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©0717 OF <br /> LITHOS <br /> Public Works <br /> 2466 Bronson Drive • Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 <br /> July 1, 1998 Telephone: (612)784-3114 • Fax: (612)784-0548 <br /> Kelly Bettendorf <br /> SEH <br /> 3535 Vadnis Center Drive <br /> St. Paul, MN. 55110 <br /> Re: Wetland Mitigation <br /> Dear Kelly: <br /> The City of Mounds View is requesting your assistance in proceeding with the mitigation of.43 <br /> acres of wetland on the Community Center site. This site was surveyed and identified by you <br /> earlier this spring. I understand that this particular wetland is not, compared to other wetlands in <br /> the area and Watershed, a very high quality and has deteriorated in recent and past years. <br /> The original need for this possible mitigation was identified by the parking lot requirements for <br /> the Community Center. The lot was reduced by nearly one half to get permit approval from the <br /> Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD). The need to expand the parking lot to the original size <br /> and design has resurfaced and is now more evident due to the realignment of Edgewood Drive. <br /> A fifteen screen theater complex is being constructed adjacent from City Hall south of TH 10. <br /> Edgewood Drive is going to be realigned to intersect with TH 10 at approximately 90 degrees <br /> and continue through to County Road H2. The design of this realignment will eliminate <br /> approximately one half of the City Hall parking lot. Expanding the City Hall parking lot to the <br /> original size will not take place in this project. It is the City's intention to utilize the parking lot <br /> at the Community Center for overflow parking during special events and City Council meetings. <br /> At the June 22, 1998 the Mounds View City Council voted to initiate an option on the Midland <br /> Videen property which is directly to the south of the Community Center. It is the City's intent to <br /> seek a development project for the entire site which would include the two buildable lots on <br /> Edgewood Drive and a new parcel created by the realigned Edgewood Drive. This combined site <br /> would be approximately 3 acres. Ideally the City will pursue mitigating the wetland on the <br /> Community Center site to the Midland Videen property should a development project be <br /> approved. This opportunity could take approximately six months. The need to continue <br /> PRINTED WITH <br /> SOYINK miff <br />