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of existing data from within the City can help establish baselines and <br />expectations. <br /> <br />9.26.03 <br /> <br />Purpose and Implementation. <br /> <br /> Subd. 1. Purpose. Through the adoption and enforcement of this Section, the <br />City shall promote the general health, safety, and welfare of its residents by both conserving and <br />protecting wetlands and requiring sound management practices and mitigation as provided for in <br />the WCA when development occurs in the vicinity of wetlands. Through the implementation of <br />this Section, the City seeks to accomplish the following purposes: <br /> <br />Satisfy the requirements of the WCA as it may be amended and, thereby <br />achieve no net loss of wetlands within the City; <br /> <br />Preserve the natural character of the landscape through the' maintenance of <br />wetland ecosystems; <br /> <br />c. Preserve scenic viewsheds; <br /> <br />d. Establish greenway con'idors in the City when combined with appropriate <br /> upland features; <br /> <br />Ensure water quality by maintaining the ability of wetlands to recharge <br />ground water and receive the discharge' of ground water, to retain sediment <br />and toxicants and filter and strip nutrients from surface water runoff before it <br />discharges into community lakes and streams, thus avoiding the contamination <br />and eutrophication of these water features; <br /> <br />f. Provide wildlife habitat and thereby support the maintenance of diversity of <br /> both plant and animal species within the City; and <br /> <br />ho <br /> <br />Put in place, a means of baselining the existing wetlands in the City in order to <br />determine if the buffering policies are effective in maintaining wetland quality <br />upon development. This monitoring should include but is not limited to water <br />quality measures, flora analysis and biological surveys. <br /> <br />Develop a methodology for determining the relative value of the various <br />wetland types within the City. By use of a values and measures system, four <br />wetland management classifications will be defined. They are Preserve, <br />Manage 1, Manage 2, and Manage 3. Various buffering scenarios will be <br />defined dependent upon the value of a wetland as measured. More valued <br />wetlands will have more stringent buffering guidelines. <br /> <br />Place a higher level of priority to protect and preserve larger, connected <br />wetland complexes of high ecological integrity than .smaller, isolated wetlands <br />that have already incurred substantial eutrophication and contamination. <br /> <br />Assure the general health, safety, and welfare of City residents by <br />preservation and conservation of wetlands and sound management of <br />development by: <br /> <br /> <br />