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CITY HALL l GRAND OPENING IS A "SHINING EXAMPLE.. FOR HUGO w RESIDENTS 1 01 1 Hugo residents had the opportunity CITY PROSECT UPDATE to tour the newly completed City From City Engineer Dave Mitchell Hall and its innovative landscaping at Production M(plis a a Grand Opening Celebration held Well No.4 is nearly complete and should be operational before the end of the year. on Wednesday, October 23, 2002. In The building is in place and the contractor is working to install necessary control announcing the event, Mayor Fran equipment. This well is not critical for water service during the winter months, Miron commented, "We want the but will be an important part of the City's water system next summer and as new public to have an opportunity to see homes are built in the City. the completed building that's going �a to serve them for years to come." He Water Tower "Or lamp" The new water tower is in service and providing storage of water for the residents added, "It has set the tone for devel- of Hugo. Residents north of 142nd Street may have noticed a slight increase in opment and redevelopment within water pressure around the Thanksgiving holiday. Related to this, a pressure-reduc- the community." ing valve has been installed north of 142nd Street to regulate pressures north and south of this point. This also provides the automatic flow of water between the The new City Hall incorporates two towers. This is needed in the event of a high demand on the system such as a numerous storm water management fire. The respective contractors will return next spring to seed and restore areas practices, most notably the rain gar- around the water tower site and the pressure-reducing valve. dens,designed to keep virtually all the Trunk Utility Improvements water on site with very little runoff. The contractor installing trunk utilities to serve areas east of TH 61 and north of Rice Creek Watershed District 152nd Street, including the Peloquin Industrial Park, continues to encounter con- (RCWD) Administrator Steve Hobbs struction problems with getting utilities under TH 61. We hope to resolve these praised Hugo City officials for being issues in the very near future and restore the areas along TH 61 for the winter. open-minded and willing to work with RCWD on such an innovative This project will be bid again over the winter for construction next spring and early project and calls it a "shining exam- summer. The City encountered some difficulties in receiving final approval for the exam- ple" of how alternative storm water project from necessary agencies, which forced us to reject the bids received in management practices can comple- October. The approval is expected before the end of the year. The funding for the ment a site's landscaping plan. project continues to be available with funding being provided by the Minnesota Department of Transportation,Washington County, and the City of Hugo. 5