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F. "Ferndale cutoff" located east of the intersection of West Ferndale Road and County Road 15, and by additional i.iad ditches to be created adjacent to the new roadway. Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.56, Subdivision 16 (J)(5a) requires that the City give consideration to the functional qualities of the wetlands being filled in relation to sediment and pollutant trapping and retention, storage of surface runoff to prevent or reduce flood damage, fish and wildlife habitat, recreational use, shoreline or bank stabilization, and noteworthiness. Planning Commission finds that despite the absence of a City inventory defining the functional qualities of specific City wetlands, the proposed impacts on functional qualities of the wetlands proposed to be filled will be relatively minor in relation to other wetlands in the City, and that the County has addressed the City ’s concerns via mitigation as well as erosion and sedimentation control measures.-. ^ yiX mi m •vT * » ■ • V • •.toss G. H. I. Applicants have submitted a detailed erosion control plan including revegetatior. plans which Planning Commission finds acceptable. Applicants have made the appropriate permit applications to other governmental agencies including the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Minnesota Department of Naniral Resources, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Further, applicants are in the process of preparing an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) which is required for this project. Because the applicant is the Responsible Government Unit (RGU) for the EAW process and because the applicant by virtue of applicant's status as a governmental body has an understanding of the conditional nature of this approval pending completion of the EAW process, conditional approval is appropriate. This project is necessary in order to improve public safety by providing turn lanes and paved 8’ shoulders on County Road 15. Applicants have reviewed the 'no-build' alternative and find that a 'no-build' alterative is not feasible due to safety concerns. The project will maintain the current road alignment with only slight modilications, including expansion of the Page 3 of 8