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Mounds View City Council February 25, 2002 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br />Director Ericson explained that any wetland area that is filled has to be replaced at a ratio of two <br />to one. <br /> <br />Mr. Werner asked if the replacement could be done somewhere else. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated that the mitigation could be done at another location. <br /> <br />Mr. Werner said nature put the water on that property for a good reason and filling the wetland <br />would mean you lose retention capability and that usually ends up costing the taxpayers in storm <br />sewers and other things and he thinks mitigation is a terrible concept. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked whether Mr. Harstad could buy wetland credits. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated it was possible but said he was not sure because he is not aware of all <br />the regulations concerning wetlands. <br /> <br />Council Member Thomas clarified that the City is not dealing with Rice Creek Watershed <br />District rules but state mitigation statutes and standards. <br /> <br />Michelle Sandback of 2356 Sherwood Road indicated her neighbor has looked into wetlands in <br />Mounds View and had told her that between 1990 and 1997 Mounds View has lost about 30% of <br />its wetlands and that is after the wetland standards came into play. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick indicated he was not aware of any loss of wetlands at all in the City and <br />said he would like to see a detailed list of the wetlands that Mr. Lamb has said were lost. <br /> <br />David Jahnke of 8428 Eastwood Road commented that he was concerned Council Member <br />Quick had commented there were no laws concerning wetland regulations because there are. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick indicated he was not aware of any loss of wetland. He then commented <br />that he is aware that the City now owns over 200 acres that were not previously under City <br />control. <br /> <br />Mr. Jahnke indicated that he had heard that one of these issues went to Court and cost the City <br />money. He then asked if that was true. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick indicated he was not aware of that. <br /> <br />Mr. Jahnke commented there was a contractor who wanted to develop the area off of Hillview <br />and the City was sued over a wetland issue and the City lost. <br /> <br />Herb Zwirn of 7660 Greenfield Avenue addressed Council and indicated he had come to speak <br />out of true concern for the Harstad development. He then indicated the Planning Commission <br />had turned the request down two times because neither request met City Code requirements. He <br />noted that with the second proposal Mr. Harstad has dropped the façade of being an