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e Schedule 2—Johanna Marsh Project Understanding The City of Arden Hills is proposing a street and utility improvement project to be constructed in 2013. This survey work is needed to facilitate those proposed improvements. In addition to the street and utility survey,the City intends to utilize the parcel,known as Johanna Marsh, as a potential stoimwater treatment area. This is only possible if the city can assure the Wetland Technical Evaluation Panel(TEP)that the proposed project will result in no further deterioration of the existing wetland,and possibly wetland enhancement. The best way for the City to prove enhancement is to evaluate the existing condition of Johanna Marsh using generally accepted evaluation methods such as MnRAM(Minnesota Routine Assessment Method). MnRAM is otherwise defined as a standardized method of evaluating the functions and values of the existing wetland. Bolton&Menk has significant experience in MnRAM assessments,wetland mitigation,wetland bank creation,confomling to the Minnesota Wetlands Conservation Act,and conforming to Federal wetland rules as administered by the US Corps of Engineers. We propose to use our Certified Wetland Delineators to delineate the wetland boundaries in the Johanna Marsh parcel, evaluate the wetland functions and values using MnRAM techniques, and further evaluate and map the changes in wetland communities within the Johanna Marsh parcel. Using this information,we will work with City Staff to develop ways to allow both utilizing the area for stormwater management while enhancing the existing wetland's functions and values. In addition to the wetland issues,Johanna Marsh is a flow through wetland that is part of a floodway. As such,the floodplain must be protected to the extent that the proposed improvements do not cause flooding issues elsewhere in the corridor. Bolton&Menk has Certified Flood Plain Managers that have significant experience in working with the Minnesota DNR and FEMA to find solutions have no significant impact on the floodplain. Project Scope The scope of this project is summarized as: • Research ownership and encumbrances for Johanna Marsh parcel • Perform a boundary survey of Johanna Marsh parcel • Perform a topographic survey of parcel,except where covered by water • Collect topographic data specified in the Request for Proposal • Prepare a Boundary Survey Map of the Johanna Marsh parcel,showing record easements and other encumbrances,topographic data,utility information, limits of delineated wetlands,and treed areas • Perform a wetland delineation • Evaluate the wetland functions and values using MnRAM evaluation techniques • Evaluate specific zones of acceptable and invasive wetland plant communities. N:\PROPOSALS\SSurvey\Bumsville\2012\Topo\Arden Hills 2013\Arden Hills 2013 PMP.doc