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STAFF AGENDA REPORT
SUBJECT:
OCTOBER 19, 1998
5K
LANOL LEICHTY, WATER RESOURCES
COORDINATOR
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 98-XX
APPROVING THE WETLAND REPLACEMENT PLAN
FOR COAST TO COAST HARDWARE, PROJECT 98-40
DATE:
AGENDA #:
PREPARED BY:
DISCUSSION:
HISTORY
The owner of the proposed Coast To Coast Hardware
store is seeking approval of his wetland replacement plan.
This project consists of building a new Coast To Coast
Hardware store on Lot 2, Block 2 , Brooksville Center 2nd
Addition (behind the Holiday Gas Station).
CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES
The basic requirement of the Wetland Conservation Act
(WCA) , passed in 1991, is that wetlands must not be
drained or filled unless the activity is exempt from the act,
or that the wetlands are replaced by restoring or creating
wetland areas of at least equal public value. If an activity
is not exempt, impacted wetlands must be replaced under
a replacement plan approved by the local government unit
(LGU). The goal is a no net loss of wetlands.
The owner is requesting permission to fill 0.16 acres of a
type 2 wetland located on the project. In accordance with
State Statute and City code, a mitigation plan has been
prepared which mitigates the filled wetland at a 2: 1 ratio
or 0.23 acres, less the 2,000 s.f. allowable.
Due to the small site and lack of on-site mitigation
alternatives, the owner is seeking to mitigate the wetland
fill by purchasing 0.23 acres from the state wetland bank.
The WCA allows wetland losses from drain or fill activities
to be replaced by wetlands previously restored or created
and deposited into the state wetland bank. The Board of
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
ALTERNATIVES:
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
ACTION REQUIRED:
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Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) established a state
wetland bank that allows the appropriate amount and type
of wetland acreage to be purchased from an account
holder who has developed a "bank" of functioning wetland
acres restored from previously drained or filled wetlands
or a wetland created where one did not previously exist.
The owner has an agreement to purchase 0.23 acres of
type 3 wetland credits from the state wetland bank. As
the Local Government Unit (LGU), the City of Prior Lake
has approval authority for this plan.
ISSUES
A formal wetland replacement application was submitted
to the City by the owner. A notice of application was
mailed out to various public agencies to solicit public
comment. The comment deadline date was October 13;
1998. No comments were received regarding the wetland
impacts on this project.
CONCLUSION
The next step in the process is for the Prior Lake City
Council, acting as the LGU, to consider to approve or
deny the proposed mitigation plan.
There is no financial impact to the City.
The alternatives are as follows:
1. Approve the Wetland Replacement Plan for Coast To
Coast Hardware, Project 98-40, as part of the consent
agenda.
2. Deny this item for a specific reason.
3. Table this item for specific reason.
Alternative No.1: Approve the Wetland Replacement
Plan for Coast To Coast Hardware as part of the consent
agenda.
MO~Jn con(}::.rove Resolution 98-XX.
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MOTION BY:
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
RESOLUTION 98-XX
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
WETLAND REPLACEMENT PLAN
FOR COAST TO COAST HARDWARE
PROJECT NO. 98-40
SECOND BY:
City staff has reviewed the wetland replacement plan for the Coast To
Coast Hardware store on October 7th, 1998, and recommends
approval of this project; and
sequencing criteria has been met; and
0.16 acres of type 2 wetland will be filled and replaced at a 2: 1 ratio
less deminimus (0.23 acres) to be withdrawn from the state wetland
bank consisting of type 3 wetland; and
notice of application for impacts less than 10,000 square feet were
mailed out with no comments being received; and
all necessary permits from the appropriate agencies have been
received in order to carry out the proposed work.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
that the Wetland Replacement Plan for Coast To Coast Hardware Lot 2, Block 2
Brooksville Center 2nd Addition be approved.
Passed and adopted this 19th day of October, 1998.
{Seal}
YES
NO
Ked rowski
Mader
Petersen
Schenck
Wuellner
Kedrowski
Mader
Petersen
Schenck
Wuellner
Frank Boyles
City Manager
City of Prior Lake
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