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Survey flags wetlands, Army Corps permit could complicate fairgrounds parking expansion
Summary
A county surveyor said the wetland boundary shown in federal inventories was staked during event‑center work; staff warned a formal delineation and Army Corps permit are likely required and could tie to the event‑center permitting, raising timing concerns.
A surveyor speaking to the board said the team staked the boundary of wetlands shown in the National Wetland Inventory while marking fill limits for the fairgrounds event center and noted they did not perform a formal wetland delineation on site. The surveyor cautioned a wetland delineation and a permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would be needed before expanding parking in the wetland buffer.
"We staked the boundary of the wetlands as they're shown on the national wetland inventory," Jeremiah said. Staff and commissioners noted the concern that submitting a new permit could tie into the recent event‑center permit, potentially making the combined work a larger review and prolonging approvals. Commissioners also noted SRI's donated mitigation acres for the event center will end by year‑end, making timing a factor.
The board asked staff to consider doing a formal delineation and to weigh the risks of submitting concurrent permit applications versus delaying the parking expansion to avoid complicating the event‑center permit.
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