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M:\024365-000\Admin\Permits\24.14 Hugo West Apartments\Replacement App\CityCouncilMemo\Memo - Hugo City Council - 24.14HugoWestApartments - <br />Replacement_081324.docx 178 E 9TH STREET | SUITE 200 | SAINT PAUL, MN | 55101 | 651.286.8450 | WSBENG.COM Memorandum <br />To: Tom Weidt, City of Hugo Mayor <br />Becky Petryk, City of Hugo Council Member <br />Phil Klein, City of Hugo Council Member <br />David Strub, City of Hugo Council Member <br />Mike Miron, City of Hugo Council Member <br />CC: Rachel Juba, Community Development Director <br />Mark Erichson, City Engineer <br />Max Gort, Associate Planner <br />From: Tony Havranek, WSB <br />Date: August 13, 2024 <br />Re: City Project No. 24.14 Hugo West Apartments, Wetland Replacement and Sequencing <br />WSB Project No. 024365-00 <br />I have drafted this memo regarding a MN Joint Application Form for Activities Affecting Water <br />Resources in Minnesota to impact and replace wetlands as part of the Hugo West Apartments <br />Project. <br />Mark Lambert (Stillwater Commons, LLC) submitted an application requesting approval for <br />wetland impact replacement on May 21, 2024. The application was considered complete on June <br />27, 2024, and a subsequent notice of application was issued on July 10, 2024. The comment <br />period for the application expired on August 1, 2024; no comments were received. <br />The purpose of the project is to construct a 3-story, 89-unit apartment complex within the City of <br />Hugo. The project parcel is 12.96 acres located between Rosemary Way North and Victor Hugo <br />Blvd. and is undeveloped but has been disturbed. <br />A wetland boundary and type application was approved in November 2023 and identified eight (8) <br />wetland basins within the project area (See Attachment 2). Wetland types include wet <br />meadows, seasonally flooded basins, and deep marsh (Type 1/2/4). They provide the following <br />wetland functions: <br />•Surface water detention <br />•Nutrient Transformation <br />•Carbon Sequestration <br />•Sediment and Particulate Retention <br />•Waterfowl and Waterbird Habitat <br />•Other Wildlife Habitat <br />Two (2) alternatives were considered for this project to avoid, and five (5) alternatives were <br />considered to minimize impacts to wetlands. Wetland impacts were not able to be avoided <br />completely and still meet the project purpose, so those alternatives were not chosen. <br />G.6