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f ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 9,2002 10, #02-2789/02-2840 Dahlstrom Development LLC, **2550 ” Wayzata Boulevard Best—Final Development Plan Approvals—Continued Johnston slated that the development included about 1-1/3 acre of wetland. He showed Council the wetland areas impacted on the development plan. About 2/3 acre of wetland consisted of a manmade ditch running through the development. They planned to eliminate the ditch, because with the storm sewer in place, it ceases to serve a purpose. The ditch is, however, technically a wetland. The ditch on its own was not an issue, but once determined to be a wetland, then overall, an 86* wide swath is taken out of the dev elepment with all the required setbacks. Sansevere asked why the Watershed District has had the application for 3 months. Johnston stated that it is a complicated delineation and the MCWD is trying to protect the wetland. It is not a logical land use decision to reduce density in order to save a manmade ditch. Sansevere stated he favored granting necptual approval of the Draft Resolution and Rezoning Ordinance, with final adoption withheld until MCWD approval is gained by applicant and engineering issues have been completely addressed. Johnston asked if they could change the wording to grant “preliminary" approval of the Draft Resolution and Rezoning Ordinance, instead of conceptual. Barrett stated that because of the similarity that would create between option 1 and 2, and because there w as no existing category for preliminary' approval, they could not change the wording without putting the City at risk of implying a future commitment. Johnston requested they adopt the Draft Resolution and Re/.oning Ordinance subject to the MCWD approval and any other conditions the Council would like to add. Kendra Lindahl stated it was not unusual to approve a project subject to many issues pending. Any changes of the plan would require an amendment, and any failure to comply with any conditions, they would be forced to come back before the Council. Murphy asked w hat exactly the MCWD had to approve. GafTron responded that MCWD would approve the stormwater management plan, wetland impacts under the wetland conservation act, and grant an erosion control permit. There remains potential changes to the development until the MCWD grants their approvals. Murphy asked if the MCWD could come up with a plan that the City would not be able to approve. Gaffion stated that if the MCWD made changes, it would reduce the number of townhouse units. He felt there were solutions to the stormwater plan. He stated his discussions w ith Mike Wyatt led him to believe that MCWD did not have a full set of plans. Wyatt hadn ’t realized there was going to be a storm sewer from the wetland in the northwest down to the big pond. di