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KjOLHAUG ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY <br />Provicli"l Sound, &lanucl, ComprthtnsilJ< Natural R,souru Solutions <br />Memorandum <br />Date: January 3, 2012 <br />To: Catherine Bach , Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br />Cc: Bob Molstad, Sathre-Berquist, Inc. <br />From: Melissa Barrett, Kjolhaug Environmental Services Company <br />Re: MNRAM Analysis -Wetland J, Wachman Parcel, Orono, MN <br />According to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District wetland inventory, Wetland 1 of the <br />Wachman Parcel is rated as a Preserve wetland. Wetland present on the Wachman Parcel is part <br />of a larger PEMAd/PEMCd wetland complex that continues to the southeast and eventually <br />connects (approximately 0.25 miles distance) to the North Arm of Lake Minnetonka shoreland <br />system. <br />Previously, wetland analyses performed for wetlands abutting shoreland have rated as Preserve <br />due to the shoreline protection function . However, wetland present on the Wachman parcel does <br />not provide shoreline protection. <br />Wetland I was previously described as a Type 4 (PUBGx/PEMA) excavated, open water and <br />fresh (wet) meadow wetland complex (Wachman Parcel Wetland Delineation Report dated <br />October 22, 2012). At the time of the delineation, the PUBGx portion of the wetland was un- <br />vegetated and dry. The center of the basin was an upland knoll dominated by a canopy of <br />boxelder . For the purposes of the delineation it was included within the wetland boundary. <br />Fresh (wet) meadow was dominated by reed canary grass with lesser amounts of giant goldenrod <br />and Canada thi stle. Other non-dominant vegetation observed included: garlic mustard, asters, <br />blue vervain, sedge, black willow, boxelder, and American elm. In addition to the excavated <br />basin, an excavated ditch connected the basin to the east property line. <br />MNRAM Analysis <br />A MNRAM version 3.4 functional analysis was completed for Wetland 1 on the Wachman <br />Parcel to assess appropriate wetland functions and management class based on current, on-site <br />observations. A MNRAM output summary and input data are included in Appendix A, and <br />results are summarized in Table 1 below. <br />26105 Wild Rose Lane , Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 , Phone: 952-401-8757, Fax: 952-401-8798