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[City Goals:Continued from Page 11 I Update the Capitol Improvements that need reconstruction work and adopted a street M] Program(CIP). The CIP is a planning assessment policy. The goal for 2003 is to deter- tool for major purchases over the next 20 mine a funding source and begin taking bids for years, such as equipment, fire trucks,vehicles, specific projects. and public improvements. In addition to updating the current$80 million CIP,the goal for 2003 is I Make the City of Hugo the Local to identify the most important items and deter- Government Unit(LGU)for storm water mine how to fund them. mana agement planning. The LGU can be defined as the governmental body that determines I Develop a rural and open space plan for how storm water management is implemented. the eastern tart of Hum The City Currently,RCWD is the LGU for Hugo. The Council has created the Rural and Open Council's goal is for Hugo to take over that Space Citizen Advisory Committee to work authority from RCWD and provide these services toward this goal. (Please see related article on at a local level. page 6.) I Plan for, locate,and construct a new Work cooperatively with the Rice Creek Public Works facility. The City Council Watershed District(RCWD)to obtain a recently formed a Public Works Building "Team work grant to restore Hardwood Creek. The Committee for this purpose. RCWD has applied for a$1.2 million Legislative is critical in Commission on Minnesota Resources(LCMR) Mayor Miron emphasizes the importance of the grant to help protect and restore the natural areas goal-setting process as both a self-evaluation tool providing adjacent to Hardwood Creek. The grant, funded for the Council and a guide for City staff. The by lottery proceeds and tobacco taxes,has been Mayor also believes that establishing a "team- effective recommended by the LCMR Committee and will work ethic"for the City Council is critical in pro- be voted on by the state legislature in its upcom- viding effective government. He states, "Although government." ing session. it didn't receive a ranking,I think in the minds of the Council members, Planning Commission, and Implement and fund the Pavement City staff, that goal continues to rank very high." -Mayor Miron _ Management Project. The City Council has already done an inventory of roads [Year in Review:Continued from Page 21 Let's Party in 0 Improvements in City water system NeighhorhOOdS! Two wells, each capable of pumping 1,200 gal- lons per minute,were added to the City's system in 2002. Well No. 3, located west of the cemetery, became operational last spring,and Well No. 4, The Hugo Parks Commission,in partnership with located south of the Post Office at the north end of Flay Avenue,bean providing water to the sys- the Hugo Lions Club,would like to sponsor tem at the end of 2002. The addition of Water neighborhood block parties in Tower No. 3,northwest of the Creekview Preserve development,added 1,500,000 gallons the City of Hugo. If you are of storage for Hugo residents and required that interested in organizing a block Water Tower No. 1-next to City Hall,be removed from the system in order to meet future City party in your neighborhood water pressure needs. this spring,please call City The new tower, along with the existing Tower No. �A Hall at 651-762-6300. Let us 2, located near 130th Street and Fenway Boulevard,provides 2,000,000 gallons of storage help make your party a great for the City system, enough to meet the City's needs for several years. success! `` II