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PP & Variance, Meadowvale Heights Page 2 <br /> March 19, 1993 <br /> • DURATION OF APPROVAL <br /> Mr. Backes will immediately follow up the preliminary plat <br /> approval with final plat review of the 1st phase. Final plat <br /> approval for the 2nd phase will need to occur within 1 year of <br /> the date of preliminary plat approval or it will be considered <br /> void (unless for a good cause an extension is granted by the <br /> City Council) . This extension should be requested prior to the <br /> 1 year period ending. <br /> PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS <br /> Mrs . Barnier and Mr. Backes have petitioned the City to have <br /> trunk sewer and water lines extended from their present <br /> location, westerly to the plat. The affected area map shows <br /> the approximate location of the extension of these trunk <br /> facilities . Mr. Backes is proposing to accomplish the public <br /> improvements internal to the plat without City funding. <br /> WETLANDS <br /> Three wetlands are proposed to be filled to accomplish this <br /> plat. For review of wetland issues, staff refers the Planning <br /> Commission to sheet 4 provided by the developer, "Wetland <br /> Mitigation Plan. " It appears the northern most wetland is <br /> • being filled only to accommodate lots . This may also be the <br /> situation with the southern most wetland. The filling of the <br /> middle wetland is to accommodate the placement of a proposed <br /> road in a logical location opposite the existing 193rd Avenue, <br /> east of the plat. <br /> The City is the local governmental unit administering the <br /> interim rules of the wetland conservation act. The filling of <br /> these wetlands will have to go through a permitting process <br /> requiring the following: <br /> 1 . Delineation of wetland boundaries (Developers <br /> responsibility) . <br /> 2 . Joint notification of all applicable governmental <br /> agencies, most notably the DNR and Army Corps of <br /> Engineers, (Developers responsibility) . <br /> 3 . Review by the technical evaluation panel which <br /> consists of a representative of BWSR, the City <br /> Engineer, a representative of the Sherburne County <br /> Soil and Water Conservation Service, and Gary Schmitz <br /> of the City of Elk River. This board will make the <br /> final decision whether or not these wetlands can be <br /> filled. However, other State agencies can veto the <br /> filling of these wetlands . There is some question <br /> whether or not the wetlands that are being filled to <br /> accommodate lots meet the intent of the wetland <br /> conservation act. Whatever wetlands are filled, <br />