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pl^%r APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES, INC. <br />21938 MUSHTOWN ROAD. PRIOR LAKE, MN 88372 <br />PHONE: (952)447-1810 FAX: (982)447-1920 <br />Bringing the schnoe of ecology to a8 land use decisions <br />November 18,2005 <br />Mr. Steve Bofal <br />BohLand Development, Inc. <br />1844 Weyzite Boulevard <br />P.O. Box 813 <br />Long Lake. Miimeaote SS3S6 <br />ItB: Oteodale Cove (05*0928) • Preliminary Conaervation Design Recommendations <br />Dear Steve, <br />Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES) is plmsed to provide you with our preliminary ccmservation <br />dmign recommendatioas for dte Glendale Cove site. We appl^ your interest to increase the <br />conservation values achieved at this development <br />Intrednetlsn <br />Applied Ecological Services, Inc. (AES) was retained by BohLand Development to provide preliminary <br />conservation design recommendations for the Otendale Cove site located in Orono,Minne80te. BdiLand <br />Development has met separately with Dahlgten Shardlow ft Uban to discun otha* issues associated with <br />Orono's Rural Oaais program (e.g., viewsheds and coiidor diaractar) aa it relates to the proposed <br />Ohmdale Cove site. <br />The site is approximately 4.8 acres. Previous work completed by AES on the project site included <br />gatheri^ and reviewing existing ecological date, conducting a site review, and providing goMial <br />ecological conservation and stormwater managemait recommendations to the City of Orono. Abrief <br />summary of our findings and recommoKlations as dwy relate to the propoaed Glendale Cove project is <br />provided below. <br />SItafIndinp <br />On December 21,2004, u AES ecologist walked the site, viewing the majority of the property. The <br />site’s uplands generally consist of loam, silt loam, and silty clay loam soils and contain old fields and <br />deciduous forest A wetland exists in the southwestern pntkm of the site. This area consists of silty clay <br />loam and peaty muck soils. Surfhce watte fiows through a ditoh on the west side of the site, and then <br />traverses the aouthwatoomte of the site. Offinte, the channel becomes an incised, intermittent <br />osSKi:i lisas lof4 OleMWeCova <br />_JL