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• Shoreline&Streambank Stabilization <br /> ' 0 Waterbody Crossing&Structures <br /> • Fees <br /> • Financial Assurances <br /> • Stormwater Management <br /> Description of project: <br /> ' Construction of the Spring Hill Golf Club was begun in 1997 and the course <br /> opened in 1999. For playability and safety reasons, Spring Hill Golf Club <br /> proposes to undertake improvements to the golf course along the 13th fairway. <br /> ' These improvements would include placing fill into a jurisdictional wetland at two <br /> locations. <br /> The proposed fill areas would result in a total wetland impact of 0.42 acres <br /> ' consisting of 0.30 acre (12,950 square feet) in the northern fill area and 0.12 acre <br /> (5,299 square feet) in the southern fill area (see Figures 3, 4 and 5). The <br /> wetland areas to be impacted are primarily Type 3 inland shallow fresh marsh <br /> dominated by narrow-leaved and hybrid cattail. Both wetland impact areas are <br /> above the Ordinary High Water(OHW) elevation so the impacts are not <br /> regulated by the DNR protected waters program. <br /> The TEP has reviewed and on 6/21/2012 the Minnehaha Creek Watershed <br /> District (MCWD)approved sequencing flexibility for this project (Notice of <br /> ' Decision attached with permit application forms). The MCWD approval <br /> documents that there are no feasible and prudent alternatives to the proposed <br /> wetland impacts. <br /> See the Wetland Permit application for additional details of the proposed project. <br /> The on-site wetland replacement aspects of the project are being changed with <br /> this variance request. <br /> Requirements of rule(s) <br /> MCWD's Wetland Protection Rule generally follows the guidance and principles <br /> set out under the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). The MCWD rule <br /> however, holds more strictly to the mitigation citing standards set out in WCA <br /> than does the Board of Water and Soils Resources (BWSR) and the Corps of <br /> Engineers (COE) in their administration for the Federal Clean Water Act Section <br /> 404 wetland permitting process. Specifically MCWD requires wetland impacts in <br /> ' the watershed to be replaced in the watershed. <br /> Requested Variance <br /> ' This variance requested is to allow Spring Hill Golf Club to use 0.84 acres of <br /> wetland bank credits from outside the MCWD as mitigation for the 0.42 acres of <br /> wetland impacts for the reconstruction of the 13th fairway. <br /> ' 2 <br />