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' a <br /> Jacobson Environmental, PLLC www.jacobsonenvironmental.com <br /> Environmental Consultants Wayne 3acobson, P.S.S.,W.D.C., P.W.S.,A.F.S. <br /> 5821 Humboldt Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 (612)802-6619 Cell <br /> Email: jacobsonenv@msn.com <br /> The existing landscape,of Lot 1 is entirely upland, vacant, and wooded. The trees identified within this lot <br /> were dominated by oak and maple, with a few hickory(see Figure 8—Tree Survey Map). The existing <br /> landscape of Lot 2 consists of three wetlands, grassland areas, and woodland areas, along with a <br /> residential home, guest house, and horse barn. The three wetlands were delineated in October 2017 by <br /> Jacobson Environmental.A map showing the wetland boundaries can be found on Figure 5. Coon Creek <br /> Watershed District's notice of decision for the delineation is anticipated. Basin 1 was dominated by reed <br /> canary grass, yellow foxtail, and giant goldenrod, and was located on the northeastern portion of Lot 2. <br /> Basin 2 was mostly open water with some wild blue iris along the edges, and was located northeast of the <br /> homestead on Lot 2. Basin 3 was dominated by reed canary grass, and was located north of Basin 2 <br /> across the main driveway on Lot 2. Because no tree impacts are proposed for Lot 2, a tree survey was <br /> not completed for this portion of the parcel. The existing landscape of Outlot A is entirely upland, and <br /> contains a gravel driveway.A few significant trees were located within the lot, including oak, spruce, ash, <br /> and pine. No rare,threatened, or endangered plants were observed on the parcel when the wetland <br /> delineation was completed in October 2017. <br /> Rural Oasis Study <br /> The project site is adjacent to the Old Crystal rural oasis analysis corridor identified in the Rural Oasis <br /> Study(see Figure 14). This project proposes using a shared driveway to access Lot 1 and Lot 2, which <br /> will minimize any changes to the appearance of Old Crystal Bay Road.A gravel driveway is pre-existing <br /> in the location of the proposed shared driveway, so impacts to the rural character and environmental <br /> health of Orono from the parcel split and home construction is extremely negligible. <br /> Natural Resource Inventory <br /> A. MLCCS Land Cover Classification <br /> The City of Orono—Land Cover Classification and Natural Resource Inventory identifies the <br /> landcover of Lot 1 as forests(30000)and woodland (40000). Lot 2 has areas identified as <br /> artificial surfaces and associated areas(10000), planted or cultivated vegetation (20000), <br /> forests(30000), and woodland (40000), and herbaceous(60000). A more detailed look at <br /> available MLCCS data classified the forest area on Lot 1 as"maple-basswood forest", and <br /> the woodland areas on the parcel as"altered/non-native deciduous woodland" (see Figure 11 <br /> —Land Cover Classification Map). The forest areas of the site are identified as"moderate <br /> quality", and the north and central portions of the site are identified as"altered non-native <br /> plant community—no native species present" (see Figure 10—Land Cover Quality Map). <br /> B. Tree Community Identification <br /> A tree survey was completed within the proposed Lot 1 and Outlot A(see Figure 8). <br /> According to the City of Orono's significant tree(8"-29" DBH)and specimen tree(z30" DBH) <br /> definitions, 117 significant trees and 36 specimen trees were identified within Lot 1 and Outlot <br /> A. These lots were dominated by oak and maple, respectively. <br /> 2 <br />