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'~ J/ Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION River TO ITEM NUMBER Ma or and Ci Council 7.2. AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Community Development November 21, 2011 Rebecca Haug, Environmental Administrator ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Request by Todd Plaisted for Conditional Use Permit for Cal Portner, Ci Administrator Wetland/Pond on Heinen Property, Case No. CU 11-18 - REVIEWED BY Public Hearing ACTION REQUESTED Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that the Ciry Council approve the conditional use permit (CUP) request to extract soil from the northern wetland on the Heinen property to create a wildlife pond with the following conditions: 1. All work is completed within two years of project and slopes are a minimum of 4:1 2. All spoils removed from the wetland are deposited on upland areas 3. Hours of operation will be limited to 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday -Saturday 4. Applicant must install truck hauling signs on Brook Road BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The Ciry Code Chapter 42, Natural Resources, Sec. 42-51 (c) allows mineral extraction activities to exceed 100 cubic yards which will be completed within two years to receive a conditional use permit only. A license and zone change is not required. The applicant initially planned to do this project over a three to five year time frame but has decided to complete the project within two years. Todd Plaisted and Paul Heinen are requesting a permit to excavate organic soils from approximately 10.5 acres of type 2 wetland to a maximum depth of six feet (average depth of four feet) over a two year time frame to create an open water pond and wildlife habitat. The slope of the wetland will have a minimum of 4:1 or shallower on all sides. The shape of the pond will be irregular and the basin will have an undulating bottom with an island roughly located in the center of the open water area. The wetland has been drained through a private drainage ditch which will supply water for the pond but maintain connection to the ditch system to the east with no changes to the inlet or outlet of the ditch. Excavation and slope shaping will occur during the winter months by using a backhoe excavator. Spoils will be placed on an upland site for dewatering if necessary, although it is expected that the organic soils may be hauled directly to the Plaisted Company site (located three to four miles away) as weather and road conditions allow. Approximately 64,500 cubic yards of material would be removed over two years with approximately 1300 - 1500 truckloads total (260 - 300 per year). This request has been reviewed and approved by the Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP) who is responsible for making determinations on wetland activities. During the public notice of the wetland application, one comment was received. The letter is attached. The main concern was safety on Brook Road and a suggestion was made to limit the hours of hauling to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to allow for school traffic to be over. P I ~ E R E D 1 1 N:\Public Bodies\Ciry Council\Counal RCA\Agenda Packet\l 1-21-2011 \CU 11-18.docx ~~~~~~