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Goals/From Page 1 to provide extended at Oneka Elementary GOBI A Council industrial park. service to the com- School. Workshops r munity. This public Three workshops are _HUG() Goal#2: safety goal also includes Goal#5: Update scheduled for 2006: determining long-range Comprehensive City policies, y $' Transportation cit Hugo Fire Department Plan employee salaries,and Planning employment and facil- Along with the research ity needs,as well as a Based on a mandate funding of future storm of various transporta- review of charges for by the Metropolitan water management tion funding methods, medical calls. Council,the City is needs. this goal moves forward required to update its with the placement of Goal#4: multiple comprehensive plan by Goal#B: traffic signals at 130ththe year 2008. This goal RecodlficatiOn Of Parks Projects and 147th Streets, ensures that the updating ON Code The City is seeking process will get under continued progress on fundingfor a ball field There are a number of the CSAH 14/I-35E way and completed City ordinances that Interchange project, complex,the develop- before the deadline. have become outdated ment of Rice Lake Park updating the City's and Diamond Point Eastand are no longer reflec- transportation plan and Park(near Rice Lake). Goal#6. Rice Lake tive of the Council's the development of Management Plan current philosophy. standards for collector This goal also encom- The City Council will These ordinances may roads. passes a review and work with the Rice also be out of step with update of the Parks Creek Watershed today's development Goal#3: Public Master Plan—moving District and the practices. As a means Safety ahead with the Parks Minnesota Department of keeping Hugo's The Hugo City Council Commission goals and of Natural Resources ordinances current,the has made a commit- realization of a Joint (DNR)to develop a Council will go through ment to move forward Powers Agreement with management plan that a recodification of the with Basic Life Support the White Bear Lake takes into consideration City Code. (BLS)Ambulance Area School District the use of Rice Lake and Service in an effort for a community gym the surrounding area. Year In Review/From Page 2 building construction kept pace with the City's Spring Nvdrant Flushing growth in number of residents. More than$130 million was spent on residential construction and The Hugo Public Works Department began $25 million was spent on commercial develop- flushing hydrants in the City on Monday, ment. Some of the City's new businesses include April 17,2006. Hydrant flushing will take Hugo Fairview Clinic,Festival Foods,Oneka Pet place Monday through Friday from 7:00 am Resort and KinderGardens. In addition, Schwieters to 3:00 pm. Flushing allows the Public Works Companies,an existing business in Hugo, expand- Department to purge rust and stagnant A ed its presence by adding a 45,000-square-foot water from the distribution system. In building to its campus. addition, it allows the Department to iden- tify hydrants in need of maintenance. , Centennial Commission Formed In May 2005,the Hugo City Council authorized As a result of the hydrant flushing, it is the formation of a Centennial Commission to over- inevitable that some residents will receive j see and direct the planning and implementation of rust-colored water that could stain laundry. all activities pertaining to the celebration of Hugo's Please check that water coming into your Centennial. house is clear before doing laundry during this time period. Any questions regarding The Commission continues to meet regularly on hydrant flushing should be directed to the the second Monday of each month as it plans for Public Works Department at 651-762-6300. this once-in-a-lifetime event scheduled to take place August 12-15, 2006.