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-4- • The Village has 13% of its housing stock as mobile homes , such a high percentage of mobile homes should prompt the village to adopt standards governing the adequacy of both the unit as a living quarter and their environ- ment. • Voile Hugo is a fourth priority area in the Metropolitan Council Housing Allocation Plan, and is therefore not an area where low-and- moderate-income housing would be encouraged at the present time, initia- tives in providing for such housing, however , are of future concern and should • be dealt with in a plan for future growth and development. • 3. Transportation Hugo is presently well linked with most areas in the metropolitan area. U.S . Highway 61 has served as the major thoroughfare serving Hugo. While County Road # 3 recently up-graded, gives Hugo good access to I-35E. Two railroads , the Burlington Northern and the Soo Line traverse the Village, but provide freight service only. The review of the transportation plan for the village indicates that the road classification system as adopted by the Hugo Council differs in terminology from that in the Metropolitan Development Guide (MDG) . At the present time the Metropolitan Council and the inter-agency transportation planning program operate under the Functional Classification System as adopted by the Council and defined on pages 20 , 21 and 22 in the Transportation Section of the MDG. This functional classification provides not only a basis for facility location, spacing and design hut ai so allows a logical approach for assigning • jurisdictional and financing responsibility and resources among the various levels of government. Adoption of a single functional classification system and termi- nology by all units of government within the metropolitan area would greatly reduce confusion between the various municipalities as to existing and projected level of service and jurisdictional responsibility for specific road facilities. According to the comprehensive plan the Washington County road net- work forms the backbone of the community' s major thoroughfare system. Two.area s of weaknesses in this collector system have been identified: one is the absence of a good north/south facility between Highway .51 -and County Road 5 that provides a level of continuity presently lacking; another area of concern is lack of a good route connecting to County Road 5 between County Road 4 and County Road 8. At the present time the County Highway and Planning Departments are considering the need for a continuous north/south county road facility in the Hugo, Grant, Lake Elmo area. This facility would be designed as a 24' paved rural road and would he upgraded in the early 80' s . In Hugo this facility would be located generally raid-way between Highway 61 and County Road 5 , from near Round Lake and terminating at County Road 4 (see Appendix 5) . This facility, in addition to providing better continuity and future access would also replace the proposed county designated parkway as being unnecessary from a transportation viewpoint and un- desirable from an environmental impact standpoint. In view of the above it is •