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Mounds View City Council Page Seven ~egular Meeting July 13, 1992 would make guarantees on behalf of mother nature. This development will not impact waterflow characteristics of this site one bit. This development provides more storage area. The watershed volume is increased, not decreased. Kay Weseman, 7807 Bona Road, stated she was very disappointed with the City as only four years ago the City had gone through the same action and that this proposal doesn't look significantly different, in her opinion, than the one rejected by the City Council in 1988, other than Harstad is asking for 13 lots instead of 17 or 18. Ms. Weseman stated that, in her opinion, this developer has not met the intent of the ordinance at all. Ms. Weseman stated her frustration that when persons went to the Planning Commission with concerns and nothing was done to respond to these concerns with this development, they were treated with tokenisms and told that it was not their job to change the proposal. Ms. Weseman stated that this from the leader of the Planning Commission on down is reprehensible. Ms. Weseman found out that Peter Sabee was working with the developer in order that he could comply with the City's wetland ordinance. Kay Weseman asked how many times the public has to sign petitions and answer surveys that are paid for by the taxpayers money questions that we do not want to see wetlands encroached upon. Wetland boundaries should not be changed. Do boundaries change over time? Are the boundaries the same as ~e stand here now. Ms. Weseman asked if the boundaries had been resurveyed since 1987 to see if they are still in tact. Sabee, Barr Engineering, responded that the boundaries established in 1987 have not been resurveyed. Sabee further stated that if there is a significant change in watershed, such that on an average basis a lot more water was moving through this wetland a lot more often, a boundary could change. If some type of alteration were done within a wetland where a ditch outlet was constructed that could have an impact on the boundaries. Also, if the elevation were raised or lowered. The method of measuring the wetland by the Corps of Engineers is based on things or features in the field that do not change rapidly such as communities of vegetation, soil markings indicating saturation, groundwater levels or water on top. Kay Weseman inquired about ditch cleaning and drought having a significant impact on the boundaries of the wetland if they had occurred previous to a site inspection. Sabee stated that drought would not change features that would be looked for in a vegetative community or in the soils. There would be a predominance of species but it would not change as rapidly. Perhaps it would not have a good season, but would still be there. Kay Weseman asked if it would change during a 10 year dry cycle in weather patterns.