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• 1. Access Access is perhaps the most critical issue regarding the request. Also, as of the date of this memo, this issue has not been totally resolved. The following discussion and conditions contained in the attached permit are subject to change. The main use for the gravel that would be mined under this request is for use at the Elk River Bituminous Asphalt batch plant, which is approximately 1/4 mile south of the site (noted on the attached vicinity map). MnDOT prefers not mixing the slow moving trucks hauling gravel with high-speed highway traffic. Three options for gaining access to the Elk River Bituminous site have been considered. a. Staff requested that the petitioner negotiate an easement from the property owner that lies between his site and Elk River Bituminous, eliminating the need to gain access to Highway 169 (noted on the attached vicinity map as "Access via easement to the south). This option apparently fell through with the adjacent property owner. b. Access to Highway 169 via 219th Avenue. This is not MnDOT's number one preference and it will require significant improvements to the Highway(auxiliary lanes being added between 219th Ave. and the . Elk River Bituminous site northbound and southbound). If allowed, access to the Highway at 219th Avenue is temporary and would need to be eliminated when frontage roads leading to interchanges are developed. c. Access to Highway 169 at 225th Ave. (noted as "Access via easement to the north"). If 219th Avenue is used as the access,portions of the drive that accesses two existing residences and two businesses will be shared with the gravel truck associated with the mining operation. The subject property has easement rights for access across the parcels that the business and residents are situated on. However this access is currently nothing more than a private driveway. To safely allow for two-way traffic and due to concerns regarding dust, staff is recommending that the portion of this drive that are shared must be a minimum of twenty feet wide and paved. The petitioner must also document that he has the right to do these improvements on the property that is not in his control and spelling out whom is responsible for maintenance. Some of the mined product will potentially be for sale. Staff is recommending that the Elk River Bituminous site be used for the sale of product under the stipulation that a permit from MnDOT for this additional commercial activity be • obtained if required. Staff anticipates MnDOT requiring improvement (e.g. acceleration lands and protected turn lanes)being required as part of this permit.