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Hugo City Hall • 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo, Minnesota 55038 <br />b <br />30 )8 <br /> 10172431297 <br />1 <br />25 <br />30 <br />3_ <br />2009: A Year In Review <br />This past year, residents of Hugo saw advance- <br />ments in transportation planning, witnessed <br />parks and recreation projects continue, wel- <br />comed new businesses and watched the City's <br />overall development keep pace with the needs <br />of its growing community. <br />Economic challenges continued in 2009; how- <br />ever, residents of Hugo saw some positive news <br />from the City's mid -year budget review, which <br />showed that for the seventh consecutive year the <br />City's property tax rate would decline. Hugo <br />also received a generous distribution from the <br />State's Fiscal Disparities Program. <br />Looking back, it was a year in which many of <br />the City Focus Goals moved from the plan- <br />ning and consideration phase to completion and <br />implementation. "Every year staff and Council <br />work together to provide a framework for the <br />continued success of Hugo's growth and devel- <br />opment," notes Hugo Mayor Fran Miron, "and <br />in 2009 we saw tangible evidence of that team- <br />work." <br />The top developments in the City of Hugo dur- <br />2010: Focus Goals Set <br />City Focus Goals for 2010 were adopted at the <br />March 1, 2010 Hugo City Council meeting. <br />The broad categories of goals are essentially the <br />same from year to year, but details are adapted <br />to meet the current growth and economic condi- <br />tions of the City. The top goals for the City of <br />Hugo in 2010 are: <br />Goal #1: Transportation Planning <br />The Highway 61 Corridor Plan has been a joint <br />project with Washington County and the Min- <br />nesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) <br />for several years. In 2009 the project moved <br />one step closer to beginning work on needed <br />improvements thanks to $1.4 million in funding <br />secured from MnDOT. Planned work for 2010 <br />will include traffic signals on TH 61 and turn <br />lane improvements at the intersections of 130th <br />and 147th Streets. Work on the CSAH 8 proj- <br />ect, involving the reconstruction of Highway 8 <br />east of TH 61, will also take place in 2010. <br />Goal #2: Public Safety <br />The City of Hugo continues to review public <br />safety staffing needs in order to best serve its <br />residents. Plans for 2010 include staffing re- <br />views of the Hugo Fire Department and the <br />Washington County Sheriff's Office. <br />Year In Review: Page 4 Focus Goals: Page 2 <br />