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A ��/ �i� SB 178 East 9" Street, Suite 2001 St. Paul, MN 55101 i (651) 286-8450 Memorandum To: Tom Weidt, Mayor, City of Hugo Hugo City Council CC: Rachel Juba, Planner, City of Hugo Rachel Leitz, Community Development Assistant, City of Hugo Mark Erichson, City Engineer, WSB From: Tony Havranek, Senior Ecologist, WSB Date: July 16, 2018 Re: City Project No. 17.18 WSB Project No. 011371-00 To accommodate expansion of its manufacturing division, Schwieters Properties submitted a MN Joint Application for Activities Affecting Water Resources that requests approval for replacement of unavoidable impacts on the site. Schwieters is proposing to impact 1.58 acres of wetland. Impacts are to two (2) separate basins on the property and will impact Wetland No. 2 in its entirety, and a portion of Wetland No. 1. The remaining wetland on the property is not proposed to be impacted. Schwieters is proposing to replace the 1.58 acres of impact to Wetland No. 1 and Wetland No. 2 through the purchase of 3.16 acres of wetland credit from an existing approved wetland bank in the same major watershed, which follows BWSR's replacement siting priority requirements. The applicant had previously submitted a joint application requesting approval for sequencing and wetland impact replacement. This application was approved by Hugo City Council on April 2, 2018, and the subsequent notice of decision was issued on April 3, 2018 which required the use of wetland bank credits from bank #1522. After the Notice of Decision was issued, Schwieters worked with a different consultant to finalize the wetland credit purchase in late May 2018. Unfortunately, there was miscommunication between the consultant who initially prepared the replacement plan application and the consultant who worked to finalize the wetland credit purchase. The second consultant completed the wetland credit transaction using credits from bank #1444, which conflicts with the replacement plan, notice of decision, and BWSR siting requirements. To comply with BWSR siting requirements, Schwieters has submitted a new replacement plan using bank credits from bank #1618, which does meet siting criteria and allows Schwieters to impact wetlands on site. Based on my review of the application and supporting documentation, the requirements under the MN Wetland Conservation Act have been met. The replacement plan application dated July 13, 2018 is attached to this memo. I recommend conditional approval of the Schwieters Joint Application for wetland replacement using bank credits from bank #1618. Conditional approval is recommended since the notice of application was issued today and requires a 15-business day comment period. BY issuing conditional approval, the Building a legacy —your legacy. Equal Opportunity Employer I wsbeng.com K:\011371.000\Admin\Pennits\17.18 Molitor Pmperty\Raplacemem Plan\Mamcmndum_HugoCityCouncil_SchwietersExpansion_071618.docx