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They are responsible for the water quality certification, and they are looking at the material that is going <br />in to see if it is going to pollute the water that is already there. Mr. Damrill stated that the process can be <br />very complicated at times, and he would be happy to answer any questions as they come up. <br />Councilmember Broden asked how his agency has overlapped with the golf course in the past regarding <br />its current use. <br />Mr. Damrill stated we've had different actions around it but nothing specific to Elbe] from the Army <br />Corps of Engineers. <br />Councilmember Broden asked if he has had a chance to speak to Matt about it yet, and whether or not <br />runoff would fall under Matt's jurisdiction. <br />Mr. Damrill stated that it would be under a separate department. <br />Councilmember Broden asked if it is considered a public access lake. <br />Mr. Damrill stated that that is outside of his jurisdiction. <br />Aimee Buccallato explained that she is an architect and has worked on some projects that intersect <br />with these issues at a county level. Every project has its own particular circumstances. <br />Santiago Garces presented a survey that was done in September of 2015, which shows the subdivision <br />that he and Mr. Magliozzi had discussed. It shows how the area is contained by the wetlands with what is <br />owned by the city. <br />Councilmember Broden asked if this postdated any appraisals that were done. Committeemember Perri <br />and Mr. Garces confirmed that the appraisals predated the actual subdivision. <br />Committeemember Perri stated that the tree nursery contains about $80,000 worth of tree inventory that <br />we populate to replace or add trees throughout the parks system primarily. <br />Scott Namestick, Botanist with Orbis Environmental Consulting, came here today to talk about the <br />ecology of Mud Lake as it relates to the Kettle Lakes Region. The area runs from the south end of <br />Chamberlain Lake up past the state line into Michigan, just west of the bypass. I'm going to talk <br />specifically about four (4) areas within the Kettle Lakes region: Chamberlain Lake, South Chain Lake, <br />Lydick Bog and Mud Lake. They are all different in ecology and the ways that they are protected or not <br />protected. <br />The tool used to assess these natural areas is the floristic quality assessment. It is used to identify natural <br />areas and compare them with one another. It can also be used to track the natural area over a series of <br />years. Mr. Namestick presented his findings from visits to the Kettle Lakes Region. He found that there <br />are 22 species on the Indiana list of threatened and rare species that occur at Chamberlain Lake. <br />Chamberlain Lake is owned in part by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and other parts of it <br />are privately owned. <br />South Chain Lake is the only natural plant community that remains in its area due to development. <br />Anything that was there has been eliminated and is no longer deemed significant. It is privately owned. <br />Lydick Bog consists of two plant communities, and 85 plant species were documented within just the bog <br />itself. Ninety -five (95) percent of them are native to Indiana. In these nutrient -poor systems, you often <br />don't get that many species. Seven (7) Indiana endangered and threatened rare plant species were <br />4 <br />