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LRRWMO Meeting Minutes September 17, 1992 Page 6 the wetland. Said homeowner will be required to contact the SWCD for assistance in determining where the wetland was in order to restore it back to that point. Schrantz concurred. Ms. Brehm cautioned the board not to allow this restoration project to delay until frost and the snow season hits the area. That will only further delay the project until spring. Schrantz suggested perhaps the homeowner, or others found to be in violation of wetlands, should be required to submit $500 to be put in an escrow account, allowing the LRRtVMO /ap- propriate city representative to take them through the process. Perhaps the LRRWMO should hire Chris Lord of the SWCD to delineate the wetlands and pay his costs through the LRRWMO out of the escrow account. Schrantz noted the board's policy of requiring any individual who uses this board to pay for its services. These costs should not come out of our general fund. Ms. Brehm noted that the DNR will not always be the lead agency in these situations. Once the LGU starts working on wetlands with someone, it should copy the DNR so that agency is aware of the activities. Schrantz stated one of the problems is a lack of communica- tion. The various agencies are not informing the public about the other agencies with which the developer has to deal in order to accomplish his /her objectives. Ms. Brehm addressed the second Ramsey site, located in the 2700 block of Constance Boulevard (County Road 20) one -half mile east of County Road 9, on the north side of the road. In her August 18, 1992, letter to the LRRWMO, Ms. Brehm indicated this appears to be the start of a driveway being put in the county ditch, which has also been partially filled. Jankowski reported last Tuesday he was at the site with DNR representative Tom Hovey and the excavator. There are two areas in which the contractor went too far and put some material in the protected wetland. Ms. Brehm stated the Type Two wetlands in this area are totally gone. Jankowski indicated the protected wetland is being taken care of. He added there is also a small Type Two wetland less than one- half acre that fell in the middle of the extension of the roadway the city is putting in. Ms. Brehm indicated there is a difference of opinion on the size of that wetland; she has heard sizes of the one -half acre to four acres. Ms. Brehm added that the SWCD was also at the site.