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r i ( I I F. G. H. I. J. noteworthiness. The Council 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. Applicants have submitted an acceptable detailed erosion control plan including revegetation plans. Applicants have made the appropriate permit applications to other governmental agencies including the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This project is necessary in order to improve public safety by providing turn lanes, bypass lanes ai>J a realignment of the County Road 6/Watertown Road/McCulley Road intersection. Applicants have reviewed the 'no-build' alternative and find that a 'no-build' alterative is not feasible due to safety concerns. The project includes modification of the current road alignment, which modifications have been revised a number of times during the design review process in order to provide an alignment acceptable to the City. TTie Council finds that wetlands would be necessarily impacted regardless of which of the many alternative alignments was chosen. The Council finds that, while this projsct results in a significant area of wetland alteration as compared to private wetland alteration projects approved by the City in the past, the public nature of this project is one of the primary factors supporting its ipproval. The City Council approved the construction plans and alignment layout of this project in December, 1996. 5. The City Council finds that the facts and conditions applying to this project are Page 3 of 6 ^ I