HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 100-05 F
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Morris Hills North, LLC,_ identified wetlands located on property east of
Highway 63, west of Stonehedge and Century High School, and north of East Circle Drive. The
applicant seeks to fill 0.17 acres of Type 2 wetland located on the property for the construction of
Morris Hills North Subdivision. The two wetlands are sidehill Decorah edge related wetlands.
One wetland is proposed to be filled (0.11 acres) due to the location of streets and related
residential lots. The wetland is apart of a street right-of-way and residential lots, and will be
affected by the grading for the street and the lots; and,
WHEREAS, the applicant proposes direct replacement adjacent to the Stonehedge
calcareous fen wetland immediately east of the Morris Hills plat through a combination of
creation of new wetland, credit for vegetation restoration in two parts of the Stonehedge
calcareous fen and an upland buffer. The total wetland replacement is at a 2:1 replacement
do and will be 0.22 acres; and,
WHEREAS, the Technical Evaluation Panel met and recommended approval of the
application subject to the following condition:
1. The applicant must provide a Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants for
Replacement Wetland document covering the replacement area as required by the
wetland rules. The applicant should use the standard form provided by the
BWSR.
-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City approve the Wetland Replacement Plan presented by Morris Hills North,
LLC, subject to the above condition.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized and directed to approve this plan on behalf
the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS Zhit D F ,1I?R/lC& , 2005.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CI CLERK
APPROVED THIS 2Z� DAY OF , 2005.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
• Rochester, Minnesota)
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