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Delineated wetlands are extensive. We recommended as much buffer as <br />possible in these areas when the initial site was reviewed last year. <br />Much of the land soils are Rf. Rf is muck, and the Iw is wet sand. Both are <br />classified as hydric soils. It is the areas where these soils form bands and are <br />covered by flood plain, or used to be covered by flood plain that have a big <br />potential to restore to rare vegetation. The soils also show the challenges to <br />building houses in this area, and protecting /restoring resources. <br />Critical Connections has further reviewed the plant communities on this site and <br />found Tubercled Reign Orchid. <br />The Lino Lakes Blandings Turtle Model shows activity and breeding patches <br />close to the site. The Minnesota DNR Natural heritage database also shows <br />Blanding's Turtle concerns in the vicinity of our mapped model. <br />Pre - settlement vegetation for most of the site was classified as wet prairie, <br />except for the NE corner of the Integra property. This was classified as oak <br />openings and barrens. <br />Greenways and Trails <br />The greenways trail concepts from the City Open Space, Parks, Greenways and <br />Trails Plan shows a trail traveling from Foxbourough through the SE part of the <br />Saddle Club site, into the Integra site and into Birch Park (Attachment 6). This is <br />an important Zink in our trails and greenways concept, and is intended to be more <br />of a recreational experience. <br />Public Value Statements <br />Conservation developments can be desirable if the City can achieve higher <br />stated public values. These public values may or may not translate into a <br />scenario that works for the developer. The process should attempt to foster a <br />higher collaboration between the City and the Developer to achieve higher public <br />values. <br />Value Statements for Foxbourough were: <br />• Preserving more natural open space (through a conservation easement). <br />• Reducing the extent of impervious surfaces and the size of the <br />development footprint <br />• Restore /enhance ecological systems on the site as part of the <br />development process <br />• Protect off -site ecological systems through increased buffering <br />• Ensure long -term natural resource stewardship through an endowment <br />program sponsored by the Developer <br />