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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—February 22, 2010 7 7.A. Elmer L. Anderson Memorial Trail Bid Award(continued) Parks and Recreation Manager Olson stated Boston Scientific donated funds for engineering costs and Ramsey County is donating $15,000 for the cross-walk. -- Councilmember Grant stated this has been discussed by the Council many times and he will be approving this motion but he would like to have the total cost to the City provided. Councilmember McClung requested in the future that the numbers for engineering costs, fees, and construction be clearly laid out so that the Council knows what the cost is going to be to the City. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Holden seconded a motion to Adopting Resolution 2010-009 Awarding a Bid for the Elmer L. Anderson Memorial Trail Connections Proiect in the Amount of $458,800 to American Liberty Construction, Inc. of Rockford, Minnesota. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). B. Approve Ordinance 2010-004 in Planning Case 09-003 to Amend Sections 1305 Subd. 4, 1325.07 Subd. 6, and 1330 of the City's Zoning Code Based on the Findings of Fact in the February 22, 2010, Planning Case Report. Approve Publishing a Summary of Ordinance 2010-004 City Planner Beekman stated the current set of shoreland regulations was updated in early 2002. While that ordinance update did address some of the technical requirements set by the DNR, there were a number of holes and unaddressed issues remaining. Concurrently, Staff has been faced with a number of questions and concerns expressed by local property owners that are not explicitly addressed in the existing ordinance. These scenarios have introduced the need for greater clarification to the City's shoreland ordinance so that Staff may be able to promptly address common issues and concerns as they pertain to public waters and wetlands. She reviewed the existing regulations and each of the proposed changes in greater detail. Community Development Director Lehnhoff stated the petition referenced by Mr. Mergens was filed with the Environmental Quality Board requesting an environmental assessment called an EAW. This is in regard to the "minus ten-feet" language. He talked with the Environmental Quality Board and the City Attorney regarding this petition. The Environmental Quality Board does have five days to review the petition, however, under State rules a City's zoning change would be exempt from the regulations and would not be subject to an EAW. A letter confirming this decision will be sent to the City. He also confirmed with the Environmental Quality Board that the City could moved forward with the regulation changes at this time. Mayor Harpstead asked for a summary regarding the public's input. City Planner Beekman stated that generally residents were in favor of closing the loophole that allows additions to be built at the fifty-foot setback. The general opposition has been specific to the "minus ten-feet" language in Section 1330.03 Subd. 4. There has been little to no comment