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Item 17 <br />14. Comment: “Erosion and Sedimentation should offer greater detail on measures proposed <br />to manage the grading/excavation of approximately 80 acres of land by moving almost <br />340,000 cubic yards of soil material. No grading plan is provided.” <br />Response: Best Management practices to avoid and minimize erosion during construction are <br />included in the design. A seeding plan was distributed to the Cities. A comp ete set of site <br />construction plans was distributed to the Cities of Orono and Medina, and the Minnehaha Creek <br />Watershed District. The City of Orono supplied a complete set of plans to the DNR at their <br />request. <br />No soil will be moved off site. In addition, earthwork is balanced on each side of Co. Rd. 6, so <br />no soil moving vehicles will have to cross the road. <br />Item 32, Summary of Issues <br />Comment: “...the analysis and consideration of impacts, including examination of the <br />“alternative measures to mitigate the project ’s impact on the Big Woods remnant” should <br />not be deferred to later permitting for a resource of this significance. The possibility of <br />impact avoidance or minimization should be fully evaluated as part of the environmental <br />review process. The EAW does not include this information.” (DNR letter 4/9/97, page <br />2) <br />Response: Impacts are being reviewed concurrently for the Conditional Use Permit as well as <br />the EAW. It is important to note that the golf course is a permitted use of the Conditional Use <br />Permit. <br />Impacts to the Big Woods have been minimized in several aspects throughout the golf course <br />design. Eleven different routings were prepared and reviewed for the site. A comparison of <br />densities of golf holes on the property south of Co. Rd. 6 and north of Co. Rd. 6 shows that 11.80 <br />Acres per hole of land is proposed, compared to a more dense 9.07 Acres per hole in less <br />sensitive areas. The density is significantly lower in the Big Woods. <br />Fairway design is as narrow as possible in sensitive areas such as Big Woods and wetlands. <br />In addition, an area (0.64 acres) has been set aside as upland buffer area, for protection under the <br />Wetland Conservation Act. This upland area is adjacent to residential off-site Big Woods tracts. <br />This area, on the golf course property is in total, approximately 4.6 contiguous acres of Big <br />Wc ds. Another area where fairways were designed to minimize impacts, allows for a 2 acre <br />parcel of Big Woods. Most Big Wood tracts are connected so as not to leave “islands” of <br />isolated areas. Non-impacted wooded areas adjacent to Big Woods will also lessen the island <br />effect. <br />The clearing process on this golf course will go thru many stages. The first stage will be a <br />clearing, 30 feet either side of the center line of the golf hole. After this initial clearing is <br />completed, all of the clearing from that point on will be flagged. Any tree that is in question to <br />BOl