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Background Lakes, wetlands, streams, and drainage ways dominate the landscape. These natural features play an extensive role in the way in which the community is currently developed, and will develop into the future. There are nine lakes in the City classified as protected waters and three lakes which are classified as wetlands by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Hardwood Creek, Clear Water 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 Brown's Creek Watershed District. There are also approximately 944 acres of protected wetlands in the City of Hugo. 1-1UG0 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Content The Hugo Water Resource Management Plan is divided into six sections: • Section 1.0 Executive Summary provides background information and summarizes the plan contents. • Section 2.0 Land and Water Resource Inventory presents information about the topography, geology, groundwater, soils, land use, public utilities, surface waters, hydrologic system and data, impaired waters, and the drainage system. • Section 3.0 Agency Cooperation describes local organizations and other governmental controls and programs that affect water management. • Section 4.0 Assessment of Problems and Issues presents the City's water management related problems and issues. • Section 5.0 Goals and Policies outlines the City's goals and policies pertaining to water management. • Section 6.0 Implementation Program presents the program elements and discusses the responsibilities, priorities and financial considerations associated with the implementation program. DRAFT Dec 14-17 for review only COMPREHENSIVE WATER 249 RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN