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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Ron Yanish has proposed the filling of 0.81 acres of Type 2 wetlands on
property located uphill of West Circle Drive in the Salem Heights Subdivision. The wetland area
is a sidehill Decorah Edge-related wetland that was previously avoided during the development
of Salem Heights. Two wetland areas remain after utility construction appears to have caused
the loss of hydrology on the previously avoided wetland. The wetlands are a part of several
residential lots and will be affected by future use of the lots. The wetland impact is 37,932
square feet or 0.87 acres; and,
WHEREAS, the applicant proposed replacement using a wetland bank in Dodge County
within the Zumbro River watershed. The total wetland replacement is at a 2:1 replacement ratio
and shall be 1.74 acres, half in new wetlands and half in buffer area; and,
WHEREAS, the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) reviewed the application and
(0commended approval subject to the below described conditions; and,
WHEREAS, this matter came before the City of Rochester Common Council on August
21, 2006, 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 presented 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
Ron Yanish for Salem Heights Estates Second.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant must provide a copy of the wetland purchase agreement between
the wetland bank owner and the applicant;
2. The applicant must provide a copy of the final wetland bank withdrawal form after
completion of the wetland bank purchase and application submittal to the BWSR.
The applicant must use the standard form provided by BWSR.
The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized and directed to approve this plan, subject to
above conditions, on behalf of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL, OF'THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS LbO F , 2006.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
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APPROVED THIS aD 1d DAY OF ) 2006.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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