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replace the impacted wetland at a ratio of 2;I- This will leave 6.443 feet* of NWC and 5.994 feel* of PVC beyond the required replacement. This additional area will be placed in a wetland bank under the ownership of the fire station for future use or sale. An application to deposit these credits into a new wetland bank has been included at the beginning of this document. Table 1 Created Basin ID Wetland Credits Credit Source New Wetland Credits Public Value Credits Wetland A Creation of Type %n Wetland 15.033 feet^0 Wetland A Creation of Buffer Area 0 12,605 feet ’ Storm Water Pond Creation Storm Water Treatment Basin 0 1.979 feet ’ (75% of normal pool area of 2,638 feet ’) Sum of Credits 15,033 feet’14,564 feet’ Monitoring Plan The Cities of Orono and Long Lake will be responsible for the required monitoring of the mitigation site. Staff from Short Elliott Hendrickson will assist with the monitoring and will be the authors of the required annual reports. Monitoring of the replacement area will be conducted for a minimum five-year period to evaluate the success of the mitigation area, identify maintenance and monitoring needs, and correct any identified problems. Hydrology will be monitored annually at least three times between early May and August. Shal ow monitoring wells will be installed in all created basins and ne.irby existing wetlands to monitor changes in hydrology over the monitoring period. Welland vegetation will be both qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated once per year during the period between July and \ugust. Photographs documenUng the changes in vegeiauon will also 'ic taken at this lime from fixed reference points. At the end of five years, or when the monitoring data suggests the replacement areas are successful, functioning wcilandi, a final Mnnthaha Crertc Walafshed DtoWet Pannit Application CKy of Orono, Minnesota A-LONOU02O4.0O Page 12