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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CJ'rY OF MOUNDS VIEW O ' RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Public Meeting June 15, 1988 Mounds View City Hall 2403. Hwy. 10, Mounds ------------------------------------------------------------------------- View, Mel 55112 Chairman Mountin opened the meeting at 7:30 PM on 1. Pre58ntation Wednesday, June 15, 1988, explaining that it was not and Discussion: a regular or special meeting, but rather a public Greenfield meeting to gather information and hear those concerned Estates Pre - with the proposed development. She explained the liminary Plat Planning Commission would not be calling to order or taking any action this evening, and she outlined the guidelines to be followed, with dialogue to flow to and from the vlanning Commission, and questions posed to the Commission, who would then ask them of the developer, and so forth. The Commissioners present were Commissioners Miller, Zollner, Burgers and Chairman Mountin, with City Planner Herman representing Staff. City Planner Herman explained there would be a brief presen- 4 tation by Harstad Co., and then Barr Engineering, who was hired by the City and for by Harstad paid Co., would answer questions and respond to the comments made. Jim Merila, of Merila & Associates, Inc., introduced himself and Steve Thatcher, then made a presentation showing several different drawings of the proposal, including two colored renderings showing the original and the new plan, with the road no longer going all the way through. He explained it had been eliminated primarily to have the wetland contiguous on both sides of Edgewood. fi, added the revised plan has been approved by the Army Corps of Engineers, and it will be cor- prised cf 17 lots total. Mr. Merila showed where the c•:isting wetland and buffer are, per the City map, and the wetland district line as determined by the Corps of Engineers, which differs. Ile stated that regardless of whether this development is done, the City's wetland map needs to be updated to show the determination made by the Corps of Engineers. Mr. Merila stated they are proposing to fill 1.6 acres of wetland, and to compensate for that, they will excavate an equal area. He pointed out that presently the 100' buffer line goes through two fully developed lots, and the current zoning map shows five lots within the current buffer strip. Mr. Merila stated that with t,.e iiew deliniation, three ® additional lots will be buildable that currently are not without a variance. With some modification, they can get four additional lots outside the 100' buffer strip, which