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MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY OF LIFE MEMORANDUM TO: Tim Johnson,Spring Hill Golf Club FROM: Catherine Bach,Minnehaha Creek Watershed District ' DA'L'E: November 26,2012 RE: WCA Application#W 12-34. Spring Hill Golf Club, Orono ' servation Act WCA Technical Evaluation Panel TEP meetin was held on A Wetland Con (WCA) (TEP) g November 15,2012 at the MCWD office to review revised submittals for the above mentioned replacement plan application for Spring Hill Golf Club in Orono. TEP members present included Catherine Bach(MCWD/LGU),Lynda Peterson(BWSR),and Stacey Lijewski (Hennepin SWCD). ' The TEP raised concerns with the proposed on-site wetland creation. Due to current site conditions,it is likely that the Ecological Suitability&Sustainability criteria outlined in Chapter ' 8420.0522 Subp.5 would be very difficult to meet through the proposed on-site wetland creation. The proposed wetland creation is adjacent to a larger wetland basin dominated by narrow-leaved/hybrid cattail and reed canary grass. In order to prevent these invasive species from dominating the created wetland there would likely need to be significant vegetation management in the larger adjacent basin in addition to the creation area. Furthermore,a large portion of the adjacent wetland is DNR Public Water Wetland#837W,which may complicate any vegetation management throughout the larger adjacent basin, ' Because of the TEP's concerns with the proposed on-site wetland creation and lack of other opportunities for replacement credit,the TEP recommends that all wetland replacement ' requirements for the proposed project be met through the purchasing of banked credits from Account No. 1410(Michael and Melanie DeLuca),which was Indicated-as a possibility during the meeting. The current proposal is to purchase a portion of the total required replacement ' credit from this account and obtain the remaining required replacement credit through on-site wetland creation. ' It is important to note that the application is currently incomplete,and the remaining items from the incomplete letter dated September 11,2012 that were discussed at the November 15,2012 TEP meeting must still be submitted before the application is deemed complete(e.g. ' documentation confirming compliance with the 1997 WCA replacement plan). A revised incomplete letter following the discussion at the meeting will be provided.