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Home My WebLink About2001 June Newsletter JUNE 2001 • YOUR CITY R E 01- HUGO CITY HALL, 5524 UPPER 146TH STREET NORTH HUGO, MN 55038 651-429-6676 COMMUNITY VISIONING PROCESS CONTINUES Final public meeting Francesca Avenue North. All Hugo ticipatory process, sometimes referred to be held June 26 residents are encouraged to attend to as a "Charrette" process. The end and express their opinions at this crit- result will be a guide for development Hugo's ongoing community visioning ical point in the process. in Hugo over the next 20 years. A preliminary report was made to the process, which began in March, is The City of Hugo selected the City Council on May 7, and a final nearing completion. A final commu- Minneapolis architecture, engineer- report is expected in late July. nity workshop will be held on ing, and planning firm of Hammel, Tuesday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Green, and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA) The process began with a series of Hugo Elementary School, 14895 to manage this highly public and par- interviews with City staff, elected See VISIONING- Page 2 CITY OF HUGO RECEIVES VALUABLE GRANTS LAST Hugo recently received two grants to cover mapping and natural resource CHANCE TO help fund City projects. inventory work in the city. SHARE! Community Development Director The White Bear Lake School Board John Rask explains that this work Here is your chance to be involved approved a Community Services and involves identifying and mapping the in determining future development Recreation Department recommen- vegetative cover in different areas of in Hugo. Share your vision for dation for a community services the City, such as forested areas, wet- Hugo by attending this final com- matching grant to the City of Hugo lands, agricultural fields, and native munity workshop: in the amount of$3,500 to help pay grass areas. According to Rask, "This Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 p.m. for the irrigation system for the new is a tool that assists us in land use Hugo Elementary School soccer field at Beaver Ponds Park. planning for the City, helping to 14895 Francesca Avenue North identify natural resources in areas that Your participation is crucial to the The Minnesota Department of are worth preserving or that are success of this process! �`Tatural Resources recommended that appropriate for development. We Any questions? Contact the Hugo the City of Hugo be awarded a also make the information available to City Hall at (651) 429-6676. $10,000 grant to assist with land landowners and residents." VISIONING (Cont.) ways that Hugo can grow and look at well so far and encourages the resi- officials, and planning commission some actual physical development dents of Hugo to take advantage of members. HGA also conducted three patterns for new neighborhoods." this final community workshop. "I topic roundtables — one for develop- Other topics to be covered include can't stress enough the importance of ers and those involved in real estate, the need for a variety of housing types the community participating in this one for major landowners, and one and densities, types of services, pre- process because this is going to affect for schools and churches — as well as serving open space, parks, transporta- the long term planning of the com- two community workshops for all tion, and the street system. munity, and certainly the more peo- Hugo residents. ple we hear from the better the deci- Those in attendance will also have the sions are going to'be." Michael Lamb, senior planner with opportunity to offer feedback. Lamb HGA who is in charge of the process, states, "We'll pass out comment cards Mayor Miron states that even if resi- explains that the first community so folks will have a chance to share dents have not attended either of the workshop focused on a community and leave their written comments first two community workshops, they vision, while the second one looked with us. We'll also be taking com- should not be discouraged from more at neighborhood design. "In ments from the audience — basically attending this final workshop. He this third and final community work- just having a discussion about devel- adds, "It's not too late. I would hope shop we will review the steps we've opment patterns for the City of that people would seize this opportu- taken and some of the information Hugo." nity to participate— just give a little we've already gathered," Lamb adds. bit of their time to the community— "Then we'll begin to suggest some Hugo Mayor Fran Miron feels the and I'm certain that the outcome will process-has been handled extremely be much better because of their-par- ticipation. WATERING RESTRICTIONS NOW IN EFFECT CITY Beginning May 15,2001 Hugo residents.who use the municipal water supply are COMPOST being asked to help conserve water and maintain the safety of all Hugo residents SITE NOW by restricting their watering of lawns, trees, or other vegetation. In a resolution recently passed by the City Council, the days you may water are determined by OPEN your street address. If your address ends in an odd number,you may water only on odd calendar days; if your address ends in an even number,you may water only The City of Hugo's compost site on even calendar days. is located on 170th Street North (County Road 4) approximately "Safety is the number one reason that we put watering restrictions Iinto place," 1/10 mile west of Highway 61 explains Public Works Director Chris Petree. "We've seen a large increase in on the south side of the road. demand for water,but we can't really meet that