Council and presented petitions with more than 100 signatures <br />from residents who lived on more than, and less than, 40 acres, who supported the ordinance. <br />Miron made motion, Petryk seconded, to formally accept the petitions as part of the public record. <br />All aye. Motion Carried. <br />DIRECTION TO STAFF <br />Mayor Miron thanked the residents for attending and for voicing their opinions and stated the <br />ordinance would be discussed at the next regular Council meeting on August 20, 2007. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />Petryk made motion, Haas seconded, to adjourn at 10:00 pm. <br />All aye. Motion Carried. <br />Michael A. Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />