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2006-02-17 2005 Annual Wetland Monitoring Report~~~~-~1.11`1V V" ENVIRONME NTA,L SERVICES COMPANY ~.r"`r Providing Sound, Balanced, Car-prehensive Natural Resounae Solutrons Letter of Transmittal Adam Nafftad Tim Fell of Albertville (Go Bolton & Menk) ACOE Albertville Business Park, Albertville, Minnesota John Darkenwa Michele Caron John Garry Kelly Dlouhy O FYI B( For Your Review • Comments: uarkenwald Realty RLK Kuusisto Ltd Minnesota native Landscapes ~ 12(1)(2)(1)(1) Description wetland Monitoring Report ^ Please Reply ~ As We Discussed Enclosed is the 2005 Monitoring Report for the Albertville Business Park Phase I site. Please review the report and feel free to contact me with any questions. 26105 Wrld Rose Lane, Shorewood, Minnesota 55331, Phone: 952-401-8757, Fax: 952-401$798 Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota 2005 Annual Monitoring Report Prepared for Darkenwald Real Estate Ltd. by Kjolhaug Environmental Services Company, Inc. (KES Project No. 2005-169) February 14, 2006 n fl 0 C~i il~ Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota 2005 Annual Monitoring Report I. INTRODUCTION Wetland Replacement monitoring is required for up to five [5] years following the completion of a wetland replacementproject to determine if the replacement wetland achieves the goal of mitigating functions and values lost due to project impacts. The replacement wetland should meet both the general and specific requirements as outlined in Section 8420.0550 Subpart 1. of the 2002 Wetland Conservation Act Rules (Appendix A). This report presents observation for the 2005 monitoring year for the Albertville Business Park development in Albertville, Minnesota. The Albertville development was located in Section 35, Township 121N, Range 24W, City of Albertville, Wright County Minnesota (Figure 1). The City of Albertville (Wetland Conservation Act administrator) granted approval for the Wetland Replacement Plan in 2001 and construction of the replacement wetlands was completed in May of 2002. The 2005 monitoring site visit took place on July 21, 2005 and at that time vegetation was actively growing, temperatures were in the 80's, and hydrology was assumed to be dryer than normal due to lower than normal precipitation in the weeks prior to the site visit (Appendix B). II. PROJECT SUIIZMARY One Replacement Wetland (Replacement Area 1) totaling 1.2 acres of New Wetland Credit (NWC), and .8S acres of PVC buffer was constructed to replace 1.03 acres of proposed wetland impacts (Figure 2). III. METHODS Vegetation and hydrology were documented at fixed photo reference points as shown on Figure- 3. Plant species dominance was estimated based on a meander survey throughout the new wetland area.. The location, composition, and extent of plant. communities was described for each replacement area. Hydrology characterizations consisted of aerial coverage estimates during the site visit. Photographs were taken at one to three fixed photo points at each replacement wetland and were referenced to fixed points identified on the wetland replacement plan and labeled accordin .All field observations took lace durin ~y P g the growing season. IV. RESULTS ReplacementArea 1(Figures 3 and 4) was to be created by excavating adjacent to ' existing wetland to create a Type 3 shallow marsh. The new wetland was to develop to a 954 elevation based on elevations of adjacent, pre-existing wetlands. Hydrology was to be supplied by pretreated stormwater. ' Replacement Area 1 continues to support Type 3 wetland hydrology, however, as reported in 2004, the new wetland continues to be