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clear cut and graded." record that was before preliminary plat. that Minn. Stat. § 15.99 does not operate to automatically approve Tollefson's rezoning request, then the city's decision to deny Tollefson's preliminary plat is supported by the record. We further note that the city made a number of additional findings to support its decision, which included the plat's noncompliance with the subdivision ordinance because (1) it fails to "make adequate provision for storm drainage"; (2) "the type and density 0f this development is not suitable given the extent of the wetlands, drainage [of] surrounding properties, wooded acreage, and topog-raphy"; and (3) "the proposed subdivision will cause substantial environmental damage in that the entire site will be Tollefson argues that these findings are not supported by the the city council on August 19, 2002, when it denied the Admittedly, the record contains a letter from city engineer Terry Maurer, dated August 13, 2002, almost one week prior to the council meeting, which states that "[als of today's date, we have not received any revised grading plan from the developer through his engineer" and that "we are not prepared to make a recommendation to approve the preliminary plat since we have been unable to review the ~ading and drainage plan." But the record also contains a subsequent affidavit from Maurer, dated November 22, 2002, in which he states that on August 19, Tollefson submitted an engineering report to the city that revealed "overall poor soil conditions which will require substantial correction for the construction of building sites and roadways." Maurer further states that 10