HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2004-009CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-009
APPROVING WETLAND REPLACEMENT PLAN
AND SEQUENCING FINDINGS OF FACT
THE WOODS AT MEDICINE LAKE (2003089)
N NWI/4 Sec. 36, T118N-R22W
WHEREAS, LGA Investment Group, Inc. is proposing to fill wetlands for constriction of The
Woods At Medicine Lake, a residential development; and
WHEREAS, there are no reasonable alternatives for the location of this development; and
WHEREAS, a Technical Evaluation Panel met on June 17, 2003, and reviewed and approved the
wetland delineation and the proposed wetland replacement plan; and
WHEREAS, a Replacement Plan Application has been prepared that proposes to replace the
impacted wetlands on-site and in kind at a 2 to I ratio which is required by the Wetland
Conservation Act; and
WHEREAS, the Sequencing Findings of Fact have been prepared for this project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA: The filling of wetlands and the Replacement Plan Application
for The Woods At Medicine Lake development is approved subject to the following conditions:
1. The replacement wetland must be monitored for a five (5) year period from the date of
completion and the monitoring plan must include management of buckthorn, upland
buffer, wetland vegetation, wetland hydrology, and tree management.
2. The developer's wetland consultant shall be consulted and conduct periodic inspections
during the constriction of all the newly created wetland basins.
3. The developer's wetland consultant shall submit an annual monitoring report to the City of
Plymouth on the anniversary date of the completion of the replacement wetland for a
period of five (5) years containing information required in WCA rile 8420.0620, and
those required in condition number one.
4. The replacement wetland must be constricted concurrently with site grading.
5. Prior to disturbing any wetland area, the developer shall submit a letter of credit in the
amount of the cost of the Replacement Plan. The letter of credit shall extend until
completion of the five year monitoring period. If during the five year period the
replacement wetland does not perform as proposed in the plan, work as necessary shall be
undertaken by the developer to bring it into conformance.
6. A deed creating a restrictive covenant running with the land for the replacement area must
be recorded. The deed shall be submitted to the City for approval before recording.
7. The developer shall comply with the City of Plymouth Ordinance 95-2 (Wetland Buffer
Standards).
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED; That the Mayor is authorized to execute the Sequencing
Findings of Fact for The Woods at Medicine Lake.
Adopted by the City Council on January 13, 2004.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on January 13, 2004, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the
same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk
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