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• Summary <br />1. Do it up front ' <br />2. Notification <br />3. Compensation to land owners <br />4. Get rid of 4 in 40 - It is penalizing our long-time landowners <br />ISSUE: Wetland Preservation -Why Important. Wetlands -Assessment and Taxation <br />Practices & Policy. Erika Sitz and John Freeburg <br />• Current wetlands are losing water <br />• Ramsey may not be able to open a new water well (may have to tap the Mississippi) <br />• Some wetlands are losing quality (vegetation infill) <br />• Wetlands are a people buffer (this is why we moved here) <br />• We should not be shipping our waste/storm water out of the city. <br />• New developments should be built to contain the local water <br />• Should wetlands be assessed/taxed at a different rate than buildable land <br />• How can a landowner fill in a wetland that is not wanted (burrow pit used for house <br />construction in the past -previous owner dup pit) <br />• Owners need to be able to renew wetland by removing natural plant fill (burning peat or <br />digging out) <br />• Wetlands need "active management", not just preservation by buffers <br />• We should repeal the wetland buffer ordinance and use tax incentives to encourage voluntary <br />buffering <br />• Water is our best resource -let's look to the rivers for a supply <br />ISSUE: Water Quantity -Especially Drinking Water -What do we do about Limits? <br />Erika Sitz <br />• Aquifer is tapped out <br />• River water is <br />1. Unpredictable <br />2. Expensive to process <br />• Impervious Surfaces <br />• Alternatives <br />1. Rain gardens <br />2. Pervious concrete <br />3. Don't water lawns during rain <br />4. Rain barrels <br />5. Gray water <br />6. Sensors on auto irrigation <br />7. Smarter landscaping <br />8. Consider water accessibility before development <br />9. Manage fertilizers <br />• Inadequate Water infrastructure for growth <br />• Make clotheslines legal <br />• Ramsey is in a enviable position - 2 rivers <br />8 <br />