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November 5, 1993 <br />GME CONSULTAIUTS, IIMC. <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br />14000 SI sc Ave. Na/Minneapolis, MN 55447 <br />Phone (612J 559-1859 / Fax (61SJ 559-0720 <br />*»•••« fci <br />;nr. Earl Fischer <br />•T'hree Star Trucking <br />13025 County Road 6 ' <br />Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 GME Project No. 4378 <br />RE: Wetland delineation for the Three Star Trucking Subdivision <br />on Watertown Road in Orono, Minnesota <br />• • <br />•.4 <br />Dear Mr. Fischer: <br />Mi. a •. <br />Following your verbal authorization, we have completed our services for <br />the above referenced project. This report outlines the methods used to <br />conduct the‘delineation, and presents our collected data. <br />site Description • <br />. f <br />The proposed'subdivision consists of a farmstead surrounded .by pasture, <br />and farm fields.. A man-made pond is located within a fenced pastured <br />area near the north end of proposed Lot 8, north of the existing house. <br />This pond was created by the current owner, and is located in a natural <br />drainageway/depression. The pond is approximately 4 to 5 feet deep and <br />120 feet in diameter. A drainage ditch exits the pond on the east side <br />and flows to'the nprth. <br />.*4 ••t ^# ,1 <br />:-7e understand that the engineering firm for the project, Coffin and <br />Lironberg, Inc. has requested that the boundaries of the wetland be <br />H<»iineated so that they can be surveyed to a site plan. <br />.tetiland Assessment Procedures <br />~,.lor to performing the wetland delineation, we reviewed the <br />-oDographic-survey for existing contours, Hennepin County Soil Survey <br />•-formation, and U.S. Geological Quadrangle maps of the area. <br />-•jr on-site wetland delineation was based on the 1989 Federal Manual <br />r:r Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands. The Federal <br />;*:cinual basesxwetland determination on significant aspects of hydric <br />-soil conditions,-,hydrophitic vegetation, and hydrology. In the field, <br />•,;a observed these characteristics near the pond, and staked the <br />ooundary between the wetland and upland with lath and flagging. <br />t 4 \ <br />•ratland Aaaassment Results <br />^ • i. <br />‘'^ur site observations indicate that the man-made pond is located within <br />c pastured area and that native vegetal ive conditions did not exist, <br />‘.^e observed small willow trees (an obligate wetland plant) along the <br />edge of the-pond. Cattails (an obligate wetland plant) were located <br />*. C-*# <br />WILUAM C. KWASNY. RE <br />GREGORY a REUTER. RE <br />MARK 0. MltXSOP: <br />THOMAS PAUL VENEMA. RE <br />WYATT A. GUTZKE RE <br />SANDRA J. FORREST <br />An E9Ml Oppartimy EnvtofW <br />WILLIAM E BLOEMENDAU RE <br />MERVYN MINOESS. RE <br />STEVEN J.RUESINK. RE