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Just to follow-up from my brief ineeting with Joey on Wednesday,please find a few pictures(before and after)of the • area that the City of Orono was referring to that has part of our boulder wall in it that is within the buffer area (southwest corner of the property). • Photo#1—showing the southwest area of the property before(also showing the location of the silt fence along the wood line) • Photo#2—showing the same area after{that the boulders are inside where the fence was) • Photo#3—basically same picture as#2,just showing the transition from the larger wall this area • Photo#4—Also wanted to inciude this'before'photo as I think it is a good illustration of the severity of the grading/elevation challenges we had to address with our landscaping plan I had proactively reached out to the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District before starting any of our landscaping as my wife and I knew that some of our backyard was likely up against or potentially in the buffer area and wanted to make sure we had checked with the appropriate jurisdiction to ensure we didn't do anything we weren't supposed to. Through conversations with the MCWD,we were told we would be able to landscape anything inside the silt fence (which essentially ran along the border of our yard/property). So,staying inside the fence area and trying to not impact any current trees on the property as well(also by the recommendation of our(andscape architect due to the severe grade and potential impact to continuous washout of soil),we constructed a boulder wall to help alleviate this. The one tier boulder area in the southwest corner of the property(which is the area of concern)was constructed inside the silt fence as well and was a way to transition from the grade above to a lower grade keeping in mind slope/drainage as weil as keeping a barrier ln place to stop the soil from erosion and washing out into the wetland and wetland buffer area. Thank you for your help,please let us know if there's anything else we could provide or do! Casey and Jill Hoehn 320-282-2579 This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, �� confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic mail or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail so that we may correct our intemal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you. This electronic mail(including any attachments)may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or othewise proteded from disdosure to anyone other than its i rrterxled reci pient(s). Arnr di sserni na�i on or use of this el ectronic mai 1 or its oorite�ts(i ncl udi ng any�ta�hments) by pers�ns other than the i ritended reci pi ent(s) is strictly prohi bited. If you have received this rr�ssac�e i n error, pl ease n�ify us i mmediakely by reply�mai I so that we may correct our i rrternal reoords. Pleaae then del c�e the origi nal message(i nd udi ng a�y attachrnerrts)i n its enti rety.Thaik you. z