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JAN-25-2001 12�30 MINNEHAHA CREEK �ATERSHED 6124710682 P.64/04 <br /> Permit Application No.: QO_243/ revio�s tabled Xtu1e: �.D,N <br /> Applicant: �Yenne�in Count� Ty rAns�o.rtatian 1)e�t. <br /> Project: Construction of sal�,��Q�-age bnildin� Received: 7/20(QO <br /> � T.ocat�an: 3880 Sh re ' rive, Arnna Complete: $/3/00 <br /> Recommendation: ' <br /> Approval. Permit should not be issued until tlie followxng canditions are met: <br /> 1. A maintenancc agreement fox the sump catch basins and cxpanded wet��uad must be <br /> executed and recor�ied. <br /> 2. A declaration for preservation of the wetland buffers must be executed ancl recorded. <br /> Background: <br /> MC'W'n Board of Mana.�ers tabled this pezmit al their Augvst 24t''meeting. At that i;ime the <br /> Board required t��at the applicanl work v�rith staff to mi.xvzn�ize impacts to wetlauds on the site. <br /> This applicarion as ori�inally submitted, declared lhree wctland areas on tl�.e site. Two of the <br /> three;r�vctlands would not be impacied in auy work associated wi.th this pennit. The applicant <br /> had proposed ta excavate in the sma11 wetland in the southe�si eornc�r of the 1ot. 'rhe intent of <br /> excavation was to increase storn�waler storaga on the site. At the August 24`�Board Meetin.g <br /> Guy Nowlan of Hennepin Couniy had sta.ted tha.t the wetland/pond where excava.tion was being <br /> proposed was a si�rmwatcr pond created by the Counry. After th�permit was tabted,the County <br /> � further investi�ated the status of the pond i.n.question. District sta££met with Hcnnepin County <br /> representatives on December l 3 to rc;vicw aerial photos. 1'he site vc�as predominantly wetland <br /> prior to developznent arotmd 1957. Distr.ict sta££agreed wilh the Cottnty that a progtessian of <br /> alterations to the wctland area in question has occuired over time. I3oweve�,District staff called <br /> for a TEP review of the aerial�hotos to confinn that tk�e pond had been altercd,where filling . <br /> occurred sometime between 1�57 and 1964, �nd axeavatin� for stormwatex in the same area <br /> sometune betwee�i 1979 and 1989. The TEP confumed the dates listed above whr;re alterations <br /> lo ihe wetland area oceurred and classified i.he vvctland as ineid.ental. Under WCA incidental <br /> wetlands do not require r�placement. <br /> Rul�� <br /> The erosion control plarl meets Rule B requirements a�.d anclucies sill fenee,hay bales <br /> sunrounding catch basins, and reseeding of the site. �Ta su�ety is required. <br /> ��n <br /> Two wetlands azc located on the p.roperty; neither wel•land will be impactcd by the project. ln <br /> addi.tion, one incidental wetland is loeated on the site. According to V1rCA L�xemplion Staadazds <br /> 8420.0122, Subpart Sc, "Replace�aen�t plan for wetlands is not rcquirEd for activities ii�.wet�and <br /> areas crcated or reestablislaed solely �s a result of: actions by public or private entities that were <br /> taken for a pur�ose other thau crealing ih�wetland. Thereforc,the wetland classi�ied by the TEP <br /> as�incidental will not require mitigation. The incidental wctland will be excavated to increase the <br /> storage capacity to control rates. Rrznoff into the incidental wetland will stil�be pretreated by <br /> two sump catch basins. The applicaut will be pmvidi�ag �6.5-f,o�t buffers on each of the <br /> T:\0185\O1\]51\QO-243�rF a�` <br /> O 1/19/Ol <br />