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Chapter 6: Implementation Measures and Strategies | 25Otter Lake Road Master Plan <br />Wetlands <br />Wetlands throughout the study area have been identified and may be regulated by various agencies, <br />including Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD, for the Wetland Conservation Act), USACE, MN Pollution <br />Control Agency (MPCA), and DNR (Wetland G). A sequencing analysis has been submitted to the agencies <br />for potential impacts from the roadway alignment. Additional coordination will be necessary when <br />designed plans become available to obtain permits from RCWD/WCA, USACE, and MPCA. Mitigation for <br />impacts to wetlands is anticipated via purchase of credits from a wetland bank, and primarily from a <br />potential wetland bank located on the parcels adjacent to the study area to the north. This potential bank <br />would restore wetlands formerly drained by agricultural use and use of this potential bank would maintain <br />a no-net loss of wetland within the local watershed. <br />Impacts to wetlands resulting from future development of the parcels throughout the study area will also <br />require coordination with the various agencies who have regulatory authority over the wetlands. Each <br />development will be responsible for developing site plans that avoid wetlands or minimize impacts if <br />avoidance isn’t practical or feasible. Replacement for impacts resulting from these developments will be <br />encouraged through the potential wetland bank north of the study area, if available, to maintain a no-net <br />loss of wetland within the local watershed.""""""" <br />" <br />"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <br />"""""""""35E 158thSt <br /> <br />N <br />24th AveNEmpress AveNACD 55ACD <br /> <br />7 <br />2 <br />ACD 72 Document Path: K:\018524-000\GIS\Maps\DraftProspectus\DraftProspectus.aprx Date Saved: 2/25/2022¯1 inch = 500 feet <br />0 500 <br />Feet <br />Potential Wetland Bank <br />Potential Wetland Bank Easement Area <br />Otter Lake Road Study Area <br />Approx. Tile Locations <br />2019 Wetland Delineation <br />County Ditch <br />Otter Lake Road Master Plan <br />City of Lino Lakes <br />Wetland Bank <br />Approximately 114 acres located partially within the study area and north of the study area have been <br />identified as a potential wetland bank. Wetland banks are areas where wetlands have been restored or <br />preserved and wetland credits are established based on the amount of restoration or preservation on <br />the site. Projects that impact wetlands can purchase credits from the wetland bank as mitigation. The 114 <br />acres identified north of the study area is currently used for agricultural production and has been in that <br />land use as far back as 1938. Agricultural tile has been used to drain wet areas to promote agricultural <br />production. Several wetlands are located throughout the potential wetland bank area and historic aerial <br />photos indicate that they are smaller today as a result of tile drainage than they were historically. A study is <br />currently underway to evaluate the potential to restore approximately 67 acres of fully or partially drained <br />wetland by allowing hydrology to return to the wetlands and restoring native vegetation. Additionally, <br />approximately 47 acres of upland native buffer vegetation will also be established. The resulting wetland <br />bank would provide mitigation opportunities for local projects that result in wetland impacts and promote <br />no-net loss wetlands within the area.