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I <br />KRAUS ANDERSON PROJECT, MOUNDS VIEW i <br />This project was examined as per arrangements made with Gerald M. <br />Sunde, of Sunde Engineering, consultant to Kraus Anderson on certain aspects <br />of this Mounds View Project. The project site is approximately delineated <br />by the perimeter border of County Road H, Silver Lake Road, County Road I, <br />and Long Lake Road excluding the Apartment Complex. More specifically, <br />attention is directed to the lower, central portion of this property which <br />is now wetland in character and a fringe area which has the potential to be <br />excavated and made a part of an enlarged water storage site. <br />Several formations are more and less distinguishable and are treated <br />seperately as follows: <br />1. Open water of•distinct dredged channel and of a more natural and <br />wider bog area. <br />2. Quaking bog. <br />3. Oak to aspen transition forest. <br />4. Grassland. <br />Method of observation <br />The area was examined by zones. The open water of the channel and bog <br />was examined at many points from the ditch at the parking lot to the dry <br />ditch in the north-west extension. The quaking bog was examined by taking <br />a zig-zag course from the open water on the south to the various upland <br />formations to the north. The oak to aspen belt was traversed from west to <br />east, following a zig-zag course from the oak crest to the edge of the aspen <br />line below. The grassland was traversed from east to west following a wind- <br />ing course from the aspen line to the wetland border. The north end was <br />covered from the proposed park area over to H2 on the highland then back <br />along the wetland border to the channel crossing. <br />Open water <br />The water quality is good as evidenced by odor, color,•clarity, and <br />diversity of biota. The water is cold and flowing suggesting the drainage <br />of ground water. Certain purely aquatic plants suggest that the water table <br />is fairly constant and exposed throughout the summer. Coontail, water lily, <br />and bulrush are generally associated with permanent typo waters, (See <br />Appendix One for more complete listing of aquatics.) <br />