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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for June 20, 2011 <br />Page 7 of 7 <br />Update on Yellow Ribbon Network Activities <br />Council Member Chuck Haas and Council Member Phil Klein reported to Council on the activities <br />of the Yellow Ribbon Network (YRN). The next Burgers for the Troops night is Wednesday, June <br />22 from 5-8 p.m. at the Hugo American Legion. In July, the YRN will be hosting a camping trip at <br />Big Marine Vets Campground for families of an Air National Guard Unit. There is a request for <br />two care packages for deployed Hugo Soldiers. Two thousand three hundred member of the MN <br />National Guard at Fort McCoy will be deployed to Kuwait and the YRN will be serving steak <br />dinners to the soldiers and their families. The YRN is also raising funds to provide bus <br />transportation for families to Fort McCoy. The YRN is providing meals for two Hugo families. If <br />anyone wants to volunteer to provide a meal, there is a link on the City's website. There are two <br />families looking for help to mow their yards, and Council Member Haas said he spoke to Public <br />Works Director Scott Anderson who offered his department to mow these lawns with Council <br />approval. <br />Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to table the request for lawn mowing to allow the City <br />attorney to research the legal issues related to it. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Discussion on the Trees Along CSAH 8 <br />Council Member Haas added this item to the agenda. Haas expressed his dissatisfaction of the <br />product planted on CSAH 8 and the attempts of the contractors to get it right. He stated there was <br />still a retainer and bond, and the City should use the money to buy good trees. Miron noted the <br />contractor would be meeting with Public Works Director Scott Anderson the following day, and he <br />felt the Council should wait to make a decision. Haas said he would attend this meeting with Scott <br />Anderson and the Contractor, and he will discuss the City's options with the City Attorney. <br />Business Networking Breakfast Meeting on June 28, 2011 <br />City Administrator Mike Ericson provided a friendly reminder to Council of the Business <br />Networking Breakfast Meeting sponsored by the Hugo Business Association along with the Hugo <br />Economic Development Authority to be held at Hugo City Hall on June 28, 2011 at 7:30 a.m., <br />where County Attorney Pete Orput will be speaking. Mayor Miron and Council Members Haas, <br />Klein, and Weidt indicated they would be attending this event. <br />Adiournment <br />Petryk made motion Weidt seconded, to adjourn at 9:18 p.m. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Michel Lindau, City Clerk <br />