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Council schedules Dec. 15 hearing for $4.69M Bald Eagle Industrial Park street project
Summary
City engineer presented a feasibility study for the Bald Eagle Industrial Park reconstruction, estimating a $4.69 million project with roughly 22% assessed to property owners; council voted to receive the study and set a Dec. 15 public hearing to consider final design and assessments.
Mayor Mary White and the Hugo City Council voted Monday to receive a feasibility study and set a Dec. 15 public hearing for the Bald Eagle Industrial Park area street-improvement project.
City Engineer Mark Erickson told the council the project covers several roadways — including 130th Street, 140th Street, Fenway Boulevard North, Fenway Boulevard Court North, Farnham Avenue North and portions of Europa Court — and would include partial reconstruction (removing pavement and performing spot curb-and-gutter replacement), drainage and targeted storm upgrades, and replacement of nonworking street lighting.
Erickson summarized the cost and assessment approach: “The estimated project cost is just short of $4,690,000,” he said, and staff expects assessments to carry about 22% of that total (just over $1,000,000), with the city paying roughly $3,192,720. Under the city’s policy, a residential partial reconstruction assessment was shown as $4,100 per unit and an urban roadway overlay at $2,100 per unit; Erickson described the formula that converts these to frontage rates for commercial and industrial parcels.
The engineer also said staff is proposing a deviation for some HOA-owned interior parcels that lack direct access. Those parcels would not be assessed now; Erickson said the city would assess them when interior roadways are reconstructed in a future phase.
Council members pressed Erickson on construction impacts and traffic routing. Erickson said the intent is likely to close 130th Street in the Fenway area for the duration of reconstruction and to manage traffic by constructing half the roadway at a time as a one-way loop to reduce conflicts with heavy truck traffic. Construction is anticipated to last about three months, beginning in May or June and finishing in early fall.
The council approved a resolution receiving the feasibility study and setting the public hearing date for Dec. 15 by roll call vote. At that hearing, staff said it would seek direction to proceed with final design, publish plans, hold a neighborhood open house and return to council to accept plans and authorize advertisement for bids.
What happens next: staff will publish the formal hearing notice and complete final design work before bringing bids back to the council in early 2026.
