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Mounds View City Council Page Three regular Meeting July 13, 1992 Following Mr. Roos' presentation, Peter Sabee, Barr Engineering, the City's consultant on this development, reviewed the application from Harstad and how it complies with the conditions and standards brought forth in the Mounds View Municipal Code. Sabee stated that there are twenty-one conditions. that the applicant has to meet and, at this point, they have met eighteen of those conditions. Harstad still has to forward to Sabee additional information on the wildlife values and water quality enhancement values with regards to this development. The other item is that Harstad has to obtain a variance from the City allowing for the location of single family homes within the 100 foot wetland buffer zone at setbacks ranging from 20 - 80 feet. After Mr. Sabee's report, Mayor Linke asked for questions from the Gity Council regarding the development. Councilmember Rickaby asked if it would be possible to develop this area without a variance for wetland setbacks. Rickaby asked if this development could be accomplished by moving the boundaries back. Jeff Roos stated that all large lots abut the wetland and have a 100 foot setback line. Councilmember Rickaby asked if there could be a change in the lot lines or • ize of the lots so no building would take place in the wetland area. Councilmember Rickaby also asked how this development agreement got this far through the process without complete documentation regarding the wildlife enhancement value and water quality enhancement information. Mayor Linke asked Peter Sabee what Harstad had given him to this point. Peter Sabee stated that Barr Engineering had received a fair amount of documentation on each item. Sabee stated that he has questions with computations that were used to arrive at the numbers they have and he has asked for clarification of these computations. This item could be handled by Harstad forwarding more detailed information to Barr. Mayor Linke stated that Harstad had been turned down in the past for this development because it did not meet many portions of the City's ordinances. Mayor Linke asked if Harstad has now met the items that they had been turned down in the past. Mayor Linke stated that he had voted against the development proposal in the past and that the reasons for his negative vote would be very defensible in a court of law. Sabee,. Barr Engineering, stated that in general they have complied with the ordinances. All key issues were made to comply with the City's Wetland Ordinance, other than the request for variance. Councilmember Rickaby asked what the differences were in that the old evelopment did not meet what the new proposal meets.