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Mounds View City Council Page 9 <br /> Regular Meeting November 29, 1994 <br /> was outside the Buffer Zone. She also wondered what impact an ice <br /> skating rink would have on the wetland, if one were constructed in <br /> Woodcrest Park. <br /> Linke explained that Woodcrest Park is below the elevation of the <br /> property being considered for this application, so there would be <br /> no impact to the wetland. <br /> Councilmember Blanchard reported that she had received a phone call <br /> from Ray Schelonka, 5139 Red Oak Drive, who was unable to attend <br /> the meeting but expressed his concern about potential drainage <br /> problems on the property. He is opposed to granting a Wetland <br /> Alteration Permit. <br /> Ms. Hjelle, 5161 Red Oak Drive, asked when the property was rezoned <br /> from R2 to Ri. Linke explained that it had not been rezoned. <br /> There could be Ri housing built on an R2 lot. <br /> Trude asked if the proposed house could be built outside the Buffer <br /> Zone. <br /> Harrington explained that a 30 foot wide sanitary sewer easement <br /> • was taken by the County a number of years ago, which renders the <br /> southeast corner of the property not buildable. A structure is not <br /> allowed on the easement. There simply is no other buildable site <br /> on this lot. <br /> Trude asked if there was a situation in the city where an entire <br /> new home, garage, and driveway were all constructed within a <br /> Wetland Buffer Zone. Linke cited two examples. <br /> Harrington explained that the purpose of the Wetland Buffer Zone <br /> was to give the City a certain amount of control close to the <br /> wetlands for storm water management. City Code does have <br /> provisions toallow_or development_within thos_e, Buffer__2aones if it <br /> will not have a negative impact on the wetland itself. <br /> Trude expressed concern that Councilmembers did not have adequate <br /> time to review this issue, and said she would like to have the City <br /> Consulting Engineer present for discussion. <br /> Blanchard felt that the concept of having a Buffer Zone would be <br /> destroyed by allowing an entire home to be built within it. <br /> Linke said that by not allowing development on the only buildable <br /> site of this property, it was basically a taking by the City. He <br /> questioned what the City's liabilities would be in that case. He <br /> added that the Buffer Zone was created ten years ago; prior to that <br /> time this property could have been built on. <br />