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3.0 MNRAM INPUT Initial site data is entered into the General Information section of MNRAM 3.4. The site is located in the Mississippi River -Twin Cities Watershed Basin, #20, in Wetland Bank Service Area 7. The subject property drains southward into Clearwater Creek Central (See attached figure: P8 Water Quality Modeling Discharge Locations from The Capital Improvement Plan For Stormwater Projects Within the City of Hugo (WSB, 2011). The UTM coordinate location, elevation, and size, of each wetland is entered. The wetland basins are described below. Outlot B Conservation Easement • Circular 39: Type 2/3 • Cowardin: PEM1A, PEM1C • Eggers and Reed: Fresh (Wet) Meadow / Shallow Marsh Drainage across this area is southeasterly to the southeast part of the site, from where drainage is then southward toward Clearwater Creek. The historical wetland area between mitigation areas 1 through 5 and Frenchman 2"d mitigation area remains sedge meadow, dominated by hummock sedge (carexstricta). Through careful management, additional fortis and shrubbery has become established, while invasive reed canary grass has been diminished. Note the area marked as wetland south of the conservation easement is presently further south than what it was in 2012. This area was included as wetland due to upslope expansion of the hummock sedge. The upland areas between Frenchman 2"d/ Mitigation Area 1, and north of Mitigation Area 1 in the east part of the conservation easement were intended as buffer credit. The upland strip west and north of mitigation area 5 can also serve as buffer credit. With the exception of the area north of mitigation area 1, where the transition from wetland to upland is abrupt, wetland to upland transitions are very gradual. The Frenchman 2"d and mitigation area 1 have become established as Type 2 (Fresh (wet) meadow) wetlands, as intended. Areas 2 through 5 have established themselves as Type 3 (shallow marsh) wetland dominated by hybrid cattail (Typha x glouca) and broad-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia). As a result, waterfowl, amphibian, and muskrat populations have become established in these areas. Area West of Conservation Easement • Circular 39: Type 2/3 • Cowardin: PEM1A, PEM1C • Eggers and Reed: Fresh (Wet) Meadow / Shallow Marsh This area extends from the north property line southward to Rosemary Way. Drainage is southward toward Clearwater Creek. Similar to 2012, when last delineated, this area is dominated by reed canary and hybrid cattail. The gentle slopes and low permeability soils cause a gradual wetland to upland transition.