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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />Monday, April 9, 2018 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />19. LA18-000022 — GEORGE STICKNEY ON BEHALF OF JUDSON DAYTON, 825 OLD <br />CRYSTAL BAY ROAD SOUTH, PRELIMINARY PLAT (TOPSIDE) — RESOLUTION <br />NO. 6857 — Continued <br />Dayton noted there has been talk about this as a subdivision but that they are merely carving off five acres <br />for one additional lot and that there are no plans at the present time to further subdivide. <br />Walsh stated he understands where the applicant is coming from on the sewer line, and noted that if the <br />property is further subdivided, that would send up a flag to Staff. <br />Dankey commented the monuments are nice looking. <br />Dayton indicated they are planning on doing some major cleanup in that area and that they are willing to <br />work with Hennepin County on the monuments, which have been there since 1907. Dayton stated the <br />monuments have never been an issue in 111 years and hopefully they will continue that way. <br />Stickney pointed out they are approximately 30 feet off the road. <br />Mark Gronberg, Surveyor, indicated he spoke with Jason Godfrey at Hennepin County and they are not <br />going to require removal of them unless the road is widened at some point. <br />Printup moved, Seals seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 6857, a Resolution Approving a <br />Preliminary Plat for the Plat of Topside, File No. LA18-000022, 825 Old Crystal Bay Road South. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />20. LA18-000023 — CITY OF ORONO, AMEND ARTICLE XI OF THE CITY CODE <br />RELATED TO WETLANDS AND WETLAND SETBACKS <br />Barnhart noted last fall the City Council directed Staff to prepare an ordinance to reconsider the City's <br />10 -foot wetland setback requirement. The Council felt that the additional setback impedes the use of a <br />property and only provides marginal benefit, especially when considering the Minnehaha Creek <br />Watershed District does not require a buffer in all situations. Based on Council's direction, Staff has <br />prepared an ordinance that requires a setback of 25 feet when there is not a wetland buffer. When there is <br />a wetland buffer, any structures are required to be outside of the buffer. This modification reduces the <br />distances between improvements and the wetland edge from current levels. <br />Barnhart noted there are two factors at play as it relates to wetlands. The first is a wetland buffer and the <br />second is a wetland setback. Currently the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District regulates all wetlands <br />within the City of Orono and requires a 25 -foot setback from a wetland. In the past the City has also <br />required an additional 10 -foot setback to that buffer area. In addition to removing the 10 -foot setback <br />requirement and to avoid the overlapping of regulations, the ordinance defers jurisdiction for the <br />establishment and maintenance of wetland buffers to the MCWD. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed ordinance at their March meeting. The Commission <br />felt that additional separation between a structure and a wetland was beneficial to the protection of that <br />wetland and no change was necessary. The Commission ultimately recommended no amendment to the <br />ordinance. <br />Page 6 of 16 <br />