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• flUQ-15-2025 14118^ referred to as a Technical Evaluation Panel (TBP) together to provide guidance for such dacisions. This again, ia a service which MCWD gladly provides to the City and its Staff. In addition. Sec. 78-1 607(b) states that if ^iplicable, conditional use permits will be granted upon qiproval of all odier appropriate governmental agertcies including MCWD. This staiement is very much appreciated and critical to die coordination between the City and MCWD. However, it should be noted that according to MCWD Rules, die District cannot act upon a permit application without, at a nunimuni, preliminary approval fiom the local municipality (e.g. Planning Commission). arreptable dafinitions - It will prove to be most efficient for both the City and MCWD to agree on common definitions in application of Rules and Ordinances. For example; Sec. 78-1608.3(d) Duffer Flexibility - MCWD plans to adopt a Rule which will allow for buffer averaging where appropriate, but will also incorporate the use of Best Management Practices such as rain gardens, cisterns or rain barrels in place of a buffer where site restrictions will not provide for the full buffer width. Sec. 78-1609(b) line 6 “within the same subwatershed district*' - MCWD comprises eleven subwatersheda of which, the subwaiersheds of Painter Creek, Long I^»« Creek and Lake Minnetonka cover the City of Orono. MCWD requires that impacts to wetlands, generally, be mitigated within the tame subwatershed. It should be clarified how the City of Orono defines the term or geographic area of die subwatershed fbr consistency. Sec. 78-1 609(cKl) City may require en “approved wetland r^lacement plan application fiom the MCWD”-While diis is an obligation of the LGU to review and approve wetland inqiact and rqilacement plan.s, u noted above, as a matter of procedure, MCWD cannot act on a pemiii application without the applicant first obtaining preliminary approval from die local municipality. Sec. 78-l609(cK6) City may require “A MNRAM assessment completed by the MCWD.*' Most often, for an applicaiion which proposes impacts to wetlands, MCWD will require the applicant to complete the MNRAM aaeeasment if one docs not exist (MNRAM is essentially the information included in the MCWD Functional Assessment of Wetlands). MCWD will review and approve submitted asaesaments - diis is a service gladly provided to ^e City of Orono. Sec. 78-1 610(b)(1) City may require an “approved wetland replaconot plan application fiom the MCWD'* - Aa noted above, while is an ' t V V*' \K>r