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council interest without endorsement by the citizens. He'd like to know the residents' top 10 . concerns. Cotntnissioner Mortensen commented that information should be gathered regarding wh~° old windows are better if repaired or restored vs. replaced so the residents can be better informed. Chair Lindberg expressed concern about doing a sui-~-e~- ahead of tithe. Environmental Adtninisuator Haug discussed using the St. Cloud power point presentation and having the St. Cloud HPC people come down to talk to the Horseshoe residents. Conducting a vote was discussed. Fran thought that was a great idea, but it should be kept confidential. Commissioner ~Zortensen added that it needs to be well planned. Chair Lindberg added that he would haz-e difficult- supporting moving ahead «-ithout a super majoring (iatlier than just ~1° o). Councilmember ~~'estgaard concurred, stating that it should be more along the lines of 8~ - 90°,!o for moving ahead «-ith a sut-~-ey of die neighborhood. Design guidelines «-ere discussed (having the residents give il-tput). At t11e newt meeting, dates will be set up for the neighborhood meeting. Commissioner Mortensen commented that she did some research on historic neighborhoods and she "found some reall~T good stuff '. • 5 Strategic Plan En~-uonmental Administrator Haug, Commissioners Konietzko, and Mortensen a>ill form a subcommittee to discuss the strategic plan and bring that back to the commission. Environmental Administrator Haug added that she will e-mail Councilmember Westgaard also and ask the absent commissioners if they are interested in participating. 6) Planning Commission items Environmental Administrator Haug stated there were no topics reflecting histol7c issues, meaning that all items have no SHPO sites and all have lo~x~ probability of an archaeological site. 7) Fast Track Grant Update for Tackson Street Water Tov~~er Environmental Administrator Haug stated that the grant application was submitted after more adjustments and is ~~aiting for a response back. She will inform the cotntnission once she has heard the determination. Environmental Administrator Haug added that she felt it's a good thing that it hasn't been completely denied. A comment was made that it's rather ironic that tlis is called the "fast track" grant. 8 Other TointMeeting with the HRA Environmental Administrator Haug discussed having a joint meeting v~ith the HRA to learn more about the legislation for historic tam credits and what that is. The thought would be to • have a speaker come in and educate both groups at once. The legislation for the credit has been passed but there are no details yet. Requests have already been coming in to the