Bid Awarded, Soccer Complex Slated For 2009 Opening

Market Conditions Result In Signifi cant Cost Savings For Hugo

HUGO - On Feb. 19, the Hugo City Council awarded the construction bid for the Rice Lake Soccer Complex to Arnt Construction Company, Inc. in the amount of $846,849.25, a number that came in well below the engineer's estimate of $1.15 million.

The remarkably low bid "is a product of the market conditions right now," said Community Development Director Bryan Bear.

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2009 Street Improvement Project Gets Frosty Reception

Experts Dispute City's Move To Cap Private Wells

CENTERVILLE - About 75 Centerville residents took advantage of the second public input meeting in four months to attend a presentation on the 2009 Street Improvement Project given by City Engineer Mark Statz and City Administrator Dallas Larson on Feb. 21 at St. Genevieve's Parish Community Center.

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Lino Lakes' Land Use, System Plans Will Guide Growth

Infrastructure Needs Likely To Limit Rate Of Housing Starts

LINO LAKES - Citizens and planners involved with Lino Lakes' Comprehensive Plan update have some pretty lofty goals.

And if one of them was to have frank discussions about the future of environmentallyfriendly development in Lino Lakes, that certainly happened two weeks ago at the Comprehensive Plan Update meeting held in SMW Federal Credit Union's conference room in Lino Lakes.

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Council Grants Extension to Enchanted Waters

Extension Is Second In Hugo This Year

HUGO - In another local ripple caused by the nationwide housing market downslide, on Feb. 19 the Hugo City Council granted a two-and-one-half year extension to the owners of the Enchanted Waters housing subdivision to obtain final plat approval.

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