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D) In a report dated October 12, 1987, the City Engineer Glenn <br />Cook had the following conunents: <br />i. The proposed alteration will improve the sedimintation <br />capacity available and widlife habitat. <br />ii. The proposed alteration would not appear to have any <br />long term adverse effects on Lake Minnetonka, <br />iii. The alteration will reduce the assimilative capacity <br />of the marsh slightly. <br />5. Based on a review of the necessary findings in approving the <br />alteration of a protected wetland, the Planning Commission made the <br />following findings; <br />A. The proposed alteration will not restrict the passage of <br />flood water or run-off. <br />B. The alteration will not pose a danger to life or property <br />C. The proposal appears to be compatible with the City's desire <br />to preserve natural land forms, vegetation and wetlands. <br />D. The alteration will provide greater storage or retention of <br />run-off as a result of the increase in depth. <br />6. The land alteration will greatly improve the safety of the users <br />of Bohns Point Road by widening the road bed and providing gentler <br />slopes adjacent to wetlands. <br />7. The applicant has agreed to excavate an adjacent land area of <br />the wetlands to compensate for area filled on east side of pond with <br />the improvement of the public road. <br />8. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this pro­ <br />perty are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property <br />in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not <br />adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard <br />or other danger to neighboring properties; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a demon­ <br />strable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial <br />property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping with the <br />spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the <br />City. <br />9, The City Council finds that granting a conditional use permit to <br />allow the dredging of the wetland will not be detrimental to the <br />health, safety or general welfare of the public, would not adversely <br />Pago 2 of 4