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: .i T Hugo City Hall • 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo, Minnesota 55038 Bald Eagle Industrial Park Attracts New Businesses The final phase of the development of the Bald It also helps fulfill our goal to provide opportuni- Eagle Industrial Park has already attracted several ties for residents to be able to live and work in the new businesses. In the coming months,the small- same community." er 1-3 acre sites created in the newest subdivision within the industrial park will be the new home Rask emphasizes that all of these business owners for Stockness Construction,White Bear Electric, have a connection to the community. "They are Rink-Tec Arena Specialists,J. Olson Tool,Grant either residents of Hugo or currently have their Barrette Company,and Jackson Mini-Storage. business located in Hugo,and they have decided All involve new construction with room for to expand or relocate their businesses here,"he expansion at each site. notes. Miron is encouraged by this, stating, "It is so nice to work not only with businesses located "We're very pleased that we've been able to bring elsewhere that want to relocate here in Hugo,but new businesses into the Bald Eagle Industrial to be able to help local businesses relocate within Park," states Hugo Mayor Fran Miron. "The City the community." He adds, "When Hugo business Council places a strong value on small businesses owners want to relocate but stay within the com- as part of our economic development." munity—that really sends a strong message that Community Development Director John Rask we're doing something right and that business notes, "This continues our strong policy of work- owners recognize that we have a lot going for us." ing to diversify our tax base and create new jobs. Peloquin Industrial Park Project Back on Track Work has resumed on the Peloquin Industrial park. City Engineer David Mitchell explains, Park improvement project, after construction "RKI completed everything within the industrial -_• + problems encountered by Richard Knutson, Inc. park;however,they were unable to complete a (RKI)halted construction of a sanitary sewer crossing of the sanitary sewer pipe underneath pipe to connect with the City's existing service. Highway 61." Mitchell estimates that 1000 feet + - + Those problems led to a lawsuit,which was set- of sanitary sewer pipe and 700 feet of water tled by the Hugo City Council at its July 7,2003 main are left to be constructed by the new con- meeting. A new contract for completion of the tractor. project was awarded on July 21 to Lametti& Sons,Inc.,a Hugo general contractor with exten- All potential contractors were made aware of the " - sive experience in deep sanitary sewer and tun- problems encountered by RKI. "We had a pre- neling projects. bid meeting for potential contractors to let them know what the problems were,"notes Mitchell. ' - - The original project involved providing sewer He adds, "We also gave them some basic ideas + and water utilities to the Peloquin Industrial Park of what we thought would and wouldn't work, area,the extension of sanitary sewer from the but the particular method they use is ultimately southeast corner of the Creekview Preserve their decision." The project is scheduled to be development,and the reconstruction of the completed by November 2003. streets and storm sewer within the industrial