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GRAND OPENING HISTORICAL PRESERVATION <br /> Continued from Page 1 Continued From Page I <br /> The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) was very involved in the design of City government, schools, original <br /> the City Hall landscaping plan and provided $48,000 worth of funding for the settlers, and Good Neighbor Days. <br /> project. Another$50,000 was provided by a grant from the Metropolitan Council. They envision eventually publishing <br /> RCWD is a government agency charged with handling all water resource issues in all of their information into a book <br /> the 200 square mile area including Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey, and Washington that would be available to Hugo resi- <br /> Counties, RCWD is committed to promoting new storm water management alter- dents. They also hope to establish a <br /> natives that allow as much of the runoff water as possible to soak back into the soil central archive at City Hall. <br /> on site, rather than draining through pipes and eventually into a lake or creek. <br /> The Committee has already been <br /> RCWD District Administrator Steve Hobbs explains that the Hugo City Hall rain contacted by many City residents <br /> gardens are really just a set of depressions in the ground in which native plants with eager to share their stories, as well as <br /> long roots are planted into an appropriate type of soil, allowing the water to per- their photographs, documents, and <br /> colate through the soil and through the roots. He adds that the rain gardens accom- other memorabilia, and they encour- <br /> plish three desirable goals: decreasing pollutants (the bacteria in the soil breaks age anyone with historical informa- <br /> them down), decreasing flooding, and helping to recharge groundwater. Hobbs tion about Hugo to contact the <br /> also notes, "An additional feature of this system is that it creates a habitat for Committee. New members are <br /> migrating birds and native species and helps to restore some of the native vegeta- always welcome. Committee meet- <br /> tion, such as prairie plants, that we've lost here in Minnesota." ings are held on the second Tuesday of <br /> each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Rice <br /> Hobbs states that the rain gardens have already worked very well, "especially con- Lake Park Building. <br /> sidering the incredibly wet summer we've had," and indicates that RCWD will <br /> continue to monitor the Hugo City Hall site. He praised Hugo City officials for For more information about sharing <br /> being open-minded and willing to work with RCWD on such an innovative pro- your story or joining the Hugo <br /> ject and calls it a "shining example" of what can be done. Naber also speaks favor- Historical Committee, contact Kitty <br /> ably about the City Hall site, noting that the City "incorporated the rain gardens Cheesebrow at 651-429-6560, or by <br /> into an artistically designed site that exemplifies how alternative storm water man- e-mail at kitty@visi.com. <br /> agement practices can complement a site's landscaping plan." <br /> REMEMBER TO RECYCLE. <br /> Each year we recycle about 70 percent of the aluminum cans we <br /> use, resulting in nearly 120 million cans being recycled every REMEMBER <br /> minute nationwide. A recycled aluminum can returns to store TO VOTE <br /> shelves as a new can within 60 to 90 days. NOVEMBER 5 <br /> a <br /> In Hugo, items for recycling are collected curbside as part of your weekly trash Ward 1: Hugo Fire Hall <br /> collection. A recycling container is available from your garbage hauler or by <br /> calling City Hall at 651-762-6300. Those items which can be recycled (South Entrance) <br /> include newspapers, aluminum beverage cans, tin cans, glass jars and bottles, Ward 2: Hugo City Hall <br /> corrugated cardboard, glossy magazines, junk mail, boxboard (such as cereal Ward 3: Rice Lake Park Bldg. <br /> boxes), #1 and#2 plastic bottles, and car and tractor batteries. <br /> 2 <br />