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AGENDA ITEM 1E(a) <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: April 21, 2014 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />Jill Hutmacher, Community Development Director <br /> <br />FROM: Terry Maurer, Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Council Goals for TCAAP Regional Water Resources Amenity <br /> <br /> <br />There has been a significant amount of discussion about the regional storm water management <br />approach for the development of TCAAP. The draft Master Plan shows a blue/green spine <br />winding its way through TCAAP from south to north ultimately outletting into Rice Creek near <br />the County Road H access point to the site. In meetings with Rice Creek Watershed District <br />(RCWD) staff, they are very supportive of this approach. There have been illustrative drawings <br />showing how a regional storm water feature can be an amenity to the area providing passive <br />recreational opportunities. But thus far there has been very little discussion with the Council <br />about what their goals are for making this regional storm water feature a real amenity to the site <br />and the City. The purpose of this agenda item is to begin this goal discussion. <br /> <br />Before a real goal discussion can be conducted it is important to provide some detail regarding <br />the various Federal, State and Regional agencies that may have jurisdiction over at least a portion <br />of the things happening in the blue/green spine area. The first of these items is wetlands. <br /> <br />As discussed in the AUAR, there are 14.4 acres of wetlands on the TCAAP site. The largest <br />single wetland, and possibly the most undisturbed wetland, is within the blue/green spine. It is a <br />type 2/3 wetland approximately 4 acres in size. Attached are examples of typical type 2 and 3 <br />wetlands from the RCWD website. This type of wetland generally does not have standing water <br />but can be flooded seasonally. It is generally saturated ground a few inches below the surface. <br />Vegetation is typically grasses, sedges and rushes. <br /> <br />There are two agencies that could have jurisdiction over each wetland. The first is the Army <br />Corps of Engineers (COE) that has authority if the wetland is determined to be <br />which generally means it is navigable or connected to navigable water. The second agency is the <br />13 <br />Page of <br /> <br />