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NOVEMBER 27, 2012 12-569 RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE: APPROVE WETLAND COMPENSATORY MITIGATION
EASEMENT TO CREATE WETLANDS ADJACENT TO
SAWYER CREEK AT THE JAMES ROAD DETENTION BASIN
INITIATED BY: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approved
WHEREAS, as part of the James Road Area Detention Basin and Armory Area
Detention Basin construction projects, it is necessary for the City to disturb some
wetlands; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate this disturbance and compensate the loss of wetlands, the
City is working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and US Army Corps
of Engineers to develop a Permittee Responsible Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, said Mitigation Plan will create wetlands on the western and northern
portions of the wetlands adjacent to Sawyer Creek at the James Road Area Detention
Basin; and
WHEREAS, a Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Easement is necessary to ensure
the new wetland mitigation site at the James Road Detention Basin remains as wetland in
perpetuity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that the proper City officials are hereby authorized and directed to approve a
Wetland Compensatory Mitigation Easement on the western and northern portions of the
wetlands adjacent to Sawyer Creek at the James Road Area Detention Basin, per the
attached, and to execute any and all documents necessary for purposes of same.