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Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act i fApplication Not ce o ' Local Government Unit(LGU) Address Minnehaha Creek Watershed District 18202 Minnetonka Blvd ' Deephaven,MN 55391 ' 1.PROJECT INFORMATION Applicant Name Project Name Date of Application Spring Hill Golf Club Spring Hill Golf Course 13`h Application Number ' Hole 8/21/12 W12-34 (completed 2/26/13) ' Type of Application check all that apply): ❑Wetland Boundary or Type ❑ No-Loss ❑Exemption ❑ Sequencing ' ®Replacement Plan ❑ Banking Plan ' Summary and description of proposed project attach additional sheets as necessary): Spring Hill Golf Club applied for a replacement plan for proposed fairway improvements at the 13th hole on August 21,2012. The proposed project involves wetland fill in two areas along the 13`h hole to improve the playability of the golf course in the vicinity of the 13th hole. The work is proposed on the parcel located at ' 1050 Tamarack Drive in Orono(PID#2611823420006). A portion of the golf course is located in Medina,but the proposed project area is entirely within the Orono portion of the course where the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District(MCWD)is the Wetland Conservation Act(WCA)Local Government Unit(LGU). ' Prior 1997 Wetland Replacement Plan A replacement plan was approved by the MCWD in 1997 for wetland impacts from the initial construction of ' the course.The applicant has not submitted the required documentation that wetland replacement plan was completed. The applicant was notified that the current replacement plan application was incomplete by letter dated September 11,2012,pending the submittal of documentation confirming compliance with the 1997 ' wetland replacement plan,including a recorded Declaration of Restrictions&Covenants for Project-Specific Wetland Replacement and a monitoring report comparing current conditions to the approved plan. MCWD review indicated that documentation of completion of the 1997 replacement was necessary to determine ' compliance with WCA requirements of the present replacement plan.The applicant has yet to submit documentation confirming compliance with the 1997 plan.Based on MCWD review of revised application materials submitted on October 25 &December 5,2012,however,staff has determined that the current application materials provide sufficient documentation of the type and boundary of wetlands to be affected and ' the extent of impacts to same.MCWD staff has determined that the additional necessary documentation of the type and boundaries of wetlands on the Spring Hill Golf Club property(along with documentation of compliance with administrative requirements of the 1997 approval)can be submitted as a condition of ' approval of the present application.Given this,staff now deems the present application complete for purposes of proposed conditional approval. The applicant has indicated that documentation of type and boundary of wetlands created pursuant to the 1997 replacement plan and otherwise present on the property will be prepared at the start of the 2013 growing season. Wetland Boundary Determination A wetland delineation for the proposed fill areas was conducted on October 24,2011.The delineation was ' reviewed in the field by MCWD staff on November 1,2011.The wetland type&boundary determination was approved under the WCA on February 2,2012(application#W 11-31). The boundary of the entire wetland basin on the Spring Hill Golf Club property will need to be delineated and approved at the start of the 2013 growing season to meet the buffer requirements of the MCWD Wetland Protection Rule. BWSR Forms 7-1-10 Page 1 of 3