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ver <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Sheila Cartney, Senior Planner <br />FROM: Nicola Blake-Bradley, Environmental Technician <br />DATE: March 4, 2008 <br />SUBJECT: Concerns regarding the Site Plan Review for: <br />The Depot at Elk River Station Apartments SP08-06 <br />During review of the plans for the item listed above (Depot Apartments), several items of <br />concern were noted for the site. The following concerns were identified: <br />• The City's Archaeological Model indicates a high potential for an archaeological site <br />in both project areas. No known SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office) site is <br />located on the property. Staff recommends that the standard condition listed below <br />is placed upon the request: <br />"Any item or condition found that indicates the site is likely to yield information <br />important to prehistory or history shall be reported to the City immediately. Further, <br />the City reserves the right to stop work authorized in its approval until the site is <br />appropriately investigated and work is authorized to continue by the City." <br />• Due to the amount of grading and excavation that will occur on the site, an NPDES <br />(National Pollutant Discharge Eluizination System) permit will be necessary for this <br />project with a SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan). The NPDES permit <br />may be obtained from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency prior to or <br />concurrent with application to the City, but must be obtained prior to any grading <br />taking place on the project. <br />Storm water may not be routed directly to wetlands without "pre-treatment" such as <br />a settling pond or infiltration area. A drainage ditch (County Ditch 10) borders the <br />property on the northern edge and partially drains the wetland complex located on <br />the parcel to be developed. Due to the presence of a drainage ditch, both the Board <br />of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) <br />have jurisdiction over the wetland on the property. Indirect wetland impacts due to <br />loss of hydrology (from altering the watershed of the wetland) would constitute a <br />violation of the Wetland Conservation Act. Therefore, staff recommends that storm <br />