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LRRWMO Meeting Minutes July 20, 1995 Page 6 indicates the LRRWMO has the authority to waive the June 30th deadline and they would support doing so based on the fact that he may not have been adequately notified of deadlines, that banking the overage was openly discussed prior to the creation of the wetland, and that the creation was successful and new wetland now exists on the property. Johanson noted the July 17, 1995 letter from Chris Lord details this information and indicates six steps to be taken to proceed with banking. Johanson stated he has already addressed several of the tasks outlined in the LRRWMO letter of February 9, 1995 and does not believe he needs to comply with the one-year monitoring period since he was under the interim process. Fries stated it is his intention to buy 12,000 square feet of banked wetland from Johanson, narrow the driveway, eliminate the old access area, and not dig the pond as currently indicated on the plan. He stated this will comply with the 2/1 mitigation being required. Weaver asked if Andover is comfortable with Fries' plans. Haas stated the priority is providing the 2/1 mitigation. Weaver and Schultz supported allowing Fries to simply identify on the plan that the pond will be "eliminated" rather than requiring Fries to redraw the plan. Haas concurred. Johanson advised that after selling Fries 12,000 sq. ft. he will have 1,930 sq. ft. remaining which is still eligible for banking. He explained Fries will be doing some excavation work as partial payment for the property (rather than making full cash payment) and they have entered into a written agreement detailing this transaction. He estimated it will take 60 days to complete this process and asked the LRRWMO if they would like to bank the 12,000 sq. ft. needed by Fries locally and then send the remaining 1,930 sq. ft. to the BWSR bank. Motion by Weaver, seconded by Ferguson, to rescind the previously approved motion made on June 15, 1995 to accept a compromise position of 1.45/1 mitigation for Steven Fries, LRRWMO Permit #94-16. Vote: 3 ayes, 1 present (Haas). Motion carried. Motion by Weaver, seconded by Ferguson, in light of WCA permanent rule mitigation requirements, to require a 2/1 mitigation for Steven Fries, LRRWMO Permit #94-16, with the understanding he will be mitigating 12,000 sq. ft. off site. Vote: 4 ayes, 0 nays. Motion carried. Motion by Weaver, seconded by Ferguson, in light of the July 17, 1995 letter from Chris Lord of the Anoka Conservation District, to approve the following actions: 1. Waive the June 30, 1995 banking deadline for Russell Johanson based on the rationale that banking was openly discussed prior to creation of the wetland, creation was successful, and new wetland now exists 2. Approving the banling of 13,930 sq. ft. as proposed by Russell Johanson and certified by Chris Lord, Anoka Conservation District i