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� <br /> � � <br /> City of Orono- Conservation Design Check List for 400 Willow Drive <br /> l. Development Steps <br /> Goals as specified for Environmental Protection and Naiural Resource Management as specified <br /> in the Community Management Plan pertain to water quality and wetland protection and <br /> preservation and enhancement of the"rural character"of the City.Three homes are proposed for <br /> the 12.37 acre site. To preserve the open,rural character,31ots ranging in size from 2.67 acres <br /> up to 5.52 acres are proposed.Homes will be situated such that there will be negligible effect on <br /> the existing trees.One home will be on the location of the existing home which is proposed to be <br /> removed. The other two homes are located in non-treed areas. Wetland impacts have been <br /> minimized by using retaining walls to narrow the footprint of the road serving the 3 lots. <br /> On site sewer systems are proposed and these will be located primarily in open areas. One <br /> alternative drain field site is located partially within a tree grouping. <br /> The existing landscape of the site is typical of a former rural farmstead consisting of a house, <br /> former farm outbuildings which are showing signs of age,lawn and connecting spaces between <br /> the buildings and former agricultural fields.The trees present consist of typical ornamental and <br /> other tree species usually associated with farm sites. <br /> The residence proposed to replace the existing farm home will be partially screened bythe trees � <br /> existing along Willow Drive.The other two homes will be in the middle and toward the rear of <br /> the 12 acre site. The row of spruce and other existing trees along the north property line will <br /> provide a buffer to the homes to the north. Tree masses and an open field will provide spatial <br /> buffering from homes to the south. <br /> The dominant vegetation in the wetland community of the property is reed canary grass.No rare, <br /> threatened or endangered plants are known to exist or are likely to exist due to the previous <br /> agricultural activity associated with the property. <br /> 2. Rural Oasis Study <br /> The subject parcel is not adjacent to a documented conidor in the Rural Oasis Study. The � <br /> 610 foot segment of Willow Drive that is adjacent to the subject property is a combination of <br /> open enclosure and edged enclosure. Wetland is immediately present on either side of this <br /> segment. However, a sparse line of mostly weeping willow trees aligns Willow Drive on the <br /> west side of the road and allows approximately 300 feet to 500 feet of visual depth beyond <br /> the right-of-way between the trees,while there is approximately 75 feet of depth extending <br /> from the right-of-way on the east side of Willow Drive to a dense tree line. <br /> This segment of Willow Drive appears to have more positive views such as that of wetlands <br /> and trees. The only negative views were that of power lines and a mail box but these <br /> attributes are barely noticeable. Please see the Photo Log at the end of this checklist. <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 400 Willow Drive South <br /> Project No.:2011-023 j Orono MN <br />