invaded by reed canary grass. At the time of the site visit approximately SO percent of the basin was inundated. Buffer Description ' A total of .85 acres of PVC Buffer was proposed adjacent to the north and east sides of Replacement Area 1. The north buffer extended west beyond the new wetland and then south along pre-existing wetland. PVC buffer areas were to be seeded with a native upland seed ' m1X. Observations reported in the first monitoring year indicated the buffer area had been seeded as ' indicated by drill marks along the buffer. Since the initial seeding, reed canary grass has slowly invaded buffer areas so that it now makes up more than 50 percent cover in most areas. The buffer will be described as two separate plant communities, one along the north lnorthwest edge of the new wetland, and the other along the east edge. The following represents the plant community observed in 2005 along the north edge: ~~ i~ Phalaris arundinacea 50 Trifolium sp. 20 Poa pratensis 15 Bromus inermis 10 The east buffer area was as follows: Phalaris arundinacea Trifolium repens Trifolium pratense Phleum pratense Bromus inermis Phleum pratense Taraxacum offrcinale Ambrosia artemisiifolia Rumex crispus 80 Vicia americana 10 Potentilla norvegica 10 Taraxacum o~`icinale 10 Corryza canadensis 10 Cirsium arvense 50 5 S 5 5 5 5 V.11~IANAGEMENT ISSUES/RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the recommendations included in the monitoring report, the client hired Minnesota Native Landscapes to initiate control of reed canary grass within new wetland 0 ' and buffer areas. The management plan consisted of burnin the reed can g ary grass in fall immediately followed by an herbicide application. A controlled burn was attempted three ' times in the fall of 2005, however conditions were consistently too wet for ignition. Another controlled burn will be attempted in spring of 2006 and if unsuccessful, herbicide applications will be used to help dry out the vegetation to better prepare reed canary grass areas for burning. An appropriate native buffer mix should be seeded once the seedbed is adequately ' prepared. Annual monitoring should continue in 2006, and if not already completed, the Declaration ' of Restrictions and Covenants should be recorded for the replacement wetland and buffer. fl ~~ ~I~ i~ 0 Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota Figures: • Figure l: Site Location Map • Figure 2: Mitigation Plan • Figure 3: Replacement Area 1 Data Sheet • Figure 4: Replacement Area 1 Photographs Note: Site boundaries on this figure are approximates and do not constitute an official survey product. v n Site Location ~ v Q to ~' 19 ~ 52 ~ ~ rn a`r p L 7otn st 6 [O S2 U'1 m rn rn 3z 65th St NE _ ¢ 1s U ~~ 118 ~ L9A Exit 2111 ~ el~ d ~Q~ a~ ~ 52 •p ~ ;..J-~4 Exit 202 ~ tlth 5t NE ~~ Y 37 oatberteiHe 37 .694 Exit 202 57th St NE 35 ~ ~~g, 55th St NE ~ 19 Q o ~~~Q 62nd St NE E ° ,qye ©ZtlDt Mcrosoft Co .All ri Ms-reserved. 1-Site Location e' s`; ~.. u T~ u~,,yy T Tyr ~~+ uJOL11C1UG ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota TN No Scale 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 __ __ _ _ _ __/i _. ~_~ 7 1 , ' ~ __ __ `o F' ~ - '' .... f'' :~.~ 1 \ ,, /~ I _ ~i~ _~- - -i, it ~~~ / ~i !~ I .... r--. rr ~ f ~~ I ~ r. 1 ~; / i /: / 1 ~ ~ `~ ~ :~ r; r 1 r; r / r~ r /! /; / ... /i /r I r i 7 _; i ~ / I r~ ~ 1 ~ i ~ 1 ~. / LEGEND r -'-;-t ...~ ;,. i:':/~.