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Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Improving Quality ofWater, Quality of Life MEMORANDUM Date: October 19,2000 To: Paul Weinberger, City of Orono From: Jim Ha&er RE: Technical Evaluation Panel Findings of Fact, Wildhurst Site A Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) consisting of David Thill (Hennepin Consewation District), Doug Snyder (Board of Water and Soil Resources), and Jim Ha&ier (Mirmehaha Creek Watershed District) visited the Wildhurst site on October 16,2000. Others present were Paul Weinberger and Chris Pence (City of Orono), Mark Kjolhaug and Mike DeRuyter (Kjolhaug Environmental) and Barbara Moeller (Minnehaha Creek Watershed District). Schoell & Madsen had conducted a wetland delineation on this site on September 17,1997. They identified a small Type 1 wetland at that time. The property was not developed and later changed ownership. Kjolhaug Environmental conducted a subsequent delineation on September 11 and 15,2000. It was their determination that no wetlands were present, specifically in the location Schoell & Madsen had pre\iously identified a wetland. The 2000 report indicated that the delineator found neither hydric soils nor hydric vegetation and did not observe the presence of hydrology. After observing the site conditions the TEP agreed with the most recent delineation. While a species of sedge was present it was not a hydric variety. The soils were not of a hydric type and hydrology was not observed in auger holes. The 1997 report was conducted in a sewon that had experienced above average precipitation. The report indicated saturated soil conditions but did not record the presence of standing water (hydrology) in the auger holes. While 2000 has been somewhat dry the lack of hydric plants and soils were sufficient to determine that the site was not a wetland. D:\File$\TEP FlndingiXWUdhurst Merco.doc . iJfnicftvnirtrifiittria-Tti f IT lAf"..1.-