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<br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for March 13, 2017 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-005 - Boston Scientific - Wetland Easement Vacation\Memos_Reports_17-005 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS – 7C <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: March 13, 2017 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> William S. Joynes, Sr., City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Matthew Bachler, Senior Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #17-005 <br /> Applicant: Boston Scientific <br /> Property Location: 4100 Hamline Avenue North <br /> Request: Vacation of Drainage Easement <br /> <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Approve Resolution No. 2017-006 to vacate a part of the drainage easement granted to the <br />City of Arden Hills and recorded as Document No. 2671697 on the Boston Scientific <br />campus, located at 4100 Hamline Avenue North. <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />There are several wetlands on the Boston Scientific campus that are protected by drainage <br />easements granted to the City or Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD). Between 2006 and <br />2015, Boston Scientific completed grading work in the area between Buildings 10 and 14 to <br />establish a snow storage area that resulted in the unintentional filling of two wetlands (see <br />Attachment B). One wetland was entirely filled while the other was partially filled. Both of <br />these wetlands were covered by a drainage easement granted to the City in 1992 in <br />Document Number 2671697. Boston Scientific has requested that the City approve a <br />vacation of that part of the drainage easement that covered the two impacted wetlands. The <br />easement covers other wetland areas on the property that would not be impacted as a result of <br />the proposed vacation. <br /> <br />Boston Scientific is currently working with RCWD to address the wetland impact issue. The <br />City approved the original campus Master Plan for Boston Scientific in 2002, and the <br />company was required to obtain permits from RCWD at that time for construction projects <br />that resulted in the loss of wetlands. Boston Scientific intentionally created excess wetland <br />mitigation credits for use with future development plans on the site. These credits will be