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of Ramsey. Councilmember Dehen stated he likes that the City is trying to do this. His concern is with the burden upon the landowner to show that the wetland is properly designated if there has been no field verification. Experts are not cheap and it concerns him that the designation of these unverified properties are potentially causing a hardship to certain people even though that may be a handful of people. Councilmember Strommen requested the following friendly amendment to the motion: The Environmental Policy Board is directed to work with staff on a proposal to come to the City Council to look at completing the field verification of the Manage 2 and Manage 3 wetlands. Councilmember Olson agreed to the friendly amendment. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Acting Mayor Elvig, Councilmembers Olson, Strommen, Dehen, and Jeffrey. Voting No: Councilmember Look. Absent: Mayor Gamec. Further discussion: Acting Mayor Elvig stated this has been a very contentious issue for the City. There are anomalies; Mr. Enstrom and Mr. Hunt have unique properties. He will be involved in looking at this further. There is more work to do in finding grants and identifying and finalizing as quickly as possible the field verification of the wetlands. Councilmember Dehen ~tated he would like to direct staff to work with the property owners on the wetland designation if there is a problem. The meeting was recessed at 9:58 p.m. and reconvened at 10:05 p.m. Acting Mayor Elvig indicated Case No.5 will be moved up next in the agenda to be acted on as Case No. 2A. Case #2A: Consider Youth Traveling Soccer Tournament ParkslUtilities Supervisor Riverblood stated the purpose of this case is to request Council to authorize staff and the Northern Lights Soccer Association to proceed with application and planning to host the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) Tournament this summer. The event is the season-end tournament, qualifying the Boy's North District traveling teams to move to the State Tournament. This event would be held at Elmcrest Park July 21st through the 24th of2007. Acting Mayor Elvig asked Kelly Casey of the Northern Lights Traveling Soccer Association to share information about the soccer program through the Association. Ms. Kelly Casey, Northern Lights Soccer Association, stated there are currently 20 teams registered with the Northern Lights Traveling Soccer Association. Last year four of the Association's teams went to the State Tournament through the district tournament. Acting Mayor Elvig indicated there was a concern from the adjoining neighborhood about the soccer tournament being held at Elmcrest Park last year because the soccer fields had just opened. There was a lot of effort put on signage and controlling the traffic. Phone calls are City Council / April 24, 2007 Page 26 of 38