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Mounds View City Council December 10, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 15 Director Ericson indicated the City's requirements were not taken into consideration as a part of Rice Creek Watershed District review and approval of the project. Council Member Thomas asked if there was documentation available concerning the change in water flows for eight versus 11 houses. Director Ericson indicated that the engineers have not put much time into reviewing the development at this point because it is premature but said that Rice Creek Watershed did look at run off because that is one of the issues to look at and one of the criteria considered and Rice Creek feels with additional wetland area to be mitigated the flow would be acceptable. Council Member Thomas asked for actual numbers. Director Ericson indicated he did not have actual numbers for the difference of eight versus 11 houses. Director Ericson indicated the request was for a variance based on the minimum lot width requirements and Rice Creek was fine with the 11 lots. He then noted that if there were only eight lots the runoff would be less but stated he had no calculations at this time. Dave Tillman of 5166 Longview Drive indicated that the lots were also required to be 20,000 square feet in area rather than the standard 11,000 square feet. Director Ericson indicated that the 11 lots, as submitted, do satisfy the 20,000 square foot requirement. He then indicated that the recommendation of denial by the Planning Commission was not unanimous and noted that one planning commissioner felt that by creating the 20,000 square foot lots the applicant was meeting the intent of the Code. Council Member Marty asked if the lots went all the way to Silver Lake Road. Director Ericson indicated he was not sure how deep the lots were but stated there is a 41 foot outlot along Silver Lake Road. Council reviewed the maps of the proposed development. Mr. Harstad explained that Rice Creek Watershed had determined the areas that were upland and those that are lowland, or wetland. He noted the federal government had created a nationwide standard for making that determination and once the standard is adhered to the property, a wetland delineator puts in flags to mark the area. He then pointed out the upland and delineated wetland area on the map and noted there would not be a net loss of wetlands with this project. Mr. Harstad indicated that by using the City's magic number of 125 feet of frontage it would be possible for him to get more than 13 lots on the property but that would require using Silver Lake Road frontage and wiping out all the trees on the site. Mr. Harstad indicated he also has safety concerns for adding more cars and driveways to Silver Lake Road.