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NOV-10-99 03:35 PM i P.02 ARLIG ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. - -...._ "..... ,.-.........e%... ..... ...., 's.u.... ......,..N...{.g ....K'.r...........;.. . .. , ,i,1';..v;.ivy1' . -a. P.O. Be,x 1842. Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345 1812 Phone No: 6 i 2/974-9850 To: Jamie Sharp Cedar Ridge Companies 'i rs �� i ; i j for submittal with plat as required 111.1 :: d M 1 01 From: Patricia Arlig r�;� 1999 ; �t a„,et tp‘, aertek...44.0%," Date: August 9, 1999 RE WETLAND DELINEATION MOUNDS VIEW,MN along the middle of the E edge of SE% SECTIONS 7, T 30N, R 23W Arlig Environmental was retained to delineate the wetlands at the property located at the NW corner of Long Lake Road and Ridge Lane referenced above. This site is approximately 0.3 of an acre on the north side of Ridge Lane. There is a single family residence on the adjacent property to the west. The area south and west is a residential subdivision. The property directly north is mostly wetland. According to the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act(WCA), wetlands must be identified and delineated using the guidelines of the FEDERAL MANUAL FOR IDENTIFYING AND DELINEATING WETLANDS(1989)and the Coles OF ENGINEERS WETLAND DELINEATION MANUAL(1987). The available maps were reviewed prior to the field delineation. The Ramsey County SCS map designates the soil in the vicinity as Urban lam; Lino complex, which is not listed as a hydric soil in the USDA SCS publication Hvdric Soils of the United States and as Seelyeville muck, which is listed as a hydric soil. The NWI map(New Brighton quad)shows a large PEMC&PFOICd wetland basin in the vicinity. Copies of the SCS and NWI maps of this site vicinity are attached to this report. The vicinity(not the boundary line)of the property is highlighted on both maps. The wetland edge is usually determined to be near the point where evidence of subsurface water is within 12" of the ground elevation, where at beast 50% of the vegetation is hydrophytic and hydric soil is encountered. In the area delineated as a wetland basin, more than 50% of the dominant species of vegetation were hydrophytes and hydric soils were present. Typically, water levels are highest early in the growing season and get lower as the season progresses. The precipitation in 1999 has been above normal. For this delineation, I anticipated that water levels would be at least at normal middle growing season elevations. Evidence of soil saturation was found within 12" of the surface in the soil pits at the delineated wetland edge. I visited the site on August 5, 1999 to delineate the edge of wetlands on the property. It was approximately 80°F. I found one wetland at the site. There is a drainage easement along the 99044wet CedarRidge,Mounds view