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s - i ~,, "~~02 ~~sl: C~~n~~ ~~a~ ~ 1"I ~~~~~~'~~~, 55'90) ~55'9)~0~-2~8~ ~~x: ~55~~~~-2132 Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District Minutes of Regular Board Meeting March 5, 2003 The Regular Meeting of ~~Iarch 5, 2003, was held at the Maplewood City Hall;1•Iaplewood Room, 1830 East County Road B, Maplewood, Minnesota, at fi:30 p.m. PRESENT: Roger Lake, President Paul Ellefson, Vice President Bob Johnson, Secretary ALSO PRESENT: Cliff Aichinger, Administrator Tracey Galowitz, Attorney Tina Carstens, Permit Program Coordinator Simba Blood, District Technician Rob Langer, Senior District Technician Bruce Holdhusen Jack Frost, Treasurer Pam Skinner, Manager Carole Pastorius, Admin Secretary Brad Lindaman, Barr Engineering Bill Bartodziej, Natural Resources Specialist Matt Moore, South Washington WD Don Wodek, South Washington WD L CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by President Lake at 6:30 p.m. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion: Moved by Bob Johnson, seconded by Roger Lake, to approve the minutes of the February 5, 2003, regular meeting. The motion carved. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA No changes were made to the agenda as mailed out. 4. PERMIT APPLICATIONS Permit 03-10; Oakdale Office Park Hub Management -Oakdale This site is part of the Gateway development (Permit #95-41) that was permitted before the District's buffer requirements were approved. Jack Frost expressed concern that the District continues to issue permits for individual sites within this development that do not comply with our current standards. The site encompasses a large cattail monotype wetland that is currently a Protect management category. The wetland had been impacted by MnDOT during earlier construction of I-694. The wetland has a limited drainage area so it doesn't pose a threat to tributary watersheds. The District enforced a "no net loss" policy at the time the original permit was issued, which allowed grading for utilities and roads throughout the site in exchange for the creation of two large mitigation sites. The wetlands on this site have been delineated several times. The developer is required to obtain a new permit for each building pad, which allows District staff to review every phase of this large development to make sure that they adhere to the terms of the original permit. At least three more building pads remain to be developed. Pam Skinner expressed dismay that the developer is allowed to install silt fence at the water's edge. Tina Carstens stated that the developer was encouraged to observe our current l0-foot "no-disturb" buffer policy, but they claimed that they would not be able to properly grade the pad for the building. The developer is required to observe the City of Oakdale's one-rod wide "open space" buffer (16 feet), although it can be entirely altered by grading and then restored. Staff's recommended Special Provision #2 requires seeding the buffer with native vegetation. Bob Johnson expressed concern that there would be no way to prevent them from mowing in the buffer.