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4 Year In Review:Continued from Page 1 Realignment Chosen for MAN 8/14 ties in the Peloquin Industrial Park area,as well as At its May 5,2003 meeting,the Hugo City municipal service for the adjacent Oneka Ponds Council voted to recommend 142nd Street as the development and future developments in the area. l preferred alignment for connecting CSAH 8/14 In addition,a traffic signal was installed at TH 61 with TH 61.The Council's decision culminated and 140th Street. 16 months of work,including research,environ- mental assessments,public comment and public City Engineering Department Created hearings. As the first step in creating its own Engineer- ing Department,the City of Hugo hired Senior New American Legion Building Opened Engineering Technician Scott Anderson,who On August 9,2003 Hugo's American Legion Post began work on August 11,2003. This allows 620 held a grand opening celebration for its new Hugo to have someone at City Hall to oversee the 7,500 square foot building,located at 5383 140th day-to-day engineering operations and to be more Street North,next to the Hugo Fire Hall.The available to residents,while still using engineering former Post 620 building was destroyed in a fire consultants when needed. in July 2002. Commander John Thomas acknowl- edged the support of the community and City Final Phase of Raid Eaule Industrial Park officials in the rebuilding effort. The smaller 1-3 acre sites created in the final stage of the development of the Bald Eagle Industrial Tri-Cities Coalition Formed Park attracted several small businesses—all of The Cities of Hugo,Lino Lakes,and Centerville which have a connection to Hugo.This continues formed a coalition to coordinate efforts and plan the City's policy of working to diversify its tax cooperatively with regard to important trans- base,create new jobs,and provide opportunities portation and land use issues affecting the area for residents to be able to live and work in Hugo. around I-35E.The Tri-Cities Coalition has grown to include the City of Forest Lake,Columbus LCIVIR Grant for Hardwood Creek Restoration Township,Washington and Anoka Counties,the Proiect Obtained Minnesota Department of Transportation,and the As a result of a cooperative effort with Hugo, Metropolitan Council. the Rice Creek Watershed District received a $865,000 grant to restore Hardwood Creek. A Nueo Historical Commission Established restoration master plan has been put together,and Formally established by the City Council on De- public meetings regarding this issue are currently cember 16,2002,the Hugo Historical Commission being held. was extremely active in its first year. Commission Chair Kitty Cheesebrow notes these 2003 high- lights: a display of a working timeline of the his- City Develops tory of Hugo at Good Neighbor Days,including a replica of 1930s Hugo;purchase,installation,and Storm Water Plan training in the use of historical archiving software; recognition by and invitations to events of other historical groups in the region;completion of two As part of the Minnesota Pollution Control very important oral histories of Hugo residents Vi Agency's (MPCA)Storm Water Program, Maslowski and Mayme Vail;and beginning the the City of Hugo has developed a Storm enormous task of systematically photographing the Water Pollution Prevention Plan. This plan City. was developed to reduce the pollution and Public Improvement Proiects Completed damage caused by storm water runoff. A A new contract for the continuation of the Pelo- copy of this plan is available at the Hugo quin Industrial Park utilities was awarded on City Hall,or for additional information, July 21,2003 to Lametti&Sons,Inc.,a Hugo- please visit the Storm Water Pollution sec- based general contractor. Construction began in tion of the City's website at www.ci.hugo. August,and except for some restoration work to be performed in the spring,this project has been mn.us. completed and will provide sewer and water utili-