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_.�__—�--�----_.. ........................_.. . ...............:,..:.......�...,..,...._... <br /> . ..._............ . . <br /> .. ' ��` <br /> ���� <br /> i � <br /> '���- S�TC)��DA. ����.OG�C.� ����JI�CE� <br /> ' '� �' Provlding tbe Shatper Edge in Naturalldesoutces 8:Env.ironmental Consulting <br /> . � �9 ,�� <br /> August 4, 2005 <br /> Mr. Mark Gronberg <br /> Gronberg & Associates <br /> 445 North Willow Drive <br /> Long Lalce, MN 55356 <br /> ll�a �Egt�roject IvaHa-ne: Mackinnon Parcel—Orono <br /> SE�P.�ro,��ct 1�1'0: 2005-308-03 <br /> ��oject g,ocatIlOaao The SE 1/a of Section 32, T118N, R23W <br /> City of Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota <br /> Project�escriptaoa�: Wetland Classification, Identification, Delineation, & Staking <br /> Services <br /> Dear Mr. Gronberg, <br /> As requested, Svoboda Ecological Resources(SER)visited the above referenced property on July 15, <br /> . 2005 to examine the site for the presence of areas meeting wetland criteria. Criteria for determining <br /> jurisdictionai wetlands are as described in the 1987 U.S, Army Corps of Engi�ieers VI/etlands <br /> T�elineation IVlanctial (1987 Manual) as required by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. <br /> � W��lan� Y�e�nitio� <br /> According to the 1987 U,S. Army Corps of Engineers "�Ietlands Delineation Manual" (1987 <br /> Manual;the docuznent used by all delineators to define wetlands)a wetland is "Those areas that are <br /> inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, <br /> and that under norznal circumstances do support,a prevalence of vegetation typically aelapted for life <br /> in saturated soil conditions." Tl�e Minnesota State V�Ietland Conservation Act Rules,Chapter 8�20, � <br /> further clarifies that".,.rveClands must: (1)have a predominance�f hydric soils; (2)be inundated or <br /> saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a <br /> � prevalence of hydropiiytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and (3) <br /> under normal cii•cun�.stances,support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation." The 1987�J.S. Ai-my � <br /> �Corps of Engineers Manual in Part II,item 24. slaCes that, "'�he interaction of hydrology,vegetation, <br /> and soil results in the development of characteristics unique ta wetl�nds. 'I'herefore, the fo11o4ving <br /> technical guidelines for wetlands are based on the�Qau���e�a�¢�a��aa���r�,and diagnostic environmental <br /> chai•acteristics used in applying the lechnical guideline �re represented by v�u�ious indicators of these <br /> 2�-77 Shad}nvood Ro1d ^ E�celsior,NrN 55331 <br /> (952) 4�71-'1'100 � (952) 471-0007 (F�x) <br />