~, NEW WETLAND CREATION - JO` WETLAND BUFFER (MINImuM) ~o. Ss' ~Fc..) WETLAND BUFFER FOR PVC CREDI ~o. $s,o,C . j '~y;~4~ WETLAND TO BE EXCAVATED MITIGATION ~ExlsnrAC/ ~~~ PROPOSED CONTOUR ExiSTiNC CONTOUR ~--25._ GOPHER STATE ON rAll Twin Cltke Area 651-454-0002 MN. Toil Free 1-800-252-1166 NOTES •1 TO 7 MITIGATION CREaTS {AT A MINIMUM) TO OCCUR AS NEW WETLAND CREATIX4 ON SITE PER TABLE BELOW. REMAINDER OF REQUIRED WE-FLANO MITIGATION TO OCCUR IN THE FORM OF WETlANO BUFFER AREAS. •EXISTINC WETLAND OEUNEAnONS AND TOTAL AREAS ARE BASED ON THE APPROYID WETLAND DEIJNiAl10N REPORT DY KJOLHAUG ENNRNMFNTAL CONSULTANTS, GATED JAN, 2, 2000.- MITIGATION NOTES STRIP AND STOCKPILE 70PSaL TO {0.5 ro 1.5' DEPTH TYP.) OVER-EXCA\ 2611TIGATION AREAS 3' BELOW FlNISH GRADE AND PLACE STOCKPILED TOPSaI OVER AREA. •THE UPPER 7' OF EXCAVATED SaL WILL NOT BE USED TO UNE THE WETLAND SINCE IT MAY CONTAIN CANARY GRASS SEEDS. •EXCAVATION DETERMINED TO BE UNSUITABLE GRADING MATERIAL SHALL BE aSPOSEp OF ON SITE AS DIRECTED BY FlELD ENGINEER. SUITABLE GRAIXNC MATERIAL SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN EMBANKMENTS AS DIRECTED BY FlELD ENGINEER. •ANY STOCKPILED MATERIAL SHALL BE SECURED FROM EROSION BY COVERING WITH AN IMPERVIOUS BARRIER. • MINIMIZE COMPACTION OF ExPOSED MITiCATION BED BY USING EQUIPMENT W11H A BEARING PRESSURE OF NOT GREATER THAN 4.5 PSI AND BY MINIMIZING TRAVEL WITHIN BED. 'SLOPES MTHIN MITIGATION AREA SHALL NOT EXCEED 10:1. •INSTALL SILT FENCE AS SHOWN ON GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL PLAN BEFORE START OF CONSTRUCnON. REMOVE ALL FENgNG WHEN CONSTRUCnad IS COMPLETE AND VEGETATON FN THE MITIGATION AREAS HAS BEEN ESTABUSHED. D • tLAYE BOTTOM OF MITCATION AREA UNDUlAT1NC. • EXACT LIMITS OF WETlANO MITICATON AND EXCAVARON/FILL AREAS TO BE IOENTIFlED IN THE FlELD VEGETATION NOTES 'SEED MIXTURES SHALL BE OB TAINEO FROM A CERTIFlED SEED VENDOR FOR NAnVE CRASS ANO FORE SEED ACCORDING TO MNOOT TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM N0. 00-22-ENV-09. •NAnVE PRA RIELSEED ASND CONTAIN SEPARATE SEEDU80%S FOR ASMALL AND FLUFFY SEEDS. FOLLOWING MNDOT 2577 FOR SEEDING NAnVE GRASSES. SEED MIXTURE 25A SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AT A RATE OF JO LDS/ACRE. 'CRASS SEEDS SHALL BE PLANTED TO A DEPhI OF 1/2 TO i INCH. •FORB SEEP SHALL BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AND RAKED INTO 1HE SURFACE. •::REAS INUNDATED WITH WATER SHALL NOT BE PUNTED OR SEEDED UNTIL WATER LEVELS RECEDE. •SaL AT FlELD CAPAd TY OR OTHERYASE SUBJECT TO RUTTING AND COMPACTION SHALL NOT BE WORKED PATH VEHICLES. INSTEAD SEED MIXES SHALL BE INSTALLED BY MANUAL METHODS. 'MULCH WITH MN007 TYPE 1 MULCH MATERIAL (3882) FOlL01NNG MNOOT 2575 FOR APPLYING TYPE 1 MULCH AT A RATE OF 2 TONS PER ACRE. WETLAND ALTERATION TABLE WETLAND TOTAL ~ PROPOSED PROPOSED PROPOSED NUMBER EX. AREA FlLL NWC PVC 6 3,323 S.F. 0 08 ACRES 3,323 S.F. - (BUFFER) . 0.08 ACRES 7 11,649 S.F, 7,442 S.F. - 0.27 ACREA 0.17 ACRES 8 36,228 S.F. 33,885 SF. - 0.83 ACRES 0.78 ACRES - 9 143,436 S.F. - 53,205 S.F. _ 3.29 ACRES 1.22 ACRES POND NUMBER BUFFER AREA A~ S F 0.85 ACRES TOTAL 184,838 S.F. 44850 S.F. 53.205 S.F. 37 072 S F 4.47 ACRES 1.03 ACRES 1.22 ACRES , . . 0.85 ACRES NOTES TO TABLE: WETLAND AREAS REPRESENT AREA WITHIN SITE 80UNDARY .~~•4N0 /`~ eeE~. ~I~IJ~E ZY No1~ Bozo ~~9~ ~ , t~ ~I~; „~~ ~ 7 >e". ` 4 ~ Y i 9E P c C ~g 2~ F j ~~ o~ ~~ ~; 'E>t ~~~ Z ~~ s€gg~ ~ _. 