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TO: FROM: DATE: ~ SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM Mayor and City Council Rebecca Haug, Environmental Technician May 20, 2003 Wetland Conservation Act Decisions - West Oaks WCA 03-03 Proposal - The developer of West Oaks is proposing to fill 9,049 square feet of a Type 6 wetland in a single location to accommodate the road for the plat. It is the only way to access the plat. The Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) for the City of Elk River rev/ewed the proposal and found both the filling and replacement plan acceptable. The replacement plan consists of 9,062 squkre feet of New Wetland Credit and 9,600 square feet of Public Value Credits (Upland buffer). The new wetland will be created adjacent to the existing wetlands on the site. A map showing the filling and replacement is attached to this memo. FINDINGS Eagle Soil Services prepared a Wetland Delineation Report for the property dated, April 27, 2000. The Technical Evaluation Panel reviewed the delineation and the replacement plan on 9 ~ May 8, _00_~. Combined notification of the propos.ed filling and replacement plan was mailed out to the appropriate governmental agencies on April 29, 2003. The comment period ended May 19, _00_~ and no negative comments were received. The Technical Evaluation Panel found the proposed wetland filling and wetland mitigation plan application dated, April 28, 2003, acceptable under the rules of the Wetland Conservation Act with the stipulations listed below. RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends approval of the filling and mitigation plan for this project with the following stipulations: A restrictive covenant and drainage and utility easement be recorded over the mitigation and buffer areas.