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Memo To The City Council July 24, 1995 • Wetlands Page 3 As mentioned in the June 27, 1995 Memo to the Planning Commission, there are several wetland basins located throughout the property. The applicant has avoided most of these wetland areas; however, is proposing to fill approximately 1/4-acre of wetlands. The wetland fill areas are primarily for the construction of roads off of Zebulon Street, to provide access to the site. The Wetland Conservation Act requires that any wetland which is filled be replaced on a 2:1 ratio. The applicant is currently working on providing the city with a replacement plan for the filled wetland areas. The City Council will be required to review and make a recommendation on the Replacement Plan prior to final plat approval. The Wetland Replacement Plan will most likely be reviewed by the City Council in late August or early September, depending upon when the applicant submits a complete Replacement Plan to staff. Planning Commission Meeting At the June 27, 1995 Planning Commission Meeting, the Commission was concerned with the number of conditions related to this plat, but • recommended approval with the conditions listed in staffs memo. Discussion from the audience at the Planning Commission Meeting involved the extension of Troy Street in the Fairhaven Hills Subdivision to the Weatherwood Plat. Troy Street currently dead-ends in the Fairhaven Hills Subdivision. However, platted right-of--way does exist to extend Troy Street to the Weatherwood Plat. A condition of approval by staff, requires that the applicants extend Troy Street through the Fairhaven Hills Subdivision to the northern boundary of the proposed Weatherwood Subdivision. In 1987, when Fairhaven Hills was platted, Troy Street was rough-graded to the southern boundary of the Fairhaven Hills plat, in an effort to put the surrounding residents on notice that the street will function as a through street and not as a cul-de-sac. The audience was concerned that the Troy Street extension would lead to increased traffic, and a safety concern for neighboring children. Staffs rationale for requiring the Troy Street extension, are for emergency access purposes (two ways in and out of the property), maintenance, and to provide a traffic flow between subdivisions. • S: Council/P95-1