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--(,/ -`"\_( /' <br /> KI <br /> Memorandum <br /> v. <br /> ety of { $:- TO: PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> E1K ''';'' River <br /> e-,-, <br /> FROM: STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br /> ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br /> DATE: FEBRUARY 27, 2001 <br /> SUBJECT: MISSISSIPPI RIDGE BY SCOTT <br /> POWELL <br /> The following is a summary of the environmental issues associated with the proposed <br /> Planned Unit Development of Mississippi Ridge: <br /> WETLANDS <br /> The proposed extension of 1715` Avenue necessitatesgoing through a wetland. The City <br /> of Elk River is the Local Unit of Government charge with enforcing the Wetland <br /> Conservation Act(WCA). The filling of this wetland will have to be evaluated by the <br /> city's Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) for the WCA prior to the final action on <br /> Mississippi Ridge by the City Council. However, because of the position of the only <br /> • traffic signal on US Trunk Highway 10 in this area, the proposed filling is likely to be <br /> approved for safety reasons. <br /> Mitigation, or replacement, of the wetland on the site may be difficult. The developer is <br /> looking at mitigation below the ridgeline, but the area contains mature trees. The city <br /> prefers mitigation on the same site where the wetland was filled. If there are overriding <br /> concerns, replacement may be achieved off-site. <br /> Recommended wetland conditions: <br /> TEP review and recommendation prior to Council final action on the <br /> request. <br /> • That a restrictive covenant and drainage and utility easement be recorded on <br /> the mitigation areas. <br /> > That the Developer's Agreement for the project includes language that places <br /> the responsibility for the success of the wetland mitigation on the developer. <br /> That the letter of credit,which covers the public improvements associated <br /> with the project, also includes the cost of the mitigation work. <br /> • That the developers submit a written monitoring report on the replacement <br /> wetlands one year after this mitigation work is completed and that this - <br /> report be approved by city staff prior to the release of the letter of credit. <br /> • <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 •Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD & Phone (763) 441-7420 • Fax (763) 441-7425 <br />