demand until we have our new well Bring your leaves and grass clip- and water tower on line. Until then,we need these restrictions to assure adequate pings on Saturdays and Sundays capacity in case of a fire." from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. An exemption of up to 30 days is available for new construction. Builders and/or No brush, debris, or other trash homeowners may call Petree to request a permit to be exempt from the odd/even will be accepted. restrictions in order to water new sod, seed, trees, and shrubs. HUGO'S BUILDING HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION TO DEPARTMENT RECEIVES HIGH HOLD PUBLIC HEARING DUNE 27 RATING Update of Zoning Ordinance to be Discussed A public hearing will be held by the the available land within in the 2020 The Building Department of the City of Hugo has received a favorable rat- Hugo Planning Commission on Metropolitan Urban Service Area.„ Wednesday, June 27 at 7:00 p.m. at Rask also notes that while there are ing from Insurance Services Office, City Hall to consider an update to some other minor amendments to the Inc. (ISO), a company who every Hugo's current zoning ordinance. All current ordinance, no significant revi- three to five years grades the building landowners and residents are encour- sions are proposed for the commercial departments of all municipalities that aged to attend. or industrial zoning district. have adopted a recognized building code. Insurance companies use these Community Development Director ratings to set homeowner's insurance John Rask states that the meeting will rates for City residents — higher rat- begin with an overview of the updat- ings mean lower insurance rates. ISO ed draft ordinance (the text portion of bases their ratings on plan reviews, the the zoning ordinance); an updated administration of city and building zoning map will also be presented. codes, and field inspections. The purpose of the meeting is to REMEMBER TO g The numerical ratings are on a scale of solicit public comment. RECYCLE! `one” (best) to "ten" (worst). This Rask points out that the update year Hugo received a rating of"four", Each year, Washington County includes the addition of some new up from its "five" rating in 1997. residents recycle over one million residential zoning districts. These "This is an especially good rating for pounds of aluminum cans and are needed to maintain the integrity Hugo," notes Hugo Building Official over 13,000 tons of paper, saving of existing single family neighbor= John Benson, "considering all of the over 200,000 trees from beingu hoods, to better regulate future devel- cut. In Ho, items for recycling new building construction going on." g Y g opment, and to make efficient use of are collected curbside as part of Benson also acknowledged the help of all City departments and their staffs to your weekly trash collection. A achieve this improved rating. recycling container is available A from your garbage hauler or by calling City Hall at (651) 429- HAZARDOUS 6676. MATERIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE PICK-UP DAY Items which can be recycled include newspapers, aluminum CLEAN-UP DAY IS AUGUST 18 beverage cans, tin cans, glass jars Hugo's annual Household Hazardous Waste Clean-up Day will be held on and bottles, corrugated card- Saturday, August 18 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Hugo City Hall, board, glossy magazines, dunk 5524 Upper 146th Street North. Examples of items that will be accepted mail, boxboard (such as cereal include latex paint, lighter fluid, used motor oil and oil filters, paint thinner, boxes), #1 and#2 plastic bottles, and pool chemicals. Watch for more complete information in a mailing from and car and tractor batteries. the Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment. HUGO PRSRT STD POSTAGE YOUR CITY REPORT PAI D 1107 5524 Upper 146th Street North HUGO, MN 5502 Hugo, MN 55038 PERMIT NO.21 OCCUPANT IN THIS ISSUE Planning the future of Hugo: Share your vision of Hugo on Tuesday,June 26 Visit our new website! www.cl.hugo. mn. us City Staff Service City Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Ericson Directory d Community Development Director. . . . . .John Rask Public Works Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Petree City Hall General Information Building Official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Benson 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. City Clerk/Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Ann Creager Monday—Friday except holidays Community Development Assistant. . . . . .Michele Lindau 651-429-6676 Finance Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ron Otkin Fire Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe McMahon City Hall FAX Number City Council 651-426-2859 Mayor Fran Miron May ( )651 429-5961 Washington County Ward 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Becky Petryk (651) 426-4722 Sheriffs Department Ward 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank Puleo (651) 653-3736 (Police non-emergency) Ward 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chuck Haas (651) 439-4475 651-439-9381 Council at Large . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Granger (651) 426-8171 Fire Hall Monthly Meeting Schedule (Non-emergency) 651-429-6366 City Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st and 3rd Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Planning Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Fire & Police Parks Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd Wednesday at 6:30 pm Emergency 911 Visit our new website ! www . ci . hugo . mn . us