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Mounds View City Council Page Thirteen agular Meeting July 27, 1992 Weseman did not understand that this could be done as part of• a package. Mayor Linke stated that many times these development items are combined. Mayor Linke explained the process to Ms. Weseman and of how some things on a resolution need 4/5 vote while others do not and, therefore, some things could be approved while others in the same proposed resolution might not be. Mayor Linke stated that this type of process had been used with Sysco and Mounds View Business Park South. -Kay Weseman asked the City Council to reconsider the approval of the development. Weseman stated that a Councilmember at a previous meeting even stated concern with people having a wetland in their backyard. Weseman used an example of the upset residents tonight not knowing that there were County easements in their yard so they planted trees and bushes and now the City is coming in and taking them. Duane McCarty, stated that he missed some of the nuances at the public hearing held on this subject and he had an interest in the City Charter and the Wetland Ordinance. Mr. McCarty wanted clarification that the Wetland Preservation Map was amended by a • 4/5 vote by resolution. Mr. McCarty felt that the Wetland Ordinance could only be changed by ordinance. McCarty stated the City should have this looked into by the City Attorney. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that in an off-the- cuff conversation with the City Attorney earlier today this issue came up. It was the City Attorney's opinion that the ordinance could be changed by resolution if the resolution were proposing the entire development by a 4/5 vote. Orduno stated that the 4/5 vote was the important factor. The City Attorney is going to look into this further and get back to the City. R c-Minetor quoted-a-section of the-code which statid that the code does not require an ordinance to change the map, but a 4/5 majority vote. Mayor Linke stated that the City will get a legal opinion. Kay Weseman stated her concern with the fact that the persons who received the Greenfield Estates Proposal for Development flyer did not understand that the City was going to make a major change to a wetland boundary. Weseman stated that perhaps in the future the City Council could do this by holding a separate public hearing and giving notice. Councilmember Rickaby stated that she has concerns with allowing persons to have wetlands in their yard and allowing them to build