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• Environmental Board would like to work closely with city staff to make this park a demonstration of the environmentally aware nature of the city. ■ .V; • Blue Bill Ponds Environmental Coordinator, Marty Asleson, introduced and gave some background to this development project. Blue Bill Ponds is a 35 -acre subdivision proposal under consideration for preliminary plating. This site is in MUSA and zoned R -1. The location of this project is immediately west of and adjacent to the Highland Meadows proposal. Blue Bill ponds is scheduled to go to Planning and Zoning Board on October 13, 1999. Tom Von Bische from Heritage Development explained the first version of this plat was more sensitive to the wetlands, but because of roadway issues, they had to go back to the drawing board. The land Northeast of the development is owned by a church and this church is considering a land swap. If the church agrees to this land swap, Heritage Development will go back to their first drawing of the preliminary plat. Mr. Von Bische showed the Environmental Board the differences and the board agreed the first plat is more environmentally sensitive than the second is. After discussion, Mr. Lanyon made a motion to approve the following recommendations: 1. The design of the development should be modified to create a 50 -foot buffer along the eastern edge of the property to protect the significant st. , <, .f hardwoods on the adjacent property to the east. 2. Ponds should be designed to infiltrate water on 3. The city permit flexibility in R -1 zoning st setback, frontage, etc... to permit changing density. 4. Attempts should be ma runoff leaving the site. 5. When restoring vegetation e site, the Environmental Board recommends the use of native materials, or other plants that require little irrigation or nutrient addition. 6. Property owners be informed that 8 — 10 inches deep tilling of topsoil prior to sod or seeding will improve turf performance. 7. The creation of a buffer of native vegetation around natural and created wetlands. Mr. Trehus seconded the motion, motion passed unanimously. street width, lot size, street r tracts of open space without and storm water treatment train for surface Highland Meadows Re -plat e.City roved a re`nnA to PDO-and preliminary plat for Highland Meadows in October 1997. No utilities were available at that time and no noteworthy progress was made on the project until this year. The original developer recently acquired approval for a wetland mitigation plan from the Rice Creek Watershed District. A second development firm acquired the project from the original developer. The second developer applied for a final plat. The grading/wetland plan approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District is significantly different from the preliminary grading plan approved with the preliminary plat in 1997. There are other changes than the grading plan. Staff is