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• and improve water quality to Reshaneau Lake. Recommend that as much buffer as possible be allotted to this ditch. • Delineated wetlands are depicted on Attachment 8. Type 3 wetlands are shown to the outside of the delineated wetland lines. Type 3 wetlands are shallow marshes. The soil is usually waterlogged early in the spring and covered with 6 or more inches of water. The national wetlands inventory shows type 7 wetlands inside parts of the delineated wetland lines. Type 7 wetlands are wooded swamps. The soil on type 7 wetlands is waterlogged to within a few inches of the surface during the growing season, and can be covered with as much as a foot of water. This status no longer exists due to ditching. Non -the less, it does tell you that regardless of the present changed condition, the area still has a very high water table that has considerations for building houses and restoration opportunities. We should be looking at as much buffer as possible in these areas Attachment 9 shows the soils of the Integra land site. The Rf is muck, and the Iw is wet sand. Both are classified as hydric soils. It is the areas where these soils form bands and are covered by flood plain, or used to be covered by flood plain that have the potential to restore rare vegetation. The soils also show the challenges to building houses in this area, and protecting /restoring resources. I have included a map as Attachment 10 to show unique considerations. The rare eco- points are those areas where the research of Jason Husveth has shown there to be a potential for rare plant communities. Preserving some buffer and preservation techniques around these areas should be planned into the design of lots and roads. The map also shows the Blanding's Turtle model of Lino Lakes for activity and breeding patches. The Minnesota DNR Natural heritage database also shows Blanding's Turtle concerns in the vicinity of the mapped model. Pre - settlement vegetation for most of the site was classified as wet prairie, except for the NE corner of the Integra property. This was classified as oak openings and barrens. Greenways and Trails Attachment 11 is from the Open Space Greenways, Parks and Trails Manual. The newly depicted greenways trail concepts shows a trail traveling from Foxbourough through the SE part of the Saddle Club site, into the Integra site and into Birch Park. This is an important link in our trails and greenways concept, and is intended to be more of a recreational experience. Public Value Statements Conservation developments can be desirable if the City can achieve higher stated public values. These public values may or may not translate into a