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Hi Casev, <br /> Thanks for your email clarifying where it appears some misunderstanding may lie. I am concerned because the <br /> area that you marked on your reveg plan is the area between the retaining wall, as you drew it in, and the <br /> required buffer boundary. The area befinreen the retaining wall and the required buffer boundary is 10' wide at <br /> points, as you can see in the exhibit. This was the basis of our determination documented in the inspection <br /> report. <br /> If the area that has been fixed is �750 square feet, then, honoring the agreement with Courtney, we will not <br /> require any additional sod removal. I will have an inspector confirm on site so we can wrap this up. <br /> Also, to clarify, MCWD determined that we are not requiring formal monitoring of the buffer-just conformance <br /> with the normal no-mow/no-hard-surface/etc rules within the buffer. <br /> The declaration paperwork and buffer monument installation are unrelated to the leave sod vs remove sod <br /> question, so feel free to contact me with any questions on the former while we wrap up the latter. <br /> Thanks! <br /> Beth Brown <br /> Permitting Technician <br /> Certified Wetland Delineator <br /> Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br /> ebrownCcDminnehahacreek.ora <br /> 952-641-4504 <br /> From: Casey Hoehn fmailto:choehn 19Ca�yahoo.coml <br /> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 3:04 PM <br /> To: Elizabeth Brown <EBrownCa�minnehahacreek.ora>; Hoehn, Jill (JHoehnCcDtcfbank.com) <br /> <JHoehnCc�tcfbank.com> <br /> Cc: Theresa Zerby <TZerbv(c�minnehahacreek.or4>; 'Melanie Curtis' <MCurtisCa�ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Subject: Re: 13-400 -2325 Glendale Cove Follow-Up <br /> Thank you for the follow-up Beth. <br /> The map you included was never referenced by Courtney and the agreement in terms of the re-vegetation area that we have completed <br /> was all that was discussed. As stated earlier,we are not willing to tear up any more sod or do anything else at our expense as we are <br /> in this position based on the initial approval from the MCWD on what our landscape boundary was allowed to be before we started any <br /> work. Quite honestly we have spent A LOT of time, money and worry on this issue to do the right thing and compromise. The City of <br /> Orono has been more than helpful and they and Melanie went out of their way to understand our situation and help guide us through a <br /> resolution(taking into account how we ended up there in the first place). The plan we submitted that Courtney approved addressed an <br /> approximate buffer replanting area of 750 ft. (which Courtney even verbally discussed in a meeting I had with her in the MCWD offices <br /> as'a couple feet'along the boulder wall). I used a tape measure our backyard to approximate the area and used red marker on a lot . <br /> map we had to illustrate location of the area we agreed to plant with native grass(the approved plan I submitted is attached). Again, <br /> my approach and all of this was done without any push back or non agree-ability at the time from the MCWD. We believe that we have <br /> gone out of our way to accommodate all that has been asked of us and we are simply pleading that the Watershed step up and take <br /> ownership of the fact they gave us the boundary approval that got us into this issue. We are more than willing to put up the necessary <br /> monuments and monitor the area as discussed. Please let me know if you would like to sit down to discuss further at your <br /> convenience. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Casey Hoehn <br /> 5 <br />