19960849 Ver 1_More Info Received_19961219

RECEiv~e
December 17, 1996 DEC ~ g 1yg6
Memorandum
To: John Dorney
Wetlands and A/qua/ti'c Plants
From: Ken Averitte -~~
Fayetteville Regio 1 Office
Subject: Seven Lakes Country Club
Project Revision and Mitigation Proposals
Project No. 0000849, Moore County
ENVIRONA~N7Ai, SCIENCES
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By now I'm sure you have received the alternatives analysis and mitigation
proposal as submitted by Ms. Laura Fogo on behalf of the Seven Lakes Country
Club. I met Laura on Friday, December 13, re-visited the project site and
looked at several proposed mitigation locations. According to the latest
information, the project has been revised to impact only .92 acre of wetland
instead of the 1.54 acres in the original application. (The number of
condominiums has been reduced.) The now remaining .62 acre of WL on the site
will be "preserved" as mitigation, as well as some vacant lots that remain
under ownership of the Country Club. The particular lots that I looked at were
adjacent to golf course fairways. They are all wooded and include what are
probably perennial streams. These lots are specifically number 2203, on hole
number 17, and lots 2413 and 2414, near the green of hole number 7. AT1 of
these lots are in a landscape position to provide beneficial WQ uses. The
country club also owns lot number 2211 on hole number 15. This lot is "less
wet" than 2210, which has been sold. I suggested to Laura that she recommend
to the owners a land swap in order to put lot 2210 to use and make a more
continuous riparian mitigation site, in connection with 2203.
Given the now downsized project impact, <1 acre, it seems reasonable and
consistent to accept the proposal, contingent on requirement of the proper
legal documentation preserving the mitigation areas in perpetuity. There have
been no other 401 projects that I can remember involving Seven Lakes Country
Club.
I also asked Laura to recommend to the owners that they use grassed swales and
other passive storm water treatment measures on the new project site rather
than a curb and gutter system. (Given the mitigation already proposed for the
size of the project, is it reasonable to make this a requirement rather than a
recommendation?).
If you have questions, or would like to discuss this further after making your
review, please call.