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6.Project Description: a. Provide the brief project summary to be published in the EQB Monitor, (approximately 50 words). Tiller Corporation and Max Steininger, Inc. (Proposers) control adjacent properties located in Elk River, MN (Site or Project Area). The entire Project Area encompasses 142 acres. The Proposers are seeking to amend the zoning to include mineral extraction overlay and to permit the properties under two separate conditional use permits to allow for coordinated sand and gravel mining operations (Project). Site operations will include stripping, extraction, processing, recycling of concrete and asphalt and comprehensive site reclamation. b. Give a complete description of the proposed project and related new construction, including infrastructure needs. If the project is an expansion include a description of the existing facility. Emphasize: 1) construction, operation methods and features that will cause physical manipulation of the environment or will produce wastes, 2) modifications to existing equipment or industrial processes, 3) significant demolition, removal or remodeling of existing structures, and 4)timing and duration of construction activities. The Project involves the establishment of two separate sand and gravel mining operations on adjacent properties located in the very northern portion of Elk River. Max Steininger, Inc. owns 61.7 acres of land in the northern half of the project area (PIDs: 751031101 and 7578020105) and Tiller Corporation has a purchase agreement on 62.6 acres (PIDs: 751031300 and a portion of 751031400). An additional 18+/- acres which includes Baldwin Street and areas east of Baldwin Street (PIDs: 751031105 and 751031400) are also likely to be mined in order to accommodate the lowering of the roadway as well as achieving reclamation grades better suited to future development. The mining extent on the additional property will be limited to the elevation of approximately 980 feet msl. Mining depths may be lower than 980 feet msl and the area will be reclaimed to an appropriate elevation needed to achieve the final road alignment. The eastern parcel of the Tiller property includes a total of 69 acres, 7.3 acres are located west of Baldwin Street and 62 acres are located east and southeast of Baldwin Street.The Project will require a lot split to create two separate parcels on either side of Baldwin Street. Only the 7.3 acre parcel located west of Baldwin is included in the Project Area. Figure 1: General Location Map, illustrates the location of the Site with respect to Sherburne County. Figure 2: USGS Quad Map Excerpt, shows the topography and natural features of the Site and surrounding area. Figure 3: Parcel Map, illustrates the ownership and acreage of the individual parcels described above. The Site is zoned CRT, Commercial Reserve Transition, and will require a zone change and amendment to the City Zoning Map to include a mineral excavation overlay zoning district over the Project Area. The purpose of the mineral excavation overlay zoning district is to provide a specific zoning district for the establishment of sand and gravel mining operations. The Site meets all criteria for the zone change. The current mineral extraction overlay district extends to the southern boundary of the Project Area as well as to the southwest across US 169. Environmental Assessment Worksheet Page 3 Elk River Sand and Gravel Mines:Tiller Corporation and Max Steininger, Inc.