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6. The Owners wish to work with the City and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District through the RPUD process to <br /> create a sustainable development using a Low Impact Design model for Engineering, Storm water, and <br /> Shoreline protection. <br /> 7. The Owners have analyzed the wetlands on the Property antl have come up with the beginnings of a mitigation <br /> antl restoration plan that is in process of review with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. There is a huge <br /> opportunity with the development to enhance the wetlands and upstream from Long Lake and treat water <br /> coming into the site from Dickey Lake. The latest technology in storm water treatment, low impact development <br /> etcetera will be used. <br /> 8. The Owners wish to ensure that all homes will be custom single family homes and that there are future <br /> covenants that protect the shoreland, viewsheds, size of homes,future resale etcetera. <br /> B. Environmental 8�Civil Engineering Analysis <br /> The property was fully surveyed including all existing conditions and topography(Exhibit L). The Owners have not <br /> prepared full engineering plans yet as they seek comment on the Plan first. However, the Plan was prepared by <br /> one of the very best site planners in the Twin Cities and all factors were accounted for when preparing a preliminary <br /> plat including topography, drainage, zoning,trees,wetlands, shoreland, creek, access, siting and viewsheds <br /> etcetera. The site consists of many highly amenity elements such as Long Lake, Dickies Creek, trees and wetlands <br /> that have been incorporatetl into the plans. However, many of these amenity values are currently degraded due to <br /> invasive species such as cattails and buckthorn and past erosion problems which will be improved as part of the <br /> proposed development. As part of the Preliminary Plat application the Owners will be doing a comprehensive <br /> ground cover analysis and restoration planning to improve the natural qualities of the site and improve the current <br /> degrading environmental conditions. <br /> There currently is a wetland delineation and MnRAM analysis plan into the MCWD for review. Wetland 3 as an <br /> area of restoration potential. The Owners wish to explore a restoration and mitigation plan and look at getting credit <br /> for the basin (approximately 0,18 acres)that is restored. Wetland 4 is potentially an incidental wetland and could <br /> be mitigated on-site. If Wetland 4 is eliminated, which is 0.07 aces, then we should be able to get all of the <br /> mitigation that we need from Wetland 3. If necessary, we can restore a portion of Wetland 2 but since that carries <br /> over to a neighboring parcel it won't be as easy to restore unless we work with that owner. The Owners look <br /> forward to a more thorough study of the wetlands and all natural features during the preliminary plat stage of <br /> development including a tree analysis, further wetland and shoreland analysis etc. <br /> C. Site Plan 1 Evolution of Design <br /> The proposed plan was developed after very careful consideration of the natural environment of the property. The <br /> Property has lakeshore on Long Lake, land on Dickies Creek, several wetlands adjacent to both water bodies, <br /> areas of trees and some higher slopes. There is also a large single family home on the property which the Owners <br /> intend to keep and make part of the new development. <br /> The consulting team analyzed the site for soils, wetlands, trees, topography, creek and lakeshore with all <br /> corresponding state and regional environmental standartls. The team then reviewed the city's zoning code, m <br /> comprehensive plan and relevant development standards and polices related to this site for an urban sewered � <br /> � <br /> � <br />