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1.3. Executive Summary The Hugo Water Resource Management Plan is divided into six sections: • Section 1 Executive Summary provides background information and summarizes the plan contents. • Section 2 Land and Water Resource Inventory presents information about the topography, geology, groundwater, soils, land use, public utilities, surface waters, hydrologic system and data, and the drainage system. • Section 3 Agency Cooperation describes local organizations and other governmental controls and programs that affect water management. • Section 4 Assessment of Problems and Issues presents the City's water management related problems and issues. • Section 5 Goals and Policies outlines the City's goals and policies pertaining to water management. • Section 6Implementation Program presents the program elements and discusses the responsibilities, priorities, and financial considerations associated with the implementation program. 1.3.1. Background The City of Hugo (2010 census population 13,332) is located in Washington County, is part of the seven county Twin Cities metropolitan area and is approximately 14 miles north of downtown St. Paul (Figure 1, Appendix A). The City covers approximately 36 square miles. Hugo is nestled between the City of Forest Lake on the north, on the east by May Township, on the south by the City of Grant and White Bear Township, and on the west by the City of Lino Lakes. State Highway 61 runs north/south through the City. Lakes, wetlands, streams, and drainage ways dominate the landscape (Figure 5, Appendix A). These natural features play an extensive role in the way in which the community is currently developed and how the community develops 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. There are also approximately 584 acres of protected wetlands in the City of Hugo (Figure 5, Appendix A). Hardwood Creek, 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 RCWD except for small portions of eastern Hugo that are within the Carnelian -Marine -St. Croix Watershed District and the Brown's Creek Watershed District (see Figure 6, Appendix A). This plan addresses the rules and regulations put forth by the Rice Creek Watershed District, Brown's Creek Watershed District, and the Carnelian -Marine Watershed District. The City also developed several policies for environmental protection that are referenced in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. SECTION 1