HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 566-05 RESOLUTION
.WHEREAS, the City of Rochester, through its Park and Recreation Department, has
proposed the filling of 0.9 acres of Type 1 wetlands located south of the existing Cascade Creek
as part of the master plan for the Cascade Lake area. The wetland replacement will be through
a direct replacement located adjacent to the proposed realigned .Cascade Creek. The total
direct wetland replacement will be 0.9 acres of new wetlands and 0.9 acres of buffer area
adjacent to the replacement wetland; and,
WHEREAS, the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) reviewed the application and
recommended approval subject to the below described conditions; and,
WHEREAS, this matter came before the City of Rochester Common Council on
November 21, 2005, for a final decision on the replacement plan. The Council gave all
interested parties an opportunity to be heard on this matter and considered all information
40presented to it including that information found within the Council Agenda packet.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the 'City of
Rochester that the City approve the Wetland Delineation and Replacement Plan presented by
the City of Rochester, through its Park and Recreation Department, for the Cascade Lake Area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant must complete and have recorded a Declaration of Restrictions and
Covenants for Replacement Wetlands that covers the direct replacement
wetlands;
2. The applicant must submit a separate wetland bank application for decision on the
proposed excess wetland; and
3. The applicant must submit annual monitoring reports for the direct replacement
area until the new wetland is established.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized and directed to approve this plan on behalf
of the City.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS ,-f DAY OF j6Oef' BIgl- , 2005.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: 1ev� _
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS DAY OF lJ6067fi20E;Q— 12005.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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