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14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North, Hugo, MN 55038 • (651) 762-6300 • www.ci.hugo.mn.us <br />March 4, 2019 <br />Corrin Wendell, Metropolitan Council Sector Representative <br />Metropolitan Council <br />390 Robert Street N <br />St. Paul, MN 55101-1805 <br />RE: Preliminary Review of the City of Hugo 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />Dear Ms. Wendell, <br />The City of Hugo received your June 1It letter providing feedback on the City of Hugo 2040 Comprehensive Plan. We have reviewed <br />the questions and comment from Metropolitan Council staff and our responses can be found below. <br />The preliminary review process found the Parks, Surface Water Management, Solar Access, and Aggregate Resource <br />sections complete for review and did not identify any major system issues or policy conflicts. Responses to additional <br />advisory comments submitted to the City of Hugo by the Metropolitan Council are included below. <br />Comments provided on Parks (Michael Larson, 651-602-1407) <br />Summary of Advisory Comment: Staff offered the advisory comment that Map 6-5 may be improved by providing a distinction <br />between a proposed segment of the regional Hardwood Creek Regional Trail that follows an alignment south of 140th Street and a <br />local interim route using existing and planned local trails, given the limited space between the railroad tracks and edge of Highway <br />61. Staff further suggested that the distinction be explained in the text. <br />City Response: The City of Hugo reviewed the materials and determined that Map 6-5 and accompanying language were <br />appropriate. No change was made to the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan. <br />Comments provided on Surface Water Management (Jim Larsen, 651-602-1159) <br />Summary of Advisory Comment: Council staff requested that the City notify the Council of the dates the Watershed Districts approve <br />the LSWMP, and the date the City adopts the LSWMP, when those dates are available. Additionally, they requested that the finalized <br />LSWMP be included as part of the formal Plan submittal - either as a free-standing chapter or an appendix. <br />City Response: The LSWMP was included as Appendix 10-1 to the Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan. The plan <br />was approved by BCWD on December 18, 2017, CMSCWD on January 10, 2018 and RCWD on July 25, 2018 and by the City of <br />Hugo on February 4, 2019. <br />Comments provided on Solar Access Protection & Development (Cameran Bailey, 651-602-1212) <br />Corrin Wendell 1 <br />March 4, 2019 <br />