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<br />!';pr.tion 4H.()l t.:) 48.1" 111;JY hOC' ':.~itccl
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<br />;;u~clivision 2. findinqs _.d l'uroos(~s.
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<br />wetlam'ls \...ithin the City, u~> part. of the ecosyst.em, are critical to
<br />the present and futurl' hOC'alt!l, ~)ilfety, anll (.Jc1H.'r<l}'welfarc of the,
<br />land, anilr.als, and people within the City, as .....eIL as .....ithinthc
<br />Rice Creek t-JatershCl; Dist.rict; t.h,lt cxist.inq ~ln<.l ~)otclitial Jcv'~ldp-
<br />ment '::ithin the City and Rice Cr0.ck \vatcrshc(] DisLI.-ict pose!; incr0as-
<br />ing ecolo<j ica 1 and eco;,omic problems uncI dCl1!il nds, hav inq the ef fee t
<br />of potentiall~' dcspailinq, pollutinq, accclcL'.ltin~l,the :.3ging;,climi~
<br />natinll.n!" nf-'C1.1tivplv .1nd il'rptl"ir-'\;ilhlv ..1tc-rillCf hn'th t-h~ ....('-t-l"nrl~ i1nll-
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<br />their function:; (and the'process<.::~;',I!-;sociat(~d thcrcltlith)\<Jhich, 'if
<br />_,,_ conserved and r:\ajnti:li.:1ed, const':'Lute import..::iI1t phy~~ical, cduc.::ltional,
<br />ecological, aesthetic, recreational, and ('conomic assets for exi_sting"':,
<br />" and. future residents of t.he comml.lni_ty and the Hice,Cu~C'J.: \vaLcrsh,cd ".-"
<br />;,j" ,:~; :,~: District. The Cj t~, ...Cou'nc i 1 ha~; j n : i~li'l'idi b' .::la LU t.oey' obi iq.:l t ion t.o'"
<br />", comply w.:_Lh Chaptllt's lCd, 105 ."Inri ilL of i'iinnesota ;;t.-,t,e La'l:, the
<br />regu];1t.~on:~ of !;:;C:.-' C1.(,':r. \'~~ltJ r~::I:.',: Di~;l :'ict, !'..''1ul<l~'inl1c; of the
<br />Depi.1rtmc:1t of i'LltUL',J~. r\__:-;OllrC(~S, i:',clu,,!,inq :>l'ovL:ion~; for pl'Ot('ctC(~
<br />','laters, l:'ubl~_c ;':,-.-i 'j2-::><, (l-',.d":,-,t! \-:.-d-..-'1- Pol 1,~Lion Control .\c't), open
<br />sLJace ;::\olicl.ec. or l1'_" t-i,..lOpol.it:Sll "".lun'_;ll,.1!i! ItSdUjli"Jlnt~S
<br />0!:;;o'_::-i1':;ii:cj l':-:)t,_"."L:r:,n of ;"dr'::!;C:~, ',.-.1',:::':0,1:.: in t.~1C f1no.:! pl~lin area,
<br />and t.;H~ Dl\bli..: :cilt.;r-l.'st in P1"("It'!I.Lj:l'l lli-,"p.:lir,1blc l:cstruction of
<br />val~:.)blc: n.:1tui-"~ 1"'::'111:""::. T~'..""'"f';-.,.', 1\;!'(I'I",i::ill" !lll' obliq;1tiori to'
<br />protect t-:"'::jC i.1SS(.....~; .1.:': l1dtUi;,l :l:SC.,lCC\',.:i.I.t..: ~J:Ol!l destruction,unl1
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<br />to ::;e::\'c' d~:; r,ilf.~.! 11 r(~~'f~:'.t.ion ...~:~d ..!elt...~nLi.o.. I.tr'l.~~'~; .[OJ~..
<br />311rfuce v,';:l.:cr,;; Ii) relit: 1.-. ',':' tilL' U,,<: c,f arcas u,ljaccnt to
<br />the '.-lctland::: i:l ()I-:ir.:~r tc' l,!'()tcct U:c :12!,t;L"al (u.lct.ion of
<br />+:hc ,,'ctl;l:dsi to pro\'i'~(' for- thl' i_t'otection, preservation,
<br />prOp(~l" :na.1nlcnurlcc a:-,d u~;c ()~ .....etland zonjnq :!i~',tr.:cts;
<br />to mi.r_ill1izv the di~~turb.:J:lce to th'~m <11\\..1 to pr('v'-~lIt damage
<br />from c:.;ce~.;~;i'lc ,;C'di.mc:I:t~ltion,.(l1J.Ll'Ol-':-liC.:lt.ion, or pollution;".
<br />to pr'event lo!;:; of bC~'icficial uqllalic oryanisms, -wildlife, ,
<br />,OJ nd veyc La tior\.,g!".,t1~e ," I\gu.. g'.::l_t::;=>9,{..thc" samc;;.."lo. proy,ide""for.~:,~~i:,'7'2;i:"?\;,
<br />-Eh~ pr6tection bf freshwater supplies from the danger of ,,-
<br />drought., o':erdraft, pollution, or mi.smunagcmcnt; to secure
<br />:"."l[cty '::L()i1\ floc..,ds; to !(,duel: 1'11\' fin;\l1ci.1L bun.lcn~; .illlpo~;('ll
<br />Ilpon the' COi:llll1;niLy tl--.r:oLhJh rescue ilnc1 rc'lirf cffol:tS occa-
<br />~jioned by Lhc occupancy ()1- u:.;c l.lf dl~c'--IS ::;ubjecl to periodi.c"
<br />::'1nnr:ifl(!; t:n ~ol-'..:V('l'It 10::: of lift', !1!-Oi"-'I-ly .h:ll'-l(lC, ;lnd'th"~
<br />io::~,;('!-, dncl (i!;l:_!~ a~;~,oci.-lt,;r1 \'lith flood cOlldil,ion~;; L'
<br />I'<.;duc.., UI'., ~. i !1.':;1(~ i,,:11. l)lInl.'ll:~ ,i,nli.H);;t'd upon L!1(,' cOlllllluni.ty
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<br />~()rf_.;;iql1t, coull~ be avojd(.'d; 1.0 avoi,.! the:: financial hurdcn
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