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REQUEST FOR PLANNINGCOMMISSION DISCUSSION DATE:5/6/2015 ITEM NO:6 DivisionApprovalAgenda Section OB THER USINESS Item Description:Review the proposed acquisition of a parcel of land abutting Victoria Streetby City ofRoseville. B ACKGROUND 1 Minnesota Statute 462.356 establishes how a City is to effect or realize the goals of its 2 Comprehensive Plan once adopted. This particular statute actually precedes the requirement to 3 adopt a zoning code that reinforces the Comprehensive Plan, and it requires the City’s “planning 4 agency” to review all proposals by the City(or a “special district or agency thereof”)to acquire 5 or dispose of land and make findings as to the compliance of the acquisition or disposal with the 6 Comprehensive Plan.ForRoseville, the Planning Commission is the “planning agency” 7 identified in the statute. 8 As a part of the Victoria Street Reconstruction project, the City is installing new storm water 9 pipes to provide better stormwater management along the corridor. To meet the requirements of 10 the Capital Region Watershed District, this pipe must outlet into a stormwater device (such as a 11 pond or rain garden) prior to draining into the adjacent wetlands. Also, as part of the project, the 12 City is installing a new pathway which, at one point along the corridor, will fill in a small amount 13 of existing wetland adjacent the Victoria Street. As a result, the City must mitigate for the loss of 14 that wetland resource. 15 In order to mitigate both of these items, the City is proposing tocreate a new wetland feature that 16 would meet both the requirements for the stormwater management as well as the wetland 17 mitigation. This feature is proposed to be constructed on a parcel of land between Pioneer Park 18 and the north sides of 1967, 1971, and1975 Victoria Street. This is an undeveloped 1.5-acre 19 parcel that has significant water quality potential,a diverse mix of mature tree species in the 20 upland, and 0.65 acres of a Freshwater Forested/Shrub Wetland; this wetland type within a 21 wooded buffer in the City of Roseville is extremely rare. 22 The proposed wetland feature would take up approximately 11,000 square feet of the 1.5-acre 23 parcel, or about 17% of total land area. However, as the feature is proposed to be constructed 24 along Victoria Street to provide the most cost effective access to the stormwater system on 25 Victoria, the proposed construction would cause considerable damages to the overall value of the 26 lot as it would essentially sever the remaining high ground area from access to Victoria Street. 27 The City had an appraisal completed for the open parcel. If the City was to purchase only the 28 11,000 square foot easement necessary for the wetland feature, the appraised cost would be 29 $57,900. The total value of the parcel was appraised at $96,500. 30 City staff is working with the Capital Region Watershed District to obtain a grant from them in 31 order to purchase the parcel outright. This would allow the City to protect this wooded buffer and 32 perhaps provide additional stormwater improvements and potential future wetland credits by 33 Victoria Street parcel acquisition discussion Page 1of 3