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Regalar City Council Meeting DRAFT Minutes of Monday, June 18, 2007 Page 16 1 copy of the post ca�rd notice and map ind'zcating the notice area. Mr. 2 Stark further reviewed the status of staff review; the original project 3 submitted in January o#� 2007, and the significant difference in project 4 revisions brought to the Planiung Commission, and brough� forth for S consideration tonight, with the site plan received by staff on May 21, 6 2007 deemed by staff to be complete, with the 60-day review period 7 irutaated at that time. 8 9 Councilmember Ihlan questioned whether any environmental reviews 10 had been completed for this proj ect. 11 12 Mr. Stark responded that other than a traffic analysis, ihe:re had not 13 been an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) or Environ- 14 mental Jmpact Study (E�S) ordered, as it had been determined that the 15 project didn't meet those requirement thresholds. 16 17 City Engineer Debra Bloom referenced the provisions of the Ci�y's 18 Shoreland Ordinance (§ 1016) and staf�s rationale and review of the 19 projeci related to wetland buffers. 20 21 Councilmember Ihlan noted that #he PWET Comm�ssion discussion 22 indicated further wetland mitigation review was needed before resolu- 23 tion. 24 25 Ms. Bloom reviewed setbacks on the south side wetland; current and 26 projected stormwater runoff; and quality of the wetland in the north- 27 west corner, currently housing a car, tires, and excess debris} and iis 28 significant degradation. Ms. Bloom indicated that it was staf�s rec- 29 ommendation that the setback be preserved from other wetland areas, 30 and mitigate the adjacent site next to the degraded wetland, with fur- 31 ther refinement between now and the final development plan. 32 33 Councilmember Ihlan sought additional staff rationale for the park ac- 34 cess road at the developer's expense. 35 35 Mr. Stark reviewed the history and lack of a fo�mal access agreement 37 or :right-of-way in place to access the City park, despite the Langton 38 Lake Master Plan in place for xt since 1986, with access only via a 39 "gentleman's agreement."