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<br />2) Results from Public Meeting on the City's Role in Wetland Protection <br /> <br />Environmental Coordinator Anderson reviewed staff s report. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated he had attended both meetings and in his opinion, most of the <br />people who were concerned about plants were in attendance at the second meeting. <br /> <br />Environmental Coordinator Anderson noted the meetings were not to discuss buffers. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated he was concerned about statement 3, environmental on attachment <br />B. He did not think the City should be taking public statements to shape public policy when <br />there were many other public agencies involved. He believed with the City getting involved, that <br />was one more public agency and more red tape. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Miller stated the statements were statements the group came <br />to a consensus on and they were not recommendations from staff, but rather were public driven <br />statements. <br /> <br />Councilmember Wise stated he had a concern regarding statements under point 4, environmental <br />on attachment B. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey noted this was clearly a false statement, but Council needed to remember that <br />these were public statements only. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig asked if staff could put together some type of a matrix with all of the <br />agencies rulings regarding wetland and what could happen with the wetland as well as the "what <br />ifs". He indicated he wanted specifics. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone agreed they needed to know what was in place at the state or federal <br />level, so the City would know what holes needed to be filled. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey noted the City might not need an ordinance if the City could apply the state and <br />federal regulations. He stated he would not vote for anything that did not have some <br />compensation to the property owners in it. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated the City could use a setback and he believed this was <br />reasonable and would avoid having to compensate a property owner. <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey responded he was not opposed to a reasonable setback, but he was opposed to <br />telling a property owner what they could do with their property. <br /> <br />It was Council's consensus to look at changing the setbacks and how jurisdictional regulations <br />ensure enforcement. J <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / October 13, 2009 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />