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1400 Bracketts Point Road No Wetlands Determination Report <br />4.2 No Wetlands Determination <br />The property was reviewed for wetlands on September 27, 2017. The review focused on the <br />northern and southern parts of the property because those areas had the predominantly hydric and <br />partially hydric soils, and because they included relatively low flat areas located in proximity to <br />wetlands or water features on adjoining properties. Precipitation at the time of the site review <br />was normal (typical) based on the 3 -month antecedent weighted average, and below the normal <br />range based on the 30 -day rolling total precipitation (Appendix B). Two areas of the property <br />were investigated for wetland; the northern area and the southern area. Neither the northern area <br />nor the southern area met wetland delineation criteria. <br />Northern Area — Sample Point A (SP -A) was positioned in the lowest part of the northern area <br />(Figure 2), and approximately 100 feet west of a Type 1, Mange Class 3 wetland that appears on <br />the Minnehaha Creek Wetland Inventory (Figure 7). SP -A marginally met the hydrophytic <br />vegetation criterion (although the Prevalence Index was > 3), but it did not have hydric soils or <br />wetland hydrology (Appendix Q. The sample point was dominated by Kentucky bluegrass <br />(FAC), but had substantial cover of white clover (FACU) and creeping Charlie (FACU), and a <br />small amount of dandelion (FACU). Soils consisted of very dark gray sandy loam with faint <br />redox starting at 10 inches and depletions starting at 14 inches. The redox was not prominent, <br />distinct, or shallow enough to render the soil hydric. The sample point did not meet criteria for <br />any wetland hydrology indicators. <br />Southern Area — Offsite review of maps and aerial photographs suggested this area might <br />include wetland, but the site review revealed three storm sewer surface inlet drains that have the <br />capacity to remove the potential for wetland hydrology. Although the adjoining property to the <br />south includes a small surface water feature located about 25 feet from the property boundary, <br />the southern boundary of the 1400 Bracketts Point Road property includes a retaining wall that <br />elevates it 4 to 6 feet above the property with the nearby water feature (Figure 2). The storm <br />drains and retaining wall make render the southern part of the evaluated property incapable of <br />supporting wetland hydrology. <br />No areas with hydrophytic vegetation or wetland hydrology were observed on the site. No other <br />areas were shown as hydric soil on the soil survey or as wetland on the NWI map. <br />4.3 Request for No Wetlands Concurrence <br />Appendix A of this report includes a Joint Application Form for Activities Affecting Water <br />Resources in Minnesota, which is submitted in request for concurrence with this No Wetlands <br />Determination under: (1) the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA), and (2) Section 404 <br />of the Federal Clean Water Act. <br />4 <br />