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Parks, Trails and Open Space The City of Hugo has an abundance of natural resources and open space areas including a large number of lakes, wetlands, woodlands and other natural amenities that make it a prime location for outdoor activity and recreation. The City has made an effort to preserve many of these spaces as active and passive parks, conservation areas and protected waters (see Map xx—Existing Parks and Open Space). There are also a few neighborhood parks and community gathering centers located within the City's residential neighborhoods that are privately owned and maintained by the homeowners associations. These parks augment the City's system and serve the residents of these neighborhoods. The City's existing trail system consists of multi -use county trails and a series of city -owned pedestrian -bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, bicycle routes, snowmobile trails, equestrian trails and nature paths (see Map xx – Existing Sidewalks and Trails). There are nine lakes in the City classified as protected waters and 3 lakes which are classified as wetlands by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Hardwood Creek and Clearwater Creek and a number of judicial ditches also traverse the City. There are three separate watershed districts in the City of Hugo. The majority of the City is within the Rice Creek watershed district except for small portions of eastern Hugo that are within the Carnelian -Marine -St. Croix watershed district and the Browns Creek watershed district. There are also approximately 584 acres of protected wetlands in the City of Hugo that are included in the water land use category (see Map xx – Wetlands). However, the water land use category does not include some of the non -protected and seasonal wetland areas in the City. I IL t 7GO 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE DRAFT Dec14-17 for review only DRAFT Dec 14-17 for review only COMMUNITY BACKGROUND 31