HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 455-06 •
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City has approved and is now constructing the new location for Cascade
Creek in preparation for the completion of the new Cascade Lake and Park in the coming years;
and,
WHEREAS, the Public Works Department concluded there was a potential to create
wetlands beyond the direct replacement previously approved by the Council; and,
WHEREAS, the consultant, Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates prepared a plan
that will create a total of 13.30 acres of wetlands and resulting credits (6.65 acres of new wetland
credits and 6.65 acres of public value credits). The credits can be used for future city projects
that require wetland impact and replacement; 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
September 6, 2006, for a final decision on the wetland bank plan. The Council 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 and adopt the Cascade Lake Wetland Bank Plan prepared by
the City of Rochester Public Works Department.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. There must be one monitoring visit per year with the Technical Evaluation Panel
and applicant representative, and submittal of an annual report;
2. The report must consist of multiple monitoring visits during the growing seasons
and must address hydrology, plant establishment and stream bank stability;
3. The City's representative must include in the annual monitoring report all
information and performance standards included in the memo dated July 28, 2006;
and,
• 4. The City's representative must submit as-built survey information to the Technical
Evaluation Panel, and the TEP and City's representative must meet on-site to
review the project as proposed and the as-built surveys in the fall of 2006 or the
spring of 2007.
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• approve this Ian subject to
The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized and directed to appro p
the above conditions, on behalf of the City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS DAY OF 2006.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CIfY CLERK
APPROVED THIS 77J� DAY OF 2006.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
O(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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