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Mr. Peterson explained the ordinance does not require the buffers to be respected if the property is not being developed; this would only apply if there is a subdivision of the property and development. Environmental Coordinator Anderson stated in addition, the ordinance that was adopted provides for variances in terms of hardship and includes a provision that a property owner that disputes the classification can present information to the contrary, and if it is verified the map would need to be amended as such. Commissioner Hunt asked if there is a list of the propert ds that were walked and inspected that a landowner could review to determ' th was inspected. p z p�y��. p 5 Environmental Coordinator Anderson indicate th iibit ' ase includes the final classification map that was produced by WPS. -was gi tification number, and with that an associated gathering of l s: °" uld list the w t have been field verified. Commissioner Hunt stated looking at the ma and knowing so these areas intimately having lived in Ramsey almost his whole lif the classiicatt o not make sense. He would question why a couple of these ar, Al wand ra than a creek or stream, and Thorn Lake is classified as a Manama_, „ - Mr. Peterson explained wetlands come� I all Al rent k hydrologic regimes; there are many that have much dryer by icWWgim only .e water for short times during the year, and some of them can be ality. T are: ” er of functions of the wetlands that do not have anything to do with ` deep the i Commissioner Levine aske other firms have done this type of sampling with accurate results or ifs �nethmg n 1111 working on with statistical sampling. Mr. P ware t -as ever done an analysis like this where all of the wet :ere not stu i W conduct dies for Plymouth and Eden Prairie and looked at 1 Qb the wetlands.8 ed each step of the way the methodology used has changed. �rl a Plymouth study w MnRAM did not exist yet, when the Eden Prairie study was 1 was used, an W urrent system used is MnRAM 3. He explained there are not enou = he year to 1 . the entire wetland; there may be parts of the wetland that are not con e desigia given to the wetland as a whole. Ms. Kampbell - -- -- a lot of the larger wetlands they could not access every part of the wetland. They trie representative sample points along these larger wetlands, especially with wetlands that mig ' ave a wooded swamp and a cattail marsh. Most of the wetlands were accessed through public access. Citizen Input Planning Commission /April 5, 2007 Page 11 of 25