3~FT v ~~~~ k r7i ~ a ~€:~ _ l~J o w N ® ~ ~ Q ~ {--- e Y W A, W Q lJ~/ O J ~ t > 0 Q ~ W z h t7 ~ ~ 1 IJULlltiVtr ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMPANY MINNESOTA WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT WETLAND REPLACEMENT MONITORING FIELD FORM Project: Albertville Business Park Photo Reference Point Area ID: Area 1 PRP #1: N to S Investi ator(s): K Dlouh PRP #2: E to W Date: 7/21/05 Mon. Year 0 PRP #3: N to S east side Age of Mitigation: 3 years Hvdroloav Reference Point ID Water Level Readin elevation or aerial cover N ed a 50% aerial cover Plant Communities Communit 1 Communit 2 Communi 3 S ecies %Cover %Cover %Cover Phalaris arundinacea 90 T ha latifolia 40 T ha tatifolia 100 A ro ron re ens 5 Scir us c erinus 15 Alisma /anta o-a uatica 10 Cirsium arvense 5 Panicum s 15 Poa ratensis 5 Carex vul inoidea 15 Juncus canadensis 10 Juncus brevicaudatus 10 Crassu/a a uatica 10 Verbena hastata 5 Scir us f/uviatilis 5 Scir us validus 5 Wetland Area 45 % Wetland Area 30 % Wetland Area 25 Hydrologic Indicators Observed: Saturated to dry Hydrologic Indicators Observed: Saturated to ~6" inundation Hydrologic Indicators Observed: > 6" inundation - i ? _ _ __= PRP #1 Plant Community Map -;--'" - -- Buffer ,~ , -,s ~ ----- ~ ~ ~, r -' 3a3 " ~ ~. jz Community 1 Proposed Replacement t:`: Area 1 M PRP #2 - Community 3 ~' _ ,.t~ _~~ - Community 2 " PRP #3 ~' a~' ~ ~ '~ 26105 Wild Rose Lane, Shorewood, Minnesota 55331, Phone: 612-401-8757, Fax: 612-401-8798 F+ igUPe 3 Replacement Area l: Wetland Figure 4 ~~~,~~~ ,. ~. a. „•m~~.,,, ~, ~ M s~ q a, ~+~ & x ~,~~ Replacement Area 1: Wetland Replacement Area 1: Buffer ~~. ,~saa i° ~' .,~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ._ ~, .. r ~~ ~'d,r da Y. I ,~ ~ r ~ a h ~ ~ ~~ ~; ~~~~ tr ~~~ I~ Figure 4A n ' Re lacement Area l: Buffer P CII r J J u r~ Figure 4B n W k ~. `~ ti ` ; '~~ ,b ~ I~ , [H ~~ F r~ 1, ,_, ~ s :~ -:t1"..C°-f rte: ", a ~ ~ .. _' ..- ,1:... ,... Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota Appendiz A: Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act Wetland Replacement Standards I!~ Ci u CIS' I~ 8420.0550 FIETI.AND REPLACEMSiT STA27DARDS. Subpart 1. General requirements. The standards and guidelines in this part shall be used in wetland creation and restoration efforts to ensure adequate replacement of wetland functions and values. _ In evaluating a wetland-replacement plan, the local `government unit must determine whether the wetland type stated as the replacement plan goal will result from the replacement plan specifications. If a wetland type other than the replacement plan goal is likely to result, the local government unit must evaluate the plan based on this determination. The local government unit must also determine that the proposed replacement plan will adequately replace functions and public values lost. If adequate replacement of function and public value is not likely to result, the local government must determine what further measures are necessary to obtain acl~equate replacement or deny the replacement plan. Subp. 2. Specific requirements. The standards in items A to H shall be followed in all wetland replacements unless the technical evaluation panel determines that a standard is clearly not appropriate. A. Water control structures must be constructed using specifications provided in the Minnesota Wetland-Restoration Guide or their equivalent. Control structures may be subject to the Department of Natural Resources dam safety regulations. B. Best management practices must be established and maintained adjacent to the entire perimeter of all replacement wetlands. C. For replacement wetlands where native, noninvasive vegetation that is characteristic of the wetland type identified ae the replacement goal in part 8420.0530, item D, is not likely to become dominant naturally in a five-year period, thg replacement wetland shall be seeded or planted with appropriate native, noninvasive species, as determined by the technical evaluation panel. If the replacement wetland is seeded or planted, the seed or planting stock should be from native, noninvasive