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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING JUNE 26, 2002 • O'Connell asked about the buffer requirements for the backyards with wetlands. Grundhofer responded that perhaps the buffer should be increased to 100 feet. • Asleson answered you try to establish a wider buffer in valuable wetlands. If the buffer was 50 feet, there would be no backyards. Chair Kukonen added that the rule of thumb was 10 feet and any applicable addition. Grundhofer suggested increasing the buffer to 15 -20 feet. Donlin stated they were going to have problems with wet yards. Asleson agreed that the soils were going to be wet and mushy most of the time. Grundhofer noted that staff had made a stateme t " :soils should be imported or exported. The statement should be resta Donlin explained that omitting the info �` " ' at a " "s° ere open, people would not buy the houses. She pos t uestion : s the City remove liability. O'Dea pointed out that all the stateme: Council should be informed. Donlin asked what would happen if #lie was not comfortable with a so and mus development should take account. Chair Kukonennrd about the the recomm x ions o the Boar p, but that the City could not sell the sites. She pment. Asleson stated that the s of outlot management. He then recapped • The h #s should be cased around the wetlands to 10 -20 feet. • No so ®uld be imported .or exported without permission from the City. • The Land cape Plan should be resubmitted with oaks planted around outlot F. • Decrease the streets from 32 feet to 29 feet. • Applicant shou documentation on Lots 23 -27, and additional information on the normal and high water level on Lots 12 -14. • Submit a higher level of detail on the Tree Preservation Plan. • There was insufficient MUSA for the development. Only 11.2 acres of MUSA were available, therefore it could not be rezoned. • Purchasers would be notified of the soggy conditions in the lots with a signature, and that the Eastern ditch was a possible greenway. Grundhofer stated that signage was necessary to denote the wetland edge and no dumping of yard waste. 4 DRAFT MINUTES