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MINUTES FOR THE HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 15, 2006 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Fran Miron at 7:00 pm. PRESENT: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron City Administrator Mike Ericson, CD Director Bryan Bear, City Attorney Dave Snyder, City Engineer Jay Kennedy, Fire Chief Jim Compton, PW Director Chris Petree, and City Clerk Mary Ann Creager APPROVE MINUTES FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 1, 2006 Haas made motion, Puleo seconded, to approve the minutes for the May 1, 2006 meeting as presented. All aye. Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Add L.1— Discussion of Management Plan for Shallow Lakes Add M.1— Update on Council Listening Session of May 8, 2006 Miron made motion, Haas seconded, to approve the agenda for May 15, 2006 as amended. All aye. Motion Carried. CITY HALL RAIN GARDEN SIGN PROJECT (EAGLE SCOUT CANDIDATE NATE HODGES) The new Hugo City Hall was completed in 2002 with an open house hosted by Council on April 15, 2002. Included in the site plan was a rain water garden design, which provided for all of the storm water runoff from the City Hall site. This three -garden design was funded in part by the RCWD and Met Council, providing an innovative pilot program for the City to show case. Over the past four years, the City Hall site has been visited by more than 200 elected, appointed, and governmental officials seeking a firsthand site visit of a new city hall project, which incorporates environmental best management prac- tices. A condition of the grant from Met Council was the installation of signage, which would allow visitors the opportunity to better understand the three individual rain gardens. Eagle Scout candidate Nate Hodges approached City staff with an interest in an Eagle Scout project. PW Director Chris Petree and City Administrator Mike Ericson agreed that the installation of the signs was a most worthy and de- serving project. Nate worked with Chris and Bill Weigel Signs to design and develop a sign display pro- ject that would provide a visual picture and description of the various rain gardens. Nate recently com- pleted the installation of the signs with his Boy Scout Troop 733 from Forest Lake. Mayor Fran Miron recognized Eagle Scout candidate Nate Hodges and publicly thanked him and his scout troop for their excellent work on the City Hall rain garden sign project. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to prepare a Certificate of Appreciation for Nate Hodges thanking him for his efforts in the community. All aye. Motion Carried.