| process. To that extent, this project has been proceeding through the |
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| system through numerous revisions. There are a number of wetland issues |
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| on this property, as well as woodland issues. She said that staff proceeded |
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| on the basis of the conversation with the city attorney. Enforcement matters |
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| are the perogative of the Mayor. Ms. Goodwin said she understands the |
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| concerns about precedent setting, however, she felt that if these had been |
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| concerns on the part of legal counsel (who had been involved in these |
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| matters over a period of time), that those issues would have been raised at |
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| that point, but they were not. She did not feel that the administration acted |
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| Council representative Beaton wondered if the applicant would have to pay |
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| to come back if this matter is tabled. Ms. Goodwin replied that the |
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| applicant does not have to pay twice. Member Beaton said that, in the |
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| future, when there are legal concerns with a piece of property which is |
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| coming before the Planning Commission, it would be a good idea to have |
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| the city attorney present to directly resolve the questions so that applicants |
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| don't have to come back twice. Mrs. Goodwin stated that it would be a |
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| good idea if the Planning Commissioners alerted her to their legal |
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| concerns before the night of the meeting. |
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| Mr. Todd Holloway stated that his purpose has been to help Singh |
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| Development try to resolve some of the issues related to wetlands on the |
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| site. He stated that Singh Development would like to improve this property |
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| with a single family subdivision site plan that will allow them to create a |
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| contiguous subdivision development while preserving the existing wetlands |
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| on the site, as well as preserving some of the areas which extend off-site. |
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| Singh is asking permission to work around the ponded area on the site and |
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| the area northwestern central part of the site. They are proposing to |
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| improve water quality and storm water management on the site and habitat |
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| value. The pond is in the western central area of the site. That pond |
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| currently has some reasonably high aquatic value; it's deep enough so that |
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| it has permanent standing water and has some wildlife. They would like to |
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| expand that opportunity by building a mitigation area adjacent to that open |
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| water pond in an area that currently is used for storing porous sands, gravel |
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| and topsoil material and converting this area to a brand new piece of |
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| wetland. In doing so, a lot of the organic material that exists on the site can |
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| be used as a soil basin, basically expanding what is a very rigid pond with |
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| very steep banks, and building next to it a mixture of plant types which |
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| grows in and below the water. This will actually reinforce the aquatic values |
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| that exist in the pond. |
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