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P a g e 2 <br /> <br />Regional Trail Planned <br />Dog Park Envisioned <br />Hockey Rink Improved <br />A huge thank you is <br />deserved by a group of <br />volunteers that have <br />maintained the only <br />hockey rink in Hugo. <br />The rink is located at Hu- <br />go Elementary and is <br />owned by White Bear <br />Lake Areas Schools. The <br />school district makes the <br />rink available for public <br />skating at various times <br />throughout the week. <br />The rink is also used for <br />hockey. <br />Nightly maintenance is <br />required including snow <br />removal and flooding. <br />Last winter, the hard- <br />working volunteers de- <br />termined that a tractor <br />was needed to better <br />maintain the ice. They <br />began taking donations. <br />The community stepped <br />up to support them. <br />They built a garage onto <br />the existing warming <br />room to house the tractor <br />in the summer of 2013. <br />Donations continue to <br />come in and will be used <br />to purchase a tractor. <br />Hugo residents can look <br />forward to a great winter <br />of skating thanks to these <br />dedicated volunteers and <br />the generosity of several <br />local businesses and <br />organizations <br />as criteria for a dog park: <br />• 10 –20 acres in size <br />• 20-40 parking spots <br />• no low areas <br />• mix of wooded/ <br />shaded areas and <br />open space <br />The Parks, Recreation, <br />and Open Space Com- <br />mission continues to look <br />for land suitable for <br />Hugo’s first dog park. <br />The following items were <br />identified and approved <br />by the Parks Commission <br />• minimal potential <br />neighborhood issues <br /> <br />Typically, dog parks are <br />primarily maintained by <br />volunteers and users and <br />a volunteer organization <br />is ideal. <br />Street and 140th Street in <br />Hugo. <br />Washington County mas- <br />ter planned the regional <br />trail in partnership with <br />the cities of Hugo and <br />Forest Lake and other <br />stakeholders. Residents <br />were invited to share <br />their ideas for the trail <br />corridor at open houses <br />held in the winter of <br />2013. The regional trail <br />is planned to extend <br />along Hwy 61 to the <br />southern boundary of <br />Hugo, along the existing <br />rail bad. The short term <br />plan is to make the nec- <br />essary connections south <br />via local trail. The trail is <br />planned to be resurfaced <br />and extended south to <br />140th Street in the sum- <br />mer of 2014. <br />The Hardwood Creek <br />Regional Trail currently <br />starts in downtown Hugo <br />and extends 9.5 miles to <br />the northern border of <br />Washington County. <br />There, the trail continues <br />an additional 14 miles <br />through Chisago County <br />as the Sunrise Creek <br />Trail. An extension to <br />the south is planned to <br />be made between 145th <br />2 0 1 3