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1 i MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Mr. Ed Vaughan, a local land developer, is exploring a plan to build residential housing on a 10 -acre parcel near the City of Centerville, Anoka County, Minnesota. It is located in the SW '/ of the NW % of the NW '/, of Section 27, T3 IN R22W (Figures 1 and 2). The property is a small island, surrounded by marsh, located approximately 700 feet south of Wards Lake and 500 feet east of a peninsula of land which has already been developed with single family housing. It is privately owned but in anticipation of federal permitting requirements, Mr. Vaughan contracted with Loucks Associates to conduct a Phase I cultural resources survey of the property. Loucks archaeologists Teresa Halloran and David Mather carried out the survey in November 2000. No known or previously unrecorded archaeological sites were located within the APE. Loucks Associates therefore recommends that the proposed development of this property be allowed to proceed as planned with the following qualifications: 1) Archaeological field testing was performed only in those areas defined by the APE. If it becomes necessary to expand beyond these limits, additional archaeological testing may be required. 2) Although no evidence of archaeological sites were identified during the survey, archaeological sites have been identified in the greater vicinity of the project area. There remains some potential for sites without surface evidence to be present within the project area. If it is suspected that human remains or a burial area is encountered during construction operations, activity in the immediate area must cease and the Anoka County Sheriffs Office, the State Archaeologist and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council should be contacted for further assistance. Minnesota Statutes Chapter 307.08 prohibits the intentional disturbance of human burials.