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Plans Continue For New Elementary School Site T Ilia I he Newji'The design committee for the elementary school,the naming The Planning Commission new Hugo elementary school committee organized a"Name and City Council have not yet continues to discuss various Our Schools"contest,open to reviewed two other projects in School options for the site. They have students,staff,and residents of the area: completed a space needs study, the School District. At the April and Kraus Anderson has been or May meeting,the names sub- Waters Edge South is a hired as the general contractor mitted through this contest will 119.57-acre site planned for for the project. Pete Willcoxson, be presented. 534 town homes. The site Executive Director of Business includes a private pool with Services for the White Bear Lake Hugo City Planner Kendra a community building for the Area School District,says of the Lindahl,who is working on the residents. project's progress,"The design project,provides details of the team has met at least five or six housing and community areas • A development is proposed times so far,and has come up planned for the site: for the 125.28-acre Powers/ with three preliminary design Nesser property directly west concepts for the new school. Waters Edge North is a 186- of Waters Edge North. This At our April meeting,it is our acre, 597 unit development by project includes dedication of hope that the committee will Pulte Homes of Minnesota that an additional 17 acres for the narrow this down to two dif- received preliminary approval elementary school/community ferent designs that will then be last year. The project includes play field site and 14 acres forwarded to the School Board," 190 single-family homes and of parkland. The developer he said. 407 town home. The developer is requesting approval of 126 dedicated 22 acres of land for single family detached homes As part of the process of select- the new school/community play and 207 town homes. ing names for both the new field site and 9.24 acres of pub- school and the existing Hugo lic park land. New leadership Continued From Page 2 Commission is less than two years old,Meyers the resident sit down for an interview about where For more information believes they have already accomplished quite a they grew up and what they remember about about the Hugo Historical bit. "We now have software that enables us to Hugo. Meyers also hopes to create permanent Commission, or if you would properly archive all the data that we have and are displays so that the community at large is able to like to help by volunteer- acquiring,"she notes. "We also have a manual view bits and pieces of Hugo's history. "I'm sure ing, donating your his- archiving system in place that allows us to store there are many people who are new to the area torical items, or providing all of our acquisitions, including photographs, like myself,and are unaware that Hugo has had an oral history, contact City documents,newspapers, and other memorabilia." a murder,a few bank robberies, and was at one Administrator Mike Ericson One of her main goals as the new Chairperson is time a place where people came from all over the at 651-762-6312 or Carrie to continue to properly archive all these data. world to see a local horse show." Meyers at 651-429-9092. Another top priority is to obtain oral histories. The Hugo Historical Commission continues to wel- Meyers states,"We are asking anyone in the com- come residents'photos,documents,journals,and any key historical dates or information they may munity who has lived here a long time to take have regarding Hugo's history. part." She explains that it simply involves having