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RESOLUTION NO. 4591
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION REQUESTING RICE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT APPROVE THE
WETLAND DELINEATION FOR THE SILVER LAKE POINTE
SENIOR HOUSING APARTMENTS
WHEREAS, the City has approved a Development Assistance
Agreement with WestminsterjMSP for the development of an 83 unit
senior apartment complex on County Road I across from Silver View
Park; and
WHEREAS, the project is one that is widely supported by the
community, the Council and most importantly our senior population;
and
WHEREAS, the project offers the opportunity for safe,
attractive and affordable housing for the city's seniors; and
WHEREAS, the project will also provide the seniors with an
opportunity to relocate into housing that is near family and
friends thereby lessening the stress of leaving the place that has
been home, in some cases, for over 40 years; and
WHEREAS, the project will also increase the number of
available single family homes for new families to relocate from
apartments, manufactured homes and other rental housing units; and
WHEREAS, the site is currently vacant area that, like other
open spaces in this city and other cities, has become a target for
illegal dumping of brush, lawn clippings and miscellaneous
discarded household items; and
WHEREAS, the wetland area on the site is in jeopardy due to
the continued threat of illegal dumping and other damaging
activities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed housing project will offer an excellent
opportunity to preserve and enhance the wetland area thereby
allowing its continued beauty to be enjoyed by all.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED TH).\T, the City Council in and
for the City of Mounds View does hereby respectfully request that
the Rice Creek Watershed District Board approve the wetland
delineation which provides for the following:
1. Mitigation of approximately 3,100 sw'. ft. of wetland
area on the proposed housing site; and
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2. Enhancement of the existing wetland to the west of
the project site.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the city council supports the
efforts of the Rice Creek Watershed District to protect and
preserve the wetlands of this and other cities and believes that
the Silver Lake pointe Senior Apartments will provide an excellent
opportunity to keep a wetland area safe for the future.
Adopted this 27 day of June, 1994.
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