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'fy of Memorandum iver TO: FROM: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DATE: May 15, 2000 SUBJECT: WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT DECISION - TROTT BROOK FARMS - WCA 98 - 2 The Elk River City Council approved the original Wetland Impact plan for Trott Brook Farms on August 17, 1998. This plan included impacts to 25 wetlands with 1.96 acres being filled. The developer of Trott Brook Farms, Contractor Property Developers Company, submitted a revised plan for wetlands on October 29,1999. The new plan includes 2.48 acres of wetland fill. Notification of this new plan was mailed out to the appropriate governmental agencies on November 19, 1999. The Technical Evaluation Panel for the Wetland Conservation Act in the City of Elk River reviewed the revised plans on December 16, 1999. This review included the comments submitted by the DNR in a letter dated December 16, 1999 (attached). A final version of the wetland filling and mitigation plan was received by city staff on May 15, 2000. This revision reflects the comments of the Technical Evaluation Panel and the DNR. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of the revised filling and mitigation plan for this project with the following stipulations: That a restrictive covenant and drainage and utility easement be recorded on the mitigation areas. That the Developer's Agreement for the project includes language that places the responsibility for the success of the wetland mitigation on the developer. That the letter of credit covering the public improvements associated with the project also include the cost of the mitigation ~vork. That the developers submit a ~vritten monitoring report on the replacement wetlands one year after this mitigation work is completed and that this report be approved by city staff prior to tilde r~ieas:~ of the letter of credit. 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425