4.2.a PCSR 12-10-2013 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

WSB Associates,Inc. engineering.pIaanning•environmental•construction 701 Xenia Avenue South Suite 300 Minneapolis,MN 55416 Tel: 763-541-4800 Fax: 763-541-1700 Memorandum To: Keith Grow,BWSR Bill Bronder,SWCD Todd Plaisted,Plaisted Companies Michelle Nilson,Plaisted Companies Ben Hodapp,Anderson Engineering Copy: Jeremy Barnhart, City of Elk River From: Andi Moffatt, WSB&Associates Date: December 3,2013 Re: Plaisted Aggregate Mining Wetland Conservation Act(WCA)Review and TEP Meeting Summary WSB Project No. 1992-040 Outlined below,please find a summary of the Elk River TEP meeting from November 14, 2013 as well as additional information about the proposed Plaisted Aggregate Mining project. This constitutes WSB's recollection of the meeting. If there are any edits,please let me know by December 13, 2013. In attendance at the meeting included: Keith Grow (BWSR), Bill Bronder (SWCD),Jeremy Barnhart (City of Elk River), Ben Hodapp (Anderson Engineering),Todd Plaisted (Plaisted Company), Courtney Luensman (Anderson Engineering),and Michelle Nilson (Plaisted Company). The TEP discussed the Plaisted Companies'proposal to conduct aggregate mining within their site in the same manner as outlined in the previously approved 2004 WCA application to the City.The questions reviewed by the TEP were: 1) Is the past application approval still valid and 2) Does a different operator/owner for the project change anything for the past WCA approval? These items,as well as further documentation of the project,are summarized below. Validity of 2004 WCA Approval The applicant indicated that the plan for mining is the same as the plan that was approved in 2004. This includes the plan for wetland mitigation.The TEP agreed that since there was likely no expiration date on the 2004 WCA approval from the City,this past 2004 approval St.Cloud• Minneapolis•St.Paul Equal Opportunity Employer wsbeng.com K:10199?-040 Admin\Does MEMO-120313-TEP summary.docx