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MOUNDSlvI-EW <br />City of Mounds View Staff R1 <br />Item No: 5D <br />Meeting Date: May 28, 2024 <br />Type of Business: CA <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9930, Approving Shallow Monitoring Wells, Updating the <br />Draft Prospectus, and Meeting with Various Agencies for Ardan <br />Park Wetland Banking Project <br />Background/Discussion: <br />The Public Works Department has many responsibilities and one is to efficiently operate <br />and manage the storm water system. The system was first constructed in the 1970's <br />and as with other similar core functions, research, innovation and best management <br />practices have changed over the years. <br />In September 2022 Stantec Engineering Services completed a wetland delineation in <br />Ardan Park as part of a development proposal. Stantec also indicated that the current <br />wetland area, in addition to other green spaces, could be developed into a wetland <br />banking project. The Engineer estimated that the City could develop wetland banking <br />and sell these credits to developers, these credits were estimated to value 1 million <br />dollars. <br />The City Council directed Staff to look into the option of creating wetland banking in this <br />area. An application was submitted notifying the following agencies of the project and <br />for these agencies to provide the City with feedback regarding the proposed project. MN <br />Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD), <br />Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), Ramsey County and the U.S. Army Corps <br />of Engineers (USACE). <br />Staff received comments from the Army Corps of Engineers and one of larger concerns <br />in establishing this wetland banking close to the Anoka County Airport of potential bird <br />strikes was addressed. The proposed wet land types, wetland meadow and scrub, are <br />typically attractive habitats for large flocks of potentially hazardous waterfowl. Both FAA <br />and the USDA have determined the creation of the wetland banking will not increase <br />wildlife hazards to the Anoka Airport. <br />Staff and Stantec agree that the project is worth moving forward, there remain eight (8) <br />additional comments that the City must address: <br />1) Potential Adjacent Landowner Impacts <br />2) Size of the Proposed Mitigation Bank <br />3) Road Authority <br />4) Easement <br />5) Encroachment <br />6) Long Term Management <br />7) Baseline Information <br />8) Buffer <br />