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C. Fish, Wildlife, and Ecologically Sensitive Resources <br />CL Wetlands will need to be delineated in conformance with the Wetland <br />.Conservation Act as part of the development process. The City will review and ' <br />verify the wetland delineation. <br />C2. Wetland impact is anticipated to be minimized to the maximum extent possible ' <br />throughout the review area. Wetlands will be managed based on the Wetland <br />Conservation Act (WCA) and the City's Wetland Ordinance. <br />C3. The Ci will re uire 25 foot buffers around wetlands and storm water onds or ' <br />t3' q P <br />per the City's ordinance, whichever is more restrictive. <br />C4. If wetland impacts are proposed, wetland mitigation will be required within the <br />study area by the project proposer. <br />C5. Development in the study area will be required to establish a corridor for <br />wetlands, wildlife, storm water management, and recreation. <br />C6. The City will actively pursue opportunities to preserve and create natural areas <br />and through parkland dedication and alternative storm water management <br />.strategies. <br />C7. .Storm water management features should incorporate native plantings of <br />grasses, trees, and shrubs. <br />C8. The City will encourage planting of trees suitable for loggerhead shrike habitat ' <br />along areas that are adjacent to existing cropland and windbreaks if Scenario 2 <br />and 3 develop and the existing windbreaks are removed. <br />C9. A loggerhead shrike survey maybe required by the DNR as part of a ' <br />development project if tree or shrub disturbance would be planned during the <br />nesting season. , <br />D. Municipal Water Use and Service <br />D1. The water demand information as presented in this AUAR will be provided to <br />the Elk River Municipal Utilities to confirm the water supply, storage, and <br />distribution systems are adequate as the existing water system model provided <br />to the City by the Elk River Municipal Utilities, was incomplete. The City's water <br />system is a split pressure zone system with the proposed development site <br />located on the low pressure zone side. The water system model provided was <br />for the low pressure system only and does not take into account the PRV <br />interactions of the two pressure zones. <br />D2. A 16-inch diameter watermain should be extended south from the existing 16- <br />inch diameter watermain within the TH 10 right-of--way at 171St Avenue. The <br />City of Elk River <br />Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review <br />August 2011 Page 10 of 90 <br />