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Mounds View City Council July 2E, 1988 Regular Meeting Page Four Mr. Merila presented Exhibit Cl, showing that if the City grants a wetland alteration permit, and with the new boundary line for the 100' buffer strip, appro- ximately four lots would then be buildable outside the 100' buffer strip. He added they are requesting variances with this application to build within the 100' buffer. Mr. Merila stated they have a direct conflict with the phosphorus stripping content within the ordinance, and they meet all standards of the ordinance except for that. He then handed out a seven page narrative state- ment regarding phosphorus stripping, and he briefly reviewed the information contained in the narrative, explaining the procedure used and their method of calculations. Mr. Merila stated there is a unique situation here whereby the downstream end of the wetland is consi- derably lower than the upstream end, so consequently 95% of the water that comes into the wetland stays in the channel, and thus is only treated within the wet- land area. Mr. Merila reviewed Exhibit C3, showing how the water would flow through the area and their proposed concept of utilization of the wetland detention ponds which have the capability of stripping out the phosphorus in the water. He stated they estimate the existing con- ditions handle only 10.5% of the phosphorus, and their proposal would provide for treatment of over 60 and thus, they would be adding and improving on the detention ponds and phosphorus removal by over 50 Mr. Merila stated that it is their contention that while they do not meet the letter of the ordinance, their pro- posal is superior to what currently exists. He also feels the wording of the ordinance makes it impossible to meet to the letter of the law. Mr. Merila stated they are requesting smaller lots and variances for the creation of lots less than 125' wide within the 100' buffer strip, and less than 20,000 square feet, and to build within the 100' buffer strip, and their reasons for requesting the variances are based on the hardship conveyed to Mr. Harstad a number of years ago when the property to the southeast was developed. Mr. Merila presented Exhibit E, showing the plan submitted to the City in the spring of 1981, at which time the City created a moritorium for the creation of the wetland ordi- nance. He stated Mr. Harstad's proposal was submitted ,three days before the ordinance went into effect, and that prior to that, application for development to the south was being proposed. Mr. Harstad requested access be provided to him to the southeast corner, which would have allc.;ed four