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2 The Soil Survey (USDA NRCS 2015) showed Isanti (Predominantly Hydric) as the mapped hydric soil type on the property. Soil types mapped on or near the property are listed in Table 1 and a map showing soil types is included in Figure 4. Table 1. Soils present on the Sherwood Road Properties site Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Hydric Rating Acres in AOI Percent of AOI 161 Isanti loamy fine sand, depressional 92 4.8 20.30% 162 Lino loamy fine sand 5 6.3 26.80% 863 Urban land-Lino complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes 0 12.5 52.90% The Minnesota DNR Public Waters Inventory (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 2015) showed DNR Public Wetland 62-168W (unnamed) approximately 1000 feet northwest of the site boundaries (Figure 5). The National Hydrography Dataset (U.S. Geological Survey 2015) did not show any surface water features on or adjacent to the site (Figure 6). Results/No Wetland Determination The Sherwood Road Properties site was reviewed for the presence of wetland on September 13, 2018. At that time, trees and shrubs still had leaves and some herbaceous vegetation was actively growing while others were beginning to senesce. Climatic conditions were below typical (dry) based on the Gridded Database Method (Attachment B). Other than mowed lawn areas, the majority of the site was woodland. Species observed included: bur oak, common buckthorn, green ash, boxelder, sugar maple, black walnut, catalpa, black cherry, quaking aspen, honeysuckle, red-berried elder, river-bank grape, Virginia creeper, hog peanut, big-leaf aster, motherwort, garlic mustard, black nightshade, catnip, white snakeroot, three-seed mercury, lilac, cinquefoil, raspberry, common plantain, stickseed, violet, clearweed, and common burdock. One depressional area was observed in the northeast portion of the site. A sample point taken within the depression (SPA; Figure 2 and Attachment C). SPA was dominated by a canopy of sugar maple with a sparse understory of common buckthorn. Soils were light brown loamy sand to 24 inches. No primary or secondary indicators of wetland hydrology were observed, including geomorphic position which did not apply due to the presence of a functioning drainage system and high permeability soils. This depressional area was determined to be non-wetland based on the lack of a dominant hydrophytic plant community, lack of hydric soil, and lack of wetland hydrology. An intermittent drainageway that flowed into the site from the south and flowed out of the site towards the east was observed. A curb cut at Sherwood Road allowed untreated roadway runoff to enter the drainageway. The bottom of the drainageway was unvegetated and was not saturated