species of regional wetland origin. During the monitoring period, the applicant must take reasonable steps to control invasion by any nonnative or invasive species, for example, reed canary grass, Canada thistle, coaanan buckthorn, spotted knapweed, leafy spurge, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian water milfoil, that would defeat the. regegetation goal of the replacement plan. D. Erosion control measures as determined by the soil and water conservation district must be employed during .construction and until permanent ground cover is established to prevent siltation of the replacement wetland or nearby water bodies. E. For all restored wetlands where the original o;gamic substrate has been stripped away and for all created wetlands, provisions must be made for providing an organic substrate unless the technical evaluation panel recommends :otherwise. When feasible, the organic soil used for backfill should be taken from the drained or filled wet-land dominated by native, noninvasive species. Organic soil for backfill from wetlands dominated by nonnative, invasive species should be avoided. F. The bottom contours of created types; 3, 4, and 5 -wetlands should be undulating, rather than flat, to provide a variety of water depths, comparable to natural wetlands in the vicinity of the replacement, and be consistent with part 8420.0547, subpart 2. G. Sideslopes of created portions of wetlands and 134 graded buffer strips. must not be steeper than 5:1, five feet horizontally for every one foot vertically as averaq.ed around the wetland: Sideslopes of 10:1 to 15:1 are preferred. More than half of the slope&-of graded. areas inside the exterior boun8aries of restored, created, or enhanced Wetlands must be no steeper than 10:1 unless -the technical evaluation panel concurs that steeper slopes are acceptable. H. Created Wetlands should have an irregular edge to create points and-bays, consistent with part 8420.x547, subpart 2. Subp. 3. [Repealed, 27 SR 1351 S2~s MS s 14.06; 1038.101; 1038.3355; 103G.2242 HTbRz 18 SR 274; 22 SR 1877; 27 SR 135 ~I i 0 0 r Albertville Business Park Albertville, Minnesota Appendix B: Precipitation Summary 1 ' Precipitation Summary Source: Minnesota Climatology Working Group ' Monthly Totals: 2005 Target : T121 R24 535 mon year Jan 2005 cc t ttN rrw ss nnnn o000000o 211107 pre 1.53 Feb 2005 211107 .91 Mar 2005 211107 .51 apr 2005 27 119N 23w 7 MOSQ 1.91 ' May 2005 27 120N 23w 27 Mosq 4.12 Jun 2005 27 120N 23w 27 MOSQ 5.47 Jul 2005 27 120N 23w 27 MosQ 3.14 aug 2005 27 120N 23w 27 MosQ 3.68 sep 2005 27 120N 23w 27 MOSQ 8.08 oct 2005 86 121N 25w 19 MOSQ 5.33 Nov 2005 211107 2.01 Dec 2005 86 119N 25w 7 BYRG 1.26 Duly/Au gust- gaily Records i Date Prec p. 7un 1, 2005 0 Jul 8, 2005 Jun 2, 2005 0 Jul 9, 2005 = Jun 3, 2005 0 Jul 10, 2005 Jun 4, 2005 - Jul 11, 2005 - ]un 5, 2005 - Jul 12, 2005 - Jun 6, 2005 1.38 ]ul 13, 2005 Jun 7, 2005 0 Jul 14, 2005 = Jun 8, 2005 1.31 Jul 15, 2005 Jun 9, 2005 .O1 Jul 16, 2005 - Jun 10, 2005 .75 Jul 17, 2005 Jun 11, 2005 Jul 18, 2005 = Jun 12, 2005 Jul 19, 2005 Jun 13, 2005 .25 Jul 20, 2005 .35 Jun 14, 2005 .30 Jul 21, 2005 0 Jun 15, 2005 .11 Jun 16, 2005 o Total 6/1 to 7/21: 6.29" Jun 17, 2005 0 Jun 18, 2005 - 7un 19, 2005 - Month 30% N 30% Jun 20, 2005 0 Lower Upper Jun 21, 2005 .72 Jun 22, 2005 0 Bound Bound Jun 23, 2005 0 April 2.49 Jun 24, 2005 0 Jun 25, 2005 May 3.45 Jun 26, 2005 June 4.51 Jun 27, 2005 0 Jun 28, 2005 .45 July 4.22 ' Jun 29, 2005 0 August 4.26 Jun 30, 2005 .19 Jul 1, 2005 0 Jul 2, 2005 - PGS-AMJ 6.61 10.45 12.57 Jul 3, 2005 Jul 4, 2005 Jul 5, 2005 .47 Normals are for 19 71-2000 data Jul 6, 2005 - ~ Jul 7, 2005 -