Hermantown council approves revised Hawk Line infrastructure package and new development contract

The Hermantown City Council approved a package of measures to clear prior development agreements and move forward with a larger infrastructure plan around the Hawk Line site, council business shows.

Mister Ronchetti, who summarized the measures for the council, said the resolutions before the council represent roughly six years of staff and landowner work and split into four “buckets”: termination of older agreements, a cooperative agreement with St. Louis County, an engineering contract amendment and a consolidated development (grant/utility) agreement. “None of the actions here tonight authorize any development specific to the site,” Ronchetti said, adding that the documents address how public infrastructure would be built and paid for.

Ronchetti outlined the scope: trail extension, sanitary sewer and water extensions…