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Planning Commission Minutes — March 23, 2006 Page 4 Baland said the development could cut off wetland from other habitats and Belfiori said that the area surrounding the wetland would be scrutinized by all agencies. Schumann recalled working on the Wildlife Urban Interface project and Hugo has been keeping track of the wetlands in the area. A gentleman in the audience asked what the timeline of the project was. The CDD said the staff would be working on a phasing plan with the developer, which was important to the City because it would require sewer extension, and it was an anticipated a build out of four years if it went as quickly as the developers would like. Terry Frost, 1540 Goodview Avenue North, said the woods along the power line was incredible and would hate to see it disappear. He asked why not incorporate the woods into the trail system. Rosenquist asked if there was anything in the study that indicated the development could not be done to meet all the City, county, and state criteria. The CDD said EAW had been reviewed and staff had changed parts to ensure it fully addressed the proposed development. Andi Moffatt said the upland was not regulated the same as the wetlands and preservation of the woods should be addressed as part of the PUD process. Weidt agreed to comments regarding minimizing damage and loss of trees and it needed to be addressed with the development process. Kleissler said the comment she heard were very good and agreed that habitat needed to be correctly addressed to preserve the wildlife corridor. Williams said the site contained the last piece of full growth with the largest trees in Hugo. He said they would only loose 100 units to save the trees. Bailly said she would also like to see the trees saved on the south end and the wildlife habitat preserved. McRoberts said the City had worked very diligently with the developers and residents to restore and retain the wildlife corridor in the Everton Avenue area when that was being developed. The idea of buffers and transitions seemed to have been lost and he would like to see the buffer to the south remain. Floodplain and flooding were serious concerns with the way land cover would change with the increased impervious surface, and the engineers needed to ensure the holding ponds would take care of it. Schumann said he shared the same concerns and it would be a challenge to meet state and federal requirements. He thanked the audience for their comments. Weidt asked when it would go to Council. The CDD said it could go on April 17th or May 1St. Staff needed to prepare the comments from the various agencies.