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-184- City Attorney Goodrich reviewed development agreement as it pertains to environmental protection and inquired if Mr. Boos felt that Mr. Black had complied. Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos replied that the development meets all the requirements. City Attorney Goodrich stated that the Council is requiting as much of the developer as City Code will allow them to require. He noted that the Council does have the authority to place in a development agreement anything that is permitted in City Code. Councilmember Anderson stated that it was her understanding that drainage of the plat has a lot to do with what trees can be saved and what has to be cut. City Engineer Jankowski replied that drainage does impact tree preservation to some degree, but noted there are many things that come into play, such as the natural grounds versus the proposed ground level and the type of house that is placed on a lot. Councilmember Anderson inquired if there are thing they can do to improve the City's grading requirements to make things better. City Engineer Jankowksi replied that if the City were to have some type of tree preservation ordinance they would have to do a survey and identify trees that would be desirable to be saved and incorporate them very early in the design process. Councilmember Kurak stated that those were the issues they were going to have the environmental task force work on. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Mayor Gamec, to adopt Resolution #02-05-_ _. granting final plat approval to The Ponds subdivision contingent upon compliance with the' Ci~ staff review letter dated May 9, 2002 and the Developer entering into a development agreement with the City. Further discussion: Councilmember Hendriksen stated that the lesson learned is that when a developer comes before them for an approval they will pick and choose their words that they decide to follow through. They need to make sure that the new ordinances demand the vision of what they want to see and the ordinances they have allow the quality of life to be preserved in Ramsey. When they have the higher densities they can not save much in the way of trees and quality of life because the likelihood of saving the trees and relocating of trees is unlikely. Councilmember Zimmerman stated that he had a problem with the "dog house" lot because there is no backyard. Also during the preliminary plat process there were residents that were concerned about the additional traffic coming into their neighborhood. He felt that they could have designed the development without intruding on the next door neighbors. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. Voting No: Councilmembers Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. City Council/May 14, 2002 Page 15 of 33 I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I