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09/08/1999 11:44 612 - 472 -1040 KJOLHAUG ENVIRONMENT PAGE 02 J l l o IA o ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY Providing Sound, Balanced, Comprehensive Natural Resource Solutions ME. ORANDUM To: Mike Quigley — Gor -EM From: Mark Kjolhaug Date: September 8, 1999 Re: Open Space Management Plan for Clearwater Creek 3rd Addition I. General Approach and Strategy The following items represent general strategies utilized in developing area specific recommendations for restoration: 1. Reseed all areas disturbed by project grading with native prairie seed mixtures — wet or . mesic as appropriate: Manage these areas with mowing, chemical, and - fire treatments tmtil community is fully established. Long -term management by City could include spot chemical treatments as necessary, burns, or mowing. 2. Kill.existing weedy herbaceous plant communities and replace them with native prairie seed mixtures — wet or mesic — as appropriate. Manage these areas with mowing, chemical, and fire treatments until community is fully established. Long- term management by City could include spot chemical treatments as necessary, burns, or mowing. 3. Protect wooded areas and scattered significant trees. Remove invasive shrubs to allow for recovery of native herbaceous communities. Longg -team management by the City would-include monitoring and removal of invasive shrubs. 4. Protect quality wetlands with buffers and filter strips. Use signage to minimize dumping and mowing within wetland and buffers. Long -term management by City would include monitoring and enforcement. 5. Restore /supplement wetland hydrology when possible by blocking ditches or outleting storm water ponds. Wetland restorations, which affect wetlands on adjacent properties, are not recommended. • 6. Restore herbaceous wetland plant communities when prudent by spraying, scraping. and reseeding. 767 Richmond Road, Mound, Minneaoa 55364 • Phan: 612 -472 -4875 • Fix: 6 :2- 472 -t34.0