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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for November 3, 2014 Page 5 of 8 comments on the plan by November 24, 2014. Staff had prepared a draft letter for Council's approval commenting on the County's CIP. City Administrator Bryan Bear had invited Washington County Commissioner Miron and Deputy Public Works Director Wayne Sandberg to the meeting to talk with Council about the CIP. Miron thanked the City for the City -Wide Bus Tour and appreciated the talk about the projects in Hugo that the County will be involved in. He complimented the City of Hugo on recent projects, and he thanked Council Member Petryk for her involvement on the Transportation Advisory Board. He introduced Wayne to talk about projects that are in the County's five-year CIP. Wayne explained the five-year plan, which is fully funded with expected revenues. Funding sources are state aid, gravel tax, federal funds, county program aid, bonds, local contributions, and state grants. Wayne talked about improvements to the Hardwood Creek Trail, County Road 57 pavement, CSAH 7/8 intersection project, and improvements to CSAH 4 from TH 61 to Manning (County Road 15). Also talked about was the future of TH61, which will ultimately become a Washington County highway. Haas asked about the intersection of Highway 96/County Road 15. Wayne explained that it will be a roundabout. It will be funded through a state program, and they were currently working with the state for approvals. Bryan explained that in the draft letter to the County there was a request to move the CSAH 7/8 intersection project forward from 2017 to 2015. There was talk about moving the County Road 57 project forward as well. Commissioner Miron, talked about additional funding and said he appreciated Hugo's support of the wheelage tax. The County will continue to work on polices to invest in roads without using property taxes. He explained that the County continues to work on the economic development strategic plan and the Thrive MSP 2040 plan, which is a tremendous concern because there are policies in the plan that would send resources into the core cities and away from the suburbs. The County is also working on a strategic plan for library services. Klein talked about the lack of high speed internet in the rural area. Miron said the County is just learning about the need for this in many areas. Mayor Weidt thanked Miron for his support of Hugo, and Haas said he appreciated the County's encouragement of economic development with transportation infrastructure improvements. Haas made motion, Klein seconded, to approve the letter to the Washington County Engineer. All Ayes. Motion carried.