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Item ~ 5.3. TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM Mayor and City Council Stephen Rohlf, Building and Environmental Administrator September 7, 2004 Conditional Use Permit for Mineral Excavation by J & B Mining/ CU 04-21 Request: J & B Mining is requesting to mine 39.42 acres of a 60.23 acres site. This operation includes periodic crushing of gravel, but not washing. Approximately 1,190,000 cubic yards of material are proposed to be mined, about 1/3 of which will be peat. J & B is proposing to excavate 40 feet below the ground water elevation using a dragline. The site was not included in the City of Elk River's 1994 Environmental Impact Statement (ELS) on Mineral Excavation, but a discretionary Environmental Assessment Worksheet 0EAW) has been completed. A zone change to the Mineral Excavation Overlay Zoning District is also required, if mining is to be approved. The EAW and a zone change for this request are both agenda items for this meeting. A request for mineral excavation by Schuer, Inc. is also on the Council's agenda for this meeting. Although the two requests are separate, the restoration (final contours) of the sites and wetland mitigation do tie together. Further, gravel from the J & B Mining site will be hauled through the Schuer site to Elk River Bituminous. The operation is proposed to be active for approximately 10 years. Attachments: Included with this memo is: a vicinity map; Application for Rezoning to Mineral Excavation Overlay Zoning District and Conditional Use Permit for Mineral and Peat Excavation by J & B Mining dated May 2004; A letter dated, August 10, 2004 from the city's Environmental Consultant, Matt Ledvina, regarding Groundwater Monitoring Plan, the proposed Environmental Spill Plan and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP);