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RESOLUTION NO.5354 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION DENYING A WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT FOR LOTS 17 AND 18,EDGEWOOD SQUARE,REQUESTED BY OAKWOOD LAND DEVELOPMENT; PLANNING CASE NO. 565-99 WHEREAS, Oakwood Land Development has requested approval of a wetland alteration permit to construct two single-family homes on properties zoned R-1, Single-Family Residential, legally described as follows: Lots 17 and 18,Block 1,Edgewood Square,Ramsey County,Minnesota WHEREAS, parts of Lots 17 and 18 lay within the wetland designated as GF-4 in the City's Local Water Management Plan; and, WHEREAS,The City reviews all development that occurs within wetlands and their buffers because of the important role that wetlands play in maintaining the ecosystem and the area hydrology, in that they are critical to the present and future health, safety and general welfare of the land, animals and people within the City; and, WHEREAS, Lots 17 and 18 are completely contained within a drainage and utility easement as dedicated to the City in perpetuity as part of the Edgewood Square plat filed with Ramsey County on June 17, 1983; and, WHEREAS, on August 23, 1999,the Mounds View City Council denied a request to vacate part of said drainage an utility easement based upon the findings that the lots served a significant public purpose for drainage, buffering and flood control; and, WHEREAS, without City approval of the requested easement vacation, private construction activity may not occur on the subject lots. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the requested wetland alteration permit is hereby denied as no private alterations or construction activities are allowed to be performed within a publicly dedicated drainage and utility easement. Adopted this 13th day of September, 1999. Dan Coughlin, Mayor ATTEST: Charles S. Whiting, City Clerk/Administrator (SEAL)