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~ . - DEN lED RESOLUTION NO. 5173 Via Jim Ericson 09/10/99 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING THE WETLAND ALTERATION PERMIT FOR LOTS 17 AND 18, EDGEWOOD SQUARE, REQUESTED BY GOOD VALUE HOMES; PLANNING CASE NO. 506-97 WHEREAS, Good Value Homes has requested approval of a wetland alteration permit to construct two single-family homes on properties zoned R-l, Single-Family Residential, legally described as follows: Lot... J 7 and 18, Block 1, Edgewood Square, Ramsey County, Minnesota WHEREAS, Lots 17 and 18 each meet the dimensional requirements of a buildable lot as set forth in Section 1104.06 of the Mounds View Zoning Code; and, WHEREAS, parts of Lots 17 and 18 lay within the wetland designated as GF -4 in the City's Local Water Management Plan; and, WHEREAS, the minimum recommended building elevation within this sub-watershed is 903.4 feet; and, WHEREAS, The City reviews all development that occurs within wetlands and their buffers because of the important role that wetlands play in maintaining the ecosystem and the area hydrology, in that they are critical to the present and future health, safety and general welfare of the land, animals and people within the City; and, WHEREAS, the scope of the proposed work involves the filling, excavation and grading ofland within the wetland buffer and the construction of two single-family homes; and, WHEREAS, the Rice Creek Watershed District on October 16, 1997. approved a permit for this project; and, WHEREAS, the City Engineer has reviewed the grading plan dated 10/3/97 and found it to be in compliance with the City's Local Water Management Plan; and. WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council has reviewed the proposal and finds it consistent with the standards in the City's Wetland Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 10 I 008, Subdivision 4 as follows: " Any alteration shall not cause a reduction in the flood storage capacity of the wetland The applicant proposes to fill 11.850 cf of flood storage capacity but will replace It WIth an additIOnal 39,500 cf of flood storage capacity.