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1 'I! ` 1111. <br /> Vtiletland Replacement Plan <br /> Spring Hill Golf Club Improvements <br /> ' Orono, Minnesota <br /> ' Revised December 5, 2012 <br /> ' BACKGROUND <br /> Construction of the Spring Hill Golf Club was begun in 1997 and the <br /> ' course opened in 1999. For playability and safety reasons, Spring Hill <br /> Golf Club proposes to undertake improvements to the golf course along <br /> the 13th fairway. These improvements would include placing fill into a <br /> jurisdictional wetland at two locations. <br /> PROJECT LOCATION <br /> ' The Spring Hill Golf Club is located in the NW IA SE '/4 Section 26, T1 18N. <br /> R23W, City of Orono, Henne�in County, Minnesota (Figure 1). The site is <br /> ' divided by County Road 6 (6t Avenue North), bordered on the west by <br /> Tamarack Drive, and Spring Hill Road forms the southern boundary. The <br /> specific project location is limited to on or near the 13th hole. The primary <br /> ' land uses in the immediate vicinity of the site include commercial and <br /> residential uses. <br /> ' SITE DESCRIPTION <br /> As shown on the U.S.G.S. Quadrangle map (Figure 2), the topography on <br /> ' the site is rolling. The golf course is characterized by landscaped <br /> fairways, tee boxes, sand traps and greens with wetlands and upland <br /> hardwoods interspersed. The wetlands on the site are typically Type 2 <br /> ' (inland fresh meadow) and Type 3 (inland shallow fresh marsh) <br /> complexes. Refer to Figure 3 of the Wetland Delineation Report <br /> (Appendix A) for an aerial photograph of the project area. <br /> 1 <br /> WETLAND DELINEATION <br /> ' On October 24, 2011 and March 9, 2012, GES delineated most of the <br /> boundary of the wetland proposed for impact west of the 13"' hole. The <br /> ' Minnehaha Creek Watershed District reviewed the wetland delineation <br />