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MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL January 26, 1981 Regular Meeting Page 5 Attorney Meyers and Administrator Pauley pre- sented some discussion items to the Council regarding the wetlands ordinance. Administrator Pauley listed four items that the Mounds View wetlands ordinance may control: 1. Nutrients 2. Sedimentation 3. Storage 4. Wildlife Pauley also noted that if an engineering firm was enlisted to make these determinations, they should have sufficient credentials to be able to identify these four areas. The extent of the study would be determined by the restrictiveness / non - restrictiveness of the ordinance. Attorney Meyers informed the Council that the presently proposed ordinance would prohibit any development of wetlands #2 -#8. He suggested the possibility of listing wetlands #2 - #5 as prohibiting any development and wetlands #6 -#8 could allow some development by conditional use permit. He also asked Council if the City would want to obtain an engineering study to identify what would be controlled by the wetlands ordinance and what classifications would be needed to achieve that purpose. Neil Loeding, Planning Commissioner, also present in the audience noted that the cost of this pro- posed study should be considered carefully before implementation. In summary, Administrator Pauley noted that to evaluate the present conditions of the wetlands identified in the Rice Creek Watershed study, the following factors would have to be considered: 1. The amount of runoff contributing to the wetland from the drainage area and the capacity of that area to handle that water for storage, 2. The sedimentation 3. Select the engineering firm with the capability of analyzing the wildlife. 4. Determine what wetland types designated #2 - #8 are absolutely needed. 5. What wetlands currently exist that would allow some future development to occur.