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Hakanson Anderson Assoc., Inc. 3601 Thurston Avenue, Suite 101, Anoka, MN 5_6303 Phone: 763/427-5860 Fax: 763/427-0520 I I I -364- October 18, 2002 Mr. Patrick Trudgeon City of Ramsey .15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW Ramsey, MN 55303-6197 Re: Citizens Petition for an EAW for the Villas of Meadow Point Dear.Mr. Trudgeon: In response to the Citizens PetitiOn requesting an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the Villas of Meadow Point located in Ramsey, Minnesota, we have reviewed the issues and have done considerable research and reviewed the site in detail. The following sections are a summary of our findings and research: General Site Information The Site is Iocated tn the NW portion of Section 23, Township 32 North, Range 25 West in the City of Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota. The Site is situated adjacent to and north of Alpine Drive NW (I57 Avenue NW), adjacent to and west of Nowthen Boulevard NW (County Road 5) and adjacent to and east of Sunfish Lake Boulevard NW in the southeastern portion of Ramsey. The Site consists primarily of horse pasture and some woodland areas adjacent to two small wetlandS. Adjacent land uses consist of residential homes, old field meadows, woodlands and wetlands. The two wetlands located on the Site are classified as Type 3 wetlands, with reed canary grass as the dominant plant species along with some blue flag iris. Type 3 wetlands are defined as shallow marshes. The soils in these wetlands are usually waterlogged early in the spring and often covered with six or more inches of water. Typical vegetation includes grasses, bulrushes, spikerushes, cattails, arrowheads, pickerelweed and smartweeds. The upland areas adjacent to the wetlands are dominated by red oak, black cherry, and bur oak trees; red cedar, staghorn sumac, common buckthorn, prickly ash, tartarian honeysuclde, black cherry and prickly ash shrubs; and smooth brome, Canada bluegrass, Pennsylvania sedge, Cleaver's bedstraw, spotted knapweed, quackgrass, timothy, great burdock, tall goldenrod, bull thistle, common yarrow, common mullein, common milkweed, and dandelion ground cover. Other plant species observed on the Site included stinging nettle, gray dogwood, and slippery elm. The Site is of undulating topography. The elevation of the Site ranges from 888 feet within the hills along the west property line to 866 feet adjacent to the wetlands. Soils at the Site consist of outwash sand and gravel resulting from melting glaciers. Depth to groundwater across the Site ranges from 2.6 to 23.1 feet' below ground surface (generally south to north). Civil&Municipal 25 Engineering Land &oveyingfor . . I i I I I I' I I I I I I I I i !