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vv/ CONSENT Permit Application No.: 02-433 Applicant: _____Tom Cullnm_______ • Project: _____Wcdand Alteration_____ Location: _____785Ferndale Road. Orono Rule: Received: 11/12/02 .Complete: 12/OS/Q3 Notification: 12/10/03 Recommendation: Approval. Permit should not be issued until the foltowinf; conditions are met; 1. Reimbursement of mailing costs 2. Reimbursement of Rule J Fees . 3. Submittal of a Declaration for the preservation of the wetland butler which must be executed and recorded 4. Submittal of a surety for wetland alteration in the amount of $5,000 valid until the end five-year monitoring period. 5. Approt^l from the City of Orono______________________________________________ Background: The applicant is proposing w'etland alteration at die location cited above in the City of Orono. The project consists of a berm for the establishment of trees in a type S wetland less than one acre in size along the western edge of the property line. As shown on the site plan there will be an opening in the middle of the berm 10-12 feet wide to allow for hydrology to be maintained on the western portion of the wetland off the subject property. An application for No-Loss has been submitted for the berm. The applicant also proposes to create a 16.S-2S foot wetland buffer, converting mowed Kentucky bluegrass to native wetland buffer vegetation in addition to the creation of 2,135 square feet of new wetland in adjacent upland as part of the proposed project A permit would allow for alteration of a wetland. Rule B: Erosion control consisting of silt fence and a wetland buffer seeding plan is proposed. Ealp-Pi The proposed project will fill 2,135 square feet of wetland for the creation of a berm to support trees, provide 2,135 square feet of new wetland, and provide a 16.5-25 foot wetland buffer which will be converted from mowed Kentucky bluegrass to native vegetation. As stated above, the purpose of the berm is to provide for the establishment of trees such as green ash, silver maple, and northern white cedar. The proposed berm will less then 12 inches above the normal water level of the wetland. The low profile of the berm is to allow for wetland hydrology to persist and qualify the fill for a No-Loss exemption in the Wetland Conservation Act. A Technical Evaluation Panel consisting of MCWD staff and engineering consultant. Board of Water and Soil Resources, and Hennepin County Environmental Services met widi the City of Orono and the applicant’s wetland consultant The panel ^scussed at length the application for No-Loss defmed in MN Rule 8420.0220 which applies if the proposed work will not impact the wetland, i.e. diminish the quantity, or biological diversity of the wetland. The goal of the design for the proposed fill is to maintain the three criteria of a functioning wetland. The panel concluded that the proposed project would result in benefit for the function and value of this wetland and could function as wetland. As a condition of the permit, staff recommends a monitoring report be submined to MCWD once each year for five consecutive years regardmg status of the berm as a functiorung wetland and the success of the establishment of the wetland buffer. Attachments: 1. Perniit application 2. Site plaii/survey 3. Wetland buffer seeding plan (4) 4. Site location map ________ Renae Clark Date