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r-----, <br /> ��N\�� CITY OF ORONO <br /> ,�' MEMORANDUM <br /> � % <br /> y � <br /> � �,. <br /> Iq�,�S H`��L <br /> DATE: July 29, 2015 <br /> TO: 3382 Bayside File <br /> FROM: Jeremy Barnhart, Community Development DirectoF-�� <br /> RE: 3382 Bayside restoration <br /> In 2011, the owner received approval to alter the wetland on his property (MCWD <br /> Permit#10-285). After grading and other work was performed, the wetland vegetation <br /> plan was implemented, and the maintenance program commenced. <br /> In 2015, the property owner received permission from the watershed district to remove <br /> the vegetation in the wetland and its buffer areas due to the proliferation of weedy and <br /> invasive plants, to be replaced with a seed mix more appropriate for the wetland. The <br /> city was not consulted. <br /> In speaking with the property owner and reviewing the restoration plan prepared by <br /> Prairie Restoration, Inc, and approved by the Watershed district, it is evident that the <br /> initial required restoration plan cannot be implemented due to the number and variety <br /> of invasive seeds within the mix. The current burning and reseeding is intended to <br /> perform the original action, provide a native Minnesota wetland and prairie, as required <br /> by the City's covenants and easement. <br />