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ITEM 6.1. <br /> <br />,_.,y of <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />River FROM: <br /> <br />STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND <br />ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />REQUEST FOR MINERAL <br />EXCAVATION BY BAUERLY BROS. <br />CU 97-2 <br /> <br />OVERVIEW <br /> <br />Bauerly Bros., Inc. are requesting a conditional use permit to excavate gravel <br />from an approximately 151 acre site. The location of the property in question <br />is east of Highway 169 and south of 225th Avenue. A vicinity map is <br />attached. <br /> <br />Bauerly Bros. are slightly different than most gravel miners in the fact that <br />they mine to produce product only for their own use; to be used in their road <br />construction business. The pit proposed will be active only when Bauerly <br />Bros. have a road construction job in the vicinity. They estimate the pit will <br />be active for twenty years. <br /> <br />The land affected by this request was included in the city's recent <br />Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on mineral excavation. The land <br />included in the study was rezoned to ME/Mineral Excavation Overlay <br />District to put adjacent property owners on notice of the intent to mine these <br />properties. Therefore, the property in question is already zoned correctly <br />(ME) to allow gravel mining. <br /> <br />The subject property is close to the shoreland district for a pond attached to <br />Trott Brook, which lies to the east. However, no property included in this <br />shoreland district is proposed to be effected by the mining. <br /> <br />A check of the Biological Survey for Sherburne County does not show any <br />rare or endangered plant species or habitats. Further, the EIS did not <br />identify any threatened wildlife species on this property. <br /> <br />Attached is a draft conditional use permit for this request. This conditional <br />use permit contains standard language included in all permits for mineral <br />excavation. In Section 3, titled "Conditions", paragraphs 9 through 21 <br />contain conditions particular to this proposal. <br /> <br /> f.'\shrdoc\b &z\stever\baurcup.doc <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441'-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />