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� <br /> Ellen B. Sones <br /> January 31, 1994 <br /> Page 2 <br /> 3. The City generally has supported the concept of improving existing wetlands <br /> where possible, and has long taken a strict stand against filling of wetlands except <br /> where absolutely necessary to protect a property owner's rights. <br /> 4. The City's 1974 Surface Water Management Plan indicates that while wetlands <br /> are abundant in Orono, virtually all of Orono's wetlands are necessary to <br /> assimilate nutrients caused by the ongoi.ng low-density development of the Ciry <br /> as well as provide floodwater storage. Since Orono can't afford to lose its <br /> wetlands, the Ciry's history of wetland protection generally would support the "no <br /> net loss" philosophy as well as the idea that any mitigation of City wetlands <br /> should occur within the City, preferably within the same sub-watershed and, <br /> within the proposed development in the case of subdivisions. <br /> 5. Orono's 1974 mapping of designated wetlands identified few Type 1 and Type 6 <br /> wetlands, and no Types 7 or 8. The new Federal delineation methods obviously <br /> will result in identification of many new "wetlands" which the City has <br /> historically neither recognized nor protected. It is likely that the City will <br /> continue to oppose (and deny variance/CUP applications for) filling or destruction <br /> of its historically protected wetlands, but will not oppose filling or draining of <br /> newly identified Type 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 wetland basins as long as mitigation <br /> occurs. <br /> Please contact me at 473-7357 if you have any questions on any of the above. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> r2'� ���'�--- <br /> Ronald J. Moorse <br /> City Administrator <br /> RJM/lsv <br /> cc: Orono City Council <br /> Jeanne Mabusth, Building & Zoning Administrator <br /> Michael P. Gaffron, Assistant Planning & Zoning Administrator <br />