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CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> <br />PLANNING & ZONING COMMI <br /> <br />AUGUST 21, 1979 <br />6:40 P.M. <br /> <br />SSION MONTHLY WORK SESSION MEETING <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey Plann~ ing <br />meeting on August 21, 17979, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, <br />Nowthen Boulevard N.W. ,ii Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />Present: Chairman Ken ~Peterson Absent: Ron West <br /> Kathy Schneider <br /> Art Dunn <br /> Gerald Zimmerman <br /> Ben Deemer <br /> John Hubbard~ <br /> <br />& Zoning Commission held a work session <br /> 15153 <br /> <br />Also Present: Dexter Marston, Planning Consultant <br /> Lloyd Schnelle, City Administrator <br /> <br />Chairman Peterson called the work session meeting to order at 6:40 P.M. <br />The Agenda was approved with the addition of the presentation of the <br />1980 Budget. <br /> <br />Mr. Marston spoke on the Protection Section of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />He stated that the first section is the Environmental Section. He <br />presented material on .~e Critical Area Plan and posted maps on soils, <br />woodlands etc. He reviewed the Environmental Section Report with the <br />Commission pointing out some of the differences in this report and the <br />Critical Area Plan. HS said he. does not have any policies in this section <br />but in revision of thi~, the policies would be fairly consistent to what <br />is already established.! <br /> <br />Natural Watercourses -~There was no specifiC comment on this section, <br />Mr. Marston po~n~ed ou~ the map. <br /> <br />Regarding Wetlands, one addition is a description of the DNR wetlands <br />class, types 2-6. The :~etlands identified here are those wetlands that <br />are one acre or more aBd the information is based on aerial photos taken <br />three (3) years ago in :conjunction with the Metro Council and the DNR. <br /> <br />Ken Peterson said that this photo was taken at a very draught time and <br />therefore questioned t~e accuracy. <br /> <br />Mr. Marston agreed that this was one of the criticism of this piece of <br />information but that this~was the only criteria available to work with. <br />He suggested using one iacre parcels instead of 2.5 acres or larger <br />to determine any alterations of the land. <br /> <br />Art Dunn asked a question concerning Page 3, the bottom line regarding <br />dredging or filling of~etlands without a permit. He questioned if "draining" <br />of wetlands should be included in this sentence. <br /> <br /> <br />