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• CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 6 G STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson MEETING DATE: January 9, 2012 TOPIC: Consideration of Resolution No. 12 -24, Approving Wollan's Park Wetland Banking Application Part B Submittal. VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION The Environmental Board has had as a goal the wetland banking of Wollan's Park. This goal was again approved this year by the City Council. The process of wetland banking allows the city to restore the wetland, portions of Wollan's Park and sell credits through the state wetland bank. Wetland banking is a convenient way to replace wetlands drained or filled for agriculture or urban development. Wetland banking allows a person wishing to drain or fill a wetland to purchase credits from someone who has already restored or created a wetland and "deposited" those wetland credits in the Minnesota Wetland Bank. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) administer this bank. Staff is requesting council authorization to submit Part B of the BRSR wetland Banking Application BACKGROUND The Wollan's Park wetland bank was first proposed in 2009. The Environmental Board Reviewed and commented on the Wollan's Park Plan, Part A, Wetland Delineation on December 16, 2009. The wetland delineation was approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District Technical Evaluation Panel, and submitted to the Bureau of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), in September of 2010. Part B is a management plan that the city will follow to restore the Wollan's Park resources. The Environmental Board reviewed Part B of the Application at their February 28, 2012 meeting. The Board recommended that Part B be forwarded on to the City Council for approval with the following addition: That the application would incorporate future trail development in the park, that the park would be used as a passive park for uses such as interpretation, and that the plan acres would be adjusted to reflect the trail area. City crews would perform the restoration work. This work would be done as time permits. Monitoring and reporting to BWSR would be done by Critical Connections Inc. The estimated cost of this service is approximately $16,000 per year.