Hugo Downtown Development Initiatives Endorsed

TIF Public Hearing, Design Guidelines OKd

Two key downtown development initiatives - one setting a public hearing on a new tax incremental financing district and the other establishing certain downtown design guidelines - have been endorsed by the Hugo City Council.

The TIF public hearing will be held March 19 at City Hall, the council decided January 16 on a unanimous voice vote.

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Hugo Housing Projects Fizzle

No fewer than eight residential projects submitted in 2006 for consideration by the city of Hugo have failed to proceed to the construction stage thus far.

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Lino Finds "No Significant Impact" For Nature's Refuge

The Lino Lakes City Council has determined that the Nature's Refuge development will not require an Environmental Impact Statement. By a vote of 4-1 at its meeting of January 8, the council approved Resolution No. 07-06, making a negative declaration on the need for an EIS.

As part of the environmental review process for the 278lot residential development, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet was prepared and public comment, including a review by numerous government agencies, was gathered over the thirty-day comment period from Oct. 23 to Nov. 22, 2006.

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Sedona Office Building Approved In Centerville

Graphic by Michael J. Thomas, Architect, LLP

For the second time in less than a month, Centerville City Council members grilled planners of a proposed three-story downtown office building, but this time the council approved the project.

At its December 13 meeting, the council had delayed action on the project, planned for 7029 - 20th Ave. S. as a new commercial phase of an existing nine-building, $6.5 million Sedona commercial development begun in 2003.

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