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�-���'C <br /> Memorandum �Bonestroo <br /> To: Darren Amundsen,City Project: 1570 6�h Ave North Date: 7/11/2007 2335 Highway 36 W <br /> St.Paul,MN 55113 <br /> From: John Smyth Client: OfOnO Te1651-636-4600 <br /> Fax 651-636-1311 <br /> . Re: Wetland Ordinance Compliance File No: 139-07-000 <br /> www.bonesuoo.com <br /> Remarks: <br /> The Wolfsfeld Woods Preliminary Plat was reviewed. Appropriate buffer widths and setbacks <br /> are shown on the preliminary plat for a Manage 2 wetland. A site visit was made on July 10, <br /> 2007. The current buffer is high quality woodland with minimal buckthorn and other invasives <br /> so no further buffer improvements to remove invasive species are required. This buffer is part � <br /> of a larger woodland complex that is listed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br /> as a Scientific and Natural Area. The MN DNR has indicated this is a premier example of the <br /> original"Big Woods"forest that once covered the south central part of the state.Very few <br /> remnants remain due to urban expansion,agriculture,and industrial development.Due to this <br /> special feature it will be especially important if grading or other land disturbance activities <br /> occur on this site in the future that the buffer is not allowed to be disturbed and appropriate <br /> erosion control is developed on the upslope edge of the buffer and maintained during <br /> construction. If land disturbance activities are proposed in the future the City may want to <br /> consider collecting escrow of$500 for periodic inspections to insure the buffer is being <br /> protected and erosion control practices are in place. <br /> The applicant will need to provide appropriate easements and recording of the buffer to the <br /> City. As allowed under the ordinance,buffer signs should be placed at a minimum of every 100 <br /> feet along the upslope edge of the buffer so future property owners are aware of the buffer <br /> location and it is not disturbed. <br />