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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Water Resource Management Plan purposes The City of Hugo's Water Resource Management Plan (plan, City plan, local plan, WRMP) is a local management plan that meets the requirements of Minnesota Statutes 103B.235, Minnesota Rules 8410, the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) Watershed Management Plan (adopted January 4, 2010 and amended November 9, 2016) the Brown's Creek Watershed District's Fourth Generation Watershed Management Plan (adopted October 12, 2016),the Carnelian -Marine -St. Croix Watershed District Rules (dated March 1, 2010,), and Washington County Groundwater Plan (adopted September 23, 2014). Minnesota Statute 103B.201 states that the purposes of the water management programs are to: • Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention systems; • Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality problems; • Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater quality; • Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater management; • Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems; • Promote groundwater recharge; • Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and • Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface and groundwater. The Hugo Water Resource Management Plan addresses these purposes. 1.2. Water Resource Management Responsibilities and Related Agreements The City of Hugo has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rice Creek Watershed District to administer RCWD Rules C, D, E, and F. This MOU will be renewed as required to maintain permitting authority for those rules specified previously. The City serves as the Local Governing Unit (LGU) for the Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). The City has also entered into a separate MOU with the RCWD to administer minor maintenance on the Washington Jurisdictional Ditch (JD 2). This MOU was renewed in 2017 to extend to 2021. The City has not entered into any other water resource management related agreements with its neighboring cities, Washington County, Brown's Creek Watershed District, Carnelian -Marine -St. Croix Watershed District, or the State of Minnesota. The City of Hugo is responsible for construction, maintenance, and other projects in or along the City's stormwater management systems (i.e., ponds, pipes, channels) that are not considered part of RCWD's public drainage system. SECTION 1 ' . •