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Mounds View City Council <br />~2egular Meeting <br />Page Thirteen <br />July 27, 1992 <br />Weseman did not understand that this could be done as part of a <br />package. <br />Mayor Linke stated that many times these development items are <br />combined. Mayor Linke explained the process to Ms. Weseman and <br />of how some things on a resolution need 4/5 vote while others do <br />not and, therefore, some things could be approved while others <br />in the same proposed resolution might not be. Mayor Linke stated <br />that this type of process had been used with Sysco and Mounds View <br />Business Park South. <br />Kay Weseman asked the City Council to reconsider the approval of <br />the development. Weseman stated that a Councilmember at a previous <br />meeting even stated concern with people having a wetland in their <br />backyard. Weseman used an example of the upset residents tonight <br />not knowing that there were County easements in their yard so they <br />planted trees and bushes and now the City is coming in and taking <br />them. <br />Duane McCarty, stated that he missed some of the nuances at the <br />public hearing held on this subject and he had an interest in the <br />City Charter and the Wetland Ordinance. Mr. McCarty wanted <br />clarification that the Wetland Preservation Map was amended by a <br />4/5 vote by resolution. Mr. McCarty felt that the Wetland <br />Ordinance could only be changed by ordinance. McCarty stated <br />the City should have this looked into by the City Attorney.. <br />Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, stated that in an off-the- <br />cuff conversation with the City Attorney earlier today this issue <br />came up. It was the City Attorney's opinion that the ordinance <br />could be changed by resolution if the resolution were proposing the <br />entire development by a 4/5 vote. Orduno stated that the 4/5 vote <br />was the important factor. The City Attorney is going to look into <br />this further and get back to the City. <br />Ric Minetor quoted a section of the code which stated that the code <br />does not require an ordinance to change the map, but a 4/5 majority <br />vote. <br />Mayor Linke stated that the City will get a legal opinion. <br />Kay Weseman stated her concern with the fact that the persons. who <br />received the Greenfield Estates Proposal for Development flyer did <br />not understand that the City was going to make a major change to a <br />wetland boundary. Weseman stated that perhaps in the future the <br />City Council could do this by holding a separate public hearing and <br />giving notice. <br />Councilmember Rickaby stated that she has concerns with allowing <br />persons to have wetlands in their yard and allowing them to build <br />